Mar 18, 2009
Key Ingredients Sketch Set
I’m always so inspired by the sketch sets that Laura Fredrickson creates each weekend! So as the March 20th Key Ingredients kit was still spread out on my stamping table I decided to use the elements from the kit paired with some of my favorite Stampin’ Up stamps to make a sketch set. There’s so much versatility with this kit…it can coordinate with many of the images you already own! Since I’ve given up my demonstratorship my Stampin’ Up collection has dwindled, but there are still those favorite sets I can’t seem to part with. Garden Silhouettes and Upsy Daisy are two of
the sets still left in my collection. The classic beauty of these images just can’t be beat! The first sketch I started with was Julee’s Mojo Monday Week 78 sketch. I stamped the blossoming branch in Close to Cocoa ink and used Siren Smooch and Pumpkin Smooch to dot the blossoms on the ends of the branches. The sentiment is from the Branching Out set. I’m also taking cues from Jodi Collins with all the piercing on these cards. I thought I had finally conquered my addiction to piercing, but after seeing all of the piercing on Jodi’s beautiful creations, she has enabled me to pick up the piercer again! After finishing this card I remembered that the SCS Sketch Challenge 220 was posted today. The paneled background was a great place to use a lot of the patterns included with the kit. I stamped the daisies in Ruby Red ink and then used the Siren Smooch and Pumpkin Smooch again. I highlighted the inside of the flowers with the Siren and 
the outer petals with Pumpkin. It creates a nice sun-kissed looks that was hard to capture in the photograph. Both the sentiment and the image are from the Stampin’ Up Upsy Daisy set. I finished it off with a piece of soft red twill and one of the chipboard buckles from the KI kit. By this point I was running out of time (places to go… people to see, ya know?) so I decided to use the TECC59 sketch for the last card. Since I had already done this sketch once it was even easier to lay out the combination of papers and images for the card. I stamped the image in Memento Rich Cocoa ink and highlighted the blossoms with Siren Smooch. Can you tell I love the Smooch!? I couldn’t stay away from it with these
cards… it’s just too fun and easy! I added some piercing (a la Jodi) around the image, on the circle in the background, and along the bottom layer of patterned paper. The sentiment is from Branching Out. I cut a strip of paper and formed it around a pencil to create the wavy look. Then I glued down only the two ends and added a small chocolate crystal. That’s it for my sketch set! I think I’ll be doing this more often. It really only took about an hour and a half to create these three cards. Having all of the coordinating embellishments and the sketches right at my fingertips made it super fast! I also wanted to let you know that there’s still time to sign up for our 6 month Key Ingredients Subscription Service and receive free shipping on your first month! Or if you can’t spring for the 6 month subscription, we also have a 3 month subscription. You can read all the benefits of the subscription service and find the free shipping coupon code on this blog post. Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you all have a wonderful day!
