The measurements are as follows: the cardbase is The card base is 21cm x 14.5cm, which is then scored at 10.5cm on the long side and folded, so when it’s folded, your card front will be 10.5cm x 14.5cm. The next layer of patterned paper is 14cm x 10cm. Then a layer of Pretty Peacock cardstock to frame the top layer, and is 7.5cm x 10cm. The top layer of patterned paper is 7cm x 9.5cm. I have taken a strip of Basic White cardstock from my stash of scraps, and stamped the sentiment in Pretty Peacock ink. The sentiment comes from the Country Flowers stamp set.
And that’s it. Sometimes it fun to create a really quick card, and Designer Series Papers can make it easy to do so. And don’t forget the sale on Designer Series Papers for the rest of August, which you can find here in my online store. Happy stamping Chris
Welcome back to the Annual Catalogue sketches, today we are on Sketch number 13.
My card today is an ocean scene which I am not entirely happy with, but that happens. Even those of us who are demonstrators and do a lot of papercrafting make things that we are not happy with. Anyone else make cards they want to throw in the bin sometimes?
Hi and welcome back. Today I have a Christmas card to share with you, based on the 12th of the sketches on Page 22 of the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue. Here is the sketch.
I don’t often start my Christmas cards this early in the year, however I have been offered a wonderful opportunity to have my cards displayed and for sale at a very successful Artisans market, in November, so this year, I need to be creating heaps of Christmas cards and packaging over the next few months.
Welcome back to the Stampin’ Up! Annual catalogue Sketch inspiration, we are halfway at Sketch #11.
I do apologise, I haven’t done a very good job with putting this sketch onto Canva, and it doesn’t quite work here because the background is white and I don’t think I can change. You will see what I have done with the cards though, and it will all make sense. I hope.
Both cards use Crumb Cake cardstock for the card base (21cm x 14.5cm, which is then scored at 10.5cm on the long side and folded, so when it’s folded, your card front will be 10.5cm x 14.5cm), and the layer of Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper is cut at 14cm x 10cm. I have then cut the DSP down the centre (lengthwise) at 5cm, then taken each of those strips and cut a 5cm x 5cm square off either the top or the bottom. Those smaller squares are then turned over so that you see the reverse side pattern. All of the DSP pieces have been sponged around the edges using some Crumb Cake ink and a Sponge Dauber. For the first card above, I have then placed each piece of DSP so that the sides are pushed up against each other, leaving a larger amount of cardstock around the outside edge.
Hi and welcome back to the daily sketches from the Annual Catalogue, with Sketch 10.
I am in a purple mood today, and have used heaps of inks to create my background and focal layer.
The cardbase is the usual size (21cm x 14.5cm, which is then scored at 10.5cm on the long side and folded, so when it’s folded, your card front will be 10.5cm x 14.5cm) and today I have used some Highland Heather cardstock for the base. Over that is some Watercolour Paper which is 10cm x 14cm. I would normally use (and highly recommend) the Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper, it is the best I have ever used. However, I ran out, so had to use some that I already had in my stash. I used the Stampin’ Up! Glass Mat (fantastic tool, if you don’t have one already), sprayed some water directly onto with a Spritzer, then added some drops of Highland Heather ink, Fresh Freesia ink and Petal Pink ink, swirled the ink around in the water, added a bit more water, generally had a play with it until I was happy, and then laid two pieces of the Watercolour Paper directly into the inky mess! Once I was happy with the spread of colour, I dried it with a heat tool, distressed the edges with my Paper Snips Scissors, sponged some Highland Heather ink around the edges. Before applying the background layer to the cardbase with adhesive, I heat embossed the sentiment.
With the smaller piece of Watercolour Paper, I stamped the small flower from the Poised Peony stamp set using Versamark ink, sprinkled white Embossing Powder over it, and set with a Heat Tool. After distressing the edges and sponging with ink, I then used a Water Painter Brush to paint colour onto the flower – Lost Lagoon ink for the leaves, and some Highland Heather and Fresh Freesia for the flower. This smaller piece of Watercolour Paper is 5.5cm x 5.5cm, and the Basic White layer behind it is 6 x 6cm, and sponged with Highland Heather ink. Behind the focal image layer is another layer of cardstock, again in Highland Heather, measuring 5cm x 10cm, which I have cut at each end with Paper Snips to form the flag ends. Some Linen Thread and Purple Shimmer Gems finish the card off. Oh, and I almost forgot the splatters, which are done with the Water Painter with some Highland Heather ink on the brush, and I just knock the brush against a hard object such as a ruler or clear block, and the ink splatters – often in places you don’t want it!!
