Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #502

Hello and Happy Wednesday!

I hope you're having a good week so far!  If you're in Canada, your kids might have just started back at school after a year of disruptions and virtual learning.  My boys are in brand new schools this year and their first day was yesterday.  I think it might have been harder on me than them.  A whole series of "what if's" went through my head all day.  School can be so hard for some.  I do hope they have a great year!

We have a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  I have the honour of being this week's hostess!  I went with a pretty basic sketch!  I really am not all that creative!  I do hope you'll play along with us this week!

So I originally wanted a fall card.  I love fall and wanted to use some of my new leaf dies but I just couldn't make it work.  Let's just say I'm in a bit of a slump!  I opted for Christmas since I need to get my act together!  It is soon going to be Christmas!  Can you believe it?!

My poinsettia dies are going to be some of the most used dies I have!  I just love them!  The Peaceful Prints DSP has the most gorgeous red plaid paper that I couldn't resist using!  It's just gorgeous!  Red might just be one of my favourite colours!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Real Red, Basic Black, Silver Foil

DSP: Peaceful Prints

Stamps: Poinsettia Petals

Ink: Stazon Black

Other: Poinsettia Dies, Banner Dies, Dimensionals

Thanks again for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the card the Design Team have created!  I also hope you'll join in our challenge this week!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #455

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!  We've gone from having our air conditioning on to sweaters and jeans in a span of 24 hours!  Gotta love season changes!  I love the cooler nights and having the windows open (though my allergies don't agree!).  My summer flower baskets are still doing amazing.  I do not have a green thumb at all and usually by July my baskets look dreadful but this year, they don't.  For some reason these baskets are doing amazingly well and I can't bear the thought of getting rid of them.  Normally I have fall mums outside but I'm going to wait out my summer baskets as long as I can!!!

We have a brand new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Jen Mitchell!  Jen is our clean queen!  She creates the most gorgeous and elegant cards.  I'm always jealous of her nice clean backgrounds!  Head over to her blog to check them out!

I'm sure you can guess that this card threw me for a loop.  That giant star might as well be a giant circle!  I also kinda forgot that I hadn't done this week's card and was rushed to make it.  I may have tired several other designs before I settled for this one too.  And I say "settled" because I'm not over thrilled with this card.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Gold Foil

DSP: In Good Taste

Stamps: Poinsettia Petals

Ink: Early Espresso

Other: Poinsettia Dies, Gold Sequins, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check it out!  There are tons of gorgeous cards to inspire you!  We can't wait to see what you create this week!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #449

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope your week has started well!  It is golfing week at our house.  I think the kids are golfing pretty much every and my husband is getting a few games in with them as well.  They sure do love golf!  A golf membership was the best investment this summer!  They were able to start golfing mid May and have been at least 3-4 times a week ever since!  One positive thing about this pandemic.  They've gotten lots of fresh air and exercise and have the golfers tans to go with it!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the super creative Cecile Ribon!  Cecile has the best dies and always uses her elements in the most amazing ways!  Check out her stunning creations on her blog!

This sketch totally stumped me!  I'll be honest.  I had some ideas of what I wanted but could not for the life of me get those ideas "down on paper"!  I struggle and finally caved and hauled out the poinsettias.  I love this background paper so much.  It's so realistic and seemed to work for this card.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Gold Foil

DSP:  In Good Taste

Stamps: Poinsettia Petals

Ink: Early Espresso

Other: Poinsettia Dies, Sequins, Dimensionals

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

Have an amazing day!

Jen