Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #728

Hello and happy Wednesday!
I hope you're having a great start to your week!  We are actually embarking on a bit of an adventure this week so I'm looking forward to sharing that with you!  I'm trying to be a bit more adventurous.  Now, some might say, you hike all the time, how is that not adventurous?  Well, I'm glad you asked!  I don't mind hiking where I can return home each night and sleep in my own bed.  But doing things that aren't hiking or involve me not sleeping in my own bed are a struggle!  I get comfortable and hate doing things that are new or different.  This year I'm trying to branch out and do a bit more!  We shall see how this goes.  This is adventure #1.  We have a few more planned that I'm super excited about.

We've got a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess is the lovely Narelle Farrugia!  You'll definitely want to head over to her blog and check out her amazing cards!  Maybe one day you'll see pics of Narelle and I tackling a hiking (or walking) trail together!  Hopefully in Australia because I've never been there and that would definitely be out of my comfort zone!  

Well, as soon as I saw those circles and because Narelle was the designer, I immediately thought flowers!  How could I not?  I grabbed my Spellbinders Floral Spray dies and got to work.  I was originally going to colour the flowers but decided to go for a black and white theme and throw in some rose gold foil for colour.  The card is definitely prettier in person.  It's hard to get a good photo.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black (SU), Hammermill White Coverstock

Dies: Floral Spray (Spellbinders)

Other: Classic Sentiments Press Plate and Dies Set (Alex Syberia Designs), Glimmer Hot Foil Machine, Distressed Tile Embossing Folder (SU)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I do hope you'll join in our challenge this week.  Please make sure you head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to check out all of the details and see some fabulous cards to get you inspired! 

You have until Monday at 3 PM EST to get your card entered into this week's challenge!

Have an amazing day!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #714

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week!  We got our first snow storm of the year on Monday.  What a disaster.  The roads were insane yesterday and today I found some great skating rinks to drive along!  As much as my husband loves winter, I am not a fan mainly because I hate driving!  I guess I better dig deep and get used to it, we've got another 5 months to go!

We've got a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches today courtesy of Cecile Ribon!  Please make sure you head over to Cecile's blog and check our her absolutely stunning cards!  

 

When I was in at Home Sense the other day I noticed that pink seemed to be the in colour for Christmas.  I'm not sure how I feel about that and I must admit I did not purchase anything pink since I'm pretty sure pink won't be the in colour next year!  I did however incorporate some pink into my card in honour of this year's wild colour!  This is a terrible picture because I forgot to take a picture while the sun was up and then the lighting was terrible!  I'll try and get a better picture tomorrow!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Hammermill White Coverstock, Pink Pirouette (SU)

Stamps: Ornament Keepsakes (SU - long retired!)

Ink: Cotton Candy (Catherine Pooler Designs)

Dies: Double Stitched Squares (Lil Inker Designs), Holiday Ornaments (SU - long retired!)

Other: Distressed Tile Embossing Folder (SU), Joyful Christmas Sentiments (Spellbinders), Glimmer Hot Foil Machine (Spellbinders), Pink Foil (Spellbinders), Pink Jewels

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge this week!  If you need some inspiration you'll find it on the blog!

You have until Monday at 1 PM EST to get your card entered into this week's challenge!

Have an amazing day!
Jen

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!  We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend - if you were celebrating in Canada!  We went from fall to winter overnight!  We even had snow!  The mountains actually have a fair bit of snow!  I feel like the snow just melted and here we are back at the cold weather!  Let's just say that it's below freezing out side and the winter gear has been dusted off!

We have a fantastic new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches courtesy of the wonderful Jennifer Timko!  Make sure you head over to Jen's blog and check out her amazing cards!  

I figured since Thanksgiving was over and the postal strike might soon be fully over, I might as well get started on my Christmas cards!  I'm so far behind now that I might never get caught up!  I do love the poinsettia die that's in the Christmas Bird Poinsettia set from Spellbinders.  I had some left over Christmas sentiments on my desk from last year so I threw one on!  I kept it simple just in case I decide to make a pile of these!!!  

Supplies:
Cardstock: Hammermill White Coverstock, Real Red, Garden Green, Gold Foil, Brushed Gold Foil
Ink: Real Red, Garden Green
Dies: Christmas Bird Poinsettia (Spellbinders)
Other: Distressed Tile Textured Embossing Folder (SU), Joyful Christmas Sentiments (Spellbinders), Red and Champagne Foil (Spellbinders), Glimmer Hot Foil Machine (Spellbinders)

I made another one with a red poinsettia - though I'm not sure which one I like better!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge this week!  You'll find a great group of cards on the blog from the Design Team to get your creative juices flowing!

You have until Monday at 3 PM EST to get your card entered into this week's challenge!  

Have an amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #703

Happy Wednesday! 

I hope your week has started well!  We're really starting to see signs of fall on our hikes.  Some of the plants are turning colours and I realized that the trees are also starting to turn!  I don't think I'm quite ready for that yet.  Unfortunately here, snow follows very closely behind fall!!!  

We have a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches today!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Karren Johnson!  Please make sure you head over to her blog and check out her gorgeous creations!  

So, I saw that "window" shape and had absolutely no idea what to do with that.  I had absolutely nothing that would work for that.  After a few quick texts to some local craft friends, I had scored the goods!  Thank you Heather and Sheryl!  I still had some leaves on my desk and since I have fall on the brain, I had to make another fall card!  

Supplies:

Cardstock: Hammermill White Coverstock, Cajun Craze (SU), Crumb Cake (SU)
Ink: Cajun Craze (SU)
Dies: Autumn Wonder (Spellbinders), Happy Fall Sentiments (Spellbinders), Garden Meadow Dies (SU)
Other: Distressed Tile Embossing Folder (SU), Grain and Grunge Gem Stickers (Honey Bee Stamps)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll join in our challenge this week!  Please head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to check out the cards that the Design Team have posted! 

You have until Monday at 1 PM EST to get your card entered into this week's challenge!

Have an amazing day!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #701

 

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week so far!  Summer has finally decided to show up here and the weather has been amazing!  We are currently enjoying our vacation.  We decided very last minute to take a trip to Revelstoke, British Columbia.  We've got a lot of hikes we want to tackle.  One hike is supposed to be the most beautiful hike in Canada!  We shall see.  I will keep you posted!

We had so much fun celebrating our 700th sketch at Freshly Made Sketches last week.  I hope you were able to play along with our challenge.  We're now rolling into our next 700 sketches!  I have the privilege of being this week's hostess!  I love to see all the different variations of the sketch!  My sketch has the sentiment being vertical on that last panel but I couldn't find one that fit the bill so I had to leave it horizontal! 

Supplies:

Cardstock: Hammermill White Coverstock, Brushed Gold (SU)

Dies: Christmas Foliage (Spellbinders), Handwritten Holiday Sentiments (Spellbinders)

Other: Distressed Tile Embossing Folder (SU)

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  

You have until Monday at 1 PM EST to get your card entered into this week's challenge!

Have an amazing day!

Jen