Retrosketches #100

Hi everyone,

Happy Wednesday! I hope you're doing well where ever you are in the world.

Today's entry is about a card I made for the Retro sketches challenge #100.  Woohoo, congrats on their 100th sketch. :)

The sketch for this week is this fun layout

 

Here's my take on the sketch:

  

I really wanted to make a a fun and whimsical card this week.  I decided to make use of all my material from Studio Calico's Copper Mountain kit.  I just love the little whale so I made him the focal point of the card.  The stripes of paper and buttons on the original sketch is represented by my water waves and little fish following the whale. 

 

Hope you play along this week :) Keep on crafting!

Janet

Retro sketches #99

Hi everyone,

Today I have an entry for Retro Sketches #99.  Here is the lovely sketch from their website.  If you click on the picture below you can reach their website as well.

 

 When I saw this layout I knew I wanted to play along.  The little circular cut-out really reminded me of the sun or halo of light. I immediately went to work and here's what I created:

I used my Mama Elephant Lights Out stamp set and stamped the different light bulb elements on vellum.  I've never tried this before and it seemed to work out.  I had to heat set it prior to adhering it to the card.  I picked a rather bright and colorful background.  I wanted that to mimic rays of light.  I finished off with the sentiment.  I had to cut off the word shine on the stamp to make it 2 separate lines.  I finished off with some My Mind's Eye enamel dots to add some color to the white panel.

I hope you got inspired today.  Keep on crafting :)

Janet