mft sketch challenge 616

Happy Sketch Challenge Day, also known as Wednesday, LOL! I love MFT's sketch challenge because it's a fab mid-week creativity boost so let's talk cardmaking! 

Here's this week's sketch...

And here's the card I created...

I love the swoops in the sketch and I thought they would be fun as abstract ice & snow for the penguins from the Chill Holiday set to play on. I've been having so much fun with these critters!

To create the background I used the Ride The Wave die set to make a DIY stencil for ink blending. I just cut one of the waves from a scrap of cardstock and used the negative as a stencil with Distress Oxide ink.

I stamped, cut and colored the penguins to go on top of the waves. Here are the colors I used...

And to curve the sentiment from Cool Christmas Greetings, I placed a piece of acetate over my card in the MISTI. Then I was able to shape the sentiment because the acetate grips the stamp until I can close the MISTI lid and "pick up" the stamp. 

You can learn more about the sketch challenge over on the MFT Stamps blog!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Carly