I like square cards but I don't make a lot of them, so when I saw this week's Freshly Made Sketches #455 square sketch designed by Jen Mitchell I was hooked. I really like the clean lines of this sketch and it certainly is open for interpretation.
Here is my card:
How it's made:
- The card base is cut from Night of Navy card stock and measures 10 x 5 and is scored at the 5" mark. I chose to have the fold at the top of the card.
- I've added a 4 7/8" x 4 7/8" mat in Cherry Cobbler followed by a Whisper White mat that measures 4 3/4" x 4 3/4".
- For the DSP layer I chose Stampin' Ups! Brightly Gleaming paper from last holiday season. I cut a piece 4 1/2" x 4 1/4" and then cut a 1 3/8" x 4 1/2" strip to form the two panels.
- I stamped the sunflower from the retired Painted Harvest stamp set in Night of Navy ink on a piece of Whisper White card stock. I cut this out with the Stitched Shapes 3" circle die. I layer this on a 3 1/2" Night of Navy die cut circle.
- I stamped the sentiment "A Joyful Christmas" from the Signs of Santa stamp set (retired) in Cherry Cobbler ink on a scrap of Whisper White and cut it out with a 3/4" circle punch. I attached this circle to a scrap of Cherry Cobbler and fussy cut around the circle. The sentiment circle was glued to the center of the wreath.
- I added some Stampin' Up! red rhinestones and a small die cut copper foil bow to finish off the wreath and mounted it in the bottom left corner of the card front with dimensionals.
- Stamp sets used are the Painted Harvest, Snowflake Sentiments (inside), and Signs of Santa (retired)
- The inside of the card has a 4 3/4" x 4 3/4" Cherry Cobbler layer and a 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" layer of Whisper White. The sentiment "Wishing you A Season of Joy, A Season of Cheer, But Most of All A Wonderful Year" and three snowflakes are from the Snowflake Sentiments stamp set which is retired.
I hope you enjoyed this card. I'd like to know what your favourite card shapes or types are, so I can design cards around those in future. I'm quite partial to this square Christmas card and plan to make a few more in this style using this sketch. What fun!
Comments are .... always appreciated.
Happy Stamping!
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