Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #157

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week!  We are having a busy week here.  Somehow I thought once both boys were in school full time I would have oodles and oodles of spare time to do all sorts of crafty things!  I was sadly mistaken!  I am enjoying the things I have been doing though!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches today!  This week the amazingly creative Amy O'Neill brings us a great sketch!  You need to head over to Amy's blog to see her beautiful cards.  You may want to grab a tea though because you'll be there a while!

As soon as I saw Amy's sketch I knew I wanted to make a particular card (which you will see tomorrow).  I then was asked by a friend's mom to make some nature themed cards for her and I hauled out my "Lovely as a Tree" set.  I do love this set and don't get to use it as often as I would like.  I decided to keep the colours simple with the grey/white/silver.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Grey, Whisper White,
Ink: Versamark
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Pennant Parade
Other: White Embossing Powder, Silver Embossing Powder, Silver Ribbon, Silver Sequins

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the amazing cards the design team has created to inspire you!  You won't be disappointed!

Have a fabulous day!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches #101

Hello!

Happy Wednesday! I hope you're having a good week!  I spent the day shopping in NY on Monday and it was so fun.  What a fun group of girls!  I didn't buy too much but think I'll need to go back sometime soon!

Today brings us a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches!  The amazingly creative Linda Callahan is bringing us this week's super fun sketch!

I decided to go with a Christmas card this week.  I don't know why but somehow I feel like I need to get moving on those Christmas cards or I'll never get them done!!!  I think I just need to pick a simple design and go with it for everyone this year!  I do love the new DSP that SU came out with - though I'm really more a fan of traditional colours.

I opted not to get the new snowflake stamp set and dies though I think I may end up regretting that.  I kept the retired snowflake punch and decided to use that instead along with a few banners cut out using the Bitty Banners die!


Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Costal Cabana, Basic Grey, Silver Glimmer
DSP: Winter Frost Specialty
Stamps: Pennant Parade (Sentiment)
Ink: Costal Cabana
Other: Snowflake Punch, Bitty Banners Die, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a fabulous day!!1

Hope you have a chance to join us for this week's challenge!  We can't wait to see what you create!

Jen

Masculine CTS Birthday!

Hello!  

Hope you had a great day today!  The boys spent the morning at a French camp which they both really liked.  Caleb was responsible for ensuring that Jacob behaved!  Ha!  I don't even want to know what really happened!  I did some cleaning and grabbed some fruit from the grocery store - nothing too exciting!  

Today's card comes courtesy of the new sketch at the CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge! I do love their sketches and when I saw the hexagons I couldn't wait to use the new Six-Sided Sampler from Stampin' Up!  I am in need of some masculine cards so I wanted to make this in more neutral colours.  

Supplies:
Cardstock: Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla
Stamps: Six-Sided Sampler, Pennant Parade
Ink: Versamark
Other: Early Espresso Embossing Powder, White Embossing Powder, Hexagon Punch, Epic Day Washi Tape, SU Sanding Block

Thanks for stopping by!
Hope you have a fabulous day!

Jen!

Clean and Simple Birthday

Hello!
Sorry for not posting the last couple of days.  I haven't made it in the craft room to make cards!  I got a few loot bags made for my son's birthday yesterday and worked on some door hangers today so hopefully I will get some photos of those in the very near future!

This is a card I made a while ago - and then went back and changed it a bit!  It was for the Clean and Simple card challenge (CAS165) on Splitcoast Stampers a few weeks ago.  I don't know why I haven't posted it until now!

The challenge was to create a clean and simple card using scallops!  I hadn't used my pennant punch in a while and decided that it would be perfect to make a card with.  I need a few French cards so I thought I would make this one up using a French sentiment!

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you have a great weekend!



Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight
Ink: Basic Black, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight
Stamps: Pennant Parade, Happiest Birthday Wishes (French version)
Other: Dimensionals, Basic Rhinestones