Category Archives: Freshly Made Sketches Challenge

Buffalo Checked Fall Leaves — FMS359

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It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches and this week our hostess is our favorite card-making Aussie artist, Narelle Farrugia.  She has a fabulous sketch for us that offers many possibilities.  Take a peek:

While trying to decide what to use for the circles in the sketch, I uncovered an unused leaf from the Falling for Leaves stamp set that I had stamped over a month ago but hadn’t colored.  Thinking leaves would work with the sketch, I pulled out my markers and got to coloring.

I started by stamping the Buffalo Check background stamp with Versamark ink on a piece of Mint Macaron card stock and embossing it with clear embossing powder.  I love this background stamp!

The color scheme includes Mint Macaron, Crushed Curry, and Cajun Craze.

We hope you’ll join us and make 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!

Product List

Falling For Leaves Photopolymer Bundle

$44.00

Buffalo Check Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$20.00

Buffalo Check Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$15.00

Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.50

Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

$7.75

Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder

$5.00

Metallic Pearls

$7.00

Linen Thread

$5.00

Merry and Bright — FMS358

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It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our favorite paper crafter extraordinaire from New Zealand, Karren Johnson, has a fun sketch for us.  Take a look:

I thought I would add another Christmas card to the stack as the large circle image made me think of a wreath.  When I was looking at the stamp sets on my shelf, I was drawn to the Making Christmas Bright bundle.  There is a circular image in the set that is adorned with tiny stars, and while I’m not sure if it’s really a wreath, I thought it would work well with the sketch.

The card base is a 3-1/2″ x 5″ Crumb Cake note card.  I stamped the string of light on it randomly with Versamark ink.

I embossed the star wreath with gold embossing powder and stamped the sentiment with Cherry Cobbler and Shaded Spruce ink.  The bulbs were stamped with Shaded Spruce, Crushed Curry and Cherry Cobbler inks.

This was a quick and easy one to pull together.

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!

Product List

Making Christmas Bright Photopolymer Bundle

$35.00

Gold Metallic Thread

$3.50

Metallic Pearls

$7.00

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

$5.00

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$9.75

Gold Foil Sheets

$4.00

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Versamark Pad

$9.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

$4.00

Leafy Topiary — FMS357

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We have a new sketch for you at Freshly Made Sketches this week and it has come all the way from France, the home of our die-cut guru, Cecile Ribon.  She has an interesting and fun sketch for us this week.  I think it’s super versatile, and here’ s a look:

When I saw the vertical sentiment, I immediately thought of the Vertical Greetings stamp set.  I love the topiaries in this set, and there is a sheet of dsp in the Share What You Love collection, that I think is a perfect match.  So this card came together quickly and easily.  I love when that happens!

I kept the embellishments to a bare minimum since there is already quite a bit going on with this card, with the dsp and sentiment strip.

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

Vertical Greetings Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$27.00

Vertical Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$19.00

Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper

$27.00

Linen Thread

$4.50

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$9.75

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Sponge Daubers

$5.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$6.00

Birthday Brew — FMS356

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It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our hostess is our lovely Canadian friend, Jen Brum, who makes such beautiful clean cards (and who may, or may not, have a phobia when it comes to circles — ha!).   Take a look at this circle-free card that she has for us this week:

Those three panels gave me fits!  I tried many different things with them and just couldn’t get happy.  Then I pulled a dusty stamp set off my shelf, and after playing with it I wondered why I hadn’t used it in so long.  It is such a fun set!  That stamp set was the Bubble Over stamp set.

I sponged the ink onto the stamp and stamped it with Pool Party, Petal Pink, and Soft Sea Foam.  The card base is Gray Granite.  The dsp is from the Twinkle, Twinkle dsp 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

Bubble Over Photopolymer Stamp Set

$17.00

Bottles & Bubbles Framelits Dies

$28.00

Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper

$11.00

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

$8.50

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.50

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Twinkle Adhesive-Backed Sequins

$7.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

$5.00

Sponge Daubers

$5.00

A String of Lights — FMS355

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It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our hostess is our favorite Coloradan card maker, Kim Singdahlsen.  Take a look at the sketch she has created for us:

When I first saw this sketch, I focused on the vertical strip.  I recently acquired the Making Christmas Bright bundle and was itching to ink it up.  I thought I could run a string of lights down the card in place of the vertical strip.

This bundle includes a punch which punches out the two parts of the light bulbs.  I love dies, but punches are my favorite.  They are quicker and easier.  I stamped the lights and punched them out.  The metal part of the bulbs were punched from silver foil card stock.

The stamp set also includes a little star stamp, which I used with Gray Granite Ink.  The dsp is from the Twinkle, Twinkle dsp collection.  A string of Silver & White Baker’s Twine was used as the cord.

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

Making Christmas Bright Photopolymer Bundle

$35.00

Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Silver Foil Sheets

$4.00

Poppy Parade 8-1/2" x 11"" Card Stock"

$8.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$9.75

Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Call Me Clover Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Silver Baker’S Twine

$4.00

Three Branches of Thought — FMS354

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Here we go with another sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  This week our hostess is the lovely Linda Callahan, the one who makes us smile and laugh with her stories and who wows us with her paper crafting talents.  Take a look at what she has for us this week:

I have really been focused on Fall-themed projects lately, but Summer is still not over, especially in Texas.  I felt like making something sunny and happy and I pulled out a stamp set that hadn’t seen any love in a while, Colorful Seasons.  I thought the branches in this set would work well with the sketch, so away I went.

