Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #621

Hello and happy Wednesday!
I hope you're having a great week!  We are still experiencing the joys of a chinook!  It's been above freezing and sunny most days so we are basking in the warmth and getting out as much as possible.  I can't believe how nice it's been.  I've heard that some places haven't seen the sun in weeks.  I do not miss that part of living in Ontario.  I remember you could go week and weeks and it would be gloomy and damp.

Since it's Wednesday, we've got a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is our favourite pilot, Jennifer Timko!  Jen makes the most amazing cards and does a ton of the behind the scenes work on our little blog.  She is truly amazing!  Head over to her blog and check out her beautiful cards!  

So as always, this wasn't what I had in mind.  I really wanted to make a Valentine's Day card but could not for the life of me come up with a design.  I think my creativity has been lacking a bit more since I've been working but I have been enjoying the time I have had in my craft cave!

I had this Lovely Layers Mum sitting on my desk and realized it would work perfectly as the centre point of this card.  I cut out and inked up some leaves and called it a day.  I also had the gold rimmed circles on my desk so there wasn't a lot required to complete this card.  

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Hammermill White Cover Stock, Daffodil Delight

Ink: Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness (All Distress Oxides)

Other: Lovely Layers Mums (Honey Bee Stamps), Nested Circles (Pink Fresh Studios), Hardwood Embossing Folder (SU), Mini Everyday Sentiments (Spellbinders), Glimmer Hot Foil Machine (Spellbinders), Gold Foil (Spellbinders)

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Please head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge!  We always love seeing the cards that you post!  If you need some inspiration, you'll definitely find it on the blog!  

I hope you have an amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #567

Happy New Year!
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and you got some time to relax and enjoy time with the ones you love!  We had a good Christmas.  We didn't travel anywhere this year and enjoyed a nice, relaxing time with lots of skiing and too much eating!

We've got our first sketch challenge of 2023 at Freshly Made Sketches this week.  Our hostess this week is the amazing Amy O'Neill!  Amy makes the sweetest cards and is our resident colour expert!  Head over to her blog to check out her beautiful creations! 

I wanted to play with some of the new toys I have for my Glimmer machine!  I absolutely love the Honey Bee Stamp Lovely Layers Mum Honey cuts.  I had a lot of fun making flowers in all different colours!  This colour combination might be my favourite though!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Hammermill Coverstock, Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Island Indigo, Granny Apple Green

Ink: Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Island Indigo, Granny Apple Green

Other: Stitched So Sweetly Dies (SU), Essential Glimmer Circles (Spellbinders), Circle Dies (Spellbinders), Modest Greetings 1 (Poppy Stamps), Silver Foil, Wink of Stella, 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!  You'll see a bunch of amazing cards that the Design Team has whipped up to inspire you!  We can't wait to see what you create this week!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #566

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope everyone is having a great week so far!  How's your Christmas shopping coming along? Are you done yet?  I have one gift left to buy which the boys and I will go out and get on Friday night.  I am thankful to be one. I have the gifts that I have so far wrapped.  I wanted to get ahead of the game so I started early and plugged away at it!  Now I can focus on some baking!  I did some shortbread cookies yesterday and a batch of chocolate peanut butter cookies (they're not really Christmassy but my youngest loves them and always gets them at Christmas!).

We've got a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is our favourite Aussie Narelle Farrugia!  If you haven't checked out Narelle's cards you need to run and do it now!  You need to head to her blog and check out those beautiful creations!  Narelle and I have the goal to climb a mountain together one day.  Okay, Narelle will be driving a car and I'll be walking but we'll make it to the top together at some point!!!

I knew what I wanted to use the Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers Mums Honey Cuts on this card.  I had to be fairly liberal with the sketch!  I tried to make these dies work as best I could!  Sorry Narelle!!!  These mums are so pretty and I had so much fun creating them!  One colour of cardstock and a lot of ink!!!  I used my Glimmer machine to create that pretty sentiment!  Hot foil is my new favourite thing!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Hammermill White Coverstock, Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight

Ink:  Blushing Bride, Petal Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Strawberry Slush, Granny Apple Green

Other: Lovely Layers Mums Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Just Wanted to Say Glimmer Hot Foil Plate (Spellbinders), Rose Gold Foil, Jewels, Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you will join in our challenge this week!  We always love seeing what you guys create!  Please head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the cards the Design Team made to inspire you!

Have an amazing day!  This is our last challenge before the holidays so I wish each of you a very Merry Christmas!

Jen