Freshly Made Sketches #749

 

This week our teammie Jen B brings us Freshly Made Sketches #749.

 

 

Here's my take on her sketch.

 

I know exactly what you're screaming....."PINK PUMPKINS??"

This is when I tell you that these are the fifth batch of pumpkins I colored 

today and I don't know why I threw in a pink one. For shock value?

 

After coloring each of the pumpkins I ran them through embossing folders

because I thought they looked a little flat. And now they look like pin cushions.

 

For the diagonal element I ran a strip of white card stock through an embossing

folder with sentiments. I was going to leave the card without a sentiment but decided 

at the last minute to run a strip of gray card stock through the same sentiment folder 

and trimmed one out. 

 

Now it's your turn. Play along if you can and stop by the Freshly Made Sketches 

blog to see how the rest of the team interpreted Jen's sketch. You have until Monday,

August 17th to link up your card. Hope to see you in the gallery!

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #748

 

Our teammie Verena brings us Freshly Made Sketches #748 and it looks like this.

 

 

Herewith is my loose interpretation of the sketch. I'm not sure why, but I mentally

struggled with this user friendly sketch. 

For the background I embossed a panel wih a Sizzix 3D folder. I chose a 

Feathered Friend from PTI and didn't add his legs so he could perch on

the branch. I added the blooms and finished off with the sentiment.

Can you see the sketch? I hope so! Remember you can always use whatever 

shape elements you wish. I'm sure you all have better ideas than me!

 

If so, come and join the challenge! Visit Freshly Made Sketches to see how the 

rest of the team worked Verena's sketch and play along. You have until Monday,

August 10th at 3PM EST to link up your card.  
 

Freshly Made Sketches #747

 

This week's Freshly Made Sketches #747 is brought to us by our teammie Kim.

 

 

So many possibilities for this sketch! What do you see? Balloons? Hearts?

I brought out citrus slices from The Greetery. Again.

 

 I went with lemons and limes this time. I assembled them on an embossed panel

and tucked in some leaves. A white embossed sentiment finished off the card.

 

 Visit Freshly Made Sketches to see how the rest of the team played with Kim's

sketch and join us if you can. Link up your card by Monday, Aug 3 at 3PM EST.

Hope to see you in the gallery!

 

Freshly Made Sketches #746

 

Teammie Jen M  brings us this week's Freshly Made Sketches #746 and it's a fun one.

 

 

I love this sketch and years ago, I made some cards with the same general design

A square card base with a circular element on the top that, when added, becomes 

an A2 sized card. 

  

My circular element was Papertrey Ink's wood slice that I decorated with 

leaves and blooms from the set. After folding a cream colored card base into

a 4.25" square, I adhered the wood slice over the fold. 

 

I found a scrap of embossed leaves, adhered it per the sketch and added the

sentiment. A last minute decision was to add some white splatters to help balance 

the wood slice.

 

Visit Freshly Made Sketches to see how the rest of the team interpreted Jen's sketch 

and join us if you can. Link up your card by 

Monday, July 27th at 3PM EST.  Hope to see you in the gallery!

 

  

Freshly Made Sketches #745

 

Jen T is this week's sketch designer for Freshly Made Sketches #745 and 

here's what she designed for us. 

 

 

 

It's been a while since I made a square card and I was looking forward to working

with Jen's sketch. Here's what I came up with.

  

I used Concord & 9th's Just Picked dies after seeing Michele use them on a card and I

didn't realize that I already owned the set because I was so focused on the vases and 

didn't notice the prickly bloom. 

 

I colored two of the blooms and a bud and assembled them on a scalloped

square (from MFT which is no longer in business). A square was cut from gray

card stock and run through an embossing folder then adhered to a card base.

I adhered the scalloped square and finished off with the Altenew sentiment.

 

Visit Freshly Made Sketches to see how the rest of the team interpreted

Jen's sketch and we hope you'll play along with us. The deadline to link up

your card is Monday, July 20th at 3PM EST.

