Category Archives: Freshly Made Sketches Challenge

Merry Presents — FMS212

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Are you ready for another sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches?  Well, it’s Wednesday so that means we have one for you.  And this week, our good friend from Australia, Narelle Farrugia, has a great sketch for us:

When I saw this sketch, I immediately thought of the squares as presents.  So I pulled out the Your Presents set.  I stamped and cut out the presents and then added some ribbon and baker’s twine for embellishments.

Merry GiftsI also used some little stamps from the Jolly Christmas set for the background and added some dots of Gold Stampin’ Glitter and sequins.  All in all, this was a quick and easy card.

Merry Gifts Close UpWe hope you’ll join us and make your own card using the sketch.  Be sure to venture over to the Freshly Made Sketches site and see what the design team made for some inspiration.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Snowflake Penguin — FMS211

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It’s time for another sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our super talented friend from New Zealand, Karren Johnson, is our hostess.  And she has a beautiful collage-style sketch for us:

One of my very favorite sets in the Holiday Catalog is Snow Place.  But since snow has been nowhere near a possibility here, I haven’t even inked it up.  Snow is still nowhere near a possibility here as today is supposed to be in the 70s, but I have seen on the news that some other parts of the country have already seen some.  Yikes!

Snowflakes and PenguinI love all of the little accessories that come with this stamp set.  I chose to use the cute Santa hat and bow tie for this particular little guy.

The large snowflake in the circle is from the Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set.  I used Pool Party ink with it.

I also used a little Dazzling Diamonds glitter as I find it difficult to not use it on a snow-themed card.

Snowflakes and Penguins Close UpWe hope you’ll join us and make your own card using the sketch.  We love to see your creativity at work.  Meanwhile, you can hop on over to the Freshly Made Sketches site and see what the design team made for some inspiration.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Merry Golden Snowflakes — FMS210

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Time is flying by!  Here we are at another Wednesday already, and we have another sketch for you at Freshly Made Sketches.  Our lovely friend in Germany, Cindy Lovell, has a fun sketch for us this week:

I pulled out my wooden snowflake elements and inked them up with Versamark ink and covered them with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder.  I used them as the three square elements in the sketch.  I think these snowflakes are so pretty that I wanted them to be the stars of the show.

Gold Snowflakes Trio

I added a layer of black striped vellum from the Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack to the white card base.  I then cut a Whisper White mat and did some crazy stitching with my sewing machine, which needed a good dusting off.

I added a sentiment made using Black Glimmer Paper cut out with a Christmas Greetings Thinlits die.  I added a little Gold Cording and a White Perfect Accent, which I colored black with a Sharpie.

Gold Snowflakes Trio Close Up

All in all — a very simple card with a lot of white space.  And not a bit of stamping.  It’s rare that I can make a card with one of these characteristics, let alone both of them.

We hope you’ll play along and make your own card using the sketch.  You can see all of the different ways the design team used it at the Freshly Made Sketches site for some inspiration.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Wreath of Silver Peace — FMS209

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It’s Wednesday here, and that means it’s time for another sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches.  This week, our lovely Canadian friend, Jen Brum, is our hostess and look at what she has for us:

Isn’t this a great clean and simple sketch?  I love it, so why did it take me so long to make a card with it?  I mean I really struggled with this sketch.  I felt like everything I was making was too boring and plain.  So I ended up fiddling with this card all morning yesterday — adding a little here and there, trying different colors, etc…  I have decided that I love other people’s CAS cards, but not so much my own.  I can do clean, but the simple part is hard for me.   Well enough about my card’s origins — here it is.

Silver Wreath PeaceI have had an obsession with gold lately, so I decided to give silver a chance today.  I started by embossing a piece of Whisper White card stock with the Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  I then took my Fine-Tip Glue Pen and randomly applied glue onto some of the raised dots and then sprinkled on some Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  It’s hard to tell in the picture, but it adds a little sparkle to the card.

The wreath was stamped with Old Olive and Mossy Meadow inks using the Wondrous Wreath stamp set.  I used the coordinating Wonderful Wreath Framelits Dies to cut it out.  I added a bow of 1/8″ Striped Ribbon, with a Home for Christmas Designer Button and Silver Metallic Thread.  I put some little drops of Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details on the wreath for the berries.

The sentiment was cut from Silver Glimmer Paper using the Christmas Greetings Thinlits dies.

Silver Wreath Peace Close Up

We’d love to see what you create with the sketch!  This sketch is so open to interpretation.  I think it will be fun to browse the gallery.  You can see all of the different ways the design team used the sketch over at the Freshly Made Sketches site.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Thankful Cheer — FMS208

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It’s that time again — another new sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches.  And this week my sweet Floridian friend, Cindy Hall, is our hostess.  Look at what fun she has for us:

I took a few liberties with this sketch since I didn’t even use one rectangle for the focal images.  But I tried to stay true to the rest of the sketch.  Even though it’s 95 sweltering degrees here in Texas, I pulled out some Fall papers and stamps.

Thankful CheerI started with a Soft Suede card base and misted a mixture of Old Olive ink and rubbing alcohol onto a sheet of Into the Woods dsp.  I added a strip of Tangelo Twist card stock and some Linen Thread and a Classy Designer Button.

