Category Archives: Freshly Made Sketches Challenge

Happy Rainbow — FMS531

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If you’d like a little card-making inspiration this week, head on over to Freshly Made Sketches and take a look at our new sketch for the week. Our favorite up-state New Yorker, Linda Callahan, has created a great sketch to get your creative juices flowing. Take a look:

I haven’t used the Rainbow of Happiness Bundle as much as I had hoped to yet, so I was determined to make it work with this sketch. I decided that the rainbow could be the background and I could use clouds as the three focal images in the sketch. Yeah, it’s a bit of a stretch, but sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.

I used the Brilliant Rainbow Dies to make the colored pieces of the rainbow as well as the three little clouds. The sentiment is from the coordinating stamp set, Rainbow of Happiness, and the dsp strip is from the most recent Sale-a-Bration Sunshine & Rainbows collection.

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!

Product List

Rainbow Of Happiness Bundle (English)

[157727]
$44.00

Poppy Parade 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119793]
$8.75

Bumblebee 8-1/2X11 Cardstock

[153077]
$8.75

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[131201]
$8.75

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[122924]
$8.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]
$9.75

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

[153118]
$7.50

Sweet Bunny – FMS530

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We’re back with a new sketch for you over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our hostess is our very talented friend from Massachusetts, Jen Mitchell. She has a fun sketch for us – take a peek:

I made an Easter care package for my college student and wanted to put a card in it, so I knew that would be my theme for the sketch. Since I hadn’t used the sweet bunny in the Easter Friends stamp set yet and I knew it would be perfect for an Easter card (Easter IS in the name of the stamp set after all), this card came together pretty quickly.

I started by stamping and lightly coloring the bunny with my alcohol markers. I added a blended background with some Pear Pizzazz and Balmy Blue inks.

Some little Loose Flower Flourishes were added around the sentiment, and that was it, other than a little baker’s twine bow.

I’ll write a little note and place it right on top of the care package, which I decorated with some flowers made using the Pierced Blooms Dies and some leftover pieces of the recent Sale-a-Bration dsp from the Friendly Hello collection.

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!

Product List

Easter Friends Cling Stamp Set (English)

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$23.00

Loose Flower Flourishes

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$7.50

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[122924]
$8.75

Pale Papaya 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[155668]
$8.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]
$8.25

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

[147104]
$7.50

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

[147105]
$7.50

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

[149165]
$7.50

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]
$11.00

Pastel Flowers — FMS529

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It’s time for a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our hostess is the ever-talented, Jennifer Timko. Take a look at her fun sketch:

When I first saw this sketch and the size of the focal panel, I immediately thought of the pretty cards in the Heart & Home Memories & More card pack. I chose one of my favorites from the pack and then added some of the coordinating dsp.

I love the soft colors in this suite and the woodgrain patterned dsp. There is not one lick of stamping on this card. The cards in the pack do all of the work for you, so it was just a matter of adhering all of the elements together.

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!

Product List

Heart & Home Memories & More Card Pack

[157957]
$10.00

Heart & Home 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[157928]
$11.50

Genial Gems

[155500]
$8.00

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]
$11.00

Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121044]
$8.75

Spring Duckling — FMS528

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We’re back with another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches today, and this week our hostess is the talented Jacquie Southas. Take a look at what she has for us:

This sketch was a little challenging for me. I just couldn’t figure out what to do with those three little strips. I’ve really been wanting to ink up the Easter Friends stamp set, so I decided I’d somehow make it work with the sketch. I may have stretched it a little bit, but hey, I decided to just go with it.

I started this card by blending some Pear Pizzazz ink along the bottom to represent a grassy field and then applied some Balmy Blue ink for the sky. I stamped three little tufts of grass to represent the three strips from the sketch — I know, it’s a stretch.

I stamped the cute little duckling with Basic Gray ink and colored him with my alcohol markers before cutting him out with my paper snips.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set and the little flowers and leaves are from the Peach dies collection. I colored some of the tiny pearls with an alcohol marker to put in their centers.

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!

Product List

Easter Friends Cling Stamp Set (English)

[157737]
$23.00

Stitched With Whimsy Dies

[155314]
$29.00

Peach Dies

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$23.00

Pearl Basic Jewels

[144219]
$5.00

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[131201]
$8.75

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119683]
$8.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]
$8.25

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

[147104]
$7.50

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

[147105]
$7.50

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

[149165]
$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]
$6.00

Blending Brushes

[153611]
$12.00

Most Valuable Dad — FMS527

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There is some new inspiration for you over at the Freshly Made Sketches site today! Our theater loving friend, Judy Rozema, has a fun sketch for us. Take a peek:

When I first saw the three focal rectangles in the sketch, I immediately thought of the ticket die in the Hey Sports Fan suite. With that as my starting point, another Father’s Day card seemed appropriate.

I started by cutting out the smaller tickets from one of the coordinating dsp sheets. I then stamped the sentiment on another piece of the dsp and cut it out too. The strip of striped dsp is another sheet from this pack..

With a few Resin Stars Embellishments, this card was quick and easy to complete!

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!

Product List

Your Biggest Fan Bundle (English)

[157893]
$40.50

Hey Sports Fan 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[157882]
$11.50

Resin Stars Embellishments

[158144]
$8.00

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100867]
$8.75

Bumblebee 8-1/2X11 Cardstock

[153077]
$8.75

Forest Friends Prayers — FMS526

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It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it is my pleasure to be the hostess. I have a pretty straightforward sketch that should allow for lots of different styles so I can’t wait to see what everyone makes with it. Here’s a look at it:

It’s Spring Break here this week and the weather has definitely been feeling like Spring, so that inspired my choice of stamp sets. I selected the Friends of the Forest set and made a card for one of the sweet girls in our small group at church who recently had surgery.

