In The Wild with Inspire.Create.Challenge #95 Sketch Challenge

 Good evening folks, and what a good evening it is.  We started out cool and comfortable this morning, so I rushed around and got my housework done so I could relax later on.  Looking forward to a nice evening walk shortly once some of the heat from the sun has died off.

I stumbled upon this challenge a few days ago and thought I would give it a try as it was a sketch challenge and you know me and sketches.  It is from Inspire.Create.Challenges and I can't wait to participate in future challenges.  You can see what others have done with the sketch here, on their blog: http://inspirecreatechallenges.blogspot.com/

I focused on items from the Annual Catalogue, using the new In Colour-Evening Evergreen and some super fun designer series paper-In The Wild.

I had a lot of fun creating this card, even fussy cutting the fierce cat for the front.  

Supply List:

Cardstock: Evening Evergreen 155574-cut at 4 ¼”x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”; scrap for tag punch

Basic White 159276-cut at 4" x 5 1/4”(matte) ; 4 7/8”x3 ¾”(insert); scrap for sentiment

In The Wild dsp 155817-1 ¼”x3 5/8”; 3 ¼”x3 5/8”; ½”x5 ¼” (insert)

Ink: Memento 132708

Stamp Sets: Many Messages 154510 and Messages dies 154422

Punch: Tailored Tag 145667

Tear & Tape Adhesvie 154031

 Mini dimensionals 144108

Paper Trimmer 152392, Paper Snips 103579

 Embellishments: Silver & Clear Epoxy Essentials 155567

Stampin Cut & Emboss Machine: 149653

Step- By- Step Instructions:

 

Inking up the Many Messages stamp set with Memento ink, stamp your sentiment onto your scrap of Basic White. Then run through the cut and emboss machine using the Messages dies. *I usually stamp the entire stamp set, die cut them and then keep them nearby for future use.*

Punch the scrap of Evening Evergreen with the Tailored Tag Punch.  Then using the paper snips, fussy cut out the cat from the designer series paper. 

Now let’s assemble our card:

Layer the two pieces of designer series paper onto the Basic White matte, leaving a gap between them and tape them down.  Next, tape the white matte to the cardbase. 

The fussy cut image is secured to the punched piece of cardstock with tape and then using dimensionals, adhere to the front of the card, centering over the gap between the two pieces of dsp.

I tucked the sentiment into the empty space around the cat’s tail and taped that as well.  To finish it off, I added a few clear epoxy gems to the front.  

Because I like to finish my insides, I glued the strip of dsp to the bottom of the white cardstock and adhered it to the inside of the card using tear and tape.