We're celebrating Flashback Summer at Unscripted Sketch ... since the sketch vault is full, we're going to revisit some of our favorites throughout the summer.
This week, since it's July 27th, we're going all the way back to Sketch 27.
The card I've been making from the Unity Round of Cocktails stamps have been a hit with friends, so I decided to use the another stamp in the set for today's card.
I went with monochromatic shades of purple (that are so hard to photograph).
When I saw this week's Unscripted Sketch, I knew I wanted to use some chevron paper.
I found some pretty paper in the Basic Grey What's Up collection, so that's what I built my card around.
Since the current BasicGrey Challenge is Flowers, I layered on lots of blooms, and finished with SRM zig zag stitch stickers & an SRM Sentiment.
I had fun die cutting doilies from designer papers for this week's Unscripted Sketch.
This Tim Holtz sentiment really speaks to me ... and is also perfect to encourage a friend who's summoning up the courage to face life's challenges head-on.
My Dad was here last weekend, and of course that meant shopping for home repair supplies. One stop included Harbor Freight where I picked-up this four piece Pick & Tool Set which was absolutely perfect for removing all of those tiny little pieces from my doilies ... you just never know where you're going to find some perfect crafting tools.
This week's Unscripted Sketch was a fun way to feature some cool wooden travel embellishments from Little Yellow Bicycle.
I thought a vintage map worked well with the travel theme ... and of course I never travel without my camera.
Can't wait to see what you create with this week's Unscripted Sketch.
I broke out some Basic Grey Hipster goodies for this week's Unscripted Sketch .... they work well with a kraft card base.
I attached one panel with foam tape to add a bit of dimension and finished with a wrap of coral ribbon.
I think it will be fun to add the date for a special birthday or occasion.
I realized last week that all of the sympathy cards in my stash were a bit *feminine*, so I decided I needed to add a few that would work for male recipients. I started with this week's Unscripted Sketch.
Next I cut apart two pieces of paper from DCWV's Autumn Melody Mat Stack for my strips and attached them to a kraft card base.
I stamped Hero Arts Three Ferns several times in Warm Green Chalk Ink and then added a sentiment from Hero Arts With Sympathy. I thought the brushed gold metal studs added a more masculine embellishment than pearls or gems.
I used a banner die cut and coordinating stamp to create a Birthday Card for this week's Unscripted Sketch.
I combined some wood grain paper with designer papers and added a party hat & sentiment sticker that says "You can't turn back the clock, but you can wind it up again!" to finish the design.
This butterfly stamp from Stamp-It Australia's Birds & Butterflies is a favorite. I love all of the elegant detail and the variation between the butterfly images ... and it was perfect to feature using this week's Unscripted Sketch.
After stamping it on designer paper and adding a sentiment from Camden Town's Female 1, I overlayed it with a champagne pearl flourish. The rich colored papers are from Bo Bunny's Weekend Market Collection.
This week I tried something new ... creating with the Party Paws Papercrafting CD-Rom from Crafter's Companion. It's filled with all sorts of sentiments, papers and pre-colored images (for when you don't have time to color ... or maybe don't quite yet have the skills to make it look as good as you'd like). My cute graduation image printed perfectly on Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock.
I used an A5 Topper from the collection (matted on coordinating blue cardstock on a 5x7" card base) together with one of the new sentiments from Camden Town Male 1 stamped in India Ink. The layout is this week's Unscripted Sketch. Another great thing about the Papercrafting CD, is that it makes it very easy to to mass produce cards for specific occasions (like graduation).
My great aunt has lived a full and adventurous life ... and whenever she sends me a letter, she always ends it with an admonition to *Be Happy* ... and I do my best to follow her instructions. This week's Unscripted Sketch card was inspired by her.
I broke out lots of hoarded elements from my stash including this great journaling card I got from my crafty friend Cyndie ... several types of flair .... and a wooden typewriter.
Remember ... You never know when you're making a memory ... so make it a good one.
