Category Archives: Christmas

Snowy Village — FMS666

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We have the last sketch of 2024 up at Freshly Made Sketches, and it comes to us from our favorite Canadian, Jen Brum. While Jen is not afraid to hike mountains, she claims to be afraid of circles on sketches. After seeing her sketch, I think she’s just fearless and loves a challenge! Take a look:

It’s been a while since I’ve made a slimline card and it was fun to do something different. My card size is 8-1/2″ x 3-1/2″. Since I have been wanting to play with the Yuletide Village stamp set, I thought I could substitute the cute little buildings in the set for the circles in the sketch.

I started with a piece of Boho Blue card stock and stamped the Falling Snow background stamp with Versamark ink and then embossed it with white embossing powder. I have really loved using this background stamp this season!

I then stamped the trees and buildings, colored them with alcohol markers, cut them out, and placed them on a piece of white card stock along the bottom of the card. The sentiment is from the Joyful Sayings Mix & Match Ephemera Pack.

It was fun to get to color and “build” a little Christmas village!

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch! Since we’re taking a little break for the holidays, you have until December 30th to post your card to the gallery. 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 and have a wonderful Christmas. I hope you are able to spend the holidays with those you love most. Thanks for stopping by!

Take a Bow Mish-Mash — FMS665

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Here we are hurtling toward Christmas and we only have two sketches left for the year at Freshly Made Sketches. Our favorite Coloradan, Kim Singdahlsen, has a great sketch for your last minute Christmas cards and or cards for any other occasion. Take a look:

I ended up creating a card with a mish-mash of products, starting with the Take a Bow dsp.

I cut different pieces of the dsp into strips. I had the white oval and holly cut out from other projects. They were paired with a sentiment from the Joyful Sayings Mix & Match ephemera pack. Easy-peasy.

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!

Christmas Snow Globe — FMS663

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It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes courtesy of Jen Mitchell, our crafty Bay Stater. Take a look at what she has for us:

It’s been a while since I’ve been able to craft. We’ve had some tough family situations and then two weeks ago I experienced a herniated disc in my neck. That has been a whole new level of pain for me! I got a steroid injection on Friday and it has helped quite a bit. The doctor said it could take a week or two to get the maximum relief, so I’m trying to be patient. Since my crafting skills are a little rusty, I decided to take an easy approach with this card and let the dsp do the work for me.

The Snowy Scenes dsp came to the rescue. I cut out the cute snow globe with the coordinating Snowy Wonder dies. The dsp used on the card base and the strip across the center also came from Snowy Scenes. The sentiment came from the Reindeer Fun stamp set.

I think I missed a layer on the sketch. I’m just going to blame it on my foggy brain due to the pain meds I’m on.

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!

Cocoa in the Snow — FMS660

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It’s time for a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes to us courtesy of Judy Rozema, our favorite theater-loving, card-making talent in Nebraska. Take a look at what she has for us:

Not having much time for crafting lately, I needed to make something quickly so I grabbed the Christmas ephemera packs and went to work (it’s really play, who am I kidding?).

I pulled the cup of cocoa and the other pieces of ephemera from the Joyful Images Mix & Match Ephemera Pack and arranged them around the sentiment banner, which is from the Joyful Sayings Mix & Match Ephemera Pack.

The card base was stamped with the Falling Snow background stamp and embossed with white embossing powder.

We hope you’ll join us and make 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!

Reindeer Cheer — FMS659

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It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and it is my turn to play the role of hostess. I always love a clean collage, so I went that route when designing the sketch for the week. Here’s what I came up with:

Even though the sketch is a collage of circles, any shapes are good. I ended up with a loose interpretation of the sketch, but creativity is what makes these challenges fun, right?

I started with the adorable Reindeer Fun dies and cut out the layers for this cute reindeer and the wreath and its bow. This little guy is so easy to put together!

I cut the presents out of some of the Take a Bow dsp collection and added some twine bows. Some Real Red & White Adhesive-Backed Peppermints were added as embellishments. The sentiment is from the coordinating Reindeer Fun stamp set, and was embossed with red embossing powder.

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card with the sketch! I can’t wait to see how everyone interprets the sketch this 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!

Snowman Tag — FMS657

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It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it come to us via our ink-blending and coloring pro from New Zealand, Karren Johnson. Take a look at what she has for us:

I thought this tag would be perfect for some of the Joyful Images Mix & Match Specialty Ephemera. The hardest part of this card was deciding which image to use.

The snowman was the winner as I thought the slanted panels in the sketch could be viewed as a snowdrift. So I left the bottom panel white and cut a piece of dsp from the Nests of Winter dsp collection for the top half of the card base.

I added some White Loose Snowflakes and a sentiment from the Joyful Sayings Mix & Match Ephemera Pack. Some fun Pool Party Pompom Ribbon and some Real Red and White Baker’s Twine finish off the tag.

We hope you’ll join us and make 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!

Nests of Winter — FMS656

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It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes to us courtesy of our favorite French paper crafter extraordinaire, Cecile Ribon. Take a look at what she has for us:

This sketch made me think of the gorgeous Nests of Winter suite collection, so I cut out some of the birds from a sheet of the coordinating dsp and arranged them on another piece of the dsp from the same collection.

I love the sweet birds in this dsp. I selected a sentiment from the Joyful Sayings Mix & Match Ephemera Pack to finish the card.

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!

Snowy Wonder Cabins — FMS655

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It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes courtesy of our favorite Canadian stamper/mountain hiker, Jen Brum. Take a look at her unique sketch:

I had been itching to play with the new Snowy Wonder bundle from the holiday mini catalog, and I thought the sizes of the images would work well with the sketch.

I stamped the trees and cabins with Garden Green, Misty Moonlight, and Real Red inks and cut them out with the coordinating dies. The sentiment banner is from the Joyful Sayings Mix & Match Ephemera Pack. I stamped some little snowflakes from the set using Pool Party ink.

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!

Copper Tidings — FMS616

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We’re back with our last sketch of the year at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it is my pleasure to serve as the hostess. I have a sketch with some simple layers that I think is pretty versatile. Take a look:

I thought this was my last chance to use the Christmas Classics bundle. I believe it’s on the retirement list , so if you have been thinking about adding it to your collection, you should do so before January 3rd.

I started by die-cutting the ornate frame from some of the absolutely gorgeous Oxidized Copper dsp. I then stamped the sentiment using some Shaded Spruce and Real Red inks. This card came together quickly thanks to the gorgeous die and pretty paper.

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch! This challenge will stay open until January 1, so there is lots of time to participate. 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!

Comfort & Joy — FMS615

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It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes all the way from New Zealand via our incredibly talented friend, Karren Johnson. Take a look at what she has for us:

The Christmas Classics Bundle was perfect for a quick and easy card for this sketch.

I started by stamping the sentiment and holly sprigs, and then cut them out with a circle die. I used another die from the collection to cut the glimmer paper.

A little baker’s twine bow and some red rhinestones were used as embellishments. Quick and easy.

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!!