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Welcome! This is the place where I share my artsy and crafty projects. I am an evolving artist these days ... finding myself enjoying less of the cards and mini albums that I have made for years, and turning to art journaling and more artistic endeavors. I have always enjoyed some craft or other, and some of my earliest memories of my mother helping me make paper dolls and other crafts. I am now in my 60's and finding myself more passionately enjoying creating beautiful things and learning new skills and techniques and products.

While you are here I hope you will find inspiration and ideas for making your own projects, however any images or projects you find here are my personal property and should not be used for your own monetary gain, or for contests or challenges. Thank You!

6/04/2011

Unscripted Sketches # 109 - Caring Thoughts

Happy Saturday Friends!  I'm sorry I'm late getting my card posted, but you know, some Saturdays you just have to sleep a bit late!  Anyway, yes!  It is once again Sketch It Saturday at Unscripted Sketches . . . woohoooo!   And here is my project based on the sketch . . .




This card came together beautifully and easily, thanks to the image I found on Flickr a while back, and the papers, flowers and gems from Prima.  Here are all of the details . . .

The Blueprint:



The Supply List:

  • Base card stock is from The Paper Studio Textured Cardstock Stack 'Dark'
  • Patterned paper is Prima Marketing ~ Flight of Fancy Collection 'tiptoe'
  • Flowers and gems are from Prima Marketing
  • Image was found on Flickr, saved to my hard drive, edited using Picasa3 software, and printed on my ink jet printer
  • Lace is from my stash
  • Sentiment is from SRM Press #51016 "Wishing You Well"





The Tools:

  • Cricut Expression and Walk In My Garden cartridge
  • Carl PRT-100 Rotary Cutter
  • Scissors, craft knife and ruler
  • Computer and Ink Jet printer



The Construction:
  • Edit image in Picasa3 and then print to desired size - this is set at wallet size using 'shrink to fit' option
  • Using Cricut Expression and Walk In My Garden cartridge set on card2 @ 5", cut card base
  • Using Cricut Expression and Walk In My Garden cartridge set on card1 @ 3 3/4" cut square of patterned paper
  • Glue patterned paper to top right hand corner of card
  • Cut 2 strips of lace to fit card, with the strips meeting at the bottom left hand corner.
  • Trim image to fit ~ I did not have to mat this one as it had a coordinating border already.  I simply glued it to a bit of scrap cardstock for stability.
  • Adhere image to card using foam squares or dots
  • Add sentiment above image
  • Add flowers to cover joint of two pieces of lace, and add gems



And that is it!  This card came together very quickly once I decided on what I wanted to do with the sketch.  I think I will use this image over and over because it is so beautiful!

Thanks for visiting today, and I hope you will come back soon!  Blessings, Becky




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