Love. This. Sketch.
Posted by Jenn on September 14th, 2007
Oh my. I love this week’s sketch! Not a lot of stamping this time around (suprise, suprise!) . . .
I can’t wait to check out what Beate, Charmaine, Lori, and Sharon did with this one! My color choices were totally inspired by the Twilight collection that I got sucked into last week thanks to Kristina Werner. All three books were stacked up on my stamping table, and I thought, “hmmmmmmmm. . .” and then went digging through my patterned paper stash for this luscious stuff. Here’s my interpretation:
detail of poppy:
Stamps: StampendousPoppy Stems and SU!Absolutely Fabulous
Ink: Palette Noir. White Stazon (I swiped it on the already-distressed paper so I’d have a spot to stamp the sentiment. It got a little smudgy. I should have waited for it to dry!) Pearlescent Poppy Brilliance and Versamagic Hint of Pesto were applied with Fantastix. I went over the image with an aquapainter and pearlescent goldTwinkling H20s to make it less line-arty.
Papers: Red and black textured cardstock, SU!. Patterned paper: red is Daisy D’s Railway Journal , both black & white papers are from 7gypsies (here and here)
Accessories: Ginormous flower is from Prima Essentials (I think this was a hibiscus from the Caribbean collection). The center is black satin ribbon on a make-your-own button (I didn’t buy from that place, but it shows how it was done) and the black thingees (are they stamen?) are from the SU! Pretties kit, and colored black with a journaling marker to make the flower more poppy-like. I added Swarovski crystals with glue dots. Ribbon is May Arts (I think, it was in one of my jars!).
September 14th, 2007 at 7:34 am
OMG!!!! This is freaking fantastic! All that bling, the gorgeous flower and the paper….Wow!
September 14th, 2007 at 7:35 am
Jenn this is just gorgeous! Oh my! I LOVE this! That huge flower is fabulous!
September 14th, 2007 at 7:36 am
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September 14th, 2007 at 7:42 am
Holy-moly, this is GORGEOUS, Jenn! LOVE that poppy and these papers (I *think* I have them SOMEwhere!). Hey, we both used black scallops! Simply eye-poppin!
September 14th, 2007 at 7:52 am
My goodness, Jenn….this is absolutely stunning!! Wow!! Such a gorgeous sample for Beate’s sketch!!
September 14th, 2007 at 8:18 am
Get out! That flower is INSANELY awesome! And I love the poppies and the script together … so romantic. I feel a CASE coming on! Thanks for sharing.
September 14th, 2007 at 9:41 am
Ilove this card!! You did an awesome job. TFS.
September 14th, 2007 at 9:58 am
Oh wow! This is fabulous. That flower is to die for and the color scheme is so striking. I love the ribbon too. Really wonderful card.
September 14th, 2007 at 10:07 am
SHUT UP!!!!!!!!! ……………THUD! Wicked beauty, Jenn! WICKED!!!
September 14th, 2007 at 10:28 am
That card is gorgeous!!!!! I love that ribbon!
September 14th, 2007 at 10:38 am
This is just a scrumptious card. Love, love, love the idea of swiping white ink on the dark cs for the sentiment. What a FABULOUS idea!
September 14th, 2007 at 10:44 am
Gorgeous, I love all that bling ont the flower.
September 14th, 2007 at 10:46 am
When a card looks this good, it should be illegal ;^)*
September 14th, 2007 at 11:03 am
You should get your mojo from books more often !! This is georgous !!
September 14th, 2007 at 11:24 am
Oh lord Jenn!! I GASPED FOR AIR when I saw this!
It is abso-LUTELY stunning!
I have been visiting a myriad of French bloggers lately, and this SO reminded me of their work!!
This feels very powerful to me! (wierd I know!!)
Breathtaking! Thankyou!!
September 14th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
This is stunning! It looks like a card you’d see in the pages of a magazine. Simply wonderful!
September 14th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Spendid card Jenn! I love everything about it from the colors to the pretty flower center. I hope to get a chance this weekend to participate in the challenge. Thanks for sharing your beauty with us.
September 14th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
OMG…This card is spectacular! The colors are amazing and that flower is too fantastic!
September 14th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
This is absolutely gorgeous!
The poppy is amazing! such a stunning creation!
September 14th, 2007 at 4:51 pm
Gorgeous card! Just stunning!
September 14th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
beautiful
September 14th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
How spectacular is this?!! Love everything about it, especially that flower and the way you did your ribbon, just beeutiful!
Lisa
September 14th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
Jenn, I LOVE your card!!! That poppy is amazing! I have to have one!!!! LOVE IT!!!!
September 14th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Jenn —- jaw dropping here!! What a fabulous card! I love the stazon underneath the sentiment..the bling..the colors..WowZa!!
September 14th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I should never look here when I am feeling “weak” … never! Look at these luscious goodies .. all over this card! This paper! Prima Essentials! Gems! Ribbons … and yes … there’s the stamping!
*faint*
September 14th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
This card is so stunning! It’s…perfect! You always pay attention to the details Jenn and have really outdone yourself with this one! It’s truly gorgeous and I love it!
September 15th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
This card is SOOOO Twilight it isn’t even funny! I am almost done with the third one…although not my favorite, I am enjoying it nonetheless! Thanks for sharing!!
September 15th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Oooooooh what a gorgeous card. My grandmother’s favorite flower too…..
September 15th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
that is one gorgeous flower, Jenn!
September 16th, 2007 at 8:29 am
Beautiful - I love all of your floral creations and this is another awesome one
Great job.
Teresa
September 17th, 2007 at 1:22 am
Wow! Talk about gorgeous! Let me catch my breath…wow!
September 17th, 2007 at 9:45 am
What a beautiful card! Bling Bling! love the flowers too…and the paper…just love the whole darn thing!
September 17th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Jenn, this is absolutely STUNNING!!!!! I loooooove it!
Your work knocks my socks OFF!
September 23rd, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Holy cow, this one is beyond gorgeous!!!
September 24th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Twilight Huh!I LOVE them!!!! I wish my husband… Edward… Oh well…it’s fiction right? My 13 year old is in love with Edward too and she’s not even at the boy crazy stage yet. I think I have read the first book 5 times, the others only twice. ENJOY!
Love the card. It is a great interpretation of the beautiful covers of the books.