Sunday, May 15, 2011

OWH Sketch 69

As soon as I saw Sketch 69 this week, I knew what I wanted to do.  I've had various types of papers with scenes on them and I have a hard time figuring out what to do with them, because I'm sure they're easier to use if you're scrapbooking.  But this sketch was perfect.  And I have enough of the right color ribbon to make about 6 of these for my next shipment to Operation Write Home.
I also made some ruffled cards this weekend.  The first two went into the trash, I don't know why I was having so much trouble with them, it was mostly my poor taste in papers, because I was more concerned about trying to use up scraps.  When I finally decided to find some nice paper that I liked and wanted to use, things progressed a lot better.  So, the scraps are back in the scrap bin.   ~ Nancy F.

8 comments:

  1. Love what you did with this sketch, and a great idea to use a scene from some of the papers. Your ruffle cards also turned out nicely. I had the same problem making just one in trying to use up scraps...but persisted and did finally make one using monochromatic blues which took a while.
    Thanks for your ideas.

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  2. Great cards. I love the papers you picked and the blue is beautiful. I also liked the ruffled card very much. Thank you for sharing.

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  3. Nancy, Two lovely cards and I have some similar paper that I just did not know what to do with, so you have given me a great tip! Thanks and blessings, Louise

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  4. Boy I'm really running behind here and hopefully sketch 69 will be able to jumpstart my Mojo -- love what you did with it - and I agree it's a great way to use those odd large patterned papers.... nice ruffle cards too

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  5. LOVE what you did with the sketch! Fabulous idea and I love the colors and paper you chose. :)

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  6. Really like what you did with the scene paper. They really turned out very nice. I like your ruffle cards too. I haven't tried to do one of those yet.

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  7. Awesome cards, Nancy! Love the way you used those large scale images on your paper - great idea! Thanks for playing along in this week's OWH Stars & Stamps Sketch Challenge!

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  8. THis is a great use of that DP that you found hard to use! The blue ribbon adds just the right touch of pretty color!

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