Sketch ~ Friends of Unity Blog Hop February 2024

 It is February already.  I hope you are being creative in the new year.
The February 2024 Friends Of Unity blog hop inspiration is a "Sketch".  I hope that you will join in on the fun.  Simply comment on each blog in the hop.  See the end of this post for your next stop.

I made three different cards with the sketch inspiration this month.

Enter my February 2024 Friends of Unity Giveaway:

One seat in my online card class bundle including 10 videos & reference guides.

Bundle 3: 12 Interactive & 3-D Cards

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*** The winner of my January 2024 Friends Of Unity Giveaway is Glennis F. ***

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First up are the fun cats.

For my first project, I used Curious Cats along with some wet stenciling for the stars background. And, for the coloring of the cats, I added Copic markers. The trimmings were from twine and patterned paper to finish the sketch elements. This was fun and easy to make.

Here is a closer look at the cute cats.

Now for a wedding card.

Next up, is a wedding card using the beautiful silhouette bride and groom from the Forever Starts Today set. I decided to stamp and trim the vellum and leave it uncolored. For the accents, I used patterned paper and color cardstock. The adhesive was placed behind the bride and the groom to fasten the vellum. The edges are left softly floating.

This is another look at the vellum card.

This is the inside of the wedding card.

And finally, this is a different take on the sketch using watercolor.

For this birthday card, I first heat embossed the stamping in gold. Then, watercolor was added using watercolor from brush markers. Instead of adding color directly to the panel, I placed dabs of color from the brushes in a separate palette tray. From there I applied a tiny bit of color at a time before blending it out. I think sometimes too much color comes out of the brush pens to work directly into tiny spaces like in this stamp. So for this card, I used very narrow brushes to blend everything out in the tiny spaces. Another look at the rose card.

Here are quick videos outlining the making of these cards.

For even more creative card making ideas and step-by-step techniques, go see my card making classes. I have an array of online class video bundles, individual courses and an optional all-access Gold Club membership. There is something for everyone. 

Go look around in My card classes.  

Remember to visit and comment on all of the blogs in the blog hop. 

Your next stop in the hop is Colleens blog. 
The full blog hop lineup is on Crystal's blog.

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Gaylynn

Below is a list of supplies that I used to make all three projects.