Ice Cream Treat — Monday Montage #191

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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.

When my daughter who stayed in Michigan for the summer recently told me she had been craving ice cream, I knew exactly what stamp set to use to make a card to send her a little money to treat herself. Sweet Ice Cream to the rescue!

I used some of the coordinating Ice Cream Corner dsp to punch out the cones and scoops of ice cream, so there really wasn’t much stamping involved with this card. I did stamp the sprinkles and dots with some stamped off inks and a splatter of some white acrylic paint. The sentiment from the set was embossed with white embossing powder.

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!

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Sweet Ice Cream Bundle

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$31.50

Ice Cream Corner Designer Series Paper

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$11.50

Stitched With Whimsy Dies

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$29.00

Resin Hearts Embellishments

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$7.00

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]
$11.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]
$6.00

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119683]
$8.75

Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146985]
$8.75

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

[147101]
$7.50

Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad

[153116]
$7.50

You Are Loved — FMS488

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We’re back with another new sketch for you over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our hostess is the incredible Jen Mitchell. Take a look at the fun sketch she has for us:

I needed to make something really quick as I haven’t had much stamping time lately, and I wanted to use a new set that I hadn’t used yet called In Symmetry. I probably would have skipped right over this stamp set, but when I saw the coordinating dsp which I fell in love with at first sight, the stamp set ended up in my cart too.

Since the dsp is so fabulous, I wanted to make it the star of the show. This is a color palette I adore! I used the dsp as the card base. I then stamped the images in coordinating colors and cut them out with my paper snips.

The sentiment is from a sentiment set called Through it Together. It has lots of uplifting sentiments. I stamped it and embossed it with white embossing powder.

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!

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In Symmetry Photopolymer Stamp Set

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$17.00

Sweet Symmetry 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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$11.50

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

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$7.50

Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad

[153116]
$7.50

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

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$7.50

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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$8.75

Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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$9.75

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

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$6.00

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

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Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

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Just Peachy — FMS487

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As we speed along to Summer, it’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. And this week our hostess is the incredible Jennifer Timko, who has a fun slimline card sketch for us:

The sky is the limit with this sketch! The hardest part about it is deciding on a set to use. One of my favorite new suites in the new catalog is the You’re a Peach suite. I love the stamps, the sentiments and the gorgeous dsp which has beautiful colors. Since I hadn’t used it yet, I decided to make a card with it with this sketch.

I started by inking the peaches stamps with Pale Papaya ink and sponging on a little Calypso Coral ink on some of the edges before stamping. I cut out all of the stamped images with the coordinating die cuts. I added some tiny die-cut flowers and some Loose Flower Flourishes as embellishments around the sentiment.

I blended a little Balmy Blue ink on the focal piece of white card stock before adhering the stamped images. The focal panel was then layered on a piece of the coordinating dsp.

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!

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Sweet As A Peach Bundle (English)

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$36.75

You're A Peach 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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$11.50

Loose Flower Flourishes

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$7.50

Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad

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$7.50

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

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$7.50

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

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$7.50

Sponge Daubers

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Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

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$7.50

Blending Brushes

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$12.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

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$7.50

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Flowers of Friendship Hey — FMS486

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We have a new sketch for you over at Freshly Made Sketches courtesy of our hostess, the amazingly talented Jacquie Southas. Take a look at this fun sketch:

When I saw this sketch, I immediately knew I would be using a die from a new set called Basic Borders. This collection has fun dies to create cute edges for your cards.

I started by cutting a piece of dsp from the Pattern Party collection, which is a hostess benefit option, using one of the dies mentioned above. I then stamped several of the flowers and leaves from the Flowers of Friendship stamp set and colored them with alcohol markers before punching them out with the coordinating punch.

After arranging and adhering all of the flowers and leaves, I stamped a sentiment. And I didn’t like it. But I’d already adhered everything! And I wasn’t starting over! So, I decided to just cover up the sentiment. Which meant I then proceeded to spend more time trying to figure out how to best do that than I did in making the rest of the card. My Goodness!! I finally settled on cutting out a cute scalloped rectangle from the Scalloped Contours Dies and using a different sentiment from the In Symmetry stamp set.

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch! And I hope you have an easier time than I did! 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!

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Flowers Of Friendship Bundle (English)

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$35.00

Basic Borders Dies

[155558]
$29.00

Scalloped Contours Dies

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$35.00

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

[155426]
$18.00

Matte Black Dots

[154284]
$7.00

Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

[155712]
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Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[122924]
$8.75

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

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Amazing Hand-Penned — FMS485

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To usher in another Wednesday, we have a new sketch for you over at Freshly Made Sketches and this week our hostess is the super talented Judy Rozema. Take a look at the fun sketch she has for us:

When I first saw this sketch, I knew I wanted to use some pretty dsp, and the prettiest dsp I have right now is the Hand-Penned dsp. So I cut into one of the pretty patterns and mounted it on a piece of Pool Party cardstock.

I then stamped some flowers from the Color & Contour Stamp set and added some pretty In Color Jewels and a little Baker’s Twine bow. The sentiment is also from the same stamp set.

This one was really easy! I love it when dsp can do all of the work.

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!

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Color & Contour Bundle (English)

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$50.25

Hand Penned 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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2021–2023 In Color Jewels

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$7.00

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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$8.75

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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$8.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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$9.75

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

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$7.50

Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad

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Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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$6.00

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]
$11.00

Hand-Penned Birthday — Monday Montage #189

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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.

