Today I'm sharing my third card as the guest designer over at the My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge for the month of May! I always love to join the wonderful gang over at MFT! CLICK HERE to go to the sketch challenge page. So...what is the Wednesday Sketch Challenge? Each week MFT shows us a new layout to jump start our creativity. This week is challenge #333. You can create cards, scrapbook layouts, home decor, treat containers, mixed media, etc. using this week's sketch! Be sure to link your project at the MFT blog for a chance at the weekly My Favorite Things Gift Voucher worth $15. Use whatever supplies you'd like in your interpretation of the sketch but remember, if you use MFT supplies, you can win up to $20! I hope you will make a card and join the fun with me this week...and the rest of the month! This month has five Wednesdays, so I still get to do two more! Yippeeee!
For today's card for the MFT Sketch, I'm using the brand new Flower Shaker Dies! Instead of making a shaker, I used the dies to make a giant sunflower as the focal point of my card. And, I used bright shiny yellow! I love yellow in Spring and Summer crafting! This would be pretty in any color combo though. The sketch this week has a cool diagonal stripes configuration which I know I'll use again. Let's get to it!
And here's the sketch for this week! Often, when I am having a hard time coming up with a card idea, I will look up the MFT sketches and see if something strikes my fancy. It almost always does help start my creativity flowing! Just pick a sketch, and pick out a favorite stamp set - and create!! Also, another trick? Turn the sketch sideways for a different layout! Shake it up a bit to make it yours!
I started my card with a crisp white A2 card base. Then I built my diagonal stripes out of kraft, yellow, and gingham papers. I wanted a really nice crisp and pretty edge so I used the stitched rectangles die to cut out the color layer. It looks so nice! Then I used the same colors to die cut a gorgeous giant flower to match!
I kept the color palette super clean. Just yellow, white and kraft...and one pop of dark brown for the flower accent. I stamped the sentiment onto a stitched banner and attached it across the flower. The flower center has white gel pen dots for emphasis.
One of my favorite go-to accents is twine, with a pretty matching enamel dot glued to the center!
Thanks for joining me today! Big thanks to the awesome team at MFT for inviting me to stamp with them this month - it's an honor! See you right back here next Wednesday for more MFT inspiration and a new sketch. Take care, until we meet again! XOXO And make sure to enter your own card on the MFT Challenge blog!!!
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Oh I adore yellow! This is so much fun!
Posted by: ~amy~ | 05/17/2017 at 05:51 AM