i love you - retro sketch challenge and SSS may card kit

Hi, friends! Happy Memorial Day! :)

I love the Retro Sketches challenges! So I decided to break into my Simon Says Stamp May 2013 card kit (I know, I'm behind a little LOL) and play along with this week's challenge. First, here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

The kit came with some great pre-made sentiments, so I picked this one, and this lovely plaid paper to match. I also used a couple of the chipboard hearts from the kit and covered them with the Liquid Pearls. They look really cool in person...

..like enamel or cloisonne! :)

That's it from me today. Thank you for stopping by... see you soon!

enjoy

Hello, friends! Happy Friday! :) I don't know about you, but for me, it's been a LONG week. I'm ready for a little R&R! ;)

Here's a card that was inspired by a sketch from over at the Retro Sketches Blog a few weeks ago. I loved this one:


I kinda turned it over.. up and around.. exercised some creative liberties, ;) and voilá!


I love the Untitled Word Shadow set. Lots of fun technique possibilities with reverse-silhouette images like this, but here, I just did some simple stamping and coloring with my Prismacolor pencils.


If you want to use this technique with these stamps, make sure your pencils are really sharp! The details in the images are so fine, they require a nice pointy tip to keep it looking neat... quite unlike what I did here, LOL! By the way, Sahara Sand card stock (Stampin' Up) is the PERFECT match to the Wet Cement (Hero Arts mid-tone shadow ink)!

Thanks for stopping by and reading today... I hope you "enjoy" your weekend, heehee! ;)

SUPPLIES
stamps: Hero Arts AC005 & CG139
inks: Colorbox Frost White pigment & Hero Arts Wet Cement mid-tone Shadow Ink
paper: Stampin Up, Georgia Pacific, The Paper Studio
misc: white embossing powder & heat tool, Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circles dies, Prismacolor pencils, Hero Arts pearls, WRMK Corner chomper, and pop dots