Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #246

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope your week is going well!  I must say that I tried to make a card yesterday but did not feel the creative juices flowing at all.  Sadly.  Oh well.  I guess that's okay!  This morning I'm heading on a bike ride with a friend!  Maybe that will get some creativity flowing!

We have a great new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Rita Wright!  Rita is our colouring and tag making expert!  Head over to her blog to check our her beautiful creations!

I must say this card gave me a run for my money!  It took a few tries but I opted for a Lil Inkers tag and a little daisy!  I embossed the background because plain black just looked too boring then I threw on some rhinestones and called it a day!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight
Stamps: Coffee Talk
Ink: Black Stazon
Other: Anytime Tags Die Set 2, SU Daisy, Tribal Chic Cover Up Die, Basic Rhinestones, Daffodil Delight Taffeta Ribbon (SU Retired), Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you will 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

Warm and Sweet!

Hello!
Happy Monday!  I hope you have had a great start to your week!  Today is "cooking" day at our house!  The boys have drum lessons right before dinner on Wednesday and Thursday so I like to have those dinners ready ahead of time!  This week it was lasagne and tacos!  I kinda smell like a taco, lasagne, some fajitas and hard boiled eggs!!!

This is another one of the cards that I found on my desk!  Don't think for a minute that I tidied my desk and found them!  I think I just moved one pile and there they were!

I do love the Coffee Cozy stamps from Lil' Inkers!  I honestly could use them on every card (and I don't even drink coffee!!!).

I love this paper from SU!  Those butterflies just make me smile!  The paper is from the Pretty Petals DSP Stack!  The colours are just so vibrant!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Kraft, Calypso Coral
DSP: Pretty Petals DSP Stack
Stamps: Coffee Cozy (Lil' Inkers)
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: Coffee Cozy Dies, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you have a fabulous week!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #206

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week!  I haven't gotten as much time in my craft room this week as I would have liked so I'm hoping to be able to create some cards this afternoon!  The activities are commitments are starting to ramp up around here so it's not leaving a lot of left over time for crafting!  I'm wondering if my family really needs to eat meals?!!!!  Think of the time I could save!!!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our amazing hostess this week is Linda Callahan!  Linda makes such beautiful cards!  I love her creativity!  She also has a fabulous sense of humour!  You need to check out her blog!

Now, you can only imagine the joking that went on in our group when Linda posted this sketch.  At first I thought she was trying to do me in.  Not only is there a big circle on it, there are THREE!  Seriously!  Actually, I knew right away I wanted to use coffee cups on this card.  I just love these sweet cups!  I wanted to create a really simple card.  I love simple (but you already know that!).  I love Kraft paper as well.  It speaks to me about as much as a pure white background!  I added a little heart from the Natural Elements and it was done!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Kraft, Whisper White
Stamps: Coffee Cozy (Lil Inkers)
Ink: Black Stazon
Other: Coffee Cozy Dies (Lil Inkers), Natural Elements, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Please had on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to see the amazing cards the design team has created for you!

I hope you have a fabulous day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #177

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  Another week is halfway done and we are one step closer to March break here in Ontario!  I am some excited - so are my boys!  We are going to see my parents on Friday and this year we're going to fly so they are beyond pumped to fly on an airplane and see Grannie and Papa all in one day!  I'm not sure they'll be able to contain their excitement!

Today we have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches from the lovely and extremely creative Karren Johnson!  Karren's cards are always so beautiful and fresh!  Head over to her blog and you will not be disappointed!

I didn't freak out when I saw that tiny, little circle!  I knew right away that I needed that circle to be a coffee cup!  This card is going to a special friend who loves coffee and who has been providing Bed and Breakfast services to the man who's painting my house!  I do have the greatest friends!  I am sending some chocolate cupcakes "home" with him tonight and this card!

I do love that coffee cup stamp and die!  I could use it for so many people!  I still have a lot of paper left in my Stacked with Love DSP stack!  Thankfully, since they're double sided and generally have one side that doesn't have hearts, they can be used all year round!

I threw on some sequins.  I just thought it needed a little sparkle!  Who doesn't love a little sparkle?!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red, Kraft
DSP: Stacked with Love DSP Stack
Stamps: Coffee Cozy (Lil' Inkers)
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Coffee Cozy Dies (Lil' Inkers), Sequins, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have the time to head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the amazing cards the Design Team has created!

Have a wonderful day!

Jen!

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #169

Hello!  Happy Wednesday!
I hope you're all having a great week!  I can't believe it's almost the middle of January.  The days are slowly getting longer and I'm enjoying ever extra minute of daylight we get each day!

We have a fabulous new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our very own, and fabulously talented Jennifer Timko has created a great sketch for us!   Now, I'm sure as you look at the sketch and see that GIANT circle sitting there you started laughing wondering what I thought.  We won't talk about that.  That circle and I are not on speaking terms!

As I mentioned in my previous post, the stitched rectangle dies from Lil' Inkers are going to get a lot of use on each and every card.  The Coffee Cozy stamp set will as well!  I just love it (and all the fabulous sayings that it comes with)!  Now, I want to give this card to my husband for Valentine's day but it really should say "You're the milk in my tea".  I don't actually drink coffee but tea and I, we're inseparable!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Kraft, Red Glimmer
DSP: Stacked with Love DSP Stack
Stamps: Coffee Cozy (Lil' Inkers)
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Polka Dot Textured Embossing Folder, Coffee Cozy Dies, Itty Bitty Accents Punch, Rectangle Stitched Frame Dies, Dimensionals

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 come up with to inspire you!  You will not be disappointed!

Have a great week!
Jen