Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Freshly Made Sketches 219!

Hello there!  Wednesday is, of course, new sketch day at Freshly Made Sketches.  This week our hostess is Cindy Hall and despite her awesome sketch, I managed to mess up the layout on my card a bit!


I have a bad tendency to not pay close attention to a sketch I'm supposed to be following.  In this case I was all set to use a star shape with a sentiment stamped in it in the spot where the star "any shape" is but changed my mind at the last minute.  I decided to put the sentiment on the lower right corner of the horizontal layer then proceeded to forget all about that star.  It wasn't until the card was photographed and edited that I realized my mistake.  So I polled my fellow FMS teamies and we decided by majority vote that the superhero's head was a good substitute for that shape!  LOL!

I got lucky this week with the superhero challenge at The Friday Mashup because the color block layout of this sketch was perfect for this little superhero guy.  And bonus points for me because I've had this stamp for a while and had never inked it up.


I hope you've got a chance to check out our sketch and all the wonderful inspiration from the Freshly Made Sketches design team.  I hope to see you in the gallery!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies
Stamps:  Super Boy (My Favorite Things)
Paper:  Sweet Tooth (My Favorite Things); Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Whisper White (SU); X-Press It Blending Card
Ink:  Black Licorice (My Favorite Things); Night of Navy (SU); Copics
Accessories:  Stitched Rectangle STAX, Blueprints 13 die (My Favorite Things)

12 comments:

Unknown said...

Love your CAS card Jen! Esp. like the starburst behind your hero. :) Thanks for joining us on the Friday Mashup! ~amy

Linda Callahan said...

You are my hero for creating this card! The bold red and yellow blocks are great and the coloring of your little hero is terrific! Love the starburst!

Cindy Hall said...

Now having seen your card, you definitely made the right artistic choice, Jen. I think the star directly across from Super Hero Boy's head would have been a distraction from the focal point. Much better the way your creative mind took over and did it. I get it in my head what a sketch looks like, too, and then look again after my card is finished and find out I didn't remember so good! And I just have to say, your coloring skills are out-of-this-world good!

Happy Dance said...

He's the star of the card, for sure. This is adorable, and I love the wonderful primary colors of this. Your coloring is amazing; he looks super duper! Love this fun card. Bev

Amy O said...

I love your superhero cards! You have made me want this set time and again, but I know my cards will never look like yours, so I will just admire it on your blog. I love everything about this card, Jen!

Stampingcountry said...

What an adorable "super Hero" card! Your coloring is beautiful.

Lisa Elton said...

Golly he's cute Jen!! This is such a fun card. The red and yellow are perfect for this super hero!!

Antonia said...

The red and yellow color blocks leads the eye to the star of your card, a adorable perfectly colored super-hero! Thank you so much for linking up and playing with us at the Friday Mashup.

Lisa said...

Love it! You nailed the superhero challenge (and the layout too!).

Thanks for playing along with us at The Friday Mashup!

Valentyna Komisarenko said...

Such super bright and super fun card, Jen! Love that sweet superhero!

Karren said...

Perfect card, Jen! Perfect image, perfect coloring, perfect colors. Congrats on your win at Friday Mashup - well deserved!

Narelle Farrugia said...

I love everything about this card Jen! It's a super-cool card!