Happy June everyone! Today is Sketchy Thursday and I thought it would be fun this week to create a card sketch with Graduations and Father's Day just around the corner. I created a sketch and wanted to demonstrate how you can take just one sketch and "stretch it". Sketches are such a great way to get ideas flowing, but I never follow them down to the last detail. I really love to take the idea of the design and run with it and often times can create several, very different cards, from that one sketch.
Let's "Stretch the Sketch".
I am joined today by the oh so incredibly talented, Amy Heller, and she has not only created several cards from the sketch, she has demonstrated how you can take ONE line of papers and embellies, Rocket Age, and created 3 VERY different cards. Get ready to be inspired, I know I was.
Here is the sketch I created to get us and YOU started: 
Using Rocket Age, Amy created this "Out of this World" card. On this card, she demonstrated how easy it is to use Rocket Age for masculine cards and just WOW your recipient. (With 3 boys in my home, this would be a FAVE for sure)
Using Rocket Age again, she demonstrated a totally different twist on the sketch in her "Happy good ol' 4th" card. She added buttons to emphasize the sentiment, strips of journal stickers and a button to add focal to the left side and strips of ribbon to give a firework feel to the block of pp, loooove.
Rocket Age for a baby card, seriously?? There isn't anything she can't do. Check out her amazing "Precious Baby" card. That IS Rocket Age. Amazing right?? Love that she has used block of pp, the cutest banners and THAT sweetest bear charm.
And here are some cards I created, inspired by this one sketch. I love summer, really, really love it because all my babes are home and we love to do things together, so I was inspired to think of all the things we will soon be doing together when creating these cards.
In "my happy" card, I used chipboard pieces and papers from 5 & Dime and also Seaside. (I love to ride bicycles with my kids, we ride almost every day at least 4 miles, it's so much fun to get outdoors and explore on them).
How about wagons?? Do your kids pull each other around in wagons?? Mine sure do. They even drive their wagon down our slope of a driveway and get mom's heart beating a little faster. I loved this wagon from 5 & Dime the minute I held it in my hands and knew it would soon find it's way onto a card.
We love to go to the lake and play all day during the summer. We build sand/rock castles, we kayak, we swim and yes, just enjoy the water, sun and air. In my "Beach" card, I used the little fish and duck from Schoolhouse, chipboard from 5 & Dime and papers and embellies from Seaside.
We love to go to the lake and play all day during the summer. We build sand/rock castles, we kayak, we swim and yes, just enjoy the water, sun and air. In my "Beach" card, I used the little fish and duck from Schoolhouse, chipboard from 5 & Dime and papers and embellies from Seaside.
Still using the sketch, I created this "Summer" card showing the girls from Seaside with their beach ball, another love of ours while out at the lake. It was so much fun to think of all the activities soon to be shared with the kids.
And lastly, I created a "Baby" card using Ducks in a Row, one of my top 20 lines of OA (because I really can't choose). I needed a baby card this week for a dear friend and decided to use the sketch to create one for her.
And lastly, I created a "Baby" card using Ducks in a Row, one of my top 20 lines of OA (because I really can't choose). I needed a baby card this week for a dear friend and decided to use the sketch to create one for her.
I hope you all enjoy this sketch as much as we have! As always, don't forget to share how far you "Stretch the Sketch" with us at our Flickr Gallery.
love your cards Ellen, those stars and the designs are absolutely fab!
Posted by: danni reid | June 04, 2011 at 11:30 PM
Amy and Danni - ALL of your cards are INCREDIBLE!!! Thank you so much for the inspiration :)
Posted by: Tanya Tahir | June 04, 2011 at 10:23 PM
Loved this sketch! just added to cards to the Flickr Gallery. Thanks for the inspiration Danni and Amy!
Posted by: ellen s | June 04, 2011 at 01:23 PM
Fabulous sketch and awesome inspiration!
Posted by: jcasaldi | June 03, 2011 at 07:58 PM
These cards are so gorgeous, creative and well-designed...love the little details and LOVE seeing some of my favorite Ducks in a Row products again too! :-)
Posted by: Keri | June 03, 2011 at 07:36 PM
wow, love that sentiment jenny and that is a beautiful interpretation of the sketch, love the orange and yellows♥
thanks for playing with us
danni
Posted by: danni | June 03, 2011 at 09:19 AM
Love the sketch! I just uploaded mine onto the flickr page!
Posted by: jennybean | June 02, 2011 at 09:57 PM
Love template ides. I will use this on my new mini :P
Posted by: Nattarida | June 02, 2011 at 08:43 PM
These are all wonderful!
Posted by: Tona | June 02, 2011 at 07:30 PM
Holy crow Amy!! Amazing - I totally thought it was Danni! {Obviously, I can’t read} Amazing job!!! Fantabulous!!!
Posted by: Heather I. | June 02, 2011 at 04:58 PM
I am in love with every single card - every one is fabulous!!! These have to be by Danni, no?? I can usually spot her style anywhere!!! Love it - always!
Posted by: Heather I. | June 02, 2011 at 04:56 PM
Nice sketch
Posted by: karen aka blingy | June 02, 2011 at 01:39 PM
I am in love with each and every one of these cards. Fun, funky, and great techniques! Thank you for sharing.
Posted by: June Houck | June 02, 2011 at 12:25 PM
Love these, now I need that paper!
Posted by: erin t | June 02, 2011 at 12:16 PM
So adorable, all of them!!!
Posted by: B. Poteraj | June 02, 2011 at 11:09 AM
oh WOW WOW WOW ... so many stunning and oh so adorable creations!!!
thanks for the sketch and the inspiration! I hope I will have some time to play with it, too :)
Sylvia
Posted by: Sylvia | June 02, 2011 at 09:41 AM
I am so glad I collect OA too, I can now "scraplift" all those cards!! You gals ROCK! Nice sketch, very versatile as you have nicely proved!
Posted by: gail c | June 02, 2011 at 09:39 AM