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Accordian Card or Mini Album with Bev

Hi everyone, so glad you could join me today. I am sharing the Accordian Card Video Tutorial using Lucy's Decembers Card Sketch. Also it can be a mini album. Both are made the same way with only a size difference in paper.

So after watching the video here is how to make it.
Using 12x12 papers - you will need either 4 pcs. cut 7x10
or 2 pcs. cut 6x12
Glue
Paper hole punch
Ribbon and scrap paper and accents to decorate or theme appropriately.

I used Lucy's card sketch to decorate both my card and the mini album fronts.


The card using the 4 sheets cut 7"x10".And here is the mini album. Other than a size adjustment.. it is made the same way as the card above... add photos instead of accents.The mini album uses the 2 sheets cut 6"x12".So as you can see it can be tied and sit on the table or stand opened up. The Accordian Card or Mini Album is a great gift for anyone.

Blog Hop {Part Two} WINNER!!

We would like to thank everyone who participated in our blog hops! They were a HUGE success and your heartwarming comments made us all feel great!

We want to congratulate the winner, who won a $10.00 Gift Certificate to A Walk Down Memory Lane! Congratulations to Sherri who said:

Sherri, please email Nicole at nwise(at)metrocast(dot)net to claim your prize!

Thank you again for your support of My Sketch World and we wish you a very, very Happy Holiday!

Be sure to check out our brand new card sketch today!!!

December Card Sketch

Here is your card sketch

Here is what the designers did with the sketch

Marion A. Wybranietz

 Barb Prendergast

 Ginni Gass

 Jan Tatomir

 Karen Zabuska

 Lisa Moen

 Nicole Wise

 Sherri Priest

Stacey Wright

MSW Blog Hop {PART TWO}

Calling all card sketch lovers! We’ve asked our designers to choose their favourite Lucy Chesna card sketch and challenge their partner to show you ways to create wonderfully inspiring cards, each with their very own a twist!  Our international designers on this hop are:

My Sketch World 

Jan Tatomir 

Karen Zabuska

Lisa Moen

Lucy Chesna

Marion (Majo) Wybraneitz

Nicole Wise

Sherri Priest

Stacey Wright

The details:

1. Visit each blog and leave a comment.  Read carefully, there maye be individual requirements as some desingers are offering little prizes of their own!

2. After you have visited each Designers blog come back to My Sketch World blog and let us know what you thought. Part Two of the hop ends Monday, December 12th, 11:59 EST.

3. Everyone who posts a comment on each blog will be entered to win a TEN DOLLAR GIFT CERTIFICATE to A Walk Down Memory Lane ! Winners will be randomly chosen.

4. To receive and additional entry, scraplift a card and link it back to the My Sketch World blog and tell us in your comment what inspired you!

5. Have fun! Be inspired!

BLOG HOP {Part 1} WINNER!!

First, we'd like to thank everyone who joined us for Part 1 of our Blog Hop! Your visits and especially your wonderful comments meant the world to us.

We'd like to congratulate the Winner of PART 1 of our Blog Hop! Congratulations to CHERYL who said:

You have won a $10 Gift Certificate to A Walk Down Memory Lane! Please send your email address to Nicole at nwise(at)metrocast(dot)net.

Be sure to join us for PART TWO of our Blog Hop that kicks off on Saturday, December 10th at 12:00am sharp right here on the MSW Blog! There's another AWDML Gift Certificate up for grabs and LOTS more inspiration to come!

Background Treatments & Origami Christmas Tree Tutorial.

Hi everyone.. I am so excited because this month Lucy Chesna Design December Layout Sketch is a double pager. I love doubles. When I am not given a double I either use 2 of her singles to make a double or make up the other half from the original. Double can be joined by many ways... either colour, accents, a flowing border, shapes and of course theme too.So on this first sample I started with page 2 ( i know that is weird but it had the 2 photos).The theme is Halloween and the pumpkin patch. I grabbed the photos, some papers and ripped the border that I wanted to flow across the page.It was looking pretty drab and needed something before I even started.So gathering some of my bigger misc background stamps, the Memento ink I was ready to add to the background... hence the background treatment.The orange piece I stamped with the circular image 4 times in each quarter section.And the full background I decided to divide into 4 quarters again but did opposite corners- opposite image.With that done the above shows the finished background look.I applied the same background treatment to the left side as you can see below.This is a closer look at the background stamping.So here is the finished left side. I added some rubons, stickers, journal stickers and a title. The spider web paper was perfect addition on this side. The rustic textured look was perfect for the Halloween page.

