Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #533

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week so far!  Has spring sprung where you live?  We're feeling more springy weather here this week after last week's snow!  My husband also came down with Covid last week which put a damper on our plans.  I'm so far the only one who hasn't had it.  Of course we seem to like to wait a month between cases so maybe next month will be my turn?  I sure hope not!  My husband had a super mild case and has recovered quickly!

We have a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  I have the privilege of being this week's hostess!  It's always so much fun to go through the gallery and check out the gorgeous cards that you create for the challenge!  I sure hope you like the sketch this week!

Of course, as is often the case, my card did not turn out as I had envisioned.  I made the card and then thought it looked too dull.  I added some thread but that didn't quite do it so I addd the sequins and now I'm not too sure!  Oh we're often not happy with what we create!  I wanted a simple but sweet Mother's Day card.  I had to use the tulips because they'll soon be blooming somewhere in the world - just not here!!!  Too cold here yet for tulips!  I'm not even sure there are tulips here!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic White, Flirty Flamingo, Strawberry Slush, Granny Apple Green

DSP: Sunshine and Rainbows

Stamps: Flowering Tulips

Ink: Basic Black, Flirty Flamingo, Strawberry Slush, Granny Apple Green

Other: Lovely Layers Tulips, Silver Sequins, Silver Thread, Tasteful Textile Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to see what the other members of the team have come up with!  I also hope you'll join in our challenge this week!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #532

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!  We are just coming out of a crazy snow storm - I think it was going around a lot of places this week!  I am not a big fan of snow in April and I'm hoping that it doesn't last.  It's supposed to warm up so I'm hoping this is the end of it!  I don't know if I can take any more snow and winter!!!

We've got a great sketch at Freshly Made Sketches today courtesy of the super creative Kim Singdahlsen!  Kim's cards are always so fun and she has the best collection of dies!  Head over to her blog to check them out!

I had this sunflower sitting on my desk and needed to add it to a card and it fit onto this card perfectly!  I went with a white background because the other colours I tried just didn't look right.  I also thought the colours just stood out so nicely against the white!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic White, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Early Espresso, Copper Foil

Stamps: Special Moments

Ink: Basic Black

Other: Lovely Layers Sunflowers Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Sweetly Stitched Dies, Tasteful Textile Embossing Folder, Flag Dies, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge!  The design team has put together some amazing cards for your inspiration!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #531

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a fantastic week!  We had a gorgeous week last week and today we woke up to snow!  It was so cold here this morning.  I can't believe the shift in the weather.  We've heard that April is crazy windy here and so far it's living up to what we've heard.  I've never experienced wind quite like this before!  Apparently is has something to do with the snow in the mountains but I didn't quite understand the explanation!  Anyhow, it's supposed to warm up next week and for that I will be thankful!

We have a fabulous new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches courtesy of the hilarious and super creative Linda Callahan!  Linda and her cards always make me smile so head over to her blog to check them out!  

Linda and I also had the same idea with our cards this week!  We both chose flowers!  I hadn't checked the blog before I posted my card and giggled when I saw Linda's card and how similar mine is to hers!  I wasn't sure what I was going to do with this card but then decided that I would pull out my Whimsical Spring Flowers Honey Cuts from Honey Bee Stamps and go from there!  

I started with the Sunshine and Rainbows DSP and then chose my colours after I chose the patterned paper I wanted to use!  I still feel like something is missing off this card but I can't put my finger on it!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic White, Misty Moonlight, So Saffron, Granny Apple Green

DSP: Sunshine & Rainbows 6X6 DSP Pack

Stamps: Itty Bitty Birthdays

Ink: Midnight Muse

Other: Elegant Sequin Mix (Honey Bee Stamps), Tasteful Textile Embossing Folder, Whimsical Spring Flowers Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Tasteful Labels Dies, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge!  The Design Team has some amazing examples up for you to inspire your creativity this week!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #530

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!  We have had an interesting week.  Caleb (our oldest) dislocated his shoulder last Tuesday night and required a late night trip to the Emergency Room.  Since we haven't really been in Calgary that long and don't usually require hospitals I didn't even know where to go!  Needless to say we had a good experience and Caleb starts physio on Friday!  Unfortunately for him, it looks like ski season is over and the start of golf season will be delayed!

That aside, we have a fabulous new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the Queen of Clean cards herself Jen Mitchell!  Jen's cards are fabulous so you'll want to head over to her blog to check them out!  

So of course I had in my head what I wanted to do for this card and then changed my mind and tried something else which didn't work so I went back to my original plan.  Sort of.  I went a little old school with this card and the distressing.  Now that I look at it I'm not sure I even like it!  Oh dear.  I wanted to make a Mother's Day card but I didn't have a sentiment small enough to fit in the box and a bigger box just didn't look right.  I tell you, sometimes we card makers face challenging dilemmas!  

Supplies:

Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White

Stamps: Itty Bitty Birthdays

Ink: Sahara Sand, Wild Wasabi

Other: Lovely Layers Hydrangea (Honey Bee Stamps), Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Basic Pearls, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I hope you'll take some time to head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the gorgeous cards the Design Team have created!  

We sure hope you'll join in our challenge this week!

Have an amazing day!

Jen