After playing around with several options, I ultimately rotated this week’s Stampin’ Queens Sketch Challenge (SQSC38) and then modified the design elements slightly. Here’s this week’s original sketch:
And here’s my version of the card:
I substituted the tree branch for the vertical, rectangle punch in the original, and I’ve substituted the owl for the focal circle punch element. It’s not quite the same as the original, but I think it’s close enough. Here are the details on how I made it:
The Charlotte Stampin’ Up Regional was back in August, but I never managed to get the photos off my camera until today. They’d probably still be there if I weren’t getting ready for a family trip next week. Shelli made the cute little bat in my photo during the morning session.
I haven’t added tags to everything yet, and I’m thinking that they might be more useful if I broke them down into individual cards (instead of displays of cards). I don’t see myself having time to do all that editing any time soon though, so this will have to do for how.
The entire set of 48 photos is on Flickr in my Charlotte Regional 2011 set. The cards include lots of Halloween and Christmas options, as well as the normal birthday cards, get well cards, and thinking of you cards. Lots of inspiration!
My Stampin Queens Sketch Challenge card for last week was chosen as a spotlight! This is my eighth time! I’m amazed I was chosen just once, but EIGHT times? Wow. I’m blushing, and as always, I’m quite thrilled to be selected.
When I looked at this week’s Stampin’ Queens Sketch Challenge (SQSC34), I immediately thought of a window or door. My card is from the perspective of someone looking out the window from inside the house. The Irish Prayer that I found gave me the perfect verse to highlight on the outside. Here’s this week’s original sketch:
And here’s my version of the card:
Here are the details on how I made it:
Background Layer: Certainly Celery (picked from the center of the flower)
Sentiment: Text in the font Lucida Bright in Close to Cocoa on a Very Vanilla Oval Punch over a Close to Cocoa Oval Punch. The bottom oval has the default drop shadow.
Inside sentiment shows the entire poem, which is labeled as either anonymous or as an Irish prayer on various sites online. Here’s the full piece, which the line on the front came from:
May there always be work for your hands to do;
May your purse always hold a coin or two;
May the sun always shine on your window pane;
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain;
May the hand of a friend always be near you;
May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
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