Pre-Order Goodies — FMS632

Posted on April 17, 2024 by amyoneillblog

There’s a new sketch up at Freshly Made Sketches, and it comes to us via our favorite Bay Stater, Jen Mitchell. Take a look at her fabulous square card sketch:

This sketch offers so many possibilities! Having just received a box of pre-order goodies (all of these new products will be available to order on May 1), I couldn’t wait to dig in and get some new items inky. My favorite bundle in the new catalog is the Country Flowers bundle. The images are adorable and they are easy and fun to color. And I love how you can mix and match the images in the set.

I stamped three of the images and colored them with alcohol markers before cutting them out with the coordinating dies. They were placed on two different pieces of the Country Lace dsp, which will also be available when the new catalog is released on May 1st. The card base was made with the new Basic Beige card stock.

The sentiment is also from the same stamp set. I love the mixed fonts!

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!

Surf’s Up — FMS630

Posted on April 3, 2024 by amyoneillblog

It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes to us via Judy Rozema, our theater loving, card making friend in Nebraska. Take a look at her creative sketch:

To be honest, this sketch threw me for a loop. I just could not come up with anything. Then I looked at the Beach Day stamp set, which was sitting on my desk, and thought, “I really like those surf boards! Maybe they could represent the three rectangles in the sketch if I flipped the sketch on its side. These sketches are really designed to just spur our creativity, right?” OK, so I was reaching.

I stamped the surfboards with Versamark ink and embossed them with clear embossing powder before cutting them out with the coordinating dies. They were made with Granny Apple Green, Sweet Sorbet, and Lemon Lolly card stock.

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!

Oceans of Love — FMS629

Posted on March 27, 2024 by amyoneillblog

It’s my turn to serve as the hostess at Freshly Made Sketches this week, which is always a little nerve-wracking as I’m never sure how the sketch will be received. We haven’t had a sketch with an oval as the focal image in quite a while, so I decided to go with that shape. Here’s the sketch:

I hadn’t used the cute Submarine Life stamp set yet, and since the sub is an oval shape, I thought it would work with the sketch.

I started by blending some Pool Party ink on a piece of white card stock and then stamped several of the images from the Submarine Life stamp set on the bottom half. The sentiment from this set was stamped with Azure Afternoon ink.

I stamped the sub with Crushed Curry and Pebbled Path inks and cut them out. There is a coordinating punch to make this work easier.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Hang in There — FMS628

Posted on March 20, 2024 by amyoneillblog

There’s a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, and it comes all the way from the land down under courtesy of our Artisan designer friend, Narelle Farrugia. Take a look at her lovely layered sketch:

The Hot Air Balloon set is such a fun set, and since I hadn’t used it in a little while, I decided to start with it.

I thought that the square element in the sketch could be a window with clouds floating by in the background, so I cut out a square and then framed it using one of the Stitched with Whimsy Dies. I cut out the basket and clouds with the Hot Air Balloon dies and the balloon itself from a piece of the Lighter than Air dsp collection.

The sentiment is also from the Hot Air Balloon stamp set.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Beautiful Day — FMS627

Posted on March 13, 2024 by amyoneillblog

There’s a new sketch up at Freshly Made Sketches, and it comes all the way from New Zealand courtesy of the ultra-talented Karren Johnson. Take a look at her fun sketch:

When I first saw this sketch I immediately thought of a sunrise on the horizon. Going with that theme, I decided to create a scene using the Beach Day bundle.

I blended some Lemon Lolly and Daffodil Delight inks onto a piece of white card stock using a stencil I made by punching a circle out of a piece of scrap card stock. I added some Balmy Blue ink for the sky, and cut a piece of Crumb Cake Card stock using a die from the coordinating Beach Day die-cuts and spritzed it with some Crumb Cake ink. That created the background.

The remaining images are from the Beach Day stamp set and dies, including the sentiment. This is such a fun bundle! I had to make myself stop adding more cute things (beach umbrella and chair, surfboards, etc…).

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

All About You — FMS626

Posted on March 6, 2024 by amyoneillblog

There’s a new sketch up at Freshly Made Sketches, and it come courtesy of our favorite French card-maker, Cecile Ribon. Take a look at her fun and creative sketch:

I thought of the Nature’s Sweetness suite right away when I saw this sketch. I haven’t played with it as much as I’d like, so I thought this was a great opportunity.

