Challenge time...

I finally got my entry for this month's sketch challenge over at the Sarah's Cards blog (http://sarahscardsltd.blogspot.com/) finished. Woo hoo! I have to say I'm actually really please with the way it's turned out. The sketch (shown below) was great to work with.

I decided to rotate the sketch, since the photo I wanted to use was landscape rather than portrait.

I was unsure what colours to pull from the photo intially. I was searching through my stash and came across a sheet of SEI paper (the lilac and white patterned piece to the top right) and thought it would work quite nicely. I then searched through my cardstock and found the chocolately brown sheet. Now, purple and brown isn't a colour scheme I would normally go for... at first I was really unsure. But as I pulled some more pieces together I started to like it... and now I really like it!

I wanted to use the Starbucks logo on the page as an accent, particularly since it fits great with the round detail on the sketch. I simply pulled a copy of the logo from the internet and printed it out on cardstock. I covered it with a good thick layer of Anita's 3-D Clear Gloss. Once it had dried the edges had kinda curled in a bit, so I flattened it back out. By flattening it down the gloss cracked in places, but I like the way it looks so wasn't worried about this.


Anyway... I'm very pleased with my finished layout. I'm really enjoying the sketch challenges. It really helps me get working.

Thanks for looking everyone! x