Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #63

Oh, how I love Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge!  It is such a pleasure being on Mercy's team of  *muses*.  I thoroughly enjoy working with this talented group...each one having a unique style of their own.  Not only that, they are *hilarious* and I feel such a sense of camaraderie with them. 

I thought you might like to see how I've used another portion of the Stampin' Up! Close as a Memory stamp for today's card.  In case you missed yesterday's post, I used the portion of the flower on the left.  For this card, I've used the right side of the stamp, inking it up with Stampin' Write Markers ~ always artichoke and sage shadow.  They were the closest match to my vintage-looking designer paper by K&Company.

After I got this all done and was editing the photos, I decided that perhaps the buttons on the right side were too much and distracted from the floral image.  What do you think?  Since they were stitched on with linen thread and the top layer glued down, there was no turning back.  : /  If I make another like this, I think a simple "Thinking of You" type sentiment would work perfectly there instead. 

You're all invited to play along in
Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge.

 

If you need a bit of inspiration to get started,
please blog on over and see what Mercy's Muses have created:

Cindy Haffner ~ Cindy Haffner's Corner

Jackie Pedro ~ The Scalloped Edge

Pam Varnell ~ The Stamping Addict

Julie Lacey ~ Stamps and Taxes!

Crystal Birr ~ The Messy Stamper

Jessica Diedrich ~ The Whimsical Butterfly

Mercy Kerin ~ Lord Have Mercy {our Queen Muse}
and last, but certainly not least,
a very warm WELCOME to
our Guest Muse for March . . .
Dawn Easton
Treasure Oiler Designz

Simply create a card or scrapbook layout using the sketch above, and link your creation to Mister Linky on Mercy's blog. Be sure to use the keyword MTSC63 when uploading to a public gallery.

Thanks so much for blogging by today!  Please stop back again tomorrow as I've got some *exciting* news to share with you!  :)

Happy Stamping, My Friends!



Quote for Today ~
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.  ~ Anne Bradstreet