Category Archives: Falling Snow

Snowy Village — FMS666

Posted on by

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!

Cocoa in the Snow — FMS660

Posted on by

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!

Snowy Wonder — FMS653

Posted on by

It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it is all about the sentiment. A big sentiment. Our hostess, Kim Singdahlsen, has a fun sketch for us that focuses on a part of the card that is often an afterthought. Take a look:

I have a stack of new goodies on my desk and I knew that one of them would be perfect for this sketch. There are some new Christmas-themed ephemera packs in the holiday mini-catalog that I could not resist. One of the packs, the Joyful Sayings Mix & Match Ephemera Pack has lots of large and small sentiments.

I started by stamping the Falling Snow background stamp with Versamark ink and heating some white embossing powder on a piece of Night of Navy card stock. I love this background stamp, and know I’ll be using it a lot for Christmas cards. I cut out some holly leaves and berries using the Reindeer Fun dies, and placed them under the sentiment.

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 made for your inspiration.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!