Just a quick post today to share a card I made for the RetroSketches #34 challenge. I used the negative cut from a previous card I made using my Silhouette Cameo. The file is from the Silhouette Online Store and it’s called Button Tree. Believe it or not, this is the first time I’ve used Washi Tape. I have no idea why I waited so long to try it. LOVE IT!!!
Sometimes along with the happy news there is sad. This is my last card for RetroSketches. It’s so difficult to do all the activities that I’d like to. Sometimes it just comes down to making really hard decisions. Deciding to move on to new experiences sometimes means letting go of the older ones. Being a part of Arielle Gordon’s RetroSketch Design Team has been so much fun! Kasia, Laurie and Arielle are extremely talented and super sweet! I’ll miss being on that wonderful team so much!!!
Enough sad talk, time for the card. The sketch is based on one of Arielle’s darling cards she made back in May of this year. You can click HERE to see her adorable little girl all decked out in pink. RetroSketches has the fantastic Alley Way Stamps as a sponsor this week! I used one of their super cute sets called Reel Time for my card today. I hope you’ll join us for my last week with RetroSketches.
Here is this week’s RetroSketch! This lovely multi-layered sketch was inspired by THIS beauty of a card by Laurie. I decided to use another part of the Silhouette Studio cutting file I created for THIS card. The file for this version of my bird house is available for you to download at the bottom of this post. The sentiment is from the Chit Chat stamp set by Paper Smooches. I hope you’ll join us this week at RetroSketches!
Here’s the FREE Silhouette Studio file. Enjoy! 
(If you use any of my files I would love to see what you create. If you post a project using my designs please mention where you picked up the file. Please also link back to my blog so that I can share my files with others.)
This week at RetroSketches it’s one of Kasia’s beautiful cards that our sketch is based on. You can see her bright and cheerful card HERE. I’ve decided to turn the sketch and use a vertical or portrait version of the design. I used the Hello Sunshine stamp and die sets from Papertrey Ink to create the rays of sunshine and the sentiment. I adore vellum so I placed a pale blue strip over the top of the chevron patterned paper to soften it. Then I cut 2 orange rays and a sun— tucking them behind the sentiment layer to add more dimension.
Come join us this week—we’d love to see your take on this week’s RetroSketch!
Happy Saturday everyone! I have another RetroSketch card to share with you today. This card is a remake of one I designed back in August of 2011. You can click HERE to take a peek at it. I just love the cool sketches Arielle creates using our cards from the past. I followed the sketch closely, with one exception—I left off the bow this time. Being I stamped a bow in the sentiment, I thought it redundant to then add a fabric or twine bow. The tags and sentiment are from Papertrey Ink. I used Shabby Shutters, Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress Ink on the tags to give them a soft dreamy quality. Hope you’ll join us this week—we’d love to see your take on this week’s RetroSketch!
Time for another RetroSketch card! This week’s sketch is based on THIS super fantastic card by our fearless leader Arielle. I really admire her coloring skills on her original card. The colors and arrangement of colors on the peacock are stunning! My card is on the simple side this time. I had a huge pile of scraps and shapes from last week’s RetroSketch card sitting on my table. They were just waiting to be made into a card—so I put them to good use. Please go take a peek at what Arielle, Laurie and Kasia have created. I’m always thrilled with what they come up with!
This past week was a bit of a challenge for me because my creative energies mysteriously vanished. I’m hoping they will return soon. Anyhooo, I have another RetroSketche’s card to share with you today. Our guest this month is the very talented N@! Click HERE to see the AWESOME card that this week’s sketch is based on. Nat’s card was so unique and wonderful with its bold colors and fun shapes I had a hard time deciding on how I would approach this sketch at first. After much playing around with shapes and colors I decided to take a CAS direction and ended up with this card.
You’ll have to check out what the other ladies over at RetroSketches created because they are all so different. I think that’s what I ended up loving about this sketch, it forced us to really think outside of the box. I really am EXCITED to see what the participants will come up with this week! Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Glad you stopped by!!!
Hope everyone is having a fun weekend! Today I have a new sketch for you based on an adorable card made by Laurie. HERE is her original card. Don’t you just LOVE the colors? Here is my take on this week’s RetroSketch. I created a clear window with a piece of acetate that I embossed and attached behind the die cut shape. I placed the same die cut shape cut from card stock inside, so that the color would peek through. This was NOT an easy card to photograph!
Hope you’ll join us HERE this week. Last week there were 112 fantastic cards submitted!!! I enjoyed seeing each an every one of them!
I had an idea to make a Father’s Day card using another strip of star border I cut out with my Silhouette Cameo. Here is my second version of this morning’s RetroSketch card. You can scroll down to my last post and see my first version. I created the sentiment from the Boob Tubes, Chit Chat, Alphadot and Sentiment Sampler stamp sets by Paper Smooches. The stars are from the Silhouette Online Store, they are the Star Nested cutting files. Have you checked out what the other ladies created for this week’s RetroSketch Challenge yet?
My blogging friend and fellow Cameo fan, Dayna of Sabriolet Designs has some amazing Silhouette projects that you should definitely check out HERE.
If you would like to learn more about the Silhouette Cameo and see some projects created with this FANTASTIC machine, please check out the Silhouette America Blog HERE.
To see more cards made with the Silhouette Cameo click HERE or go to the link in my sidebar on the right under MY STUFF.
I can’t believe it’s already week 14 at the RetroSketches Challenge Blog. This week’s sketch is based on one of Kasia’s fabulous cards! Hop on over to Kasia’s Blog to check out her fantastic creation from last year!
I decided to use my Silhouette Cameo to create a strip of negative cut stars. The Star Nested cutting file is perfect for creating anything with multiple stars in many sizes, quickly and easily. The sentiment is from the very versatile Chit Chat stamp set by Paper Smooches. Hope you’ll join us in this week’s RetroSketches challenge!
If you would like to learn more about the Silhouette Cameo and see some projects created with this FANTASTIC machine, please check out the Silhouette America Blog HERE.
To see more cards made with the Silhouette Cameo click HERE or go to the link in my sidebar on the right under MY STUFF.
