Cards | Papercrafting with Kelly Janes

Welcome Monday! It’s time for another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. After seeing sketch #138 I immediately had an idea in my head, but as it usually turns out the idea in my head was much better than how it actually turned out on paper. When that happens to me I will leave my craft room, let the frustration dissipate, and then come back with a fresh mind. But I couldn’t come up with any ideas!! It was getting down to the wire and I had to come up with something!

This card is so basic and simple. I’m not sure how I feel about it, but after scouring my stash I couldn’t find anything that seemed to fit. So I left it as is. A simple white cardstock base with an additional white cardstock layer that I added a scrap piece of patterned paper (unsure of the label), gold stitching, Gold Shimmer Trim and a sentiment (from a CTMH Hostess Exclusive Stamp Set) in CTMH Black Exclusive Ink™. I do like that the card can be used for any type of celebration and is masculine enough that I could give it to my son.

I’d love to see what you come up with for Sketch #138. Head over to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge to enter your interpretation!

Thanks for stopping by!!
-Kelly

It’s Monday! Time for another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!!
I actually created two cards for this sketch. My first card was so loosely based on the sketch I didn’t feel it warranted being posted as my design team example, but I’ve included it in my blog post. I started by rotating the sketch (found at the bottom of my post) clockwise and used wider strips of paper. Using a white cardstock panel I then added a little mixed media using gelatos. The strips of patterned paper are from the CTMH Paper Fundamentals Collections along with a piece of Silver Shimmer Trim. The patterns on these particular papers are retired but there is a whole new collection available. Once I had all the pieces aligned the way I wanted I ran a few rows of stitching through the panels. For the sentiment I used The Small Talk cut file from The Cut Shoppe Etsy Store and cut the same “Hey” sentiment in multiple layers including vellum. I used pop dots on the sentiment to add dimension and then added a few Clear Sparkles. In addition to AHSC, I’m also linking this card to the November Cut It Up Challenge on The Cut Shoppe Blog.

For my second card (my design team sample) I used a white card base followed by a layer of Whisper Cardstock. Then I added a row of multiple Shimmer Trims, a black hemp bow, a couple wood veneer accents, a few white sequins and a flair button from a retired CTMH collection.