MDUC sketch form Karen

Welcome to another challenge from Magnolia Down Under, I hope you all enjoyed out xmas break and are ready to dive into a fresh challenge :) This week we have a fabby sketch for you to play along with from out very own, super talented and sexy Karen. Here it is... What do you think, is your mind racing with the possibilities? Mine was, and originally I was going to go super girly with the lace doohickey and flowers and glitter etc, etc... but then I changed my mind and thought I would really challenge myself and give Edwin some love and make a boy card. Then I went a little further out of my comfort zone (not that I thought that it was possible) and go for colours I would not normally use with these little pirate cuties (raise your hands if you automatically got for the black and skulls too :p)
Anyways, so I ended up with this simple combo, it sort of felt nautical to me so I went with it, and the whole time I was cutting into my papers and working away I was telling myself it was a disaster, it was not going to work, I have made a mess of everything, blah, blah, blah... but then when I had it all stuck down I was actually pretty happy with how it all came together, lol!

It's pretty simple, but boys cards usually are for me. Edwin is coloured in copics and I have inked my edges with vintage photo distress ink. The DP is October Afternoon. Card stock is from my stash, and did you notice, shock horror, no kraft!!! The sentiment is from Kraftin Kimmie, available from TPS, as is the charm.

This is just a close up of my wavy sentiment bit, I was most pleased with this bit, I have seen people do this before but never tried it myself until now :)

I hope you can all play along with us and this fabby sketch this week at MDUC!!