CAS(E) this Sketch #168

My 2nd attempt at a sketch.

The design:

 

 

and my attempt:

 

 

 

Supplies:



 

Stampin' Up Whisper White Cardstock

Amy Tangerine papers

 

 

I actually tried to come up with something last night and it was a disaster. A glue disaster which ruined the paper, but then I wasn't happy with the layout anyway and thought, "that's it, I'm giving up, I can't do this cardmarking stuff".  But thought I'd attempt it again today.  Still not entirely thrilled.  Are people just born crafty?  Or is everyone average to begin with and coming up with a design/idea gets easier the more you do?

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Prayer Book

These cards were made with images from the Rand McNally book "My Prayer Book".  Still have a few pages left with smaller images that I'll probably use for gift tags or small note cards.

DL sized cards

Some of the images in the Butterick pattern book are quite big but too cute to not use, so I tried some DL sized cards.

Supplies:

Stampin' Up Whisper White cardstock as the base
Sugar & Spice Studio pastel paper collection for the background paper
Amy Tangerine Die Cut shape
Girl cut out from Butterick pattern book


This one I'm not so sure about.  Not entirely happy with the sentiment I stuck on.  Maybe it could make a mother's day card? 

Supplies:

Stampin' Up Whisper White cardstock as the base
Stampin' Up In colour 2014-2016 cardstock - Hello Honey
Stampin' Up Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack
Amy Tangerine Die Cut shape
Woman cut out from Butterick pattern book

Dogs and cats

These three images are from The Little Golden Book "Dogs". 

This one is also from a Little Golden Book, but I can't recall the name.  An appropriate card to say sorry? 

The card bases (and envelopes) are packs of 10 from Target I got on clearance for $2ea.  At the moment it's easier for me to use pre-cut bases and I just wanted to buy cheap ones whilst I was experimenting.

Can't recall the name of the book these ones came from (must take note before I pull them apart), I think it was just Ginny. I do remember that's the name of the cat.

My nephew's gift tag and card

My nephew turned one on the weekend, so I made him a gift tag and card with adorable teddy bear pictures.  Unfortunately I've thrown out the cover of the book, so I can't remember the exact name of it, think it was something like Teddy Town. All the pictures are just too, too cute.

Used Stampin' Up's crumb cake notecard as the base for the card, and just some red coloured cardstock for the base of the tag. 

First attempt at using a sketch

I'd never heard of sketches until a few weeks ago when I stumbled upon someone's blog.  They seem a great way to get started with coming up with a card. 

A couple of days ago I discovered the CAS(E) this Sketch! blog and I quite liked how the idea is for clean and simple designs; very good for newbies like me I think.

Anyway, I thought I'd try giving one ago, CAS(E) this Sketch #167

and this is what I did:

Not thrilled with it - the tape could have been placed on better, could have probably made each strip length more equal.

Supplies used:
Stampin' Up Crumb Cake Note Card
Washi tape from Officeworks
Stampin' Up Watermelon Wonder ink
Sentiment - from a Stampin' Up Card Kit.

Little Golden Book: Colors Are Nice

I adore the images in this book. I really hope I can stumble upon another copy in an op shop, so I can make more cards.  The Golden Books are a good size to use for square cards.

 



This one I tried something different by ripping the pages rather than trimming.  I'd like to say it was because I like the effect, but it was initially because the trimmer I bought was a bit faulty and I wasn't getting a straight line (have fixed it now).  But I do like how the torn pages look against the kraft card stock. 

I love this zebra one; I think I will give it to my nephew for his 6th birthday in a few months.