Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #296

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I am sorry I missed out on last week's challenge!  It was our church camp week! We had such a busy but fun week!  Our camp had just over 1000 kids for the week and we had just over 40 kids making cards all day!  It was fun to see their pride in their creations and the amazement when they saw embossing powder melt for the first time!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the fabulous Jen Timko!  Jen's cards are so fun and her colouring and creativity amazes me!  I'm so fortunate to have met Jen (twice!) and think another get together is definitely in order!!!

Jen has picked a great sketch and I love the square card!  At first I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it but then realized I needed some teacher thank you cards!  Yes, our kids are finally done school!  I made these cards a while ago!!!  Please don't think I'm really slow given our teachers their cards!

I used the Carried Away DSP (again!) and the Class Act stamp set and Confetti cuts from Reverse Confetti.  I added a bright red flag to contrast!  I love red.  It is totally my favourite colour!  Of course I added a bit of Wink of Stella to the apple leaf.  I couldn't help myself.  The camp kids LOVED using Wink of Stella too!  See, I'm not the only one who loves it!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Smokey Slate, Basic Black, Real Red, Gumball Green, Red Shimmer
DSP: Carried Away
Stamps: Class Act (Reverse Confetti)
Ink: Stazon
Other: Class Act Confetti Cuts, Wink of Stella, 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 for your inspiration!

Have a fabulous day!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #239

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  Can you believe it's June 1st already?!  I can't.  I totally thought there was another week left in May.  I was totally shocked on Monday to realize that June was coming faster than I thought!  I also can't believe the new Stampin' Up Catalogue goes live today!  I feel like this year flew by a lot faster than I wanted it to!

Since it's Wednesday, we have a great new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our amazing hostess this week is none other than the incredibly talented Cindy Hall!  Cindy makes beautiful cards!  You need to head to her blog and check out her creations!

I started out with a simple card (see below).  It didn't take long and I do like the green but I decided it was a little too simple and that I would need to beef it up a little!  I decided I would get a head start on the teacher cards I need for later in June!  I used the Class Act stamp set from Reverse Confetti!  I think I should have embossed the white but I didn't think of it until after I had the card all put together!

Supplies:
Card#1
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black
Stamps: Class Act
Ink: Stazon Black, Real Red, Pool Party, Cucumber Crush
Other: Class Act Confetti Cuts,  Spiral notebook punch, Dimensionals

Card#2
Cardstock: Whisper White
DSP: Cherry on Top DSP Stack
Stamps: Just Sayin'
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: Word Bubbles Framelits Dies, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches Blog to see the amazing cards the Design Team has created for you!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #192

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week!  We're in the home stretch of the school year. Us Canadians have to go until the end of June.  The kids are so done with school though but they're plugging away.  It's been a good year for both boys.  They loved their teachers and they are both sad that they are moving on.  I am thankful for four teachers who put so much effort and energy and love into my boys!  They appreciated every minute!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches.  Our fabulous hostess is none other than the amazing Jen Mitchell!  Jen is my card making hero!  Her cards always leave me smiling.  I love her style!

I was in charge of doing a group class gift for the four wonderful teachers that we had this year.  I decided that I would keep the card fairly straight forward.  I love the Class Act stamp set from Reverse Confetti and couldn't wait to crack it open for these cards!  I added a bit of white craft ink to make the front look a little chalky - which is rather funny since there isn't a single chalkboard in our school!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red
Ink: Memento, Real Red, Gumball Green, Early Espresso, Basic Grey, Whisper White Craft Ink
Stamps: Class Act (Reverse Confetti)
Other: Class Act Confetti Cuts, Large Dots Textured Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches Blog to see what the Design Team has created for you as your inspiration!  You won't be disappointed.

Have a fabulous Day!
Jen