One sketch - three cards

Welcome back for another examplewhere I make three different cards using the same sketch.

The sketch I have used this time is this one from Retro Sketches:

For my first card I kept close to the sketch:

All materials are from my scrap box/bag of leftover embellies, so I have no idea about manufactorers

I chose to do the second card landscape orientation, but it's still close to the sketch.

Papers unknown. Stars: Studio Calico. Star overlay: Bella Blvd

 3D foam adds dimension to the card:

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After two cards in masculin colors, I felt like doing a more feminin one:

All materials are from my scrap box/bag of leftover embellies, so I have no idea about manufactorers

Details:

Thank you for stopping by. Please come back next week when I will give another example on how to make three different cards from one sketch.

Let's start the new year with some cards!

Happy new year, people!

This blog has been dead since April, and I have hardly done any paper crafting since then. It startet with beeing busy doing other fun stuff, like gardening, renovating our house, horseback riding etc etc, and then I got the biggest Scrap.Block.Ever.

Then I got this big card order (60 cards) and I just had to force myself to picking up card making/scrapping again. How on earth do you attack a 60 card order, all of them need to be different?
I always return to sketches.

My card order is complete, and I got the inspiration to do three of the last ones from this great sketch at "Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge".

Here is my first card:

I chose to do my card landscape oriented, but you can still see the elements in the sketch :-)

I often make three cards with one sketch, as I often get new ideas when creating. I even did it easier for myself by sticking to the same paper collection for all the three cards, the Bella Blvd Color Chaos.

Next card:

 Close up:

And my third card - this time I flipped it and chose landscape again:

I often use 3D foram on some parts of my cards to make more dimension/depth.

Thank you for stopping by. Please come back on Tuesday for a layout featuring the newest member of the family zoo: our kitten Preben Mohammed. I also will show three new cards made from one single sketch on Thursday.

Have a fabolous week!

Hello! A super quick and easy card!

Home made cards doesn't have to be time consuming to make, or require lots of papers and stash.
This cards is made from scraps only:

Cardstock: Bazill. Patterned Papers: Pebbles. Pearls: unknown

I used punches, bought for about a dollar each ages ago, for the butterflies and flowers, and a corner puch for the squares. I'll never let my punches go :-)

I use 3D foam to make the squares rise a bit, and glue dots for the butterflies and flowers so wings and petals are free.

This card was made for

Leah's BITS and PIECES midnight crop challenge!

at the Paper Issues online crop

Bring me your bits and pieces, crafty friends!

This challenge is all about using only PIECES and your project must be new and never shared... No whole sheets and no Project Life-sized cards - you can use thin strips or pieces cut from whole sheets, and you may use a photo mat and the actual cardstock or card. Everything else must be 2"x2" or smaller (this includes tags)! Feel free to slather on the bits and load up on the pieces, and you may create cards or pages to enter.

Hint: PUNCHES work great for these types of things, and if you have scraps, it's a fun way to use them up! Open worldwide - add your project(s) to this album and enter as many times as you like through Monday, March 29th. · 

It's still time to play at the crop so come on!

Tag card. just for fun (Card week day 7)

So, this is the end of my card week - I hope you have enjoyed it. But fear not, there will be more cards coming later, at least one on Wednesday :-)
I have played at the Paper Issue Online Crop and some of the challenges were: cards!

I have this large, old stack of K & Company tags, and in my opinion they are perfect for cards:

Tag: K&Company. Patterned papers: Glitz Designs (blue), Lemon Owl (white/green). Butterfly:Websters pages. Trim: MME. Bling & ribbon: unknown

Some times mixing up manufactorers works perfectly!

Thank you for taking your time to stop by - you know it means a lot to me!

Make Time Fun (Card Week day 6)

A new card for mum, my biggest fan :-)

Patterned papers & stickers: Echo Park. Fabric covered brads: Basic Grey. Dies: Quickutz/Lifestyle Crafts. Other brads: unknown

I had just scraps left of the Echo Park collection Creative Agenda to make this card, but when I dug into my old stash, I found some old Basic Grey fabric covered brads which was the perfect match!

