Hello and Happy Sunday! For this week's Sunday Fun Day theme over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are sharing cards made using a fun card sketch, courtesy of Karla. This is the layout that we are using for this week's projects. I stuck pretty close to it with my two cards today that feature a few products from the Holiday catalog. I chose to use the Holly Jolly Wishes stamp set along with the Gingerbread & Peppermint 6" x 6" DSP from the Holiday catalog along with the largest rectangle die from the Stitched So Sweetly dies set. To purchase the items used with today's project - please hop over to my Stampin' Up! store. This first card...

Hi everyone! It's time for another Mojo Monday sketch challenge! Are you ready to play? As always, you're free to play along with any papercrafting products your heart desires and enter as many creations as you like. Use the sketch as inspiration for your creation, then come link it up below so I can come take a look! The linky for this challenge will close on February 2, 2020. I have included dimensions on the graphic later in this post, but feel free to change them up to suit your needs. I hadn't made a tall & skinny card for a while, so that's where my inspiraiton for the card and layout came. And with it being Monday, I thought this sentiment from the What the Froth set by The Cat's Pajamas, was the perfect way to start. Strong coffee and short Mondays... seems like a recipe for success to me! 😁 I stamped the sentiment on classic crest Cardstock, then sponged around the edges with antique linen distress oxide for a bit of an inner glow. The coffee cup from the set is colored with Copics and then fussy cut to accent the sentiment. I used the same coffee stamp for the background of the main card, stamping in antique linen. The papers are from scraps on my desk... the COFFEE collection from Echo Park and some other Valentine pad. I added some black mats to all my layers, then tied with a bow to finish things off. Alrighty, now it's your turn! I hope you enjoy creating with this sketch! Can't wait to see what you create! Join me for Mojo Monday! Click here to enter Thanks for stopping much for by! I hope you have a super creative start to your week! If you shop through the affiliated links below I get a small percentage of the sale price at no cost to you! It's not a lot, but it does help pay the monthly fees for the linkup widget for Mojo Monday and other web and email services that help me keep Mojo Monday running smoothly! Thanks so much! 💙

Do you ever get stuck for ideas on crafting your next handmade greetings card? If so, card sketches could be the answer! Card sketches are greetings card design templates/layouts which you can use as a

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Hello there! It's Master Forger Lynnette and I'm here to show you how quickly you can pull some supplies together to create some handmade friendship cards. You know those times you just want to let someone know how important they are to you? Maybe when they need a little pick-me-up? Sure, you could drive down to your local Hallmark store to get a card, but ain't nobody got time for that! You've got the supplies, so let's use them. And since you'd probably send a friendship card on a whim, you want to make your card making fast. My secret to fast and fun cardmaking? SKETCHES! Just go over to Pinterest and search "card sketches". You'll be amazed at what comes up. First up, here's my kit. We all know from Counterfeit Kit Challenge that kits are a super way to make assembling any papercrafting project easy. Take a look at just the few supplies I pulled together: Next, here's the sketch I found on Pinterest: Last, here's the card I created: Stop back tomorrow when I'll share another sketch and card with you! Happy cardmaking!

Hi friends! It's time for a new Mojo Monday sketch! As always, you're free to play along with any papercrafting products your heart desires and enter as many creations as you like. Use the sketch as inspiration for your creation, then come link it up below so I can come take a look! The linky for this challenge will close on June 28 2020. I have included dimensions on the graphic later in this post, but feel free to change them up to suit your needs. My card started with these beautiful papers from the By the Sea collection. I picked a few papers and cut into various scraps and laid them out until I was happy with the layout. I then cut out a white circle for my focal panel and stamped with sentiments from the Thoughtful Words set. Below that I used one of the stamps from the Texture Tiles 3 set for the water, stamped in navy and then lightly blended with the same color of ink. The rope image is from the Peace Be Still set and I colored with copics and hand trimmed, adding some crystal clear lacquer pen accents to add a little dimension to it. The anchor is a wood veneer piece from my stash, I lightly brushed a ground espresso oxide pad over it then embossed with clear embossing powder for a little more texture. Everything is glued together on an A2 size card base. Alrighty, now it's your turn! I hope you enjoy creating with this sketch! Thanks so much for stopping by! Please join me for Mojo Monday! Click here to enter If you shop through the affiliated links below I get a small percentage of the sale price at no cost to you! It's not a lot, but it does help pay the monthly fees for the linkup widget for Mojo Monday and other web and email services that help me keep Mojo Monday running smoothly! Thanks so much! 💙

