Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #725

Hello and Happy Wednesday!

I hope you're all having a great start to your week!  Snowmageddon last week wasn't as exciting as it could have been.  We are expecting another round again this week.  Interesting fact, Alberta gets a lot of it's snow in March.  Spring comes late here!  Thankfully the snow usually comes and then melts right away but right now it's quite cold so looks like we're in for some accumulation.  Only a few more weeks to go!

We have a grand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Cecile Ribon is our favourite French hostess this week!  Please make sure you head over to her blog and check out her beautiful creations.  

I wasn't too sure what to do with this sketch!  It sure is a fun one and I wanted to do it justice. I figured I would go with a giant floral background and throw a sentiment over it and go from there.  I opted to use the Lovely Layers Hydrangea from Honey Bee Stamps because I don't think you can ever go wrong with Hydrangea!  I already had some sentiments foiled and sitting on my desk and they worked perfectly!  Voila.  One round and we were done!  

Supplies:
Cardstock: Petal Pink (SU), Hammermill White Coverstock

Ink: Shabby Shutters, Bundled Sage, Mowed Lawn, Tattered Rose (Distress Oxides), Cotton Candy (Catherine Pooler)

Dies: Lovely Layers Hydrangea (Honey Bee Stamps), Nesting Postage Die (Waffle Flower)

Other: Classic Sentiments (Alex Siberia Designs), Iridescent Rhinestones (SU), Exposed Brick Embossing Folder (SU)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you'll join in our challenge this week!  Please head over to Freshly Made Sketches for more information and to get your card entered!  

You have until Monday at 3 PM EST to get your card entered into this week's challenge!

Have an amazing day!
Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #623

Hello and Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week and celebrating Heart Day well!  I will be celebrating with my kids tonight.  Then I'll be taking my youngest to a soccer practice!  I hope the coaches wives weren't expecting a romantic night because their husbands are going to be coaching a bunch of teen boys instead!

We've got a brand new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Linda Callahan!  Linda is always so creative and her cards are so pretty so head over to her blog to send her some love!  

Linda has a fantastic sketch for us.  I haven't really thought about ovals in a really long time.  I sat there stumped for a while and then remembered that my Lovely Layers Hydrangea was an ovular shape so I opted to use that.  I then realized that as much as I liked the yellow I should really try it in pink so I made another one!  I decided to throw a Happy Mother's Day on them because if I don't start now I might not get those Mother's Day cards done!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Hammermill White Coverstock, Daffodil Delight, Blushing Bride, Gold Foil, Rose Gold Foil

Ink: Tattered Rose, Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber (all Distress Oxides)

Other: Lovely Layers Hydrangea (Honey Bee Stamps), Dainty Diamonds Textured Embossing Folder, Happy Parents Day (Spellbinders), Glimmer Hot Foil Machine (Spellbinders), Gold Foil (Spellbinders), Rose Gold Foil (Spellbinders), Gilded Gems (SU), Iridescent Rhinestones (SU), Wink of Stella.

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!  You have until next Monday at 3 PM EST to get your card in our challenge!

If you need some inspiration, you will definitely find it on the blog!  There are some beautiful cards posted by the Design Team!  Those ladies always amaze me!

We can't wait to see what you create this week!
Have an amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #605

Happy Wednesday!  

I hope you're having a fantastic start to your week!  We're having a couple of nice warm days but the cold is on it's way.  Last year we were fortunate to have a long, warmer fall but looks like winter is anxious to get here!  Our hiking season is quickly coming to an end...it might even be over (which I might be okay with).  

We have a brand new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches! Our sketch this week comes all the way from New Zealand and our amazing hostess, Karren Johnson!  Karren's cards are so beautiful and she's a world class colourer!  Trust me.  Head over to her blog and check them out!

I saw that giant circle and wondered what I could do with it.  I remembered my Lovely Layers hydrangea and decided I would cut them out and colour them in various shades of purple!  I'm working on my distress oxide blending and these hydrangea are perfect to practice with!  Unfortunately I couldn't get a good enough picture of my card.  I used some wink of stella on the petals and it doesn't show up well!  

Supplies:

Cardstock: Hammermill White, Highland Heather (SU), Silver Foil

Stamps: Itty Bitty Gifting (MFT)

Ink: Black (Pink Fresh Studio), Milled Lavender (Ranger), Dusty Concord (Ranger), Villainous Potion (Ranger), Wink of Stella

Other: Lovely Layers Hyrangea Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Itty Bitty Strips (MFT), Basic Rhinestones (SU), Tasteful Texture Embossing Folder (SU)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll join in our challenge this week!  If you need some inspiration head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the cards the Design Team has created! 

