Hello there!  It’s time for the first sketch challenge of the month at CAS Colours & Sketches.  I think a lot of different variations can be done with the tag-like shape, and I’m looking forward to seeing what our challenge participants do with it!

I needed to make a birthday card for my brother-in-law, and the sketch fit the bill perfectly.  I knew I wanted to use this image of a gift.  Even though it comes from a Christmas-themed stamp set, it works fine for birthday presents, too.  I stamped it onto two different designer papers, fussy cut it, and pieced it together.  It’s pretty fiddly to fussy cut around the bow and each time I do it I mentally ask myself why I continue to do it, LOL, but I do like the way it turns out.  I had a tall, narrow strip left over from some digital designer paper I had printed years ago.  Just a little bit of trimming made it the right size for the sketch.  Because it’s a repetitive text print, I didn’t think I needed to include a sentiment.  It also qualifies this card for the current challenge at Inkspirational. 

I had a furry, four-legged shadow while I was working on the card and photographing it.  I warned him that if he didn’t back off, he’d get his picture taken, too.  He didn’t seem to care.  Silly kitty.

What will you do with this sketch?  I hope you’ll try out something and share what you create with us!  Link your work to the CAS Colours & Sketches blog by 6:00 p.m. Eastern time Monday, September 19.  Thanks for stopping by today!