Stepping out of the comfort zone

Good evening! I'd like to show you what I came up with this evening. These two are not my usual style, but I enjoyed making them :)

I used Card Patterns sketch 76 for this artsy-vintage piece:

Supplies: cardstock: DCWV, Grant; paper: 7 Gypsies; stamp: Hot Off The Press (post mark); ink: Ranger Distress Ink (Pumice Stone); tag: Basic Grey; ephemera: Collections; burlap; string; edge distresser; twill ribbon available here; metal brads; illustration from an old book

For the focal point, I cut out an image from a book, and adhered it to a Basic Grey tag, so that it provided a nice background. Lastly, I added some stamping to the "sky".
Here's the sketch - can you see how I tweaked it? lol

I also combined FTL102, ssnotime151 - One Layer Cards, and C4C49, which is to include a cupcake in the project. I thought that it would be fun to make a shabby'style CAS, and came up with this:

Supplies: paper: Scenic Route; stamp: Basic Grey; ink: ColorBox (Gold, Dune, Blush Rose), Versa Color (Pink, Sand Beige); glitter: Reeves; buttons; rub-on (don't remember the brand); lace trim, string: Papertrey Ink; brown marker

And here's the FTL sketch:

That's all from me for now, thank you for visiting! xxx