25/2 - Mid week blog#203 - Creating using card sketches. Sketch#15
- Alison Culliver
- Feb 25
- 5 min read
Learn how to create different looks with the one card sketch.
Hello & welcome to my mid week blog.
My name is Alison & I live in beautiful Melbourne, Australia & I am an independent Stampin' Up® demonstrator.
I love to create beautiful things to share with people that I love but I also sell me creations. I have been creating things in one way or another for most of my life - knitting, sewing, cooking, card making, gardening, scrap booking & hand made gifts & in 2020 after joining Stampin' Up® I decided to share my passion in a blog (craftedbyalison@blogspot.com).
In 2025 I retired & decided to spread my creative wings a little more by combining my blog, products that I had been selling on FaceBook & launching a newsletter. Some of these things I had already been doing but this time they are all in the one place. (All previous posts can be found at my blogspot address above if you would to read any of them.)
And here we are at my new site!
I mentioned in last week's post that I was preparing for my first ever market stall at a local school. I sold a few items but had a lot of tips & ideas to take away for future events & we had a lovely time chatting, crafting & enjoying the environment.
Now for some creativity!
This week I have created 2 cards using a card sketch I designed. Card sketches are like a little draft or drawing of what you would like your card (or scrapbook page) to look like, like a plan when you're building a house - but a lot simpler! LOL
I have designed 14 other card sketches & also featured some of the designs that Stampin' Up® provide in their catalogues. They are a great way to inspire if you are feeling a little low on MOJO or if you just want to stretch your creativity a little. I hope you enjoy my creations.
Here is the sketch...
This is quite a simple sketch but can be used in a variety of ways - orientation, raised elements, DSP, stamping, inset stamping or spotlighting DSP.
Here are the two cards I created, one features DSP images & is portrait, the other has an embossed matte, landscape orientation & more subtle DSP but also an inset sentiment.
Let's start with the card on the left.
I loooove this card with it's whimsical characters & bright colours. The DSP I used is called Cute as a bug & it's the perfect description! I started with a Basic White base, added an Old Olive matte then a DSP matte that has a scene that is perfect for all of the little creatures I diecut & fussy cut.
I used Old Olive & Stylish Shapes to diecut 5 small circles & adhered the images directly onto the circles then 3 onto the DSP matte with the 4th raised on dimensionals.
For the 5th circle I stamped a sentiment in Basic Gray using both the Extraordinary Flora & Cheers & Sips stamp sets then punched it out with a retired scalloped punch.
The final touch were a few Holographic Resin dots for a few 'raindrop' elements.
Here's a closeup of the front...
and the inside...
Super cute! I also used some of the images & the same blending on the front of the envelope. Can't have a naked inside or envelope now can we?? LOL
The second card is a more subtle card & could easily be used for a male but is lovely for anyone.
I switched the orientation & used some Christmas DSP that is on the Last Chance list but not just a Christmas time paper.
The base is Crumb Cake to tie in with the colours in the DSP & I diecut 3 patterned circles from the Christmas Tags & More papers plus a Crumb Cake circle as well.
The matte is Real Red & has a circle diecut from it & has then been embossed using the Beautiful Pattern embossing folder. To get the opening exactly where I wanted it, I placed all of the other circles on the cardstock without adhering them, then positioned the die where I wanted the opening to be.
The sentiment is from Sweet Jar & as it was too long for the opening I masked up one word at a time & used Versamark ink & black embossing powder on Basic White so that each word could be placed exactly where I wanted it without the ink getting in the way when stamping.
When it was heat set I adhered it behind the opening making sure that it was aligned correctly.
The remaining circles were adhered then the matte was added to the card base.
Last thing? Yep, a few embellishments, this time, Faux Bronze Pentagons.
A really simple card. Here's a closeup to show you how the sentiment is recessed...
I like to dress up my envelopes as well as the inside of my cards so I added a strip of DSP to a Basic White matte, backed it with a Real Red matte & that was the inside done. Some DSP adhered to the flap of the envelope & this card is now ready to be used.
So that's it for my card sketch, I hope you enjoyed exploring sketches a little more. If you would like to see other sketches I have used they can be found at https://craftedbyalison.blogspot.com
That's all I have for you today. I hope you enjoyed this technique & perhaps may even try it yourself?
My next post will be on Sunday & I will be looking at how to use embossing folders to create unique backgrounds.
Next week's mid week post will explore colour using some of the Product of the Month items.
I hope you can join me for both. I have included some links to my online store if you would like to purchase any of the products from today's post.
Til next time, take care & keep creating.
XX Alison
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