It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes from our talented New Zealander friend, Karren Johnson. Take a look at this great sketch:

I got a new stamp set in the pre-order for the upcoming annual catalog called Zany Zoo. It is a cute set and comes with fun dsp too. I thought it would be perfect to use with this sketch.

I stamped the sweet gator and colored him with my alcohol markers and then cut out the image with the coordinating dies. There are some cute trees and flowers in the die package as well, so I added them to create a little scene. I used a black Stampin’ Write marker to draw in some grass and bumps on the road.

I added a little strip of the coordinating dsp and cut out the little banner for the sentiment using the same dies. What a fun suite of products!

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!

Welcome to another Monday Montage blog hop!  We are a group of stampers who love to share what we create with you, and all you have to do to follow along is click on the links at the bottom of each post.

It had been a while since I had played with the Sweet Strawberry stamp set, so I grabbed it from my shelf and stamped a couple of those sweet berries. I also stamped the pretty flowering vine on a piece of white card stock, which i had lightly blended some Balmy Blue ink on. I then colored the strawberries and vine with alcohol markers.

I added a strip of dsp from the Pattern Party hostess pack along the edge, and tied on some retired baker’s twine. I could have colored some of the white twine in the Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack with a marker, but I like using up some of the retired stuff when I can. Some enamel dots were added as embellishments and the sentiment was added. It is from the April Paper Pumpkin stamp set.

You’re ready to hop on over to Breelin Renwick’s blog.  I always love seeing what she makes!  If you prefer to work your way backwards, you can jump back to Wendy Weixler’s blog.  Either way, be sure to work your way through all of the blogs so you don’t miss a thing.

If you should happen to get lost in the blog hop links, here is a list of all of those participating:

Amy O’Neill  —> you are here
Breelin Renwick
Cathy Casey
Charlet Mallett
Cheryl Curtis
Dani Dzamia
Elizabeth Price
Julie Warnick
Melissa Stout
Wendy Weixler

Enjoy your Monday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Product List

Sweet Strawberry Bundle

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$32.25

Pattern Party 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper

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$18.00

Matte Black Dots

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$7.00

Blending Brushes

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$12.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad

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$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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$6.00

3-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription

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$63.00

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

Wanting to use a new set I hadn’t inked yet, I reached for the Sharing Sunshine stamp set. I love how this set can be used for suns and moons and has the cutest happy face to decorate them. And since I’m running low on birthday cards, I knew it had the perfect sentiment too.

I started by cutting strips of dsp from the Pattern Party collection, which is a hostess reward set. The dsp is actually a sheet of black and white paper. I used my alcohol markers to color it with Pool Party and colored in some of the circles with Bumblebee and Daffodil Delight markers.

The sun was stamped with Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie inks and cut out with different circle dies from the Layering Circles dies. The sentiment was stamped on Bumblebee cardstock and embossed with black embossing powder. I cut it out with my paper snips.

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!

Product List

Sharing Sunshine Photopolymer Stamp Set

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$16.00

Pattern Party 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper

[155426]

$18.00

Bumblebee 8-1/2X11 Cardstock

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$8.75

Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$8.25

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[121045]

$8.75

Bumblebee Classic Stampin’ Pad

[153116]

$7.50

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147086]

$7.50

Versamark Pad

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$9.50

Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]

$11.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

My baby is celebrating her 9th birthday today.  My, where does the time go?  She is having her birthday party next weekend, but we’ll celebrate with her today as a family.  She told me the only thing she wants is a microphone, and if she gets anything else she’d like to exchange it for a microphone.  Her brother and sister are less than excited about the prospect of her having a microphone — they think she’s loud enough without one.  🙂

Here is the birthday card I made for her.

I think this is a fun mix of colors.  I used Brushed Silver card stock for the embossed frame. I always forget about that stuff, but it is so pretty.

Enjoy your Sunday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Paper:  Raspberry Ripple, Crisp Cantaloupe, Bermuda Bay, Brushed Silver card stock, Silver Glimmer paper, Birthday Basics dsp
Embellishments:  Typeset Alphabet Bigz dies, Designer Frames embossing folders, Large Scallop edgelit die, Scallop Edge Border punch, In Color Dahlias, Raspberry Ripple 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon, Bermuda Bay 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, Essentials Paper-Piercing pack

I wanted to play along with the Paper Players challenge this week, as I love to make Halloween treats, and my kids love to give and receive them.

I love the Tag-A-Bag gift bags because they make it so easy to make a cute gift in minutes.  I used a glue pad to stamp the splotches from Gorgeous Grunge onto the bag, and then applied some of the black Stampin’ Glitter.  I made a quick tag using some dies, washi tape, and a stamp from Halloween Bash.  And my favorite part is the big chevron bow.

I put some mini Hershey’s candy bars inside.  I think everyone loves those.

Enjoy your Thursday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Gorgeous Grunge, Halloween Bash
Ink:  Old Olive, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango
Paper:  Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Embellishments:  Tag-a-Bag gift bags, Black Stampin’ Glitter, Pumpkin Pie 3/4″ Chevron Ribbon, Chalk Talk framelits, Labels Collection framelits, Witches’ Brew Designer Washi Tape, White Baker’s Twine, Halloween Banner Simply Created Kit (button)

Two products that I will definitely miss after May 31 are the Flower Trim and the First Edition Specialty dsp.  I love both of these!

Super busy weekend planned.  Wish I could say it was all fun, but my kids have gotten slammed with end of the year school projects.  We also need to do our Spring/Summer planting in the flower bed, and birthday parties to attend for the kids.   Plus, somewhere in there I still have a lot of stamping to do for convention samples.  Glad it’s a long weekend!  And all of these things are truly good things (except for maybe my daughter’s model of the Globe Theater 🙂 ).

Enjoy your Saturday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Sweet Essentials
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Naturals White, First Edition Specialty dsp
Embellishments:  Flower Trim, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, Pearl Basic Jewels

Not much stamping on this card, but it was fun to make.  I recently got the Natural Composition Specialty dsp (I know — where have I been?!), and have been playing with it a little lately.  On this card, I cut a panel of it and used a sponge dauber and White craft ink to soften the Crumb Cake color a little.  When I was finished sponging, I wiped off the excess ink with a paper towel to reveal the beautiful embossed pattern.  Pretty easy!

Enjoy your Saturday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Made for You
Ink:  Real Red, White craft
Paper:  Real Red, Pool Party, So Saffron, Natural Composition Specialty dsp, Polka Dot Parade dsp
Embellishments:  Flower Folds Bigz die, 7/8″ Scallop Circle die, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Sycamore Street Designer Buttons (retired)