Sweet Robin — FMS389

Posted on May 22, 2019 by amyoneillblog

It’s time for a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our hostess, Narelle Farrugia, is providing a sketch from the land down under. She has a good one — I love a simple collage. Take a look:

Since I still had the Free as a Bird stamp set on my desk and I needed to make a thank you card for someone who loves birds, it was an easy decision on what set to use. I did some fussy cutting on this one and used an embossing folder. Two things I don’t do very often, though I like them both.

I colored the robin (I don’t know if that’s what this bird was designed to be, but that’s how I tried to color it) with markers. The background circle was sponged with some Balmy Blue ink .

I looped some Linen Thread behind the circle and added some Metallic Pearls as embellishments.

The more I play with this suite, which will be available in the new catalog in two weeks, the more I love it. I love the sentiments and I love the images. A double win!

We hope you’ll join us and make your own card using the sketch! We love to see 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!

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Pretty Pink Pumpkin Birthday — FMS388

Posted on May 15, 2019 by amyoneillblog

It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our sketch comes all the way from New Zealand compliments of our hostess this week, Karren Johnson. And she has a fabulous sketch for us. Take a look:

Because I’m still in love with last month’s Paper Pumpkin kit, I wanted to make a friend’s birthday card with it. Using some of the contents from the kit, I made a card using the sketch.

I started with a Blushing Bride card base and cut one of the cards in the kit to make the dsp panel in the background. The flowers and leaves were die-cuts included in the kit. The sentiment comes from a stamp in the kit. The enamel dots were also included in the kit. I added a little baker’s twine from my own stash.

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 whipped up for your inspiration.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

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Farewell Falling Flowers — FMS387

Posted on May 8, 2019 by amyoneillblog

It’s time for a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our favorite French paper crafter, Cecile Ribon, is our hostess. She has a fun sketch for us. Take a peek:

I’m trying to use some of my favorite retiring stamp sets this month before they are gone forever. I love the Falling Flowers set and coordinating dies and thought they would work perfectly with the sketch.

I started this card by cutting three little pennants from Nature’s Poem dsp. I then stamped the stem and leaves with Mossy Meadow ink and the flower in Calypso Coral ink. I used markers to color them.

The sentiment was cut from Mossy Meadow card stock using the Well Written Framelits dies. The “with” is from a random stamp set I found. Why the Well Said stamp set doesn’t include that word is beyond me. I added some Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots as embellishments and called it a day.

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 whipped up for your inspiration.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

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Mother’s Day Tea — FMS386

Posted on May 1, 2019 by amyoneillblog

Well, here it is — May. And to welcome this new month, we have a new sketch for you over at Freshly Made Sketches. Our hostess this week is the amazing Jen Brum, our Canadian bestie, and she has a great one for us. Take a look:

With Mother’s Day right around the corner, I thought I should make another card for the occasion. I wanted to use the pretty set, called Tea Together. I love the Tea Room specialty dsp and knew it would be perfect with the sketch.

I almost had a mono-chromatic card, but I just couldn’t stand it. I wanted that flower to have another color. I probably should have added some pink elsewhere on the card but I ran out of time. I may have to add some before I send it in the mail.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

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Tropical Thanks — FMS385

Posted on April 24, 2019 by amyoneillblog

Well it’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our favorite Coloradan, Kim Singdahlsen, has a fun sketch for us. Take a peek:

Now that the retirement list has been posted, I tend to get a little nostalgic about sets that will be leaving us. It makes me want to use them all one last time. The Tropical Chic bundle is on the list and I hadn’t used it in a long time, so I decided to dust it off. After I finished the card though, I noticed that it isn’t really retiring. It’s just being improved to cling-mount. This switch really makes the whole retirement list thing extra confusing.

I started by inking the focal leaf with Pear Pizzazz ink, stamping off once, and then sponging on some Granny Apple Green ink in the center. I die-cut this image and the two background leaves from Call Me Clover card stock.

The dsp is from the Tropical Escape dsp pack. Some Happiness Blooms enamel dots and linen thread were added as embellishments.