For the sentiment panel, I selectively stamped the top and bottom branches framing the Expressions Natural Element “thanks” from two different stamps from the Thankful Forest Friends set.  I paper pierced the panel after cutting it out with a Lots of Labels framelit.

The leaf was cut out of Gold Glimmer Paper using a Leaflets framelit die, and the acorn was stamped with the Cheer All Year stamp set.  I set the leaf and acorn on some looped Gold Metallic Thread.

Lots of products and lots of fun.

Thankful Cheer Close UpWe hope you’ll join us and make your own creation using the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week.  The design team has some great inspiration for you  — you can see we all did different things with this sketch.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Berry Merry Joy

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Here we go again — another Wednesday and another sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches.  This week our lovely hostess, Kim Singdahlsen, has a unique and fun sketch for us:

I thought this sketch would be a perfect way to show off some pretty designer paper, Season of Cheer.  I recently got a new Christmas set, Berry Merry, and I was itching to ink it up so I decided to use it too.

Berry Merry JoyI love how there are little elements in this stamp set, like the little holly leaves and berries and the stars, which you can easily place wherever you like since it’s a photopolymer set.  And of course, the Real Red Pompom Trim is so much fun.

Berry Merry Joy Close UpWe hope you’ll play along and join us by making your own card with this sketch.  We love to look through the gallery each week.  You can mosey on over to the Freshly Made Sketches site to gain some inspiration from the design team — you won’t be disappointed.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Hello Autumn Acorns — FMS206

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Here we are at Wednesday again, and that means it’s time for a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches.  This week, the incredibly talented Linda Callahan has a creative sketch for us:

I have to admit that this one threw me for a loop for a little while, but then I decided to just pick an image and use it three times in a collage style.  Since I’m still (im)patiently waiting on Fall to arrive here, I decided to use the cute acorn from Cheer All Year.  I really do love this set!  There are lots of cute images, and it is so easy to work with them.

Fall AcornsI started with a piece of dsp from the Typeset Specialty dsp.  I took a watercolor brush and watercolored on the dsp using some Bermuda Bay ink.  When that dried, I splattered on some undiluted Bermuda Bay ink with my paintbrush.

I stamped the acorns twice.  Once with Early Espresso ink on Early Espresso card stock, and once with Cajun Craze ink, using the rock-and-roll technique with Early Espresso ink on Very Vanilla card stock.

Fall Acorns Close UpWe hope you’ll join us and make your own card with the sketch.  We love seeing how you interpret it and browsing the gallery.  You can hop on over to the Freshly Made Sketches site to see all of the fabulous things the design team did with it for some inspiration.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Present Joy — FMS205

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It’s time for another sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches and this week my stamping friend, Rita Wright is our hostess.  And she has a good one for us:

We received a stamp set at Convention called Your Presents, and I haven’t used it once.  So I decided I needed to put it to use.  Even though it is in the Holiday Catalog and designed for Christmas, it is a versatile set and could easily be used for birthdays too.  I made a Christmas card this time around.

Present JoyI used a color scheme of Pool Party, Real Red, and Silver.  While not a traditional color combo, I do love these colors for Christmas.

Present Joy Close UpWe’d love to see what you do with the sketch, so please play along and post your creation to the gallery.  You can see what the design team made with it at the Freshly Made Sketches site for some inspiration.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Skull and Cross Bones Boo — FMS204

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Another Wednesday already!  That means it’s time for another sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week the very talented birthday girl, Jennifer Timko, is our hostess and she has a great one for us.  Be sure to pop on over to Jennifer’s website, Stampin’ on the Fly, to wish her a happy birthday (it was really yesterday, but that’s ok).  I think this one is a milestone birthday (happy 39th Jennifer!).  😉

Because I love the Howl-o-ween Treat stamp set and coordinating dies so much, I had to use them again for this sketch.  The Spider Web Doilies add such a fun “wow” factor, as does the black glimmer paper, that I had to use them too.

Skull and Cross BonesI added a little black glitter on the eyes of Mr. Skeleton and a few splatters on the focal panel.  The dsp is from the Happy Haunting collection.

Skull and Cross Bones Close Up

We hope you’ll join us and make your own card using the sketch.  You can jump over to the Freshly Made Sketches website to gain some inspiration from the design team.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Fall Colors for a Circle of Spring — FMS202

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It’s time for another sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week Jen Mitchell is our hostess.  And true to her clean style, she has a clean sketch for us.

Jen is so talented at making beautiful clean cards with minimal layers.  I wanted to stay true to her sketch and keep my card as simple as possible.  I pulled out a new stamp set, Circle of Spring, and the coordinating Wonderful Wreath Framelits for my card.

Even though the stamp set is called Circle of Spring, I wanted to use Fall colors.  So I went with a color scheme of Cherry Cobbler, Tangelo Twist, Hello Honey, Mossy Meadow, and Pear Pizzazz.

Circle of Spring for FallI started by sponging on some Soft Sky on a white card base.  I popped up the wreath with some dimensionals and then stamped the sentiment from the Cottage Greetings stamp set. I colored the wreath using a combination of Stampin’ Write markers and a blender pen with my ink pads.

Circle of Spring for Fall Close Up You should hop on over to the Freshly Made Sketches site for some inspiration from the design team.  I love the variety on display this week.  We’d love for your to play along and make your own card, as it’s always fun to look through the gallery.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!