Monday 20 October 2014

STAMPlorations - Sketch Challenge #22

Hi everyone! Welcome back.

STAMPlorations has a brand new sketch for you for the next fornight.


I have used a brand new stamp from the Bee's Knees line created by our very own Shirley.

This set is called Rosebuds. It is beautiful.

Here is my DT card -



For my main panel, I used a piece of watercolour paper, smooched my ink pads onto my craft sheet, spritzed them with water and then used a brush to pick up the ink and randomly brush onto my paper. I kept using my heat gun to dry the paper and would add more colour here and there. I dried my paper again and then stamped the rosebuds and coloured them with a brush. The sentiment comes as one whole stamp but I snipped mine in half so I could stamp them before and after the stems. 

Once everything was dry (trusty heat gun again), I used an ink spray that was sent to me by my teamie Marina at ATSM. I held it up quite high and sprayed down on the paper so I could get some larger drops instead of a mist. 

I added three little raindrops from PTI and die cut a tiny butterfly from some leftover of the watercoloured panel. It's a little bit lost but it is there :) I also added a butterfly to the inside of my card.

I hope you will join us for this challenge. We have a wonderful guest designer - 

Leslie - don't forget to pop on over and say hi but here is a little bit about her first -

I started stamping in 2002 after I was sucked into it by a heat-embossing demo at a local craft store while on vacation in Florida. Then I discovered Stampin' Up! and joined "for the discount". I taught classes for 8 years before I resigned, mostly because I was an equal opportunity collector, and I really wanted to use ALL THE STAMPS. One of my customers suggested I start a blog. I joking said, "What would I call it, The Crooked Stamper?", which was an inside joke -- they accused me of not being able to cut parts for my kits straight. She said, "I'd read it." and my life entered Blogland. Then I discovered challenge blogs, and I'm now addicted to challenges. My favorites are sketch challenges.

I'm now retired from the Day Job, and I play in my craft room most days. I also run the Shopping Our Stash challenge blog, and I'm a designer and DT coordinator for A Blog Named Hero.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges -

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for looking xx

12 comments:

  1. LOVE the background against the fun flowers!

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  2. Wonderful background and I LOVE those dew drops!

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  3. Ooh, Kylie, this is fabulous! I love the spritzed background and the dew drops, and the tiny butterfly is the perfect little accent.

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  4. I'm infatuated with those perfect little dew drops. How fitting for the rosebuds.

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  5. Beautiful! I especially love the water drops. Very elegant card!

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  6. Love the water droplets..are they,like gems? And you really are rocking this water colour/distress ink look x

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  7. Gorgeous colors and dew drop is such a sweet idea :)

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  8. Gorgeous card Misses. Love the background. Perfect background for those pretty rose bud.
    Hope you are all ok.
    Hugs, Flo xx

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  9. So pretty ... love the rosebuds done in red. Gorgeous watercoloured background Kylie ... and love the three raindrops. Loll xx

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  10. Beautiful background, Kylie! It's the perfect backdrop for Shirley's bouquet! Love how your card is both artsy and CAS!

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  11. Your background is really gorgeous, and I love the rosebuds! Such a beautiful card, Kylie!

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  12. Hi Kylie. LOVE the roses on your oval panel, gorgeous background and stunning colouring! Have a great day! hugs Monika xxx

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