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 #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!

Color Throwdown Challenge #843

 

Such pretty colors for Color Throwdown #843 -- lime, pink, and orange.

Flowers came to mind but then I spotted another NBUS and things changed 

in a new direction.

I spent the weekend watching Pete Hughes on the Sizzix YouTube channel and

he is such a delight. I was wondering if he had a video on Holiday Blocks 

and yes, by golly, he did!

Here's my card using the throwdown colors with guidance from Pete.

The set has infinite designs and color combinations. I pretty much watched 

Pete and used one of the designs on the packaging for reference. 

 

To make things easier for myself, I started with a square panel and added 

the pieces as I went along. I adhered the panel to a kraft card base and white 

embossed the holiday sentiment below it. I'm actually thinking of different

color combos and sizes to tackle this again!

I'll link this up although I think have about a week left. Thanks for stopping by!

Inspired by Challenge #355 -- ACORN

 

A new die that arrived from Simon Says Stamp prompted me to enter the latest 

Inspired by Challenge #355 with the cue word ACORN.

I used the current sketch as a starting point for my card.

A Papertrey Ink wood slice was the base for the acorns and leaves. A kraft card base

was run through an embossing folder and inked with white pigment ink. I adhered

the acorn bundle and added the sentiment. White spatters finished off the card.

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

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Edited to add: My card was chosen as the winner for the challenge!

Thank you, Inspired by Challenges!

 

 

Guest Designer for Freshly Made Sketches #704

 

I have the pleasure of guesting with this week's Freshly Made Sketches #704

when my card was chosen as the winner for their milestone 700th sketch.

 

Here's the fun sketch, designed by DT member Michele. 

 

Bubbly fun, right? I had so many ideas but finally settled on this.

 

 

I love the round leaves of the Berry Branches from The Stamp Market and that

there are two sizes to play with. I went neutral with a kraft embossed panel

and left the branches white. A Waffle Flower sentiment finished off the card.

I can't wait to see how the team members interpreted Michele's sketch, each

in their own distinctive style. We'd love to see your card(s) in the gallery. 

You have until Monday, Sept 22nd at 3pm EST to link up your card.

 

Thanks to Jen and the team for the guest invitation 💗

JUGS Word Week #792 -- CONTAINER

 

I'm squeezing in a card for JUGS Word Week #792 and the word is CONTAINER.

 

My container of choice is a teapot because I wanted something different

to hold a bunch of flowers.

The flowers and teapot were colored with Zigs and a waterbrush, then

adhered to an embossed card base. A Waffle Flower sentiment finished

off the card.

That's it for today. I believe I have a whole 48 hours before the deadline

which is "early" for me.

 

Thanks, always, for stopping by!

 

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Edited to add: I'm proud to display this badge for my card that received a shout out 

from JUGS and Carol Mc! Thank you so much!

Freshly Made Sketches #701

 

Jen B brings us Freshly Made Sketches #701. I love a simple sketch!

 

 

At first I saw candles but didn't want to go hunting for the dies, so I went 

with a different set of leaves. And this time I used them as leaves.

 

I cut out three leaves from scrap pieces of card stock, along with the "veins" 

of each leaf. A panel was embossed with Altenew's Arched Foliage 3D

embossing folder and the leaves were adhered on top. I finished off the

card with a white embossed sentiment.

Off to link this up--it's been a while since I've been early! 

Thanks for stopping by!

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Edited to add: My card was chosen as the Queen of Clean this week!

Thanks to Jen B and the rest of the FMS team!

Freshly Made Sketches #700

 

It's a celebration over at Freshly Made Sketches as they've reached their milestone

700th challenge in 14 years! I just had to make some time to join the fun.

 

 A super fun sketch, right? Visit Freshly Made Sketches and be inspired by their

design team and take a look back at each past and present member's first project.

Here's how I was inspired.

Spellbinders' Sunflower Die just arrived a few days ago after being OOS for quite

sometime. I die cut several layers from light yellow card stock and inked them

to create multi colored sunflowers. 

I cut a square card base from cream colored card stock and ran the front through

an embossing folder. I wanted to frame the flowers so I cut MFT's Square Frame

then placed the flowers inside.

I added the single leaf, following the sketch, and chose a long script sentiment

to finish off the card.

 

Happy 700th, Freshly Made Sketches! Thanks for all the fun and inspiration

you bring week after week and here's to #800!

