Sketch N Scrap Card Sketch #156

Hi everyone!  Have all of you card maker's been playing along with the fabulous card sketches we have at Sketch N Scrap this month for World Cardmaking Day?  In addition to those, we still have our regular monthly challenges running, including this beautiful sketch designed by Lisa Hidy:

And here's my take on the sketch:

I'm still hanging on to the colors and feel of summer on this one....perhaps because it is still in the 80's or 90's most days where I live LOL  I used up some scraps from Simple Stories' Oh Happy Day on this one, along with a scrap of white wood grain, to make this "Hello Sunshine" card.    The sunshine sticker is from Photoplay's Squeeze in some Fun line and I cut the "hello" with a Tim Holtz metal die.  I finished it off with some fun outlining with my favorite black pen :)  I hope it will brighten the day of the person I send it to!

Come on over to Sketch N Scrap and play along with this challenge and check out all of the other fun sketch challenges we have running until the end of the month.  Hope to see you there!

World Card Making Day 2019 at Sketch N Scrap #3

Hi everyone!  We're celebrating World Card Making Day ALL month long at Sketch N Scrap!  There is a brand new card sketch each week, in addition to our regular challenges.  If you love to make cards, this is for you!  If you don't make very many cards, then this is definitely for you because these sketches can be simple for beginners, or as detailed as an expert wants to make it!

Today I'm sharing with you this week's sketch, designed by Lisa Hidy:

Here's my take on the sketch:

You can see that I didn't stick with the Halloween theme depicted in the sketch. That's the wonderful thing about sketches, you can look past colors or themes & when you just focus on the placement of the details, they are SO versatile!  I used the sketch for a card that I think will work well for a wedding or even a wedding shower.  I used Pink Paislee's Indigo & Ivy line for this, the tag is one of the cardstock stickers from the line.  In the place of the stars I used some gold cardstock stickers and in the place of the black cat I used more cardstock flower & leaves stickers.  LOVE using up those sticker sheets!

Thanks for stopping by and hope you click on the link above to join us over at Sketch N Scrap!

Sketch N Scrap Layout Sketch #187

Hi everyone! I'm back to share with you a super fun sketch that is up on the blog now at Sketch N Scrap!  This sketch was designed by Heather Hall:

And here's my take on it:

I love the split design that Heather created with the long strip for the title at the bottom, and of course the large sunflower element that is FULL of possibilities!  I decided to use a globe cut file from Lori Whitlock's SVG shop in place of the flower for this travel page of a weekend getaway we had a couple months ago to Clearwater Beach.  It rained the entire weekend, but we didn't let it spoil our fun. That's why I used some cute little clouds with my globe!

To create the background, I used a plus sign stencil & different shades of Distress Oxide inks with a blending brush.  I then outlined each plus sign for definition.  I think they really pull out the colors in the patterned papers.  The teal base is an old piece of SS Life in Color...love using that stash!  The floral and stripes are from a Simple Stories and Photoplay summer lines where the colors really complement each other.  For my title, I used a Photoplay "Summer" cardstock sticker, along with some AC Thickers for "Getaway" and the cute little car.

Come join us over at Sketch N Scrap and show us what you can do with this sketch, hope to see you there!

World Card Making Day Sketch #2 at Sketch N Scrap

Hi everyone!  We're continuing to celebrate World Card Making Day all month long at Sketch N Scrap. Lisa Hidy has designed some awesome sketches, with a new one being revealed each week in October.  Up this week is Sketch #2:

And here's my take on it:

When I saw this design, with the squares & and rectangle shape, I knew I wanted to dig out some scraps for this one.  I used some Vicki Boutin Color Kaleidoscope, along with a piece of Kraft cardstock.  To add some interest to the Kraft background, I used an embossing folder I've had for a really long time and never used!  I also hit the edges with some Black Soot Distress Ink.  The flower is from the same line and I used up some corrugated Thickers for my "hi" sentiment. For finishing touches, I splattered some black ink & added some tiny clear rhinestones to the flower's center & one in the dot of the "i."  

I know you'll be as inspired as I was by this sketch & hope you decide to join us over at Sketch N Scrap! 

WCMD Card Sketch #1 at Sketch N Scrap

Hi everyone!  This is my second year that I've been on the Design Team at Sketch N Scrap for World Card Making Day and I'm so excited to share our first sketch with you all!  Lisa Hidy has designed some AH-mazing card sketches for all you card maker's out there in honor of World Card Making Day 2019, which we are again celebrating ALL month long!  We're getting things kicked off with this gorgeous sketch:

Isn't that just lovely?  I really like that this can be used as an all-occasion card without a sentiment on the front.  I plan to use this sketch several times & keep some on hand.  I'll just stamp a sentiment if I need to on the inside.  Here's my take on the sketch:

The background paper is a deep indigo from Vicki Boutin's Wildflower & Honey line. I love the subtle design in the paper. I also used some scraps from Pink Paislee's Indigo & Ivory line and a random piece of woodgrain for the circle, I hit the edges of it with my Tim Holtz distress tool.  The flower is an old prima flower I've had in my stash for ages! I also used some Prima leaves and dug out my Tattered Angels Bronze mist to splatter the background.  You all know I've been trying to dig out at least ONE old thing on my projects and boy is that bottle old LOL.  I know if I worked at it I could get the nozzle unclogged, but in the meantime just unscrewing it and tapping the tube creates a beautiful splatter effect.  I finished my card off by using some twine with tints of gold to complement the splatters and a bit of machine stitching around the edge.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you joining us over at Sketch N Scrap for World Card Making Day and the other fun card and layout challenges we have running all month long!