Oh, boy!! This month is flying by! It’s already time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our hostess is the incredible Narelle Farrugia. Take a look at her simple sketch, which is full of possibilities:

I wanted to use one of the new In-colors that I’ve neglected so far, Polished Pink. I don’t know why it has been ignored! I love it! I thought the easiest way to use it would be with flowers, and since flowers seem to dominate my stamp set shelves, that was an easy decision.

I started by stamping the flower from the Art Gallery stamp set and cutting it out with the coordinating dies. I sponged some Balmy Blue ink onto some white card stock, cut out a piece with a rectangle stitched die and splattered some black ink on it. Some fun In Color Jewels were added as embellishments.

The sentiment is also from the Art Gallery stamp set and was cut out with a Tasteful Labels die. A piece of dsp from the Pattern Party collection was adhered to the card base.

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch! 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!

Product List

Art Gallery Photopolymer Stamp Set

[158201]

$22.00

Floral Gallery Dies

[154316]

$34.00

Tasteful Labels Dies

[152886]

$31.00

Stitched Rectangles Dies

[151820]

$35.00

Pattern Party 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper

[155426]

$18.00

2021–2023 In Color Jewels

[155571]

$7.00

Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[159276]

$9.75

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[121045]

$8.75

Polished Pink Classic Stampin’ Pad

[155712]

$7.50

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147104]

$7.50

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147105]

$7.50

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$12.00

It’s a new week (thank you, Lord!) and we have a new sketch for you at Freshly Made Sketches. Our hostess this week is Kim Singdahlsen, our Colorado friend who makes absolutely gorgeous cards. Take a look at this fun sketch:

I hadn’t played with the Art Gallery stamp set yet and I needed to make a birthday card, so I decided to go that route.

I started out by stamping the flower. To get the tone-one-tone coloring, I stamped off with one stamp three times before stamping on the white card stock. The second stamp was stamped full strength. The flower was then die-cut using the coordinating dies.

The three little strips were die-cut from a piece of dsp from the Fine Art Floral dsp collection using another of the coordinating dies. I mounted those pieces on strips of Bumblebee card stock. The sentiment also comes from the Art Gallery stamp set.

I was thankful for some time in my craft room yesterday. I needed some stamping therapy. There were too many goodbyes the past few days. What with sending two of mine back off to college, putting my husband in quarantine upstairs as he started showing symptoms of Covid (and did test positive but seems to have a fairly mild case), and putting our beloved dog, Maggie, to sleep, it’s been an emotionally exhausting week.

I shared over 7 years ago in this post, how I went to Stampin’ Up convention and came back to find my family had adopted a dog while I was away. She was such a sweet dog and a loyal companion in my craft room, snuggling in by my feet while I worked. She seemed perfectly healthy, other than being much thirstier than normal, until the day last week when we had to unexpectedly put her down. It has been heartbreaking, as I know those of you who have lost a beloved pet know. I’m ready for my husband to get out of quarantine so I can get a big hug and have a shoulder to cry on. 2021 hasn’t been very kind so far, but I am hopeful that all of the bad things were just compressed into this one week. 🙂

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!

Product List

Art Gallery Bundle

[156227]

$50.25

Fine Art Floral 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[154558]

$11.50

Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack

[152475]

$9.00

Pool Party 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[122924]

$8.75

Bumblebee 8-1/2X11 Cardstock

[153077]

$8.75

Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147050]

$7.50

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147090]

$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00