It’s time for another sketch for you over at the Freshly Made Sketches site! And this week Jen Mitchell is our hostess. I am always in awe of how she can make such clean designs look so beautiful. She has a great sketch for us too:
I received a free stamp at convention. It’s one of the single stamps and is called Love Who You Are. I hadn’t used it yet, and I thought it would work well with this sketch.
You see those pretty orange sequins? They’re a sneak peek of something that will be included in an upcoming My Paper Pumpkin kit. The dsp is from the Confetti Celebration pack, and I thought the geometric pattern matched the stamp so well.
I think I need a little help with the sentiment on this stamp though. I have puzzled over exactly what it means. It reminds me a little bit of a cognitive optical illusion. When you look at this picture, what do you see?
Do you see a duck or do you see a bunny? I can see both (I saw the duck first though, how about you?). Well, I kinda feel this way about the sentiment in this stamp. I can’t decide if it’s a command — it’s telling someone that they should love who they are, or is it saying (I) love who you are? Sometimes I interpret it one way and sometimes I interpret it the other. Help me out! What do you think?
On to more important matters — we have a guest designer this month! The fabulous Kim Singdahlsen will be with us for the month of August. I always love everything she makes, and I’m thrilled to have her on board with us. Be sure to stop by the Freshly Made Sketches site and give her some love. And please play along with us this week and post your card in the gallery! We love seeing what you make.
Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!
When I first saw the sketch and its rows, I thought of a new punch I’ve barely used, the Hearts Border Punch. When I realized that my hearts would be side-ways with this sketch, I decide to flip the sketch 90 degrees.
While I did have a flower in mind while making the sketch, please feel free to use any shape you’d like. That’s part of the fun of challenges — making the sketch work for you.
I have been loving the Hello Darling stamp set lately. I was on the fence about this set, as I was not sure about how versatile it would be. But I’m so glad I got it! I keep coming up with more ways to use it. And when I saw Narelle’s sketch, I knew I wanted to use this stamp set.
I decided I wanted to use some of the Confetti Celebration dsp, and the Arrows embossing folder coordinates with it so well, so I had to pull it out too.
I love making collage-style cards, and this sketch is perfect for that style. Since my favorite collage-style stamp set right now is Kinda Eclectic (I think it’s my favorite overall stamp set right now too), I decided to pull it off the shelf.
One of the stamp sets that I used to make convention display samples was Kinda Eclectic. I made eight projects with it, and even after finishing all of them I still didn’t want to put this set away. So I decided to use it for this sketch. I ended up taking some major creative liberties with the sketch, but I hope it still looks true to the sketch.
My daughter needed a card for a beloved principal who will be moving to lead another IB (International Baccalaureate) school in Nicaragua this summer. She told me she wanted to write him a note, but didn’t know what to say because her heart was so full. It made me think of a sentiment in the Lots of Thanks stamp set.
When I first saw this sketch, I immediately thought of Project Life cards. That could be because they were sitting on my desk at the time, but I think the rounded corners and the size of them are just perfect for this sketch. I love how you can use them for more than just scrapbooking.
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