Category Archives: Freshly Made Sketches Challenge

What the World Needs — FMS621

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It’s time for another new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it is brought to us via Jennifer Timko, our favorite card-making pilot. Take a look at this fun square sketch:

The new Memories & More Card pack caught my eye in the new mini-catalog right away. I love the colors and the fun patterns, and there are so many cards with great sentiments. Even though this pack was designed for scrapbooking, it’s fun to use some of them for card making as well.

I started this by cutting out three circles from three different cards in the pack. One of those cards has this sweet globe and the sentiment. The pack also contains some pretty stickers. I used three of the floral stickers here around the sentiment. Some green baker’s twine and dots were added as embellishments.

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!

Honey Bee — FMS620

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There’s a new sketch up at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes from the talented Jacquie Southas. Take a look at what she designed for us:

Here’s another card using the Bee Mine suite. It is such a fun suite and I can’t stop reaching for it when I get a chance to stamp.

I stamped the cute bee and punched her out. I then cut out a couple of the honey jars from the coordinating dsp and placed them on some honeycomb, which I stamped on a piece of white card stock cut out with a die from the Everyday Details die collection. Some little resin hearts from the Adhesive-Backed Hearts & Flowers embellishments were added. The background dsp is also from the Bee Mine dsp pack.

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!

You’ll Always Bee the One — FMS619

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There’s a new sketch up at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes to us from Judy Rozema, who has braved the frigid temperatures of the Nebraska plains to bring us a fun sketch that we can work with in the comfort of our warm homes. Here’s what she has for us:

I have been having so much fun playing with the Bee Mine suite of products! I decided to let the designer series paper be the star of the show with this sketch and place the sentiment in the focal panel. I love the mixed fonts in these sentiments.

I used one of the new Everyday Details dies to cut out the sentiment, using a circle rather than a square as shown in the sketch. Some little resin hearts from the Adhesive-Backed Hearts & Flowers embellishments were added. I love how cute and flat they are — perfect for mailing.

Some Sweet Sorbet 1/4″ Bordered Ribbon was added as the vertical element in the sketch. And that was it! Super easy and quick!

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!

Nature Mashup — FMS618

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We’re back with another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes to us via Cecile Ribon, our favorite French stamper and die-cutter extraordinaire. Take a look at her fun sketch:

When I first saw this sketch, I knew right away I wanted to use the new Nature’s Sweetness suite of products in the new mini catalog. I was only going to get one of the two bundles in this suite, but once I saw another stamper’s card using the other set I knew I “needed” them both. It really is fun working with both bundles of products together.

I started by stamping the focal image from the Lovely & Sweet stamp set, coloring it with alcohol markers, and then used the coordinating die-cuts to cut it out. I also stamped a couple of extra flowers from the Notes of Nature stamp set and cut them out with their coordinating dies.

To make the background, I stamped off some of the images from both stamp sets and die-cut some of the greenery from Soft Sea Foam card stock. I added some Adhesive-Backed Cork rounds as embellishments and a linen thread bow 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 made for your inspiration.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Sweet as Honey — FMS617

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Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. We’re ready to start 2024 off with a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our sketch comes to us all the way from Australia courtesy of Narelle Farrugia, who is serving another term as a Stampin’ Up! Artisan Design Team member. Shout out to Narelle!! Here is the sketch she made for us this week:

I have been having a lot of fun playing with the Bee My Valentine Bundle, which will be available in the new mini catalog starting tomorrow.

This suite has some sweet dsp, Bee Mine, that coordinates with the stamp set and punch. I cut out three bees from a sheet of the dsp and placed them on some squares cut using the new Perennial Postage Dies, which are also in the new mini.

The red dsp is from another sheet of the dsp. I added some old little resin hearts for embellishments. I see I did not place the sentiment in the proper place according to the sketch — I’m starting out the new year as a rebel, I guess. Oops!

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!

Copper Tidings — FMS616

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We’re back with our last sketch of the year at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it is my pleasure to serve as the hostess. I have a sketch with some simple layers that I think is pretty versatile. Take a look:

I thought this was my last chance to use the Christmas Classics bundle. I believe it’s on the retirement list , so if you have been thinking about adding it to your collection, you should do so before January 3rd.

I started by die-cutting the ornate frame from some of the absolutely gorgeous Oxidized Copper dsp. I then stamped the sentiment using some Shaded Spruce and Real Red inks. This card came together quickly thanks to the gorgeous die and pretty paper.

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch! This challenge will stay open until January 1, so there is lots of time to participate. 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!

Comfort & Joy — FMS615

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It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes all the way from New Zealand via our incredibly talented friend, Karren Johnson. Take a look at what she has for us:

The Christmas Classics Bundle was perfect for a quick and easy card for this sketch.

I started by stamping the sentiment and holly sprigs, and then cut them out with a circle die. I used another die from the collection to cut the glimmer paper.

A little baker’s twine bow and some red rhinestones were used as embellishments. Quick and easy.

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!!

Making Spirits Bright — FMS614

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We have a new sketch for you over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes all the way from Canada via our card-making and mountain-hiking friend, Jen Brum. Take a look at this fun sketch with lots of circles:

I decided to go with the general “feel” of the sketch and use an image that flows diagonally across the card. All of those circles kinda threw me for a loop, so I chose to go a slightly different way.

I used one of the greenery boughs from the Joy of Noel stamp set and stamped it twice – once on the top half of the card and again on the bottom half. I then colored it with my alcohol markers.

I embossed the sentiment using white embossing powder on a strip of Cherry Cobbler card stock and layered that on some gold foil card stock. Some gold cording was looped underneath.

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!

Festive Giraffe — FMS613

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There’s a new sketch for you at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our hostess is our favorite Rocky Mountain resident, Kim Singdahlsen. Take a look at her fun sketch:

Wanting to color something, I pulled out my Festive & Fun stamp set. I thought the image with the giraffe would work well with the sketch, so I stamped it and colored it with my alcohol markers.

I used some Joy of Christmas dsp and kept everything simple on this card.

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 and your Thanksgiving tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by!

Thermos Twins — FMS612

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We have a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week is t is provided by Linda Callahan, our witty and fun up-state New Yorker friend. Take a look at her fun sketch:

As I mentioned last week, I had played with the Warmest Heart bundle for quite a while, trying to use it for last week’s sketch. But I couldn’t make it work so I gave up and switched to another set. However, our hostess this week, the lovely Linda Callahan, did use the Warmest Heart bundle last week and she made a fabulous card with it. When I saw her sketch this week, I thought I could try again with the Warmest Heart bundle — those two columns could be cute thermoses, right? Since I had lots of cut-out thermoses on my desk from my previous failed attempt, I decided to use them.

I die-cut the thermoses from Calypso Coral, Petal Pink, Pool Party, and Lost Lagoon card stock. I also used some silver foil paper for the tops of the thermoses. The sentiment is from the coordinating Warmest Heart stamp set, and the dsp background is from the Hello Irresistible collection.

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!