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AAA Card Challenge #264: Sketch

With my mojo missing for a few days, it has taken me forever to come up with an idea for the challenge at AAA. Fortunately, my recent little win, and a search through some dies enabled me to come up with a design. The Crafters Companion Floral Frame collection 2 part die gave me the cut out you see here. It had been so long since I used the die, I had to search for some samples. i turned the card into a 5″ square version. The sentiment stamp is from a Kokorosa set and my background is something my husband did. He took photos of different flowers and then in Photoshop altered the pictures until he got the look that he wanted. A local artist friend offered to print it for him on special art paper. It actually feels like a smooth version of water colour CS. They had some challenges with the new printer so a couple of tries didn’t quite work out. Rather than throw them away, he brought them to me and I am now using them as backgrounds for my own work. I have several pieces so you may see them show up here over time. Anyway the PP gave me a pretty wreath style that fits the sketch at AAA and I’m happy with the end result.

Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate your time and any comments you leave.

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    1. Thanks Gayle. Derek is enjoying his photography and is receiving a lot of encouragement and ideas from a local artist friend here. She is very successful at selling her work and wins a lot of photo competitions as well. It is fun for him if I use something he has done.

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  5. What a cool idea to make your own DSP, you’ll have to keep your husband onto at as it’s rather special and offsets the lovely delicate wreath die. Its very dramatic and looks stunning. Thanks for playing along with us at AAA Cards this week.

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    1. Thanks. He is into making dramatic statements at the moment and I benefit as I get something uniquely different for a background.

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