Monday, August 20, 2012

Sharpened Pencils

Here's the sketch for Freshly Made this week.


There have been some "Back to School" challenges recently and the first thing I thought of when I saw this sketch was pencils.  Crazy, huh? 


Part of my driving force when creating a card is the sentiment.  I don't make cards that I won't use so I didn't want a school card.  My "Just a Note" stamp was perfect.  I made the pencils by hand, coloring them with brush markers.  I don't have Copics or anything like that, and don't intend to get into them, but I think the color came out well anyway.  The paper is from PTI's Library Ledger, punched with Fiskars Notebook punch and popped up on Kraft cardstock.  I had this all made and was loving it when I looked at the sketch again and saw that they had an extra colored panel on one end.  I didn't have anything that would look good there, so I'm taking creative liberty and leaving it off.

7 comments:

Ann Schach said...

What an adorable clean and simple card! Your sentiment is perfect! Thanks for playing with Freshly Made Sketches!

Jen Brum said...

Great card Bobby! i love those little pencils! I think the card looks great without the end panel! Its' a great take on the sketch! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

Tracy said...

Love your card! Those pencils are sweet :) What a great back to school card!

Allisa said...

Super cute card. Thanks for playing with us at Freshly Made Sketches!

Kate said...

I love your take on the sketch!! What a clever idea - and you've done such a wonderful job with it!

Tui Nathan said...

This is awesome .... love the pencils and notepaper, creative and fun!
Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!!!

Jen Sannes said...

I am in love with this card - those pencils are the cutest! Thanks for playing along with this week's sketch!