Sunday, August 21, 2011

Beautiful Season - Unscripted Sketches #120

The challenge with Unscripted Sketches this week is not only a sketch challenge, but a piggyback challenge as well.  This is an optional challenge to help stretch creativity.
For this piggyback challenge - use buttons placing them where the dots are on the sketch.
More information about this challenge here



Stamp: Beautiful Season
Inks: Early Espresso, Watercolor crayons, Baja breeze
Papers: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, whisper White, Always Artichoke, Holly Berry Bouquet designer series paper
Accessories: Dazzling details, White gel pen, Aqua painter, 3/4" circle punch, 1" circle punch, Circle die #2, Snow Burst embossing folder, Iridescent embossing powder

The image was stamped on a circle cut with the Circle Die #2 and coloured with watercolour crayons & an Aqua painter.  The holly berries were highlighted with a White gel pen and covered with Dazzling detail.  Baja Breeze ink was sponged around the outside edges of the circle.

The buttons were made using the 3/4" & the 1" circle punch.  For each button, 4 circles were punched, as well as an image from the Holly Berry Bouquet designer paper.  They were adhered together and covered with Crystal Effects, and after they were dry, they were adhered to the top left of the image circle using glue dots.
While these items were drying, I double embossed the Alwyas Artichoke layer with the Star burst embossing folder which had Versa Mark applied to it with a Brayer.  Iridescent embossing powder was poured over the embossed folder and set with an embossing tool.  Sparkle!  Sparkle!

This close up shows the watercoloured image and the hand made buttons.  Too bad the double embossed background and the dazzling  details don't show up well in the picture.  Believe me, its stunning in person (well, you know what I mean)

7 comments:

Suzanne Bier said...

What a beautiful Christmas card...Love the image and embossing! Thanks for playing along with us at Unscripted Sketches this week!

Kris McIntosh said...

Beautiful. I love this stampset and I think your card shows if off to perfection. Love the buttons.

dstandard said...

OOOOH this is just beautiful! Thanks for playing at Unscripted Sketches!

Linda Beeson said...

I so love what you did with those images and the Unscripted sketch. Your circle accents are great!

Becky Garrison said...

Absolutely gorgeous card!!! You really did a great job! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Unscripted Sketches!

Susan M. Brown {sbartist} said...

Thanks for playing along with us this week at Unscripted Sketches and taking on the piggyback challenge, too!!! This is a gorgeous card & I love the hand coloring with the watercolor crayons [they are one of my fav tools in the box]. Kudos for the handmade buttons, too. I envy the person who receives this holiday gem : ) Susan

Billie A said...

Great Christmas card and the homemade buttons are very cute. Thanks for joining Unscripted Sketches challenge week. Very nice card.