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Penny Black Saturday Challenge Blog

I was thrilled to be asked to be a guest designer at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge blog HERE.
If you haven’t been by their blog I can guarantee that you will be inspired!!  If you are visiting my blog for the first time…welcome! I am so glad to have you stop by! I was excited to participate with a sketch challenge this week at PBSC blog and I think it’s such a lovely design.

I adore this transparent set called Betsy Bluebell and I wanted her on a cloud in the sky pouring the rain from her watering can onto the flowers. Well…this is what I ended up with and I hope you like it.

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When it comes down to designing the card for the sketch I can’t follow it exactly…I try really hard but, maybe something is wrong with me…… I find the same thing when I am using a recipe…I have to alter it in some way. Does this ever happen to you??

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I just could not think of a pretty way to have water coming out of her little can. Below you can  see how she floats on the cloud within the circle in the “sky”? On the scalloped part I folded up the edges up a little for some more dimension.

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For the card base and layering I just visited my scrap bin. For the blue card base I used the music note background stamp with broken china. With a light touch I added some of the same distress ink on the corners. Once I cut my grass strip I added some peeled paint. (All the supplies are listed below this post) I just sketched some free form clouds from white paper and used a black marker around the edges and stamped  with the music notes. The sentiment is a sticker which is easy to apply and something that doesn’t have to be cleaned. Love that!
A  HUGE thanks to Kath and the design team for letting me play along with them this week! I feel so honored 🙂

By the way….  Did you notice another challenge besides this sketch from “Penny Black Saturday Challenge” here?  On the official  Penny Black’s blog is their first ever challenge here. 
While I am on the topic of Penny Black you must check out Penny Black’s Face Book here …. there are giveaways ALL WEEKEND!!!!  
Have a great weekend and thanks again. Hugs, Kathy 
P.S. There still is some time left to enter for my blog candy HERE

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  1. kath says

    we were so excited when you agreed to join us over at penny Black Saturday Kathy and we all love adore your gorgeous card….big hugs kath xxx

  2. Annika says

    You are a design genius!!! This is a stunning card with such crisp, beautiful details and so many elements I would dearly love to steal, lol
    Hugs
    Annika

  6. Pauline C says

    Hi Kathy – thanks so much for agreeing to join us as a guest on the PBSC – your card is wonderful. I have visited the new PB blog and Flickr group and joined them both – they are really great and I felt inspired by all the cards in the gallery. Looking forward to visiting often 🙂
    Pauline x

  7. joey says

    Kathy your card is absolutely stunning and so inspiring, I feel honoured you used my sketch :O) and you totally rocked it!. Joey.xxx

  9. Pascale says

    Hi Kathy a fantastic card I love your take on the sketch. I am looking forward to playing with it later. Fantastic blog you have too. Hugs Pascale

  11. Barb says

    What a creative card, Kathy! I love the way she’s floating on the cloud and your colors and smiling flowers are just adorable! Love this!

    Come visit my blog to see some fun photos of my weekend at Scrapfest! Hugs! 🙂

  17. Monique says

    Your cards are always so bright and cheerful Kathy.. I love all the stitching you have done and the music clouds are so adorable ..Hugs 🙂

  20. Wendy ten Hove says

    Hi Kathy,

    Love your card!! So wonderful sunny and bright and that girlie is just the cutest! I don’t miss the water, and it’s quite difficult to put the water to the flowers, ’cause you used the depth in the card! But maybe with Stickles? Or Glossy accents? Just some details? I love your colors!!

    Hugs,
    Wendy

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