Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #423

Hello!
Happy Wednesday! I hope you're having a great week so far!  Can you guys believe we're more than halfway through February already?  Seriously? Where does the time go?  I bought my oldest a dress shirt and tie today for his grad photos next week.  I'm trying not to think about it!!!  Now, it's just grade 8 graduation but still.  How is my little boy old enough to graduate grade 8?

On a happy note, we have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the talented Kim Singdahlsen!  Kim's cards often inspire me to create wish lists and place orders!!!  Go and take a look - you'll see what I mean!

Shockingly this wasn't my first card!  Ha!  Though I kinda knew what I wanted to create.  I used by Sunburst Thinlit from SU to cut out sun.  Then I used a stitched circle die to make it more round.  I cut out some clouds and added some Simple Strips from Taylored Expressions.  I added a bit of texture to the background because it just didn't look quite right plain!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight
Stamps: Simple Strips (Taylored Expressions)
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: Sunburst Thinlit, Sun 'n Clouds Confetti Cuts (Reverse Confetti), Stitched Circle Die (Lil Inkers), Subtle Texture Embossing Folder, Simple Strips Die (Taylored Expressions), Sequins

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the gorgeous cards the Design Team have created.  We can't wait to see what you come up with this week!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #234

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!  It's hard to believe that this coming weekend is May!  How is that even possible?!  Hopefully with the start of May comes the start of some warmer temperatures!  We haven't had very nice weather at all this week and maybe all these April showers will bring some May flowers!!!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches courtesy of the amazing Jennifer Timko!  Jen and I have had the privilege of meeting (twice!) and she is one of the loveliest people you could ever spend time with!

Jen has such a great sketch for us this week!  I know you'll find it super versatile and there are so many ways to create amazing cards with this beauty!

We haven't had much sunshine around here lately so I wanted to create a card with the Stampin' Up Sunburst Die because you can never have too much sunshine!  I added a strip of DSP, mounted my sentiment on a gold circle (can't have too much gold either) and added a sentiment on vellum.  It may sound like the card went together quickly but trust me, it was trial and error. What colour should the background be, what DSP to use, what colour ink...I'm so indecisive in some areas!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Gold
DSP:  Cherry on Top DSP Stack
Stamps: Sunburst Sayings
Ink: Versamark Black
Other: Sunburst Thinlit, Circle Punches, Dimensionals

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 for you!  Those girls amaze me with their creativity!

Have a wonderful day!

Jen

CAS(E) This Sketch Bright White!

Hello!
Happy Monday!  It's Family Day here in Ontario!  I must say I do love Monday's that are holidays!  We had a church skate this afternoon with our Harvest Bible Chapel family!  It is so fun to get together with so many people!  The kids had a blast!

I had a few minutes yesterday to play in my craft room.  Since it's been cleaned I've been trying really hard to keep it clean and to make sure I put stuff away when I'm done.  My craft room has always been the one room in the house that I never cared how it looked.  Now that it's clean I don't know if I can go back to the way it was!

I saw the sketch over at CAS(E) This Sketch! and know I had to try a card.  Now, my sentiment isn't exactly in the right spot but it would have looked really funny at the bottom of my card!

I wanted to use my new Sunburst Thinlit from Stampin' Up!  I love sun bursts and when I saw this sketch I knew I wanted to try and incorporate this die!  I used the coordinating Sunburst Sayings stamp set as well!  I threw on some sequins and called it a day!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Silver
Stamps: Sunburst Sayings
Ink: Versamark
Other: Silver Embossing Powder, Double Stitched Circles (Lil' Inkers), Sunburst Thinlits, Silver Sequins, Dimensionals

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

Jen