Happy Saturday mornin' my crafty friends! I hope you're doing well. Today, we're hopping with the Ink.Stamp.Share blog hop and it's all about THIS CARD SKETCH:
Card sketches are absolutely wonderful because they give you a terrific place to start designing a card. I really enjoy reaching out for one of these when I'm having a bit of crafters' block, or if I'd like to challenge myself to follow a template. They're a great way of trying out new layouts you've never seen before, too!
Each of the blog post along this hop will be using the Card Sketch photo above, as their inspiration for their own project. It'll be really neat to see the similarities in everyone's projects, as well as how incredibly different they'll all be! This is gonna be fun! Let's go!
I chose the Hello Ladybug bundle for my project. I wanted an excuse to create this background pattern using the Polka Dot Basic Patterns Decorative Mask.
It's really easy to create stunning backgrounds using the mask stencils. As you can see here, I simply put down some scrap paper, then my cardstock, and then the mask over top of the paper. Then, I used a Blending Brush and Memento Black ink to get the black polka dots onto the Real Red Cardstock.
It's a lot of fun, and quite therapeutic to just brush the color around.
My Real Red Cardstock piece started out at 5" x 4". After I got the dots colored on, I cut two strips of 1 1/4" x 4" and one strip of 2 1/2" x 4". I layered them on the Basic Black card base, as indicated in the sketch.
Since my card base is black, I added a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Basic White Cardstock to the inside of the card. But of course, "NO NAKED INSIDES AND NO NAKED ENVELOPES", I had to stamp a fun little ladybug on the bottom corner of the cardstock. I also stamped the same ladybug on the front (and flap) of the matching envelope.
The ladybugs were created using the Ladybug Builder Punch and scraps of cardstock. I also stamped the dots on the wings. I layered them on top of the Garden Green (stamped off one time) leaf, that I fussy cut and attached directly to the card front. The sentiment strip is a 2 1/2" x 1/2" piece of Basic White Cardstock that I've cut each end at an angle.
I love the sentiment "You can bug me anything". So sweet!
I popped up the ladybugs and the sentiment piece onto the card front. Then, I finished off the card with a sweet little bow tied on the front.
Be sure to click the "NEXT BLOG" button to head over to Miss Kim's blog and see her interpretation of that super cute card sketch. I hope you enjoy all the fun projects!
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Until Next Time,
Happy Crafting!
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Love the cute Ladybirds on the spotted background x
ReplyDeleteFabulous Card Dana, love the idea for the background xx
ReplyDeleteLovely x
ReplyDeleteStampin' Up! DemonstratorFebruary 27, 2022 at 7:46 AM
Great use of the stencils!
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet card x
ReplyDeleteGreat idea - I've never thought of using masks on coloured cardstock - thanks for the inspiration
ReplyDeleteOMG I love the black polka dots, thank you so much for sharing and hopping x
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