FFF: It's A Sketch!

Friday, March 19, 2010

Good Morning and a happy Friday to everyone!

I hope you all had a great week! I'm looking forward to this weekend for two reasons; New Moon DVD comes out tonight and Saturday looks like it's going to hit 70 degrees! Woohooooo! Can you say AWESOME!! :) It's a pity that it has to end so soon - Monday going to be a brisk 49 deg! Yikes! I guess summer isn't quite ready to stick around yet. :(

Today's Farm Fresh Friday challenge is a sketch by the fabulous Farmer Mary! I love sketches!

But I have to admit that Miss Mary's one had me running scared this week! That center vertical panel completely threw me and I had no idea what to do for it. I eventually decided to camouflage it by picking a very subtle piece of matching paper. I chose to use little Marlene from the Sweet Messages set and colored her up with my reinkers and aquapainter brush. I was so excited to get this Basic Grey paper last weekend at my LSS. I actually went looking for the new Green At Heart and Kioshi collections but couldn't find them, so I ended up caving and buying them online. Can't go wrong with Basic Grey right?? :) I love how Marlene and the Origins collection go together so well!

All the panels were sponged with Distress Inks 'Frayed Burlap' and machine stitched with black thread. The inverted scallops are done with decorative scissors and I scattered some adhesive rhinestones around the card because, well....it looked pretty! :D The sentiment is from a There She Goes set called Birdy Wishes.

Want to see more creations with the sketch? Then check out what the Farmer's and Critter Crew created with it:

Jessica Diedrich
Cheryl Walker
Cindy Haffner
Kadie Ensley
Kim Nath
Mary Giles
Melyssa Connolly
Randi Wall
Heather Schlatter
Jami Bova
Mercy Kerin
Sparkle Smith

Thanks so much for stopping by today and this week! I didn't get a chance to window shop on Etsy this week :( so no Etsy Friday Finds this week - sorry! Have a great weekend everyone!


Supplies
Stamps: The Greeting Farm 'Sweet Messages', There She Goes 'Birdie Wishes'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Pretty In Pink, Close To Cocoa, Old Olive, So Saffron, More Mustard, Soft Sky, Cool Caribbean, Going Gray
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Basic Grey 'Origins Collection
Access: Buttons, Martha Stewart Edge Punch, Fiskars Decorative Scissors, Adhesive Rhinestones, Machine Stitching, Sponges, Dimensionals