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Sketch #17 and Craftin Round The World

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Hi and welcome back to day 17 of my sketch challenge.
My card today uses the 17th Sketch from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue and is my card for this month’s challenge at Craftin Round The World.
Here is sketch number 17 from Page 22 of the catalogue. If you would like to find Day 1 of the sketch challenge for the month of August, just click here.

I have used panels of the Country Woods Designer Series Paper, at 2.5cm in width by 13.5cm and spaced them evenly across my card base which is some Basic Beige cardstock.

For the centre panel I have a piece of Night of Navy cardstock cut to 7.5cm x 10.5cm, a piece of Basic Beige cardstock which is 7.3cm x 10.3cm, and then a piece of Basic White cardstock cut at 6cm x 8.5cm.

The stamped images are from Under The Moon stamp set, the ocean stamped in Misty Moonlight ink, the dolphin and sentiment (from the Poised Peony stamp set) in Night of Navy ink, and the clouds in Basic Beige ink.

I quite like the combination of the blue colours teamed with Basic Beige. What do you think?

That’s it for me today.
Happy stamping!
Chris

PS Don’t forget the sale on Designer Series Papers which you can buy in my Online Store here.

Annual Catalogue Sketches – Sketch #15

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Welcome back. Today is day 15 of inspiration using the sketches on Page 22 of the Annual Catalogue.

I done heaps of colouring on my card today. The images have all been stamped in Black Memento ink and then coloured using Stampin’ Blends to create a base colour, with Watercolour Pencils used over the top of the Stampin’ Blends to add some depth of colour.

I have a cardbase of Thick White Cardstock (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), with a layer of Country Woods Designer Series Paper over the top (10.5cm x 14.5cm). The large circle is die cut from the Spotlight on Nature Dies, and the images all from the Country Flowers Bundle.

That’s all from me today, I have been offered some casual work, so I need to get organised for that.
Hope you have a crafty day.
Happy stamping,
Chris

Annual Catalogue Sketches – Sketch #14

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Hi and welcome to Sketch 14 from the Annual Catalogue, and a quick and easy card.

My card uses a cardbase made from Peach Pie cardstock and features the Lily Pond Lane Designer Series Paper. It’s such a simple card and it’s no exaggeration to say it took less than 5 minutes to make.

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

Annual Catalogue Sketches – Sketch #8

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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 sentiment is from the Country Birdhouse stamp set, stamped in black ink onto a scrap of white cardstock. And I have simply added a couple of 2024- 2026 In Color Shimmer Gems.

Don’t forget the fabulous DSP Sale on right now here.



Thanks for joining me again today, and happy stamping,
Chris

Annual Catalogue Sketches – Sketch #6

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Hi and welcome back.
Today we have Sketch #6 from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue.

My card today features the Country Woods Designer Series Paper which you can get at a discounted price for the rest of August, while stocks last. And I have combined it with the Country Flowers Bundle to make a Sympathy card.

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.


Happy stamping,
Chris

Sale on Designer Series Paper starts tomorrow!

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Starting tomorrow, 6th August, the always popular 15% off Designer Series Papers.
If you are a papercrafter, you will love this promotion, whether it’s for cardmaking, scrapbooking or any other kind of papercrafting.
Stock up here on your favourites, but make sure you get in early in case they sell out.

Have you got some favourites that you need to get?
I have a couple that I don’t have yet, so it might be time to invest in something different.
If you would like to do the same, you can go right to my Online Store anytime that suits you.
Happy shopping,
Chris

Annual Catalogue Sketches – Sketch #3

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Hi and welcome back to the August month of sketches, where I am sharing my inspiration on the sketches on Page 22 of the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue.
Here is Sketch # 3.

I have chosen to use some of the Lily Pond Lane Designer Series Paper which I have cut into strips measuring 13.5cm x 2.5cm.

The Lily Pond Lane DSP is over my card base of Pretty Peacock cardstock.
For this card I have created a top opening cardbase, the measurements are 10.5cm x 29cm, then scored and folded along the long side at 14.5cm. Again, you can get two card bases out of one sheet of A4 cardstock.
Instead of wrapping ribbon or twine around the whole card front I chose to create a flag out of some Peach Pie Cardstock, with some Linen Thread behind it.
My sentiment is stamped onto a circle of Basic White Cardstock which has been cut using the Spotlight on Nature Dies. The sentiment and flower are from the Country Birdhouse stamp set, the sentiment stamped in Pretty Peacock ink and the flower in Peach Pie ink.
And to add a touch of bling, some Peach Pie coloured 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems.

