Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #670

Hello and Happy Wednesday!
I hope your week has started well!  We had cold weather which has since blown out with another chinook and it's warmer again.  It is crazy windy though!  One could blow away!  It was cold on the weekend so we opted against hiking (I was also exhausted) but hopefully we'll get out this weekend to do something fun!

We have a brand new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches.  Our favourite Texan, Amy O'Neill is our hostess this week!  Amy makes such beautiful cards so please head over to her blog and check them out!  

I had just purchased some Waffle Flower stamps and stencils and I was pretty excited to try them out knowing they would work perfectly for this card!  I'm still new to the stenciling game so I need to perfect the technique a bit and figure out what ink works best but we'll get there.  One thing at a time!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Hammermill Coverstock White, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Vellum

Stamps: Sketched Marigold (Waffle Flower), Sketched Aster - sentiment (Waffle Flower)

Ink: StazOn Black, Scattered Straw Distress Oxide, Mustard Seed Distress Oxide, Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide, Bundled Sage Distress Oxide, Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide

Dies: Sketched Marigold (Waffle Flower), Nested Essential Dies

Other: Iridescent Basic Rhinestones, Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder, Sketched Marigold Stencil (Waffle Flower)

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll join in our challenge this week!  We always love to see what you create!  If you need some inspiration, please head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the cards already posted!  

You have until Monday at 1 PM EST to enter this week's challenge!

Have an amazing day!
Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #629

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  Hope you're having a great week so far!  We are deep in snow here in western Canada.  We got a lot of snow over the last week and I'm so ready for it to be done.  Yesterday was cold and windy and I'm trying to tell myself that spring will come eventually!!!  We do need the moisture as we're starting spring in drought conditions but at this point I will take rain!!!

We've got a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is our favourite Texan, Amy O'Neill!  Amy makes such creative cards!  You definitely need to head over to her blog and check them out!  So we've got another sketch with a rounded object on it!!  The team is trying to kill me!  

I wasn't sure what to do for that oval but then I realized that the Lovely Layers Peony looks very ovular!  I opted to go with that.  I have a friend undergoing a medical procedure today and I wanted to make sure to get a card in the mail for her since her recovery won't be as speedy as she'd like!  

I am a little obsessed with using the Distress Oxides to colours my flowers!  I'm late to oxide game but one of these days I'm going to hit up the local paper store and grab some more!!!  I really do love them!  I didn't have a lot of purple paper hanging around so I had to make due with what I found!  

Supplies:
Cardstock: Hammermill Coverstock White, Perfect Plum

DSP:Pansy Petals (SU Retired)

Ink: Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord (Distress Oxides)

Other: Lovely Layers Peony, Perfect Plum Ribbon, Mini Everyday Sentiments (Spellbinders), Silver Foil (Spellbinders), Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder (SU), Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels (SU), Glimmer Hot Foil Machine (Spellbinders)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll join in our challenge this week!  We always love to see what you create!  If you need some inspiration, head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the cards that are posted!  

You have until Monday at 1 PM EST to get your card entered into the challenge!

Have an amazing day!
Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #548

Hello and happy Wednesday!

I hope you're having a good week so far!  I know that for my US friends some of those kids are gearing up to head back to school (actually I think some might have already started).  We are still embracing summer here and since our summer is so short I'm not at all ready for fall to come!  You know it's around the corner though when the fall, Halloween and Christmas decorations are in Costco!!!

We've got a fabulous new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches today!  Our hostess today is the fabulous Jacquie Southas!  Jacquie makes the most fabulous cards (and her card today is no exception) so head over to her blog and check them out!  

I really loved Jacquie's sketch this week!  It's wide open for interpretation and was super easy to work with!  Best of all - no circles!!!  I will never complain about that!!

I was pretty excited to use my Lovely Layers Wildflowers from Honey Bee Stamps!  We have been able to see the wild flowers in full bloom in the mountains lately and they are so beautiful!  I knew I needed to use this set on my card this week!  These poppies are so pretty and I can see myself using these lots in the future!!!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic White, Basic Black, Real Red, Poppy Parade, Silver, Garden Green

Stamps: With Sympathy (Honey Bee Stamps)

Ink: Real Red, Garden Green, Versafine Black

Other: Lovely Layers Wildflowers Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Blending Brushes, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I sure hope you'll make a card for our challenge!  If you want to be inspired, please head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog!  There are lots of cards there to get those creative juices flowing!

