Sketch N Scrap Card Challenge #191

 Hey there scrappy friends! Thanks so much for stopping by today, I have a new card sketch to share with you that is up on the Sketch N Scrap blog today:

And here is my take on it:

When I designed this card sketch, I really had a whole different color palette and direction in my head to create the card.  But....you know how it is....you start playing with stuff and before you know it, different direction!  I was playing with one of my favorite CTMH stamp and die sets, Simple Florals, and some Catherine Pooler inks.  I LOVE these colors...in case you're curious, they are Juniper Mist, Samba, Sauna and Garden Party.  After I cut out the flowers I searched for some coordinating paper and chose my Simple Stories 6x8 Summer Farmhouse paper pad.  

For the sentiment I wanted to do something a little more eye-catching than just a plain stamp, so I decided to layer my sentiment over a leafy vine using the Garden Party and Juniper Mist inks:

Now it's your turn! Hop on over to the Sketch N Scrap blog and show us what you can do with this sketch, hope to see you there!

Sketch N Scrap Layout Sketch #222

 Hi everyone! Thanks for stopping by today, I have a new sketch up on the Sketch N Scrap blog to share with you:

And here's my take on it:

I used lots of Vicki Boutin Let's Wander, and the grid background is from her Storyteller line (glad I stocked up on the grid in bulk LOL).  I also used one of the Storyteller stencils to add a little interest on the left upper corner, with a little dry art crayon and a stencil brush.

Photo taken in 2015 on a trip to Washington D.C. my son and I took together.  For the circle element on the right, I used my good old Tim Holtz Picture Wheel die, it's seen a lot of use from me over the years.  One of my fave uses for it is to use tiny pictures printed in contact sheet format. Here I chose some sight-seeing pics from our trip:

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you decide to jump on over to Sketch N Scrap and play along with this challenge! Hope to see you there!