I love making cards but there are times when my mojo completely deserts me and it's at these times that I turn to card sketches for inspiration. I'm lucky enough to be on the design team of 2 cardmaking blogs - Di Hickman and Sketches! {by Tamara} so I don't have too far to look.
There are a number of other great blogs out there offering sketches and examples for inspiration including:
along with many more!
The great thing about sketches is that they can give your mojo a kickstart or help a total beginner to cardmaking. You can follow the sketch "as is" , rotate it, flip it, use main bits as inspiration or just take inspiration from the placement of one item.
I have an aversion to using circles in cardmaking but the CPS sketch #22 helped me to overcome it and create this card:
while a Di Hickman sketch helped me to create this one:
Of course, it goes without saying, that if you do use any sketch as the basis or inspiration for a card that you post online on your blog or gallery it is common etiquette to give credit to and link back to the original creator.
Have fun with those sketches!!
Jo xx
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