August has arrived, and it has hit me that Summer is almost over in our household. The girls go back to school in less than two weeks now, and my oldest goes back to his university in just a little over two weeks. And I was just getting used to our Summer routine! Well, time flies in the stamping world too. It’s time for another new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our talented Canadian friend, Jen Brum, is our hostess. She has a fun sketch for us. Take a look:
I still had the Tropical Escape suite of products out on my desk from my last card, and while I was putting it away I thought that one of the dies would work with the sketch. However it is ONE large square die, while the sketch has four. But the one square has four leaves in it, so I thought I could take some creative liberties with the sketch.
I started by running five pieces of card stock through the Big Shot — one each of Shaded Spruce, Pineapple Punch, Lemon Lime Twist, Mango Melody, and Whisper White. I then cut out the individual leaves with my paper snips and glued them onto the white die-cut.
A piece of Whisper White was embossed with the Subtle embossing folder (love that thing!) to add a linen-like look. The sentiment was stamped with Shaded Spruce ink, which I had never used before and I have to say I really like this color.
We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch. We love to see your work as we browse the gallery. Meanwhile, be sure to stop by the Freshly Made Sketches site to see what the design team has created for your inspiration!
Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!
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Works for me, Amy! I love it and I’m going to CASE it, too!
Beautiful! Love how you interpreted the sketch – great colors! And I just ordered that embossing folder – love that too!
This is so pretty Amy! I love those leaves and the colours! They are so fun! I need to get my hands on that embossing folder! It’s perfect!
I was just trying to figure out how to do this yesterday! I love your card and appreciate your brilliance!
Creative liberties with sketches are such great things! I LOVE this. Using the four leaves to mimic the four squares on the sketch is GENIUS!!!
So bright and fresh! What a wonderful interpretation of the sketch, Amy! You’ve created a stunning card.
Oh Amy! This is totally amazing! I am loving everything about it, but especially the creative way you’ve used the die!
I just came across this card today what a bright happy card you have made by changing the colours like that. I think i may just have to case this if thats ok
Thanks again for sharing a great card
I LOVE this card. Please tell me – what is the size of the square that you attached the leaves to? Did you use two different size squares for the center of the card? The leaves look like there is a frame around it. Thanks so much!
Here’s the paragraph where I explained how I did it. Hope this helps!
I started by running five pieces of card stock through the Big Shot — one each of Shaded Spruce, Pineapple Punch, Lemon Lime Twist, Mango Melody, and Whisper White. I then cut out the individual leaves with my paper snips and glued them onto the white die-cut.