Welcome to the Around the World on Wednesday February Blog Hop and this month we have a Sketch Challenge to help spark our creativity. Our wonderful Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help inspire you to give this sketch a try. There are so many wonderful options to explore.
For this month's Sketch Challenge, I decided that I wanted to combine one of my favorite bundles from the January-April 2025 Mini Catalog with one of the Level 1 Sale-a-bration Rewards to show how you can create a beautiful clean and simple card for Valentine's Day and beyond.
Products Used:
Hugs For Love Bundle (item #165738)
Bloom Impressions Designer Series Paper (item #164944)
Sale-a-bration Level 1 Reward
Stylish Shapes Dies (item #159183)
Melon Mambo Cardstock (item #115320)
Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)
Melon Mambo Classic Ink Pad (item #147051)
Peach Pie Classic Ink Pad (item #163810)
2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems (item #163781)
Peach Pie 3/8" Bordered Ribbon (item #163783)
Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)
Measurements:
Melon Mambo Cardstock
Card Base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")
3 Strips - 1/4" x 4"
Basic White Cardstock
Medium Circle die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies
Sentiment Label stamped and punched with the Hugs For Love Bundle
Bloom Impressions Designer Series Paper
Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"
Often when we think of Valentine's Day, we focus on romantic card designs for our partners or cute designs for our kids. For today's card design, I wanted to create a card that would be perfect to give to anyone who could use a hug to help them get through these cold Wintery days and hopefully make them smile. The floral card front reminds me of cherry blossoms and I love how the combination Melon Mambo and Peach Pie work together to create a fresh, pretty design. I created the elements to recreate the sketch using three narrow strips of Melon Mambo cardstock and a medium Basic White circle to frame the sentiment label. I used the Hugs For Love Bundle to stamp and punch out the sentiment label and popped it up onto the circle with Stampin' Dimensionals to add some dimension. I used a piece of the Peach Pie Bordered Ribbon to create the pretty bow and added several of the Peach Pie Shimmer Gems for a touch of sparkle.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to give this card sketch a try and see what you can create with the supplies in your craft stash. It is so much fun mixing and matching products from the new January-April 2025 Mini Catalog and 2025 Sale-a-bration Catalog to create beautiful projects.
Now it's time to visit Theresa's blog and see what she has created with this month's sketch challenge. Just click on the Next button below to visit her blog or use the Roll Call List to find your way. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects.
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