Working with Card Sketches

I recently came across some card sketches that I wanted to try out from Pinterest.  My favorites have been from Mojo Monday blog which is no longer running but they have many sketches with examples that I just adored.  

 I just loved the look of Mojo Monday Sketch #355 with all of its great details and fun edges.  

 

Splitcoaststampers was having a challenge for cards with script.  I dug out an older stamp called "Garden Collage" from Stampin Up that worked perfectly for this challenge as it had script in the background.  Then I also found some yellow paper in my stash that had some script in it as well.  

Here is the card that I created.  I thought about using a white card base but liked the green and how it tied in with the green in the stamp and also the green in the leaves.  I have always loved the combination of yellow and blue together.  I colored the stamped image with Copic markers and sponged the background of the stamped image with Mermaid Lagoon oxide ink.  

Then I wanted to create another card for a friend with the same stamp set and with a slight alteration of the card sketch.  I love the border in white on this one with just a touch of yellow.  I changed up the tag on this one a bit too.  

 

Nature and Nest Card

 I made this card for SCS challenge for an Alpha card beginning with N and had nature and another word which I chose as NEST.  

 

 

 

I started out with stamping Altenew's Vine Stamp set on a white rectangle which I die cut ahead of time.

I colored the flowers yellow and the leaves green where I knew the nest would not cover.

 

 

 

I then placed the nest that I had made ahead of time from Honey Bee's Lovely Layers Nest in the corner to see how it would fit.

 

 

The next step was to apply distress ink with a sponge to the background with Mermaid Lagoon.  I tap the ink on a white strip of paper so that it does not leave blotches and blends better.

 

Then I placed the bird die cut from Honey Bee's "Spring Birds" on top to estimate where to place the sentiment.

   

Unfortunately, the sentiment fell of the stamping positioner and fell crocked on top of what I had just created!!  OOPS!! LOL  Plan B is to make a label and ink it with the same background to cover that.  Mistakes sometimes happen and I didn't feel like starting all over!  So onward we progressed!  LOL

I tried different colored labels but in the end I liked the distressed blue one.  

 

    

 

I then glued this down on a SU YO YO Yellow cardstock but I still was not happy with it.  

 

 

 

I realized it was just too much blue in the nest so I die cut the eggs and made them yellow instead and also went back and with a paper underneath added more ink toe the bird's feathers.  And I also changed the location of the feathers and added one. 

I also added Garnet Stickles to the inside of the flowers (smeared one too!  Must not be a good crafting day for me!!)

 

Finally, the finished product!

 

 

 

Same Image four Ways

Birthday Card Four Different Ways

 

Today's image is by Stamping Bella called:

"You Are So Sweet"  

 

I have four birthdays coming up and so I stamped it and colored it with the same three colors - yellow, pink and aqua and then decided to come up with four different card layouts. 

When trying to come  up with ideas, I keep in mind four basic ways to design cards:

1. With a background paper
2. With a frame
3. With a border
4. With die cut shapes

Here is the image that I colored, some slightly different ways with the same three colors:

 

  And here are the four cards completed.  

 

 

 

And now here are the separate cards so you can see them closer up and in more detail:

 

 This first one I combined an oval die shape with patterned paper (bottom of card) and a border that matched the paper.

I matched the paper to the colors in the image.  Usually I color the images after I find the paper that I like (much easier).  So this card has the background paper and a die shape and a border.

 

 

The Second one I used patterned paper and die cut a larger frame in the middle of it and then used a smaller square in blue and cut out a slightly smaller frame  out.  I then lined them up and glued it all together. So this one has the background patterned paper and a die cut frame from a fancy shape.

 

 

 

The third card, I die cut out a fancy frame in white. And because I didn't think of stamping it directly on the frame at the time, I cut out a slightly smaller rectangle and glued it inside the frame.  So this one has a frame and a simple rectangle shape.

 

 

 

The last one I cut the image with a simple rectangle shape and placed on top of paper that coordinated with the color I used int he dress and lollipop and then placed tiny triangles that matched the other color in the dress at the corner.

This one has the rectangle shape and background patterned paper and then triangle borders at corners.

 

 

 

I hope this gives you ideas on how to use the same image in different ways.  

 

 

 

 

 

Garden Friends

Today's creation is from a Hello Bluebird stamp set called "Garden Friends".  I just love the sweet birds in this stamp set. 

The background was inked with Salty Ocean distress ink.  I also added some flowers and leaves from the HB Banner Buddies and the garden sign and more flowers are from the Bloom and Grow set. 

I love the way you can mix and match from different HB sets and they all go together so well.    

Hello Bluebird - Pig Out - Happy Birthday card

Today's card is another stamp set from Hello Bluebird called Pig Out.  I inked the background with I believe Worn Lipstick distress ink and colored the images with Spectrum Noir markers.  This was a fast easy card to make.  

 

Hello Bluebird - Rainy Day

Back to blogging again!  It's been a while since I have been feeling creative, but something changed in my life - I accepted Jesus into my life and I have felt the burden of worry lifted off of my shoulders.  So I find myself creating cards most every day now. And I want to share my creations in the hope that it might inspire another crafter or just brighten their day some small way.  

This stamp set is from Hello Bluebird called "Rainy Day".    I was inspired by Gemma Campbell an artist that is on the Hello Bluebird blog.  Her cards are just beautiful!

I used distress ink for the background and spritzed it with water and dried with a paper towel.  I used my Spectrum Noir markers to color in the rest,

 

More Sunshine....

 Since, I love this digital so much, I had to make a couple more cards with the image in different ways.  I hope you like seeing different ideas on how to use this sweet digital image that I bought from Whimsey Stamps.