Let's Get Motivated With a Sketch From Splitcoast Stampers

Good morning!

This sketch is from Splitcoast Stampers Sketch Gallery.  

This is the link to their site:  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/

I've been looking through sketches from several different sites and challenging myself

to create from the ones that appeal to me.

Hope you like it.

This is the card I created from the above sketch.

Trying to use some "different," bolder paper.

I embossed a part of the card, then added ribbon to cover where the two

different papers meet.

This little bird is the cutest!  

I experimented with what I had to create some shadowing around the image.

Using a small cotton ball (which is used to chalking), I dabbed it in ink, and got as much excess

as I could onto a scrap, then gently circled it around from the edges in.  The first ones I

did are darker than I liked, but as I got used to it, the shadowing got lighter and looked

much better.

Supplies used:

Paper: DCWV, White Cardstock, Other

Bird Stamp: Provo Craft

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Sizzix

Ribbon

Sentiment: Paper Company Clear Stamps

Ink: Vivid! Raspberry, A la mode Black

Have a wonderful day!

Polly  :)