Happy New Year! I hope you had a good time with family and friends over the holidays, and were able to rest and do some things that bring you joy. Our Christmas didn’t go according to plans, as my husband came down with Covid (he is fully recovered now) shortly before we were to leave to go see my parents out of state. So we had to pivot and stay home. However, Christmas wasn’t totally disappointing as we adopted a sweet little Pug through a local rescue group. Her name is Millie, and she has been a delight! She is about 2 years old and bonded instantly with our 17 year-old daughter, who desperately wanted another pet after we had to put down our beloved Pug, Maggie, one year ago.
This week is my turn to be the hostess at Freshly Made Sketches, which means I get to design the sketch. I always love a collage for a focal point, so that is what I went with. I used squares and rectangles, but feel free to use whatever shapes you’d like.
I didn’t even enter my craft room over the break, but it felt so good to get back in there this week and be creative again. I played with some new Valentine’s stuff from the Sweet Talk suite.
I started by cutting out some squares and rectangles from various colors of card stock that are in the Sweet Talk dsp. I then cut out some of the conversation hearts from one of the sheets of dsp and arranged them all on a piece of white card stock which was cut out using a die from the Scalloped Contours dies. I stamped off some circle splats from the coordinating stamp set before adhering the focal images.
We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch! We love to see what you make as we browse the gallery each week. Meanwhile, be sure to stop by the Freshly Made Sketches site to see what the design team has created for your inspiration.
Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!
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Sorry about your husband and your Christmas plans Amy but it looks like you found a shining star in the midst of it all!! Happy New Year and I always look forward to your card creations. God Bless and we wish you the best this new year!! (Glad to hear your husband has recovered)
I’m sorry your Christmas plans were derailed, Amy. I love this sketch and this fun, colorful Valentine design!
So glad your husband is ok – this Covid thing can go away any time now! Your sketch this week was fun! I love your Valentine – such pretty colors and the scalloped frame is perfect! You are making me want that set! And now let’s talk about that pup – she is adorable! So glad you found her and I know she is happy about that as well!
I’m so glad that everyone is healthy again. Millie looks like a little bundle of joy! I loved your sketch this week and your conversation hearts are just adorable. Here’s to a wonderful 2022!
So happy to know that you are all healthy and that even though you had to change your Christmas plans you were able to add to your family with a cute fur baby. Happy news! Millie sure has a cute face! Thanks for the fabbo sketch this week. You’ve done another colorful stunner with your conversation hearts!
This is such a great card Amy! I love those hearts! So perfect for Valentine’s Day! Millie is the sweetest little addition to your family! It must have been a wonderful Christmas! Glad your husband is on the mend!
Aww, what a sweetie Millie is. You’re going to have so much fun together. Thanks for a great sketch, I had fun with it. Love your rainbow of hearts – so cute and pretty xxx
Love your card, love your sketch and love your Millie! A trifecta of beauty! And I’m so glad your husband has recovered.
What a lovely Valentine’s ! These conversation hearts are so sweet! And I just love your choice of candy colors.
Very cute card and a great sketch. – Love those conversation hearts. – Congrats on that new puppy. We have a black pug too, her name is Cricket.