I hope you have an amazing day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #546

Happy Wednesday!

I hope you're having a great week so far!  We were on vacation last week.  We went away overnight but the rest of the time we just took some fun day trips!  My husband and I decided to tackle a big hike called Tent Ridge.  It was pretty crazy.  The view was absolutely amazing but there were a few sections that had me questioning why I was even doing this!!!  It was totally worth it in the end!!!  

We've got a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the Texan in our crew - Amy O'Neill!  Amy's cards are always beautiful and she's so creative!  Head over to her blog to check out her creations!  Amy's sketch almost did me in with all of those huge circles but I had just picked up my Lovely Layers Peony Honey Cuts and figured that the giant peony would work perfectly in the middle!

There are a LOT of layers in this peony!  I'm actually not even sure if I can put it in the mail!!!  It is worth it though.  I just love it!  My friend recently lost her husband and I want to have a stockpile of cards to be able to send her over the coming weeks and months.  

Supplies

Cardstock: Rose Red, Melon Mambo, Flirty Flamingo, Blushing Bride, Garden Green, Basic White

Stamps: With Sympathy (Honey Bee Stamps)

Ink: Versafine Black, Rose Red, Melon Mambo, Flirty Flamingo, Blushing Bride

Other: Lovely Layers Peony Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps), Double Stitched Circle Dies (Lil Inkers),  Ballet Slipper Confetti Mix, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and join in our challenge!  There are some great examples from the Design Team there to get you inspired!  

We always love seeing the different cards that get entered in the challenge so we hope you'll join us!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

 

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #534

 

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week so far!  I hope you're enjoying some beautiful spring weather!  We've had a great week but we could really use some rain.  I can't believe how dry it is here and we haven't even gotten to summer yet. I'm kind of dreading summer if we don't get some rain.  

We've got another fabulous sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week.  Our hostess this week is the absolutely amazing Cecile Ribon!  Cecile has the most amazing die collection I've ever seen and one day I'd love to travel to France to visit and play with those dies!!!

I wanted to keep my card nice and simple!  I also wasn't feeling super creative so I needed to keep things as simple as I could!  I really wanted to use my coneflower dies and opted to stick with a plain white flower.  I didn't really know how to create the background so used some stamps from my retired French Foliage set.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic White, Daffodil Delight, Gold Foil

Stamps: French Foliage, Flowering Tulips

Ink: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight

Other: Lovely Layers Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps),  Tasteful Label Dies, Polished Dots, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll rush on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out our challenge this week!  The Design Team has done an amazing job at creating some gorgeous examples for you!  

We sure hope you'll play along with us this week!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #421

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!

We have a fantastic new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazingly talented and absolute Queen of Clean, Jen Mitchell!  Jen's cards are always beautiful and she can create such gorgeous, clean cards!  I am always in awe!  Head over to her blog to check them out!

I kinda knew what I wanted to do with Jen's sketch when I saw it.  I love my poppy stamps.  You guys already know that.  I decided I wanted to try out the "bunch" of poppies this time!  I had to try some gold embossed on black and then I wanted to do some where I coloured them!  I decided the plain white background was a little to sparse so I used the pinewood planks embossing folder to add in some texture.

Supplies (Black and gold)
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Gold Foil
Stamps: Painted Poppy, Honey Bee
Ink: Versamark
Other: Gold Embossing Powder, Double Stitched Squares (Lil Inkers), Square Dies (Spellbinders), Double Stitched Circle Dies (Lil Inkers), Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder, Sequins, Dimensionals.

