Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #275

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you've had a great start to your week!  The week is flying by here!  Did you have a nice Valentine's Day yesterday?  We had a lovely day here.  It was sunny for a good chunk of the day and nice and warm.  Melted some of the snow away!  We indulged in some chocolate covered strawberries after dinner.  They are an annual family tradition!  I probably should make them more often because they sure are delicious!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Narelle Farrugia.  Narelle is the queen of gorgeous flowers and fussy cutting.  Head over to her blog and you'll see exactly what I mean!!  Super talented!

I opted for a different card for this sketch.  I made it but it just wasn't doing it for me.  Not sure why but I didn't love it.  I then discovered that I needed a card for my friend Tracey who finished her last radiation treatment last Tuesday.  She is in our bootcamp class and has been at almost every class throughout her chemo and her radiation.  A true inspiration for us!  Our group wants to congratulate her on finishing her treatments!

I love this stamp/die set from Lil' Inkers!  The flowers look like they're inked a little weird but it's really that they're covered in Wink of Stella.  You had to know that right?!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Smokey Slate
Stamps: Warm Welcome (Lil' Inkers), Sentiment Flags (Lil' Inkers)
Ink: Stazon Black, Crushed Curry, Real Red, Gumball Green, Marina Mist
Other: Basic Rhinestones, Warm Welcome Dies, 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 cards that the Design Team has created for you!  We can't wait to see what you come up with this week!

Have a great day!

Jen



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Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #263

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  Can you believe we're midway through November already?!  How does that happen?!  I hope you've started your Christmas shopping.  I've slowly started mine and am trying to get things now before the shelves get emptied and picked over!  Sometimes it's easier said than done though!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches today.  Our hostess this week if our fabulous French designer Cecile Ribon!  Cecile makes beautiful cards and you need to head over to her blog to check out those gorgeous creations!

Now, I need three cards this week.  It's already Wednesday and only one is done.  I'm doing really well!  This is the first card I need so thankfully it's done.  I'm part of a bootcamp "group".  We have class every Wednesday and sometimes on Sunday mornings.  One of the girls in our group is having her last chemo treatment tomorrow.  She has made it to bootcamp almost every week since her diagnosis. We are so proud of her and amazed by her strength.  We have a little surprise for her tomorrow to congratulate her on this accomplishment!

This sketch did stump me.  It wasn't even the circles, it was that bottom panel.  I won't tell you how many "draft" versions are sitting on my desk.  The creativity sure hasn't been flowing lately.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Grey, Smokey Slate, Whisper White
DSP: A Little Foxy DSP Stack
Stamps: Itty Bitty Banners
Ink: Versamark
Other: Bitty Banners Dies, Botanical Builders Dies, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Wink of Stella, Basic Rhinestones, Silver Embossing Powder, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out all the fabulous cards the Design Team has created for you!

Have a great day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #135

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I can't believe it's Wednesday already!  Tuesday was a beautiful day here!  The boys are so excited to have some warm, sunny weather!  They were outside from the time they got home from school until it was bath/shower time!  We even ate outside!  Poor Jacob was so tired he couldn't walk up the stairs to bed!  I realize that my days of carrying the little guy are getting fewer and fewer so I will take advantage whenever I can!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Narelle Farrugia.  If you haven't been to her blog lately you need to stop what you're doing and head on over there!  Okay, maybe finish reading this post first!!!  Her cards are just beautiful!

As soon as I saw the sketch I knew that I wanted to do a card with the Blue Ribbon stamp set.  My friend Barb just completed her first half marathon.  Barb only started running late summer/early fall and started out running just a few kilometres and has worked her way up to a half marathon!  She is a very determined lady!  I wanted to honour her accomplishment with a card!

I'm not over thrilled with my card....I just couldn't get it to work the way I wanted but Barb loved it and that's all that matters!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Pacific Point, Real Red, Silver
Stamps: Blue Ribbon, Love and Laughter
Ink: Basic Black, Versamark
Other: Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Punch, Bitty Banners Framelits, Black pearls (non-SU), Dimensionals, Silver Embossing Powder

Please head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to check out the fabulous creations the design team has come up with for you!

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

Jen!