I needed to make a birthday card for a sweet friend and still had the Hand Penned Petals stamp set on my desk. Rather than color the image I stamped with markers, I decided to use another stamp to color in the images. I love how the set included images to do that for the leaves and flowers separately.

I used a couple of the new In-Colors, Pale Papaya and Soft Succulent, as well as Highland Heather and Daffodil Delight to color the flowers. The flowers were arranged on a piece of Basic White card stock which was cut using one of the new dies in the Scalloped Contours dies collection.

The sentiment is from the Sweet Strawberry 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!

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Hand Penned Petals Bundle (English)

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$46.75

Sweet Strawberry Photopolymer Stamp Set

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$18.00

Scalloped Contours Dies

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$35.00

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

[159229]
$8.25

Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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$8.75

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

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$7.50

Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad

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Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad

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Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad

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$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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$6.00

Blending Brushes

[153611]
$12.00

Hand-Penned Mother’s Day — FMS484

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It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it is my pleasure to be the hostess, which means I get to provide the sketch for the week. I have a very simple collage-style sketch and I think it’s pretty versatile — you don’t have to use a leaf but can use any kind of image you prefer. Take a look:

I needed to make another Mother’s Day card and thought the new Hand-Penned Petals set would work perfectly with the sketch. This bundle has some of the prettiest dsp ever, and I had planned to use it on my Mother’s Day card, but then changed my mind on the dsp at the last minute.

I colored the focal image with my alcohol markers and then cut it out with a coordinating die. I love how the die cuts out those little bits between the leaves. I cut out the scalloped focal panel using a die from the new Scalloped Contours dies. I think I’m just going to leave this set of dies out on my desk because I think I’ll be getting a lot of use out of them!

The sentiment is from the A Wish for Everything stamp set. Some little sparkly gems from the Genial Gems collection 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!

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Hand Penned Petals Bundle (English)

[155492]
$46.75

Scalloped Contours Dies

[155560]
$35.00

Genial Gems

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$8.00

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]
$11.00

Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146985]
$8.75

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

[159229]
$8.25

Praying for a Sweet Friend — FMS483

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It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our hostess is the fussy-cutting, floral queen, Narelle Farrugia. Take a look at this fabulous sketch:

My daughter has a good friend who has been struggling with some undiagnosed health issues, which have gotten worse over the past few months. I feel for her, and pray for her often. I wanted to make a card for her and send it to her as she prepares for final exams.

I used the Pretty Perennials set and coordinating dies to make this card. The dsp is from the Fine Art Floral collection. I stamped the envelope too, which is a quick and easy way to add a special touch.

I stamped the flower twice and layered them on top of each other. The twine is some old, retired twine and the Holiday Rhinestone Jewels are on the current retiring list.

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch! We love to see what 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!

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Pretty Perennials Bundle

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$45.00

Fine Art Floral 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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Stitched Shapes Dies

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$30.00

Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels

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Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Poppy Parade 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad

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So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

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Ridiculously Sunshiny — Monday Montage #188

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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.

I’ve been trying to play one last time with some of the stamp sets that are retiring next week. The Ridiculously Awesome stamp set is one that I used many times to make cards for my kids. I love the fun handwriting on the sentiments and the messages are so positive and uplifting. As finals are this week for my college kiddos, I thought this one tucked in a care package would provide a little lift.

A recent Paper Pumpkin kit included some fun stencils, one of which was a sunburst. I used it with a blending brush to apply some Daffodil Delight ink to a piece of Basic White cardstock. The sentiment was stamped over it with Bermuda Bay ink.

I added some little die-cut flowers from the retiring Always Dies, and added some Elegant Faceted Gems to their centers. Some staples were added as embellishments, which I haven’t thought to use in a long time.

This was a quick and easy one. I know the card will be appreciated, but who I am kidding — it’s the other treats in the box that will receive the most attention. 🙂

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!

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Ridiculously Awesome Cling Stamp Set

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$22.00

3-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription

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Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

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$7.50

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

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$7.50

Blending Brushes

[153611]
$12.00

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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$8.75

Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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$9.75

Elegant Faceted Gems

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$7.50

C is for Congratulations, Cole — FMS482

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It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches and this week our fabulous hostess, Karren Johnson, is providing us a slimline card sketch all the way from New Zealand. I love how technology makes that so easy! Take a look at her fun sketch:

Before I even looked at the sketch, I knew I was going to make a graduation card because our son is graduating next week! He graduated last year with his Bachelor’s degree, but didn’t get to participate in any graduation activities because of, you know, Covid. Next week, he’ll be graduating with his Masters in Accounting from the University of Alabama and I can’t wait to celebrate with him. This handsome guy had a wonderful four years at Alabama and he’ll be starting his career with Ernst & Young in Atlanta in July.

For his card, I used the retiring set, Monogram Messages. I paired it with some miscellaneous graduation stamps I have held onto over the years and some old dsp that was in my stash.

I started by applying some embossing paste, which I haven’t used in a very long time, over a retired stars stencil. I love the texture it adds.

I printed Cole’s name off on some card stock and cut it out and pasted it onto the card to personalize it. Plus, his name starts with C, so it seemed fitting for the theme of the 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 created for your inspiration.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

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Monogram Messages Cling Stamp Set

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$20.00

Matte Black Dots

[154284]
$7.00

Stitched Shapes Dies

[152323]
$30.00

Embossing Paste

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$8.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]
$9.75