Freshly Made Sketches Challenge 581

Hello

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a good week so far.  Our boys are off this week for their spring break.  We had originally planned some outdoor activities but the weather is just not cooperating with us.  Life in the mountains means very unpredictable weather especially in the fall and spring.  Oh well.  We'll make the best of it.  I don't mind a quiet week.  

We've got a super fun sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our favourite French designer, Cecile Ribon is on tap this week!  Cecile's cards are always incredible and I'm amazed at her creativity!  She takes card making to the next level!  Head over to her blog to check them out!

I struggled with this card.  I just couldn't get my head in the game.  I wanted to use the Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers: Spring Greenery Honey Cuts for this but I feel like I didn't do them justice.  I also stayed clear of the Hot Foil machine -  mainly because I don't have purple foil.  Maybe I should have just taken a trip to the store to find some!!!   Needless to say I'm not overly impressed with the card but I didn't have time to try and make another one and I'm trying to stay away from the Be Bold Blooms!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic White, Highland Heather, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green,

DSP: Plaid 6X6 (brights) SU

Stamps: Bitty Buzzwords (SU)

Ink: Highland Heather (SU)

Other: Bitty Buzzwords Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Lovely Layers: Spring Greenery (Honey Bee Stamps), Stitched So Sweetly Dies (SU),  Rhinestones (SU)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to find some inspiration and join in our challenge this week!  We can't wait to see what you create!

Have an amazing day!

Jen!

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #574

Hello!  

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you are having a great week!  I am so blessed to be spending a week with my parents in Ontario - though the damp weather is killing me!!  I can’t believe how much I’ve grown accustomed to the dry Alberta air!

We’ve got a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  I am this week’s hostess and hope you’ll like the sketch I’ve come up with and want to play along!  I didn’t have time to make my card before I left for Ontario last week but thankfully my mom has an amazing craft room that I’ve been able to play in!  She even has a brand new die set that I couldn’t wait to try out!  

I kinda veered away from my own sketch….sorry - I’ll blame it on still not feeling well and really wanting to use the Lovely Layers Magnolia Honey Cuts!!  

Supplies:

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride, Powder Pink, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Silver Foil, Vellum

Stamps: Bitty Buzzwords (Honey Bee Stamps)

Ink: Versamark Black, Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green

Other: Lovely Layers Magnolia Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Bitty Buzzword Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder (SU), Blending Brushes 

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 beautiful cards posted that will definitely get your creative juices flowing!  I can’t wait to see what you create this week!  

Have an amazing day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #555

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  We're halfway through the week already!  We are having some beautiful (and not very Alberta like) fall weather this week!  It's actually been more like summer!  I will take this warmth and sunshine as long as I can!  Trust me!  It's so lovely!  

We've got a brand new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our favourite Aussie is hosting this week!  Narelle Farrugia makes the most gorgeous cards!  Fussy cutting, blends and flowers are for sure her specialty so head over to her blog to check them out!  

This is not at all the card I had in mind when I saw this sketch!  I still want to make what I had in mind (and probably should have from the start) but I decided to try something else.  This card took me forever with several changes and I'm still not thrilled with it.  Card making is quite the process isn't it?!  

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic White, Basic Black, Real Red, Poppy Parade, Basic Grey, Garden Green

Stamps: Bitty Buzzwords (Honey Bee Stamps)

Ink: Basic Black, Poppy Parade, Real Red, Garden Green

Other: Bitty Buzzwords Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Lovely Layers Wildflowers (Honey Bee Stamps), Double Stitched Circle Dies (Lil Inkers), Stitched So Sweetly Dies (SU), Sequins (Taylored Expressions)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll join in our challenge this week.  We always love to see what you come up with!  

Head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the cards that the Design Team has posted!  Hopefully they'll inspire you!

I thought I'd share our most recent hike - We hiked up Cirque Peak just past Lake Louise (around Bow Lake).  It started out raining, changed to sun, then a freak snow storm while we hit the summit so we couldn't see anything and then an hour later, beautiful sunshine again!  You win some and you lose some!

Have an amazing day!  

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #527

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!  We've got some beautiful springy weather here!  I won't hold my breath though.  I figure winter has a few more dirty tricks up its sleeve still!  I will enjoy the sun and the warmth while I can though!  It's nice to see the snow melt!!!

We've got a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the fabulous Judy Rozema!  Judy's cards are always so lovely so you need to head to her blog to check them out!  