Supplies: (Red and White)
Cardstock: Poppy Parade, Whisper White
Stamp: Painted Poppy, Honey Bee
Ink: Memento Black
Other: Stampin Blends, Double Stitched Squares, Flag Die (MFT Blueprints), Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder, Dimesionals

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!
We can't wait to see what you come up with this week!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #283

Hello!  Happy Wednesday!
I hope you are having a great start to your week!  We are having a beautiful start to our week.  We were able to celebrate my mom's birthday this past weekend.  It was a lovely weekend and I was so happy to be able to spend time with my mom!

We have a new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  I have the privilege of being this week's hostess!  I hope you enjoy the sketch that I've come up with this week!

I had a little piece of the Moroccan DSP that I decided to use on this card!  It's just so pretty!  I gave colouring the Pretty Poppies set a whirl.  I used my Zig markers and they worked just fine this time!  I think this is the first time I didn't cry while colouring!!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Early Espresso, Bermuda Bay, Very Vanilla
Stamps: LJD Pretty Poppies (MFT)
Ink: Stazon black
Other: Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers, Sequins, Border Builders Die Set (Lil Inkers), Dimensionals

I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the amazing cards that the Design Team has created for you.

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #226

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you've had a great start to your week!  We are hoping that today is a snow day (since I'm writing this at night I really have not idea what's in store)!  Last night it was snowing like crazy!  The wind was so strong and it was absolutely nasty out.  The boys prayed so hard for a snow day.  I think I'm praying for a school day!!!!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Our amazing hostess is our colouring champion Rita Wright!  Grab your coffee and head over to Rita's blog to check out her fabulous cards!

I love how versatile Rita's sketch is!  I also love that she used a butterfly not a circle!  Though you can use whatever shape you want, the butterfly is way less intimidating!   I started with the card at the top.  I wanted to do something other than black and white cards.  I love grey and yellow together and so thought I'd start with that.  the flower was a little more challenging because I had trouble finding who colours that worked.  It ended up being white and silver!

I then made the bottom card and yes, I realize that it's black and white.  I have a customer who wanted several black and white birthday cards.  I'm hoping this one will work.

Supplies: 
Cardstock: Basic Grey, Whisper White, Smokey Slate, Basic Black, Silver
DSP: Cherry on Top DSP Stack
Stamps: LJD Pretty Poppies (Top card), And Many More (bottom card)
Ink: Black Stazon
Other: Falling snow Embossing Folder, Stitched Flag Die (Lil Inkers), Quilted Flower Die (Lil Inkers), Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Please head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the amazing cards the design team has created for you!  You will not be disappointed!

Have a wonderful day!
Jen

Hello Friend

Hello!
Happy Sunday!  I hope you've have a great weekend!  We had a nice relaxing day.  It was nice to sleep in a few minutes this morning.  We had such a beautiful weekend again!  I sure have been loving this unusual fall weather!  The sun is just so warm and lovely!

I discovered a few cards laying around that I had not posted.  I don't even remember when I made them or for what challenge!  Obviously they didn't get entered!!!  That happens sometimes around here!

I couldn't help but combine butterflies and sequins...oh and a stitched rectangle on this card!  The "hello's" are cut out using the Hello You thinlits from Stampin' Up!  I added the Papillon Potpourri butterflies and the sequins I had left from my Watercolour Wishes card kit!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black
Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Sending You (Lil' Inkers)
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: Bitty Butterfly Punch, Hello You Thinlits, Sequins

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

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #211

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  It was such a beautiful day today!  We have had one of the warmest fall weeks ever!  The boys actually wore shorts and t-shirts to school yesterday which has to be a first in Canadian History!!!  They were pumped!  I wish this warmer weather could last all winter!  It does feel strange to have such warm weather and to have Christmas commercials on TV!  

We have a great new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our fabulous hostess this week is the amazing Karren Johnson!   Karren makes some gorgeous cards!  I aspire to be able to create cards like her one day!!!  

