time for a*muse*a*palooza challenge 3--a sketch challenge. this was fun! my card is actually the mirror image of the sketch, which seemed to work better with my images and overall design. i drew a tennis court on the lime peel tag with a signo white gel pen and then had a hard time deciding what color to layer it on--white, pale yellow, tennis ball yellow??? i tried them all! finally i came up with the idea to use the tennis ball (su!) in yellow on white and to have one bouncing away and then it all started to fall into place. of course, the ribbon reminded me of a net!
scoopy did a tennis girl card recently with polka dot ribbon and i was so worried my card would look like hers--i didn't look at it again until after i finished to lessen the influence. mine came out different enough, although i want to create a similar one another time--i love her ribbon as a net! but, i do find that when i really want to be creative and do my own thing, it's better not to look at many examples out there which might have too much of an impact on my designs. i love the inspiration when i need it, but i live for those "aha!" stamping moments when i come up with something new and different!
i don't use sketches much, but i hope to try a few more of this one before time's up on sunday. these challenges are such a great motivator!
:) lexi
