Freshly Mae Sketches Challenge #250

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you are having a great week so far!  Jacob and I are heading to the Ontario Science Centre today with friends today!  Jake isn't so sure about it yet but I'm sure we'll have a great ol' time!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches today courtesy of our amazing guest designer Cecile Ribon!  She makes beautiful cards and we have been so fortunate to have her join us!  You can head over to her blog to see exactly what I'm talking about!

I finally got around to ordering some SU stuff from the new catalogue.  I know, it's shameful but I don't really get a lot of crafting time in the summer!  I couldn't wait to get the Botanical Builder Dies and the Copper Foil cardstock from the upcoming Holiday catalogue is just amazing!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Copper
Stamps: Another Thank You
Ink: Versamark
Other: Botanical Builder Dies, Softly Falling Embossing Folder, Copper Embossing Powder, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping in today!  I hope you'll hop on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to check out the beautiful cards the Design Team has created for your inspiration!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #245

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you've had a great week so far!  The boys and I are enjoying our first true week of summer vacation!  Last week was camp week at our church!  750 very excited kids! It was a great week and we ended the week very tired!!!  This week we are totally enjoying ourselves and will be treating ourselves to a trip to the Hockey Hall of Fame!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our fabulous hostess in the amazing Jen Mitchell!  Jen's cards are so gorgeous!   Please hop on over to her blog and check them out!

I had been feeling rather uncreative since the end of camp.  I needed a thank you card for a friend of mine.  He is an amazing artist and gave my boys (all three of them) some hand drawn airplane prints. They are incredible and the boys love them.  I wanted to thank him for an airplane card since he's a plane lover himself!  I am not totally thrilled with the card but once the boys write notes in it, it will convey how truly thankful we are!

Supplies:
Cardstock:  Kraft, Whisper White, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight
Stamps: Send me Soaring, Another Thank You
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inkers), Sun 'n Clouds Confetti Cuts, 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 amazing cards the Design Team has created for you!!!

Have a fabulous day!!!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #143

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!   I hope you're having a great week!  I am loving summer holidays!  They couldn't have come soon enough!  I am very sorry that I haven't been posting much.  Our church's summer camp is next week and my friend and I are in charge of the card making elective so I have been going crazy getting projects ready for camp!  Now all my "stuff" is packed up and I'm not sure when (or how!) I'll make my next card!

We have a great sketch at Freshly Made Sketches today!  Cindy Lovell has created a beauty for us!  Cindy is so incredibly talented and creates the most amazing cards!  I could spend hours looking at her blog!

I had a few minutes to open the my box of goodies from the new catalogue.  I love the "Kinda Eclectic" stamp set.  It's so fun to work with and of course I love the butterflies!  I couldn't wait to work with it!  I saw this evil circle on the sketch and knew right away what I would do!  Take that circle element!!!!  I tried different "banners" with a sentiment on it but nothing worked.  I decided I would try stamping directly on some natural ribbon.  I flipped the chevron ribbon over and voila!  It suited the card better than anything else I had tried!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White
Stamps: Kinda Eclectic, Another Thank You
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Pool Party
Other: Chevron Natural Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Small Butterfly Punch

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Please make sure you check out the Freshly Made Sketches blog!  The Design Team has once again created some amazing cards!  I am so fortunate to be working with such a creative bunch!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #142

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  Can you believe it's almost the end of June!  Where on earth did that month go?  Our kids have to go to school until Friday (and believe me, it's pain and torture) but then we're home free!  I can't wait to not have to make lunches every day - at least not while we're also trying to make breakfast!

We have a brand new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches today!  I am thrilled to be this week's hostess!  I have some big shoes to fill of Cindy's great sketch last week!  I decided to go with something very simple and clean.  I can't wait to see what you come up with!  I love the diversity we see in the gallery!

I have some teacher cards that need to be created in time for the last day of school.  This probably wasn't the best card to try and re-create 4 times but they're pretty much done!  One final step and I'm off to the races!  My "Another Thank You" arrived on Monday and was put to use right away!  I rubbed craft ink on the back panel to create a chalkboard effect.  Unfortunately it didn't go as planned and I ended up with "lumps".  I also find it amusing that there are no chalk boards in our school.  Guess I should have used a white board or a "Smart Board"!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red
Stamps: Teacher's Apple (PTI), Another Thank You (SU)
Ink: Versamark, Real Red, Wild Wasabi, White Craft Ink
Other: White Embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Early Espresso marker

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Please head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out what the design team has created for your viewing pleasure!  You will not be disappointed!

Have a  fabulous day!

Jen