 

 

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Edited to add: Completely surprised and honored that my card was chosen as the

Queen of Clean for the 700th Sketch! Thank you so much, Freshly Made Sketches!

 

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #699

 

Verena is hosting the current Freshly Made Sketches $699 with this fun sketch.

 

 Since any shape can be substituted for the circular element, I went with a wood slice.

 

A birch wood slice was assembled and a few blooms were added on the side. 

A panel was embossed then trimmed and adhered to a card base. The wood

slice was adhered to the card and finished off with a script sentiment.

I hope that I haven't strayed too far from Verena's sketch. Thanks so much 

for stopping by!

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Edited to add: Many thanks to Karren for the Princess status for my card!

Freshly Made Sketches #698

 

Kim brings us a color blocked Freshly Made Sketches #698.

But I didn't go that route. I got reacquainted with Tim Holtz's Leaf Fragment dies 

this past weekend and was inspired by Tim and some of his makers after watching 

his latest video. 

I was going to get inky and color the leaves but reached for a pad of patterned

paper with autumnal colors. After cutting out several leaves I inked around 

the edges with brown ink and gold watercolor ink and spattered some, too.

I embossed a panel with a 3D embossing folder and placed the leaves on top.

It was a little challenging to follow the sketch with such abstract shapes

but I did my best. An Altenew sentiment finished off the card.

Is it me or does the orange leaf on the right resemble a chunky carrot? 

Maybe I should have used another paper. Oh well....

Thanks for stopping by!

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Edited to add: My card was given a Princess honor by Cécile! Thanks so much!

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #696

 

Jen M brings us Freshly Made Sketches #696.

I kept seeing a beach towel and sunbather, but I wanted the background piece to be 

a bit more "transparent". In the end I used a Tim Holtz set from the Vault with 

a honeycomb embossing folder plus wildflowers.

My inspiration came from one of Tim's makers--Kulbir Kirkland (@luv2papercraft).

Her card had a "chain link fence" feel with the flowers scattered over top. I tried to

arrange the blooms but in the end it looks like I pulled out a bunch of flowers

from the ground and stuck them on the card. Oh well.

 

I'm off to link this up. Thanks, always, for stopping by!

 

 

 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #11 -- HOLLY

The theme for Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #11 is HOLLY. 

Here is my card.

 

I inked a Lil' Inker Designs mug in red ink then colored and added a bit of holly.

 

 

A strip of Catherine Pooler patterned paper was adhered to a card base then topped off 

with the mug and greenery. I added some red enamel dots as holly berries and stamped

the curved sentiment.

I'm also linking up this card to the 2022 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop since

the card has all that holly.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

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Edited to add: My CCCC card was chosen as a Top Pick! So honored! This means I will be 

guesting with them come January. Thanks so much, Amy, and to Kathy who made the pick!

The Flower Challenge 67 -- Add a Heart

I was about to mail a card to a friend who is recuperating from surgery, and happened

to see that the latest Flower Challenge was to Add a Heart. I decided to enter my card.

Can you spot the heart?

I embossed a panel with the new Sizzix Doily 3D Embossing Folder, then added the

Lovely Layers Tulip from Honey Bee Stamps. I finished off the card with the sentiment

from Pinkfresh Studio. 

Now do you see the heart? I'm not sure if this card will qualify for the challenge, 

but I'm sending it off with good wishes to my friend. Thanks for stopping by!

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Edited to add: My card was chosen as a Top Pick! Thank you, TFC!

 

Guest Designer for Inspired By Challenge #189

Danni Reid of Inspired By Challenge invited me to guest design for Challenge #189

and I humbly accepted. They now have a new format with a Christmas and non Christmas

prompt in addition to Laurel's sketch.

 

I chose the Christmas prompt, Mistletoe 25 Cents.

And here's my card. I was inspired by the gorgeous wreath, a bit of gingham, and silver.

 

 
 I cut the Grapevine Wreath from Honey Bee Stamps twice from kraft card stock

and inked them with brown inks before layering them, offset, to create a

fuller wreath.

 

The sentiment was silver embossed inside the wreath and I added greenery and

silver circles cut from glitter card stock. The final touch was a bit of black and

white gingham adhered to the bottom of the card.

Visit Inspired By Challenge to see what their design team created and come and

join the challenge. Huge thanks to Danni and to the IB team for for the invite!