P. Kelly Smith
Welcome to Freebie Friday! If you’re a fan of using sketches in your card designs, you won’t want to miss a single day of our Card Ideas Week.
Beginning on Monday, we’re celebrating our latest special issue, Card Ideas for Paper Crafters. Based on the popularity of last year’s Go-to Sketches, this sequel features 288 cards made from 72 sketches. And this time around all 72 sketches were designed by some of your favorite Paper Crafts designers.
Once again we’re partnering with trends editor Cath Edvalson and the Moxie Fab World blog to bring you five days of sketch-filled fun. Between both sites, we’ll be spotlighting your favorite designers’ cards (and sketches), hosting some fun challenges and giving away some fabulous prizes (including issues)!
Click on the cover image to order your copy today!
We’ve broken up this issue into four sections: shaped cards, square cards, horizontal cards and vertical cards. For each sketch there’s a lead card (which is a direct interpretation) and three additional takes (even flipped, rotated or turned). Today I thought I’d share one of my favorite sketches from the issue:
Sketch by Julia Stainton, p. 28
I knew our designers would interpret this sketch in so many fun ways. Check out these inspiring cards by Maggie Haas, Charity Hassel and Julia Stainton:
Wish Upon a Star, New Home Congrats and Way to Go Cards, p. 29
Fantastic cards, right? Leave a comment telling me why you like working with sketches. I’ll pick three winners to take home a copy of Card Ideas for Paper Crafters, plus one of the three paper collections featured in the cards above! All comments must be received by midnight (MDT) on Sunday, August 21.
Happy Friday!
Kelly
P.S. Join us on Monday when we spotlight the talented Lindsay Amrhein!
P.P.S. It’s time to announce the winner from Julie’s School is Cool post!
Amy C. (Aug. 17, 11:46 a.m.)
Congrats, Amy! I’ll be contacting you shortly to discuss your prizes and get your mailing address. Thanks to all who left comments!
Can’t wait to see the new issue. I love working with sketches, its always fun to change it up a little and make it my own! Thanks for the chance to win!
Love the sketch! Can’t wait to see the new issue!
I love sketches because they help me create a card faster: it takes one part of the decision making out of the mix and lets me create with less stress
I like working with sketches as a not-quite-blank canvas to spur my creativity!
Love the way the girls interpreted the sketch so differently!
Sketches stimulate my creativity. My mind is already reeling with ideas for the sketch you showed!
Sketches help me organize my ideas and having a layout already in place gives me freedom to have fun with the colors, patterns and embellishments.
Fun, fun, fun! I love the cards you showed us! I do like having some sort of guideline to work with whether it is a sketch or a color or idea in general. Thank you for sharing.
Katie B.
Sketches provide just the right amount of direction and inspiration, yet I can still put my own individual stamp on the card. I loved the first go-to-sketches book!
I just adore sketches! My time is limited so they help me jump-start a card without wasting precious time on the whole thought process. Thanks for a chance to win an awesome prize, too.
I love sketches because I fall short on that element most times! I like that a sketch can give me balance and really get me going!
I love using sketches. It is a great way to get the creative juices flowing!
I love sketches because it gives such a great foundation for some new creativity.
Sketches help me get started, which can be the hardest thing. Often when I need to make a card for a particular occasion & it can’t wait, I browse sketches & soon I have an idea! Thanks for a chance to win!
Sometimes when I sit down to scrap or make a card, all I see is the blank cardstock staring back at me. Then I pull out a sketch – and I have purpose! and inspiration! and ideas. It’s fabulous. Sketches give me just that little push I need to settle in and create to my heart’s content!
Sketches are my favorite! I tend to stick to just a few when left to my own devices.
I love that they are a jumping off point if I’m stuck!
Love using sketches especially when my mojo is missing. Really helps to get the creative juices flowing.
I like working with sketches because they are a jumping off point that leads me to other ways of thinking.
I love sketch challenges most especially when the old muse is on vacation. The sketch can be a great kick-start to get me going!!
Love seeing a sneak peak at how the sketch was interpreted. Great cards!
I like working with sketches because it gives me somewhere to start. Sometimes, I am not so creative and not sure what to do and I can use a sketch to spur my creativity.
Sketches are really helpful when the MOJo has decided to exit(stage left). Thanks for the chance to win.
Sketches make life a little easier and it reminds me of how I did something..also its fun using the same sketch for completely different things.
I love working with sketches because they inspire me, making the card making process just a little bit easier.
Inspiration! Love sketches – they get me going when I feel uninspired.
I love working with sketches because it help me work much faster! I don’t have to worry about trying to figure out a design.
When your brain just won’t boot up there is no better solution to your papercrafting woes than a sketch.
This issue looks fascinating. Cute cards with the swirly design too
I love sketches because it gives me a good starting place when I sit down at the table since I don’t always have something in mind particularly.
i love sketches because it is a great mojo starter. It gives me a starting point and then i let my creativity take over!
I like working with sketches because it helps your creative juices flow–and because it is just fun!
Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Chris L.
I love sketches because sometimes they can trigger an idea that looks nothing like the original sketch. I love that! <3
I like sketches because they seem like a good jumping-off point in the creative process!
I like sketches because they give variety to my work and help me break out of my box!
y’all always have the best sketches around & I try to save them to my compy for future reference. they are so handy to play with for all kinds of papercrafting projects!
I love working with sketches because they can immediately jump-start the creative process by giving you the outline and allowing you to creatively interpret how to bring your idea to fruition. I just loved looking at how the sketches were interpreted in your post. Awesome!
I love working with sketches because I am not a designer. I am an average girl who loves paper and stamps. Sketches allow my work to look more professional and enables me to make quick cards without any stress.
I love working with sketches! They really help to spark my creativity when my mojo is low.
Sketches are fun to work with when you don’t know where to start. It’s like having a floor plan – and all you have to do is pick the colors and textures of the furniture!
It opens the door to so many interpretations. Invites a challenge sometimes for a friendly competition as well! =)
Sketches are great for providing a starting point in the creative process. I loved the Go To Sketches. Can’t wait to see what is in this issue.
I love working with sketches! Sometimes they are the spring board you need to get the mojo flowing.
I love to use sketches. They always inspire me.
Sketches help me to focus and highlight the core theme of my card.
Sketches are like a “story starter”… gives your mind something to start from.
I am somewhat new to the cardmaking world and this is my first seeing these sketch inspirations. Truly an “A-ha” moment for me. Why isn’t everyone using these on all of their cards? Well I will… and I I plan to adapt a few of these as inspiration for my mixed-media canvases. Thank you for such a GREAT idea!
I think sketches are inspiring in themselves and sometimes break me out of making the same types of cards!!!
I love using sketches because when I’m ‘stuck’, it gives me a little push in a certain direction, and gives me inspiration to carry it through to a finished project. Thanks!
love sketchs because they get me out of my rut! think outside the box
Sketches help me to get my mojo working when ideas just aren’t coming to me. Love seeing how others interpret a sketch whether it’s simple or a little bit more elaborate. Your previous Go-To-Sketch book was awesome!