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 and see what the design team has created for your inspiration.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

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Mother Duck — FMS384

Posted on April 17, 2019 by amyoneillblog

It’s already time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! The time is truly flying. My daughter is graduating next month, and she has a countdown clock on her phone. Every time I look at it, I am amazed at how quickly time is passing. I want to hack into her phone and slow that darn clock down. But I know that won’t work. Besides, I’m not technologically savvy enough to do that. Our good friend Linda, is our hostess this week. Not only does she make fabulous cards, but she is witty and fun, and she has a great sketch for us this week. Take a peek:

When I saw the focal panel, I immediately thought of the cute little ducks in the Fable Friends set. I stamped the images on watercolor paper and used my aqua painter to color the scene with my ink pads. Once I went to cut it out, I realized it was a little larger than I anticipated and that it wouldn’t work with the sketch. So I decided to flip the orientation. Yeah, it was one of those days.

As I was coloring this scene, I kept thinking how this is one lucky duck — her children are following along right behind her. Two of my three ducks are wandering off in their own direction, as my oldest is several hours away at college and my middle child is about to graduate and go even farther away to school. I guess even ducklings grow up and fly away. I’m glad there are airplanes so I can fly and go see my ducklings.

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

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Hooray Hat — FMS383

Posted on April 10, 2019 by amyoneillblog

We have a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches today, and we have a great one for you provided by our friend, Jen Mitchell. Take a peek:

I was playing around with the Birthday Cheer stamp set and colored one of the party hats, thinking I could substitute it for the square focal image. I colored it with markers. I went with a color combo of Pool Party, Mango Melody, and Poppy Parade.

The star dsp is from the Twinkle Twinkle dsp pack. The sentiment was embossed with black embossing powder. I need to start working on graduation cards, and I thought this sentiment would work well for that occasion too.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

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A Squirrelly Sailor — FMS382

Posted on April 3, 2019 by amyoneillblog

It’s time for another sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our very talented friend, Jennifer Timko, is our hostess. She has a sketch for us that should work with almost every style. Take a look:

I’ve been working on some Easter projects and have been using the Fable Friends stamp set. I knew it would be so fun to color with it. When I sat down to make a card with this sketch, I thought I’d use an image from this stamp set that hadn’t seen ink yet for me.

I started by stamping this cute fella on watercolor paper, and then used an aquapainter and my ink pads to color him. I hadn’t water colored in a long time because I’ve been using my markers so much lately. I’d forgotten how fun it is to watercolor.

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. 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!

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Perfectly Paired Congratulations — FMS381

Posted on March 27, 2019 by amyoneillblog

We have one last sketch for your month of March over at Freshly Made Sketches this morning. And this week, another of our new team members, Lee Ann Barrett, has a clean and classic sketch for us. Take a look:

One of the stamp sets I fell in love with in the Occasions catalog is the Perfectly Paired stamp set. I knew it would be so fun to color, and the image is adorable. I don’t have the need for baby cards very often at all, but it’s always good to have a set on hand just in case, right?

This card was coloring therapy for me. I love how each animal is small and easy to color, and just look at all of the opportunities you have to use many colors. I think I used just about all of my markers!

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

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Superhero Amazing — FMS380

Posted on March 20, 2019 by amyoneillblog

We have a new sketch for you over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week one of our newest team members, Jacquie Southas, has a great one for us. Take a peek:

My older daughter is a Senior in high school this year and will be taking her IB exams in a couple months. They take place every day over a two week period and are comprehensive exams in all of her subjects. It’s a very intense process. I’m trying to stock up on encouraging notes and cards to stick in her lunches for those days.

When I saw this sketch, I searched my stamp shelves for stamp sets that had a small image that would work well repeated for the sketch. I pulled out the Bubble Over stamp set and thought the star would be a simple and fun image for her. I started out by stamping it several times in bright, happy colors but then was struck with an idea. Since she is a huge Marvel fan, I thought the image was a good replica of Captain America’s shield. And then I thought I could find a sentiment with “Super” in it, but I don’t have anything. Rather than using an alphabet set and making my own, I found a sentiment with “Amazing.” I thought it was close enough.

I stamped the image with Blueberry Bushel ink and punched it out with a 3/4″ circle punch. I then used a 1″ circle punch to make the Poppy Parade circles. The center star has a Dazzling Diamonds star on it, but it’s hard to tell in the picture.

The sentiment is from the Amazing Life stamp set.

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!

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