Welcome to the March 2021 Technique Blog Hop! See what I have to share. Then check out all the other blogs in the hop to see additional creative ideas that we each came up with using the "masked

Hi crafty friends! Welcome to Tuesdays with the Cricut Expression! Today we'll make a cute card using the NEW Cardz TV Kit & Kaboodle Sketch #30, Cricut Lite Love You A Latte, and Cardz TV Stamps "Mixed Messages”. Thanks for watching! NEW! Sketch #30 To shop for Cardz TV Stamps, click HERE! Thanks for stopping by today! Hugs & Blessings, Mary

Hi and welcome! Today's post features the newest sketch from the Freshly Made Sketches team where our hostess this week is the talented Kim Singdahlsen. I've mentioned before that angled panels on cards make my eye twitch, so you can imagine how I felt when I saw three of them! I actually spent several days pondering how I was going to pull this off and in the end I decided to mimic the lines of the angles with a die. So I used this circle die to cut three lines in a white panel and once that was done, I adhered it to a Gravel Gray card base. I then die-cut the Caprice Heart dies from Grout Gray, Cement Gray and Gravel Gray cardstocks and layered them up. The sentiment was cut down from a longer one and stamped in black ink on the same angle as the circles. I positioned the heart so the centre opening was right over one of the circle cutouts. And that's my card! Simple and angled 😄 Thanks for visiting! The DT have some gorgeous cards - in fact when I added my card to the DT blog, I saw that Lee Ann and I had very similar ideas! Well, you know what they say - great minds think alike 😀 Products used: Stamps: More Essential Sentiments (MFT) Ink: Versafine Onyx Black Cardstock: White, Grout Gray, Gravel Gray, Cement Gray (MFT) Dies: Caprice Hearts (Birch Press Designs), Blueprints 21 (MFT) Cheers Karren

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Here are some of my Sketches from my past Paper Play Sketches challenge blog and a few new ones. You can even download them and print them for free. Enjoy!

We are going to make things easy for you this fortnight for the card challenge. You will find below a card sketch. All you need to do is show us your interpretation. Felicity {mum} Rose front view of the card inside of the card Narelle Thank you to our sponsor Flourish With a Bling Flourish with a Bling is an Australian company that has their own range of beautiful flourishes, vines, pearls, gems and more. And just recently, Flourish with a Bling have introduced their own range of gorgeous flowers. You can contact us or find all our products on our easy-to-use website www.flourishwithabling.com.au. $15 Gift Voucher AUD$15 to be used in our online store at www.flourishwithabling.com.au Happy Creating An InLinkz Link-up

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Here are some of my Sketches from my past Paper Play Sketches challenge blog and a few new ones. You can even download them and print them for free. Enjoy!

Today is the day that we celebrate cards! Making cards can be so rewarding. It not only fulfills a creative void, but also puts smiles on the faces of those who receive such beautiful pieces of cr…

It's time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches ! Today we have a sketch by Cindy . I started out trying to be "creative" - I ...

This week I issued another sketch challenge to my team. This time I got the sketch from Poetic Artistry which used to be called Mojo Monday.

Bonjour ! Ce mois-ci, c'est moi qui vous propose le sketch du mois ;) J'espère qu'il vous plaira et que les cartes des filles vous donneront envie de le faire également Tampons Clear Messages D'amitié X3 Les tampons clear Messages D'Amitié X3 de Florilèges...

Hey crafty friends! I have a new card sketch for you today! We're going to make a really pretty card that can be used for Spring or Easter! It's so quick and easy to make using Cardz TV Card Kit & Kab

My Stampers With Art group had some fun with another sketch challenge recently. Have you seen those card (and page) sketches out there? They are just too fun. You get a visual idea of what your

It's Suite Saturday! Every Saturday Patsy and I share a card with you that is featured in our Border Buddy PDF Monthly Tutorial. You can receive the PDF Tutorial Free with any size order and earn FREE Hand Stamped Cards from the PDF as part of our Customer Rewards. In May we are featuring the products from ... Read More about Suite Saturday – Happiness Blooms Suite by Stampin’ Up!®

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In 2018 before and throughout the pandemic period, I commenced a series of paintings that pays homage to the guitar and accessories used in rock music. During a time when I personally felt constrained due to health problems and then as part of the community because of the stifling effect of pandemic lockdowns and mask-wearing, I turned to the noise of an electric guitar as a vehicle to be heard. I guess the electric guitar became a beacon of communication to me like the pot and pan-clanging percussion sessions in the cities across Italy during their pandemic lockdowns.

