Sketch and Theme

Crafter's Comapanion Toread's "Xeru"

Sketch's (layouts) have always been something I've wanted to try with stamping.  I've done them with just paper and embellishments but never have I included a stamped image.  I always found them to be a bit more difficult, which was probably all in my head now that I see it can be done.

Another thing I found difficult was making masculine/boy cards.  Pretty much every stamp image I have is more geared towards little girls or babies, so whenever my daughter got invited to a boy's birthday I would struggle with making him a card.  Since I got the Toread's from Crafter's Companion it will be much easier to make cards for those such occasions.

What made this more enjoyable was combining two themes from different challenges to create one card.  Look below to see what challenges this card was entered in.

The following is the list of Spectrum Noir markers I used to color this image.

Hair: CG1, CG2, CG3, DG4
Skin: FS2, FS3, TN2, TN5
Leaves: DG1, DG4, CG2
Ribbon: LG2, LG4, LG5
Clothes: EB2, EB3, EB5, EB7, EB8
Club: BT4, BT5, BT7
Club Sling: TN3, TN6
Shoes: BT4, BT5, BT7, TN3, TN6

CHALLENGES:

Just Us Girls - #226 Sketch Challenge
Spectrum Noir - Masculine Challenge
Crafty Cardmakers and More - #109 This is a Man's World