September 2012 Bombshell Sketch Challenge

Hello! It's time for a new Sketch Challenge from Bombshell Stamps. I really liked this one. It had a lot of layers. I could see using many, many sets for this sketch, but I chose to work with 2. I simplified it a bit, but I do like the original a lot. Here's the sketch.

I flipped the sketch on it's side, and changed the positioning of the sentiment.

I like having these hot rods together. It reminds me of the car shows I frequent. I colored them up with my usual mix of watercolor markers and Copics. I was a little worried about picking our coordinating papers, but I think I found some rally good ones! And as per usual, my purples didn't photograph properly. Man, that makes me crazy! They look so blue in the pictures.

Now I am in the mood to go to a car show!

So what do you think of the latest sketch? Why not play along? If you do, you have the chance at winning a set of Bombshells for yourself! Head on over to the Bombshell Blog for all the deets, and to see what some of the other DT Members created! And remember, you only have until September 14th to submit to Bombshell to become a Pin-Up! So hurry! Thanks for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Comments

Torrey said…

I sure know what you mean about photographing purple! It drives me nuts too...I usually end up having to TOTALLY tweak it in Photoshop. Fun project!

September 12, 2012 at 1:04 PM

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