Bethinking

Beate's Sketch Challenge

There's some great card sketches on the Web if you know where to find them. One great place is Beate's Blog. Every weekend Beate puts up a sketch challenge. They're always great sketches, but this is the first time I've ever finished one in time to actually post it within the deadline!

So, here's my first card, which I was pretty happy with. Scribble This is my all time favourite stamp set, and I love how it looks coloured in and glittered - not that you can really see the glitter in the photo!

I decided to use the sketch to make a Christmas card as well, as I'm trying out some different colour combinations and layouts for Christmas stuff. I still like the layout, but I wasn't sure if this one was "Christmassy" enough - what do you think? 

Peeking Pirate

The "Ahoy, Matey" set is fantastic for boys' birthday cards. Even though I don't have boys myself, I seem to use this set a lot! For this card I wanted the pirate's parrot to be seen from the front and the inside, so I stamped it on the inside, then created a "peek-a-boo" window using my circle punches so that the parrot could see through to the front of the card!

The images are stamped on Watercolour paper, then coloured in with Watercolour Wonder crayons and an aqua painter. I used the Rough Texture jumbo wheel in the background, and a greeting from the "It's Your Birthday" set inside. To add to the rough "piratey" look, I distressed the edges of the cardstock and sponged them with some brown ink. I hope you like the card!

Same but different!

My task for today was to make some cards for a couple of 3 year old boy's birthdays that are coming up. I used Wild About You as my main stamp set, and using the same colours and stamps, came up with 2 different cards. Both use punches, too. On the left hand card I've used the square punch and double rectangle punch to get the "film strip" look, and on the right hand card I've used the circle punch for the windows.

The colours are mostly Bold Brights - Real Red, Brilliant Blue, Glorious Green, Tempting Turquoise and Lovely Lilac, with Marigold Morning thrown in for the yellow! Which card do you like best? Leave a comment and let me know what you think!