Hello and welcome to our February Blog Hop! You may have gotten here from Tina Lesson’s post, where she shared her project with you. Or you may have started here with me. Either way, I’m so happy you joined us! This month’s theme is one that I’m not sure we’ve done before. If you have either the current Annual Catalog or the Jan-Apr Mini Catalog, you will find pages with options for various sketches. These sketches can be followed for card creation. I have to admit, I’m not one who normally uses sketches for ideas. But I’ve found that they are great when you encounter that creativity block!
This is the sketch that I chose from the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog from page 22:
And here is the card I created:
I’m using a mixture of products for this card. The For the Books stamp set and the Beautiful Boken DSP are from the Jan-Apr Mini Catalog, The Element of Text stamp set is from our Online Exclusives. Be sure to check out that section under Shop Products on my website (click HERE for a direct link). There are lots of items there that you will not find in either of our current catalogs. New items are added every other month. And you’ll also find our Kits there as well. We release 2 new kits every month! You can see all the supplies used for this project further down in this post.
You may notice that the circles I used are slightly smaller than what appears in the sketch picture. That’s because I had several 2″ circles in my bag of scraps. I’m trying hard to use up pieces that I have on hand. I think the sketch ideas gives you a great opportunity to use up things you might have left over from previous projects. I’m going to continue to select a few more sketches to play with to help clear off some of my scraps!
This card was pretty easy to make. I’ve provided a tutorial to use if you’d like to duplicate the layout. I’ve also included a document showing larger images for the sketch ideas from the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog.
I hope you enjoyed my project and that you’ve been inspired to try out some of the sketch ideas. And to see even more ideas, please continue hopping to see what the other NC demos have shared. Jo Ann Hewins is up next and I’m always in awe of her monthly creations!
Tracie Evans Langley, the Sassy Stamper
Tina Lesson
Toni Campana ===> YOU ARE HERE!
Jo Anne Hewins
Kelly Taranto – The Late Night Stamper –
Frances Wagner
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Oh wow! This card is gorgeous. Love it!
Thanks so much, Kelly!
Toni, I love your card. Elements of Text caught my eye right away. It’s in my stash. Great card!
Thanks, Jo Anne! I’ll be watching to see what you create with it 🙂
Toni, I love the colors and layers of your card. I agree that Elements of Text is a fabulous stamp set that we all need. I think this particular card sketch has some many possibilities! Thank you SO much for sharing!
Tracie, I’m still laughing that out of 32 possible card sketches (yes, I counted them!), we ended up choosing the same one!
Toni, you have made me want the Elements of Text set now. Your colors are so soft. I love it.
Thank you, Frances 🙂 We had something similar in a past catalog and I was sad when it retired. I’m so happy that there’s something that has taken the place of the script background now!
Toni what a pretty card love the colors you used too