Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #273

Hello!
Happy Wednesday and Happy February!  We are getting ready for a pretty big event at our house.  My husband just happens to be turning 40 this coming Friday!  I can't believe it.  There has to be something wrong with my math since I'm pretty sure I'm only turning 30 (again!) on my next birthday.  My husband is a big hockey fan so we are having a Hockey Themed Family party for him.  He doesn't want anyone else but family so we will honour his wishes!  He did say no cake but a birthday isn't complete without a cake - ice cream cake to be exact!!!

We had a great new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess today is the amazing Karren Johnson!  Karren is uber creative.  She can also colour like no one's business AND she has the cutest accent!!!

Karren's sketch is super versatile.  The sky is the limit with this one!  I opted to make a simple Valentine's Day card that I can easily duplicate if I need to and use for the boys teachers!

I used some old DSP from Stampin' Up for this one!  I threw on some sparkly red hearts and added a sentiment.  I had a super hard time getting this sentiment straight.  I almost lost my marbles on this one!  Needless to say that's why it's on a banner!!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Red Glimmer
DSP: Stacked with Love DSP Stack (SU Retired)
Stamps: And Many More
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: Heart Punch, Itty Bitty Banners Framelits, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the beautiful cards the Design Team has come up with!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #241

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  It's the middle of June and today is my parents anniversary!  Happy Anniversary mom and dad!  I hope you guys have a wonderful day!!!  

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches today!  Our fabulous hostess and head enabler is the one and only Karren Johnson!  Karren is incredibly talented and her cards always wow me!  Head on over to her blog to check them out!

Karren has a great sketch for us and it's super versatile.  Of course I had left my Father's Day cards to the very last moment.  I really have no idea how it's even possible that it's June!  I find it really hard to find great masculine images.  I knew I had this plane from the Send Me Soaring set and decided to use that.  I added some clouds and the sun because the card was a little empty.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight
Stamps: Send Me Soaring, And Many More
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: Builders Border Set Die (Lil Inkers), Sun 'n Clouds Confetti Cuts (Reverse Confetti), 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 great cards the Design Team has created for you!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #226

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Happy Wednesday!  I hope you've had a great start to your week!  We are hoping that today is a snow day (since I'm writing this at night I really have not idea what's in store)!  Last night it was snowing like crazy!  The wind was so strong and it was absolutely nasty out.  The boys prayed so hard for a snow day.  I think I'm praying for a school day!!!!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Our amazing hostess is our colouring champion Rita Wright!  Grab your coffee and head over to Rita's blog to check out her fabulous cards!

I love how versatile Rita's sketch is!  I also love that she used a butterfly not a circle!  Though you can use whatever shape you want, the butterfly is way less intimidating!   I started with the card at the top.  I wanted to do something other than black and white cards.  I love grey and yellow together and so thought I'd start with that.  the flower was a little more challenging because I had trouble finding who colours that worked.  It ended up being white and silver!

I then made the bottom card and yes, I realize that it's black and white.  I have a customer who wanted several black and white birthday cards.  I'm hoping this one will work.

Supplies: 
Cardstock: Basic Grey, Whisper White, Smokey Slate, Basic Black, Silver
DSP: Cherry on Top DSP Stack
Stamps: LJD Pretty Poppies (Top card), And Many More (bottom card)
Ink: Black Stazon
Other: Falling snow Embossing Folder, Stitched Flag Die (Lil Inkers), Quilted Flower Die (Lil Inkers), Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Please head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the amazing cards the design team has created for you!  You will not be disappointed!

Have a wonderful day!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #190

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Happy Wednesday!  I hope you've had a great start to your week!  I spent most of my day yesterday doing some cutting for our church camp this summer.  One of the projects we are making requires 225 envelopes.  I got those cut yesterday but the scoring and punching may take a while!  I think I need to pick easier projects!

Being Wednesday, we have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Amy O'Neill.  Amy has the most amazing eye for colour and comes up with the best colour combinations!  Check out her blog and all of her creative cards!

