Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #238

Happy Wednesday!
I can't believe it's Wednesday already!  Monday was a holiday here in Canada (Victoria Day) so I'm all mixed up with what day it is!  I went around all day thinking it was Monday!  I almost forgot to do my post thinking I had an extra day!  Oh how these long weekends mess with my head!  We did have a gorgeous weekend though and have started the week off with some super warm summer weather!  I love it!

We have a great new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches courtesy of the amazing Kim Singdahlsen.  Kim makes beautiful cards!  I mean, truly amazing cards.  She is one of the chief enablers on our team!!!

Okay, you may find this scary (or amusing) but when I saw Kim's sketch, I saw circles!  I knew right away I wanted to use my PTI Dot Spot stamp set.  I had it out to do a card for camp and realized it would work perfectly with the sketch!  I used clear embossing powder on the coloured cardstock!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Gumball Green
Stamps: Sentiment Flags (Lil' Inkers), Dot Spot (PTI)
Ink: Versarmark, Stazon Black
Other: Softly Falling Embossing Folder, Clear Embossing Powder, Circle Punches, Stitched Flag Die (Lil' Inkers), Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inkers), 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!

Have a fabulous day!
Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #237

Hello!
I hope you're having a great start to your week!  This is a very busy week here at our house!  We are gearing up for a big 10th birthday at our house!  Caleb (my oldest) turns 10 on Saturday.  I don't believe it.  I mean, I'm only 29.  I'm pretty sure it's not possible for him to be 10!  He will be having a hockey birthday party which I am preparing for!  I think it's under control but then again, we won't know until his party on Monday!!!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazing Linda Callahan!  Linda is so creative and I love her cards!  Did you see the one last week with the books?  Super fun!

This is a great sketch for your imagination!  There are so many ways you can use it!  I wasn't quite sure what I would do but then I found this fun DSP in a paper stack and decided it would do the trick.  Of course the first time I tried stamping the sentiment, I tried to stamp it directly onto the card.  It backfired.  So I tired embossing it in silver embossing powder on the black banner.  That backfired too so I covered it up with the white banner which I realize is crooked.  I guess technically that's a backfire as well but I couldn't bring myself to stamp and cut a new one!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Silver
DSP: Cherry on Top DSP Stack
Stamps: LJD Birthday Greetings
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: Sequins, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll take the time to visit the Freshly Made Sketches blog and admire the beautiful cards the design team has created for you!  You won't be disappointed!

Have a wonderful day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #236

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  We're finally getting some sort of spring like weather around here.  The long range forecast has some temperatures that are not very springy but I guess as long as it's not snowing we shouldn't complain!  If you haven't heard about the terrible wild fires in Fort McMurray (Alberta, Canada), you need to check out the news.  This entire city of over 80,000 has been evacuated and about 2500 structures (homes and businesses) have been lost.  I can't even begin to imagine the devastation these people are facing.  So many people were only given a minute's notice before they had to leave their home and they've lost everything.  If you haven't done so, please consider donating to the Canadian Red Cross and helping out these thousands of families who are in such incredible need right now!

Being Wednesday, we have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess with the mostess this week is Rita Wright!  Rita makes fabulous cards and can colour like nobody's business!  I long to colour like Rita!!!

This sketch may have thrown me for a loop.  There's a giant bird on it!  That's like planting a giant circle or even a square for that matter. I could not think of a shape to use!  That and I have felt so uncreative lately.  I saw my Fancy Feathers stamp set from Lil Inkers sitting in my bucket and decided I would use them for this card!  I opted for some silver embossing powder and vellum to create the feathers!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White
Stamps: Fancy Feathers (Lil' Inkers)
Ink: Versamark, Stazon Black
Other: Basic Rhinestones, Stitched Rectangles (Lil Inkers), Fancy Feathers Dies (Lil Inkers), Silver Embossing Powder, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll head over the the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the amazing card the design team has created!  I also hope you'll head over to the Canadian Red Cross and make a donation to help out some families who have lost so much!