Here is the finished right side. So from left to right you have the background, the border and the colouring to make the flow across. On this side I added some paint behind the title which is a rubon and added some really cute stickers.Here is the double together using Lucy's amazing double page sketch.For sample #2 I thought I'd use some stamping again but use totally different background treatment to pull this double pager together.I loved this piece of paper and I had 2 of them but don't always like the same background paper on both sides... so grabbed a plain cardstock to go with it. (below a few photos)I wanted to fussy cut from the 2nd piece and use the bottom border to flow across to the 2nd page.I started by grabbing my photo and cricut cutting a Title. OMG it really looked naked? I really didn't want to cover the scalloped circle with more paper because the shape was so pretty.I put a rough paper mask on everything but the white scalloped circle so I could stamp it about 3-4 times with the snowflakes. It was the perfect touch it needed.I was happy with just adding red matting to the title and the photo and I fussy cut the 2nd piece of paper I had saved and popped up the poinsettia and added some stickles for sparkle to the berries and some of the leaves.NOW for the 2nd side on the plain cardstock. I only had one photo instead of 2 so OMG it popped into my head instantly... trees.. stamped and OMG ... the origami xmas tree too. It was perfect.So leaving enough space on the left side for the photo and the subtitle on the top left side I stamped a smaller tree, estimated the origami tree size and cricut cute another tree for a fabulous grouping. On the bottom right I stamped a small section to base the trees to. The extra sheet also had the base border so the flow from left to right with the same border. (this strip is therefore lower on my pages than in the sketch but that's my alteration to the page)I really liked the way it was coming together but still way to plain.

I added gem stones to the tree, glossy accented the title, added the sticker tree border, matted the photo, added a upper corner accent with more burgundy accent colour and added a few more smaller snowflakes.

Here is my double all put together. It has flow created through colour, matting and burgundy colour, bottom base, snowflakes, Christmas theme and photos.

And today for those of you that have learned how to make the Origami Xmas Tree below is the video to help you along. This original was taught to me by none other than Lucy. I am always so happy to pass it along and share this amazing tree design. It is amazing on layouts and also on xmas cards.

MSW BLOG HOP (Part #1)

Calling all layout sketch lovers! We’ve asked our designers to choose their favourite layout sketch and challenge their partner to show you ways to create fabulous layouts, each with their very own a twist!  Our international designers on this hop are:

My Sketch World 

Ann Jobes

Bev Code

Christa Uttley

Cindy Noesen

Deb Long

Ginni Gass

Joan Borgelt

Malin Rimby

The details:

1. Visit each blog and leave a comment. Read carefully, there may be individual requirements as some designers are offering little prizes of their own!

2. After you have visited each Designer's blog come back to My Sketch World blog and let us know what you thought. Part One of the hop ends Monday, December 5th, 11:59 EST.

3. Everyone who posts a comment on each blog will be entered to win a TEN DOLLAR Gift Certificate to A Walk Down Memory Lane!! Winners will be randomly chosen.

4. To receive an additional entry, scraplift a layout and link it back to the My Sketch World Blog (in your comment) and tell us what inspired you!

5. Have fun! Be inspired! Part Two of this hop begins December 10,2011.

December 1st Layout Sketch

Here is the December Layout Sketch

Here is what the designers did with the sketch

Ann Jobes

Christia Uttley

Cindy Noesen

Deb Long

Ginni Gass

                              

Joan Borgelt

    

Kathy Perez

Malin Rimby

Toni Archer

Your Invited

We will be having two MSW BLOG HOPS this month. One will start Dec 3rd with our Layout Sketch Designers and then the second will be on Dec 10th with our card sketch designers. Each Blog Hop we will have one winner- $10 GC to A Walk Down Memory Lane.