Category: Clearly Besotted

Freshly Made Sketches #243

I’m playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches #243 Challenge.

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My take on the sketch:

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One of my favorite things about challenges is the opportunity to pull from a variety of supplies, often ones I’ve rarely used, as is the case here. For this sketch, I pulled out the Clearly Besotted “Take Flight” stamp set with coordinating dies (I believe it’s now discontinued). I couldn’t picture the plane in any color but red (and didn’t even consider any other colors!), and turned to my favorite color scheme – red/white/blue – for the other elements. I chose a tailored Pink Paislee patterned paper for the background and used a Taylored Expressions embossing folder for the clouds.

The Cutting Edge Challenge #12

It’s time for another Cutting Edge Challenge! Our inspiration this week is an amazing card created by Design Team member Amy Kolling.

I was drawn to the theme and colors in Amy’s inspiration, creating a similar card using an Impression Obsession Plane with Banner die set.

The Cutting Edge Challenge #12

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I cut the Impression Obsession airplane several times to create more dimension. I sponged white pigment ink onto the card panel through the My Favorite Things stencil. I stamped the sentiment from Clearly Besotted onto the airplane banner, curving the stamp as best I could to match the curve of the banner. The banner was cut from vellum and white cardstock. Originally I planned to simply have the vellum banner, but it got lost on the cloud background. After putting the card together it seemed a bit plain (no pun intended!) so I sprinkled on some white and blue sequins.

Supplies: Impression Obsession Plane with Banner die set; Clearly Besotted Take Flight stamp set; MFT Cloudy Day stencil; MFT Blueprints 1