Freshly Made Sketches 316

Today was a day of experimenting and at the end of it, a strange thing had happened: I'd made two cards , each with a completely different feel, from the same sketch. I don't think I've ever done that before. The inspiration came from the super sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

So, the first experiment was with the new Stampin' Blends alcohol markers. I had Birthday Blooms our for another card and it's such a lovely set that I couldn't help but ink it up again.

The Stampin' Blends go on so well, blend so easily and are available in great colours. I'm still learning how to drive them but wow - I'm enjoying them!

Ingredients

Card: Pool Party, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Basic Black

Stamps: Birthday Blooms, Thoughtful Branches

Inks: versamark, Tuxedo Black 

Other: Stampin' Blends, white embossing powder, dimensionals, clear faceted gem

The second card also came about today while I was mucking around with applying ink straight onto the paper. A swooshing kind of motion gives some interesting effects. I ended up with a panel that looked useable, so I made it up using the same sketch.

Ingredients

Card: Melon Mambo, Garden Green, Whisper White, Basic Black, Lemon-Lime Twist (for the letter shadows)

Stamps: Thoughtful Banners

Inks: Melon Mambo, Lemon-Lime Twist, Powder Pink, versamark

Other: White embossing powder, Small Letter framelits, dimensionals