Sorry I haven't been around much this week -- last Sunday afternoon I debated on whether to take a nap or weed the flowerbeds and decided on the flowerbeds. I should have taken the nap, because I threw out my back again while working in the yard -- ugh! Then Tuesday was my birthday -- nothing like not being able to get around because of a bad back to make you really feel your age on your birthday, LOL! It's much better today though -- I was finally able to sit at my desk last night and make this card.
As you may have read on Beate's blog this morning, we are doing the Weekend Sketch Challenge a little differently now. Each person on the team will rotate and take turns creating and hosting the challenge. This week, it's Lori's turn -- you can see the sketch on her blog and post a link to your creation there. Next week it's my turn, so I hope you'll stop in here to see what I have for you!
Isn't this Gumball Machine by Karen Lockhart adorable? So different and unexpected, I think! I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Gina K's Pure Luxury white cardstock and colored the machine with the Copic markers pictured below and colored the gumballs with a new toy -- Clearsnap's Smooch metallic paints in Siren, Gold Lame, Azure, and Green Apple:
These paints are fun and with the small pointed applicator, it was very easy to paint each of these small gumballs. You can find these beauties at Taylored Expressions (it appears they are out of stock at the moment, but I'm sure Taylor will have more soon. I'll update this info when I get any news). The metallic paint has a nice shimmer to it -- hopefully you can see it here:
I used EK Success' new Dotted Wave Edger punch (found at Michael's) for the strip to the left of the gumball machine and machine stitched around the focal image. All patterned papers are from Basic Grey's Cupcake collection. The long red tag is a Spellbinders die and that great "Live each day" sentiment is also Karen Lockhart's. Ribbon is Papertrey Ink's Lemon Tart satin.
I hope you'll stop by these talented ladies' blogs to see the samples they created for this sketch and participate in the challenge this weekend: Beate, Cami, Charmaine, Jenn, Lori and Mary Jo.
I'll be back tomorrow with some more creations!