I must admit that this sketch may have given me a slight challenge!  I need an anniversary card this week.  You see my mom and dad are celebrating their 41st wedding anniversary next week and I wanted to make them a card that needed to get in the mail yesterday!  That oval threw me for a loop though!  I also realized in the creating of this card that I only one one stamp that says "Happy Anniversary".  I could have used "welcome baby" and my mom and dad probably would have gotten a big chuckle out of it but I decided to go with "Happiness Always" instead!

I used the flower from Secret Garden and coloured it using Blendabilities.  The flower started out as a Rich Razzleberry flower but ended up being Daffodil Delight!  I tell you, sometimes cards come together easy and sometimes they take a LONG time!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black
DSP: Brights Paper Stack (Retired)
Stamps: Secret Garden, And Many More
Ink: Stazon Black, Moss Meadow
Other: Basic Rhinestones, Oval Spellbinders, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Secret Garden Framelits, Dimensionals

Thanks so much 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 your viewing pleasure!

Have a wonderful day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #165

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Happy Wednesday!  It's December!  How on earth did that happen?!  Christmas is coming super fast! I was wrapping some gifts this afternoon but let me tell you,  I'm not feeling too festive these days.  I think it's the strange weather we've been having.  Warm then cold but very little snow - seems so odd for this time of the year around here!  Hopefully over the next few weeks I start to feel a bit more Christmasy!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Cindy Lovell is our fabulous hostess this week.  She makes the most amazing cards.  You need to grab a coffee (or tea!) and head on over to her blog and enjoy each and every one of her creations!

This sketch proved a little more challenging that I had thought it would be!  I do like a challenge though!  I couldn't decide if I would make a Christmas card or a regular card!  Since I'm not feeling all that festive, a regular card won!  I wanted to create a fairly simple card and limit the layers.  I love layers on cards - but sometimes I just need a card that's very simple!

I so love the Kinda Eclectic stamp set.  I decided to stamp the background with Silver Encore ink.  It has a bit of sparkle in real light!  I tried different colours of butterflies but black showed up best.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black
Stamps: Kinda Eclectic, And Many More
Ink: Silver Encore, Blackberry Bliss, Basic Black
Other: Basic Rhinestones, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Please head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the amazing cards the Design Team has come up with for you!  We cannot wait to see what you create for us this week!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #163

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Happy Wednesday!  I can't believe it's Wednesday already!  We are inching closer and closer to Christmas with every passing Wednesday!  The boys helped me put up my Christmas village on the weekend.  I wasn't quite ready but they were eager and wanted to help so I decided we would do it.  Caleb (he's 8) worked the whole time, diligently and carefully helping get each piece out and putting out the people.  He's growing up too fast.  Jacob (he's 6) worked longer than I thought he would.  He then decided he would hope in the Rubbermaid Tote we carried the village pieces upstairs in and pretend it was an F-18 Hornet which he flew around for the rest of the afternoon!

Since it's Wednesday, that means we have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  This week's beauty comes from the lovely and talented Cindy Hall!  Cindy makes such beautiful cards.  Please head over to her blog and take a look around!

I really love the versatility of Cindy's sketch!  It is perfect for pretty much any kind of card!  I must say though that this isn't the first version of the card I came up with!  Are you surprised?  Didn't think so!

I really do love the Wondrous Wreath Stamp set.  I love that they have the new tabs on the stamps and the Framelits that help line everything up!  It takes a little getting used to but it did work!

I added a few gold pearls that I had in my stash.  I originally tried using gold embossing powder and the berries from the stamp set but it just didn't look quite right!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Champagne Glimmer
Stamps: Wondrous Wreath, And Many More
Ink: Soft Suede, Early Espresso
Other: Wondrous Wreath Framelits, Itty Bitty Banners Framelits, Gold Pearls (non-SU), Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Please head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to see the beautiful cards the Design Team has created!  You will not be disappointed.

Have a  fabulous day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #156

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  Hope you're having a great week!  We've been having great weather here and I do wish it would last longer!  Today is my Halloween wreath making class that I'm super excited about.  I think the girls are going to love these wreaths!  I mean, who doesn't love a super cute bead spider?

We have a great new challenge at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Narelle Farrugia.  She has created a great sketch for us!  Narelle is the queen of beautiful cards, amazing layers and fabulous flowers!

