Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #689

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!  We had a great hike on the weekend and I think it was the first one that didn't involve me walking through deep snow in a long time!!!  We did see some snow but I didn't have to walk through it!  We also didn't come across any ticks!  We've seen a huge number of them this year and we even managed to bring one home to our cat Sprite.  She seems okay so far and we'll be keeping an eye on her!

We have a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Cecile Ribon!  Cecile creates the most beautiful cards so you'll want to be heading over to her blog to check them out! 

I wasn't too sure what flower I wanted to use with this sketch but the Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layer Coneflower jumped out at me and I figured that would work.  I opted for a pink one today - especially since we've just been through blossom season and I miss seeing all those beautiful pink blooms all over!  

Supplies:
Cardstock: Hammermill White Cover Stock, Pink Foil

Dies: Bitty Buzzword Honeycuts, Lovely Layers Coneflower (both Honey Bee Stamps)

Ink: Lovely Lipstick (SU), Worn Lipstick, Tattered Rose, Picked Raspberry, Bundled Sage, Mowed Lawn (Distress Oxides)

Other: Woodgrain Embossing Folder (SU)

 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!  We always love to see what you create!  If you need some inspiration, head to the blog and you'll find some beautiful cards posted by the Design Team!  

You have until 1 PM EST on Monday to get your card entered into our challenge this week!

Thought I'd share a few photos of our hike from the weekend!  Can't wait to get out again!

Have an amazing week!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #682

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week so far!  We had a mix of snow and rain today which was just a reminder that winter isn't quite finished yet!  Though my husband took the winter tires off of my car today so we shall see what happens!!  I won't hold my breath but the forecast is looking more positive!  

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is our favourite airline captain, Jennifer Timko!  Jen's cards will make you envious (but in the best way) so head over to her blog and give her some love!  

I really loved Jen's sketch this week!  I also really love the DSP from Stampin Up!  I paired it all with the Lovely Layer Daisies from Honey Bee Stamps and we were off to the races!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Hammermill White Coverstock, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party (SU)

DSP: Floral Delight

Ink: Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber, Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs (Distress Oxides)
Dies: Lovely Layers Coneflower (Honey Bee Stamps), Bitty Buzzwords Honeycuts (Honey Bee Stamps)

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!  If you need any inspiration at all, you'll find it on the blog! You have until Monday at 1 PM EST to get your card entered into this week's challenge! 

Trevor and I tackled our first bigger hike of the season.  There is still avalanche risk in most areas but this area thankfully didn't have any risk.  There was still a bit of snow at the top but it wasn't too bad.  What it did have was ticks.  I have found 3 in our bathroom since we've been home.  I'm not too impressed.  It was a lovely day to get out and get some exercise and fresh air.

Have an amazing day!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #650

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a wonderful week so far!  Today is actually my youngest son's 16th birthday!  I can't believe it.  It seems like just yesterday he came flying into the world 6 weeks early creating absolute chaos!  He was a very challenging baby and toddler but he is the sweetest and easiest going almost 16 year old!  I can't wait to see what this year brings!

We have a fantastic brand new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the lovely Judy Rozema!  Judy's cards area always beautiful so head over to her blog to check them out!  

I must admit this sketch stumped me!  I think it's because my brain is still longing for summer vacation!  Usually by this point I'm all over fall but I haven't got there yet for some reason!  Though I have purchased my first two pumpkins!!!  

I decided I would just grab some patterned paper and go from there!  I threw on a coneflower and a sentiment that was already foiled and called it a day.  Not one of my finest moments!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Lost Lagoon, Basic Black, Crushed Curry, Hammermill White Coverstock

Patterned Paper: Simple Stories Trail Mix

Dies: Lovely Layers Coneflowers Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps)

Other: Hello Dear Friend (Spellbinders), Pink Foil (Spellbinders), Rhinestone Gems (Craft Consortium)

Thought I'd include some pictures from our bike and hike on Saturday.  The morning started out lovely - the clouds were low but there was still some blue sky.  Then as we started hiking the clouds got lower and we were trapped in it!  By the time we got to our destination - which was an alpine lake, we could only see about 20 feet in front of us.  By the time we were back at the car, the sun was out and the clouds had lifted.  Oh well.  Thankfully it wasn't a grueling hike and we are excited to give it a try again when the weather is cooperating!

Yup, that's a beautiful lake behind us!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge.  If you need some inspiration, you'll find it there as well!  You have until Monday at 1 PM EST to enter this week's challenge.

