Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #635

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a wonderful week!  We are getting some much needed rain but it's super cold and it's also soccer season here which means I have a kid standing in goal freezing for 90 minutes every couple of days!  The warm weather is supposed to arrive on Thursday, just in time for the next game!  What crazy weather we've been having.  The farmers and the fire fighters need the rain so we won't complain I guess.

We've got a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  I am this week's hostess and I have a fairly simple sketch for you.  I actually wasn't sure what I was going to do with this card.  I originally wanted to make a masculine card and had something in mind but couldn't get it to work out.  Shocking!  

I really love the last Simple Stories paper pad I bought so I grabbed it again and went to work.  I have lent out some of my Lovely Layers dies so one of the only ones I have left are the anemones.  I probably should have done a different colour than pink but I didn't have time to fix it after I came to this realization!   I need 13 thank you cards for Thursday and I work tonight so I'm in a crunch!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Hammermill White Coverstock, Bermuda Bay, Bumble Bee, Chocolate Chip

Patterned Paper: Simple Stories 6X8 Paper Pad (Trail Mix)

Ink: Tattered Rose, Saltwater Taffy, Rustic Wilderness (Tim Holtz Distress Oxides)

Dies: Lovely Layers Anemones (Honey Bee Stamps)

Other: Glimmer Hot Foil Machine (Spellbinders), Wonderful Sentiments (Pink Fresh Studios), Gold Foil

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge!  I can't wait to see what you create!  I always love checking out your creative ideas!

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

Have an amazing day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #562

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!  How's your Christmas card making and Christmas shopping coming along?  If you're visiting from the US you might not start anything until after Thanksgiving.  I put out my Christmas village on the weekend and have a few little decorations out but won't do anything too major until the weekend - maybe!  The snow helps it to feel more Christmassy than it ever did in Ontario where we'd often have green Christmases!

We're got a brand new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the super creative Kim Singdahlsen!  If you want to see some super cute cards then you need to head over to her blog and check them out!  

I went with another Christmas card because I'm behind.  I don't send out near as many as I used to - hardly any at all actually but I wanted to try and get a few done regardless!  I had seen a few Christmas cards done with the Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers Anemone and I thought I would give it a try.  Not sure how I feel about it but it's supposed to be festive!  I've heard hot foiling can be tricky on coloured cardstock so I was a little nervous but it worked like a charm.  Could I duplicate it?  Probably not!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Hammermill White, Shaded Spruce, Silver Foil

Ink: Shaded Spruce

Other: Lovely Layers Anemone (Honey Bee Stamps), Softly Falling Embossing Folder (SU), Christmas Mailbox Greetings Hot Foil Plate (Spellbinders), Silver Foil

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!  There are some amazing cards there already!  I think the Design Team did an incredible job on their cards this week!

Have a fabulous day!
Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #537

Hello

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week so far!  We finally have some spring weather!  I'm hoping it stays and the snow stays away!  I think I can finally stop bringing in my plants at night!  Spring weather in Western Canada is definitely different than we were used to in Ontario!  Though I don't miss the humidity at all!

We've got a brand new and fabulous sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Our hostess this week is our theatre queen and turtle loving Judy Rozema!  Judy's cards are always adorable so head over to her blog to check them out! 

So I had an idea of what this card should look like.  Unfortunately that idea didn't pan out!  Nor did the next one!  I wasn't actually going to put a sentiment on this one but I thought the card looked a little naked!  I used the new In Colour - Starry Sky for this.  It's such a beautiful colour!  I really love all the new In Colours!  

Supplies:

Cardstock: Starry Sky, Basic White, Basic Black, Silver Foil

DSP: In Colour 6X6 Pack

Stamps: Honey Bee

Ink: Starry Sky

Other: Dainty Diamonds Textured Embossing Folder, Lovely Layers Anemone Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Silver Thread, In Colour Jewels, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!

I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge!  There are a bunch of amazing examples posted there!  

Have a fabulous day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches #522

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to the week!  We've had some very non winter weather here.  It's been super warm - or at least warmer than I'm used to!  It's been amazing for getting outside!  We've been able to get lots of fresh air!  More than we ever have in winter before!  

We've got a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches from our favourite Colorado hostess, Kim Singdahlsen!!! Kim's cards are so pretty!  I always love what she creates!  Please head over to her blog and check them out!

I might have taken a slightly loose interpretation of the sketch!  Well...I didn't think it was going to be a loose interpretation until I actually finished the card and realized that the leaves didn't quite look like the strip in the back the way I wanted them to.   I can't get enough of these Lovely Layers flowers from Honey Bee Stamps!  I guess I just find the flowers so cheery!!!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic Black, Basic White, Granny Apple Green, Black Glimmer, Silver

Stamps: Bitty Buzzwords (Honey Bee Stamps)

Ink: Basic Black, Smoky Slate

Other: Dainty Diamonds Textured Embossing Folder, Lovely Layers Anemone Buzz Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps),  Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Elegant Sequin Mix,Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out some amazing cards!  

We hope you'll join in our challenge this week!  We can't wait to see what you create!

Have an amazing day!

Jen