I must admit (shamefully) that this sketch sent me for a loop and it wasn't the circle that gave me grief.  It was just the whole thing.  This card is version #4.  It also doesn't look quite as nice in the picture as it does in person.  We had a cloudy day on Tuesday so my lighting wasn't the greatest.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Island Indigo, Silver Glimmer
DSP: Winter Frost Specialty
Stamps: Flower Patch, And Many More, Kinda Eclectic
Ink: Basic Black, Silver, Island Indigo, Pool Party
Other: Sequins, Flower Fair Framelits, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Please head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to check out the amazing cards the Design Team has created!  You will not be disappointed!  I'm so fortunate to be part of this great team!

I hope you have a amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #155

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week!  We are having some great weather here in Ontario and we will take it as long as we can!  I love the cooler nights and the warm days.  The sunshine was so beautiful today!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week courtesy of the extremely talented Karren Johnson.  Karren makes such beautiful cards.  Head over to her blog and take a look!

I am starting on getting those Christmas cards done.  It is a daunting task and I wish I were more organized.  I think I will settle on a design soon and go to town!

I mentioned earlier this week that I would be using the Festive Flurry stamp set again.  I just can't help it.  I love those snowflakes!  They're so fun.  I also embossed the silver on black again.  Instead of a tag I went with the Framelits Banners.  I wanted to keep the card simple and the background fairly clean.  I couldn't resist the red glimmer card stock or some bling!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black. Red Glimmer
Stamps: Festive Flurry, And Many More
Ink: Real Red, Versamark
Other: Banners Framelits, Festive Flurry Framelits, Silver Embossing Powder, Basic Rhinestones,  Frosted Finishes

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

Have a  wonderful day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #151

Hello!
Welcome to another Wednesday!  We are on vacation right now and currently enjoying the sand and surf in Myrtle Beach!  Since I'm pre-writing this post I'm going to go out on a limb and assume we are having a fabulous vacation!

We have a great new sketch today courtesy of Kim Singdahlsen.  This is Kim's last week with us at Freshly Made Sketches!  We have loved seeing her fabulous cards over the last four weeks and she leaves us today with an amazing sketch!

As the weather here in Burlington gets colder and fall approaches, I feel the need to make some Thanksgiving cards!  I must say that fall cards are my favourite ones to make!  I had some old DSP stashed in my craft room and decided to haul it out.  Sadly I can't remember the name.  Surprising?  Not so much, I know!  I paired up some Autumn Wooden Elements (from the new Holiday Catalogue).  I used the woodgrain embossing folder to add a little more texture!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla

DSP: I can't remember....

Stamps: And Many More

Other: Autumn Wooden Elements, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by!  

Please hop on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to check out the amazing cards the design team has created for you!  Don't forget to leave Kim some love and thank her for her great sketch and amazing contributions to our team!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen!

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #146

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Happy Wednesday!  Hope you are having a great week!  The boys and I are enjoying another week together!  We've had lots of fun and enjoyed each other's company!  They started their summer Project Life albums!  Caleb took to it right away and loved using the journalling cards and some stamps!  How I love that Stampin' Up and Project Life have teamed up together!!!!  I apologize for my complete lack of cards lately.  Having the boys home all the time means zero time for card making during the day and generally complete exhaustion by the time I get them to bed!

Today we have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches from the incredibly creative Amy O'Neill.  Her cards are so beautiful!  I love scrolling through her blog and drooling!

At first this sketch had me sweating!  I saw that flower and what I really saw was a big ol' circle!  I started to stress but I love the Kinda Eclectic stamp set and knew that I really wanted to use it on this card.

My dear friend Jenn graciously provided her swimming pool for us to use for our lessons a few days this week as the pool we were slotted to use has a broken heater and is freezing cold!  I wanted to have a card to thank her for coming to our rescue!  The "You Made My Day" stamp in the "And Many More" stamp set was perfect for this card!  I decided to emboss that and the butterflies in gold! I threw on some sequins and voila!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Blackblerry Bliss
Stamps: Kinda Eclectic, And Many More
Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Versamark
Other: Gold Embossing Powder, Vellum, Gold Sequins, Basic Pearls

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Please hop on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to have a peek at the beautiful cards the Design Team has created for you!  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen