Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #556

Happy Wednesday!  

I hope you're having a great start to the week!  We've been having the most beautiful weather here!  Last year about this time it was much cooler and we had snow on Thanksgiving weekend.  We've had beautiful sunshine and and warm temperatures and we will totally take it all in!  The warm weather has lengthened our hiking season which is amazing!  We did an incredible one last weekend.  We hiked up Mount Sparrowhawk which was our first 10,000 footer!  It was a grind but oh so amazing!  Check out the view below!  

We've got a fantastic sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is our colour guru Amy O'Neill!  Amy's cards are always so pretty!  Head over to her blog to check out her creativity! 

If I said this was my first rendition of this sketch, I would totally be lying.  Same if I said it was the second or third rendition!  Seriously, this one almost did me in!  Honestly.  Sometimes the mojo just isn't flowing!

I had this bear sitting on my desk and I happen to love a sweet grizzly so I knew I would have to make a card around him!  I had this fall paper still sitting out and decided I wanted to use it up while it was still fall!  Voila!  Card is made!  It's definitely not my favourite but I wanted a more masculine card!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Soft Suede, Garden Green, Wild Wasabi, Basic White

Paper: Plaid Fever (Echo Park)

Stamps: Little Birthday Notes (MFT)

Ink: Basic Black

Other: Woodland Silhouettes 2 (Taylored Expressions), Pine Woods Dies (SU), Double Stitched Circles (Lil Inkers), Tasteful Label Dies, Dimensionals

 

We met a couple of people on the summit - all previously from Ontario who offered to take our picture!  So nice to have a pic that isn't a selfie!

The incredible view from the top!

Sometimes you encounter wild animals!  These are mountain sheep.  They are generally easy going - if they're female but these moms had babies with them.  We kept our distance but the herd was blocking the trail so we had to bang our hiking poles together to get them to move along!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you will head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in this week's challenge!  We always love seeing the amazing cards that get entered in the challenge each week!  We definitely have a creative group that participates!

Have an amazing day!
Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #547

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I can't believe it's Wednesday already!  We had a beautiful long weekend here so I feel like I'm a day behind!  We went and checked out a gorgeous glacier on the weekend.  I was a fantastic hike but man we were tired!  We even got to see a grizzly bear!  It was on the side of the road - which is the best way to see them!!

We've got a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the fabulous Judy Rozema!  Judy's cards are always super cute and super creative!  I love them!  You need to head over to her blog to check them out!  

Okay so two weeks in a row with circles!  I think the girls are trying to do me in!!!  Of course I needed to use my new Lovely Layers Peony dies!  I just couldn't resist them!  I love all those layers!  I think they're going to be a beast to send (I should probably try not using dimensionals) but they're totally worth it!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic White, Garden Green

DSP: Peaceful Prints

Stamps: Little Birthday Notes (MFT)

Ink: VersaFine Black, Garden Green

Other: Lovely Layers Peony Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge!  The Design Team has some amazing cards posted that will definitely inspire you!

I hope you have an fabulous day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #525

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week so far!  Can you believe it's March already?!  I swear February flew by at lightening speed!

We've got a brand new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess is the amazing Karren Johnson!  Karren is one of the most creative people I know (the other amazingly creative people I know are also on this team!).  Head over to Karren's blog to check out her gorgeous creations!  

I decided to rebel a bit and turned Karren's sketch on it's side.  I really wanted to use the Hydrangea Honey Cuts Dies and they would only really work if I turned the sketch horizontally!  I kept the colours fairly neutral and added some pearls and sequins and voila!!!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Granny Apple Green, Lucky Limeade, Brushed Gold

Stamps: Little Birthday Notes

Ink: Versamark, Granny Apple Green, Garden Green, Sahara Sand

Other: Lovely Layers Hydrangea Honey Cuts, Pearls, Sequins, Gold Embossing Powder, Subtle Texture Embossing Folder

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches Blog and join in our challenge!  The Design Team has created a bunch of gorgeous cards to inspire you!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #523

 

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  Guys, we're halfway through February already!  How did that happen?  We're heading into a long weekend here in Canada and my boys are off next week for winter break.  I'm looking forward to a break from the craziness and hopefully we're able to do a few exciting things next week!

We've got a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  I am so honoured to be this week's hostess!  I always struggle with sketch design!  I'm a very linear thinker so I find coming up with things that are different a challenge!  Anyhow, I hope you will decide to join in our challenge this week!

So this isn't my first card.  I know it's shocking right?  My first card was actually a Valentine for my husband but I'm not sure I like it.  I think he did though.  I also forgot to take a picture before I gave it to him and he's been locked in his office and I couldn't grab it.  Maybe I'll learn my lesson!

I felt the urge to create another flower card but my new flower dies were all too bit and the tulips seemed a bit too small so I grabbed some poppies instead!  Not sure I've ever seen a yellow poppy but we'll use our imaginations won't we?!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic White, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green, Garden Green, Black Glimmer

Stamps: Little Birthday Notes (MFT)

Ink: Versafine Black

Other: Poppy Moments Dies, Stitched Frame, Subtle Texture Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

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!  I know you'll be inspired when you see the cards the other ladies on our team have created!  

Have an amazing day!

Jen