Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Freshly Made Sketches 397

I'm on vacation this week (yay!) and I've got a big to-do list that I'm working on.  I'm convinced that homeownership is nothing but a series of things that need to be fixed!  But I took a break from that list to make my card for our latest Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  Our hostess this week is Kim and she put three circles on the sketch that had me thinking of anything else but circles!



I actually first thought of using something like checkboxes in place of those circles, but the stamp sets that I have with check boxes were much too small.  So I had a look through some other sets and stumbled upon these keyboard images and knew that they would be perfect.  There were a couple of long sentiments in the same set that took the place of the vertical layers on the sketch.

Once I had the design down I kept thinking it was too plain so I decided to add the grid stamp behind the sentiment stamps.  I wanted the grid to be subtle and experimented with a couple of soft grays before I settled on this one.  Then I added a slim layer in a dark, mustard yellow around the whole thing.  The challenge this week at Just Us Girls is to let the sentiment be the focal point and I think this fits the bill.


Thanks for stopping by!  My Freshly Made Sketches teammates have made some beautiful cards with this sketch so be sure to check them out.  We hope you'll join us in the gallery!

Supplies
Stamps:  Off the Grid (Stampin' Up!); Tech Talk (CAS-ual Fridays Stamps)
Paper:  Solar White (Neenah); Honey Nut (Papertrey Ink)
Ink:  Going Gray (Stampin' Up!); Nocturne (Versafine Clair)

12 comments:

Judy Rozema said...

This is brilliant! I love the computer tech-y feel. Such a fun card - and no circles!

Maria said...

Super cool! I love this layout and the sentiment you used. Great job and thanks so much for playing along with Just Us Girls this week.

Nora Noll said...

This is super cool!! I LOVE the use of the background stamp and the fun way you created the sentiment. GREAT design!!

Kim S said...

I LOVE that set - and what a fun and creative way for using it! Great use of the sketch!!

Lisa Elton said...

Oh wow, I love what you've done with the sketch! This is fantastic Jen!

LeAnne said...

Amazingly awesome, especially with this challenge sketch!!! VERY cool!

Amy O said...

I love this card -- from the fun way you used the circles to the little touch of yellow and the fab grid background.

Jacquie Southas said...

What a great sentiment and terrific use of the sketch, Jen!

Linda Callahan said...

Great idea for this sketch! And I always love how you use Off the Grid......mine has still never seen ink but I keep it because of you!.......someday.....

Jen Brum said...

This card is so fantastic Jen! I just love the grid background and the keyboard keys! So fun! Hope you had fun on vacation and it wasn't all work and no play!!!

Lee Ann Barrett said...

My goodness, Jen, this is a most AMAZING card! Everything about it is perfect- the grid background, the black and white color scheme and oh my goodness- how you have used that Tech stamp set. Absolutely out of this world good!

Bobby said...

This is so cute and techy, Jen. Perfect for the FMS challenge as well as ours. Thanks for sharing at Just Us Girls.