I had a hard time with this sketch and it wasn't because of the circle - I know, shocking!  I have felt so uncreative the last few weeks.  I don't know what it is but I just sit in my craft room and stare at everything.  Party because it's a disaster that needs a good cleaning!  I sure feel like the weak link of the team this week!  I'm hoping this fabulous weather changes things!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Silver
Stamps: Shine Bright (Reverse Confetti)
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: Sun 'n Clouds Confetti Cuts, Double Stitched Circle Dies (Lil' Inkers), Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping in today!  Please head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to check out the amazing cards the Design Team has come up with!  You will not be disappointed!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #207

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!  We have a busy week here in this house.  Caleb is being fitted for a new retainer today and we need to go and get the moulds done. I have the joy of taking him.  Hopefully it goes okay!  The boys are both taking drum lessons this year.  I thought for sure I would regret this but they are having so much fun and learning so much.  I have also learned to read drum music and can play a few bars when needed!  Who knew?!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week courtesy of the amazing Kim Singdahlsen!  Kim creates the most amazing cards and is one of the major enablers on our team!  You need to check out her blog but beware...you may feel strongly inclined to go shopping after seeing her gorgeous cards!

What I first had in mind when I saw this sketch is not what I created.  Even this card isn't exactly what I wanted but it's what we're going with this week.  I envisions snowflakes and sparkle but that didn't quite work out.

I decided to use some of my Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper Stack.  I really like this paper!  As you know, I usually like to have cards with as much white space as possible but I decided to fill that in today!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White
DSP: Pretty Petals
Stamps: Set from the Water Colour Wishes Kit
Ink: Black Stazon
Other: Wooden Butterflies and Sequins (Water Colour Wishes Kit)

Thanks so much for stopping in today!  I hope you have the time to go over to the Freshly Made Sketches Design Team blog to check out the amazing cards the Design Team has created for you!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #206

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week!  I haven't gotten as much time in my craft room this week as I would have liked so I'm hoping to be able to create some cards this afternoon!  The activities are commitments are starting to ramp up around here so it's not leaving a lot of left over time for crafting!  I'm wondering if my family really needs to eat meals?!!!!  Think of the time I could save!!!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our amazing hostess this week is Linda Callahan!  Linda makes such beautiful cards!  I love her creativity!  She also has a fabulous sense of humour!  You need to check out her blog!

Now, you can only imagine the joking that went on in our group when Linda posted this sketch.  At first I thought she was trying to do me in.  Not only is there a big circle on it, there are THREE!  Seriously!  Actually, I knew right away I wanted to use coffee cups on this card.  I just love these sweet cups!  I wanted to create a really simple card.  I love simple (but you already know that!).  I love Kraft paper as well.  It speaks to me about as much as a pure white background!  I added a little heart from the Natural Elements and it was done!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Kraft, Whisper White
Stamps: Coffee Cozy (Lil Inkers)
Ink: Black Stazon
Other: Coffee Cozy Dies (Lil Inkers), Natural Elements, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Please had on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to see the amazing cards the design team has created for you!

I hope you have a fabulous day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #184

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a wonderful week!  We had such a beautiful day here yesterday and the forecast says it is supposed to be just as beautiful here today.  It has been such a cold spring that this warm weather feels so nice!  The grass is greening and the robins seem extra chipper!

We have a fun new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches today!  The fabulous Kim Singdahlson is our hostess this week!  Kim makes the most amazing cards!  If you have an hour or so, head over to her blog and be amazed by her creativity!

So, I don't know why I didn't use a tag on my card!  As soon as I saw the sketch I knew I wanted to use my Sun 'n Clouds Confetti Cuts from Reverse Confetti.  I am a little disappointed with my sun.  I don't like the glitter that I added to it but it needed a little something in the centre and I was kinda rushing and am not pleased with the end result.  That centre may need to change over the next few days!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black
DSP: Moonlight DSP Stack
Stamps: Shine Bright (Reverse Confetti)
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inkers), Sun 'n Clouds Confetti Cuts (Reverse Confetti), Sequins, Glitter, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to check out the amazing cards the Design Team has created for you!  I love being part of this amazing team!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #177

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  Another week is halfway done and we are one step closer to March break here in Ontario!  I am some excited - so are my boys!  We are going to see my parents on Friday and this year we're going to fly so they are beyond pumped to fly on an airplane and see Grannie and Papa all in one day!  I'm not sure they'll be able to contain their excitement!

