Flourishes Sketchy Challenge

It's July! And we're ushering in a brand new month of great stamps in the coming week from Flourishes! So that means a great new challenge we're inviting you to join us in! This month it's a fun sketch to get your creativity jump-started, and you can learn about all the details at the end of this post. 

One of my mom's favorite flowers was the purple pansy, and when I saw this sketch, I thought the pansies from the A Year in Flowers 1 would fit beautifully in an octagon shape.

So I colored them with Copics using purple hues and framed them with dp from Prima's Lyric 6x6 pad.  I also embossed the background using a Sizzix embossing folder, and scored around the "ticket" at the top.  The "Nature is the Art of God" is a sentiment from Ferns and Fiddles.  And the butterfly was just fussy cut from the dp.

IRL this card is very dimensional.  I used some pretty thick foam mounting squares, but it's so hard to capture with a camera.

I'm the tail ender here, but I've included the links to the other creative Design Team members in case you missed a stop along the way.

Now, for some lovely inspiration with this sketch here's what the Design Team has to show off...

• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Maki Jones
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Tosha Leyendekker

THE OFFICIAL RULES:

• Simply create a card using this sketch in the graphic to the left.
• Entries need to be in by Friday July 12th at 5 PM EST
• Those entries using Flourishes Stamps will be counted twice
• You must link your creation on our InLinkz Widgit to be counted
• You must have a link to our challenge in your blog post or gallery post
• Please DO NOT combine challenges. Only those entries that don't combine will be in the running
• If you upload to SCS please use the keyword FLLCJUL13
• We'll announce the winners on Saturday in our Winner's Circle Post here on the blog on Saturday July 13th, so check back then to find out if you are a winner!

Here's a list of the Copics I used:

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today and we look forward to seeing what you create! We'll see you here on TUESDAY July 9th when Sneak Peeks start! Have fun with the sketch!

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Stamps:  A Year in Flowers 1 and Ferns and Fiddles (Flourishes)

Paper:  Lyric (Prima), Vintage Cream (PTI)

Ink:  Onyx Black (Versafine) and Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories:  Copics, Octagon and Fancy Framed Tags One dies (Spellbinders), Embossing Folder (Sizzix), Scor-Buddy