Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #154

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you are having a great week!  Things are getting busier around here and I'm gearing up for Jacob's birthday party on the weekend.  Because his birthday is at the end of summer vacation we do his friend party after school starts.  Dinosaur theme this year.  Planning is a bit more tedious than I thought!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  The fabulous Cindy Lovell has created a beauty for us!  If you haven't been to Cindy's blog lately you are missing out!  Her cards are amazing!

I think I strayed from the sketch further than I normally would.  I got a little frustrated and opted to use a banner instead of a square.  I needed a little something different.  I apologize for the colour of the photo.  It looked great on my camera but once I downloaded it, I was rather disappointed.  I love DSP paper stacks.  They are perfect for cards and usually result in far less scrap paper around here!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Grey, Smokey Slate, Whisper White
DSP: Moonlight DSP Stack
Stamps: Starburst Sayings, Amazing Birthday
Ink: Smokey Slate, Versamark
Other: Silver Embossing Powder, Starbust Framelits, Banners Framelits, Hexagon TIEF, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Please head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to check out the amazing cards the Clean Team has come up with!  You will not be disappointed!

Have a  fabulous day!

Jen!

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #130

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week!  It's been very busy around here and I miss getting into my craft room!  Hopefully this weekend I'll have a bit more time!!!

We have a fabulous new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches today!  The amazing Linda Callahan has a fun sketch for us to play with!

I wanted to use a bit more of my Sweet Sorbet DSP as Sale-a-bration is now over for another year!  I love the fun dots on this paper and wanted to combine them with the fun dots created by the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder!  Don't think I'm going to stop using this baby just because Sale-a-bration is over!!!!

I do love the Starburst Sayings stamp set and tried this one in different colours before settling on black with the banner cut out of Pool Party!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Pool Party, Whisper White
DSP: Sweet Sorbet
Stamps: Starburst Sayings
Ink: Basic Black, Pool Party
Other: Starburst Framelits, Bitty Banners Framelits, Decorative Dots Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Please head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog as fast as you can to see the fabulous projects the design team has created for your inspiration!

Have a fantastic day!

Jen

Starburst Birthday!

Hello!
I hope everyone had a great weekend!  We had a fairly quiet weekend!  Nothing too exciting which is always okay!  We had a cold day here today.  I think winter is trying to hold on as long as possible.  The long range forecast is looking promising so hopefully by next weekend we'll be feeling a little warmer!  I did see my first robin on Saturday!  Poor little thing was trying to find something to eat!

I had a few minutes in the craft room this afternoon while the boys coloured!  They were so happy to colour away!  I loved it!

I used this week's sketch over at the Paper Players and combined that with the colour combination at Colour Q!  I just loved the Colour Q palette this week!  Some of my favourites!

I have been dying to use the Starburst stamp set (and framelits) since they arrived before the March break and as soon as I saw the sketch at Paper Players I knew I could haul them out!  I didn't have any Going Gray on hand so I opted for some Basic Gray and some silver cardstock!  I used the Decorative Dots embossing folder to create the dots on the silver starburst!  I used clear embossing powder on each of the other stamped starbursts so the colours would be more vibrant!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Silver
Stamps: Starburst Sayings
Ink: Versamark, Island Indigo
Other: Decorative Dots Textured Embossing Folder, Arrows Textured Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Starburst Framelits, Clear Embossing Powder, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a fabulous day!

Jen!