I’m excited and honored to be this week’s sample maker for the OWH Stars and Stamps Sketch Challenge!  This week’s sketch is pretty simple and straightforward, but flexible enough to be used for “clean and simple” styled cards as well as more embellished ones.

I’ve made two cards for this sketch.  The first one follows the sketch nearly exactly; the scallops are just a bit different than what the sketch shows.  My goal for this card was to create something with a “love” theme that did not use the color red because I didn’t want it to look like a Valentine. The sentiment was created with Microsoft Word when I was preparing the digital image. I feel this card is pretty age and gender neutral, which is something I like to do often for my OWH cards since I never know who is going to be sending or receiving them.

For my second card, I used a love theme once again.  I think I kept this one age and gender neutral too.  This time I turned the sketch on its side for a horizontal layout. It’s hard to see, but I did sponge some blue ink for a sky.  Now I’m able to include “sidewalk” into my sparse repertoire of things I can draw!  LOL  I wanted to add some dimension to this scene to make it seem a little more realistic, but I didn’t want the card to be too bulky for OWH.  So I attached a scrap piece of cardstock to the back side of the mailbox to lift it just slightly from the background, and the bird is adhered with pop dots.  I stamped another bird on the card liner to add a little splash of color inside.

I didn’t set out with the current Lawnscaping challenge in mind when I created the second card, but it does fit, so I’ll be linking it there.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  I’m looking forward to seeing what my fellow crafters create with this OWH sketch!

Supplies for the mouse card:
Digital Image: Cocoa’s Heart (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip (Stampin’ Up); Luxury White (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: printer ink
Other: markers (Copic); Threading Water punch (Fiskars)

Supplies for the mailbox card:
Stamps: You’ve Got Mail, Bannerific (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Brilliant Blue, Real Red (Stampin’ Up); Luxury White (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Bashful Blue, Soft Sky (SU); Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: dimensionals (SU); markers (Copic); sponge