Happy Monday, and welcome to challenge #644 at
Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!
I saw a video of someone embossing vellum, and wanted to try it. So I used a thin strip folder I have had unused in my stash for years and created a window front. I cut aperture and frames using Gina K Designs Master Layouts 18. The floral, leaves, and sentiment are from her Floral Friendship set. Card base is her Emerald Coast. Colors used are Emerald Coast, Butterscotch and Sunkissed Coral.
A new challenge at Try A Sketch On Tuesday
I watched the video tutorials to make this pretty design, and both were very helpful. I have linked them below. Cutting triangular shapes always presents some tricky measuring, but following Patti Dolan's written directions made it very easy. She also inspired me to look through the papers I have collected from visits in Japan. I did not use dimensional tape to adhere my fan pieces. This is an A-2 size card.
The gold embossed sentiment comes from a retired Simon Says Stamp set.
Patti Dolan's (A-2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGZRXuU29pk
Lisa Curcio's (5x7) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIgezo0s-YM
I am always on a mission to use patterned paper from the stash. I rarely buy it now, but there is so much from my early card making days...and some so pretty!
I had a small section of the floral and gold paper, and added some pink paper from Charlotte, a CTMH set probably nearly ten years old . Oh, my. But with a foiled sentiment from Gina K Designs and a little confetti bling I have a pretty card.
I hope you will be inspired to try this sketch and link up to AHSC.
The Japanese art of mending broken things with gold is so beautiful. I have been trying to write a note to a friend who is feeling quite broken right now, and as I was looking at some of my origami papers from Japan, the inspiration for what to write became clear. You can read about kintsugi below.
My card uses the sketch from #698 challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. I ink blended on a piece of card and then drew a vase shape with a black pen. Using a Zig glue pen, I drew some 'broken' lines on it, then pressed with foil. I cut a Leafy Branch die from gold and trimmed it down to go in the vase.
"The philosophy of kintsugi applies to change by encouraging us to view the rebuilding of our lives after change through a lens of compassion and acceptance, recognizing that the cracks and repairs in relationships, careers, and personal well-being are not signs of failure but evidence of our human vulnerability and our courage to mend what has been broken.
In honoring our imperfections and the journey to mend them, we celebrate the unique beauty that emerges from our efforts to heal and grow. Kintsugi teaches us that in the act of repairing, we are engaging in an act of transformation, creating something more meaningful, more resilient, and even more beautiful than before."
The sister challenge at Double Trouble has a 'spotlight technique' option which of inspired my card in a way. I used Spellbinder's Air Mail layered stencil for the background panel. The envelope and some of the greenery is from an older Mama Elephant die set. I added a flower and another leafy bit from other dies in my stash. Before adhering the flowers and greens, I stamped some script on the inside of the envelope with Gina K Elegant Script Background. The sentiment is from a Gina K All Occasions set. I added some silver gel pen and confetti.
I hope you will play along!