Have a wonderful day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #235

Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great start to your week!  The trees are starting to get their leaves and the tulips and daffodils are finally blooming.  It seems so late this year!  My hostas are poking out of the ground and I bought Jacob a cherry tomato plant for the deck.  It's his plant to take care of.  We'll see how long it lasts. He loves tomatoes so hopefully he manages to take care of it well so he can enjoy the "fruits" of his labour!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches today!  Our talented hostess is the amazing Jen Mitchell!  Jen creates the most beautiful cards!  I love her style and her clean lines!  She has a great sketch of us this week and it is a super fun one to work with.

I needed an anniversary card for my in laws and once I saw the sketch and knew I needed an anniversary card, I decided to ink up my Pleasant Poppies!  I love that stamp set!  It makes me smile!!!

I used some white embossing powder and despite my best efforts it still got everywhere!  I decided to use some silver embossing powder on the "Celebrate".  It worked quiet well actually.  I managed to successfully emboss it without burning my fingers!!!  That's always a plus!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Real Red, Basic Black
Stamps: Pleasant Poppies
Ink: Versamark
Other: Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inkers), Silver Embossing Powder, White Embossing Powder, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you'll take the time to head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and check out the gorgeous cards the team has created for your inspiration!

Have a fabulous 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

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #233

Hello!
Happy Wednesday friends!  I hope you're having a great week!  We had some amazing weather this past weekend!  It was so fun to get out and enjoy the beautiful sunshine!  I think the kids were aiming to see how many different sports they could play outside in one day!  We had hockey, basketball, scooter, bikes and golf going!  They were so tired when they finally came in!  It was perfect!

We have a great new sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess this week is the amazing, Artisan Design Team member Amy O'Neill!  Amy creates the most beautiful cards.  She has a way with colour and embellishments!

Okay, so you can see the circle hiding in there right?!  I knew that I'd have to dig deep on this one!  I love the Circle Scribbles stamps by My Favourite Things.  I decided to colour some flowers up  with my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers.  They are so fun and I do have fun with them!  I decided to use a strip of vellum across the back rather than trying to pick a colour.   I wanted to keep the background simple so the flowers would really and out!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Watercolour paper
Paper: Vellum
Stamps: LJD Circle Scribbles, LJD Blissful Butterflies (Both My Favourite Things)
Ink: Stazon Black
Other: Circle Scribbles Die-namics, Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers,  Double Stitched Squares (Lil' Inkers), Dimensionals

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

Have a wonderful day!

Jen

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #232

 Hello!
Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're having a great week so far!  I haven't had as much time in my craft room over the last few weeks/months as I would like.  Unfortunately I am not one of those people who can go and create cards when there is stuff to do in the house and my kids are still too young to do a lot of things on their own.  I'm hoping to spend a bit of time in my craft room this weekend.  We are done hockey for the season so maybe, just maybe I'll get to enjoy a little crafting time!!!

We have a great new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Our fabulous hostess is the one and only Narelle Farrugia.  Don't even get me started on Narelle's amazing layers and fussy cut flowers!  So pretty!  Narelle's sketch is so versatile this week.  It can be turned into so many different things!

I'll be honest.  I don't like my card.  I'm really disappointed in how it turned out and that I couldn't turn it into what I envisioned in my mind!  Alas, what can you do?!

I used the tea cup from the Reverse Confetti "Be a Barista" stamp set.  I used my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush markers to colour it.  The tea turned out better than I had hoped which is sadly the only part of the card I liked.  I tried all different colour combinations but nothing really worked.  This is the one I went with.  I was going to try and change it up yesterday but then I had to go into the school for a follow up to something I had been working on and there went the day!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise, Watercolour paper
Stamps: Be a Barista (Reverse Confetti)
Ink: Stazon Black, Versamark
Other: Be A Barista Confetti Cuts, Falling Snow Embossing Folder, White Embossing Powder, Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I can't wait to see what you come up with this week!  Head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog for some inspiration!

Have a fabulous day!
Jen