Freshly Made Sketches #755

 

 

Sketch #755 over at Freshly Made Sketches is by yours truly. 

It seems that I had Christmas on my mind and even though you may see a tree, 

the shape can be anything you wish.   

 

 

I went with a tree.

 

 I saw, but never bought, Pinkfresh Studio's Festive Foliage stencils and die when

it was first released. Well, I'm glad that I waited because I was able to grab both

at 50% off. I was hoping the order would arrive in time for the challenge,

and although I had a "plan B", I was thankful that it did.

 

I stenciled the tree and die cut the image and popped it up on a card base

embossed with tiny dots. I chose the word "joy" for my sentiment and cut it

out of shiny silver card stock. Small clear sequins finished off my card.

 

And for those inquiring minds, here's a glimpse at Plan B that I was going

to share if my PFS order didn't arrive in time. Still a tree.

 

So, to tree or not to tree? The choice is yours! 

Visit Freshly Made Sketches to see how my teammates interpreted the sketch and 

join us if you can. You have until Mon, Sept 28th at 3PM EST to link up your card.

Hope to see you in our gallery! 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #754

 

 

 

Our Freshly Made Sketches teammie Judy brings us the most CAS sketch

 that I've seen in a while. It's fun, unique, and challenging in its simplicity.

 Here's Sketch #754. 

 

 

 

And here's what I came up with. 

  

 

I nearly sat on my hands trying not to add anything to the top half of the card

except for the sentiment. I chose some patterned paper and ran it through an

embossing folder for interest.

 

I adhered it to a top folding card base then stamped the sentiment. 

I added a strip of patterned paper and finished off with some pink sequins.  

 

Stop by Freshly Made Sketches to see how the rest of the team interpreted

Judy's sketch and join us with your version. You have until Monday, Sept 21

at 3PM EST to link up your card. 

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #753

 

Here we go with a new Freshly Made Sketches! Karren brings us Sketch #753

and it looks like this. 

 

Can you see the possibilities? Here's what I came up with, and if I'm just being

honest here, it's my third and final design.

 

 A large Gerbera daisy wouldn't come together for me so I went smaller

but it was too small. After going through my supplies, I spotted this ginormous

pumpkin which (I don't think) I've ever used before, so I went with it.

 

After die cutting the pumpkin and flowers, I inked them and borrowed some

greenery from Spellbinders. I used Altenew's piped waffle die and adhered 

everything over it. I finished off with a Waffle Flower sentiment.

 

Head on over to 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, September 14 at 3PM EST to link up your card.

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #752

 

Are you ready for this week's Freshly Made Sketches? Here's #752 compliments

of our teammie Narelle.

 

 

And here's my take on her sketch.

 

  I chose a Papertrey Ink bird's nest and turned it into an autumnal wreath. 

I used icons from Waffle Flower and colored them then adhered them to the wreath. 

A card base was embossed with wooden planks and topped with a smaller frame.

The wreath was adhered per the sketch and finished off with the sentiment. 

 

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

sketch and join us if you can. Link up your card by Monday, Sept 7th at 3PM EST. 

We hope you'll join us!

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #751

 

It's Michele's turn as this week's sketch designer for Freshly Made Sketches #751.

How fun is this one?

 

 

I decided to go postal with a postage stamp as my rectangular element. 

 

 I created a stamp with some patterned paper and added the postal marks. I thought

about adding a pretty bloom but reached for this happy bird instead because it's time 

she made another appearance. I stamped the sentiment then layered everything onto

a card base. 

 

Note: This card was sent to a centenarian who reached an amazing milestone and 

we've been told she likes to receive birthday cards and opens and reads each one! 

 

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

of the team interpreted Michele's sketch. We hope to see you in the gallery!

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #750

The ever creative Cécile is our sketch designer for Freshly Made Sketches #750.

And here's her artsy sketch.

 

 I must admit the diamond element stumped me until I used a square and 

tilted it to form an equilateral diamond.  

  

A square piece of kraft card stock was embossed and swiped over with a

white pigment ink pad. Flowers and leaves from Papertrey Ink's wood slice set

were colored and assembled on the square.

 

It's a little hard to see, but an old MFT die of stitched lines was added to the card per 

the sketch and the floral piece was adhered to it. A white embossed sentiment that

I found in my scrap pile finished off the card.  

 

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

and join us if you can. You have until Mon Aug 24 at 3PM EST to link up your card.

Hope you'll  join us!

 

 

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!