Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #425

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week.  It's been a very wet week here so far but that's okay I guess because it has melted our snow.  I could use some sunshine but I guess I can't really control the weather.  I will take the rain if it means that we have no snow!!  Spring is on it's way!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Cecile Ribon!  Cecile's cards are always so classy and have an amazing flare to them.  Head over to her blog to check them out.

I must admit that this sketch gave me a huge challenge.  I could not wrap my head around it.  It took me quite a while to come up with my card and even still I ended up changing it a bit on Sunday.  Oh well.  The creative process is never an easy one - at least not for me!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Silver Glimmer
Stamps: Bitty Birthday Wishes (MFT)
Ink: Costal Cabana, Basic Black
Other: Detailed Dragonflies Thinlits, Blueprints Dies (MFT), Blender Brushes (Taylored Expressions), Frosted Epoxy Drops, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you'll take a minute to head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the gorgeous cards the girls on the Design Team have created!  I'm so grateful to be on a team with such amazingly creative women!

Have a fabulous day!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #285

Happy Wednesday!  We are currently sitting in the middle of the last full week in April!  How did that happen?  I feel like it was just the beginning of March and we are cruising into May and closer to my son's 11th birthday.   Mom needs to get working on this.  Turning 11 is a big deal and since this is his first year without a party, I need to change my course of planning and figure out something really fun to do as a family to celebrate!

We have a great new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches courtesy of one of our resident Texans!  On a side note - I would love to visit Texas sometime.  I just think it's just one of those places I need to see!  I imagine there are cacti and cowboy hats everywhere.  I'm pretty sure that's not the case though!  Anyhow, Amy O'Neill is our amazing hostess this week.  She is our super creative, colour whiz.  I always am awed by the cool designs and combinations she comes up with!

Amy's sketch threw me for a bit of a loop.  I originally had one design in mind but realized quickly that wouldn't work so moved onto Plan B.  Now, Plan B saw a few renditions but I settled on this very gold accented one!  I happened to have this one sheet of DSP from the Pop of Pink pack and I had to use it!  I think this card will work nicely to celebrate my in laws upcoming wedding anniversary!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Gold Foil
DSP: Pop of Pink
Stamps: Sweet Celebrations (Lil Inkers)
Ink: Black
Other: Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits, Celebrate Word Die (Lil Inkers), Double Stitched Circles (Lil Inkers), Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you'll pop on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the beautiful cards the Design Team has created for you!  You will be inspired!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #281

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!  We've had some very nice spring weather here lately and all three of the boys in this house seem to have a case of spring fever!  Thankfully that means a lot of outside hockey and basketball games which means that everyone is getting lots of fresh air and exercise!

We have a great new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Kim Singdahlsen!  Kim is one amazing card maker!  She is uber creative and I love her cards!  Head over to her blog and you'll see exactly what I mean!

I had a lot of trouble with this sketch.  This is not the card I had in mind.  I wanted butterflies and greenery and bright, cheery colours.  Obviously that's not what I ended up with.  I am not happy with the end result.  This picture doesn't show the wavy lines in the background either.  The reason for that...I had a glue issue.  Honestly, I was a a tad on the discouraged side after this one!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White
Stamps: Dragonfly Dreams
Ink: Versamark
Other: Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits, Swirly Scribbles Thinlits, Copper Embossing Powder

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the cards the design team has created!  You won't be disappointed!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #268

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  Can you believe it's the Wednesday before Christmas!  It's also the first day of winter!  Now, that only makes me happy because it's the longest day of the year which really means that every day from now until June 21 just get longer!!!  

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches! Our hostess this week (actually for two weeks!) is the amazing Jen Mitchell!  Jen makes such beautiful cards!  Her card this week is absolutely gorgeous!  Head to her blog and check it out!

I couldn't wait to use the new Detailed Dragonfly thinlits and the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set!  They are so fun and you're going to love them!  Who doesn't love dragonflies!   I think for the next few months you may only see dragonfly cards here!!!  Sorry about that!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Watermelon Wonder, Silver Glimmer
DSP:  Carried Away
Stamps: Dragonfly Dreams
Ink: Night of Navy
Other: Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits, Softly Falling Textured Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

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

Have a great day and a Merry Christmas!

Jen