Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #213

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week so far.  Can you believe it's mid November already!  How's your Christmas shopping going?  I find it hard to wrap my head around the idea that Christmas is just over a month away!  The weather has definitely had me thinking that it's still early fall!!!

We have a great new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our amazing hostess this week is the fabulous Amy O'Neill.  Amy makes such beautiful cards and she is the most creative lady when it comes to colour combinations!  She is also one of the newest members of the Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team!  Our Freshly Made Sketches team is so proud of Amy!!!

So I had this fabulous card in my mind with these gorgeous flowers on it but I am not sure that's what I ended up with.  I couldn't quite get the right arrangement of flowers!  Sometimes I frustrate myself!

I do love the Pretty Petals DSP Stack from SU.  I love the colours and the sweet flowers!  I also love that the paper is 6X6!!

I totally should be making Christmas cards but I just can't seem to get motivated to do that either!  I did get some of my teacher gifts made yesterday though so for that I'll be thankful!  Christmas cards may need to be this weekend!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black
DSP: Pretty Petals DSP Stack
Stamps: Flower Patch
Ink: Pacific Point, Calypso Coral, Mint Macaron, Stazon Black, Versamark
Other: Flower Fair Framelits, White Embossing Powder, Stitched Rectangles (Lil Inkers), Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals.

Thanks again so much for stopping in today!  I hope you'll find the time to head 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

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #199

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I don't know where the time is going?!  We had such a great week visiting my mom and dad.  This week the kids are doing tennis lessons in the morning (which really only works out to 2 hours).  They are really enjoying them so far.  I'm enjoying a wee bit of time to get a few things done.  Not much though because you really can't get much done in an hour and a half!

We have a super fun sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Our marvellous hostess this week is the one and only Karren Johnson!  Karren makes amazing cards.  I totally love her creativity! You need to head to her blog and see exactly want I'm talking about!

So, this sketch is very versatile.  It actually gave me a bit of a challenge.  Sometimes people think that cards just come together in 5 minutes.  For some people they do.  I'm not one of those people.  Trust me.  I wanted to attach some of the cards that I made first BEFORE making the card I posted on the FMS blog.  

This one (above) sure felt okay while I was making it until it was done and then I realized I didn't like the bike.  Then the green banner at the bottom looked naked so I added the pearls.  Still, not too fond of it.  But it's a card and it's done.

This one (above) was the second card I made.  I think it's okay but it just didn't wow me.  Now, don't get me wrong.  I don't think the card I posted is of wow'ing calibre but I had to choose one!  So, as you can see, this process isn't easy for me and often offers much frustration!

Supplies: (For the sunflower card)
Cardstock: Early Espresso, Gumball Green, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry
Stamps: Sentiment Flag Additions (Lil' Inkers)
Ink: Early Espresso
Other: Daisy #2 Die,  Flower Patch Framelits, Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inkers), Stitched Flag (Lil' Inkers), Lattice Textured Embossing Folder, 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 the Design Team has come up with!  You will be glad you did!

Also, don't forget that next week is our BIG 200th Sketch Challenge.  You will NOT want to miss this!  We have some fabulous sponsors (some of whom will be creating some beautiful cards to spur you on).  If there is one challenge you want to participate in, this is it!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #198

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week!  We are having a great week visiting with my mom and dad!  The boys are in Grannie and Papa Heaven and enjoying their soccer games, the train sets and the monopoly challenges!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our fabulous hostess this week is Cindy Lovell!  I adore Cindy's cards.  She creates the most magnificent cards.  I am totally jealous of her creativity!

I was inspired by a few gallery cards a few weeks ago that were created using the Flower Patch stamp set and coordinating Flower Fair Framelits dies!  I must say I've developed a fond affection for the Bermuda Bay/Basic Black combination.  It just reminds me of summer and really, who doesn't love summer?!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White
Stamps: Flower Patch, Sentiment (now I can't remember what I used!!!)
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Stazon Black
Other: Flower Fair Framelits,  Bermuda Bay Sequins, Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inkers)

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I do hope that you'll head on over for the Freshly Made Sketches Blog to see the amazing cards the design team has created!  You won't be disappointed!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #156

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  Hope you're having a great week!  We've been having great weather here and I do wish it would last longer!  Today is my Halloween wreath making class that I'm super excited about.  I think the girls are going to love these wreaths!  I mean, who doesn't love a super cute bead spider?

We have a great new challenge at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Narelle Farrugia.  She has created a great sketch for us!  Narelle is the queen of beautiful cards, amazing layers and fabulous flowers!

I must admit (shamefully) that this sketch sent me for a loop and it wasn't the circle that gave me grief.  It was just the whole thing.  This card is version #4.  It also doesn't look quite as nice in the picture as it does in person.  We had a cloudy day on Tuesday so my lighting wasn't the greatest.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Island Indigo, Silver Glimmer
DSP: Winter Frost Specialty
Stamps: Flower Patch, And Many More, Kinda Eclectic
Ink: Basic Black, Silver, Island Indigo, Pool Party
Other: Sequins, Flower Fair Framelits, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Please head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to check out the amazing cards the Design Team has created!  You will not be disappointed!  I'm so fortunate to be part of this great team!

I hope you have a amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #145

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I'm so sorry that this post is only getting up this morning!  I remembered as I was heading out the door last night that I hadn't sat down and gotten it ready!  It was too late when I got home but I knew I would have time in the morning!!!

I hope you're having a great summer so far!  We had a great week at Harvest Kids Camp last week!  What an amazing week!  We had 827 kids who were very full of energy!  25 of those kids spent their week with me and my friend Julie and we introduced them to the world of stamping and card making!  What a hoot!

We had a brand new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches!  The incredibly talented Narelle Farrugia brings us a great sketch!  Narelle's cards are so beautifully layered and always so detailed!  I love them!  Head over to her blog to check them out!

The sketch stressed me out at first with that giant circle staring at me but we had used the new Flower Patch Polymer stamp set at Camp last week and I knew that it would work perfectly for this card!  I love the layering you can do with the flowers and especially love the coordinating die set!!!

I tried to line up the circles on the card with the Polka Dot Embossing Folder but as you can see, I was not successful!  Oh well!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Pool Party, Silver
Stamps: Flower Patch
Ink: Island Indigo, Pool party, Versamark
Other: Polka Dot TIEF, Flower Patch Framelits, Silver Embossing Powder, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog, check out our sketch and the wonderful cards the Design Team has created for you!

Have a  fabulous day!

Jen