Not sure about you but I am soooo ready for the weather to reflect the season we are in. I love, love, love spring. That is why I was so excited to play with the Floral and Gingham Vellum paper from Stampin' Up!
This week's Teach it Tuesday Tammy and I decided to do a sketch challenge. I was not able to go live this week because I am spending time with family out of town so below you will find my card, the sketch and some details on how to make the cards.
Sketch:
Card Base: Lemon Lolly 11" x 4 1/4" scored at 5 1/2"
Layer #1: White 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" & Balmy Blue Floral Vellum 3 1/2" x 4 3/4"
Layer #2: Old Olive 2" x 4"
Layer #3: White card stock 3" square
Interior: White card stock 4" x 5 1/4" and matching vellum 1/2" x 6"
Instructions:
1. Fold Lemon Lolly base at 5 1/2".
2. Create banner with white card stock. Mark 1 3/4" along the short side. Next measure up 1" and draw a line. Now draw a line from the center line to the corner of each side of the card stock. See photo.
3. Cut the triangle out to create the banner.
4. Adhere the vellum to the white card stock. Place the adhesive in the center of the card stock.
6. Trim the vellum to create the banner. Adhere it to the center of the front of the card base.
7. Emboss the Old Olive with the Cane Weave embossing folder. Adhere it vertically in the center of the banner.
8. Die cut out of of the 3" square white card stock with the 2 3/4" dots/dash circle from Spotlight on Nature.
9. Stamp the sentiment using Balmy Blue in the center of the circle.
10. Make a bow with the Linen Thread and attach at the bottom right of the circle.
11. Attach the circle to the Old Olive layer using a piece of foam adhesive.
12. Finish it off with a couple of bee trinkets by adhering them with mini glue dots.
13. Finish off the inside by adhering the 1/2" strip of vellum to the bottom of the 4" x 5 1/4" panel. Trim off any overhang.
I hope you had as much fun creating this card as I had. The sketch that I used can be used with so many different papers, dies, stamp sets and other product. You can tweak it by changing up the shapes a little bit; maybe use a square rather than a circle or place a circle as the second layer on the banner with the sentiment being stamped on a square. So many different directions to go with this sketch as a springboard for ideas.
To see Tammy's take on this sketch you can head on over to her blog Cards by TLC.
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