Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Sketchy Greetings! CPS 110

My FIRST attempt at a sketch challenge! OMG! I'm in the blogosphere now, baby! Here is my first, ever challenge entry! Thanks to my dear and highly creative, card making, blog savvy and wonderful friends who've directed me towards this lovely gathering-o-talented paper crafters... I'm throwing in my hat... ur, COWBOY HAT, via greeting card, into the mix! Here is my answer to the Sketch 110 from Card Positioning Systems:







I had a lot of fun letting my imagination go WILD and come up with a design based solely on the sketch and how it inspired me: you'll see by my wild, WILD list of stamps, that I really let the "horses run", so to speak, and just used images that worked to fit the mood of my composition....

Stamps: sentiment - Taylored Artwork; running horses - S/U!; vintage cowgirl - (c) Dawn Houser for INKADINKADO; mountains - PSX

Card stock - Stampin' Up!; patterned paper - Foofala

INK - Staz-On, & Stampin' Up!

Other - Tim Holtz FRAGMENTS - plastic oval; rub ons & bling - Imaginise

Acrylic paint - Liquitex

So, now I'll attempt to link myself to CPS and go visit all of the lovely, crafty folks there! Wheeehooooo!

Thanks for visiting me! I SO appreciate your support and sharing!

19 comments:

Karen said...

Elise!!! You Did it!! Yay!! And......OH MY GOODNESS!!!! This card is Rockin'! Thank you for letting your imagination go wild.....this is amazing wonderful. :> I love the little scene in Tim's fragment!

Tracey said...

WOW Elise!

This is a beautiful card. You really did a fantastic job!!!

Dana Gustafson said...

This is like looking at the wild west show on the old bubble screen tv!!! Or so I hear ;) *wink* Gather round kiddies...it's time for the Eeeee-ster Show! YEEHAW!

Oh did I say I love it?

Anonymous said...

Great card! I love the Cowgirl image!

Rose said...

FANTASTIC!!! so glad you commented on my blog as now i can follow yours :-) i like your creative style!!

Sarah said...

Woooowweeeee mama..now that is a fantastic card! Makes mine look like a little plain Jane. I love your style...great job!

Marie said...

Soooo...you may be a newbie to the blogosphere but you are soooo NOT a newbie to cardmaking. Awesome card!

stampqueen said...

Great wild west card!!!!

Anabelle O'Malley said...

HI Elise! I love your fun wild west card! How fun that you're playing along with the CPS sketch. Thanks for your kind comments on my blog. ;)

Natty said...

Yeeha! What a fab card. :oD I love how you've done the swirly bit. :o)

Unknown said...

HI Elise! Thanks for visiting my blog earlier & leaving that sweet comment! Came to check your site out & fell in love! Love your work! Can't wait to check back!

Anonymous said...

Elise! I love this card! There's nothing I love more than lots of texture! And it's so obvious that you had fun with this card! Great job!

And from one newbie blogger to another...welcome to the blog-o-sphere! :-)

Jenny said...

Woo hoo! This is vintage EHRG, and I love it.

sam said...

thank you for you're comment! great card, love the swirl on it!

SmilynStef said...

Love love love all of the stamps you combined ... and what great colors too ... fabulous sketch card.

Ellen said...

Hi Elise, thanks for your comment on my blog. I've been taking a look at your blog and I loved the tutorial of watercolor pencils and your colorful style!

Ellen

Janice said...

Hi Elise,
Thank you for the wonderful comments on my card for CPS-110. I love your creativity and the images are fantastic. I will be back to your site. I'm lovin' it!

Chris said...

this is super fab!! i love your take on this sketch!!

Cathy at Paper Garden Projects said...

What a wonderful card! Its beautiful and makes me smile.

Congratulations of your first challenge. They are very fun!