I also pulled out my old Quickutz Squeese and dies, to make some flowers - a great way to use scraps and have matching ambellies

The design for this card is taken from the right part of this sketch at Let's Scrap:

Let's Scrap and Feeling Sketchy has teamed up this  month for International Scrapbooking Day
The twist is to play at both siites :-) Here is yesterday's post where I show my take on the Feeling Sketchy challenge.

Have a happy Sunday and please come back tomorrow for the last card in my Card Week - a Just Because card :-)

You Brighten My Day (Card week day 5)

My mum, who wants me to make her a few more cards, is not very much into the Clean And Simple style, so I have made some cards which fit her taste better.

Here is the fist one:

Papers & stickers: Echo Park. Ribbon: unknown

As it's spring here, I thought bright, happy colors would be perfect!


I found the idea for the design at the card challenge blog Feeling Sketcky:

Feeling Sketchy has teamed up with Let's Scrap this month for InterNational Scrapbooking Day - the twist is to play along with both sites this month. I will reveal my card for the Let's Scrap challenge tomorrow, so please come back then :-)

A close up of details before you leave me:

You rock (Card week day 4)

I spent the weekend making cards :-) I need some for myself, and my mum wants some, too, so I decided to just dive in and use up remains from kits and old stuff! I browsed my favourite challenge sites to kick start my mojo, and am going to share these inspirational places - and my creations - with you every day for an entire week! Today is day 4!

Here is a CAS card for you:

Patterned paper: Pebbles. Cardstock: ClubScrap. Ribbon: unknown. Cut files: Silhouette

The inspiration for this card was found at the CAS-ual Fridays challenge blog:

CFC137: Using spring colors, create a music themed project and keep it Clean And simple.

I simply cut a note in patterned paper and the words in black cardstock, added black cardstock behind the patterned paper and the words on top, and then I put a bow on - super easy!

3D foam is a great friend of mine - here is a close up of how this card is layered:

Thank you for stopping by, and please come back tomorrow for another card :-)

Tag card (Card week day 3)

I spent the weekend making cards :-) I need some for myself, and my mum wants some, too, so I decided to just dive in and use up remains from kits and old stuff! I browsed my favourite challenge sites to kick start my mojo, and am going to share these inspirational places - and my creations - with you every day for an entire week! Today is day 3!

Today my card contains a tag, and the inspiration is taken from this challenge at Tag you're it

The first I noticed on this image were the off set flowers on the tag, so I decided to go from there:

All you need is a few stickers, washi and a ribbon and a colorful piece of paper to make a card (and as the challenge is all about clean and simple, I kept it clean and simple :-)!

Patterned papers & stickers: Pebbles. Washi: Freckled fawn. Ribbon & pearls: unknown

Thank you for stopping by, and please come back tomorrow for another card :-)

Bird Card (card week day 2)

I spent the weekend making cards :-) I need some for myself, and my mum wants some, too, so I decided to just dive in and use up remains from kits and old stuff! I browsed my favourite challenge sites to kick start my mojo, and am going to share these inspirational places - and my creations - with you every day for an entire week! Today is day 2!

I had the remains of the January Kit from My Creative Scrapbook laying on my desk, and thought of one of the stickes on the sticker sheet, when I saw this sketch at Retro Sketches:

My take on the sketch:

Patterned papers & stickers: Pebbles. Pins & ribbon: unknown. Wire: the local florist

 My sewing machine was still on my desk after a project I finished last week, so I took advantage of it and added some stitching.

The wire is from the local florist - I have them in several colors, and love how much they add to both cards and layouts.

Thank you for stopping by, and please come back tomorrow for another card :-)

Polaroid frame card (Card week day 1)

I spent the weekend making cards :-) I need some for myself, and my mum wants some, too, so I decided to just dive in and use up remains from kits and old stuff! I browsed my favourite challenge sites to kick start my mojo, and am going to share these inspirational places - and my creations - with you every day for an entire week! Today is day 1!


