Category Archives: Freshly Made Sketches Challenge

From the Bottom of My Heart — FMS85

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So, have you ever been over to Narelle Faruggia’s blog?  She is one talented Aussie stamper, and she has a great sketch for us at Freshly Made Sketches today.

I pulled out a fun set I haven’t used in a while, From My Heart.

From the Bottom of My Heart

I used some of the Pool Party Core-dinations card stock on this card, which I lightly sanded.  Did you know that Core-dinations card stock will be available in all colors in the new catalog on May 31?  Yes, it’s true!

I hope you’ll be able to come play along with us at Freshly Made Sketches this week.  Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  From My Heart
Ink:  Island Indigo, Pool Party, Raspberry Ripple, Pretty in Pink
Paper:  Pool Party Core-dinations card stock, Pool Party, Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White, In-Color DSP stacks, Subtles DSP stacks
Embellishments:  Labels Collection framelits, Tea Lace Paper Doilies, Needlepoint Border Embossing Folders, Basic Gray 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Color Spritzer Tool, Small Heart punch, Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter

Mosaic Sneak Peek 2 — FMS84

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Take a look at the great sketch that Linda Suarez has for us at Freshly Made Sketches this week:

When I first saw this sketch, I thought it would be great for a masculine card (and I never have enough of those).  And since I still had my new Mosaic Madness set sitting on my desk from yesterday, I decided to use it again.

FMS Mosaic

On yesterday’s card I used the coordinating embossing folder and punch.  On this card I used the coordinating dsp.  It has great patterns and fun, bright colors.  It also includes two printed window sheets.  That is what I used on top of the white flag.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  I hope you have time to go check out what the other designers did with the sketch, and to play along with us this week at Freshly Made Sketches.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Mosaic Madness (available May 31), Made for You
Ink:  Island Indigo, Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie
Paper:  Island Indigo, Pool Party, Whisper White, Quatrefancy Specialty dsp (available May 31)
Embellishments:  Mosaic punch (available May 31), Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Happy Birthday to You

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Happy Birthday to you!  Happy Birthday to you!  Happy Birthday, dear Vicki!  Happy Birthday to you!  Today at Freshly Made Sketches we are celebrating Vicki Burdick’s birthday with her.  You have probably visited her blog (and most likely, love it as I do).  So go by and leave her some birthday wishes.

There is a new sketch for you today designed by the talented Allisa Chilton at Freshly Made Sketches.

I pulled out my Cross My Heart stamp set, which has fun little crossword sentiments, and pulled my colors from the Print Poetry dsp stack.

crossword birthday

To make the little button/flower embellishment, I used one of the larger Silver Basics Designer Buttons.  I punched three 7/8″ Scallop Circles from dsp and then put a 1/2″ Circle of Raspberry Ripple card stock and an In-Color Dahlia on top.

Enjoy your Wednesday, and come play along with us at Freshly Made Sketches this week.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Cross My Heart
Ink:  Basic Gray
Paper:  Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Very Vanilla, Print Poetry dsp stack, Neutrals dsp stack, In-Color dsp stack
Embellishments:  Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Basic Gray 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon,  Silver Basics Designer Buttons, 7/8″ Scallop Circle punch, 1/2″ Circle punch, In-Color Dahlias

Delivered with Love — FMS82

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Wednesdays mean a new sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches, and the highly talented Jennifer Brum has a good one for us:

I decided to pull out my Sent with Love bundle, as I haven’t used it in a while.  Don’t forget the great deal on this bundle expires at the end of the month.  You can get it right now for 20% off.

Delivered with Love

Go on over to the Freshly Made Sketches site and check out what the other designers made.  You’ll see a great variety!

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Sent with Love
Ink:  Pool Party, Island Indigo, Real Red
Paper:  Island Indigo, Whisper White, Red Glimmer Paper, Sent with Love dsp
Embellishments:  Pool Party Baker’s Twine, Happy Whale Sizzlits (heart), 1-1/4″ Circle punch

Pop-Up Posies Meets Epic Day — FMS81

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It’s already another Wednesday, and that means it’s time for another challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.  This week the fabulous Cindy Hall has this sketch for us:

Since I am currently addicted to the This and That Epic Day dsp, I immediately reached for it (it’s never far away :)).  I hadn’t used any of the Pop-Up Posies products in a while and they go so well with the Epic Day papers, so I pulled that out too.  And here’s what I made:

Wonderul Epic Day

Pop on by (sorry, I couldn’t resist) and see what the other designers made this week at the Freshly Made Sketches site.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  That’s the Ticket, Friendly Phrases
Ink:  Basic Black, Crumb Cake
Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, This and That Epic Day dsp
Embellishments:  Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit, 1/2″ Circle punch, Tea Lace Paper Doilies, Ticket Duo Builder punch, Pearl Basic Jewels, Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons, Pool Party Baker’s Twine

A Sparkly Whale Card — FMS80

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Are you ready for a new sketch from Freshly Made Sketches?  If so, the very talented Linda Callahan has a good one for you this week:

I decided to pull out the cute little whale stamp set, Oh, Whale!  Since the focal object can be any shape, I decided to let it be the whale itself.  This was a super easy and quick card to make.  I didn’t even use many supplies (at least compared to what I normally use).  🙂

A Blue Whale

This card is actually a notecard-sized card.  Stampin’ Up! sells notecards (5″ x 3-1/2″) and coordinating envelopes, which makes it even easier to make this card.

