HOW TO READ A CARD SKETCH

Happy Monday and welcome!  Card sketches are a great way to find inspiration so today, I thought I’d show you how to “read” one.

Firstly, here is my card.

Secondly, here is the sketch from Create with Connie and Mary that I used for my starting point.

You will notice that this sketch shows the outline of a square card so I cut the Night of Navy cardstock to measure 5″ x 5″.  I added a piece of designer paper as the background which was cut to 4-3/4″ x 4-3/4″.  The skinny line shown at the bottom of the sketch could be ribbon but I decided to emboss a 1/2″ wide piece of Night of Navy and used it instead.  The 4 squares in the middle could be stamped images (your choice maybe?) but I used different designs from the designer paper and rounded the corners using the Project Life corner punch.  The 2 back pieces are 2″ square and the smaller squares were cut to 1-1/2″.  I interpreted the flower in the centre as a balloon from the Lift Me Up stamp set and then added the greeting.  See those rhinestones on the sketch?  Yes, you could add rhinestones or do as I did and cut out smaller images from scraps of the designer paper.  And, voila the card is done!

INSPIRATION:

If you need some stamping inspiration I encourage you to check out the Create with Connie and Mary site and play along with their challenges.  They post a sketch every other week and a colour challenge in between.

You will notice that I also made an envelope for this card using the Envelope Punch Board.  The Stampin’ Up! medium envelopes are sized to fit a 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ card.

Here is the list of products that I used.

Lift Me Up Clear-Mount Bundle [144712] $59.25	Lift Me Up Wood-Mount Bundle [144711] $68.25	Night Of Navy 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100867] $10.00	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100730] $11.25
Carried Away Designer Series Paper [143608] $0.00	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad [126970] $8.50	Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin’ Pad [126946] $8.50	Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $13.50
Punch Corner Project Life [135346] $10.75	Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Confetti Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [140592] $10.00	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $9.00
Glue Dots [103683] $7.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $5.25	Stampin’ Trimmer [126889] $40.00	Simply Scored [122334] $40.00
Envelope Punch Board [133774] $27.00	Bone Folder [102300] $9.00	Vellum 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [101856] $10.00

Happy Stamping!