Today we have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches from the lovely and extremely creative Karren Johnson!  Karren's cards are always so beautiful and fresh!  Head over to her blog and you will not be disappointed!

I didn't freak out when I saw that tiny, little circle!  I knew right away that I needed that circle to be a coffee cup!  This card is going to a special friend who loves coffee and who has been providing Bed and Breakfast services to the man who's painting my house!  I do have the greatest friends!  I am sending some chocolate cupcakes "home" with him tonight and this card!

I do love that coffee cup stamp and die!  I could use it for so many people!  I still have a lot of paper left in my Stacked with Love DSP stack!  Thankfully, since they're double sided and generally have one side that doesn't have hearts, they can be used all year round!

I threw on some sequins.  I just thought it needed a little sparkle!  Who doesn't love a little sparkle?!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red, Kraft
DSP: Stacked with Love DSP Stack
Stamps: Coffee Cozy (Lil' Inkers)
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Coffee Cozy Dies (Lil' Inkers), Sequins, Dimensionals

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

Have a wonderful day!

Jen!

Freshly Made Sketches #170

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week!  We've had some strange weather here again. I can't believe that it's the middle of January and we have no snow.  Nothing at all.  It's rather strange.  The kids don't mind because they play soccer outside at school on breaks so they prefer having no snow!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week.  The fabulous Jen Mitchell has created this beauty for us.  I love Jen's style of card making so much!  I spend a lot of time looking at her blog!!!  You should head over there and check it out!

I couldn't wait to try out my new "Donut You Know" stamp set and Confetti Cuts from Reverse Confetti!  I know that having a donut set would help with those "circle" cards that the FMS gals like to throw my way!!!  I thought I'd break it in on this card as well!  I added some Glassy Glaze Enamel to the "glaze" of the donut to make it look really gooey!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Early Espresso
DSP: Stacked with Love DSP
Stamps: Donut You Know (Reverse Confetti)
Ink: Early Espresso
Other: Donut You Know Confetti Cuts, Circle Garland Confetti Cuts, Glassy Glaze Enamel, Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inkers), Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you get a chance to check out the Freshly Made Sketches blog and see what the Design Team has created for you!

Have a wonderful day!

Jen!

Majestic Monarchs

Hello!
I had a few minutes this weekend to play in my craft room!  The boys enjoyed one of the last flying days of the season on Saturday so I took advantage of hanging out with my paper, stamps and ink!

I'm still working on filling an order of nature inspired cards and what doesn't scream nature more than butterflies?!  I could make dozens of cards with butterflies!

I started with the Fusion card challenge sketch!  It fit my butterflies perfectly!  I decided to pair it with the colours from the Card Concept challenge (using the Clean and Simple style).  I don't really use Halloween cards so I knew that instead of halloween I could do monarchs!

Papillon Potpourri is one of my favourite stamp sets!  Those butterflies totally make me smile!  I used my Score Board to create the lines on the bottom of the front white panel!  I chose a sentiment from a PTI stamp set.  I tried colouring the butterflies to start with but ended up having to just stamp them on some Pumpkin Pie cardstock!  My colouring skills need some work!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie
Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, PTI (Sentiment)
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Elegant Butterfly Punch, Dimensionals

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

Jen!

Freshly Made Sketches #97

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope everyone is having a great week!  The boys and I did some glow in the dark bowling the other day and enjoyed a visit with Grannie and Papa (my parents) today!  We are getting ready to head on a little vacation and the boys are going to have a little visit with my mom and dad!  We will be heading out Thursday morning to Kauai, Hawaii!   I won't be commenting on any cards this week so please don't think I don't love what you've created!

We have a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches today!  Today's fabulous sketch comes from Jennifer Timko!  We at FMS are so proud of Jen for making it onto the Stampin' Up! Aritsan Team.

I didn't know what to do for this card!  I loved the sketch but didn't feel the creative juices flowing.  I was searching through my DSP stash and found my favourite - Orchard Harvest - and couldn't resist.  We have been having some chilly weather here and the cool nights have reminded me of fall weather.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Early Espresso, More Mustard (retired), Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Lucky Limeade (retired)
DSP: Orchard Harvest (retired)
Stamps: Six-Sided Sampler
Ink: Early Espresso
Other: Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Linen Thread, Basic Pearls, Bitty Banners Framelits, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!  Head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to see the beautiful cards the design team has created!  We can't wait to see what you create!

