layout #104 beautiful gallery card

Do you ever feel stuck and don’t have any new ideas for making cards? I love to challenge myself with card sketches – they are a perfect starting point and inspiration for those of us that get stuck creatively – every once in a while!
Don’t let anyone kid you – we ALL get stuck creatively!

Card sketches are a perfect way to get unstuck!
This sketch #104 is a great way to use 6″ x 6″ DSP – I cut a 3″ square which means I can make 4 CARDS from one sheet of 6″ x 6″ DSP!
SO FUN!

Measurements:
BASE: Secret Sea CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
Basic White CS: 3 1/4″ x 5 1/4″
DSP: 3″ square

Cut the 3″ square into 1″ x 3″ strips of DSP.
Keep the pattern in order and pay attention to the direction of the DSP if applicable.

Adhere the top piece of DSP to the top ofthe Basic White CS layer leaving a 1/8″ border on the top and sides.
Place the bottom piece as a place holder 1/8″ down from the bottom of the first ppiece and adhere the second piece 1/8″ below the place holder piece.

Now take the third piece that you used as a place holder and adhere it to the Basic White CS layer 1/8″ below the second piece.

(This will leave an evenly spaced blank spot below the first piece to stamp your sentiment!)

Tear the bottom off of the Basic White layer.

TIP: Tear towards you and place your thumbs at the tear and move them as you tear so that the tear does not get away from you!

Emboss the front of the card base with the Damask Designs embossing folder – this is a basic embossing folder not a 3D – so place the base plate #1 and the #3 cutting plate on the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine. Place the paper inside the embossing folder, set on the bottom #3 cutting plate and add the top #3 cutting plate above and embossing folder and run through the machine!

Stamp in Secret Sea ink in the blank space on the Basic White layer and adhere the 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls in Secret Sea around the sentiment.

Pop up the Basic White layer on Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhere to the middle of the card front.

Simpoly using another design on the same pack of Beautiful Gallery DSP and changing the position of the sentiment stamp creates another card made from the same card sketch but looks entirely different!

Try this card sketch with your stash and send my a pic of your creation! Now go and create with this card sketch and make some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie