November 2018 Card Sketches and Happy Thanksgiving

Here are your November Card Sketches and Happy Thanksgiving

September/October MSW 2018 Sketch

The blogger was not working for me so I have for the past 2 months posting the sketches in the facebook group page.

I can finally get back on blogger..woohoo

I am posting September and Octobers sketch here

September Sketches 2018

 October Sketch 2018

Enjoy and have an amazing day

MSW July 2018 Layout and Card Sketch

Hello Everyone

I can't believe its July already and the weather here in NH has been hot. I love it and enjoying this amazing weather with my family and friends.

This month, I will be posting a layout and card sketch for you out there. Plus again this month I have some amazing ladies helping me out.

July Layout Sketch

Becky Becknell

Hello everyone!  My name is Brenda and I live in Ohio.  I’ve been scrapping a little over 20 years now, starting back in the days when all we had to use was white cardstock, a black journaling pen and stickers.  Boy, have things changed!  I love to scrap family photos, especially my four grandkids, and travel photos from all the motorcycle trips my husband and I take.  Scrapbooking is a great way to preserve memories and also my relaxation and stress relief!   So happy to see My Sketch World back in action!

Charity Hotrum

Project link: https://www.menemenetekeluniversity.blogspot.com/2018/07/mixed-media-bubbles-for-scrapbook-pages.html

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/c.hot.becker

Instagram: https://instagram.com/charityhotrum/

Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/charityhotrum/

Blog: https://menemenetekeluniversity.blogspot.com/

Bio: My name is Charity, and I have been scrapping since 1997. I have three teens, three cats, and a cozy home in Washington state.  I work as a caregiver to the home bound. On sunny days you can find me gardening or soaking up the beauty at one of our nearby parks. On rainy days I curl up with a favorite book or fill the house with the scent of fresh baked cookies. As a paper crafter, I work best in the morning hours. I love to wake up early, put on the coffee, and create glamorous projects from ordinary items. 

Visit my blog Scrappin' Chaos for a taste of the unexpected!

July Card Sketch

 Cindy Foster

I currently live in Minnesota. I’ve been married to my sweetheart for 33 years and we have two awesome sons ages 32 and 28.

I’m an avid scrapbooker, cardmaker, quilter, crochet and crafter of any kind. I enjoy gardening and the outdoors.  I scrapbook for myself and my two guys.

My blog: http://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/

 

Danielle Dums

Bio:  I have been scrapping for over ten years.  While I like saving my memories, I've noticed I'd rather scrap others' more.  I've made a few first year books for babies and the mothers have loved them.  Besides scrapping I love to read, watch sports, listen to music (I'm a country girl) and hang with family and friends.

 Vicki Robertson

Hi, I'm Vicki and although I've been crafting since I was much younger, I've been an avid paper crafter for the past 20 years.  Making cards and creating scrapbook layouts along with some mixed media are my favorite pastime.  We recently retired to a lovely rural area in SE Pennsylvania where I now have an amazing craft space!  I'm married to my best friend going on 42 years.  We have two beautiful daughters, two handsome son in laws, and 4 wonderful grandchildren.  It's great to be back as a part of My Sketch World!

Blogger Project Link:  https://validationofvicki.blogspot.com/2018/07/july-sketch-at-my-sketch-world.html

Blogger: http://validationofvicki.blogspot.com/

Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/Heartful-Validation-of-Vicki-492986160763207/

Pinterest:  https://www.pinterest.com/vamrobie/

Twitter:   https://twitter.com/vamrobie

Thank you ladies for helping this month and I hope you enjoy the sketches

Stop on by at our MSW Facebook Page and join the fun.

March Madness Sketch-a-Thon Day 7

Just a few more days of the sketches. I hope you are enjoying checking 

out the new sketches here at My Sketch World.

Day 7 Sketch

Information on rules, extra ways to get more entries and prize list is HERE

March Madness Sketch-a-Thon Day 5

Here is your sketch on the 5th day of the Sketch-a-Thon

Information on rules, extra ways to get more entries and prize list is HERE

March Madness Sketch-a-Thon Day 3

Day 3 

Here is your sketch

Information on rules, extra ways to get more entries and prize list is HERE

July Card Sketch

Here you go

Karen Zabuska

Lisa Moen

Marion A. Wybranietz

June 15th Card Sketch

Here is your card sketch for the month of June

Here is what the ladies did with the sketch

Lisa Moen

Marion Wybranietz

Debbie Lacy

Karen Zabuska

May 16th Card Sketch

Here you go

Here is what the designers did with the sketch

Debbie Lacy

Marion A. Wybranietz

Lisa Moen

Karen Zabuska

A Different Take on April's Card Sketch - Inspiration & Tutorial

Greetings My Sketch World Fans! As April winds down and you await May's sketches I thought I'd share a way for you to take one last go with April's card sketch before you tuck it away.

Card Design Inspiration

When I start looking at a sketch my mind wanders with all the possibilities - will I rotate it, create a scene, keep it as is, only select aspects of it, etc.  And of course there will be mixed media play involved.

Here I've embossed the top half of the card with a stencil, outlined some of the clouds roughly with a gel pen, and added some glitter glue sparsely with my finger for additional texture and sparkle.

For this card I started with the sketch as it was.  You can see I have the base layer pretty much the same as it in the sketch.  I created layers to my liking and added my mixed media additions (tutorial following for top layer).  From here I changed it up a bit though.

I rotated the card sketch to look like the above photo because I had a vision in my head of a plane pulling banners behind going across the cloud top layer I created.  So I headed to my stash of stamps in search of a plane stamp.

Wire replaced the banners here and a few sequins, along with a stamped sentiment and doodling around the edges finished off my design

I had no luck in finding a plane stamp, but it actually worked out well.  The bottom paper says "love you to the stars and back" so a spaceship works out better anyways, right? I think so.  Now the placement and design doesn't hold true to the sketch, but its okay.  This is the wonderful thing about  sketches - they are meant to be springboards.  You can use them wholly or just take parts for your design as I did.  This card would never have come to exist if wasn't for Lucy's fabulous sketch.  I took portions of it and then made it my own as well.  I encourage you to be inspired and try the same!

Now for some more inspiration: a tutorial on how to emboss with your stencils!

Embossing with Stencils

In order to save this post from getting so lengthy, I created a collage of photos,  we'll move from top left and work clockwise with the tutorial. Its fairly simple and please feel free to leave me questions in the comments or contact me on the forum.

Step One:  Grab your chosen 6x6 or smaller stencil (yes this will only work for small size stencils) and set it up for embossing.  You will need to place your paper with the pattern you want to have embossed down.  Does that make sense?  Whatever side you want puffed up has to be touching the stencil in other words. If your using a Cuttlebug you will use an A, B, C plate set up for this.

Step Two: Place the C plate over the top and run your sandwich through your embossing machine.

Step Three:  When you remove the sandwich from the machine, peel your stencil gently away from your paper - yes they may be slightly stuck together.  

Step Four: Sit back and marvel at the beauty of an embossed stenciled piece of paper! :D

Here is what the cloud piece of paper looked like before I placed it on the card:

Same technique as above - different stencil.  

I do hope you have enjoyed today's inspiration and tutorial.  If you try out this technique be sure to pop on by this blog or my personal blog and let me know - I'd love to see your work and be sure to upload it in the My Sketch World gallery.

Take good care!

Scarlett