Freshly Made Sketches #75

I really like this week's Freshly Made Sketch - it's great for showing off some fabulous patterned papers.  I find that when sketches have a lot of small geometric shapes, you need to keep the papers fairly tame, or it just looks too busy.  So I took advantage of this wonderful sketch to use some fun October Afternoon papers and my new Verve pennant die:

Patterned papers are Woodland Park, October Afternoon; Cardstock is Hollyhock, Black and Colonial White, CTMH; Stamp set is Just a Number, CTMH; Baker's Twine, The Twinery; Pennant die, Verve; Ink is Hollyhock, CTMH.

 

Dynamic Duos #41

It's time for another Dynamic Duos challenge, and we're creating with Island Indigo & Pool Party this week.  I was pretty sure I would do a masculine type of card (something I'm needing!) with these colours, and knew that I had these great papers from the now-retired "Cruisin'" paper pack.  I also pulled out a stamp set from a few years back that works well for guy cards - "Retro Tech".

And on the inside:

You can't really tell in the photo, but I overstamped the phone image with Versamark ink, and then embossed it with clear embossing powder, so the phone is quite "slick".  We would love to have you join us at Dynamic Duos this week, details are over on the DD blog.  You'll see some fun inspiration by the design team either on the blog, or their links are listed on my sidebar.  If you don't have the exact colours, just use something similar.  Neutrals are welcome, but otherwise you must use just our two colours!

 

Patterned papers are Cruisin'; Cardstock is Black, Twilight & White Daisy; Stamp sets are Retro Tech, Simple Stitches & Just a Number; Ink is Black; Clear buttons & twilight accents - all Close To My Heart.