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 #454

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!  I can't believe we're officially into fall!  Fall is my favourite season.  I love decorating, the colours, the smells and the cool nights!  There are some people that get excited to decorate for Christmas, for me it's fall.  I could totally leave up my pumpkins all year round!!  

We have a brand new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Our hostess is the amazing Jacquie Southas!  Jacquie is one of our colouring queens and always creates the most amazing cards!  Head over to her blog to check them out!

One would think that this is a straight forward sketch.  It seems straight forward right?  Not for this girl.  I've felt very uncreative lately.  Like really, really uncreative!  Anyhow, I struggled to figure out what I wanted to make for this card.  I wanted a fall card - I just can't help it! You know me and fall! Needless to say, the plaid tidings DSP was sitting there and it won!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Cajun Craze, Whisper White

DSP: Plaid Tidings

Stamps: Fall Foliage (Reverse Confetti)

Ink: Basic Black, Memento Black

Other: Fall Foliage Dies, Copper Thread, Tasteful Texture Embossing Folder, Stampin Blends, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll take some time and head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog!  You will love the cards the Design Team ladies have created!  

We can't wait to see what you come up with for our challenge!

Have an amazing day!!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #453

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week so far!  School has officially started for both of my kids.  I have one in school full time and one who goes a bit less than part time.  High school is mostly online and is organized and so far so good.  The elementary schools are trying their best and I'm hopeful that all will be well.  Truthfully if I think about it too much, it makes me want to throw up!  Thankfully my youngest has a great attitude about school and is super excited to be there and doesn't seem to mind wearing a mask all day!

It's Wednesday and that means that we have a fun new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the lovely Judy Rozema!  Judy's cards area always beautiful!  Did you see what she created last week out of a blob?!  Check her blog to find out!

For those of you who know me, you know that as soon as I saw that giant circle I freaked out.  Then Judy went and added a second one in as well!  Two!  Oh goodness!  I struggled friend.  Struggled.  It wasn't until I saw some stamp company advertising some new stitched pumpkins that I realized I could make my own giant pumpkin!  Totally old school!  

I used some oval dies, embossed the ovals, inked them and put them together.  The stem is totally hand cut because I didn't know what else to do!  I added some fall foliage and voila, a fall themed card!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Early Espresso, Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard

DSP:  In Good Taste

Stamps: Acorny Thank You

Ink: Early Espresso

Other: Oval Dies, Tasteful Texture Embossing Folder, Colourful Seasons Dies, Sunflower Dies, Braided Linen Trim, Dimensionals 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and enter our challenge this week!  We can't wait to see what you come up with!  

Have an amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #452

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week so far!  My oldest starts high school today.  I can't believe it.  How is that even possible?  Wasn't he just starting JK yesterday? I remember his first day like it was just yesterday and here we are 10 years later!  My youngest has one day of school this week so he's enjoying a few more golf games before school starts up!  

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Our hostess this week is our colour pairing queen, Amy O'Neill!   Head over to Amy's blog if you want to see some incredible cards.  She can mix and match colours, patterns and embellishments like no one else!  Trust me, you won't be disappointed!

At first those two leaves threw me.  I wasn't sure what I wanted to do.  I love fall cards and I'm not sure why I didn't pull out some fall'ish stuff but I also saw some holly leaves and berries and thought that they would work!  

My Mossy Meadow stampin' blend is on it's last legs and I wasn't sure it would last to colour the holly leaves but it did!  Yay!  I decided to add a stitched border and another stitched label for my sentiment and call it a day!  Of course I still had to add some sequins because...well, why not?!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Whisper White, Mossy Meadow

Stamps: Christmas Gleaming

Ink: Versamark, Memento Black

Other: Sweetly Stitched Dies, Stitched Rectangular Frames, Stampin Blends (Mossy Meadow and Cherry Cobbler), Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder, Copper Embossing Folder, Copper Sequins

Thanks so much for stopping by today! The Design Team has created some amazing cards so you need to head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check them out!   

Have an amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #451

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week!  I hope school has started well for those of you who are back at it.  The school situation here is very fluid and I am totally going with the flow on it.  That's totally not like me.  I'm trying to just let everything fall into place and trust that the right decision will be obvious and all will be well.  Regardless, there isn't much I can do about it!  So we'll just wait!

We have a fun new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the incredible Narelle Farrugia!  Narelle is a floral, fussy cutting queen.  She also seems to add the most gorgeous layers to her cards.  I'm always wowed by them!  Head over to her blog and check them out!  

I didn't know what I wanted to do for this card but I saw the Peony Garden DSP sitting there and knew I should probably get that out!  I just love this paper and of course I love that giant magnolia bloom!  I added a textured background and some little gems.  I can't seem to make a card these days without some kind of bling!  And just like that, it was done.  Okay...it took way longer than that to make!!!  

Supplies:

Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Gray

DSP: Peony Garden

Stamps: Good Morning Magnolia

Ink: Memento Black

Other: Tasteful Texture Embossing Folder, Stampin Blends,  Celebrate Die (Lil Inkers), Elegant Faceted Gems, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head to the Freshly Made Sketches blog!  We really hope you'll join us in our challenge this week!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #450

Hello!

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you are having a great week!  I hope those of you who with kids who have headed back to school, have had a smooth transition!  It's definitely a different situation for all of us.  Our kids have their first day of school in a couple of weeks.  My boys will be heading back to class but Caleb (high school) will be attending a little less than 50% of the time and doing the rest online.  Jacob will be full time in school.  We're going to try it and see how it goes.  We have until November 20th to change our minds and opt for distance learning.  Strange times that require patience and lots of grace!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the incredibly talented Karren Johnson!  Karren is a colouring genius!  I dream of heading to New Zealand and learning to colour and craft with Karren!!  Head over to her blog to check out her amazing cards!

Karren's sketch threw me a bit.  I stared at those circles and did not know what to do with them!  I don't know why they stumped me so much.  You know how I get with circles!!

Anyhow, I wanted a fall'ish card and I had one of these copper leaves sitting on my work space so I decided I would make the card around that one leaf!  Yup, I do weird things!  I also had this copper embossed acorn sitting on my desk and decided that it needed to be incorporated into the card as well!  A couple of die cuts from the Give Thanks set (from Concord & 9th).

Supplies:

Cardstock: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Copper Foil

DSP: In Good Taste

Stamps: Beautiful Autumn

Ink: Early Espresso, Versamark

Other: Seasonal Layers Dies, Give Thanks Dies (Concord & 9th), Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder, Nested Label Dies, Acorn Punch (Autumn Punch Pack),  Copper Embossing Powder, 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 created by the Design Team!  You won't be disappointed!  

I can't wait to see what you make for our challenge this week!

Have an amazing day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #449

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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