Jennifer Schaerer
It’s all about Card Ideas for Paper Crafters this week, and I hope you’ve been enjoying the tour of this issue.
One of the things I love most about sketches is their versatility. You can use them as an exact pattern for a card if you’re trying to chase away a nasty case of creative block or, when you’re feeling especially inspired, you can stretch the sketch into many variations.
To see where that creative journey would take them, I asked a few of our Paper Crafts Go-to Gals to really s-t-r-e-t-c-h the boundaries of the cover sketch, not only in the design but also applying it to a non-card project.
Sketch by Chan Vuong, p. 66
Windy Robinson turned the sketch 90 degrees to the left and used decorative tape strips for the design elements in this stunning journal:
The sentiment says, “I love a day with a happy ending.” Me, too!
Julie Campbell used the idea of the sketch, also turning it on its side, with the mini-clothespins on this adorable note tin:
Make coordinating mini notecards to stash inside!
Kim Kesti used the ratio of the stripes in the sketch with related design elements from the Head of the Class collection by Little Yellow Bicycle to make this clever gift card holder:
Insert a bookstore gift card to reward a reading goal!
The other thing I love most about sketches is that they are timeless. Collect sketches and refer to them over and over again for design inspiration. Apply new product or a fresh technique and what was old is suddenly new again!
So, in a combination of old and new in the world of sketches, I hunted down a few treasures for today’s giveaway. Not only do I have a copy of Card Ideas for Paper Crafters, but I also found a copy of Go-to Sketches (which has been sold out for a year!) AND a collector’s edition (hardcover! 222 pages! 92 sketches!) of The Joy of Card Making. And then, just in case you want to try out that fun cover sketch yourself, I found two Mat Stacks from the Lemon Flower collection by DCWV that are perfect for trimming into strips.
Leave me your thoughts on sketches (Do you use them? Do you stretch them? Where do you find them?) and I’ll pick one winner of this sketch prize package. All comments must be received by midnight (MDT) on Wednesday, Aug. 25.
Now go on, get sketchy!
Jennifer
P.S. Another day, another sketch challenge…hop over to Moxie Fab World!
I love to use sketches both for my cardmaking and my scrapbooking! I find them in magazines (creating keepsakes and scrapbooks & cards) and on the internet. Thanks for a chance to win!
I don’t use sketches very often, but I would like to use them more. I usually find sketches through various blogs.
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Oh, most definitely …. I love sketches, I often find it difficult to start, but with a sketch as a basepoint it gets me started, sometimes I stick to the sketch sometimes I wander off on a tangent and create something totally different, but all in all you will often find me searching the net and my favourite sites for a sketch to get me going!
I love sketches. Sometimes I draw my own, but often refer to a printed one to get me going. A sketch book is a great idea. It might be nice to own one.
I love sketches – they are usually the first place I head when I need inspiration!