A Day for Daisies with a Deconstructed Sketch

I hope you are sitting down. You may be a little surprised by my latest card. I am crazy about another digi stamp company. I stumbled upon them a couple of months ago, and I have been itching to play along with some of their challenges. I just haven’t had time. I even colored up a few of their images…but I just couldn’t finish any projects with all of the other things I’ve been doing. Who is it? A Day for Daisies. I. Love. Them. Some of the sweetest (without being obnoxiously cute) images I have ever seen. I want SO many of their digis. So many.

I love vintage things. The innocence. The sweetness. They style. So when I saw this freebie on their site I knew I needed to use it. And, it worked beautifully with this Deconstructed Sketch (by my friend Jen Schults) that was on their blog.

Here is my creation:

Isn’t she pretty? It’s such a lovely image. And I really like Jen’s sketch a lot.

I used my watercolor markers for this. My husband thought I had printed it out in color! I guess that’s a good thing…?

I adhered my flat backed pearls with Liquid Pearls. I love that shiny bezel it creates!

I hope you will go and check out A Day for Daisies. be sure to look at Jen’s new Sketch Challenge as well! Thanks for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Comments

Jen Shults said…

This looks great Alison! I think it's sometimes a ton of fun to break out and do something outside your normal style and you did FANTASTIC at it. I love the way you colored this... you really made it look perfectly vintage. Gorgeous job with the sketch! Hugs!!

May 16, 2011 at 3:20 PM

Sparkly Engineer said…

Your right great image without being overly cutsie. Love the way you colored it.

May 17, 2011 at 11:56 PM

Sherry Eckblad said…

What a fun card and I love the choice of colors. Thanks for joining in on our latest sketch challenge over at ADFD.

May 18, 2011 at 8:04 AM

Lisa said…

What a lovely card! I love how you interpreted the sketch :) Thank you for playing along in the A Day For Daisies challenge!

May 19, 2011 at 8:54 PM

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