Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #459

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!  I know some places around Ontario had snow earlier this week.  Thankfully we did not though it's cold and damp!  I kinda feel like winter might be coming a little bit earlier this year than we're used to!  I also realized that this weekend is the time change.  I kinda think that the pandemic started the weekend of the time change so maybe it will disappear this weekend?!  One can dream right?

We have a new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  I am this week's hostess!  I'm so excited and hope you guys like the sketch and will play along!  It's definitely not my usual kind of sketch.  I stretched myself with this one and it's totally out of my comfort zone!

Shockingly enough though this was the first edition of this card!  I saw the poppy paper and knew it would work!  Crazy right!  I think I fall in love with this paper more and more when I use it!  I wish I had hoarded a bit more of it!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Mossy Meadow, Basic Black, Granny Apple Green,  Cucumber Crush

DSP: Painted Poppies

Stamps: You're So (Reverse Confetti)

Ink: Mossy Meadow

Other: You're So Confetti Cuts, Poppy Moments Dies, Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the gorgeous cards the girls have created!  I hope you'll join us this week and create your own card using my sketch!!   

Have an amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #349

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!  We're just coming off a long weekend in Canada and it's so nice to have a more chill week.  The boys are enjoying their week at home just hanging out and doing whatever.  Caleb has a new model (the USS Enterprise) that he's working on and Jake - well, he's Jake!  He always finds something to do - usually it involves doing flips into the pool!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazingly talented Karren Johnson.  Karren's cards always wow me!  She can colour like no one's business and she is the technique queen!  Head over to her blog to check it out!

I may have also had this piece of paper left over from camp.  Or at least sitting on my desk!  I love these melons.  I wish I had the lemon stamp set from SU but, I don't so I had to improvise!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Berry Burst, Peakaboo Peach
DSP: Tutti Frutti (Retired)
Stamps: You're So (Reverse Confetti)
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Sequins, You're So Confetti Cuts (Reverse Confetti)

Thanks 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 have created for you!  You will definitely be inspired!

Have a fabulous day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #326

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!  I received a huge box of card making supplies in the mail yesterday which much mean that it's time to start getting projects ready for summer camp!  I am so excited to open those paper packs and start getting things cut!  I have most of the projects planned out, I just need to start cutting!  My mom will help me during March Break which will be so heavenly!!  She's the best mom ever!!!  Love you mom!!!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!!!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Jennifer Timko!  Jen creates beautiful cards and is a master "colourer"!!!  She's also a pilot and definitely due for a flight to Toronto sometime soon!!

I love Jen's sketch!  I wasn't sure what I wanted to do and was flipping though the "container" that holds my dies and I came across these banners.  I love them.  I knew right away they would work perfectly!  I know it's another black and white card but I truly love black and white.  I think because it's clean looking.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, White Glimmer
Stamps: You're So (Reverse Confetti)
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: Double Garland Banner Confetti Cuts (Reverse Confetti), You're So Confetti Cuts (Reverse Confetti), Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Stitched Rectangles (Lil Inkers)

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 your inspiration!  I feel so blessed to be part of this team of talented ladies!!

Have a great week!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #319

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you are having a great start to your week!  We finally have some much warmer temperatures here in Southern Ontario!  Last week I was in the Ottawa Valley with my parents and the temperatures dropped as low as -40 with the windchill.  It was brutally cold.  Made me so thankful for the wood stove!!!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week courtesy of one of our Texans, Rita Wright!  Rita is also one of our colouring queens!  I'm always amazed at what she can create!  I think I need to take a little adventure down to Texas to learn how to colour!!!

Rita has created such a great sketch!  This one can be interpreted in so many different ways!  I need some birthday cards so I decided to haul out my Botanical Builders and start creating.  I opted for black and white to keep the card simple.  I used my "You're So" stamp set and dies from Reverse Confetti and voila!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black
Stamps: You're So (Reverse Confetti)
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: You're So Confetti Cuts, Botanical Builders Framelits, Black Rhinestones, Warm Welcome Dies, 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 your inspiration!

Have a fabulous day!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #313

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week.  Have you had any snow yet?  We had a bit of snow last Thursday.  Not enough to create chaos but enough to make me wish I lived somewhere warm that had palm trees.  Somewhere like Hawaii!!!  I am not a cold weather girl, which is funny because I was born and raised and have lived my whole life in Canada!  Oh well!  I guess I'll just have to accept that the snow is coming and try and enjoy it!!!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches today!  Our hostess this week is our favourite New Zealand card maker and one of the most creative people I know...Karren Johnson!  Karren's cards always amaze me so head over to her blog and check them out!

