Time to... Unscripted Sketches #160

I get lots of emails for different sketch challenges and this weeks challenge at Unscripted Sketches caught my eye and I decided to give it a go.  I also decided to combine it with another challenge going on over at Dynamic Duos.

I started with a simple white card base and stamped with Composer's Dream.  Little did I know I had stamped it upside down until I removed the stamp.  I really should place arrows on the my stamps that say "Top" and "Bottom".  I did manage to cover up my booboo with the bird from Punch Potpourri.  I then took a piece of Marina Mist CS and punched a hole and placed the band over the Composer's Dream stamp.  The flowers were stamped out twice and then slit to just shy of the centre so that I could give them a little dimension and have the petals appear like they were more individual petals.  To tie the top and bottom together I punched out the leaves from the Two Step Bird Punch and placed them cascading from the flowers and under the bird.

I hope you enjoy it.

Nancy

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TST #66 Write Me a Song

Jen has been at it again with another great sketch for Try Stampin on Tuesday. Her sketches just get better and better each week.

When I looked at the sketch I knew right away I wanted to do an antique looking torn bottom on the one layer of the card so I decided to go with my Composer's Dream stamp and start with that.

The next thing I had to determine was what I wanted my top stamped piece to be.  I had just recently picked up Rue Des Fleurs and decided to run with that. I tried several different angles and mounting backgrounds before I ended up with the Curly Label punch and a straight pen. I accented the pen marks with two small pearls and then following along with odd numbers I added three more to the bottom instead of a sentiment.











Since I had stamped the pen a couple of times I ended up cutting out one of them and used it on the inside of the card.

I hope you like what I have come up with. Now it's your turn.  Show us what you can do.
Nancy

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