I’m honored and excited to be this week’s sample maker for the Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps Sketch Challenge!  The sketch this week has some fun and interesting curves in it.

I’ve made two sample cards.  The first one follows the sketch really closely, and is pretty “clean and simple” in design.  I feel this card is pretty much 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.  This one could work for any season of the year, too, even though the colors remind me of Halloween.  The orange is a digital image; I’ve used it twice in a small size on the left side of the card, and used a larger version of its mirror image as the main focal point. (I used the mirror image so the big orange wouldn’t be “looking off the edge” of the card. I’m particular about orientation like that!)  I printed all three of the oranges on designer paper and cut them out and adhered them to the card.  The black scalloped border is made from three circles cut with Nestabilities dies, laid out close together, and trimmed at the top, bottom, and folded edge of the card.

The next card takes things up a notch.  I turned the sketch on its side and created a scene with it.  The flowers, leaves and butterfly were all stamped on white cardstock, watercolored to get that varied color effect, fussy cut, and then adhered to the card.  The butterfly’s body is attached directly to the card, and I folded up the wings and adhered them with dimensional adhesive, to give a 3-D effect.  The grassy border was simply made by cutting into the cardstock with my Cutterbee scissors, placing the cuts very close to each other.

And here is the sketch… that might be useful, yes?

So now it’s your turn!  I’d love to see what you can make with this sketch.  Be sure to link your creations on the OWH Stars and Stamps blog.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies for the orange card:
Digital Image: Orange You Sweet (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Naturals Ivory, Basic Black, Razzleberry Lemonade designer series paper (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: printer ink
Other: standard circle Nestabilities die (Spellbinders); marker [for coloring the navel] (Copic)

Supplies for the “thinking of you” card:
Stamps: Flutter By, Sophie’s Sentiments (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Bashful Blue (Stampin’ Up); Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: dimensionals and Wild Wasabi, Rose Red, & Daffodil Delight ink refills (Stampin’ Up); Clouds & Raindrops die set (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps); Cutterbee scissors (EK Success)