Free Card Making Sketches
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You wouldn't think so, but the layout and placement of your card making materials can be one of the most time-consuming parts to card making itself. It is for this reason that so many card makers participate in sketch challenges each week. Pre-made card layouts alleviate hours of frustration for paper crafters working to find the best placement of their card components so they are able to devote all of their creativity to the more important parts of the card.
A card sketch is made up of three very basic components: matting paper, designer paper, and embellishments. Matting paper is typically, but not always, cardstock, and is used to frame the designer paper to make it pop. Designer paper is available in many different brands, colors, and sizes and will be the most crucial part in the design of your card. The rubber stamps, ribbons, buttons, brads, or "embellishments", you choose to use for your card are often based on the theme of your designer paper.
Below are ten of my own favorite card making layouts that I have used in one way, shape or form for dozens of my handmade cards. These sketches do not need to be copied completely, but rather, are used to jump-start your creative process. These free layouts, along with your creativity, are sure to combine into the most perfect handmade cards you can add to your collection.
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Looking for more sketches?
Make sure you check out my Handmade Greeting Card Layouts hub for more sketches. Feel free to use, save or print any of my card sketches for your personal use. If you decide you like using card sketches, there are many more places you can visit to grow your collection.
You may also decide you would like to take part in the many daily blog challenges that are centered around sketches. To play along, simply create a project using the provided sketch as a reference. At the end of the week, the host chooses a winner and prizes are distributed.
Below is a list of websites that offer free sketches and/or sketch challenges.
Splitcoast Stampers
- Splitcoast Stampers
Splitcoast Stampers is one of the largest paper craft communities you will find on the web. Besides the endless resources they provide, Splitcoast offers a weekly card sketch challenge each Wednesday in which hundreds of card markers participate.
Taylored Expressions Blog
- Taylored Expressions
At the Taylored Expressions blog, you will find dozens and dozens of paper craft creation ideas and card sketches. Taylored Expressions also hosts a card sketch challenge each Friday in which many card makers participate.
Mojo Monday Blog
- Mojo Monday - The Blog
Mojo Monday is a blog completely dedicated to card sketches and sketch challenges. Each monday, a new challenge is given to those who wish to participate, and a winner is announced on the following Tuesday.
Card Patterns Weekly Sketch Blog
- CardPatterns
Card Patterns Weekly Sketch blog offers many different free card sketches for any skill level. They also host a sketch challenge every Friday.
Inspirational Card Sketches Blog
- Inspirational Card Sketches
Inspirational Card Sketches offers many different card sketches as well as a weekly sketch challenge every Tuesday.
Card Challenges & More Blog
- Card Challenges & More
Another wonderful resource for card sketch templates. Card Challenges and More also hosts weekly sketch challenges.
Two Peas in a Bucket
- The Best Scrapbooking Supplies On The Web - Two Peas in a Bucket
Two Peas in a Bucket offers many different card sketches. They also provide message boards for paper crafters, tutorials and resources for projects, weekly challenges, and more.
Oz-some Stamps Blog
- Oz-somestamps: Card Sketches
Oz-some stamps: Card Sketches is a blog that offers many card sketches, as well as weekly challenges, project tutorials and more.
2 Sketches 4 U
- 2 Sketches 4 You
This blog has a lot of unique, card sketches and also features a weekly sketch challenge.
For more card making ideas, come visit me at my blog
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This is a great hub. The information is extremely useful. It is hard and time-consuming to correctly place and layout your materials for card making. You will be so happy that you decided to learn quilling. It can add such a beautiful demention to your cards. Thanks for a great hub your layout patterns are terrific.
This is a fantastic hub! Thank you for the free layouts, they look very nice. I wish I had found this sooner. I did make some funeral cards for my mom and everyone loved them. I think the ones we make ourselves are better.
Pretty good craft you do. Love the layouts. I've made some greeting cards using my computer. Maybe they would look better if I hand made them. Love your hub! You've inspired me to try it another way.
Thanks for sharing these layouts I am a cardmaker and i agree that planning the card is most time consuming and layouts really help the cardmaker concentrate oon other aspects of cardmaking . have bookmarked this hub for future reference.Kindly have a look at my blog here.http://snehalscreations.blogspot.com/
Hi I have used one of your sketches( the 5 th one ) to create a card the link is here http://snehalscreations.blogspot.com/
Really nice. Thanks for sharing your technique.
Thank you so much for the card sketches!
These are great! Thanks.
Very nice hub, thanks for sharing!
Fabulous Hub,thanx for extremely informative layouts,I always love to do creativity and i will try my card sketches using your tecniques.
Hi thank you for all these fabulous sketches, they are great xx
Allison 23 months ago
Hi! I post links to sketches everyday on my blog as a way to spur my creativity and those of my readers! TFL!