Lauren's sketch challenge

This card is from a sketch challenge by Lauren. I found this one really tricky. Her card looked so great and funky but i just couldnt get the look right. I started with the flower from a Basic Grey Romani Paper(Hippie) for the circle part of the design, and then tried to find some papers to match colourwise. I settled on the yellow swirls from Making Memories, and a burnt orange splattered effect paper from a Provo Craft Bitty scrap pad.

I added a thank u sentiment from an Inca stamp, and matted it onto bazzill card. I felt the yellow swirls needed something else so matted it onto limeade bazzill.

I still felt the card looked out of balance so added some yellowy/orangey gems.

Not my best card but it did really challenge me.

Studio S- challenge card

I really liked this sketch from Susie at Studio S. I decided on the prima flower straight away so worked the colour of the card around that.

I found some pretty Making Memories swirl paper and added some yellow bazzill along the bottom.

I added a second prima in a contrasting colour and attatched them with a yellow brad.

The stem was a bit tricky as it was curved and caused me some trouble! i managed to curve the ribbon but it left bumps, so i tied extra little bits of ribbon to cover these, making them leaves.

I stamped the pretty rubber stampede sentiment stamp and matted it onto another shade of yellow bazzill.

A simple but cheery card with sunshine colours, even though ive almost forgot what colour the sun is!! lol

DCM challenge.-Checks

When i saw checks was the theme i knew i wanted to use this lovely doodlebug checked paper. I first picked up the pink sheet, but i tend to use pink so often i went for lilac.

The gorgeous image is a Penny Black stamp, which i coloured using my lovely watercolour pencils from WH Smith.

The pretty flower is a Prima Sprite with a papermania brad pushed through the middle.

I added a sentiment with some doodlebug rub ons and layered it onto some bazzill card and added a small flower brad from Making memories.

Lilac and lime green is such a great combination and keeps the card looking fresh.