Category Archives: Autumn Leaves

Collection of Leaves — FMS650

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It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes for us from the very talented and lovely Judy Rozema. Take a look at what she has for us:

School has been back in session here for a couple of weeks now. I feel like that means it should be Fall, but in Texas we’re a long way away from that! But I can pretend and make Fall-themed cards!

I started by stamping the background stamp, Leaf Collection, three times — in Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Copper Clay. I then cut them into three strips and placed them on the card base.

I stamped the sentiment from Autumn Leaves with Copper Clay ink and cut it out with a die from the Spotlight on Nature die collection. I cut out some leaves from the Autumn Leaves die collection and arranged them around the sentiment, and added some Adhesive-Backed Speckled Dots and a linen thread bow as embellishments.

We hope you’ll join us and make 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!

Plaid & Leaves — FMS603

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It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it is provided by our favorite Canadian mountain trekker, Jen Brum. Take a look at her fun sketch:

I’m starting to feel the possibility of Fall here. We supposedly had our last 100 degree day last week, and while it doesn’t feel like the dog days of Summer anymore, I know Fall is still a few weeks away. However, it’s fun to look ahead and make cards as if it were just around the corner.

I started this card by stamping the Crumb Cake card base with the Sketched Plaid background stamp using Versamark ink. I then cut out the leaves from some All About Autumn dsp using the Autumn Leaves dies and cut some of the leaf veins/twigs from some Very Vanilla card stock, which I adhered to a strip of Very Vanilla.

The sentiment is from the coordinating Autumn Leaves stamp set and was stamped with Pretty Peacock ink. I am so glad to have this color back! I love it so much!

Some linen thread and Adhesive-Backed Speckled Dots were added as embellishments.

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 head to the Freshly Made Sketches site to see what the design team has created for your inspiration.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Copper Autumn Leaves — FMS601

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We had so much fun celebrating our 600th sketch at Freshly Made Sketches last week, but we are ready to share #601 with you. It comes courtesy of our OG stamper extraordinaire, Linda Callahan. Take a look at what she has for us:

I recently acquired the Autumn Leaves stamp set, and since we have been having a brutally hot August in Texas I thought it might be fun to pretend that the cooler temperatures of Fall are on the way. Please.

This stamp set, Autumn Leaves, was actually designed by one of our frequent gallery contributors, Amy Koenders, and it is fabulous! I love the leaf shapes and the sentiments, and I love the coordinating dies. It will be available in the upcoming mini catalog on September 6.

In addition to the stamp set and dies, there is some specialty dsp that will be available, the Oxidized Copper Specialty DSP. There are two different sheets — one with Pretty Peacock and one with just copper. It is gorgeous and is perfect for these leaves!

I die-cut the leaves from the specialty dsp and added some Pretty Peacock and Cajun Craze card stock for the die-cut leaf veins. A strip of copper accented dsp was added from the All About Autumn Specialty DSP collection, which is also in the upcoming mini catalog.

I applied one of the piercing dies to the bottom strip of Pretty Peacock dsp. It adds a little texture and makes the card work with the sketch better. The sentiment is from the Autumn Leaves stamp set and was die-cut with one of the coordinating dies. I love the fun shape and pierced details.

Some Adhesive Backed Speckled Dots were added as embellishments. Surprise — they’re also new in the upcoming mini catalog.

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!