• let's get sketchy with OA •

if you are looking for the 9 to 5 hop, please scroll down to previous post.

good morning everyone.  today is Sketchy Thursdays on the OA Blog.  I created a sketch I hope will inspire layouts and cards alike.


sketch by danni

although i created a lo sketch, i decided to create cards and demonstrate how easily you can scale down a lo sketch to fit a card scale.  successfully interpreting a layout sketch into a card usually lies in the scaling of the sketch. scaling it down to a card scale generally means omitting or layering elements.  for this sketch, the focal is the argyle background element, so i decided to make that the focal of all my cards and play with the various layering interpretations of it.

hello card
(click pics to enlarge)



i rotated my argyle element on this card and layered the elements in the center instead of above the argyle.  i stitched through the centers of the argyle elements as you generally find with argyle patterns.






on my second card, i decided to rotate the argyle elements vertically so as to create a taller card



best friends card

 i layered the argyle pattern once again instead of above it to scale for the card size

(see the chipboard corners?  do you ever have some of those leftover or don't like to use them on lo?  these are really fun on the argyle pattern)




 i stitched through the centers once again





and to show you how easily you could use circle elements, like the ones that come in the 9 to 5 line,
i created another secretary appreciation card for hubby to give to another of his secretaries.


what would i do without you? 




exchanging the argyle for circles, i stitched through the centers and then layered the elements in the corner

(love the 9 to 5) paper label too ;)

 and joining me in this challenge today is Becky.  to see her amazing layout and cuuuuute puppy, hop over to the OA BLOG to see it.

if you were inspired to give the sketch, argyle element or circle element backgrounds a shot, please link us up, we'd love to be inspired.

thank you for visiting me today.

hugs & love♥
danni