Freshly Made Sketches #732

 

Teammie Michelle brings us her inaugural sketch for Freshly Made Sketches

this week. Here's Sketch #732.

 

Here's my take on it. Yep, I went with wood slices......again.

I used wood slice dies from Papertrey Ink and The Greetery and ended up

doing a bit of surgery on the PTI slice which was a little too big for the card.

I used the flower in the PTI set for the small element on the sketch and some 

greenery to add a bit of color.

I embossed a strip with a deck plank folder, added the white embossed 

sentiment, and finished off with some iridescent sequins.

Visit Freshly Made Sketches to see how Michelle and the rest of the team

interpreted her sketch and play along if you can. You have until Monday, April 20

to link up your card(s).

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #731

 

Freshly Made Sketches #731 is my very first sketch as a team member! 

I was SO nervous and looked back on previous sketches to see if it had been

done before. Nope. So I went with it.

 

 

Easy peasy sketch, right? I have several card ideas in mind but for now,

here's what I came up with. I took the botanical route.

 

 I cut several small blooms and leaves and inked them with Zig markers. I adhered

them to six rectangle shapes then popped up each shape on an embossed card

base and finished off with the Spellbinders sentiment.

 

I hope you'll join the challenge and my inaugural sketch. Remember that the

shapes can be whatever you choose. Be sure to stop by Freshly Made Sketches 

to see how the rest of the team played along. I can't wait to see their cards, too!

Freashly Made Sketches #730

 

Are you ready to play with a new sketch from Freshly Made Sketches?

Teammie Judy designed this amazing sketch. Meet Sketch #730.

I simplified her sketch and came up with this.

 

I embossed two white panels with Spellbinders Regal Lattice 3D embossing

folder. It's such a unique folder with a different design on each half. I chose

the "busier" side and used a deckle edge die to cut a strip per the sketch.

 

The strip was inked in two colors and adhered to the panel. For the focal image

I cut a frame and backed it with vellum. A layered butterfly was inked and 

assembled and adhered to the square. A Spellbinders sentiment and a few 

sequins finished off the card. 

 

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

Judy's sketch and join us if you can. Upload your card by Monday, April 6

and we hope to see you in the gallery!

Freshly Made Sketches #729

 

Teammie Amy brings us Freshly Made Sketches #729 which looks simple

but offers so many possibilities.

 

 

I was looking through my dies for a more rounded oval, although you know that 

the shape can be whatever you fancy. I came across some egg shaped dies and my 

card was born.

 

I relied on patterned paper for the colors on my egg and ran a sheet through a 

cherry blossom embossing folder. Extra blossoms were cut from the same sheet. 

I found a scrap piece of embossed card stock and used the reverse side for

the band on the sketch. A Spellbinders sentiment finished off the card.

 

Visit Freshly Made Sketches for more inspiration from the design team and

join us if you can. You have until Monday, March 30th to link up your card.

Hope to see you in the gallery!

 

Freshly Made Sketches #728

It's time for another Freshly Made Sketches and Narelle brings us Sketch #728.

Pucker up, because I saw citrus slices for my card design. I assembled

several and even sliced one in half. 

 I know I've paired it with the citrus slices before, but I really like the texture 

from this SSS embossing folder and how it goes well with any fruit. I assembled

 the slices per the sketch and tucked in some leftover greenery.

The sentiment strip was cut from pale aqua card stock, doubled up, and backed 

with gold card stock for added shine.

Visit Freshly Made Sketches for more inspiration from the design team and join us

 if you can. You have until Monday, Mar 23rd at 3pm to link up your card. 

We'd love to see you in the gallery!

Freshly Made Sketches #727

It's Michele's turn to grace us with a sketch for Freshly Made Sketches #727

and it's a good one! Check it out.

So many possibilities, right? As always, I had a completely different idea in mind from

when I started and decided to go "cute" which doesn't happen too often 'round here.

I was inspired by Michele's card and her bunny theme.

I discovered a SSS bunny die from an older release and assembled her with a scarf 

and added an egg between her paws. I used an arch die and inked two colors on it 

and spattered it with water. 

A panel was embossed with an embossing folder and the arch was adhered over it. 

I added the bunny and some greenery per the sketch and topped it with a 

woodgrain frame. I finished off the card with a Waffle Flower sentiment and 

white jewel dots.

Visit Freshly Made Sketches for all the details and deadline and more inspiration 

from the rest of the design team. You have until Monday, March 16th to link up your card.

Freshly Made Sketches #726

Freshly Made Sketches #726 is brought to us by our teammie Karren.

I love tags and while searching for an elusive tag die, I opted for a postage die.

 I found a ready made stamp from a previous card and stamped the postage marks

 on it. A panel of gray card stock was embossed and adhered to a card base. A strip

 of patterned paper with colors that matched the stamp design was adhered to

the card and the stamp was popped up over it.

Visit Freshly Made Sketches for more inspiration from the design team and 

join us if you can. You have until Monday, March 9th to link up your card

and we hope you'll join us!

Freshly Made Sketches #725

 

Freshly Made Sketches #725 is brought to us by Cécile and her sketch is

a representation of her unique card making style. 

I always overthink the sketch while trying to keeping my card CAS. Here's what I 

came up with.

I've had that goose die for a while and decided to finally use her for my card. She was

assembled and I chose the bonnet over the other two hats and grounded her with an 

old MFT oval shadow diecut. 

I embossed the background and went over it with a white pigment inkpad to 

bring out the details. I adhered the goose and shadow and finished off with a 

Pinkfresh Studio sentiment.

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

Cécile's sketch and for all the challenge details and deadline. Come and join us

if you can and we hope to see you in the gallery!

Freshly Made Sketches #724

 

Jen B is back and brings us Freshly Made Sketches #724.

 

I used Altenew's Craft Your Life Stitched With Love Kit because it had several 

elements that I could use on my card. The flowers and leaves are unique in that you

die cut them, then run through an embossing folder that gives them texture.

I also used the burlap background stamp so the panel would have texture without

the added bulk. At first I was trying to get a perfectly stamped image but went with

an imperfect print for interest. A Waffle Flower sentiment finished off the card.

 

Visit the Freshly Made Sketches blog for all the details and deadline and for more

inspiration from the rest of the team members. You have until Monday, Feb  23rd

at 3pm EST to link up your card. Hope to see you in the gallery!

 

Freshly Made Sketches #723

 

 Freshly Made Sketches #723 is brought to you by our teammie Verena. 

Here's her awesome sketch that had me stumped for a while .

At first all I saw was a fish. Then a whale, then a leaf, then an umbrella.

And at the last minute I thought about a nest and came up with this.

 

I assembled the Memory Box nest and borrowed some eggs from Papertrey Ink 

together with greenery from Altenew. I used a 3D embossing folder that was

buried and rediscovered. Isn't that texture amazing?

The bottom of the card front was covered with cream card stock and the

springtime sentiment was stamped on it. I assembled all of the elements

and called it done, although the card lost its "clean" status along the way.

 

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

interpreted Verena's sketch and join us if you can. You have until Monday,

February 16th at 3:00pm to link up your card. Hope to see you in the gallery!