It’s time for a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it’s my turn to provide the sketch.  I’ve used some shapes in this sketch (a star and a circle), but of course you can use any shape you prefer.

I’ve had the itch to color with the Stampin’ Blends markers lately, so I pulled out a stamp set that hasn’t seen ink in a while but I thought would be perfect for coloring.

This flower from Birthday Blooms is such a fun flower to color.  I fussy-cut it and placed it on half of a doily.  The striped dsp is from the Petal Passion collection.

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch.  I’m really looking forward to seeing what everyone does with the sketch.  Meanwhile, be sure to stop by the Freshly Made Sketches site to see what the design team has created for your inspiration.  I love all of their different interpretations of this sketch.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

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Another Wednesday…another sketch at Freshly Made Sketches!  And this week our fabulously talented friend from New Zealand, Karren Johnson, is our hostess.  Look at this fun sketch that she has for us:

One of my favorite stamp sets in the Occasions Catalog is Birthday Blooms.  I love the sentiments and the flower stamps are absolutely gorgeous.  And I just haven’t used it enough.  So I pulled it off my shelf and had some fun watercoloring.

I stamped the image on Shimmery White cardstock and watercolored with Blushing bride, Watermelon Wonder, Mossy Meadow, and Old Olive ink using an aquapainter.  I applied some Gold Wink of Stella Glitter on the flower center.

A strip of Birthday Bouquet dsp is angled to the side, and the sentiment is from the Rose Wonder stamp set.  I embossed it on Basic Black cardstock with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder.

I think I am going to save this one and stamp Happy Mother’s Day on the inside of the card for my mom.

We hope you’ll join us and play along with the challenge.  We love seeing what you create in the gallery!  Meanwhile, be sure to hop on over to the Freshly Made Sketches site for a big dose of creative inspiration from the design team.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

It’s Wednesday again, and that means we have another sketch for you over at Freshly Made Sketches.  This week, our hostess is our lovely and talented pilot friend, Jennifer Timko.  And you will love her versatile sketch this week:

I felt like doing a little watercoloring, so I pulled out the Birthday Blooms stamp set.

I used some Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Soft Sky and Crushed Curry inks to color the image on watercolor paper using an aquapainter.

The tiny scalloped edge on the side was cut from Basic Black card stock with the Tiny Wave Stampin’ Trimmer Rotary Cutting Blade.

I also applied some gold Wink of Stella onto the flower center to add a little sparkle.  The sentiment is from the Picture Perfect set.

We hope you’ll join us and make your own card for the challenge and post it in the gallery.  We love looking through all of the different interpretations of the sketch.  Meanwhile, be sure your to drop by the Freshly Made Sketches site for some inspiration from the design team.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!