It's time for another great sketch challenge this week at Global Design Project. It is hard to believe that we have had 150 challenges. WOWZERS! While I haven't participated every single week, I do my best to join in when I can. The guys and gals on our team are so incredibly talented and it is such an honor to be associated with every single one of them.
For today's sketch I was tempted to put three strips of designer series paper on a card front, add a flower, and call it done. My life is super chaotic at the moment, so there would have been absolutely nothing wrong with that. But then I decided to brainstorm just to see what I could come up with. Here is the end result...
Seriously, if you look at the sketch, it looks a lot like a picket fence...so I just had to go there! The detail I got by using the Pinewood Planks 3D Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder for the fence posts is amazing. I wanted the fence to be center stage, but still needed to add some interest, so I used a piece of Tranquil Textures DSP for the background and then just built the fence on top.
The flowers and bird are from one of my favorite stamp sets, Petal Palette, and the greeting is from the Rooted in Nature set. Everything is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Daffodil Delight and Old Olive Stampin' Blends.
I added to the foliage by stamping, coloring, and die cutting two sets of flowers. One I left whole and the other one was cut into bits and tucked behind to fill out the design.
We would love to have you play along with us this week. Be sure to check out what the other talented designers/players have created for this fun challenge at the Global Design Project Challenge Blog.
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