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #744

 

I'm the sketch designer for this week's Freshly Made Sketches #744 and it 

looks like this,

A card kit from Gina K Designs arrived with an assortment of Polaroid frames

that sparked the idea for my card sketch.  

 

Alex Syberia's Floral Splendor Cover Die was cut and inked in summery colors. 

After die cutting a Polaroid frame, I placed the floral piece behind it and backed it with 

a colored card stock piece in a soft shade of blue. I stamped a sentiment on the frame 

and adhered it to an embossed card base then tucked in a few flowers following the sketch.

 

Keep in mind that you don't have to use a Polaroid frame as presented but I'd love

to see what you place inside one if you choose to do so. It's your choice! 

 

And if you would like to use a Polaroid frame on your card but don't own a die, here's a

quick tutorial from Mary Fish of stampin' pretty that will have you cranking out a bunch

of frames just by using nesting dies.  

 

Visit Freshly Made Sketches to see what the rest of the team came up with and join us

if you can. The deadline for linking up is Monday, July 13th at 3PM EST.

 We hope to see you in the gallery!

 

   

Freshly Made Sketches #743

 

It's Wednesday, time for another Freshly Made Sketches. Our teammie Judy 

brings us Sketch #743 which had me stumped when I first saw it.

 

 

Thankfully, a new set of Simon Hurley's cone flowers arrived and sealed the deal.
 

Three cone flowers and leaves were cut from white card stock and inked. A strip 

of card stock was embossed with a dot folder and adhered to a card base. A sentiment

was white embossed on a green circle and adhered over the flowers and leaves.

 

Now it's your turn! We'd love to see how you interpret Judy's sketch so come and

join us! Visit Freshly Made Sketches to see projects from the rest of the team, too.

The deadline for linking up is Monday, July 6th at 3PM EST.

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #742

 

Freshly Made Sketches #742 is brought to you by our teammie Amy.

 

 

And here's my take on it, 

 

 Yes, I brought in the third mushroom that fit perfectly on the sketch. This time I added 

the windows and door for a whimsical touch and tucked in some greenery. I adhered 

everything onto an embossed card base and finished off with another punny sentiment. 

 

We  hope you'll join us this week and play along with Amy's sketch. The deadline

to link up your card is Monday, June 29th. Hope to see you in the gallery! 

  

 

Freshly Made Sketches #741

 Narelle is our sketch designer this week for Freshly Made Sketches #741, 

and here's her sketch.

 

Here's my card and my looooose interpretation of the sketch.  

 

I found Altenew's mushroom die set that had never been opened so I remedied that.

There are three mushrooms in the set that come with windows and doors so they

become mushroom houses--so cute! For my card I opted to leave them plain and 

used only two of the mushrooms. (The third will make an appearance soon!)

 

All of the pieces were cut from white card stock and ink blended. I placed them on an

embossed panel and finished off with the sweet punny sentiment.

 

Please visit Freshly Made Sketches to see how the rest of the team interpreted

Narelle's sketch and play along if you can. Link up your card by Monday, June 22nd.

Thanks for stopping by and we hope you'll join us!

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #740

 

Over at Freshly Made Sketches, Michele is this week's sketch designer 

and she's making a scene. Literally. Check out her fun sketch!

 

 Here's what I came up with and yes, that rooster makes an appearance again.

 

I used several patterned papers to cut out panels then hand cut my own slopes

and hills. I added an atypical mauve colored slope to break up the greens. I had 

some assembled roosters and chose this orange one because he stood out against 

the colorful terrain.

 

The panel was adhered to a postage card base that was hinged so the card could 

stand on its own. I tucked in a sun, popped up the rooster and white embossed 

the sentiment. The panel was finished off with a few white splatters.

 

Visit Freshly Made Sketches to see how the rest of the team interpreted 

Michele's sketch and come and play along. You have until Monday, June 15th

to link up your card. Hope to see you in the gallery!