My Favorite Things Weekly Sketch Challenge
Challenge #660
Good day, fellow crafters. I'm excited to share my entry for this week’s My Favorite Things (MFT) Weekly Sketch Challenge. You can find the inspiration sketch below my entry and the link to the challenge post below the logo above. Whether or not my work inspires you to participate, I sincerely hope you enjoy it
This week we are creating with the design inspiration of the MFTWSC660 layout, pictured on the left. Personally, I have a special fondness for layout challenges because they introduce me to unique design approaches that I might not have considered otherwise. It's quite intriguing how these challenges push me beyond my usual boundaries. In fact, I've begun curating a personal assortment of layouts that catch my eye or those I take part in. This assortment serves as inspiration for my upcoming projects, ensuring that each one carries a touch of innovation sparked by these challenges.
With fall coming on quickly, I decided that I would start working on cards with that overall feel to add to my collection of work. So with that in mind I turned to the Simon Says Stamp Layering Apples stencil, and the My Favorite Things Apple of My Eye Stamp
set as my inspiration and a combination of Lawn Fawn and Gina K inks, pictured right, as my color pallet.
I secured some white cardstock to my work surface and then by carefully aligning the stencil layers in order, I was able to create the same pattern and coloring as the product image using my inks and a blending brush. I really loved the color combination and have a couple of projects already in mind to reuse this stencil. I then set it aside to dry.
I next took a piece of Hammermill white cardstock and stamped the image of the little girl onto it in black ink. I then used my favorite technique of smooshing out some ink onto my glass mat in the color I intended to use, spritzing it with water, and then using my water brush pen to pick up the pigment to watercolor my image. Once that had been completed I set it aside to dry completely.
The next step was to trim the apple background down to its final dimension and then adhere it to a brown card base. I chose brown to play off of the idea of the apple tree from which the little girl was picking the fruit. I then added a black Ric Rac ribbon border for visual appeal. Utilizing the My Favorite Things Wonky Stitched rectangular die (MFT-0839) I cut my focal image down to its final dimension and adhered it in place on the card per the layout sketch. To complete the card I used a sentiment die, some white cardstock, black ink, and a sentiment from the same stamp set to create a cute little statement for the front which I then adhered into place.
