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 #645

Hello! Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week so far!  Summer has hit hard here!  We are having some crazy heat (which I won't complain about) but our wildfire danger has gone from nothing to extreme in just a few days!  My son works in the maintenance department of our local golf club and he's been roasting!  Looks like at least 2 more weeks of extreme heat for us!  I will remember that I prefer extreme heat to -40!!!  

We've got a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches today!  I have the privilege of being this week's hostess!  I always find it challenging to create a sketch.  My brain just doesn't like to work that way.  I actually made this sketch with this card in mind!  I wanted to use these dies so I worked my sketch around it.  That's not cheating is it?

I love flower dies so when Spellbinders released these I knew I had to have them!  I love the Be Bold Blooms and these new Floral Spray dies are no exception!  The more flowers the merrier!  I think these might be a tad bit easier to work with as well!  I needed a couple of thank you cards and these turned out just how I imagined!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Hammermill White Coverstock, Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Mango Melody, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Elegant Eggplant, Granny Apple Green, Gumball Green

Dies: Floral Spray (Spellbinders), Be Bold Blooms (Spellbinders), Bitty Buzzwords Honeycuts (Honey Bee Stamps)

I hope you'll join in our challenge this week so please head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the details and find some inspiration!  You have until Monday at 1 PM EST to get your card entered into this week's challenge!  I cannot wait to see what you create!

Here are a few pictures from our hike on Saturday!  This is the Mount Burke Fire Lookout.  It's no longer used and is in pretty rough shape but it was a beautiful, hot day for a hike!

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by!

Have an amazing day!
Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #643

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week!  We are finally getting some summer weather around here - that I'm super excited about!  Next week is actually supposed to be hot!  There is still snow in the mountains so this hot weather will help some of the snow to melt which will hopefully slow down the rain we've been having!  Mountain weather is super weird!  

We've got a brand new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Linda Callahan!  Linda's cards are always beautiful so head over to her blog and check them out!  

I don't have a postage stamp die unfortunately so I was a little stumped at first.  But I had just made a little trip to the Paper and Ink Boutique and purchased a lot of the Spellbinders June release so I had this fabulous new flower dies sitting on my desk!  I knew that was a good start!  I just love flower dies and all the different colour combinations you can come up with!

I had kinda forgot about the sentiment box at the bottom and I had already stamped the Happy Birthday in the box.  I opted just to add the Happiness Blooms to the bottom.  Oop!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Hammermill White Coverstock, Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral, Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green, Gumball Green, Basic Black, Flirty Flamingo.

Stamps:Typewriter Adventure Sentiments (Spellbinders)

Ink: Detail Black (Pinkfresh Studios)
Dies: Floral Spray (Spellbinders), Mini Everyday Sentiments (Spellbinders), Stitched So Sweetly (SU)

Other: Tasteful Textile Embossing Folder (SU - retired)

Here's a few pictures from our hike on Saturday!  It was an absolute leg burner.  I don't think I've climbed anything that steep before!  It was crazy!!!  So worth it though. The view was breathtaking!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll join in our challenge this week!  We love seeing all of the cards and admiring your creativity!

You have until Monday at 1 PM to enter this week's challenge!  If you need some inspiration, head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog!

Have an amazing day!

Jen