Sweet Stampede Blog Hop- Use a Sketch

Welcome to the Sweet Stampede’s blog hop. We are excited you are here! If you are new, we are happy you are here. If you are a subscriber, happy to have you here. For this month’s hop we are working with a sketch.

This sketch is to be used for our starting point. We can add, subtract, or substitute shapes. We can create a simple card or step it up.

Some of the ideas that came to me for this sketch were:

Shaker card
Use other shapes instead of squares.
Turn the card in the opposite direction
Create a fun fold
Create a slimline card

I chose to keep the design as is except for a few things. I used the decorative die to die-cut the design. Then, I added a piece of Peach Pie behind it. This emphasized the image. Layer a piece of the DSP burlap over it. I added these to the Pool Party card base.

The flowers are cut from the vellum piece , and I will elaborate more on this in the next paragraph.

Wishing you well card featuring flowers and bee trinkets from Stampin' Up!

Using vellum with the sketch

I had almost missed that the dies also die-cut the vellum images that are shown on page 37. The dies cut out the leaves, the single flower and the smaller flowers. The smaller flowers are individual.

Stampin' Up! Floral and Gingham Vellum tip on die cutting the images

Here is a closer look at these flowers.

Stampin' Up! close up of the vellum images

I die cut the branch from Pecan Pie and added the leaves and individual flowers to the branch.

Stamped wishing in Mossy Meadow and die cut with the outline die only. I fussy cut the “you well” and finally, I added the bees and ribbon to finish the card.

Have you ever used a sketch to help with your creativity? Leave me a comment if you have or have not. I would love to read your thoughts on this. I enjoyed creating this card for you. Now let us hop on over to our next demonstrator, Pattie Shanahan-Davidson.