I hope you have an amazing week!
Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #632

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!  We had a beautiful weekend and a lovely start to the week and then the forecast said snow.  I'm pretty much done with snow - at least on my lawn!  It's not supposed to last and temperatures are supposed to be above freezing so I'm hopeful it won't stick around!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Jen Mitchell!  Jen is an amazing clean card maker.  Her cards are so pretty so head over to her blog to check them out!  

I love Jen's sketch this week!  I knew I could pop some big flowers in that sketch and be quite happy!  I love my Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers stamps.  The hardest part was choosing which flower to use!  I went with the Coneflower.  I love a good coneflower.  I've never seen one this colour but that's okay.  I had picked up some new Distress Oxide at our local paper store and couldn't wait to use it!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Hammermill Coverstock, Bermuda Bay, Gold Foil, 

Ink: Peacock Feathers, Salvaged Patina, Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber, Twisted Citron

Dies: Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers Coneflower

Other: Hardwood Embossing Folder, Champagne Foil, Glimmer Hot Foil Machine,  

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge!  We always love to see what people create!  If you need some inspiration, the Design Team have posted some great cards!  

You have until Monday at 1 PM EST to enter our challenge!

Trevor and I got out for a hike on the weekend!  We tackled a peak called Ha Ling!  I didn't actually reach the summit.  It was insanely windy.  Winds I have never felt before.  I opted to stay safely at the saddle and let Trevor go to the top alone.  There is still a lot of snow left in the mountains!  I thought for sure some would have melted but alas, this mountain was full of it!  We don't have a lot of hiking options yet as the avalanche risk is still pretty high!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!
Have an amazing day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #573

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!  I'm still recovering from a wicked case of Covid.  It was my first bout of it and man, it's been everything I thought it would be and so much more!  It's the gift that keeps on giving!  I'm hugely thankful to the very kind walk in clinic doctor who has me hooked up with some good medications to help recover from the fun chest infection that Covid has left in it's wake.  I've been told within 24 hours I should be feeling much better.  I can't wait.  It's been a very long 2 weeks!

We've got a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches today!  Our hostess this week is the super creative Kim Singdahlsen!  Kim's cards are always amazing so you need to head over to her blog and check them out.  You will not be disappointed!  

So this one stumped me.  I think the Covid has messed with my brain so focusing on this card for long periods of time was a challenge.  I finally realized I had some patterned paper from MFT that would work!  Of course I then added a flower which doesn't really fit in the sketch at all.  I'm basically just a disaster with this card!!!  I'm so thankful the DT girls are so forgiving!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Blushing Bride, Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight, Gold Foil, Hammermill Cover Stock 

Patterned Paper: Feelin' Festive 6X6 Pack (MFT)

Ink: Melon Mambo, Strawberry Slush, Blushing Bride

Other: Lovely Layers Cone Flowers Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Dazzling Diamonds Hot Foil Plate (Spellbinders), Just Wanted to Say Glimmer Hot Foil Plates (Spellbinders), Champagne Foil (Spellbinders)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge!  We always love to see what you create!  You'll find some amazing inspiration on the blog!  The Design Team has created some beauties that will get your creative juices flowing!  

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #544

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week this week!  I'm really enjoying this week so far.  It's nice having the kids home and we're trying to find things to do.  Now that they're older they actually like going to the mall!  I wish I did!!!  I'm thankful to be home with them and take them on these little adventures!  On the weekend my husband and I climbed the Windtower summit.  It was amazing in so many different ways.  The view is spectacular but I couldn't believe how tough that climb was.  Oh to be 25 again!!  Can't wait for the next climb!!  Yes that's a winter coat!  It was SOOOO cold and windy at the top!  There was still some snow in places even!  Deep snow!!!  It's absolutely incredible to see snow in the middle of July!

We've got a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the super talented Karren Johnson!   Karren's cards are always super cute and I'm so jealous of her hot foiling!!!  I think I should head over to New Zealand to get some pointers!!!  Please head over to Karren's blog and check it out!  

I apparently did not realize the two rectangular panels should be more overlapping.  I actually made three different cards for this challenge and messed up all three cards!  Sometimes I make myself wonder! 

I did two masculine cards and then decided I wanted to use my Coneflower dies!  I just love coneflowers and now that the hot weather is here I really do feel like it's summer and my cards should be flowery!!!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic White, Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Gold Foil

Stamps: Itty Bitty Birthdays

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight

Other: Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder, Lovely Layers Coneflower Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Stitched Rectangles (Lil Inkers), Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll be inspired to join in our challenge this week!  I you need some inspiration, head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check it out!  You'll definitely find some amazing cards!  

I hope you have a fantastic day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #540

Happy Wednesday! 

