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 #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 #715

 

Today's a special day with a special post!  I can finally announce that I am officially

a design team member for Freshly Made Sketches!  I love working with sketches 

and could not refuse the invitation from Jennifer Timko to work with the

ladies I've long admired for their weekly creativity. 

I'm also back together with my former CASE this Sketch buddy, Michele Ferguson

and another former teammate, Jen Mitchell! Oh happy day!

Now that I've gushed long enough, here's this week's sketch by Karren.

 

 

And here's my take on the sketch using another Memory Box cutie.

After assembling  the Snowy Owl I added a bit of Stickles on the hat's band and 

pompom. I ran an aqua strip through a snowflake embossing folder and a Kristina 

Werner snowflake was cut from specialty paper from my stash. 

 

I adhered all the pieces per the sketch and added a white embossed sentiment. 

I rounded off the two bottom corners and my first DT card was done.

 

 Visit the Freshly Made Sketches blog for more inspiration and join us if you can.

You have until Monday, December 8th at 3:00PM EST to link up your card(s).

 

Thanks, always, for stopping by!

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #713

 

Now that company has left, I'm finishing up a card I started

and entering it just under the wire for Freshly Made Sketches #713.

 

 

I've simplified the sketch by omitting the frame, focusing more on the focal point.

 

 

I've had Gina K Designs Jolly Holly bundle for a while now and finally pulled

it out for Jen B's sketch. I love stencil and emboss sets and if there's a

matching die included, then that's a bonus. 

I added a bit of Stickles on the berries and white embossed a sentiment

and called it done. Off to link this up with hours to spare!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Guest Designer at The Flower Challenge

 

Several months ago I was invited to guest at The Flower Challenge and I humbly 

accepted. The theme for this month's challenge is to Add Sparkle in addition to 

featuring flowers as the focal point.

Here's my card featuring some subtle sparkle.

I'm such a fan of Honeybee Stamps' Lovely Layer flowers. This time I used the Coneflower

Honey Cuts. I cut all the pieces from white card stock and inked them with various dye inks.

The sentiment was silver embossed and the card was finished off with a rounded right

corner and some sparkling sequins.

So grab your bling and join the challenge! You have a full month to join and

you can enter more than once. Hope to see you in the gallery!

Many thanks to Viv and the DT for the kind invite to guest with you! 💝

Online Card Classes Spring Card Camp 2022 -- Day 10

I made some time to participate in Online Classes Spring Card Camp 2022 with this

one project for Day 10 -- Rainbows and Patterns.

 

I got the rainbow part, but not the pattern. I started off with a pattern but in the

end, I added more sprigs and pretty much winged it. Sorry, Gina!

I used Altenew's Branches and Berries Die Set and colored them with Zig markers

and a waterbrush. The branches were arranged on a square card base and the

sentiment was stamped in the middle of the wreath.

The bottom corners of the card were rounded off and the card was finished off with

iridescent sequins.

And I can proudly share this participant badge, even though I "winged it".

Thanks for stopping by!

CASology Week 403 -- BOTANICAL

I seem to be entering challenges more often, and the reason being I'm discovering

products that I've purchased that were "hidden", aka buried under even newer goodies. 

 

The theme for CASology is BOTANICAL so I chose Simon Says Stamp's Fine Textured 

Leaf Dies for my project.

 

After die cutting some fronds from watercolor cardstock, I colored them with

Zig markers and a water brush. I mounted them on a Reverse Wonky Rectangle

panel and finished off with the Gina K Designs sentiment.

I know the colors are somewhat non traditional, but it's such a dreary day here 

that no amount of greens or yellows could brighten it up for me. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

The Flower Challenge #58

 

I'm joining The Flower Challenge #58 because the Coneflower Dies from Honeybee Stamps

arrived and I was anxious to put a flower together. 

 

The theme for the challenge is Add Spots or Stripes and I chose stripes so I could use

some patterned paper from a discontinued MFT pad.

Truthfully, I've never heard of a coneflower but thanks to Google and a few samples 

from the Honeybee DT and others on IG, I colored and assembled a bloom.

 

 

I fashioned a stem, because the die set doesn't come with one, and adhered the bloom

and leaves on a striped panel. I stamped the sentiment, then adhered the panel to a 

mini slimline card base.

I think I'll have to construct a few more coneflowers because mine reminds me 

of a droopy daisy. Thanks for stopping by today!

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Edited to add: Honored that my card was chosen as a Top Pick.

 

Thank you to The Flower Challenge DT!

CASology Week #353--FEATHER

Talk about under the wire. I had my CASology entry ready to go but totally

forgot to write up the blog post. Duh! So it's less than a day until the deadline

and here we go...

Ah, feathers. I love them almost as much as leaves. I've done a few feathery cards

in the past but it's my first time using this Spellbinders feather.

I was going for a peacock feather and you should have seen the attempts

that ended up in the trash. "What are those big, black dots???" So I went with

an ombré feather with gold spatters. A Gina K Designs sentiment completes 

the card. Oh, and a rounded bottom corner.

And now I'm off to link this up. Thanks for stopping by!

Wreath Building with MFT & Gina K Designs

My Favorite Things is now carrying Gina K Designs' Wreath Builder Templates 
for all of you wreath loving fans. This template set is a game changer when it comes to
constructing and designing a wreath on your projects.

Solid stamps work best for building a wreath. I chose to do (gasp!) a little surgery
on the Flower Silhouettes bloom and leaves. I trimmed off the long stems and cut apart
the leaves to a more manageable size that would fit on a wreath.

For my card, I used the 4" template, stamping the flowers in pink and the leaves in
two shades of green. I dotted the middle of the blooms with a pink Copic marker.
Because you're always turning the card within the template, you get a perfect
wreath every time.

Visit My Favorite Things for more inspiration using the Wreath Builder Templates,
then pick yours up and start building a wreath today!

A real tomboy

Happy Monday! Just sharing an easel card--yep, another one!--that I made with Wild Sprout Audrey. I was thinking about doing this for the longest time and it finally came together.

I used Amy's altering technique and inked up Skater Ian, then wiped away the outline of his head and stamped him on some cardstock. I printed out digi Audrey, colored her head and cut it out.

Then I mounted her head onto Ian's body and there she is....Skater Audrey! The background was made by clear embossing this stamp and then sponging on some distress inks.

And I love the perfect sentiment from this set by Nina Brackett. Thanks to my friend Alice for enabling me to get them!

Don't you love it when things turn out the way you planned?

Hope you're all off to another great week...

Stamps: The Greeting Farm, Hero Arts, Nina Brackett for GinaK Designs

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, Martha Stewart kraft

Ink: Memento, Peeled Paint distress ink, Versamark

Other: Nestabilities circle and oval dies, buttons, pop dots,

clear embossing powder