CPS Sketch- Week 2

On a website I used to visit, there were weekly Creative Team Challenges. I looked forward to the challenges and thought of them as a way to strengthen certain techniques and learn new skills.

Yesterday while blog surfing (blurfing?), I came across a new blog (for FREE) called “Card Positioning Systems”. There is a weekly sketch challenge on this blog, so I decided to try it out.

I have never been comfortable following sketches. For some reason, my brain does not interpret the b&w shapes of a sketch; I don’t easily see the possibilities- at all. I will try the sketch again next week and see if it gets easier.

I worked on this card a long time. Much longer than a card that doesn’t use a sketch. One of the reasons I don’t normally enjoy “sketch cards” is because they all look “cookie cutter”, with sharp lines and harsh transitions amongst the elements used to make the card. In an attempt to avoid said lines, I ‘fringed’ the edges a little. (justjohanna images, Brilliance ink, Dr. Ph Martin paints, sequins.)