Last Saturday we went on Hike #30 of 2023.  My husband wasn't too keen on this one.  He likes to summit peaks but I'd seen some pictures of this one and it's beautiful!  He agreed to try out Piper's Pass.  We hit the mountains just as the sun was coming up.  It was so gorgeous!  The larches have turned from green to gold in the mountains (see pic #3 below).  We try and stay clear of big larch hikes because they're soooo busy.  We were fortunate to see a few larches on our hike and not have to deal with all the people!

The cloudy skies made this hike even more incredible and we all said that it might just be one of our favourites!  

I hope you have an amazing day!

Jen

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #597

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to the week!  Can you believe it's August already?  How did that happen?  Our kids still have one more month of summer holidays which is so nice.  Trevor is feeling better now and off traveling again for work.  Hopefully he doesn't bring another plague home with him!  None of the rest of us got sick which is amazing!!!  We'll have to adjust our weekend hike to account for him being at sea level all week!  

We've got a brand new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is our favourite Californian, Jacquie Southas!  Jacquie makes such beautiful cards so please head over to her blog to check them out!  

Jacquie's sketch stumped me for a bit.  I didn't know what I wanted to do with it.  I had some ideas but I just couldn't make them work so I flipped through all my Lovely Layers dies and landed on the hydrangea.  We just had some hydrangea planted by a landscaper and they all died (we won't talk about that though) so I was feeling all the love for the hydrangea dies!  I had the background already sitting on my desk in the rose gold so I went for it.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Blushing Bride (SU), Wild Wasabi (SU), Hammermill White, Rose Gold Foil (SU)

Other: Mini Everyday Sentiments (Spellbinders), Lovely Layers: Hydrangea (Honey Bee Stamps), Dazzling Diamonds (Spellbinders), Iridescent Rhinestones (SU), Rose Gold Hot Foil (Spellbinders)

Some views for you from our most recent hike!  This is the Grizzly Ridge to Highwood Ridge Traverse.  It was not for the faint of heart despite us being told it was pretty easy.  It was a beautiful hike and in the end I thought it was fun. The views are always incredible!  I still stare at the mountains and think they don't look real.  

I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge this week! We'd love to see what you come up with! We always love seeing everyone's beautiful creations!

I hope you have a fantastic day!
Jen

  

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #530

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!  We have had an interesting week.  Caleb (our oldest) dislocated his shoulder last Tuesday night and required a late night trip to the Emergency Room.  Since we haven't really been in Calgary that long and don't usually require hospitals I didn't even know where to go!  Needless to say we had a good experience and Caleb starts physio on Friday!  Unfortunately for him, it looks like ski season is over and the start of golf season will be delayed!

That aside, we have a fabulous new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the Queen of Clean cards herself Jen Mitchell!  Jen's cards are fabulous so you'll want to head over to her blog to check them out!  

So of course I had in my head what I wanted to do for this card and then changed my mind and tried something else which didn't work so I went back to my original plan.  Sort of.  I went a little old school with this card and the distressing.  Now that I look at it I'm not sure I even like it!  Oh dear.  I wanted to make a Mother's Day card but I didn't have a sentiment small enough to fit in the box and a bigger box just didn't look right.  I tell you, sometimes we card makers face challenging dilemmas!  

Supplies:

Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White

Stamps: Itty Bitty Birthdays

Ink: Sahara Sand, Wild Wasabi

Other: Lovely Layers Hydrangea (Honey Bee Stamps), Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Basic Pearls, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I hope you'll take some time to head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the gorgeous cards the Design Team have created!  

We sure hope you'll join in our challenge this week!

Have an amazing 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 #519

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week!  We're back in a bit of a deep freeze for two days and then it's supposed to warm up again.  The weather here in the Calgary area is a bit weird.  Ups and downs.  It was +11 degrees on Monday and -15 degrees on Tuesday.  Thankfully only one of us had a headache.  The weather has been a little crazy all over this week.  I hope wherever you are, you are safe and warm!

We've got a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the only member of our team whom I've actually met in person - Jen Timko!  Jen is an uber talented card maker!   Please head over to her blog and drool over her cards!  

So normally I stare at the sketches for a while and try and figure out what I'll do but this one was different.  I already had this bunch of hydrangea sitting on my desk.  I had wanted to make a card with them but hadn't gotten around to it.  I knew I could put them on a square and they would fit this sketch perfectly!  These flower dies from Honey Bee Stamps are so gorgeous and are such fun to play with!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic White, Bashful Blue (maybe?), Night of Navy, Granny Apple Green, Lucky Limeade, Vellum

Stamps: Bitty Buzzwords (Honey Bee Stamps)

Ink: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Garden Green

Other: Lovely Layers Hydrangea Honeycuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Bitty Buzzwords Honeycuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Blending Brushes, Dainty Diamonds 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!  The Design Team has created some gorgeous cards that will inspire you!  

Have an amazing day!

Jen