Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Freshly Made Sketches: Celebrate Your Special Day

It's time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! Today we have a sketch by me and here’s what I did with it!

Celebrate Your Special Day


Creating sketches can be scary.  Like what if I did a sketch and even I couldn't come up with a card for it that I liked!! So when it's my turn to do a sketch, I often work in reverse. My card is created months ahead of the challenge, then I draw the sketch.  At least then I know that I'll have something to show. The weekend that I needed to do the sketch, I didn't have time to create a new card so I flipped through my own blog and found a card that I particularly liked from a few months ago - and that card became my sketch.  It's the Panda Hugs card from April. Months later, I created today's card and I am only now realizing that it is a total copy of that panda card. I must have a "style'! (Or maybe I am totally stuck in my comfort zone!!!)

Today's card uses a die set from Gina K. I love the details in it. Originally I cut it from black mirrored paper as a silhouette, but when I finally settled on that oversized sentiment (by Papertrey), all of the black just got too heavy. Then I was afraid the white would get lost, so I only adhered a small portion in the center and let it the rest of it curl up for dimension.  Hmmm...I think part of my "style" involves overthinking everything!

Celebrate Your Special Day

I do hope to see you playing along with us this week at Freshly Made Sketches.  It is amazing to study all the ways that a sketch is handled in everybody else's style!

SUPPLY LIST

Stamps: Papertrey Ink Perfect Pairs: Essentials (and dies)

Dies: Gina K Designs Botanical Duo

5 comments:

  1. I love your style AND your sweet card!
    =]

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  2. Great take on the sketch. Love your card. Enjoy your day!

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  3. Oh this is such a pretty card Kim! I love those white diecut flowers! The background stripes are fabulous! So lovely!

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  4. Love everything about this design, Kim, especially the striped panel! Thanks for a great sketch this week.

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  5. All the elements of this card work so beautifully together! The white flower die cut is so pretty and looks lovely with the striped cardstock.
    Thanks for such a fun and versatile sketch.

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