Carolyn's Paper Fantasies: TSSC348

Happy Monday! It's time for another Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge! Here is my sample for this week:

Check out the sketch:

This sketch is so so great for quick and easy cards and a great way to use up your DSP scraps! BUT I didn't make mine too quick and easy today - but I did make it FUN!

I really wanted to use my World Map Stamp set for this sketch but didn't want to the time to color it in and I wasn't sure how accurate it would look. I started to stress out and even asked myself if I should google a picture of the world map to see how it's "actually" colored....but I reminded myself that this did not need to be complicated!

Instead - I grabbed my Blendabilities and SCRIBBLED!!

I used Night of Navy (L), Daffodil Delight (D), and Old Olive (M) Blendabilities markers on my 3" x 5-1/2" Whisper White card stock. I didn't worry about keeping my lines straight and even let them overlap a little as I scribbled - keep it simple!!

I tried to alternate the angles of how I colored and added a few curves here and there. After I added a few intentional patches, I just filled in the rest of the page with more patches of color. It looks scary but wait...it gets better! (Normally Blendabilities don't look this streaky but I took the picture before it had a chance to really saturate the paper and dry.)

Then I inked my World Map stamp set with Memento Black ink and stamped the image onto the scribbled patches of color. It looks less scary now and I can see the project coming together!

Then I cut the card stock into 1" strips and adhered to my Night of Navy card stock. I created a banner with Daffodil Delight card stock and embossed it with the Arrows TIEF.

I stamped the greeting from Chalk Talk with Night of Navy ink and punched it out with the Extra Large Oval Punch and mounted it to the banner with Dimensionals. I added a few Frosted Sequins with glue dots. (Last call for these beautiful embellishments! The Holiday catalog ends today!)

So much better - and who is going to know that I scribbled these colors onto the card? I might sit down some time and more accurately color the image for another card, but for today I'm happy with the way this turned out and it was still pretty easy to create!

We would love to see what you can create using this sketch! Head over to Mary Jo's blog listed below and enter your project using the sketch. Don't forget to check out all the other wonderful projects created by the design team this week!

Mary Jo Price-Williams - Technostamper

Sue Root - Stampin' with Sue

Nicole Tegrul - Be Creative with Nicole

Robbie Rubula - Inked X2

Eileen LeFevre - Eileen's "Stampin' Fever" Blog

Tanya Bell - Stamping T!

Jonia Smith - Stampin For Me

Mary Brown - Stamper Camper's Corner

tams# 2091

Supply List

Chalk Talk Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Chalk Talk Wood Stamp Set	World Map Clear Stamp Set	World Map Wood Stamp Set
Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock	Extra-Large Oval Punch
Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Night Of Navy Assortment	Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Old Olive Assortment	Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Daffodil Delight Assortment	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad	Frosted Sequins	Folder Arrows Textured Impressions Embossing Folder	Liquid Multipurpose Glue
Stampin' Dimensionals	Glue Dots