For my Exchange cards this month I have made another attempt at creating cards from a card sketch which I rediscovered in my Inspiration file. These are pretty much CAS cards though they are not necessarily quick in that some thought and auditioning has to be done with the elements you are using to get good balance. I used rectangles and hearts in my last two cards and I thought that circles might work well so I hauled out my circle punchie stash and put together a few in varying size ( 1", 1.25", 1 3/8", 1 3/4") which I thought would work together. Next, I went looking for some subtle decorative paper which I could use with my little collections. After that I created coordinating cards to fit in the large envelopes I had chosen. I cut the circles in about half - one part just a bit bigger than the other with scissors. On hindsight, it might have been better to use my paper cutter because it cuts straight. I found two different greetings to use and stamped them onto the subtle papers I trimmed out in a coordinating ink colour. I used a square triangle in order to get the lines of elements perpendicular to the sides of the backgrounds. My purple greeting was created with magnetic letters - I am still missing my mount - so you can see that the greeting is not really straight but this only became very evident once I was gluing my elements in place so I decided to just go with it!! I arranged all the half circles until I was happy with the layout of them, moved them up a bit, added a length of double sided tape and then glued the bottom ones in place on the tape and then added the upper ones over them using white glue applied with a fine tip applicator. The circles give a more balanced look for this sketch but I did have to strongly resist adding dots or "something" to them. I am enjoying the challenge of this sketch and look forward to using other elements to see if other shapes work better than the ones I have used so far. Therese