Have a great week!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge!

Hello!
It was a busy day!  I opted out of going to Caleb's soccer game tonight to go and get fruit for my fruit-eating monsters.  Jacob stayed home with me and it was nice to have my little friend for company!  Tomorrow is summer camp preparation. My friend and I are leading the scrapbooking/card making elective and need to figure out who is bringing what tools!  Should be fun!

Today brings us a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  This week the design team has created some beautiful cards using Cindy's fabulous sketch!  I strayed a little from the sketch and make a little panel inside the card.  Just wanted to keep the sketch very white and clean.

I'm in LOVE with the new Quatrefancy Specialty DSP!  You probably noticed from my earlier card that it used the same paper and same butterfly stamp!  I just couldn't help it!  That Strawberry Slush ribbon is fabulous!  I love how stretch it is!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White
DSP: Quatrefancy Specialty
Stamps: Six-Sided Sampler, Papillon Potpourri
Ink: Strawberry Slush
Other: Strawberry Slush Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Dimensionals


Here are a few pictures from the Hamilton Air Show!  We had a great Saturday with some fabulous weather!  Both boys have decided their favourite plane is the Lancaster.  They were both really "touched" by the story of Andrew Mynarski and his flight during WWII.

Thanks for stopping by!  Please head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the beautiful cards our fabulous design team has come up with!

Have a great day!
Jen

CAS(E) Thinking of You!

Hello!
Happy Monday!  I totally have been out of the loop these last few weeks!  My husband went away for a week which left me with minimal stamping time!  Tomorrow we celebrate my oldest's 7th birthday!  I have no idea how it's possible that he can be 7 already!  We celebrated today with a pirate party for Caleb and 6 of his friends.  It was exhausting.  I'm thinking we will need to change things up a bit next year.

I really loved the CAS(E) this Sketch! challenge this week.  I really wanted to play along.  I must apologize for the quality of my photo.  it's late and I had to use my phone...

As soon as I saw this sketch I thought French Foliage.  I think this stamp set has got to be my all time favourite set.  I just love it!  It doesn't help that my favourite season is fall so to me I can have fall all year round!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Very Vanilla
Stamps: French Foliage, Apothecary Art
Ink: Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard
Other: Bitty Banners Framelits, 3/4" Circle Punch, Dimensionals


Here's a picture of my two pirates!  They were hilarious!!!!  The moustaches did not last long...sadly!  I thought for sure they'd love them!

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Have a fabulous day!

Jen!

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #85

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I love Wednesday's!  This week seems to have gone really slowly for some reason.  We have had some beautiful weather this week though!  I must have gotten a little too much sun at lunch with the kindergartners today!  My neck is a bit pink!  We weren't even out there that long!

So we have a fabulous new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches!  This week's sketch comes from the uber talented Narelle Farrugia!  Narelle is the queen of fabulous layers on her cards!!!  This weeks' sketch threw me - even more than last week's!  I wasn't sure what to do!

I decided to use my Quint-Essential Flower stamp!  I do love this stamp and what you can do with it.  I then combined it with this week's Dynamic Duos colours!  Who doesn't love Daffodil Delight and Baja Breeze!  I am still quite upset that this beautiful colour will be retiring...

I used the brand new A Round Array stamp set.  I do love it!  The centre of the Quint-Essential stamp isn't another scalloped circle but I thought this would work well for what I needed!  I must say this cute new stamp set is very fun!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White
DSP: Daffodil Delight Brights DSP
Stamps: Quint-Essential Flower, A Round Array
Ink: Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight
Other: Basic Rhinestones, Daffodil Delight Seam Binding, Dimensionals, Scalloped Circle Punches, 1" Circle Punch

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Please hop on over to the Freshly Made Sketches Blog to check out the beautiful cards the Clean Team has crafted up for you this week!

Have a wonderful day!
Jen