Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #329

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  Can you believe we're already halfway through March?!  Where is the time going?!  We had a great March break last week.  We were at my mom's house and she was helping me cut projects for camp.  I have about 19 projects to get ready for 50 kids.  We got 14 projects ready to go!  I so appreciate her help and really couldn't do this without her!  I am so excited that there are only a few more to go!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Kim Singdahlsen.  Kim's cards are so beautiful and I absolutely love her collection of stamps and dies.  I think Colorado would be a great place to visit!!!!

I was a little concerned when I saw that giant circle on Kim's sketch but then I decided that I would try and make a masculine card with it because I have zero masculine birthday cards.  I have seen so many cards lately using this log paper and figured that would work perfectly.  It reminds me of my dad's wood piles actually!  So neat and perfect!

The card was a little dull and boring with just a plain white background so I ran it through the Big shot using the woodgrain embossing folder.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

DSP: I have no idea what it's called...I can't find the name...

Stamps: Four You

Ink: Early Espresso

Other: MFT Fishtail Stax, Stitched Circle Dies (Lil Inkers), Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the amazing cards the Clean Team has created.  They are totally amazing!  Those ladies do well with giant circles!!!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen

3rd Time's a Charm - FMS Challenge #140

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I must say I'm excited that it's Wednesday!  We are one day closer to the weekend!  We are headed to the Hamilton Air Show this weekend - which really isn't an air show this year but there will be plans on the runway for the kids to stare at in wonder so I have three very excited boys at my house!!!

We have a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our lovely hostess this week is the uber talented Linda Callahan!  Don't forget to go and check out her blog!  She is so creative!

So, this is not the first card I made for this sketch.  It isn't even the second card I made for the sketch. I made my first card for my dad for father's day but it wasn't quite screaming my dad's name.  The card itself was fine and my husband decided he wanted to send it to his dad for Father's Day.  I made a second one for my dad and was so excited to have it done and that I would be getting in the mail in time that I totally forgot to take pictures of either card!  That left me heading back to the drawing board for card #3!  Yup, if my head wasn't attached I would totally leave it somewhere!

I went for a very clean look on this card.  Those butterflies are hanging on for dear life and I will need to try adhering them with something else!!! I could have added some sequins (and I still might) but I really did want to keep the card clean!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Champagne Glimmer
Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Four You
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Please head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and you will be amazed by the fabulous card the design team has created for you!!!

Have a  wonderful day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #138

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope everyone is having a great week!  We have been enjoying some beautiful summer-like weather here!  The boys finally got in the pool this weekend which has been a huge hit!  We will have trouble keeping Caleb out of it this summer!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Our incredibly creative hostess this week is the one and only Jennifer Timko!  I must say I really enjoy her sketch!  It is so versatile and I've had several ideas since creating this card.

I love the new Blended Bloom Stamp Set from Stampin' Up!  It will be available in the new catalogue which starts next week!  I tried out the new Blendabilities markers.  I'm practising our colouring skills....which I think I need to work on!  I will have to keep up the colouring to master it!  I think it's going to be a long process!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry
Stamps: Four You, Blended Bloom
Ink: Memento Black, Rich Razzleberry
Other: Sequins, Rich Razzleberry Ribbon, Button, Baker's Twine, Rich Razzleberry Blendabilities Markers, Daffodil Delight Blendabilities Markers, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!

Please head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the beautiful cards the Design Team has come up with for you!

 I hope you have a fabulous day!

Jen!

CAS(E) This Sketch Butterflies!

Hello!
Hope you had a great weekend!  We had such beautiful weather here and we were able to get out and enjoy it on Saturday and Sunday!  Tomorrow they are forecasting snow!  I must say that I'm not looking forward to seeing that white fluffy stuff.  Hopefully it doesn't stay on the ground and we will have springlike temperatures back in no time.

I had a few minutes in the craft room Saturday afternoon and got a card made for this week's CAS(E) This Sketch challenge!  I really loved this week's sketch and have missed playing along the last few weeks.

I used the Brights DSP Paper Pack and combined the Daffodil Delight with some Basic Grey.  I just couldn't help pairing these two fab colours again!  

I of course had to add some butterflies and a bit of bling!  I decided to stamp my sentiment using silver embossing powder on vellum.  Not sure I should have done that but it's done now!  

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight

DSP: Brights Paper pack

Stamps: Four You

Ink: Versamark

Other: Silver Embossing Powder, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Vellum, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by!

I hope you have a fabulous day!

Jen

CAS(E) This Sketch Birthday

Hello!
Hope you had a great weekend!   We had a nice, relaxing weekend!  The boys went and played a little hockey with their dad today and came home wiped out!  Always a good sign!  I was able to spend a few minutes in the craft room and got a few cards done!  I am hoping to get in there again tomorrow for a few more minutes!

Of course we all know I love playing along with the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge!  I loved this week's sketch!  It took me out of my comfort zone for sure!

