Tiddly Inks Challenge #22 - Sketch Layout - #2

So y'all know that I'm a *little* obsessed with Tiddly Inks...it's ok...I'm cool with it ;)  I loved this weeks sketch so much that I put together another card for the challenge blog.

I was visiting my family in PA this weekend and had extra crafting time - only able to bring my folders with my digi images, markers, cardstock/DP and embellishments I had time to make just cards.  

I used the Thank You image which I've been DYING to use!!  I seriously have had it printed on my desk for WEEKS now all colored and ready to go.  Since I'm a die hard yoga girl I love to use this girl to represent what "namaste" means to me.  And I specifically chose butterflies to compliment her and her gorgeous and simple wings.

I started with a cream cardstock base measuring 5.5 x 5.5.  I then chose a piece of pink SU! textured cardstock as my next layer.  Both layers are edged in chocolate brown chalk ink.  Thank you is colored with my Copics, trimmed out and embellished with sheer pink ribbon for her hair bows.  She is added to the card with 3-D foam adhesive. 

I then chose two small and simple strips of pink ric rac from my local fabric store as the bottom left hand embellishment.

My right hand side has a tag that a fab member and friend of mine from another Design Team had sent me and it snuggled in so perfectly in the space that it was as it was meant to go there.  It already had the champagne ribbon tied to it.  It was already slightly crumpled, giving it a vintage vibe.  I was going to iron it but I really liked the feel that it lended to the entire aura of the card so I left it as it was.  I then trimmed out two chocolate and ivory butterflies out of this gorgeous designer paper that I picked up the other day.

I chalk inked up the edges and colored in the insides of the butterflies and added them as my right hand embellishments.

For my interior, I used said butterfly paper, a scrap of the pink cardstock and the "Life Is Good" from this Tiddly Inks Sentiment pack - Handwritten Notes. 

That's the wonderful things about sketches....you can take them literally as I did on my first entry here, or you can take them and add a twist totally making it your own. 

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Tiddly Inks Challenge #22 - Sketch Layout

Greetings Everyone!!

I'm THRILLED to be back for another week of delicious Tiddly Inks challenges!!!

This week we've been given a great sketch to work with!  I've been SO into Halloween this year!  I've always enjoyed it but this year I've been particularly inspired.

I used the sketch to highlight three Tiddly Inks images.  I can no longer say "these are three of my favorite" TI images because quite honestly, there isn't one image that I don't like!!!  SERIOUSLY!!!  I love all of them!!!

So, with the sketch I used the following three images:

• Twisted Tree
• Peek A Boo Bugg
• Spider Web (it was a freebie on PCP) not sure if it's headed into the store or not

I started out with a square of Core Coordinations paper - black on the outside and purply-pink on the inside.  This square measures 8.75.  I heavily distressed the edges so that the internal color would show.  I then sliced a piece of SU! Only Orange down to 8.5 x 8.5 as my next layer.  I then started piecing together my papers for the sketch.

I used a misc. purple for my main rectangle on the left hand side as a matte for my skeleton paper. (love this paper!!)  I knew my Twisted Tree was going to go right there.

I wanted my Peek A Boo Bugg to be highlighted on the upper right hand side knowing that the sparkly web would be the icing on the proverbial cake down on the right hand side.  I like balance but not TOO much balance.  =)

I then set to coloring my images.  Everything is colored with my Copics and Prismacolor markers.  I also used my sparkly Sakura gel and Souffle pen to embellish our tiny witches hat.  I took my glue pen and covered the web and then sprinkled Doodlebug Glitter in black all over it.  I then set it aside to dry.

After everything was colored, I trimmed out the tree, trimmed the Boo Bugg a bit to fit the sketch and began layering and matting my images into place.  I kept the branches of my tree popped up a bit so that they had a bit of a 3-D effect to them.  My Boo Bug is matted on a medium pink/purple the reverse of which is the mat for the spider web.

I used glittery bat stickers as small embellishments on the tree and a solo one on the web.  For the two pieces on the left hand side I used metal edged tags that I heavily distressed with ink and my fingers and then added rhinestone pumpkin stickers along with a yellow and purple brad in each respective tag.

I added orange, sparkly spider web ribbon that I tied into a fluffy bow.  I then added a colored staple in each corner for embellishment as well as security - there are a lot of layers goin' on!  LOL!

I truly hope you enjoy my creation, the Design Team's samples are over the moon inspiring as are Christy's always amazing images!!!

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Thanks for visiting!!!