My mom has had some health problems and I’ve been acting as her care giver for the last few weeks. It’s a new dynamic for me and I’m having to rearrange my routines and schedule to meet her needs. Because my focus has been on her I’ve been having trouble finding my crafting mojo lately.
Whenever I’m at a stall creativity-wise I sometimes find it helpful to use sketches to get back on track. Sketches are like blueprints for card making. You can grab a pad and pencil to make your own sketch or find lots of them by googling “card making sketches”.
A sketch gives you a plan and once you have a plan you can start building your card. Here’s a sketch I came up with this morning to use during my Make-it-Monday Facebook Live.
As you can see, the sketch has all the card basics planned out for me. By looking at the sketch I already know I want to find some coordinating card stock and Designer Series Paper. I also know I’m going to add a die-cut and a sentiment tag to the card front. From here I can choose the different elements.
How Sketches Work in Real Life
Here’s a card I created using the above sketch. I always like to add a little texture to a project so I embossed the card front with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder. I then adhered two corodinating strips of Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper onto the card front. Next, I decided to use a die-cut for the 2.25″ x 3″ layer on the sketch and chose a die from the Scalloped Contours Dies to cut a stitched, scalloped rectangle. See how I improvised there?
A card sketch can be copied exactly or you may want to alter it. You will notice I took creative liberty and replaced the circle element from the sketch with a die-cut poinsettia I cut from Red Velvet Paper using dies from the Poinsettia Dies. Finally I heat embossed “warm wishes” onto the sentiment tag using a stamp from the Poinsettia Petals stamp set .
Video Tutorial
Sometimes looking at a pile of paper crafting products can stymie our creative efforts. I hope you can see how helpful a sketch can be as a jumping off point. Sketch out your plan first then elect the elements and finally, execute the plan!
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