Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Freshly Made Sketches 141

It's time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  This week our hostess is Cindy Hall and she has come up with a super-fantastic sketch!  Cindy has got an amazing eye for design and it shows in her sketch this week.  Take a look!



I chose the colors for my card for no other reason that I happened to turn my eye onto my Marina Mist ink pad and realized that I hadn't used in in a while.  That's as good a reason as any, I think!  I stamped a distressed background first then stamped the floral images, coloring them with blender pens so that the color would look a little water-colory.  It actually came out better than I thought it would.

As you can imagine, the Freshly Made Sketches have cooked up some fantastic cards for you this week so make sure you check them out.  I hope you can join us in the gallery!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Distressed Grid (Creative Embellishments); Charming Gardners (a.muse studio); Be (Simon Says Stamp)
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Whisper White (SU)
Ink:  Crumb Cake, Marina Mist (SU); Black Licorice Hybrid (My Favorite Things); Onyx Black (Versafine)


12 comments:

Linda Callahan said...

First class! Love your card's subtle elegance! And you lined up your pieces perfectly!!

Marisa said...

Love tha flower image and subtle BG. Great use of the sketch.

Karren said...

I would never have picked this was Marina Mist ink - it looks so soft and lovely (can you tell I'm not a fan of it normally??) Your grid background is perfect for each of the squares and really ties the whole design together beautifully.

Cindy Lovell said...

Stunning,Jen!! I love this card!! I always love how you use distressed looking stamps!! I think i need this grid stamp! The flowers are so pretty,great coloring!!!
And thank you for your nice comment,glad when i can help making "have to have" lists grow!! ;) hehe

Deepti said...

Love this design :)

Jen Brum said...

Oh Jen...this card is so amazing! I love those flowers and that amazing background! You are just so creative! I'm so envious!!!

Karen M said...

Hi Jen, I have pinned this fab card to my board! It is simply sweet and stunning. Very pretty!

Cindy Hall said...

This card is so gorgeous, Jen! I love the pretty blue watercoloring against the neutrals. Love the background grid stamp, too! Perfect look and colors to go with the sentiment.

Donna said...

Oh my! such a pretty card! Love everything about it :)

Narelle Farrugia said...

Oh this is so lovely! I just love the soft shading you've given to your flowers Jen and the grid background works perfectly with them.

Jen Timko said...

You rocked this sketch, Jen! I want to have made this card!!!

Greta said...

Love this fabulous card! Wonderful, creative use of the sketch!