I started by blending some ink on the card base and the focal panel, and then stamped the images on a piece of white card stock and colored them with alcohol markers before cutting them out with my paper snips.

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!

Product List

Friends Of The Forest Photopolymer Stamp Set

[157746]
$17.00

Blending Brushes

[153611]
$12.00

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

[147105]
$7.50

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

[147104]
$7.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]
$8.25

Kite Delight Birthday — FMS525

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It’s time for a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our hostess is the incredibly talented Karren Johnson, who has mad ink skills. Take a look at this great sketch, which offers so many possibilities:

I needed to make a birthday card for a sweet friend and I thought the Kite Delight stamp set would be perfect for the occasion.

I started by blending some Pool Party ink on a piece of white card stock. I then stamped the three kites on another piece of white card stock and colored them with my alcohol markers before cutting them out. The kite tails and sun were stamped and colored as well before popping the kites up with dimensionals.

I cut out some So Saffron card stock with a scalloped die from the Penned Flowers Dies collection, and placed it under the sides of the focal panel. All of this was placed on a piece of dsp from the recent Sale-a-Bration offering, the Sunshine & Rainbows dsp collection.

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch. We love seeing what you create 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!

Product List

Kite Delight Photopolymer Stamp Set

[157748]
$18.00

Penned Flowers Dies

[155557]
$30.00

Blending Brushes

[153611]
$12.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]
$8.25

So Saffron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[105118]
$8.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]
$6.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]
$4.00

Ahead of the Game for Once — FMS524

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We have a new sketch for you at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our hostess, the queen of gorgeous die-cuts, Cecile Ribon, brings us a fabulous sketch all the way from France. Take a look at this fun sketch:

When I saw the sketch, I immediately thought of a die in the Hey Sports Fan suite. It’s not one of the focal dies in the set, nor is it one I’d probably normally think to use, but those little chevrons in the sketch made me think of it. So that made me want to use the coordinating stamp set and dsp since I just got it as well. And since it works so well for masculine cards and I don’t need any masculine birthday cards soon, I thought why not get ahead and make a father’s day card. This may be a record for me on having a card made before I need it. Now let’s see if I remember I have it when the time comes to actually send it!

I started with those fun little chevron dies on a piece of the Hey Sports fan dsp. I cut out the pennant from another sheet of the dsp, and stamped the Happy Father’s Day sentiment on a piece of white card stock, which I then cut out with my paper snips.

I added a few Resin Stars and a baker’s twine bow and called it a day for the outside of the card. But since this card came together so quickly, I had a little extra time and decided to decorate the inside of the card too. A little more stamping and a strip of dsp made quick work of that. And then I thought, why stop there? Why not decorate the envelope too?

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!

Product List

Your Biggest Fan Bundle (English)

[157893]
$40.50

Hey Sports Fan 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[157882]
$11.50

Resin Stars Embellishments

[158144]
$8.00

Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad

[155576]
$7.50

Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad

[147050]
$7.50

Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad

[153116]
$7.50

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]
$11.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]
$8.25

Rainbow Birthday Wishes — FMS522

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We’re back with another new sketch for you at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes from Colorado, courtesy of the very talented Kim Singdahlsen. Take a look at her fun sketch:

It’s about to be birthday week in our house with two of our children celebrating their birthdays next week. The first one up is my college daughter who has a Valentine’s birthday. She loves bright colors, especially yellow, so I wanted to make her a card that has happy colors. And since she was born on Valentine’s Day I also wanted to include some hearts on her card. And since I hadn’t used the Rainbow of Happiness suite and I thought it would work perfectly, it was an easy decision on what to use for her card.

I started with a sheet of the Sunshine and Rainbows dsp that has some tiny hearts. I love this paper collection, which is a free Sale-a-Bration offering. I then cut out the rainbow four times with the Brilliant Rainbows dies using different colors of cardstock. I stamped the little hearts from the coordinating Rainbow of Happiness stamp set onto a strip of Melon Mambo card stock. The sentiment is from the Special Moments stamp set, which is another Sale-a-Bration offering.

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!

Product List

Rainbow Of Happiness Bundle (English)

[157727]
$44.00

Sunshine & Rainbows 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[158126]
$0.00

Special Moments Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[158081]
$0.00

Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[115320]
$8.75

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[105117]
$8.75

So Saffron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[105118]
$8.75

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[122924]
$8.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]
$9.75

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

[147107]
$7.50

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147051]
$7.50

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]
$11.00

Daffodils & Butterflies — FMS521

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It’s already time for another new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our hostess is our friend from upstate New York, Linda Callahan. Take a look at her fun sketch:

This sketch had me stumped for quite a while. But then I decided that I could use a stamped image for one of the strips in the sketch and not be such a stickler about following it exactly.

For the vertical strip, I decided to use a new stamp set, Daffodil Daydream. I stamped the daffodils and butterflies and colored them with my alcohol markers before cutting them out. I then adhered them to a piece of patterned vellum from the Vellum Layering Designs collection.

I stamped the sentiment from the Sale-a-Bration set, Special Moments, with Versamark ink and embossed it with white embossing powder.

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!