Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #497

Happy Wednesday!

I hope you're having a great week!  We are back in business here!  Our family has settled in our new home after our cross country move and the craft cave has been unpacked and set up!  It's been a crazy few weeks but we're slowly getting used to our new digs and getting in some cool mountain hikes.  

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess is the amazing Jacquie Southas.  You need to head over to her blog to check out her gorgeous cards! 

I'm a little rusty and lacking creativity at the moment but I knew I needed some thank you cards so I forced myself to get out the paper and craft!  I opted for two different colour combinations because I couldn't decide which one I liked better!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic Black, Flirty Flamingo, Crushed Curry, Champagne Foil, Gold Foil

DSP: Pattern Party

Stamps: Peaceful Moments

Ink: Stazon Black

Other: Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Sunflower Dies, Gold and Black Thread, Black Rhinestones, Gold Rhinestones, Dimensionals

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

Have an amazing day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #473

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're all having a great start to the week!  It's been a crazy week!  I've seen pictures of kids building snowmen in Texas (for their first time ever) to 12" of snow out in Washington!  We got a big dumping of snow Monday night and there's more supposedly coming on Thursday.  I guess being Canadians we're supposed to be used to it and love it, but...I don't really!  I do really prefer to walk in the winter though - except for the death trap sidewalks!  I love the fresh, cold air.  Nothing beats it!

On a less cold and snowy note, we have a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Our hostess this week is the incredible and hopefully not frozen Texan, Amy O'Neill!  Amy is so creative and her cards always amaze me!  Head over to her blog to check them out!

Okay, you might not believe this but this is the first version of this card!  Yup, I got it the first time around!  I was rather impressed with myself.  It came together quite quickly.  Things like that generally don't happen so we'll celebrate this one!

I love the Flower and Field paper and couldn't help but use it again this week! Pair with the Pierced Blooms of course.  Who doesn't love a sweet, fresh daisy in the winter to cheer you up?

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, So Saffron, Granny Apple Green

DSP: Flower and Field

Stamps: Peaceful Moments

Ink: Basic Black

Other: Pierced Blooms Dies, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and take some inspiration from the cards you see there.  The Design Team knocked it out of the park this week!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #468

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week so far!  We have a brand new Stay At Home order and State of Emergency here in Ontario.  It's a little murky as to what we can and cannot do.  Let's just say that I don't leave the house much these days except to get groceries and go for a walk.  I guess it's a good thing I like my house!!  More crafting time?!  I think I should take advantage of it. It's a good thing it's winter and there isn't really anywhere I want to go!

We have a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the fabulous Linda Callahan!  Linda creates such beautiful cards.  I always love them!  Head over to her blog to check them out! 

So I hadn't noticed that the sentiment was supposed to be at the bottom of my card.  I don't know how that happened.  I obviously cannot copy things down properly and so my sentiment is in the wrong spot!  I absolutely LOVE the FREE Flower and Field paper from Stampin' Up!  It's FREE as part of our Sale-a-bration sale!  For every $60 CAD before taxes, you get to pick a free product!  These flowers are so sweet! I also think they pair perfectly with my Pierced Blooms dies!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Whisper White, So Saffron, Petal Pink, Basic Black, Just Jade

DSP: Flower and Field

Stamps: Peaceful Moments

Ink: Basic Black

Other: Pierced Blooms Dies, Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

I hope you'll head over to to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge!  The Design Team has created some amazing cards that will definitely inspire you!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #465

Hello!

Happy Wednesday! I hope you're having a great week!  Can you believe Christmas is just over two weeks away?!  I need to get started on my wrapping.  I also have a few Christmas cards to finish up this week - thankfully they're not for me!  Our tree finally got up and while we decorated we sipped on hot chocolate made from hot chocolate bombs.  Okay, this was seriously the best hot chocolate I have had in my entire life.  A local lady makes them and sells them and they were absolutely incredible.  My kids were licking their cups.  The best part was that as you poured the boiling hot milk over them and they opened, marshmallows popped out!  It doesn't take much to amuse me these days!!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches! Our hostess this week is the super talented Jacquie Southas!  Jacquie makes gorgeous cards so I know you'll have to head over to her blog to check them out! 

 So, as you can probably guess, this is not my first card.  I had made my original card days ago.  I stared at it for a while and then decided I didn't like it.  I whipped up another one to make up for my first lack lustre performance!  I had a card with some poppies on it sitting on my desk and it reminded me of just how much I love the poppies!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Gray Granite, Whisper White, Granny Apple Green, Cucumber Crush

DSP: Peony Garden

Stamps: Peaceful Moments

Ink: Basic Black

Other: Poppy Moments Dies, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Tag Die (No idea where this came from), Gray Granite Shimmer Ribbon, Frosted Epoxy Droplets, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join our challenge this week.  The Design Team has done an incredible job at creating cards to inspire so make sure you check those out!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #435

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you are having a fabulous week!  We've been having a great week.  It's been crazy cold though.  I mean crazy cold!  We even had snow.  I don't think I remember the last time that it snowed in May!  Man it's been cold.  I've been bringing my poor flowers in every night.  I think we're over the last of it though.  Hopefully!  I think it was warmer in March than it is now!!!

We have a brand new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Kim Singdahlsen.  Kim's cards are gorgeous!  Head on over to her blog to check them out!

Now, I saw those stripes and got a little panicked!  I might have made several renditions of this card.  I tried a Father's Day one and then I tried some other patterned papers and nothing quite worked.  I finally pulled out the bees again.  I couldn't help myself.  I just love the sweet little bees!  Let's just say that even after I decided on the bees I struggled with the paper choice!  Maybe I think to much!  Needless to say, my craft cave is a disaster!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Gold Foil

DSP:  Golden Honey Specialty

Stamps: Honey Bee, Peaceful Moments

Ink: Memento Black

Other: Detailed Bees Dies, Stampin Blends, Subtle Texture Embossing Folder, 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 that the Design Team has created!

Have an amazing week!

Jen