February 2024 Sketch of the Month

February Sketch of the Month

Strike a balance between the rustic colors of the country and vintage photos with the vibrancy of a life well lived using this fun new sketch celebrating the Good ol’ Days. 

This sketch is perfect for vintage photos, country life, and family moments that you cherish. 

Vintage Butterfly Card...

This morning's card uses a combination of the digital image 
Butterflies Are Free 
by Pickled Potpourri 

and Close to my Heart products. 

I was going for a vintage look. 

I love butterflies, and this image is simply beautiful. 

The base of the card is White Daisy cardstock by Close to my Heart, I added a layer of Tangerine cardstock, then a piece of retired patterned paper from last fall's seasonal expressions. 

The image is colored in with Copic markers, and distressed with both Toffee and Almond ink.

The sentiment "Missing You" is from the "Shell Sentiments" Stamp Set by Close to my Heart and distressed with Toffee ink. 

Then mounted on a piece of tangerine cardstock as well.

I finished off the card with a few gold pearls as embellishments. 

I entered this card into the following challenges:

Pile It On! Challenge Blog - #144 Vintage/Retro

Jo's Scrap Shack Fun-day Friday Challenge- #242 Anything Goes

Color Crazy Craft Challenge- Week 28 Anything Goes 

Artistic Inspirations Challenge - # 204 Anything Goes

The Sketchy Challenge - # 144 Anything Goes

Polkadoodles challenge- #28 Anything goes

Magically Masked - CTMH Technique Blog Hop

As mentioned in a post a few days ago, I recently signed up for an Artist Trading Card (ATC) Swap on Splitcoaststampers. 

I've been a fan of the Splitcoaststampers forums for swapping for years. 

For the ATC Swap, there are 4 categories. 

They are Vintage, Disney, Shades of  1 Color, and Bugs/Insects. 

So I present to you one of the 4 Artist Trading Cards for the Vintage category. 
"Vintage Buggie"

I chose this artistic style to highlight the "Magically Masked" technique for this month's Blog Hop. 

I used nearly all Close to my Heart products for them.

The "Good Times" sentiment and the Volkswagon Beetle are from the

July Stamp of the Month "Highlight Reel". 

When you purchase $50 in products you can purchase
"Highlight Reel" for only $5!

There are also 9 other Close to my Heart Consultants 
sharing their amazing artwork with you, 
so please be sure to make your way around the entire Blog Hop. 
You are going to love this month's artwork!

If you are coming from Wendy's Blog, you are on the right track.
Should you get lost along the way, all participant's links can be found here. 

On White Daisy cardstock, I stamped the sentiment first, in Saffron ink. 

I then masked the sentiment and stamped each Beetle in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

I then colored each Beetle in with Copics. 

I mounted the White Daisy piece to a piece of Tangerine cardstock.

I then used Tangerine ink to distress the edges of the front of the card 

and mounted the card onto chipboard. 

Then on the back, I mounted a piece of Tangerine cardstock. 

Then used my ATC information stamp on the back on White Daisy cardstock. 

I also distressed the information portion of the back with Tangerine Ink as well. 

Thank you so much for stopping by, before heading over to Sarah's Blog, please consider leaving a comment and enjoy the rest of the creative talents in this month's Blog Hop!