So Artful and Sketch Saturday

Jeanette at SoArtful Challenges gave us this lovely bride and groom dancing for an image to use in this week's challenge. So I used the sketch provided by Sketch Saturday to create this piece, using 4 decorative papers, ribbon, cardstock and the image. The stained glass is one I got from Dover Publications.

Sketch Saturday

Here is my entry for Sketch Saturday. The images except for the little girl are from Dover Publications. The little girl stamp is one I got from Stubby Stampers.

I posted another entry on my other blog.

Two Challenges - Sketch Saturday and Saturday Surprise

Using the sketch given us by Sketch Saturday, I have made the card using my creation, Li'l Redhead, as the focus. She is set inside a circle which qualifies this card for Saturday's Surprise where the theme is In the Round.

Sketch #74

Here is my entry for Sketch Saturday. I am using a copy of one of my drawings/paintings, Li'l Redhead as my main image.

One Stop and Sketch Saturday

Christmas in July is the theme for One Stop this week. I decided to combine this theme with the sketch given for Sketch Saturday and make a Christmas card from some new papers I got last night from Create for Less. These wonderful people got my order to me in two days. I have no idea how my stuff got from Portland Oregon to the east coast in that short a time. Amazing. 

One Stop Oriental and Sketch Saturday

Using the sketch provided by Sketch Saturday, I have made a card using the Asian theme called for in the One Stop Challenge. I used a postcard from Japan and a Christmas card from a Japanese man who lives in the US. I didn't want to destroy or use the originals so I did this digitally. Believe me, it was no easy task.

Triple Challenges

Using the sketch from Sketch Saturday, I noticed that the center part was a circle, the theme for One Stop Craft Challenge this week. That's 2. I remembered that Saturday's Workout was having artists use UTEE so I decided to do my circle using the cracked glass technique. My green background is the distressed gesso piece I did about a week ago. The circle with the stamped dragonfly is the same paper. I did about 4 layers of UTEE and embossing it each time. Then I put the circle in the freezer for about 30 minutes. When it was cold I pressed on it to crack the surface. I rubbed a little brown ink into the cracks.

Sketch Saturday #32

This is for the Sketch Saturday for this week. My corners are from paper I sprayed and brushed with mica mixtures. The round backgrounds for the small butterflies is from a background swap from another group and was made by Nancy Lynn.

Sketch Saturday #18 - One Stop 3 is the Magic Number

Here is my entry for two challenges: Sketch Saturday and One Stop Craft (three is the magic number). Using the sketch provided for #18 (September 27), my favorite, I decided to go Asian. This sketch had three focus points along the line so this fits in with the requirement of One Stop to use three of something. The Chinese characters say longevity, strength, and wisdom. I am not certain that they are right side up or in the right order.

Sketch Saturday/SaWo

Here is my entry for the Sketch Saturday challenge.

The little person is a magazine picture.

Check out the magazine backgrounds on SaWo.

Sketch Saturday #27

The sketch for this Saturday's challenge had many different areas to fill. Here is my take on the challenge. I used some gorgeous green and pink double stamped paper from one of the Art Techniques swaps. The dry embossed rose was done with my brass template and stylus and colored with watercolor pencils. The text is handwritten. See the other interpretations of this challenge at Sketch Saturday.