Sketchy How To

Did you see last week's submissions for the sketch?  They were fantastic!  I'm excited to see what everyone will do with this week's--it's so versatile.  Check Kim's blog this morning to see who's participating.

I switched the Layered Label element of the sketch with the Tag You're It Dienamic.  There's a little tutorial below if you {like me} might not have the foresight to cut then stamp.  

I used Lily Bee patterned papers for the base and to paper piece her dress.  I created an "ice streak" with a Copic multiliner pen and a little bit of stickles.  I like that little "extra" detail:

I split the sentiment to fall on either side of our sweet little Pure Innocence image.  When I do something like that, I usually just ink half the sentiment, stamp on scrap paper until clean, then ink the other half.  Every now and then I'll actually cut the sentiment stamp to accomplish my goal.

The Let It Snowflake Dienamic has been very useful this winter!  I tucked the larger two behind tag and added a little bling to the smallest right on front.

I have a little secret as to how I tie a double twine bow.  I'll be sharing that with you soon!

Before I go, I wanted to show you an easy way to cut your image out with dienamics if you have already stamped the image.  Sometimes I stamp a lot of images to color in my free time and don't know how I'm going to cut them out until later.  That means, I have to have a little trick so I don't cut right through a colored image--gasp!

You need your image, your dienamic, and a pencil.  I hadn't paper pieced her dress yet, but I have done that before and it doesn't mess it up when you run it through your die cut machine.

Next, estimate where you think you'll want you're dienamic.  

In the case of this Tag You're It Dienamic, I used my pencil to trace around the corners and the bottom. You don't want to over trace in case you need to erase then start over.  The reason I traced the bottom was to make sure she was "grounded" evenly.  I wouldn't want her to end up on a slope or a little off center.

Once you have your pencil lines where you want them, line them up in your machine.  I've used the Cuttlebug here.  Sandwhich (from bottom to top): A plate, C plate, paper, dienamic (aligned with trace lines with blade down), B plate.

Run it through your machine.  You'll notice that the traced lines are still visible on your left over piece of paper.  

That's all for me today.  I'll be back soon!  ~megan