I had seen a friend use the wooden elements on a card recently and totally forgot that I even had them.  I wanted to put them to good use!  I decided having some chevrons pointing towards the sentiment might be fun!

I like the simplicity of doing "Clean and Simple" cards but to be honest, sometimes they take longer than complex cards!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Coastal Cabana, Very Vanilla
DSP: Retro Fresh
Stamps: Four You
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Wooden Elements, Basic Rhinestones

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

Jen!

Retro Sketches Birthday

Hello!
Hope you had a great Thursday!  I'm a little sore today from bootcamp last night....okay, that's a slight understatement.  I'm really sore today.  I haven't been this sore in a long time!  This is going to make tomorrow morning's work out a little more challenging!  I guess that's a good thing though right?

I had a few minutes earlier this week to work on a birthday card for a friend!  I started with the new sketch over at retro sketches but after a few goes I think the final product might be a far cry from the starting sketch!

I love the new Banners Framelits!  I love them with or without the coordinating stamp set!  I threw in the new Banner Punch on the end as well since who doesn't love a good banner?!

Supplies:
Cardstock:  Strawberry Slush, Whisper White
Stamps: Four You, Papillon Potpourri
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: Basic Rhinestones, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Baker's Twine, Banners Framelits, Banner Punch, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by!
I hope to have another card posted tomorrow!

Have a fabulous day!
Jen

Fab Friday on Wednesday!

Hello!

Even though I got a few minutes in my craft room I didn't accomplish anything...sadly!  I have been feeling very unmotivated lately and just couldn't come up with something to create!  I had the pleasure of making a really fun 4th birthday candy bouquet this past weekend - photo posted way below!  It felt fun to make something different from a card!

I had made a card for this week's Fab Friday challenge a while ago but kept forgetting to bring my camera downstairs to download the picture!  

I love the Mosaic Madness stamp set and thought I would do another (sorry....) black and white card!  I threw in a hint of Melon Mambo because, well, who doesn't love pink?!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Whisper White
Stamps: Mosaic Madness, Four You
Ink: Basic Black, Melon Mambo
Other: Mosaic Punch, Postage Stamp Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Boho Blossoms Punch, Dimensionals


Here's a little picture of Sweet Sadie's 4th birthday bouquet!

Thanks for stopping by!
Hope you have a fabulous day!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #105

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I can't believe it's Wednesday already!  The week is flying by!  I'm already looking forward to the weekend!  We don't really have a lot planned but that's just the way I like it!  Sometimes those are the best kind of weekends.

Today brings us a new and fabulous sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  This weeks sketch is courtesy of the talented Allisa Chilton!

I really like this week's sketch!  It's super versatile and I had a lot of fun creating this card!  I know it's made using retired stamps but I still do love to use my retired products!

I hauled out the Elements of Style for this one!  I do love a good hummingbird!  I used the Lacy Brocade Textured Embossing Folder to create the background and then added some pearls to the flowers for an added touch.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla
Stamps: Elements of Style, Four You
Ink: Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler
Other: Basic Pearls, Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a fabulous week!
Please head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to see the fabulous cards the design team has come up with!  They are so amazing this week!

Jen!

CAS(E) This Sketch Grunge

Hello!

I can't believe it's Monday already!  Wow!  We had a great weekend.  We did some apple picking on Sunday and it was so fun.  The boys are at such a great age for these activities.  It's super nice not to worry about snacks, drinks, diapers etc!!!!  

I made this card since I'm always short on masculine birthday cards!   Of course I love the sketches at CAS(E) This Sketch challenge and couldn't resist this one!  I was a little discouraged I missed last week's challenge!!!

So I love the new Gorgeous Grunge stamp set and find it perfect for masculine cards - even for kids or teens!  I decided to go with a Basic Black, Basic Grey and Real Red combo for this card!  

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White

Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Four You

Ink: Basic Black, Basic Grey, Real Red

Other: Dimensionals

Someone at our house lost their very first tooth today!  I cannot believe that my 5 year old is old enough to lose teeth.  They grow up far too fast!

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you have a great day!

Jen

Retro Birthday

Hello!
Hope you had a great day!  I had a lovely walk this morning in the wonderful fresh air!  It is hard to believe that last week when I walked it was 36 with the humidex and this morning there was a wind chill of 12!!!  Oh how I love our crazy Canadian weather!

Today's card was created for this week's Retro Sketches challenge!  I loved the sketch this week and had a few minutes the other day to create this card!  I was a little hung up on the colours but with help from my great friend Rita Wright and her colour coach (I don't have an updated one) I was able to ascertain that Pool Party and Bermuda Bay are friends!

I hadn't used my Daisy die in a while and I absolutely love it!  I used some Quatrefancy DSP to create the yellow smaller daisy!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Pool Party
DSP: Quatrefancy Specialty, Brights DSP Paper Stack
Stamps: Four You
Ink: Bermuda Bay
Other: Daisy #2 Die (retired), Corner Rounder

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

Jen!