Hopefully I have inspired someone to try out a different layout for a card. Stay tuned for the next one. Happy stamping, Chris
Welcome back to the daily sketches, and we are up to sketch #9.
As soon as I saw this sketch I thought it would be an awesome way to use up some of those pesky offcuts that we all have, so I have taken a random bunch of them in no order of colour and tried to make them look pretty. I’m not even going to try to tell you which colours I have used.
I have used a card base in my standard size (21cm x 14.5cm, which is then scored at 10.5cm on the long side and folded, so when it’s folded, your card front will be 10.5cm x 14.5cm) in Thick Basic White cardstock. Then another layer of Basic White Cardstock (not thick this time) which is 10cm x 14cm. I adhered the strips with glue, randomly onto this layer before I put the layer onto the card base.
The circle is cut using the Stylish Shapes Dies, and I have stamped the pile of books and cute bird from the Bird’s Eye View stamp set in Black Memento Ink. I had originally planned to colour the images, since that’s my favourite thing to do, but I quite like it just as it is, since there is so much colour in the background.
Hope you are enjoying seeing the sketches come to life. Happy stamping, Chris
Don’t forget the DSP Sale on until the end of August while stocks last. If you are in Australia, you can shop here.
Hi and welcome back. Today we have Sketch #8 from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue.
I apologise for the slightly wonky sketch, some of my rectangles didn’t quite line up. Still, you get the idea. I decided to keep this one really simple. Of course, it could be quite a complicated one if you choose, but mine is nice and easy today.
I have taken a piece of the Lily Pond Lane Designer Series Paper (which is currently on sale) and using a ruler and pencil, worked out the measurements to divide it into equal rectangles. I have a Basic Black card base in the standard size ( 21cm x 14.5cm, which is then scored at 10.5cm on the long side and folded, so when it’s folded, your card front will be 10.5cm x 14.5cm). The piece of Lily Pond Lane DSP is the standard size as a layer over the base – 10cm x 14cm. It was pretty tricky trying to work out exact meaurements for the lines, however they are approximately 3.3cm apart on the short side, and 4.7cm on the long side. I have used a Black Stampin’ Write Marker and ruler to draw the blace lines directly onto the DSP.
The main focal point is simply one element from the Labels and Layers Ephemera pack, and one from the Fully Flowering Ephemera pack. I have layered the tag over some Basic Black cardstock measured at approximately 4.7cm wide x 7.6cm, and I have then used Paper Snip Scissors to cut the flag to match the one on the tag. Some Linen Thread around this is the only extra I have added. You could, of course, add a sentiment, but I liked the look of this without.
The Ephemera Packs are on Page 19 of the Annual Catalogue and make gorgeous papercrafting so easy.
And don’t forget the fantastic discount on Designer Series Papers, but only while stocks last. Check it out in my online store.
I have taken a piece of the Country Woods DSP, cut to 10cm x 14cm to lay over the top of my Crumb Cake card base (21cm x 14.5cm, which is then scored at 10.5cm on the long side and folded, so when it’s folded, your card front will be 10.5cm x 14.5cm). The rectangular elements have been die cut using the Nested Essentials Dies, and the circle from the Spotlight on Nature Dies. I have stamped the teapot image directly onto some of the Country Woods DSP, then cut using the die, before adding some shading using a Basic Grey Watercolour Pencil. The leaves were done in the same way and again coloured with Watercolour Pencils.
I found this sketch challenging for some reason, but so far I am enjoying creating using different layouts. I have a tendency to use the same or very similar layouts for my cards, so it’s a good challenge to be trying out some different ideas.
Don’t forget that Designer Series Papers are on sale at 15% off between now and the end of August, and you can order simply by going to my Online Store.
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