This week at As You See it we have a very artistic sketch challenge to work with,
For this
week’s challenge I pretty much knew straight away what I wanted to create.
I decided to
do something a bit different for this challenge and made two cards, I really
liked this sketch and had two of my own card design sketches / blueprints I wanted
to use for it, however I couldn’t choose between the two cards so I decided to
just make both of them.
Both cards designs
are very similar, with just a few things changed in the second card design.
Although the
sketch has a grunge vibe to it I wanted to go for a
more elegant feel for my first card design.
For my first card I made an A2 top folding card out of Basic Black cardstock,
Using my We
R Memory Keepers Trim & Score Board to do all my trimming and scoring.
I started
off by die cutting a stitched rectangle out of Trophee Board White Linen cardstock
using my favorite Lil Inker Designs Stitched Mats Rectangles die set.
using my favorite Lil Inker Designs Stitched Mats Rectangles die set.
The sketch
has lots of ripped edges to it , however since I couldn’t bring myself to rip
my cardstock I decided to dry emboss my stitched rectangle to give my base
panel some texture without actual having to rip any cardstock.
I dry
embossed the stitched rectangle using the Daisy Do Embossing Folder from Craft
Concepts.
I then die
cut two banners using the Stampin’ Up! Banners
Framelits Die Set, using the second smallest banner in the set to die cut some Sweet
Sorbet Designer Series Paper. Again I wanted
to add texture to my design without ripping any cardstock and I felt by adding
a simple banner it gave the card more texture.
Using the Simon
Says Stamp Large Tags die set I then die cut a tag out of Basic Black Cardstock,
I then heat embossed my sentiment onto the bottom of my tag using Rangers Super
Fine Silver Embossing Powder.
The
sentiment for this card is from a retired Stampin’ Up! stamp set called Bloom
With Hope.
Now onto the
butterflies, I first took the lace / honeycomb butterfly from the Butterfly
Basics Photopolymer Stamp Set and stamped the butterfly in Bermuda Bay ink, I then
used the coordinating die to die cut my stamped image out, I then used
the second largest butterfly in the Butterflies Thinlits die set to die cut another
butterfly out of Soft Sky Cardstock.
To assemble
my first card I adhered the dry embossed stitched rectangle straight to the
card base using Tombow Mono Multipurpose Liquid Glue, I then used more Tombow
to add both Designer Series Paper banners, one with the banner tail showing and
the other with the straight edge showing.
To give the
card some
dimension I added a few Best Creation Large 3D Foam
Tape Dots to the tag before placing it onto my card front, I then used
more Tombow Mono Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere the large
Soft Sky butterfly to the tag, Using Mini Glue Dots I added the stamped Bermuda Bay butterfly on top of the Soft Sky butterfly.
Soft Sky butterfly to the tag, Using Mini Glue Dots I added the stamped Bermuda Bay butterfly on top of the Soft Sky butterfly.
As a
finishing touch I added a white Resin Flower from Rosie's Studio to the centre
of the stamped Bermuda Bay butterfly and tied a bow onto my tag using some May
Arts Silver Metallic String.
I hope you liked this card and how I added texture to it without sacrificing any cardstock,
Don’t forget
to check out my other post to see my second card deign for this challenge.
Thanks for
stopping by,
- SUPPLY
LIST -
STAMPIN' UP!
Heat Tool
Mini Glue
Dots
Butterflies Thinlits
Dies
Soft Sky A4
Cardstock
Banners
Framelits Die Set
Basic Black
A4 Cardstock
Bermuda Bay
Classic Stampin' Pad
Tombow -
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Butterfly
Basics - Photopolymer Stamp Set
Bloom With
Hope (Hostess Set) - Clear Stamp Set - RETIRED
Sweet Sorbet
- Sale-A-Bration Designer Series Paper - RETIRED
….
Simon Says Stamp
Versamark -
Ink Pad
May Arts -
Silver Metallic String
EK Success -
Powder Tool Applicator
Simon Says
Stamp - Large Tags Die Set
We R Memory
Keepers - Trim & Score Board
Ranger -
Embossing Powder Super Fine Silver
Craft
Concepts - Daisy Do A2 Embossing Folder
Best
Creation - Large Square 3D Foam Tape Dots
....
Lil' Inker Designs
Stitched
Mats - Rectangles
….
OTHER
Trophee
Board - White Linen 240 GSM Paper
Rosie's
Studio - Mini Blooms Resin Embellishments
Another great design, Melissa! I love, love, love the background texture with the blacks and blues of your design elements! Thanks for joining us at As You See It Challenges this week!
ReplyDeleteThank you Heather. =)
ReplyDeleteI love the way you've combined the butterflies and the texture you've added to the white stitched panel. Most of all, I love the colour combination and that cute flowery-but-subtle paper that ties it all together. Thanks so much for joining us this week at As You See It.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jan. =)
ReplyDeletewow, this is stunning Melissa! congrats on being a top pick!
ReplyDeletesparkle & shine, kindess *~*
Thank you Teresa, congrats on Featured Artist. =)
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