Karren's sketch obviously threw me for a loop.  Do you see those circles.  There are 6!  6!  And here I thought Karren and I were friends!!!!  I took a few deep breaths and dug in.  I found some cut flower and leaves stamps and went to town.  This card came together surprisingly easy for me.  It's truly a shocker!  Trust me!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Cucumber Crush, Watermelon Wonder
Stamps:  You're so (Reverse Confetti), Love Blooms (Reverse Confetti)
Ink: Versamark
Other: You're So Confetti Cuts, Love Blooms Confetti Cuts, Sequins (SU), Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches Blog and check out the beautiful cards the Design Team has created!  You will be inspired!  We can't wait to see what you come up with !

Have a fabulous day!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #288

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  We are expecting a gorgeous day here today!  The first truly HOT day of the spring so far!  The kids are pumped about wearing shorts!  This has been a long time coming.  Both my kids are down to their last pair of pants without ripped knees!  Oh the joys of boys!!!  My oldest turns 11 this coming weekend and still wears the knees right out of his pants.  Actually, yesterday, his grey jogging pants came home slightly green.  Complete all over grass stains.  I just shake my head!

Well, today we have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the fabulous Jen Mitchell!  Jen's cards are always gorgeous and she can turn simple into a beautiful masterpiece!  Head over to her blog to be wowed!

Jen has a great sketch for us!  I kinda know right away what I wanted to do with this one!  This is my mother's Mother's Day card!  I just love the gold polka dot paper out of the Pop of Pink DSP pack.  I mean, those gold dots are just gorgeous!  I combined that with this fabulous set from Reverse Confetti and voila!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Gold
DSP: Pop of Pink
Stamps: You're So (Reverse Confetti)
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: Double Stitched Circles (Lil Inkers), You're So Confetti Cuts (Reverse Confetti), Scalloped Circle Dies (Spellbinders), 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 that the Design Team has created for your inspiration!  We hope you'll play along this week!

Have a fabulous day!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #274

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're all having a great week so far!  Anyone else having some super weird weather? We have almost no snow - and today it poured rain.  I mean, it poured.  Ugh.  Nothing worse than rain in February.  Last week I had 10 robins hanging out in my front tree.  I don't know what they were thinking and I am hoping they were just stopping over on their way to Florida.

We have a new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches.  I have the honour of being this week's hostess.  I always get a little nervous when it's my turn to come up with a sketch.  I'm not really creative and I do find it challenging to come up with something that I think will work!  I'm hoping you enjoy what I've come up with!

I need to restock my birthday cards and so decided to combine the Botanical Builders from Stampin Up and the "You're So" stamp set and dies from Reverse Confetti.  I went with yellow and green which totally aren't colours I would normally pick but they jumped out at me and stuck!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Gumball Green, Black Glimmer (Michaels)
Stamps: You're So (Reverse Confetti)
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: Botanical Builder Dies (SU), You're So Confetti Cuts, Mini Banner Punch (SU), Basic Rhinestones, Softly Falling TIEF, Dimensionals

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

Have a great day!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #271

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week so far!  It was a super rainy day here yesterday.  We don't have any snow left.  As much as I don't like snow, rain in the winter seems worse.  It was a dreary day so hopefully we'll have some sun today!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Our hostess this week is the incredibly talented Cindy Hall!  Cindy makes beautiful cards.  You need to head over to her blog and check them out!

I really do love the colours in this Carried Away DSP!  It's currently available as a Sale-A-Bration item!  Who doesn't like getting something free?!  I used some Reverse Confetti stamps here and the "fabulous" had originally embossed with silver embossing powder.  I didn't really like how it looked. As pretty as the silver is, it just didn't stand out enough so I ended up using a die to cut out the Fabulous and adding it on top.  It needed a few little sequins and I called it a day!

Supplies:
Cardstock; Whisper White, Watermelon Wonder, Night of Navy, Silver
DSP: Carried Away (SU)
Stamps: You're So (Reverse Confetti)
Ink: Night of Navy
Other: Sequins (SU), You're So Confetti Cuts (Reverse Confetti), Dimensionals

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

Have a fabulous day!
Jen