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By the Bay

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At the beginning of this month I put out a sketch challenge for my direct team. Just something fun and to spark some creativity! I often use sketches when I’m stuck for an idea or as a starting point for a design. But this one I stuck with because it’s a great one for showing off patterned paper. And goodness knows there’s a lot of great patterned paper right now in the Sale-a-bration and Janaury-April Mini catalogues! For this design I’m using the By the Bay 6″ x 6″ Specialty Designer Series Paper. It has so many beautiful designs and I love the gold foil!

With the sketch I already had the layout/design for my card. And I knew I what DSP I was using. So all that was left was to choose my colour combination and stamp set. I pulled my colours from the DSP of course. Originally I thought I’d be using more blues. But it turned into a Petal Pink and Sahara Sand card.

Since I ended up going for a summer/seaside themed card, I decided to use the Friends are like Seashells stamp set. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again… I love how versatile this stamp set is! I framed the seashells and sentiment with some Sahara Sand cardstock. Then I popped them both up on top of the patterned paper using Stampin’ Dimensionals. And instead of adding some pearls or jewels to add a bit more bling, I added some Wink of Stella to the seashells. Too bad it doesn’t really come through in the picture.

By the Bay

I had a lot of fun with this first team sketch challenge! And I hope my team did too!

Check out another card I made using the By the Bay Designer Series Paper here.

You can get this great pack of patterned paper along with some beautiful and FREE patterned paper until Tuesday! That’s the last day of Sale-a-bration. Don’t miss out! Check it all out in my online shop.

Simple Card Sketch

Simple Card Sketch

Posted on by inkspirationwithteresa

My team’s cards from our recent card swap have all arrived and I’m excited to share them with you! With 15 cards I always look for my favourites to share here. This time around I love them all, so stay tuned for the rest over the next few weeks. The cards I’m sharing today all use the same simple card sketch… and of course each has their own spin on it.

This first card is from Wendy Fee. She used the Full of Love stamp set which she coloured with a variety of Stampin’ Blends. She cut out the image using the Stylish Shapes dies and her strip along the left hand side of the card is a piece of So Saffron cardstock that she embossed using the Cascading Ruffles 3D embossing folder. I also like the Solid Faceted Gems that she added. It adds a little something more to this cute card!

Simple Card Sketch

The next card is from Linda Warrington. She’s using one of my favourite Designer Series Paper packs from the Annual Catalogue… the Sun Prints DSP. It’s such a beautiful pack of patterned paper! On the left hand side of the card, next to the piece of DSP, is a strip of Basic White embossed using the Fern 3D embossing folder. The “thank you” comes from the Good Feelings stamp set. This is a great sentiment filled stamp set. And she circled the sentiment using the Natural Prints dies.

Simple Card Sketch

And this last card is from Lorraine Melanson. This card really shows off the Tea Boutique products. Her strip on the left hand side of the card is a piece of the Tea Boutique DSP. And then her central focus uses the Cup of Tea bundle and Stylish Shapes dies. I LOVE tea and I just think this set of stamps and dies are so cute! It’s definitely one near the top of my wishlist.

Simple Card Sketch

It’s so interesting to see how the same simple card sketch of a strip along the left hand side and phrase/image in the centre can turn out so differently! This is why I love joining my team card swaps. There’s always so many great ideas to be found!

If you love to craft and be creative and would love to join a great team of positive, creative and supportive people, then join my team. I’m happy to answer any questions you have or you can check out my page where I talk about why I love being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. Or you can just dive right in here. And right now when you join you’ll also get an awesome planner complete with an exclusive stamp set and stickers to get you started in your business or just get you organized!