Sunday, February 26, 2012

Freshly Made Sketches #23

I don't know how I happened upon Freshly Made Sketches.  It was likely while I was perusing blogs one evening looking at other crafters' inspiring work.  I love a sketch challenge, because I grab supplies I have on hand and put them to good use.  I actually had a few sketches I was working on, and I pulled a "kit" from my supplies.  It contained two pieces of turquoise cardstock and some Basic Grey pattern paper. 

So . . . with the sketch on hand . . .


. . . I got to work.  First order of business was that I had a sheet of Basic Grey with bands of different patterns running through it.  I decided that paper was perfect to use in place of the blocks in the sketch.  (Thinking outside of those three little boxes.)

I then used some of the other Basic Grey pieces for the mat behind the stamped design and to paper piece my phone.  I am a HUGE fan of paper piecing stamped designs.  Love the technique. Here is the result . . .



Hmmm . . . love the zig-zag border stamp . . . but in this photo, my ribbon looks black (and it was most definitely brown).  Isn't that phone adorable!  I put a jewel in the center to add some bling. 

I used these same supplies for the Mojo Monday sketch challenge and produced the card below (a great example of stretching your supplies to make a whole set of cards) . . . 


Loving this stamp set!  And while these would not normally be colors I would choose, Basic Grey knows how to coordinate colors because they work.  

I think there will be at least two more cards made using these supplies.  Perhaps a boxed set? 

5 comments:

  1. What great card .... yep, that phone is adorable, I love the paper piecing and I love the zigzag border stamp!
    Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches!!!

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  2. Great image! Such a cute phine! Love your stapled ribbon!

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  3. That phone is really wonderful! Love the papers you chose and the little bit of ribbon. Glad you found us and played along at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  4. Adorable image; I love it paper pieced. Using the paper to mimic the blocks just works perfectly. Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!

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  5. I love the sentiment!!! what a cute card!!!

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