Caution Spoiler #2!!! Card Sketches from the New 2008 Stampin Up Catalogue

I found two layouts that I really lurve in the new catalogue. I had never thought to share layouts as drawings, until I saw my blog sistah Lynn do it (How brilliant!?!) Until I saw her sketch, I was always intimidated by having to make a pdf or sumthin.' Not anymore! ;0) So... here are some doodled sketches (with another spoiler peek at a 2008 set!) ;0)

LOVE this layout below and the stamping on the envelopes. (I plan on finding the template for that card box on the S.U. demo site, making it, & sharing it with you, so let me know if you'd like an email.) Layouts that use flowers (my gabillion homemade primas) are always a struggle for me, so this is a welcome design:


When you get a new catalogue are you an inker-upper? Or do you like to keep yours pristine? I'm a bad lil' inker-upper BIG time! I make the first pass through my catty---->(thinking which sets do I love?) Then I make a second pass through--Inking it up Baby!--->(wondering 'Which sets are the most versatile?'--jotting down how many ways can I think to use them...) I was unnaturally excited by the many ways you could cut out the flower in this new set Kind Thoughts. Don't worry, Stampin Up hasn't gone crazy: those weird dark lines around the flower are mine, (click for a closer look):

When I make my third pass through the catty, I look for awesome layouts. I have a memory like a wet paper bag--and I find layouts really challenging to do--so I love to keep track of great ones. I finally got in the habit of writing down who deserves credit for the layout, so I can give them their due if I use it later (duh, huh?).

The easiest way to keep track of card layouts (for me anyhow) is to keep a sketchbook beside my computer. Inside the sketchbook, I trace a standard card over and over (ahead of time) so I can just doodle in the details as I find great cards. The details of this one are so sweet aren't they? (...with the sentiment over the cut-out image and curled paper with the stamped scallop bellow it...):


Can't you just picture using this set to stamp in white on darker colours, or used in emboss resist, or used to make homemade designer paper? I can't wait to order it. I'll be having my first stamp club ever, so I hope they like it too. It's so flexible that it'll be a classic like Baroque Motifs, I'll bet. We'll soon see!

Thanks so much for stopping by. Let me know if you'd like the template for that card box. :0)
Mel