I hope you can join us in the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches this week!

Have a great Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Oh, Whale!
Ink:  Pacific Point, Marina Mist, Baja Breeze
Paper:  Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper
Embellishments:  Happy Whale Clearlits die, Marina Mist 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, Basic Rhinestone Jewels

Sent with Love on a Tag

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It’s Wednesday, and Rita Wright has a fun sketch for us at Freshly Made Sketches that has a lot of possibilities:

Since the circle element on the sketch can really be any shape you’d like, I chose to make a tag.  And I pulled out my current favorite product right now — the Sent with Love kit.  I have found it so easy to make cards with this kit.  I love it!

Sent with Love Tag card

Go check out what the other designers made with this sketch at the Freshly Made Sketches site.  It’s always fun to see how different our projects are even though we start with the same sketch.  That’s another reason why I love looking at your projects too when you link them up.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Sent with Love
Ink:  Pool Party, Real Red
Paper:  Pink Pirouette, Real Red, Whisper White, Sent with Love dsp
Embellishments:  Finishing Touches edgelits, Island Indigo 3/8 ruffled ribbon, Island Indigo Baker’s Twine, Basic Rhinestone Jewels

Boutique Blossom — FMS78

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It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time for another sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.  Jen Mitchell has a great sketch for us, which I think has a lot of different possibilities.

When I saw this sketch, I knew I needed to use the Boutique Blossom single stamp.  Did you know that Stampin’ Up is offering ten single stamps through March 31?  Boutique Blossom is one of them.  You can check them out here.  I hadn’t used this stamp yet, so it needed to get inky.

Boutique Blossom -- FMS78

I hope you can join us for this challenge.  Go see what the other designers made with it at the Freshly Made Sketches site.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Boutique Blossom, Loving Thoughts
Ink:  Versamark, Gumball Green, Calypso Coral, Summer Starfruit
Paper:  Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, In-Color dsp stack, Neutrals dsp stack
Embellishments:  Large Scallop edgelit, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Dazzling Details, Gumball Green 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

 

Neglected Summer Silhouettes — FMS 77

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Continuing on with my theme for the week of using neglected stamp sets on my shelf, I am using Summer Silhouettes today.  I also used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, by the very talented Jennifer Timko.

This stamp set was one of the first sets I ordered when the catalog came out.  I love it and I used it a few times, and then it was sadly neglected.

Summer Blues

When I saw the sketch, I immediately knew I wanted to use the large Silver Basics Designer Buttons.  I have used up almost all of the small ones, but have had a hard time incorporating the large ones into my projects.   I think they fit well with this sketch.

I hope you can make time to join us in this challenge at Freshly Made Sketches this week.  Go check out what the other designers did with the sketch and then make a project of your own.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Summer Silhouettes
Ink:  Gumball Green, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red
Paper:  Pool Party, Island Indigo, Very Vanilla, Sycamore Street dsp, Print Poetry dsp stack
Embellishments:  Real Red 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, 5/8″ Crochet Trim, Silver Basics Designer Buttons, Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz

Three Flowers that Finally Found a Home — FMS76

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Recently, I was invited to join the Freshly Made Sketches design team.  I jumped at the chance as I love this team’s sketches and designs, and have played along with many of their challenges since I found the website a few months ago.

This is my first week to be on the team, and Linda has a great sketch for us.

I had made some paper flowers months ago and decided to not use them on the project for which I made them.  They’ve been sitting on my desk all this time as I couldn’t bear to throw them away.  I knew they would eventually find a home.  When I saw this sketch, I knew immediately that I could use them.

So Kind of You Flowers

I used the 1-1/4″ Scallop Circle punch to make the flowers.  Here’s a link to a tutorial by Kelly Goree on how to make them if you’re interested in making some of your own.

I hope you’ll be able to join us and make a project for this challenge!  Here’s some inspiration from the other designers:

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Sweet Essentials
Ink:  Basic Gray
Paper:  So Saffron, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Tea for Two dsp, In-Color dsp stack
Embellishments:  Needlepoint Border embossing folder, Delicate Details Lace Tape, 3/8″ Designer Printed Brads,  1-1/4″ Scallop Circle punch