Hope you're having a wonderful week!  We're having a super wet week!  This is apparently rainy season/snow melt season!  The mountains are losing their snow and it's creating rain and crazy wind!  We've received sooo much rain in the last 72 hours!  We need the rain desperately - but spreading it out seemed like a better idea to me!  Some areas in the mountains actually got 70 mm of rain and 48 cm of snow the other day!  Ummm...no thanks!  We will do our best to stay warm and dry here!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Our lovely hostess if the amazing "queen of elegantly simple cards" Jen Mitchell!  Jen's cards are always so eye catching!  Head over to her blog and check them out!  

I had a few ideas for Jen's sketch and started with a masculine card - since I'm in need of some.  Turns out I wasn't too sold on it so I went for an all white (with a pop of yellow) flower card!  That coneflower die was just calling my name!  I couldn't ignore it!

I threw on the flag banner as well because it just happened to be sitting beside the stitched rectangle dies.  It also called my name and I felt obligated to cut one out and stick it on!  I had a hard time getting a good photo of the card.  It's been so dark here and the white just didn't show up as nicely as it looks in person!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic White, Gold Foil, Daffodil Delight

Stamps: Honey Bee

Ink: Basic Black

Other: Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Lovely Layers - Coneflower Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps),  Double Garland Confetti Cut (Reverse Confetti), Sequins (Taylored Expressions)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I do hope you'll check out the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week and join us!  We always love to see what everyone creates!  If you head over to the blog you'll see what the Design Team has come up with to inspire you!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #535

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week!  

We've got a brand new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Amy O'Neill!  Amy's cards are always so sweet!  Make sure you head over to her blog to check them out!  

I wanted to try and make up for the card that I wasn't happy with last week!  I started with my Lovely Layers Coneflower again but this time decided to get some texture in the background!  I combined the brand new In Colours Starry Sky and Orchid Oasis on this card!  I just love how they look together!  

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic White, Starry Sky, Orchid Oasis, Daffodil Delight, Gold Foil

Stamps: LJD Birthday Greetings

Ink: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight

Other: Sweet Bee Sequin Mix (Honey Bee Stamps), Lovely Layers Coneflower Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Gold Thread, Dainty Diamonds Textured Embossing Folder, Stitched Dies (no idea what they are or where they're from!)

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 ladies have created some amazing cards to inspire you!  

Have a wonderful day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #534

 

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week so far!  I hope you're enjoying some beautiful spring weather!  We've had a great week but we could really use some rain.  I can't believe how dry it is here and we haven't even gotten to summer yet. I'm kind of dreading summer if we don't get some rain.  

We've got another fabulous sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week.  Our hostess this week is the absolutely amazing Cecile Ribon!  Cecile has the most amazing die collection I've ever seen and one day I'd love to travel to France to visit and play with those dies!!!

I wanted to keep my card nice and simple!  I also wasn't feeling super creative so I needed to keep things as simple as I could!  I really wanted to use my coneflower dies and opted to stick with a plain white flower.  I didn't really know how to create the background so used some stamps from my retired French Foliage set.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic White, Daffodil Delight, Gold Foil

Stamps: French Foliage, Flowering Tulips

Ink: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight

Other: Lovely Layers Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps),  Tasteful Label Dies, Polished Dots, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll rush on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out our challenge this week!  The Design Team has done an amazing job at creating some gorgeous examples for you!  

We sure hope you'll play along with us this week!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #529

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  Are you having a good start to your week?  I guess we're halfway to the weekend!  My boys have next Monday off so we will be heading to Lake Louise to do some skiing!  Ski season here lasts a LONG time!  I've heard some places are open until May!  My oldest says he wants to ski on his 16th birthday!!

We've got a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is one of our fearless leaders, Jen Timko!  Jen is one of the most amazing card makers!  Head over to her blog to see what I mean!

I originally thought I would use my Lovely Layers Hydrangea Honey Cuts for this card but I opted for the Coneflower instead!  I also might have turned my coneflowers into daisies!  Sorry.  I want to go with a white look!  I also realize that I forgot to brush some ink on their centres!  Oh dear.  Since it's starting to feel a bit more like spring here I love working with the Lovely Layers Dies and creating all things floral!!  Okay so I've been doing it for months but the warmer weather is inspiring me even more!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic White, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Gold Foil

Stamps: Special Moments

Ink: Basic Black

Other: Lovely Layers Coneflower Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder, Dimensionals  

Thank you for stopping by this week!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge!  There are some amazing cards posted that will definitely inspire you!

Have a wonderful day!

Jen