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Cards Sketches to Inspire You Welcome to Sunday Sketches by Stamps to Die For. Each Sunday I post a card sketch I have created along with a card I stamped using the sketch. Sketches often help get my creativity fired up and I hope this sketch might inspire you. Card Sketch Measurements: Card Base: 4 ... Read More about Sunday Sketches SS022 – Lift Me Up Stamp Set

Happy Monday! We hope your month has been a creative one so far!! It's time for our last sketch of the month! Today's card sketch is brought to us by sketch artist Lori. Here is the fun sketch she created for us: Inspiration from our amazing DT: Deanna: Dorlene: Tina: We hope these cards inspire you to play along with us this month! We can't wait to see what you create! To play along: 1. Make sure and link back to Sketch N Scrap in your blog post when sharing our sketch or a layout or card based on our sketch. (DO NOT USE THE DIRECT LINK, use http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com) 2. Link your layout or card up by clicking on the Froggy link in the sidebar. Make sure and link up a DIRECT link to your blog post to allow us to easily locate your entry on your blog. Have fun, we can't wait to see what you create! Deadline to link up is February 28th at 9:55 pm CST You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter

Today is a start of a new month of Viva La Verve sketches and Julee is kickin' it with a pastel trio and sketch challenge. If you're new to Viva La Verve or just getting back into the sketches you'll notice it's changed a wee bit. The challenge has moved to it's own blog! Twice a month there is a twist added to the challenge like this week is color. Get all the details about the challenge and prized on the Viva La Verve Challenge blog! Here's my card sample for the sketch. I started with a paper pad from Authentique called Delightful and found the sweet blue and green from the challenge. Then I used the graph stamp from Making a Statement around the middle of my background paper (notice the pink?) inking in Crumb Cake ink. I wanted some subtle direction on the right side of the card so I used the chevron stamp from Borderline in Crumb Cake to make that happen. I added my mixed media touch with white gesso around the outside and then... I added pink (Painterly Pink to be exact) because the mood was swinging with pastels. The focal cluster is made up of Flag It Die Set pennants stamped with the chevron stamp, the Banner Bundle Die (largest one) and a DIY circle ring of three (I used two circle dies faced cutting edge down to center then taped them together.) Gesso and pink paint smudged around the borders and then a perfect (fork technique) bow from Moss Green ribbon. Oh, and I used the paper piercing kit and piercing tool around the circle and bottom layer. I hope you are having a great week... regardless of the weather or schedule you might have, I will wish you find something to enjoy, to relax about or laugh over. See you next week! Details: Stamps: Making a Statement and Borderline (Verve Stamps) Paper: Delightful (Authentique), Kraft (Neenah) Ink: Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up) Accessories: Flag It Die Set and Banner Bundle Die Set (A Cut Above, Verve), paper piercer kit and piercer tool (Stampin' Up), Moss Green ribbon (Summer Sailing Ribbon Collection, Verve), acrylic paint (Painterly Pink, Claudine Hellmuth), white gesso

Voor de challenge van Mojo Monday maakte ik deze kaarten met sketch #548: Het is altijd leuk om persoonlijk post te krijgen toch? Daarvoor deze 2 kaartjes, gewoon om aan iemand te sturen en te laten weten dat ik aan ze denk. For the challenge by Mojo Monday, I made these cards with sketch #548. It's always nice to get a personal card right? Therefor I made these 2 cards, just to send to a loved one and let them know that I didn't forget about them. Mojo Monday Blogspot Gebruikte materialen/ used materials: Designpad Flowers Blooming van Craft Sensations zwart en wit cardstock / black and white cardstock stempels merk onbekend/ stamps unknown brand embossingpoeder clear high gloss Sirius hobby / embossingpowder clear high gloss heatgun paperflowers lint Marianne Design RIB7805 / ribbon inkt zwart Versafine / black ink Versafine

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Welcome to Sunday Sketches SS009 by Stamps to Die For. Each Sunday I post a card sketch along with a card I created using the sketch. Sketches often help get my creativity fired up. Sketch Measurements: Card Base: 4 1/4" x 11" (but you could do 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" for side open) Layer One: ... Read More about Sunday Sketches SS009 Merry Mice Stamp Set

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