whale done SFYTT and a Tombow giveaway

Well, it is Monday again and it looks like summer is making an early appearance.  It sure was a warm one this weekend.  

Today Tombow is hopping along with guest artist Laura Kelly and will be giving a prize pack (see graphic below) to one lucky commenter.  

This week my inspiration was taken from the Reverse Confetti SFYTT #1, you can see the sketch HERE.

I followed the sketch pretty well, but went with lots of layers on this one.  I stamped the adorable little whale from the Reverse Confetti Happy Harbor set in aqua ink and cut him out and popped him up with a Tombow Power Tab.  All of the flat layers were adhered together with Tombow Mono Adhesive Dots.  I used a combo of Tombow Power Tabs and Mono Adhesive Dots for the waves as the bottom wave is flat and the top one is popped up a bit.  The sentiment was stamped with Rich Cocoa ink and popped up with a Foam Tab.  You can click on the photo below see a close up of all of the layers.  

Be sure to stop by each of the blogs participating in the hop today.  Leave a comment, you could win a great prize package.

Debbie
Melissa
Jennie
Marie
Laura
Tombow

Let It Snow

I must be dreaming of a little cooler weather, although we have had pretty decent weather here in my part of California.  I just want  to give a little shout out to those who have not been so blessed by old Mother Nature.  I hope things will get better soon. If only we could tip the US just a bit and allow the flooding to run toward Texas some and give them a little relief from the horribly hot and now firey summer. 

I don't think I have ever played along with the Sketch For You ToTry (SFYTT) sketch challenge (although,  I check it out every month).  I decided it was about high time I gave Jen's awesome sketches a try so I jumped in with both feet and combined it with the yummy colors from the CR84FN37 challenge. 

As you can see, I took some creative liberties with the sketch.  The truth be told, I will usually print the sketch or take Mr. Lappy into the studio with  me, but not this time.  I was sure my oh so photograpic memory (not) would get me by.  Hmmm, maybe I should re-think that approach.  :)

Not alot of uber cool techniques going on with this card, however  I did use the beautiful Memory Box Bianca snowflake die to create a ghost effect on the kraft background by laying the die randomly on the card and tapping it here and there with Tea Dye distress ink.  I wasn't looking forward to adding bits and pieces of foam tape to the back of thes snowflake so I just sandwiched it between two turquoise buttons.  The smaller is the one you can see and underneath is one a bit bigger.  I did pull the twine between both of the buttons hoping this will hold the snowflake in place.  So far, so good.  The sentiment is from the Verve Holiday Phrases set.  Love the simple font Julee used in this little set. 

One last note, I added a "For Sale" page to my blog.  You can find it at the top left of my blog and I would love for you to check out my list.  I will be adding things often as I wade through my studio.

See you soon,