I started by brushing on some Daffodil Delight ink onto a piece of watercolor cardstock with an aquapainter.  Once that was dry I stamped the branches, sentiment, and flowers.

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

Product List

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set

$27.00

Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies

$33.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$9.75

Lovely Lipstick 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.50

Watercolor Paper

$5.00

Twine Baker's Whisper White

$3.00

Pearl Basic Jewels

$5.00

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Aqua Painters

$17.00

Leaf Harvest — FMS353

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We have a new sketch for you at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week the lovely and talented Jen Mitchell is our hostess.  Take a look at this fun sketch:

This one opens itself to many possibilities. I love square cards, yet rarely make them, so I was excited to see this week’s sketch.  Now that it’s September and Fall is officially on the way, I am itching to make some Fall themed cards and use Fall colors.  One of the new sets I ordered from the Holiday catalog is the Falling for Leaves set.  I love the stamped leaves, and the coordinating die-cute leaves are beautiful.  I decided to pair them both for this card.

I started by stamping some of the filler images on a square piece of Sahara Sand cardstock.  I then stamped and die-cut the leaves from various Fall colors — Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Pear Pizzazz, and Merry Merlot.

The beautifully detailed border strip was cut from Mossy Meadow cardstock using one of the dies from the Detailed Leaves Thinlits.

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!

Product List

Falling For Leaves Photopolymer Bundle

$44.00

Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.50

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Merry Merlot 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.50

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$9.75

Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon

$7.00

Pearl Basic Jewels

$5.00

Lemony Birthday — FMS352

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We have a new sketch for you over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our favorite crafty pilot, Jennifer Timko, is our hostess.  Take a look at her fun sketch:

When searching for something to use for the circle shape in this sketch, I thought of several different new stamp sets that would work.  But once it came to actually putting the card together, I just couldn’t get happy with anything.  So I went back to my stamp shelf and pulled out a set that hasn’t seen ink in a while, Lemon Zest, and decided it was the one.

I paired it with a piece of dsp from the Tropical Escape pack.  A doily, black rhinestones, and some black twine were added as embellishments.  I didn’t want to add much as I wanted the bold dsp and bright lemons to be the focal part of the card.

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

Lemon Zest Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$28.00

Lemon Zest Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$20.00

Lemon Builder Punch

$18.00

Tropical Escape 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Pearlized Doilies

$4.50

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$9.75

Basic Black Solid Baker's Twine

$3.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Rule of Thirds Trio — FMS351

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It’s time for a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it is my turn to be the hostess.  I focused my sketch on the rule of thirds — a photography technique where the focal image isn’t centered, but is off to one side.   Just picture a tic-tac-toe frame, and place the focal image on one of the red intersection dots.  This helps draw the viewer’s eye to the composition of the card instead of just glancing at the center.  It’s pleasing to the eye.  However, as with most artistic rules, it’s a rule that doesn’t have to be followed.  Sometimes, centered is better.

Well, enough of that.  Here’s the sketch:

Not only did I consider the rule of thirds for the sketch, but I made the focal image a cluster of three — another composition trick that is pleasing to the eye.  I decided to use images from the Tropical Chic set.

I started this one by adhering a piece of Tropical Escape dsp to the card base.  I then embossed the sentiment on a slightly smaller piece of vellum card stock and adhered it on top of the dsp.  A strip of dsp from the Brights dsp stack was placed on the vellum, and the focal images were arranged on it as well.

Each image was stamped using two different ink colors.  I stamped the whole image with the lighter color, and then used a sponge dauber to add a little darker ink around the edges.

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch.  I can’t wait to see how everyone uses the rule of thirds 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!

Product List

Tropical Chic Clear-Mount Bundle

$44.00

Tropical Chic Wood-Mount Bundle

$51.25

Tropical Escape 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$9.00

Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder

$5.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$6.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Call Me Clover Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Sponge Daubers

$5.00

Falling for This Leaf — FMS350

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Well, this has been a busy week!   With the girls starting school on Monday and preparing to take my oldest back to college (and moving him into an apartment this year) on Friday, I am worn out!  These are all good things though and my heart is full.  However, it is emotional.  I have a high school senior this year, which makes me tear up just saying that.  And I was just getting used to having my son back home from college, and now he’s about to move 9 hours away again.  I just wish Summer would last longer!

With another week, we have another new sketch for you over at Freshly Made Sketches.  Our hostess this week is our favorite stamper from the land down under, Narelle Farrugia.  She has a great one for us too.  Take a look:

I recently received my pre-order of new goodies from the Holiday Catalog, which will go live on September 5th.  But with all that’s been going on in our house, I’ve barely had time to look at it, let alone play with it.  But when I saw this sketch, I immediately thought of a leaf in an upcoming stamp set, Falling for Leaves.  There is a beautiful leaf stamp and there is a beautifully detailed leaf die as well.  I used the die for this card.

I started with the background by using a couple of stamps from Artisan Textures.  I then die-cut the leaf from a piece of dsp that will be available in the Holiday Catalog called Country Lane Designer Series Paper.  The strip of paper under the leaf is also from that pack.  I die-cut the solid leaf image from a piece of vellum paper and placed it under the dsp leaf.

This one came together pretty quickly, and I love the color combination.

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

Falling For Leaves Photopolymer Bundle

$44.00

Artisan Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$17.00

Artisan Textures Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$23.00

Country Lane 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Nature's Twine

$9.00

Faceted Dots

$6.00

Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$9.75

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$9.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Pearlized Doilies

$4.50