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.

My background paper is “striped”, just not in the traditional sense.  There are columns with swirls inside as my stripes.

Also, I had a little help with this one.  My husband was home when I started my card & he always has a different perspective on things.

So, where I see four base panels on a solid background, he sees a patterned background with windows cut out of the top piece.

It gives the same effect with a little dimension.  So I decided to go with his vision for this card.

I hope that this inspires you to think outside the box when you start with a sketch. 

Remember, you can turn it, use circles instead of squares, add dimensional items, etc.  

Add your personal touch & make it yours!  Also, be sure to check out all the examples over on the Sketch Saturday #767 blog post and add your card to the link at the bottom.

Three cards will be featured on the blog as the challenge winners with a badge for you to display.

I am so happy you stopped by today.  I hope to have a couple of different blog posts up soon. 

I am going to reveal my Word of the Year & I also want to talk about some new Creative Memories products that I am excited about.

All of that will be coming soon, so please check back in.

As always, if you have any questions or suggestions please leave a message on my Contact page.

If you are interested in scrapbooking but don’t know where to start, please reach out – I would love to help.

There are several posts about photo management & one just for Beginner Scrapbookers.

Talk to you soon,

Machelle

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 paper & then I added a neutral background piece.  The wide stripe & the other two small pieces were complimentary colors of the stripes of the original piece.

I added the cake to the bottom small rectangle and the tag to the top one.

I used my cricut to write the Happy Birthday sentiment & then cut the tag.  A small piece of twine finished it off.

I will admit I struggled with this one at first, but I think it turned out quite nice.  I especially like the tag element.

Now it’s your turn!  Check out all the cards from the Design Team on the Sketch Saturday #766 blog post.  Link up your creation at the bottom to play along.

Thanks for stopping by!  Please leave me a comment here or you can send questions, suggestions or requests on my Contact page.

In addition to cardmaking, I enjoy scrapbooking, making things with my cricut & pretty much anything crafty.  I would love to know what hobbies you enjoy.

Talk to you again soon,

Machelle

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 well.

Since I already had a baby card in mind, I then decided to go with a girl design.  

I first picked out the patterned paper with the flowers and circles.  Then I found the background paper and additional paper strip in coordinating colors.  

I found a baby stroller cut file from the Cricut library and added the brown wheels and handle.

I finished it off with the It’s a Girl pre-printed sentiment.

So there you have my take on this week’s challenge.  You can check out the other Design Team member’s ideas on the Sketch Saturday #765 post.  

If you play along, be sure to link your card on the blog at the bottom of their post.

As always, if you have any questions, suggestions or comments feel free to leave them here or on the Contact page.  I would love to hear from you.

I am thankful for all of you & I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Talk to you soon,

Machelle