Make sure you keep an eye out for tomorrow’s sketch #4. Did you know that you can sign up to receive my blog posts by email? If you look on the far right hand side and scroll down until you see “Follow Blog via Email”. Just pop your email address in there and follow the instructions and you will receive all of my posts in your inbox.

Happy stamping,
Chris

August is Sketch Month – Sketch 1

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Hi and welcome back.
If you have seen the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue, you may have seen that there are quite a number of card sketches through the catalogue, and on Page 22 there are 22 sketches to use as inspiration for cards.
So I am challenging myself!
I plan to share a blog post every day with the sketches in the order they are in the catalogue, along with a sample of how I made that sketch PLUS the measurements I have used.
I have seen a few different people sharing PDFs of the sketches with measurements in Imperial, but I am in Australia, and we use different size card fronts here. So my measurements will be in centimeters and based on our card size.

I have been busy on Canva recreating the sketches from the catalogue, so they are not exact copies of what is in the catalogue but close enough. And since I have put my time and effort into creating these I would appreciate acknowledgement of where you got them from if you plan on using them.

I hope you enjoy them. Here is the first one!

My card using this sketch features some of the beautiful Designer Series Paper which was only available to Stampin’ Up! demonstrators (but is too beautiful not to share) along with the Poised Peony stamp set.

In Australia our card bases are basically half of an A4 sheet of cardstock.
However, I have found that it is much easier, especially for beginners to measure it slightly differently, and have a small strip left over.
So for my card base, I cut 21cm x 14.5cm – you should be able to get two card fronts from one piece of cardstock. Then along the long side, score at 10.5cm and fold, so when it’s folded, your card front will be 10.5cm x 14.5cm. I have used some Pretty in Pink cardstock for my card base.
I have then taken a piece of Designer Series Paper (patterned paper) the same size – 10.5cm x 14.5cm and adhered it onto the card front.
The next layer of Designer Series Paper (the darker pink) is 8.5cm wide x 9.5cm.
The Basic White focal layer is 7cm x 9.5cm.
I decided not to put my sentiment onto a separate piece but rather to stamp it directly onto the panel with the main image, and also to add some Linen Thread, and some Purple Fine Shimmer Gems.

I hope that these will be helpful to someone, and hopefully I can get through all of them for you.
Please feel free to leave a comment or reach out to me if you have any questions.
Happy stamping,
Chris

Sketch Saturday # 756

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Welcome to another Sketch Saturday challenge.
Here is the sketch for this fortnight.

I chose to turn the sketch on it’s side for my project today, and I have used it as inspiration for a covered notebook.

The notebook front and back have been covered with some Country Woods Designer Series Paper, and I have cut the two blue strips from the same paper before using my Paper Snips to cut flag ends into the strips. I have then run them through the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine with the Distressed Tile Embossing Folder and then added some Night of Navy ink along the edges and randomly on the front of the blue panels.

The feature image comes from the Poised Peony stamp set. I have stamped the image in Night of Navy ink, and then coloured it using a Blender Pen and some of the Soft Pastel Assortment. Since the colouring has been done on Basic White Cardstock, I did this very gently in a dabbing motion to ensure the cardstock doesn’t rough up.
I have taken some pieces of Linen Thread, and coloured them using the dark Highland Heather Stampin’ Blend, and then pulled the strands of the thread apart to give it a more whispy look.
Then I’ve added some leaves in Copper Clay, cut using the Online Exclusive Changing Leaves Hybrid Embossing Folder and Dies, along with some leaves from the Stippled Roses Dies in Soft Seafoam and Highland Heather.

Here is the notecard I made to go with the Notebook, using the same elements and techniques.


I hope you will join us and share your take on the sketch, we always love to see what you have been creating.
Happy stamping,
Chris

Spotlight on Spring

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Another seasonal inspired card today, to go along with the current challenge at Craftin Round The World, this time Spring inspired, and I have featured the Spotlight on Nature stamp set and Dies for my card.

In the background is some of the Country Woods Designer Series Paper and I’ve also used the Fun Patterns embossing folders to create some texture.

The flowers and leaves have all been coloured with watercolour pencils and then fussy cut.
Yes, there’s a lot of fussy cutting there.
So what’s the trick to fussy cutting? (fussing cutting is cutting around an image using scissors rather than using a die to cut). The trick is to move the piece you are cutting, rather than moving your hand around the piece, so keep your scissors in one direction as much as possible, and move the piece of cardstock, paper or whatever else it might be. I’ve found that to do this successfully I need to keep the piece of cardstock as small as possible, so I usually do two cuts, one to reduce the size and then one around the image.
The other trick is to make sure your Paper Snips (scissors) are nice and sharp.
And I enjoy fussing cutting, I find it quite relaxing, a little like meditation.

Happy stamping, and happy crafting.
Chris