I started by stamping and coloring an image from the Lovely & Sweet stamp set with alcohol markers, and then cutting it out with the coordinating dies. I used one of the stamps from the Notes of Nature set to stamp a subtle pattern on the Crumb Cake circle and cut it in half.

I used a couple of other stamps from the Notes of Nature set to stamp a backround on the white card base. The sentiment is from The Notes of Nature stamp set, as well. Some Adhesive-Backed Cork Rounds and linen thread were added as embellishments. I had some Soft Sea Foam leaf branches laying on my desk that I had previously cut using a die from the Notes of Nature die set, and I placed then under the focal image.

This was a fun card to make! I love playing with this suite of products. Having two bundles of stamps and dies gives one so many options.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

A Birthday Hooray — FMS625

Posted on February 28, 2024 by amyoneillblog

It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes to us from our favorite Canadian mountaineer and card maker, Jen Brum. Take a look at her fun sketch:

I wanted to make a birthday card for a sweet friend and I thought the Hot Air Balloon suite would be perfect with this sketch.

I started by stamping the balloon with some Versamark ink and embossing it with clear embossing powder, and then cutting it out with the coordinating Hot Air Balloon Dies. I added some banners cut with some of the other dies in the set and some clouds as well. A strip of dsp from the Lighter than Air collection was used on the right side of the card, and the sentiment is from the Hot Air Balloon stamp set.

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!

Cradled — FMS624

Posted on February 21, 2024 by amyoneillblog

It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes to us from Kim Singdahlsen, our favorite crafty Coloradan. Take a look at her fun sketch:

I am very low on baby cards and thought this sketch would be a great opportunity to use the Cradled in Love stamp set, which is a Sale-a-Bration offering.

I stamped the image and colored it with alcohol markers. I then added some strips of paper from the Hello, Irresistible dsp collection. This card came together quickly and easily. I wish that would happen more often!

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Everyday Flowers — FMS623

Posted on February 14, 2024 by amyoneillblog

It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches on this Valentine’s Day, and this week it comes from our friend from the snowy land of upstate New York, Linda Callahan. Take a look at what she has for us:

I thought that focal oval would be perfect for one of the images in the Everyday Details stamp set.

I started by stamping the image, coloring it with alcohol markers and cutting it out with a die from the Thoughtful Expressions collection. I thought I had stamped it on some Basic White card stock – at least it looked like that when I pulled out a piece of card stock from my scrap folder. Little did I know that I had pulled out some Very Vanilla card stock instead. In fact, I didn’t figure that out until I photographed the card THE NEXT MORNING. I know my eyesight has gotten worse as I’ve aged, but Good Grief! I guess the eyes sometimes see what they want to see.

I used some of the Softly Stippled dsp, which is a Sale-a-Bration offering for the card base and some Pumpkin Pie baker’s twine.

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Up, Up, and Hooray! — FMS622

Posted on February 7, 2024 by amyoneillblog

There’s another new sketch up at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes to us from Jen Mitchell, our favorite Bay Stater card maker. Take a look at her great sketch:

I hadn’t played with the new Lighter than Air suite yet, and I thought a hot air balloon would be perfect for that focal panel in the sketch. We used to see a lot of hot air balloons in our neighborhood. They would land or take off from a park that is just a block away from our house. But I don’t see them anymore, so I guess they have moved elsewhere. I miss them, but our greyhound does not. The last time I saw a balloon in our neighborhood, we rounded the corner and as soon as Duke saw it he froze. He then started shaking and turned around and tried to bolt for home. He is afraid of everything (thunder, chihuahuas, sirens, and many other things) but inflatables (hot air balloons, giant Santas, etc…) seem to be the most terrifying things for the poor guy. This hot air balloon shouldn’t scare him though.

I started by cutting out the balloon with the Hot Air Balloon Dies from a piece of the Lighter than Air dsp. I placed the balloon on a piece of white card stock on which I blended some Balmy Blue ink and cut out with an Everyday Details die.

The sentiment banner is also from the Hot Air Balloon dies and was stamped with a sentiment from the coordinating stamp set. I added a little scalloped strip on the bottom per the sketch, which was cut using a die from the Zany Zoo 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!