This week we have another sketch challenge from Karen, she’s really on a roll with these.
I’m not sure about wiggly lines, especially because I don’t have a trimmer that is suitable to cut cardstock or paper and I’m a bit lethal with a craft knife (only to myself). But, photopolymer stamps are great for curving. Especially those that have long thin images. Once I figured that out I knew exactly what I wanted to try.
It did take me a couple of goes to get a shape that I was happy with. In fact, there are three stamped lacy images on my project, and I actually had all three on the acrylic block at the same time. This meant that I could stamp them all at once and there was no need to try to line things up individually.
The lacy images come from a stamp set called Delicate Details. It’s one of the stamp sets you can currently get for free as part of Sale-A-Bration.
My card base is made out of Crumb Cake cardstock and I added both a Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla layer to the base card. You can see this better in the photo below.
I wanted to keep the card fairly neutral colour wise so I used Early Espresso and Crumb Cake inks. I used the Early Espresso for the lace and both Early Espresso and Crumb Cake for the banner/sentiment.
The sentiment and banner come from a stamp set called Banners for You. There are in fact dies that can be used to cut out the banners, but in this instance I quickly fussy cut it out with a pair of paper snips. I finished off the banner with a couple of pearls because I felt it needed a little extra.
Thanks for stopping by to check out my project, please feel free to leave a comment. I hope you decide to enter a card for the challenge and you have until 11.00 pm next Monday (30 Jan) to do so.
Fiona xx
I really love the lace stamps they are so pretty. They worked so nicely in the inside of your card too!
Beautiful card! I just got my order in the mail and that lacy set was the first SAB item I picked!! Love how you've used them here!
Really pretty lace stamps and they work very well with the neutral colours scheme x
Love your take on the sketch, Fiona! Great stamp to use for this sketch.
Beautiful and delicate. I especially like how you replicated the design inside your card. Hugs Bev x
I love those lacy stamped images, great card.
Beautiful lacy stamps and fabulous simple colour scheme, gorgeous card!