Freshly Made Sketches #96

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I can't believe it's Wednesday already!  The boys are loving their French camp so I'm happy!  We've been playing board games in the afternoon and Caleb has been working on his reading!  He's doing a reading program through the local library and Christian bookstore.  Mom is trying to be very patient as we read together for 1/2 an hour to an hour a day!  He's doing really well and I'm really proud of his determination!

Wednesday brings us a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  This week's fabulous hostess is Amy O'Neill!  Amy makes such beautiful cards and I'm so thankful that she's joined our design team! I also really love her creative sketch this week!

Apparently I thought I needed another birthday card with butterflies on it!  I decided that grey and pink would be the colours of the day today!  I do love them together!  I decided to use an embossed tag since trying to find DSP that matched was not going well.  I wanted to keep the background clean and white (it's my new obsession!).

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Grey, Melon Mambo
DSP: Brights DSP Paper Stack
Stamps: Four You
Ink: Melon Mambo
Other: Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Basic Rhinestones, Melon Mambo Ribbon, Chevron Textured Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a hop on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to see the fabulous cards our design team has cooked up for you!

Jen!

Freshly Made Sketches #94

Good Morning!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope your week has been going well!  I apologize for being MIA most of this week and last week as well!  Summer Camp has started at our church.  We have about 750+ kids coming every day and I have discovered I'm not as young as I used to be!  At the end of the day I'm pretty tired.  Pretty much all of my ink and all of my cutting implements are at the church right now so even if I wanted to make a card...it wouldn't be happening!

Today brings us a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches!  This week's awesome sketch is brought to us by the lovely and very talented Linda Suarez.  I loved the angled panel on this week's sketch.  It's so different and I knew right away what I wanted to do for my card (which almost never happens).

I decided to use the new Four You (again!).  I do love the sentiments in this set!  I hadn't used my Beautiful Wings Embosslit in some time so I decided to get it out and use it before I sent it off to Summer Camp!  Sorry this isn't the greatest picture...it was dark and dreary when I was trying to take the photo!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo

DSP: Polka Dot Parade

Stamps: Four You

Ink: Basic Black

Other: Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!

Please head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the beautiful cards the Design Team has come up with!  I must say - they are uber fabulous!

Have a great day!

Jen

Six-Sided Sampler

Hello!
Did you make it through Monday?  It sure was a hot day here!  The boys ended their day with a run through a very cold sprinkler then a dip in our neighbour's pool (Thanks Brenda!).  I'm so thankful that both of my boys love water and they love being in the pool!

I couldn't wait to try out my Six-Sided Sampler Stamp set and coordinating punch.  I love hexagons!  They are super fun and look so great grouped together!  I decided to give two more of the new In Colours a try on this card as well!  Baked Brown Sugar and Crisp Cantaloupe are fairly fabulous!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White
Stamps: Six-Sided Sampler, Four You
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Gumball Green, Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe, Baked Brown Sugar
Other: Natural Ribbon, Dimensionals, Hexagon Punch

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

Jen

Hello CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge!

Hello!
I hope everyone has enjoyed their weekend!  I have a husband who has been under the weather this weekend and he was really knocked out with this flu...chills, fever, the works!  Poor guy.  He seems to be doing a bit better now.  Not sure how the week will go!

I had a few minutes to craft in my workshop this afternoon and had to tackle a few card challenges!  I loved the sketch for this week's CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge!  I sure do love the clean and simple cards these days!

I decided to us some washi tape from the Epic Day journal kit.  I have never used it before and think I may be hooked.  It's so fun!  I opened up the new Costal Cabana ink for the flowers!  It's such a fun colour!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Grey, Whisper White
Stamps: Four You, Perfectly Preserved
Ink: Basic Grey, Costal Cabana
Other: Basic Rhinestones, Epic Day Washi tape, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!  I will be back tomorrow with another clean and simple card!

Have a fabulous day!
Jen

CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge

Good Afternoon! 

I don't usually post during the day but today's a bit of an exception!  I find that my evenings have been so busy lately.  I'm scrambling to get the Kindergarten scrapbooks ready for next Tuesday.  Everything is in now, I just need to finish the MDS layouts and get them printed and taped in.  Shouldn't take too long right?!  

I had a few minutes last week to play along with the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge.  I couldn't miss two weeks in a row!!!  I loved this week's sketch!  

I never have enough birthday cards...I need a re-stock!   I knew I needed to incorporate a butterfly on this card somehow!  I also love the new Strawberry Slush!  Such a fun colour!!!  I used the new Quatrefancy Specialty DSP - another one of my favourites!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Strawberry Slush
DSP: Quatrefancy Specialty
Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Four You
Ink: Strawberry Slush, Pool Party
Other: Square Lattice Textured Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Circle Punch,

Thanks for stopping by!
I'll be back again tomorrow with another card!!!

Have a great day!
Jen