Saturday 26 April 2014

Sketch Time

It's Sketch time once more at "Less is More" and I have a few cards to show you!
The first one takes the sketch fairly literally and has a background of an Artemio manuscript stamp surmounted by a couple of my new Memory Box butterflies... Pippi and Isabella. I decided to put one black on white and the other white on black.
The sentiment is from Stampin' Up. 
This next one has a little more stamping. 
Off the Grid and Gorgeous Grunge from Stampin' Up with an SU sentiment and some Dienamics die cut tools on a length of twine.
I'm linking this to the challenge at Addicted to CAS this week with the theme Grunge!

The sketch is not quite so obvious in this one, but I had great fun making it!
I began by cutting the two hearts which are from Tim Holtz Movers and Shapers, Bigz dies.
I then used some Platinum UTEE to add a couple of layers , then sprinkled on a little black and heat embossed that, stamping a deeply etched flourish stamp into the molten powder.
The base circle was cut from three layers of card and embossed in black for a couple of layers and then added just a sprinkling of the Platinum crystals.
I couldn't find my fine detail Platinum embossing powder for the sentiment and gold or silver just wasn't right with the main images, so I mixed up some gold and silver powders together and was really quite pleased with the result.
This last one is the one I popped on the "Less is More" blog. 
A Memory box die cut Butterfly Heart, backed with some turquoise card, which was also used for the SU Embosslits  additional butterflies.
This one pleases me, I hope it pleases you too!

30 comments:

  1. Love all the cards here, I can't pin down to one, such nice inspirations!

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  2. Wow looks like you had lots of fun with the UTE! Fabulous hearts! X

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  3. Brilliant cards, love them all!
    Elaine

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  4. Love all these cards Chrissie - each so different, great interpretation of the sketch. I think my favourite is the butterfly heart though - full of movement.

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  5. beautiful cards, will get my thinking cap on and see what I can come up with for this challenge :)

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  6. I love that butterfly hearts die - it is so pretty! Love your dramatic UTEE card too :). Thanks for the inspiration and great sketch - will have to see if I get chance to play this weekend!

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  7. What a fabulous, and truly varied selection of cards, you've created using this sweet sketch! I must try and play along this week, but time is soooo short. Have a great weekend Chrissie and thanks for sharing your creativity yet again! Jo x

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  8. It's hard to choose a favourite amongst these - they're all beautiful in their own right.

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  9. Lots of gorgeousness here Chrissie. Love your fabulous hearts and that you made your own e/p. Your "grunge" card would be perfect for our latest challenge at Addicted to CAS where grunge is the theme....we'd love to see you there.

    Karen x

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  10. All great cards Chrissie. You really worked out your sketch to make different cards. I'll be back to play after I get my treadmill walking done.
    Have a great weekend.

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  11. What a great collection of cards Chrissie, each one so different. Love the UTEE hearts! Linda xx

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  12. Super set of cards. Great inspiration. Thanks x

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  13. Oh Chrissie such a gorgeous piece of art!
    Greets and good weekend Patrice

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  14. Fabulous cards Chrissie, they are so inspiring, love the grunge card with the tools on a wire, very clever idea.

    Warm hugs
    Maarit

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  15. Such inspiration, Chrissie ... so many different techniques and what gorgeous cards! Thanks so much for playing along with ATCAS with your grunge card! Anita :)

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  16. fabulous cards Chrissie !! all of them are gorgeous and I especially love the grungy masculine one !,,, love the tools hanging off the string, the whole design reminds me of Dad's shed with paint splatters and wire mesh :-)

    luv
    Lols x x x

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  17. A fabulous Grunge design Chrissie - love the ink splatters and the diy tools!
    Thank you so much for joining us again at ATCAS - Sylvia xxx

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  18. I love the sketch Chrisse. Fab cards xx Jan

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  19. All of these are perfect examples for the LIM sketch and all are wonderful cards.

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  20. Hola Chrissie, i'm glad to see you and a'm glad to play a LIM,thank you for yours kind comments and for your effort every week.
    Is difficult for me play in this moment but i'm here :D, i remember my first LIM, and i love this challenge and the great cardmakers like you,you have fantastic techniques, all yours cards are fabulous, very clever work.
    A warm hug from Palma.

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  21. These are all fabulous Chrissie! I see we had a similar idea with your first card...it was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the sketch! I do love the hearts card too...a lot of work went into that one! :)
    Lizy xx

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  22. These are all such great cards - I have a soft spot for the 1st one - the clean black and white goes well with the stricter interpretation of your sketch. Cheers, Dianne

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  23. These are all fabulous cards Chrissie! Great inspirations, as always!
    Rosi x

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  24. You really know how to inspire us, Chrissie! Your cards are absolutely gorgeous!!!

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  25. All beautiful cards, Chrissie. It's difficult to pick a favorite...but the Kraft masculine card really caught my eye. Perhaps it's because I find it difficult to make masculine cards...and this one is so perfect!

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  26. wow wow great cards as always and love the sketch you have done for us this week
    Nicky x

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  27. Hi Chrissie so lovely to see you again at ATCAS and with another fabulous card. Grunge and CAS a difficult combination but this is truly a masterpiece as are the rest of your fab crds. The ink splatters and tools are a great combo and perfect for a masculine card. Thanks so much for joining in and good luck.

    Marie

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  28. wow Chrissie - they are all amazing.. I would just love to be so creative. I think my favourite is the turquoise butterflies in flight tho'. A fabulous look and colour combination. .. and thanks so much for taking the time 'visit' me as well. and shall promise to try harder next time! very best wishes and thanks again
    Jan
    x

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  29. All fabulous Chrissie, can't choose a fav this time, love them all :) Viv xx

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Thanks,
Chrissie