Oh, my!  We’re getting close to Christmas!  Just one week away!  And I get to be the hostess this week over at Freshly Made Sketches.  Here’s the sketch:

This sketch has lots of “white” space, and gives you the chance to use up some of those pretty paper scraps you’ve been hoarding.  I made another Christmas card with the sketch, and kept it very clean and simple with a couple of extra details — some stitching, glitter and gold foil paper, and a button.

I hope you can take a little break from your Christmas shopping, baking, wrapping, etc…and make a card using the sketch.  I’d love to see what you make!  Meanwhile, be sure to stop by the Freshly Made Sketches site to see what the rest of the design team made.  I already took a peek, and they have all done an outstanding job!

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

It’s Wednesday again already!  Can you believe it?  It’s time for another sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our fabulously talented Australian team member, Narelle Farrugia has a great sketch for us:

I love this sketch!  It’s nice and simple, and it has such fun banners on it.  I really stuck to the sketch this time, and pulled out my A Banner Christmas set.

You can check out the rest of the design team’s fantastic creations at the Freshly Made Sketches site.  And then we hope you’ll join us and post your own creation in the gallery so we can see your work.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  A Banner Christmas
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Versamark
Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Whisper White, Gold Foil Sheets, Season of Style dsp
Embellishments:  Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Emboss Powder

It’s Wednesday, and that means a new sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches! And this week, Jen Mitchell, who makes such beautiful CAS cards has a fun one for us:

I almost feel like I cheated on this challenge.  Stampin’ Up! has these cute little tags in the Holiday catalog called the Season of Style Designer Journaling Tags.  I think they’re really made for scrapbooking, but they look so cute on cards too.  I stamped the Ho cubed and punched it out with a circle punch, and that was all of the stamping on this card.  See what I mean about cheating?

You can check out what the other designers made for this challenge over at the Freshly Made Sketches site.  I hope you’ll be able to find the time to join us and share your creation in the gallery!  We’d love to see it.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  A Banner Christmas
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Season of Style DSP Stack, Silver Glimmer paper, Season of Style Designer Journaling Tags
Embellishments:  1-1/4″ Circle punch, 1-3/8″ Circle punch, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels