It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it is my turn to assume the hostess duties. Want to see what the sketch looks like? Here it is:

When I drew up the sketch a few weeks ago, I had a card in mind, and it was one that used the exact shape of the focal image in the sketch. But I didn’t sit down and make the card then, and by the time I got around to it yesterday, I couldn’t remember what I originally had in mind. I needed to make something quickly, so I pulled out my ephemera packs and made an easy card.

I started with a Bubble Bath card base and framed it with a piece of Flirty Flamingo card stock. Then I added two different labels from the Labels & Layers Ephemera Pack and a flower bouquet from the Fully Flowering Ephemera pack. The little sentiment is from the Saying Something Ephemera Pack. I added some Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels as embellishments. Easy peasy!

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!

It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! In keeping with the spirit of the Olympics, which starts this week, our sketch comes from the host country of France courtesy of Cecile Ribon. If they gave out medals for using die-cuts to make the most beautiful cards, Cecile would win the gold hands down! Take a look at her fun sketch:

When I first saw this sketch, my thoughts immediately went to the ephemera packages. I could picture birthday candles for the narrow rectangles in the sketch and some birthday cake for the circle and flower images in the sketch. And then I got a little carried away.

I started with a Pool Party card base and added the candles and cake as mentioned above. And then I kept adding. There are just so many fun things in these kits! I couldn’t help it!

I ended up using items from the Labels & Layers pack, the Something for Everything pack, and the Saying Something pack.

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!

It’s time for a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes to us via our friend from up-state New York, Linda Callahan. Take a look at what she has designed:

I have really been loving the ephemera kits that are available in the annual catalog. I love collage-style cards and these kits are perfect for that.

I started with a card base and coordinating envelope from the Calming Creek Cards & Envelopes collection. I then applied two of the flowers from the Fully Flowering Ephemera Pack, and placed a circle label from the Labels & Layers Ephemera Pack. The little butterflies are from the Something for Everything Ephemera Pack, while the sentiment is from the Saying Something Ephemera Pack. I managed to use something from each of the four ephemera packs!

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!

It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week I have the pleasure of assuming the hostess role. That means that I have to come up with a sketch. I love making clean collage-style cards, so I designed a sketch that would work with that style. Take a look:

I’ve been having a lot of fun with the different ephemera packs in the annual catalog. Needing a birthday card, I chose the Something for Everything Ephemera Pack and the Calming Creek Cards & Envelopes to make this card.

I just chose some of the party-themed elements in the pack and arranged them according to the sketch. This card came together really fast!

The sentiment was the only stamping on this card. It is from the Simply Said stamp set.

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!

It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes to us courtesy of our favorite New Zealander, Karren Johnson. Take a look at her fun sketch:

I thought I would try to get ahead of the game and make a Father’s Day card. Masculine cards are so hard! I decided that a couple of the little fish from the Something for Everything Ephemera Pack would work well with the sketch and would fit a masculine motif as well.

The card base and envelope are from the Calming Creek Cards & Envelopes set. I cut out the postage squares using the Perennial Postage Dies and placed them on squares of Poppy Parade card stock.

The strip along the side was made with some Crushed Curry card stock and a little strip of Poppy Parade. The sentiment is from an old Paper Pumpkin kit. Super easy and quick!

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!