Here is one of my samples for this weekend’s sketch challenge.
Over the last few days “dry embossing with the Crop-a-dile” was discussed on my yahoo group. Since I just got my Crop-a-dile and had never used it at ALL before, that sounded very intriguging to me. I decided to try it out on this card.
The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Soft Sky Cardstock folded in half. The printed paper measures 2 1/2″ x 4″ and is from the Fall Flower Designer Paper pack. I wrapped Blue Bayou double stitched ribbon around the top and adhered it to the card base.
The Scallop is punched from Chocolate chip cardstock with the new Scallop circle punch Stampin’ Up! carries now. It’s backordered until September, since it had some quality issues. Lucky for me my downline Stephanie got one that works and came over to stamp with me.
The center of the scallop is a 1 3/8″ Shimmery White circle. I stamped the flower stamp in Soft Sky on it and the greeting in chocolate chip. I love the script of the Sayings in the new Stem Silhouettes Holiday Mini set. I also love the images in the set. I know I will use this set a lot more. It’s just so pretty.
For the main image, I cut a 2″ x 3″ piece of Shimmery White, added a dotted border with All in a Row and Chocolate Chip ink, and stamped the image in Blue Bayou in it’s center. I added Dazzling Diamond Glitter on the flower part with the Sakura Quickie Glue (a wonderful glue for thin spots like those flower tops), since Jenn ragged my snowman card yesterday, saying it needed glitter or it looked naked. Well…no naked flowers today! LOL
The photo corner is the smaller one you get when you use Stampin’ Up!’s Photo corner punch. Another new obsession of mine. Those corners just step your card up a notch. I punched my corner out of Old Olive cardstock,stamped the Linen background over it and finished it off by adding Not Quite Navy Brads.
The main image is layered on a 2 1/4″x 3 1/4″ piece of Blue Bayou cardstock which is layered on a 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ piece of chocolate chip. I adhered it with dimensionals to the card base.
Last, I took my Crop-a-dile, slit it in from the top of the card with settings on A1, and added some dry embossed circles over the patterned paper. I really like the look it gives. That could definitely lead to another obsession for me. LOL
Have a wonderful day! Hugs and smiles
Beate
Stay at Home Mom of Three, Splitcoast Team Member and Copic and Spellbinders die Lover.43 Responses to “Weekend Sketch Challenge sample”
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Just AWESOME! I love the dry embossed dots! The whole card is just PERFECT!
I love this card! All the dots and flowers are fun, and the colors are great too! Terrific use of the Crop-a-dile — thanks, as always, for the inspiration! Have a great weekend! 🙂
Wonderful card Beate!!! I like the look of the dry embossing using the Crop-a-dile! Hope I don’t poke all the way through! Will give that a go.
OMGoodness. That is very delicate and beautiful!!!!
HUGS
ooh this gorgeous card looks familiar 😉 i absolutely love it!!
well hello. . . we can’t have nekkid snowmen, can we? Beate-ful!
It’s BEAUTIFUL! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!
I tried dry embossing with my CAD a few weeks ago and it was so fun! This is a great sketch and that stamp set is just so pretty. Is it nap time yet? I want to stamp too.
Beautiful! I love blues and greens together! Love the CAD embossing, and the faint stamping with the sentiment. Awesome creation!!
This is beautiful! Love the color combo and dry embossed circles.
Beautiful card Beate, I love this layout too, I’ll try to get to it this weekend!
Holy Cow! What a great idea about the Crop-A-Dile and dry embossing. I’m going to have to try that this weekend.
By the way, your card is gorgeous!
oh my gosh, what a beautiful card!!! I just love it!!!
OH MY GOODNESS!!! This card is DAZZLING! I LOVE every aspect of it, TFS.
I love this card. You are inspiring again!!
OMG! This is beautiful! Thanks for another challenge!
What a great card! Love the idea of using the Crop-A-dile for embossing. How cool is that!
I had never thought to use my crop-a-dile for dry embossing – great idea and one I will use often.
Wow – this card is gorgeous.
Well, if that isn’t just the most clever idea…to dry emboss with the Crop-a-dile!!! Very pretty card! (I like the sparkles too!)
Such a beautiful card Beate!! I love those embossed dots! 🙂
This is beautiful !!!
beate your card is beautiful. Here is mine for this weekentry
http://ucanstampit.blogspot.com/
Entry #13
love this card………so many fun elements. my mouth just dropped open when i read about the dry embossing with the cropodile……………omigosh…..can hardly wait to try it. thanks for sharing!
Love this Card! I had a go as well, thanks for the idea Jenny x
lovely color combo, lovely layout, and who knew you could do that with a crop-a-dile! thanks for sharing…
SO SO pretty, Beate! I love the colors and layout and the little embossed circles! Love it!
I didn’t know you could do that! dry emboss with the crop-a-dile (I think we need to shorten that to CAD). I love that idea. Must try it!
Ohhh I have to try this with the Cropodile! DIdn’t even know it could do this!
Well, now that’s a cool idea. Looks like my crop-a-dile will get used a bit more often now.
Here is my interpretation. I really like the sketch.
I don’t know how I always mess up my links!
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/637764?cat=500&ppuser=48481
Entry #21
This is beautiful my attempt is on my website
http://www.flofollies.blogspot.com
Entry #24
That’s so funny…I JUST got home from a Stampin Up gathering and we did a Christmas card using that dry embossing technique with the Crop-a-dile! I was so happy to discover a new way to use it! Great sketch by the way! The flowers are so pretty with the DD on them!
This is so pretty. Love th colors!!! Cool idea with the crop-a-dile. Have a great weekend. TFS 🙂
Beautiful card, great sketch, Beate — sure wish I could find enough stamping stuff this weekend to try it! Maybe by next weekend . . . 😀
Beate,
LOVE your stuff!! All of your cards are just amazing! Wish I lived nearby and could come to your stamp camps!!! Unfortunately the trip from Spain is a little too far, I think! LOVE the idea of dry embossing with my CAD… I didn’t bring any of my embossing stuff (dry or wet) with me when we moved here…just couldn’t fit it in my suitcase! SO, I’m THRILLED to have a way to emboss, if only a little bit! I’m off to try it now! Thanks for all of your inspiration!!
P.S. I’d love to know which yahoo group you wrote about… Is it for anyone, or just demos? TIA!
Awww…I love this card! My crop-a-dile does not arrive until tomorrow. I can’t wait to use it:)
Oh wow! I *love* this!!! The colors, the layout, everything!!!
Oh this is absolutely fabulous! You inspire me so much…although, nothing I can make will look even 1/2 way close to your creations! Awesome job and thanks for the inspiration!
I absolutely love this card! The colors are so lovely and the circle details are fabulous!
What a beautiful card! This is my attempt
http://cardsbykerry.blogspot.com/2007/08/sketch-challenge.html
Thanks so much!
I FINALLY got around to putting a card together for this challenge. It’s not exactly what I had pictured in my mind but I really wanted to use this stamp set.
Here it is:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/641693?cat=500&ppuser=92479