A Coastal Thank You for Freshly Made Sketches

Welcome back! I had a productive card making day today, and the first card I'd like to share is one made for this week's challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.

http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/

I've seen several cards I really liked the last couple of weeks with sentiments surrounded by flowers stamped around the edge of the piece, so I decided to create something similar for the sketch.

I used the stamps from I Like You to surround the sentiment and colored them with Blendability markers.  I think I finally feel comfortable with my coloring technique with these markers...now I just need to focus on staying in the lines LOL!!  I actually do okay, but it's super frustrating to be on the 2nd to the last flower and oops, color in the wrong place!  In my experience, the Color Lifter is less than perfect in its effectiveness to completely move ink out of the wrong place...but it is fine for making highlights of already colored areas.

The remainder of the card is very CAS, with just the banners, In Color Sequins and the Coastal Cabana twine.  It was a fun sketch to use and the card went together super quick once the coloring was done.  

Thanks for visiting and, as always, I would love to hear from you if you have a moment to leave a comment!

Hugs,

Stef

Product Details:

Stamps:  I Like You, Four You

Paper:  Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Eastern Elegance dsp

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Other:  Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight and Coastal Cabana Blendabilities, Coastal Cabana Thick Twine, In Color Sequins