Here is my card for today's sketch challenge, and what a fun sketch it was! I have been wanting to use my True Friend set and I thought that the Outlaw dsp (retired) would be perfect with it.
The bottom layer is creamy caramel cs and I stamped the Weathered bg on it in creamy caramel ink. I also stamped the sentiment from True Friend in chocolate chip ink. The second layer is close to cocoa cs, and it is actually a strip at the top and bottom (to cut down on the weight of the card). The design paper layer is made from Outlaw dsp and a piece of sage shadow cs. I stamped the stem from True Friend on the sage panel in stamped-off close to cocoa. I adhered the panels over the cocoa strips and added some faux stitching between the panels using the All In A Row set and chocolate chip ink. I tied a piece of 1/4" chocolate chip polytwill ribbon around the entire panel. I stamped the big flower image from True Friend in chocolate chip ink on very vanilla cs. I colored it in using the sage shadow and creamy caramel SU! markers. I sponged cocoa ink around the edges of the vanilla panel. I matted this with close to cocoa cs and used my cutter kit to distress the edges. I felt like the top right side was naked, so I added some of the cast brads from the new Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware.
This card was a lot more difficult than it should have been. I was trying to actually stitch the dsp panels together, but my sewing machine was acting up. So, I ended up recutting those panels three times. I am bummed that I could not get the real stitching on there, but I am happy with how the card looks! Thanks for looking!
Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 GMT Views: 1956
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Wed, Mar 19, 2008 @ 6:14 PM
Oh this is great! Love the color scheme and the brads are great... and the faux stitching looks real! Great job!
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Wed, Mar 19, 2008 @ 8:01 PM
The card is gorgeous, Dorothy!! I would never have known that stitching was faux until you mentioned it!! It looks totally real!! Such rich and lovely colours!!! Congrats on your new status as an SU demo!! I'll bet that will take quite a bit of your stamping time from you! LOL!! True friend is a set that I don't have , but it one I sooo want ( along with all the colours of the spots.... ) - really a lovely card - and lovely papers!!!