The Studio Sketch Challenge

Happy Valentine's Day, friends!  I hope you all have spectacular plans for today.  I'll be staying in, as I've got a little one that is sick with a cold; but I've also got a Valentine's Day dessert in the works that is sure to surprise everyone else upon their return from church.  Mmm!  But you've come here to see something new from The Studio.  So, I won't delay one bit more.  We've got a fun, new sketch to inspire your creative time this month.  Additionally, we're looking for you to add a heart someplace on your takes.  Here's mine.

I started this page by cutting the Love Heart cut file from my textured, white, cardstock, base page and backing each "love" with a variety of printed papers.  I then smudged Sunshine and Sky Mister Huey's over everything behind where my photo would lie, as well as near a little cluster that would be formed near the bottom right corner, and splattered those locations with both Pure Black and Titanium White, acrylic paints.  The main area was topped with a number of prints, a couple of which were framed with gold-threaded, straight, machine stitching, as well as a scrap of striped, gold foil vellum, and in turn, topped with the photo, which was matted with white cardstock.  A couple lengths of Washi, as well as a pink and gold, chevron die cut turn our attention to the black, foam, "my crew" title, which was stuck over a gold, ampersand die cut.

The "HELLO, I LOVE YOU" tag was die-cut from a cut-away sheet; stamped, in Jet Black ink, with the additional "4EVER" phrase; embellished with a die-cut, white, cardstock ring; laced with Charcoal twine, tied in a bow...

and used for a little journaling, which reads, Staying in for Valentine's Day couldn't be any more fun with you 3!  Mwah!

Just to the right of the tag, I stamped a couple of cupids in Daffodil Delight ink, as well as the "Happy Valentine's Day" sentiment in Jet Black ink.  Additionally, I added a floral brad and a "note:" rubon.

Just below the photo itself, you'll find a "today" rubon.  These rubons are from My Mind's Eye, and y'all, they get a ginormous stamp of approval from me!  If you've been a follower of my blog for long, you know that's a big deal, as I'm not a fan of most rubons that come across my desk; but these ones went on like butter.  The true test will be if they continue to do so a couple of months down the road, but right now, I'm loving them.  I stamped another trio of phrases in Jet Black ink...

before moving on to the bottom of the page.  Here I stamped a happy array of hearts in Strawberry Slush ink.  I also secured a trio of papers, a couple, again, with gold-threaded, straight, machine stitching, along with a bit more of that Washi tape from above.  Each layer was then topped with my secondary cluster, which includes a chipboard globe; hand-cut, from patterned paper, "XO", which I also stamped, in Jet Black ink, with a couple of criss-crossing arrows; tangle of gold thread; and a stamped, in Daffodil Delight ink, on a White, cardstock die cut, cupid.  A number of stamped, in Jet Black ink, hearts complete the look.

Further inspiration for this page came from Simon Says Stamps' Monday Challenge: Spritz and Spray, Clique Kit's February Challenge: Anything Goes, and ScrapMuch?'s February Colour Challenge.

And here's your Sketch Challenge to get you off and running in the right direction.  Don't forget to add a heart.

You have until Sunday, March 13, 2016, to link up your takes in the right-hand column of The Studio blog.  Thanks so much for stopping by, and have an amazing week, friends!

{Supplies & Tools}
Stamps: Borders & Backgrounds 3, Cupid's Arrow, Love You More, & Bitty Buddy Valentines (Wplus9); Prayers (Hero Arts) Paper: textured white (Paper Studio); White (Wplus9); gold foil stripe (SU!); red stripe, gold foil arrows, multicolored triangle, & red checkered (MME); "XO", pink hearts, black stripe, & multicolored polka dot (Crate Paper); black polka dot (Dear Lizzy); aqua floral (Basic Grey) Ink: Strawberry Slush & Daffodil Delight (SU!); Jet Black (Ranger) Other: gold thread (Coats & Clark); sewing machine (Janome); Topped Off Tag & Hang Ups Confetti Cuts dies (Reverse Confetti); Cupid's Arrow die (Wplus9); Big Shot (Sizzix); chipboard bits (Crate Paper); floral brad & rubons (MME); Love Heart cut file & Cameo (Silhouette); Charcoal twine (The Twinery); "HELLO, "I LOVE YOU" tag (Maggie Holmes); pink foil chevron die cut (Amy Tangerine); foam tape (Scrapbook Adhesives); black foam "my crew" (Dear Lizzy); gold foil ampersand (Jen Hadfield); Pure Black & Titanium White acrylic paints (FolkArt); Sunshine & Sky Mister Huey's (Studio Calico); red doily Washi (Paper Studio)