Friday, July 17, 2009

Sketch Something with Dustin Pike

Morning all and happy Friday!

This has been a great week, our first real week of summer with sunshine every day! Hopefully it's here to stay! Hope you all have had a good week and are looking forward to the weekend.

Today is a new challenge on Stamp Something and we have a fabulous new sponsor too, Dustin Pike! If you don't know Dustin's work, you need to check out his site. He creates the cutest images of monkeys and dragons and now he has a holiday collection. All of his images are digital and available for download, some for a small fee and others are free! Dustin has generously donated some fun blog candy as well as a bunch of images for the design team to create with!

Our challenge to you this week is a sketch. I've actually created this one and kept it pretty simple. And as you'll be able to tell, it was my first attempt, not the greatest, but it works! Feel free to flip it, turn it, and embellish it up! We're looking forward to seeing your sketched somethings!

For my card this week, I used this super cute Bubble Dragon image from Dustin's collection and colored him with Copics. I also highlighted with Copic glitter pens in gold and clear. It's hard to see some of the glittered areas, but you can see the gold ones. I also used some Off Beat BasicGrey papers that reminded me of bubbles in the various patterns.

The cardstock is SU! Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Baja Breeze. I embellished with SU! buttons and some grosgrain ribbons. I also paper pierced the edging around the image. One layer of Baja has been embossed with the bubbles folder and CB. I definitely have the bubbles theme going on in this one!

Thanks for popping by today! I'll see you all back here tomorrow for a fun event with Layers of Color stamps! Have a great day, happy stamping! :)

13 comments:

Lynn said...

So cute Denise! Love the image you chose and the way you used the ribbon. I had fun working with your sketch this week and the Dustin Pike images! Have a great weekend!

Anonymous said...

What a sweet card!! I love the fun image and you've done an awesome job with the sketch!! I MUST have a go at this one!! How fun!!

BTW..I love that fun texture on your card too!! Goes so well!! HUGS

Melissa said...

So darn cute Denise!

Many Blessings,
M.

Riet said...

What a beautiful card Denise,l love the image and colours.
So gorgeous papers.

Hugs Riet.x

Erin... said...

So fun Denise!!! Love how you used those yummy papers!! Such a cute dragon, great colors!!!

Mina said...

Gorgeous card Denise...that dragon is so gorgeous, your design and papers go perfectly with him
Mina xxx

CraftyC said...

Wonderful card Denise and the image is adorable
Clairexxx

Giovana said...

Really cute Denise.
Giovana

Kevin Renz said...

Super cute card. Love the color choices and coloring.

yyam said...

This is soooo cute. Great image and colors! :)

Maureen said...

Super cute card and I love simple sketches - much easier to work with!

Lisa H. said...

LOVE this guy! great coloring, great color combo and great combo of buttons and ribbon tabs. cute stuff!

Marcea said...

this is so much fun, just adore DP images and you have done a fab job. Also what a great sketch .... just loved playing with it!
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