You are the Best

Welcome to the first Freshly Made Sketch Challenge of the year!  This week our hostess is Rita Wright and she has come up with one of my favorite types of sketches - long vertical panels.

I made this card using the photo inspiration at SugarPea Designs as well as the Thankful challenge at Time Out and the Anything Goes challenge at Just Us Girls.  From the photo, I was drawn to the white with the soft gray background with spots of darker gray, so I tried to replicate that in my color choices.

I die-cut the "thanks" die from SPD several times and adhered it to a panel die-cut with a stitched border.  Once that was finished, I sprayed it with Irridescent Glitter Dust to give it a nice shimmer almost like frost.  A dark gray strip was added down either side and then it was adhered to a Grout Gray top-fold card base to which I had added a stitched line down each side.

The sentiment was made using two separate stamps from the Sweet Sentiments - You set and white embossed onto the dark gray cardstock.  I die-cut it with a slanted sentiment strip and then on the straight edge, I die-cut it with a stitch line die.  I finished the card with some tiny little star sequins.

Thanks for visiting.  The design team have put this sketch to great use and have some fabulous cards to show you so please head on over and check them out.

Products used:

Stamps:  Sweet Sentiments - You (SugarPea Designs)

Ink:  Versamark

Cardstock:  White, Stone Gray, Gravel Gray (MFT)

Dies:  Thanks (SPD), Blueprints 23, Basic Stitch Lines, Slanted Sentiment Strips (MFT)

Accessories:  Atmosphere Sequins (Little Things), Glitter Dust

Cheers

Karren