Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #331

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!   I hope you're having a great start to your week!  It's a cold week here.  We had some crazy rain last night and it felt more like a fall/winter day than a spring day.  It seems like the weather doesn't know what's going on and instead of warming up it's getting colder!  This mom is done with winter and mitts and hats and the dirt that comes with it!!!  It is time to bring on spring!!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches courtesy of our amazing French designer Cecile Ribbon!  Cecile owns the most amazing die cuts and I am always wowed by the cards she comes up with!  This sketch is no different!  Totally threw me for a loop at first!

So I wasn't sure what I wanted to use for this sketch!  I kinda realized I didn't own a lot of stamps or die cuts that would work for those leaves!  Then I found my Butterfly Basics stamp set and decided I could use just this set and make the card work!  I opened up some of my SU Stampin' Blends and coloured up some flowers!  I threw on a cute little butterfly and some sequins and was good to go!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink: Memento Black, SU Black Archival
Stamps: Butterfly Basics
Other: Sequins, Stampin Blends, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the gorgeous cards that the Design Team has created for you!  I hope you'll also join me in giving Tracey McNeely a warm welcome!  Tracey will be joining us as a guest designer for the month of April!

Have a fantastic day!

Jen

Happy Birthday!

Hello!
Happy Sunday!  I bet you're wondering what's going on and why I'm posting on a Sunday!  Well, my boys have gone to spend a week with my parents and so I have a little bit (okay a lot) of extra time on my hands.  I used that time this weekend to make a few cards!!  I'm pretty pumped about that!  I haven't been feeling too creative lately so I'm hoping that this week my creativity returns a bit while I have time!!!

I decided to play along with this week's Global Design Project Challenge.  This week is a "Case the Designer" challenge.  I love the butterfly and I love the background and decided to case the general design of the card.

I kept with the gold/neutral theme and used the wreath from the Warm Welcome Set (Lil Inkers) and add some gold flowers and a little green butterfly!  I threw some splotches in the background, added some sequins and embossed a sentiment in gold!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Gold
Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge (SU), Butterfly Basics (SU), Warm Welcome (Lil Inkers)
Ink: Wild Wasabi, Early Espresso, Versamark
Other: Warm Welcome Dies (Lil Inkers), Sequins, Gold Embossing Powder, Dimensionals

Thanks again for stopping by!
I hope you have a fabulous day!!
Jen

CAS(E) This Sketch Birthday Wishes

Hello!
I hope you're all having a great week!  It's been beautiful here and the weather has been so summery! I do hope this weather continues for awhile!

I had a few minutes at home alone this morning and decided I would play along with a challenge I had been unable to join in on in a very long time.  I am hoping to be able to take part in more challenges over the next little while but we shall see!

CAS(E) This Sketch is one of my favourite challenges and I loved this week's sketch but this one did stump me!  I don't do so well with washi tape so I knew I would have to use stamps!

I don't think my card is much like the sketch - I took a very liberal interpretation of the sketch.  I don't usually do that.   I feel kinda guilty!  Anyhow, I got my Butterfly Basics stamp set out and went to town!

I used some of the thicker Whisper White cardstock for the card base and it's fantastic!  Sure helped give my card a lot more stability!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White
Stamps: Butterfly Basics
Ink: Smokey Slate, Crushed Curry, Blackberry Bliss, Stazon Black
Other: Butterfly Basics Thinlits, 3/4" circle punch, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!  I will be back shortly with this week's new Freshly Made Sketches sketch!!!!  It's a fun one!

Have a great day!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #188

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week!  I can't believe that we are already in the last week of May!  Where on earth did May go?!  My oldest turned 9 last week!  I remember the day I went into labour with him like it was yesterday.  Seems unreal that it could be 9 years ago.

Being Wednesday, we have a great new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our lovely hostess this week is none other than the talented Karren Johnson!  Karren makes such beautiful cards!  I love her creativity!

I put this card together rather quickly but I can't say that I'm thrilled with it.  I wanted to do black, white and gold but I realize now I should have used vanilla instead of white!  I didn't have time to go back and try and change it!  I had to add some butterflies because, well, who doesn't love butterflies!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White
Stamps: In a Big Way (Reverse Confetti), Butterfly Basics
Ink: Versamark
Other: Gold Embossing Powder, Butterfly Thinlits, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Basic Pearls, Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inkers), Dimensionals


Thanks so much 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!  You will not be disappointed!

Have a great day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #185

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week so far!  We have been having such lovely spring weather!  We even heated up the pool on the weekend so the kids could take their first dip of the season!  They dusted off their golf clubs and hit the driving range too!  I think summer is here to stay at our house!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches courtesy of the incredibly talented Cindy Hall!  I love Cindy's cards!  They always make me smile!  Check out her blog and you won't be disappointed!

I realized that I hadn't tried out my new SU Butterfly Thinlits Dies!  I do love butterflies!  I wanted to keep the card pretty clean and simple.  I used the sentiment from the Butterfly Basics stamp set!  It seemed to fit perfectly in that little space!  I threw on some bling and I was done!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Silver
Stamps: Butterfly Basics
Ink: Black
Other: Butterfly Thinlits, Basic Rhinestones, Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inkers), Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to check out the beautiful the cards the Design Team has created for you!  You will love them!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen