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!

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #739

 

Our teammie Karren brings us a fun sketch for Freshly Made Sketches #739.

Check it out.

 

 

Oh, the possibilities with this sketch! Here's my take on it 

 

Occasionally I like to browse through my older supplies and play with a favorite

set. Do you do that, too? These leaves were and still are a fave and it made me

happy to put them on a card again.

 

I die cut three leaves and inked them, then ran them through a 3D embossing

folder that brought them to life. I also ran a strip of sand card stock through the 

same folder and lightly inked it with a white pigment pad to bring out the leafy details. 

 

The embossed strip and leaves were adhered to a card base. A white embossed 

sentiment finished off the card  

 

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

sketch and join us if you can. You have until Monday, June 8th to link up your card.

 

Freshly Made Sketches #738

 

The uber creative Cécile is our sketch designer this week and wowed us 

with another great sketch. Here's Freshly Made Sketches #738.

 

 

Cécile has such an artistic flair that I had to bring my "A" game and here's 

how I interpreted her sketch. 

 

I assembled a butterfly from patterned paper and used Spellbinders Tangled Threads

for the wispy elements. A card base was run through a dotted embossing folder 

and shaded with some lilac ink. I adhered the threads and butterfly and finished

off with the sentimentt.

 

Visit Freshly Made Sketches for all the details and deadline and see how the rest of

the team interpreted Cécile's sketch. We'd love to see your take on her sketch 

and hope to see you in the gallery!

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #737

 

This week's designer for Freshly Made Sketches #737 is Jen B and

here's her sketch.

 

 

So many possibilities for that central rectangular shape, right? 

I envisioned flowers, a tranquil scene, or an ink blended background. 

I decided to go with numbers on a birthday card.

 

While cleaning up and arranging my "oldies but goodies" I came across Penny

Black's By the Numbers die which was a fave over ten years ago. The die cut was

inked and originally I was going to use rainbow colors but stopped and let the

colors fade out. 

 

I stacked three die cuts together and adhered them to an embossed frame panel.

A white embossed sentiment and iridescent sequins finished off the card.

  

Stop by Freshly Made Sketches for more inspiration from the rest of the team

and join us if you can. You have until Monday, May 25 to link up your card and

we hope to see you in the gallery!

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #736

 

Our sketch hostess for Freshly Made Sketches #736 is Verena and here's 

her fun sketch.

 

 

This sketch reminded me of a Japanese street stall snack called "dango" and

I resisted the urge to use it has inspiration and went with tulips.

 

 I found a diecut of Penny Black Tulip Trio that was stenciled, embossed, and

cut out. I probably meant to use it for The Flower Challenge but sadly, the site

closed and I've kept it ever since.

 

A last minute decision was to do some surgery and cut the tulips apart. 

I cut a piece of Brass and Bliss' cheesecloth and adhered it to a card base.

The tulips were adhered  per the sketch and I added the white embossed

sentiment. Some iridescent sequins finished off the card.

 

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

Verena's sketch and join us if you can. You have until Monday, May 18th to 

link up your card.

 

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For inquisitive minds, here's a photo of some dango that I attempted to make

years ago. 

 

 Somehow I can't picture it on a card.....

 

Freshly Made Sketches #735

 

Kim brings us Freshly Made Sketches #735--a sketch that stumped me

when I first saw it. 

 

 

I stopped overthinking the sketch, and eventually I came up with a simplified 

take on an A2 sized card.

 

I used Simon Says Stamp's Artful Palette bundle, which was part of their February

2026 Card Kit. Using one of the templates as a guide, I cut patterned papers in 

different colors and patterns and arranged them, again using the template.

 

I white embossed the sentiment and added a few sequins as a finishing touch.

So...do you see Kim's sketch? I hope so! I had a lot of fun with the set and hope

to use it often. 

 

Come and join us at Freshly Made Sketches this week and stop by for more 

inspiration from the rest of the team. You have until Monday, May 11th

to link up your card.