Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #434

 Hello!
Happy Wednesday and welcome to May!  I hope the month has started well!  I've really been enjoying being able to spend some extra time every week in my craft room!  It's been fun and a bit of a distraction!  Jacob spent most of yesterday outside

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Linda Callahan!  Linda creates the cutest cards and always makes me smile! Head on over to her blog and check out her sweet cards (and her adorable grandkids!)

So this sketch threw me for a loop!  Almost as if those rectangles were gigantic circles!  No seriously!  I was stumped.  Like stumped for days stumped.  Finally, I pulled out the Modern Frame Die and stamp set from Concord & 9th and created the top card.  I tried to gather my inner Amy O'Neill and mix and match colours but she does it so much better!

I then decided that I needed to create this card.  (No mom, this isn't your Mother's Day card, don't worry!!!)  This one is for my neighbour.  She has been purchasing cards from me over the last few weeks and I know she really wanted to get one herself so I might be conspiring with her daughter to make it happen!!!

Supplies:
Card #1
Cardstock: Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Silver Foil
DSP: Brights DSP Stack (Retired)
Stamps: Modern Frame (Concord & 9th)
Ink: Coastal Cabana
Other: Modern Frame Dies (Concord & 9th), Subtle Texture Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

Card #2
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red, Granny Apple Green, Silver Foil
DSP: Tutti Frutti (retired)
Stamps: Crazy For You
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: Modern Frame Dies (Concord & 9th), Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the gorgeous cards the Design Team has created!

We can't wait to see what you create this week!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #430

Happy Wednesday!
I hope you're having a good start to your week!  We've had a good week so far.  The days do seem long when you're kinda stuck at home!  The local parks, trails and conservation areas have all been closed so our amazing hiking trails are no longer available.  I must say it made me a little sad.  Okay, maybe a lot sad.  The kids have been getting some work from school so that is filling part of the day.  Getting used to the new normal is taking me a little longer than I anticipated!

Despite the social distancing and self isolations, we can still make cards!  Yay!  Most of us card makers have hoards and hoards of supplies so we will probably be good from now until eternity!!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is our the amazing Jacquie Southas!  Jacquie's cards are often brightly coloured, cheery and always beautiful!  Head over to her blog to check them out!

Okay, so when I first looked at that triangle I didn't quite know what to do with it and then I remembered I had ordered some dies from Modern Frame Dies from Concord & 9th.  I also needed to make a card for a very special lady who is celebrating her birthday today!  Happy Birthday Mom!  You are the best and I hope you have a good day celebrating despite having to stay home!!!

I love the elegance of black and gold and went with that.  White background because who doesn't love white backgrounds?!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Gold Foil
Stamps: Modern Frame (Concord & 9th)
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: Modern Frame Dies (Concord & 9th), Sweetly Stitched Dies, Double Stitched Rectangles (Lil Inkers), Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the beautiful cards the Design Team has created for you!

We can't wait to see what you create this week!

Have an amazing day!
Jen