Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #217

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  Only a few more days until Christmas!  Can you believe it?!  Seriously, the days are whipping by!  Jacob's Christmas concert is today at school!  Last night at 8:15 he announced that he needs a Santa hat and sunglasses for said concert.  We have one Santa hat in our house and it belongs to Jacob's older brother.  Needless to say when I suggested he wear his older brother's hat, said older brother had a few things to say about that.  Oh goodness.  The fun never stops!

We have a brand new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our amazing hostess this week is Linda Callahan!  Linda makes such beautiful cards and I totally love her sense of humour!  She keeps me laughing!  You need to check out her blog as soon as you're done reading this!

I struggled a bit with this giant rectangle!  I think it was mainly because I just didn't feel like using any of my stamps!  Oh well!  I decided to use my "In a Big Way" from Lil' Inkers instead!  I kinda had a little accident with the stamp when I inked it and the "eat cake" portion didn't stamp right.  Needless to say I opted to cover it with a banner rather than re-stamping it!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Melon Mambo
Stamps: In A Big Way (Lil' Inkers)
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inkers), Double Banner Garland Die (Reverse Confetti), Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the beautiful cards the Design Team has created!  You sure won't be disappointed!  Please remember that we are now taking a break until January so you have until January 4th to enter our challenge!  Our next new sketch will be coming your way on January 6th!

Have a great week and a Merry Christmas!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #216

Hello!
I hope you're having a great week!  I think my Christmas shopping is almost done.  My cards are in the mail and now I just need to wrap.  I feel a little more ready this week than I did last week!  We've been having some great weather here in Southern Ontario and it sure doesn't feel like Christmas is right around the corner.  I think we are supposed to have double digit temperatures this weekend which is almost unheard of around here in December!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our fabulous hostess this week is the amazing Colour Artist Rita Wright!  Rita can use a marker like no one else!  She makes such adorable images!  Her card this week is so cute!!!  You need to check it out!

I knew I didn't want to make another Christmas card this week.  I opted for a birthday card and shockingly this is not the first card I came up with.  I think this is version 4 of the card.  I'm not happy with this version either but I ran out of time and had to settle on this one!

I do love the paper from the Pretty Petals DSP Stack.  I love the colours and the patterns.  I think I've used this combo before....sorry!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Calypso Coral (though I think it may not be Calypso Coral!)
DSP: Pretty Petals DSP Stack
Stamps: Sentiment Flag Additions (Lil Inkers)
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: Stitched Rectangles, Finishing Touches Edgelits, Stitched Flag (Lil Inkers)

Thanks so much for stopping in today!  Please take some time to head over to the Freshly Made Sketches Blog and check out the amazing cards the Design Team has created for you!

Have a fabulous day!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #215

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  We are one step closer to Christmas and I'm one step closer to a nervous breakdown!!!  I am almost done with the shopping or at least as much as I can do!  I have my Christmas cards made I just need to find a few minutes to sit down and deal with them!  That's what I'm struggling with!!!  Then there's the wrapping...ugh!  When I was little I loved wrapping.  Now, not so much!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Our amazing hostess if the one and only Jen Mitchell!  I love Jen and her amazing cards!  They are just so beautiful!  I hope you take the time to go and visit her blog!

Jen's sketch threw me for a bit.  I don't do banners so well.  I think I would rather a circle than a banner!!!  I needed another Christmas card and had just created some place cards for a Christmas lunch I'm hosting next week so I decided I would incorporate the same vellum die cuts that I used on the place cards into my card!

They don't show up so well in this photo...sorry about that!  I really do enjoy the Sleigh Ride Edgelits. They are so sweet and cut out so nicely!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black
Paper: Vellum
Stamps: Jingle all the Way
Ink: Silver
Other: Anytime Tags Die Set 2 (Lil Inkers), Sleigh Ride Edgelits, Softly Falling Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the amazing cards the design team has created for you!

Have a fabulous day!
Jen