Judy's sketch threw me a little this week.  I had in my head what I was going to do and then when I tried it, it definitely didn't work.  I had to start from square one.  Or is it rectangle one?!   I really wanted to use my new tulip dies and I wanted to try out my tulips in a Calypso Coral colour!  I'm not sure if there are tulips that are this colour but I'm sure there are!  

I had to flip the sketch horizontally to make it work but I think that you can sort of see the sketch in there! I used my blending brushes to colour some ink on my tulip petals to give them some different depth of colour!  I definitely don't think the picture does the tulips justice!  

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic White, Calypso Coral, Crisp Canteloupe, Petal Pink, Garden Green, 

DSP: Gingham Gala (Retired)

Stamps: Bitty Buzzwords (Honey Bee Stamps)

Ink: Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Crisp Canteloupe, Petal Pink, Garden Green

Other: Bitty Buzzwords Honey Cuts, Lovely Layers Tulips, Vellum, Dimensionals, Blending Brushes

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join us in our challenge this week!  The Design Team has come up with some inspiring cards to spur you on!  

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #526

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week so far!  We're in a bit of a cold spell but there are warm chinook winds coming in soon and we're supposed to have lovely "warm" weather!  Living close to the mountains sure has brought some interesting weather!  I must say though I do love the dry air.  No more dampness, no more humidity!!  

We have a great new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the fabulous Amy O'Neill!  Amy's cards are always so sweet and so beautiful so please head over to her blog to check them out!  

I had to snap up the Lovely Layers Tulips Honey Cuts from Honey Bee Stamps!  Tulips are my favourite flower so I could not wait to get them!  I'm not uber impressed with this card but I still think the tulips are so beautiful!  I used blending brushes to add in colour to the tulips!  

Supplies:

Cardstock: Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Basic Black, Basic White, Silver

DSP: Pattern Party

Stamps: Bitty Buzzwords

Ink: Versafine, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Garden Green

Other: Lovely Layers Tulips (Honey Bee Stamps), Bitty Buzzwords Honey Cuts, Daffodil Delight Ribbon, Blending Brushes, 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 cards there to inspire you!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #521

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week so far!  I'm so confused with what day it is because my boys had a PA Day (Day off school) on Monday and I keep thinking we're a day behind!  My oldest started a new semester and is super excited to have Military Studies as a course!  He will love it!  My youngest will be sewing a pair of pyjamas at school!  They have some pretty cool course choices here in Alberta!

Anyhow, we have a fabulous new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week.  Our hostess is the witty Linda Callahan!  Linda creates gorgeous cards and keeps us in stitches!  Head over to her blog and check out her beautiful creations!  

So this sketch threw me for a while and in the end I apparently couldn't follow it very well!  Seriously.  My tulip is a little too high.  Unfortunately, it's not moving!  I do love a springy looking tulip and needed a little spot of spring on this cold, snowy winter day!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic White, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Strawberry Slush, Vellum

DSP: Sunshine and Rainbows 6X6 pack

Stamps: Bitty Buzzwords (Honey Bee Stamps)

Ink: Versamark, Garden Green, Melon Mambo, Strawberry Slush, Pink Pirouette

Other: Silver Embossing Powder, Bitty Buzzwords Honey Cuts, Tulips Dies, Brick Wall Embossing Folder, Subtle Shimmer Sequins, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog!  You'll find a beautiful array of cards to inspire you!  We sure hope you'll join in our challenge this week.

Have an amazing day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #519

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week!  We're back in a bit of a deep freeze for two days and then it's supposed to warm up again.  The weather here in the Calgary area is a bit weird.  Ups and downs.  It was +11 degrees on Monday and -15 degrees on Tuesday.  Thankfully only one of us had a headache.  The weather has been a little crazy all over this week.  I hope wherever you are, you are safe and warm!

We've got a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the only member of our team whom I've actually met in person - Jen Timko!  Jen is an uber talented card maker!   Please head over to her blog and drool over her cards!  

So normally I stare at the sketches for a while and try and figure out what I'll do but this one was different.  I already had this bunch of hydrangea sitting on my desk.  I had wanted to make a card with them but hadn't gotten around to it.  I knew I could put them on a square and they would fit this sketch perfectly!  These flower dies from Honey Bee Stamps are so gorgeous and are such fun to play with!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic White, Bashful Blue (maybe?), Night of Navy, Granny Apple Green, Lucky Limeade, Vellum

Stamps: Bitty Buzzwords (Honey Bee Stamps)

Ink: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Garden Green

Other: Lovely Layers Hydrangea Honeycuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Bitty Buzzwords Honeycuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Blending Brushes, Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder, 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 created some gorgeous cards that will inspire you!  

Have an amazing day!

Jen