I'm loving the circles...

...lately at Sketchy Thursdays! This week, ST inspired yet another balloon layout, this time of Colten:

The large circles are covered in strips of ribbon (from the scrap ribbon jar I mentioned yesterday).  I simply punched a circle from cardstock, covered it in adhesive, then lined up strips of ribbon.  Once the circle was covered, I trimmed the excess ribbon to make it a perfect circle again.  Easy peasy and a great way to add texture.

I love using kraft cardstock for my backgrounds, and I discovered a neat trick with this layout.  I bought some pearl-colored Glimmer Glaze a little while back.  It was too transparent for many of the uses I had in mind, but I thought I would try flicking it across this layout to see what happened.  When the glaze dried, it was clear and shiny, making it look like wet drops on the kraft.  I love the look and will definitely be using this technique again :).  The white spots you see are Studio Calico's white Mr. Huey :).

Here's the fabulous sketch:

The sponsor this week is Miss Art's Papercrafting School!  I have the wonderful opportunity to be an instructor at this site and my first class is in production now.  Play along at ST and you could win a two month subscription! Good luck and have a wonderful day :). Tessa