Let's start with a clean and simple card:

Cardstock: Bazill. Polaroid frame & stickers: Pebbles. Ribbon: unknown.
All materials except cs from MyCreativeScrapbook January kit

When I saw this sketch at CAS(E) this sketch, I imidiately thought of some paper polaroid frames I had laying around:

I just added left over paper clip stickers and yellow ribbon, and voila!

Close up to see the depth in this card (3D foam is a must have for me):

Thank you for stopping by, and please come back tomorrow for another card :-)

Just a masculine card

With two boys and one man in the house, I'm always in need of masculine cards - you know, for friends' birthdays etc. The kids are older now, so tractor and soccer cards are not what they need anymore - they prefer cards for teenagers. Themes for teenagers are very easy to find - NOT - but bikes seem to go for all ages:

This card is simply made of a folded black cardstock, an overlay, a bike metal clip and some wood stars. Believe me; It's harder to get a decent photo of a card with shiny overlay than making the actual card :-)

The stars and metal clip add depth to the card, but it's still not bulky:

This card is my entry for the first October Card challenge at Sketch-And-Scrap: Make a masculine card.


Please tell me, do you struggle about themes for masculine cards, too, or is it just me?

Happy birthday card

The next card is a spin off of the first one, using metal clips on a card:

Cardstock, one piece of patterned paper, vellum, paper clips and chipboard is all I used for this card

A view from this angel shows how much depth metal clips and chipboard add to a card!

The design for this card is taken from this sketch at Sketch-N-Scrap (sketch #35):

I do like the falling dude made from paper clips on my card above - I might steel the idea for a layout I have in mind about my husband falling in a water slide *lol*

Thank you for stopping by!

Celebrating You (card)

I was lucky and won a grab bag full of Chic Tag yummies in December: tags, journaling cards etc.
I have played a lot with in on layouts, but I thought it was time to try them out on cards, too.

Background paper: Glitz Designs. Journaling card, tags & cutouts: Chic Tags.
Wire: my local florist. Owl & ribbon: unknown

 3D foam adds depth to the card, and the wire structure.

The design was taken from Cardabilities sketch #94.

 Isn't this a fun one?


Thank you for taking time to stop by :-)

A card - just for fun!

OK, that's not completely true - I got an order from one of my frequent (card) customers, a young carpenter at work - he wanted a card for his MIL who turns 50 this weekend. He gave me pretty free hands to make whatever I wanted, so I made this:

Patterned papers: Webster's Pages (green dotted pp: MME). "What's up": Studio Calico.
Flowers, Pearls: Petaloo. Chipboard: Memory Maze. Numbers: AC. Pebble: Prima
Ribbon: Unknown. Dies: LifestyleCrafts

 Details:

My customer was thrilled when he saw the card, and said he couldn't wait to show it to his wife and give it to his mum. What a lovely feed back.

Do you make Cards for other People, or just for Your own use?

Hello! Hello! Hello! (card)

The has been a package of stickers laying on my desk for a while. I have made a layout with some of the stickers, and a card, but I never got round to use the rest of them. But when I saw this great sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch, I knew exactly what to do:

I admit it, for the past year, just because life has happened a little too much, I haven't been the best to keep in touch with people. I wouldn't be surprised if I was sent a card like this - a reminder of giving a friend a call.

CS: Bazill. Hello-stickers: Pebbles. Washi: Studio Calico (?). Badge: Freckled Fawn. Hemp:Hemptique

Yes, I think I'll send this to myself, with a list of who I need to start socializing again with..
Could you need a card like this, too?

The card which didn't make the cut at the European Scrap Battle

I participated in the Card Battle, too. My layout made the cut for the second Battle, but not this card:

Patterned papers: Studio Calico. Stamp: Kaisercraft. See You Mask: Club Scrap
Pin: Webster's pages. Ink: Tsukineko. Pen: Zig. Ribbon: unknown

Close up photo on stamp/doodle tecnique:

The tecnique is very simple: I have used a grid stamp and outlined the pattern with small L-shaped doodles on the right side/upper side of the lines of the stamped parts (did that make sense?).


And I had fun making this card and that's good enough for me :-)
Have you stamped lately?