Card Week, Part 4

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Card Sketch #9

You can download and print this sketch by clicking on the card sketches link found under the "printable sketches" tab on the right sidebar.

"Barbeque Star" by Jennifer Larson
Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Scenic Route, The Girls' Paperie, October Afternoon, BoBunny; Stickers: October Afternoon; Star Punch: Fiskars; Pens: Zig, Signo Uniball; Journaling spot: Ella Publishing List It! Holiday Edition; Buttons, brad: Craft Supply

1. The sketch made me think of these 4x6 vertical photos of my husband and his grilled masterpiece, so I thought of using the strips of paper above and below the photos on a layout. I reduced the number of strips to make it work.

2. The design is so perfect for scraps, so I dug into my scrap supply to find paper that was sort of a mix between 4th of July and summer. I didn't want to go strictly red-white-blue.

3. I added some stars around the title and date for balance.

4. The stitched stars were crooked. So I added buttons to distract a little.

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"Cropping at Palooza" by Katrina Hunt
Supplies - Patterned Paper: Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker (Summer and Willow Bee collections); Stickers and Die Cuts: Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker (Summer collection); Foam Letters: American Crafts Thickers; Punches: EK Success and Martha Stewart; Adhesive: Scotch ATG and Scrapbook Adhesives

I knew this sketch was calling for me to use my border punches in one way or another. I started to make a card, but I just wasn’t feeling the love. So I opted to make a layout instead! This also allowed me to crinkle the border strips to give the layout more dimension.

• Variation 1 - Layout instead of sketch

• Variation 2 - Grounded the strips on a background piece of paper that I also used a border punch on.

• Variation 3 - Added the side border to the background piece, plus the adding of more elements.

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"Summer Fun" by Christy Arthur
Products - Simple Stories 100 Days of Summer Sweet memories, flashcards, hellow sunshine, title strip elements and expressions; My Minds Eye Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky; Studio Calico Fly By Paper, Mister Huey in Schoolhouse and Lemonade; October Afternoon Mini Market Black and Cream Stickers

I turned the card sketch into a one page layout. I "placed" the sketch on the left side of the layout. I used some larger strips of paper on the top and bottom and then layered some smaller strips in the center that are angled slightly, which is different from the sketch.

I added a border to the side of the layout made out of punched circles that are cut in half. Some stitching and a journal card complete the layout.
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