Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #412

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week so far!  Can you believe we're more than halfway through November?  Are you ready for Christmas?  I am totally not ready at all.  I've purchased some gifts but I'm nowhere near ready to go.  I have never felt this far behind.  Just trying to take one day at a time!!

We have a brand new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  I have the privilege of being this week's hostess.  I always worry that I'll make a sketch that no one likes or wants to participate with so I try and design ones that are broad and can be interpreted in different ways!

I am behind on Christmas cards (of course!) so I decided I needed a sketch that could incorporate Christmas!  I must admit though that this is not he first card.  I know, you're totally not shocked by that confession!!  I made my card and wasn't totally satisfied.  I was looking at my Christmas stamp sets and saw this star and knew it would work perfectly!

Supples:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Silver
Stamps: Bright and Beautiful,  Festival of Trees
Ink: Versamark
Other: Silver Embossing Powder, Sequins (Taylored Expressions), Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the amazing cards the Design Team has created!  You will definitely be inspired!  I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Have an amazing day!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #161

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  Can you believe it's Wednesday already!  I'm sorry I missed playing along with Freshly Made Sketches last week.   Can you believe we're are into November already?!  How on earth did that happen?  The weeks are flying by!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week courtesy of our fabulous Linda Callahan.  Linda makes such beautiful cards so you are going to want to go and check out her blog!

The Christmas season is approaching far too quickly.  I have realized too quickly that I will not have my cards ready if I don't get my act together!  I need to be creating a few more of these this week!

I tried the sketch using the orientation that Linda has designed but I just couldn't get it to work.  Once I turned it, I seemed to be able to create a card I actually liked!  I made a different one as well that I will share tomorrow!  I was having some issues with my cherry cobbler ink so I decided to use embossing powder instead.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler
Stamps: Bright and Beautiful
Ink: Versamark
Other: Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder, Silver Taffeta Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones, Stars Framelits, Dimensionals.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you are able to head to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to check out the beautiful cards the Design Team has created for your inspiration.  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Have a fabulous day!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #150

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope everyone is having a great week!  We are on "vacation" this week!  I would say it's more like a stay-cation so far!  We are gearing up for a big vacation adventure next week and will be heading on a road trip!  I'm so excited!  One of the highlights will be meeting up with Freshly Made Sketches' design team member Jennifer Timko!  I can't wait!

Today brings us a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  The amazing Linda Callahan brings us today's beauty!  You can head on over to her blog and check out the incredible cards she comes up with!

I had visions of this card in my head and it took a few go's at it before I actually got something I was happy with!  Part of the problem is that my craft room is a disaster.  I mean, it looks like a bomb went off in it.  I haven't had much time to actually clean it up lately so it's been a dumping ground for everything.  Once the boys are back in school it will become priority #1!

I love the new Bright and Beautiful stamp set!  It's in the new Holiday Mini Catalogue!  It will be available for customers August 28th!  This fabulous stamp set coordinates perfectly with the Star Framelits!  Who doesn't love coordination!  I added some of the fabulous new Cherry Cobbler Sheer Linen Ribbon and some sequins and voila!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Champagne Glimmer
Stamps: Bright and Beautiful
Ink: Versamark, Cherry Cobbler
Other: Gold Sequins, Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder, Star Framelits, Cherry Cobbler Sheer Linen Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by today!  Please head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the beautiful cards the design team has created for your viewing pleasure!

I hope you have a fabulous day!

Jen!