WSC31-Celebrate Bouquet

It's Friday and time for another one of Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenges!  Here's this week's sketch for you to work with:

And here's my sample:

For the focal image, I used Karen Lockhart's Bouquet and stamped it in Brilliance Graphite Black on Curious Iridescent Cryogen White cardstock, using Copic markers (more exact coloring details will follow in the next post, with a Copic coloring tutorial).  Here are the colors I used:

Here's a closeup of the bouquet and that lovely shimmery cardstock:

I accented the bow with Copic's Red Spica glitter pen and the baby's breath is Ranger's White Opal Liquid Pearls.  The image was cut and matted with Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic & Scalloped Rectangles and is popped up on dimensional foam tape.

The card base is Stampin' Up's Chocolate and these beautiful variegated papers are from Memory Box's Flirt collection.  I distressed all the edges of the patterned papers with Tonic's Edge Distresser and inked them with ColorBox Chestnut Roan Liquid Chalk cat eye pad.  On the right vertical strip, I used Ornare's Small Scalloped Edge Border piercing template:

PaperTrey Ink's sentiment from Borders & Corners-Oval set was stamped in Stampin' Up's Classic Regal Rose and cut using Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic & Scalloped Ovals.  It is popped up on dimensional foam tape.  The beautiful pink pearl accents are from Ellen Hutson's store.

Check back in a bit for that Copic Coloring Tutorial and be sure to visit the follow blogs for some gorgeous samples of the sketch challenge: Cambria Turnbow, Charmaine Ikach, Jenn Balcer, Laurie Schmidlin, Lori Craig and MaryJo Albright . . . have fun creating this weekend!

Comments

[Charmaine]

1.

Gorgeous, Sharon! Love the paper piercing, the coloring and the "little pearls"! Just beautiful!

[Lori Craig]

2.

Absolutely gorgeous...I'm glad you got all 'trained' last week so you can start making pretty cards like this...snort...you've *always* been the BOMB. I do *love* that little piercing template. :)

[Melissa]

3.

Lovely Sharon!

[Beate]

4.

Beautiful card! Your coloring looks wonderful!

[jenn]

5.

Drop dead gorgeous, like WOW gorgeous! You always add just enough, never over the top and always classy. Beauty!

[Cambria Turnbow]

6.

HOLY COPICS!!! Wow Sharon.... you continue to just knock me of my chair baby!!

[mj albright]

7.

Wow!... with all the details you added and how you use the Copics:) Very pretty.
Have a wonderful weekend.

[Laurie]

8.

Sharon, this beauty just exudes class!! Your coloring is so amazing! And, I just love how you used pearls on the right panel for those circle elements!!

[Kendra Giles]

9.

this is just gorgeous sharon!

[Kendra Giles]

10.

this is just gorgeous sharon!

[Kari]

11.

Beautiful card! I love the paper you used and the paper piercing is gorgeous!

[Leslie Miller]

12.

Thanks, Sharon! Your card and the pretty bouquet stamp is just lovely! I still haven't gone over the edge to Copics but if I had them I surely would appreciate this tutorial!

[Jenn]

13.

Those pearl baby's breath are beautiful! Great article about the markers. Thank you for taking the time to write this Sharon :)

[Jami]

14.

Oh Sharon - gorgeous doesn't begin to describe this!!!!!!!

[Rose Ann]

15.

This is gorgeous, Sharon! I love your bouquet, all that piercing, and your pretty pearl accents!!

[Teresa]

16.

Absolutely gorgeous!!! Love the colors and the piercing!

[Rhonda K.]

17.

I really like your card. It is very sweet and I love all the little pearl details! Amazing job. TFS