Get Your Sketch and Metal On with OSCC

I'm posting a tish early, so consider this a sneak peek of the awesome weekly challenge at One Stop Crafts. My weekends become such a blur I often don't get to the computer until late on Sunday and wanted to make sure this was up in case anyone tried to link to it from the OSC Challenge blog. Anyway, babbling aside, there is a really fun sketch to play along with this week. Plus, you are challenged to add metal - grab those eyelets, brads, charms, metallic cording, tinfoil, whatever you have that fits the bill.

I love it when a card comes together, and this one hit all the right spots. I started with awesome images from Tiffany Doodles and sentiments from Skipping Stones Designs, gorgeous colors that perfectly matched an unused paper stack, the embellishments tried to trip me up, but I let them know who was in control (I'll explain that in the image detail below). I hope you like my card and are able to play along with the awesome team over at OSCC. Tiffany Doodles is sponsoring the challenge and you could win some great digis.

Sketch Inspiration ~ One Stop Craft Challenge #90 Sketch and Metal
I added a metal grommet to the center of my flower and used brads and tabs to hold my sentiment.

Color Inspirations
ColourQ Challenge #42

Rainbow Lady’s Challenge #113 ~ Orange and Lemon Colors

I obviously went with the ORANGE colors of the challenge.

Inspiration
Photo Synthesis DT Call Challenge Blog
This is my last entry for their challenge (one for each photo). I used red and brown tones, a bit of the lined flowers inspired the choice of background paper and flowers.

CDAC Embellishment Challenge #2 ~ Dimension

Crafty Catz #42 ~ Summer Time

Stamp Something Challenge ~ Something Flowery

My Creation

Image Detail

Here's where those embellishments tried to rebel. I only had black or white grommets in my stash. The black just looked too harsh and I really wanted to utilze the grommet for a bit of dimension and the unexpected for the cetner of the sunflower. A bit of futzing with a gold marker and it developed an almost distressed feel. I didn't want it to be solid gold and like the bit of black peeking through.

Inside

The Healing Wings set from Skipping Stones Design has wonderful sentiments.

Ins and Outs ~ Sunflower Sympathy Take 2

Stamps: Healing Wings – sentiments (Skipping Stones Design); Sunflower and Paperkite Butterfly from Tiffany Doodles
Paper: DCWV Mariposa, SU Whisper White and Very Vanilla
Ink: Laser Printer; Copics (R05, 08, 24; YR07, 14, 21; E25, 51, 97); Chocolate Spica, Gelly Roll Clear Star; Gold Marker Uniball White Gel Pen
Accessories: SU grommet, Dimensionals, SU Metal Tabs, Doodlebug Brads