Today we have more cardmaking inspiration for Sketch Saturday #771. It’s a portrait card with a couple of layers, two embellishment areas and a space for a sentiment in the middle. I stayed pretty true to the sketch with the exception of adding one more paper layer in the middle. The twist for this sketch...
Author: Machelle Willing (Machelle Willing)
Sketch Saturday #770
Good Saturday morning! Welcome back for some more cardmaking inspiration with Sketch Saturday #770. Today’s sketch is a landscape design with a couple of layers, a swirl and arrows or chevron. Here is the sketch: My card is pretty true to the sketch with a patterned background paper then solid cardstock layer & finally a...
Sketch Saturday #769
Welcome to the weekend! It’s time for Sketch Saturday #769. Today’s sketch is fairly simple with the twist being to feature a flower. Here is my example: My starting point was the flower die cut, which I substituted for the hexagon layer. I chose the background cardstock from the darker buds and then added the...
Sketch Saturday #768
It’s time for Sketch Saturday #768. Today’s sketch has four panels on the edge of the card and a small square. The twist is to include a heart. So, first of all I decided to turn the sketch & make it portrait instead of landscape. The way the outside panels are placed suggested movement to...
2025 Word of the Year
Hello friends! I have finally decided on my 2025 Word of the Year – Seasons. I have felt very busy lately & didn’t even start thinking about a word until the beginning of January. Usually I start thinking about it around November or at least the early part of December, but it just slipped through...
Sketch Saturday #767
Welcome to our first post for 2025! Sketch Saturday #767 is up this morning. Here is today’s sketch and the twist is to use striped paper. My card today is pretty close to the sketch with some additions. My squares are a little bigger & I added the flowers, leaves & sentiment to the top....
Sketch Saturday #766
It’s cardmaking time again. Today is Sketch Saturday #766. This sketch is perfect for using up those paper scraps and the twist is to make a tag or use a tag on your card. I stayed true to the basic sketch but added a couple of layers on top. My starting point was the striped...
Sketch Saturday #765
Good morning! Welcome to Sketch Saturday #765. For today’s challenge, we were to pick from the Archive & the twist was to pick from 2014. I looked through that year & decided on Sketch #336. I knew I wanted to make a baby card & thought the rounded edges would go with that theme...
Sketch Saturday #764
Hello friends! Today I have Sketch Saturday #764. Wait – what? What about Sketch #763? Well, it seems that I missed the last sketch. I do want to apologize for that. Life has been busy around here & I just ran out of time. Side note: My grandmother used to tell me time goes faster...
Sketch Saturday #762
Today it’s time for Sketch Saturday #762. This week’s sketch is very versatile. There are a couple of background layers and then a block of strips with a circle embellishment. The twist is to include some ribbon. There are so many ways to use this sketch. Of course, you can use either one or two...