I am creating a tutorial for the cards I did for the sketch this week, since someone asked me…. “how did you do that?”…. SO, to do that I had to recreate the project and take pictures as I went along. It’s amazing how many steps there are to making a card. I just don’t think of all those steps… I just do them. Many times I don’t have any measurements or a sketch to work from. It’s much easier when you do have a sketch. I spent the past 2 1/2 hrs recreating the Sketch challenge in a different set of colors. Since that pad of designer paper comes in 5 different colors, I chose Peach Parfait to go along with the new Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, and Very Vanilla. I have Peach Parfait ribbon and Early Espresso ribbon. (this sort of determined my colors, since I haven’t ordered the rest of the colors yet!! I’m on a budget and am trying to just order what I will need for my upcoming classes, so I don’t have a lot of excess embellishments).
Here is my version of the card. As soon as I get done “writing up all the instructions and inserting the 50+ pictures I took to show you all the steps”… I will update this post with a link to a PDF file for the instructions. So check back tomorrow morning (I hope, if my fingers don’t get tired typing, and the battery doesn’t run down on my laptop!!) for the tutorial!!
begin with this.......
Then you can see how I started with the stack of papers…….. and ended up with this>>>>>
Please take time to leave a comment and tell me what you think of my color choices and use of the various stamps. I ended up using a total of 4 different stamp sets for the 4 cards I made. Enjoy!!
You can find the tutorial for the Diamond Sketch Circle Circus on my Items for Sale page. . This tutorial is available here for sale for a very nominal fee.. Thanks again for visiting my blog.
2 comments
Mary (Muffin's Mama)
August 15, 2010 at 12:33 pm (UTC -7)
Connie, I love the peach, cajun craze, and early espresso colors you used. I’m thinking limited supplies are a good thing — makes you get creative with what you have and you hit the jackpot on this one. I like the layered ribbons too. TFS and for the free tutorial!
Anita
August 15, 2010 at 12:58 pm (UTC -7)
Thanks! These are stunning!