Hey everyone! Roree here, and I have today's sketch challenge for you.
I was needing a bit of inspiration to get a sketch together for this post, so I went searching for some at Pinterest.com. While there, I found this pin:
I was really drawn in by the color and the design. So with my inspiration found, I came up with a sketch:
I put the sketch in an 11 x 8.5" format, but it would work very well for a 5.5 x 4.25" card also. And that is what I decided to create with the sketch.
I used the Farmhouse collection and focused on the yellows and blues. (I am so totally in love with yellow lately!) I used some of the Little Flyers flags, a label sticker and two pieces of a border sticker to create the blocked row. I then layered the chipboard butterfly, die-cut sentiment, and button for the title.
I finished it off with some twine from the Wrap pack and a few more buttons. I was very happy with the end result.
Amy played along with my sketch this week, and here is what she came up with:
“I really loved how Roree used a gradient of colors to illustrate the blocking in her sketch. I decided to use that gradient as inspiration and decided to go with all the beautiful blues and greys in the Farmhouse collection for my page. The gradient brings you directly down the the photo on the page, where I featured the title, instead of at the top of the page like the sketch.”
I just love Amy's take on the sketch. Her attention to detail and use of embellishments is just amazing!
I hope you enjoyed today's sketch. If you get a chance to play along with this week's sketch, don't forget to post it in the OA Flickr group. We love to see what you all are creating with OA products!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
~Roree
thank you soooo much for the gorgeous inspiration! I used the sketch with the Farmhouse collection:
http://tsurutadesigns.blogspot.com/2012/01/october-afternoon-in-january.html
Posted by: ~amy~ | January 17, 2012 at 07:11 AM
Beautiful projects - love how both of you used the bar of elements. Gorgeous!
Posted by: Valerie M | January 17, 2012 at 06:45 AM
Oh this looks great, love the pinterest inspiration,think I'm gonna play along.
Posted by: Astrid | January 13, 2012 at 02:17 PM
Wow really cool!!! :D
Posted by: Chantal | January 13, 2012 at 05:33 AM
Beautiful creations. I love OA papers - so colorful and vintagey!
Posted by: Venus Fortuna | January 12, 2012 at 08:30 PM
Great sketch and lovely projects to go with it :)
Posted by: Elin Larsson | January 12, 2012 at 05:16 PM
Love that pin! I made like ten pages last week and am running out of juice. Hopefully this will help motivate me :)
Posted by: Nirupama Kumar | January 12, 2012 at 03:02 PM
Love the card and the layout! Great color choices. And love the "quilt" feel.
Posted by: Cherri Simon | January 12, 2012 at 02:54 PM
They are both absolutely stunning!
Posted by: Jessica Toulmin | January 12, 2012 at 01:15 PM
Both the card and the layout are just fabulous!
Posted by: Debbie Standard | January 12, 2012 at 08:09 AM
Whoa, these are both gorgeous. Thank you for showing me how to look at something and then get a sketch. I often wondered how everyone came up with sketches.
But, with the sketch and the papers, these are both awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks to Amy, too, for showing the layout version.
Posted by: Joan V | January 12, 2012 at 07:46 AM
what a perfect sketch for all those scraps we just can't part with...love it!
Posted by: Monika Wright | January 12, 2012 at 07:36 AM
Amazing!!! Love it! Thanks for the inspiration! ......
Angela
Posted by: Angela S. | January 12, 2012 at 07:10 AM
I just adore your lay-out! I'm really into tone-on-tone blues right now, and this is just absolutely perfect!
Posted by: Nienke | January 12, 2012 at 05:28 AM