Freshly Made Sketches #721

 

It's time for a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches. Jen M designed

Sketch #721 and it looks like this.

 

 

Here's how I interpreted her fun sketch.

 

I seem to be stuck in wood slice mode and this time used Papertrey Ink's 

together with leaves and blooms in the set. After inking all the pieces, I assembled

them and that's when I opted for an A2 sized card instead of a square. It was

just too large to be squished in a square format.

I embossed a kraft strip with Altenew's embossing folder and adhered it per

the sketch. The wood slice was adhered to it and I finished off with a

white embossed sentiment.

 

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more inspiration from the rest of the team. We hope you'll make some time

and join the challenge this week!

Freshly Made Sketches #720

 

Here's this week's Freshly Made Sketches #720 from Jen T.

 

 

And here's my take on it with Valentine's Day just around the corner.

 

I used products mostly from The Greetery for my card. I put together two wood 

slice hearts and assembled some forget-me-nots. A panel was embossed with a

very old embossing folder and adhered to a card base. The hearts were placed 

on the card per the sketch and I tucked in the flowers. I chose a fun sentiment

to finish off the card.

 

Visit Freshly Made Sketches for all the details and inspiration from the rest 

of the team, then join us if you can. You have until Monday, January 26th 

at 3:00PM EST to link up your card. Hope to see you in the gallery!

Freshly Made Sketches #719

 

Judy brings us a fun sketch for Freshly Made Sketches #719 and it looks like this.

As always, I had numerous ideas and settled on using a favorite bird. He was

already assembled and spattered with some "snow" and I trimmed his scarf so 

he'd fit within the card.

The knitted piece was a scrap that I salvaged and I used Altenew's embossing

folder with the assorted sentiments so I wouldn't have to decide on one.

I assembled all of the pieces per the sketch and finished off with some 

iridescent sequins. 

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

from the design team. You have until Monday, January19th at 3PM EST to

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

Freshly Made Sketches #718

Hello, and Happy New Year!

Are you refreshed and ready for another year of Freshly Made Sketches? 

Amy brings us Sketch #718 and it looks like this.

 

I had several ideas in mind and settled on an embossed background technique that 

I learned from the talented Therese Calvird on YouTube.

 

Basically, you use a 3D embossing folder on patterned paper then swipe white pigment

 ink over the raised areas. And that's it. Adding glitter to the wet ink is optional but 

you can do without and the results are still amazing!

My folder of choice was Altenew's Magnolia Dreams and I made sure to use a pigment

ink pad with a firm, flat surface. I used a pad of Craft Consortium paper and my

sentiment is from CZ Designs. 

Be sure to check out Therese's tutorial and give this technique a try, and join the

challenge if you can. You have until Monday, January 12th at 3PM EST to link up

 your card