Party Lion — FMS 421

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It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our hostess is our favorite Bostonian-area stamper, Jen Mitchell.  Take a look at this fun sketch:

I needed to make a birthday card and I hadn’t had the opportunity to play with the Birthday Bonanza suite yet, so I figured this was the perfect opportunity.  This is such a fun set!  I loved building these cute birthday animals.

I started by stamping the cute lion.  I love how easy it is to assemble him with the different stamps and the coordinating dies.

I die-cut the tag from Bermuda Bay card stock using one of the coordinating dies.  The tag is actually longer, but it is easy to shorten it to a length you desire.  I embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder.  The coordinating dies also contain these fun banners, which I cut down to fit how I wanted.

I added some sequins from the Sale-a-Bration offering and a fun pompom on his hat.  The paper is from the coordinating Birthday Bonanza DSP 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.  Meanwhile, be sure to check out what the design team has created for your inspiration at the Freshly Made Sketches site.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Product List

Bonanza Buddies Bundle

$38.50

Birthday Bonanza Designer Series Paper

$11.50

Daffodil Delight 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Ruched Ribbon

$7.50

Assorted Pompoms

$5.50

Metallic Baker’S Twine & Sequins Combo Pack

$0.00

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

$8.75

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$9.75

Terracotta Tile 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.75

Grapefruit Grove 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.75

Whisper White Solid Baker's Twine

$3.50

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$6.00

Versamark Pad

$9.50

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Terracotta Tile Classic Stampin’ Pad

$7.50

2" (5.1 Cm) Circle Punch

$18.00

Layering Circles Dies

$35.00

Positive Thoughts for a Sympathy Card — Monday Montage #157

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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 sympathy card for a friend and the new Positive Thoughts stamp set seemed like a perfect set.  And on Feb. 4th, Stampin’ Up! will release some coordinating dies for this set.

I started out by die-cutting a piece of Whisper White card stock with one of these new dies.  It is a rectangle with some pretty piercings around the border.  I then stamped some of the foliage with Pear Pizzazz ink.  I stamped the flowers with Rococo Rose ink, which was stamped off one time, and cut them out with another coordinating die.  The Mossy Meadow leaves were cut with other coordinating dies, as was the little bit of So Saffron trim underneath the sentiment.  And you guessed it — the butterfly was cut out with another coordinating die in the set.  I definitely made good use of a lot of the dies on this card!

The sentiment is from the Colorful Seasons stamp set.  I added some Faceted Dots and some Metallic Baker’s Twine, which is a Sale-a-Bration offering, as embellishments.

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 — not participating this week
Elizabeth Price
Julie Warnick
Melissa Stout
Wendy Weixler

Enjoy your Monday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Product List

Positive Thoughts Cling Stamp Set

$21.00

Nature's Thoughts Dies

$29.00

So Saffron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.75

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$9.75

Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.75

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Pad

$7.50

2019-2021 In Color Faceted Dots

$6.50

Metallic Baker’S Twine & Sequins Combo Pack

$0.00

Tiny Little Heartfelt Valentine — FMS420

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It’s time for our last sketch for the month of January at Freshly Made Sketches.  Yes, we’ve almost completed the first month of the year and February is just around the corner.  Our hostess this week is the talented and lovely Jennifer Timko, and she has a fun one for us.  Take a look:

I decided I’d better get busy with making some Valentines since it is getting close to that time.  I love the whole From My Heart suite in the mini catalog, and decided to go the easy route with some little Valentine cards to stick in gifts for that day.

This is a little 3″ x 3″ card.  I started by stamping and embossing the arrow.  I then used the two coordinating heart punches in the Heart Punch Pack to punch out the scalloped heart on the bottom layer and the pretty patterned heart on the top layer from two sheets of the From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper.  These papers have pretty foil accents in pink and red.

The sentiment is from another stamp set called Flourishing Phrases.  I added a little bow made with white twine 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 for some inspiration from the design team.

Enjoy your Wednesday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Product List

Heartfelt Bundle (English)

$45.75

From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper

$14.50

Whisper White Solid Baker's Twine

$3.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

$4.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

$8.25

Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.75

Hey, Little Ladybug — FMS419

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It’s time for a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our hostess is the delightful Lee Ann Barrett.  Take a look at the fun sketch she has for us:

I wanted to make a card to send to my daughter at college, and I thought the Little Ladybug stamp set, which is a Sale-a-Bration hostess set, which is free with any order of $300 or more, would be perfect for a card for her.

This is another Sale-a-Bration set that will have coordinating dies for purchase starting February 4.  I used them to cut out the two ladybugs and the flower.  I sponged some ink on a piece of card stock to create the background for the scene.

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

Little Ladybug Host Cling Stamp Set (English)

Ladybugs Dies

$29.00

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$6.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

$8.25

A Sale-A-Bration Birthday Cake — Monday Montage #156

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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 so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to ink up one of the new Sale-a-Bration stamp sets, Happy Birthday to You.  I think the flowers on this cake are just gorgeous and I knew they would be fun to color.

I started by stamping the cake image twice onto Thick Whisper White Cardstock with Memento black ink.  On one image I colored the flowers and on the other image I colored the cake.

On February 4, Stampin’ Up! will offer a Coordination Product Release, which will include some new products that will coordinate with a few of the mini catalog and Sale-a-Bration catalog products.  One of these offerings will be a set of dies that coordinate with the Happy Birthday to You stamp set in the Sale-a-Bration catalog.  I used three of these dies on this card.

I die-cut the flowers from one of the cakes I had stamped and die cut the other cake with another die.  I then die-cut the cake stand from some silver foil card stock using a third die.

I placed the die-cuts on a card base that was lightly sponged with some Balmy Blue ink.  A strip of dsp from the Sale-a-Bration Golden Honey Specialty DSP pack was added along the side.

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

Happy Birthday To You Cling Stamp Set (English)

$0.00

Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper

$0.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

$8.25

Silver Foil Sheets

$5.00

Metallic Pearls

$7.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$6.00

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Birthday Dies

$27.00

Lily Pad Pond — FMS418

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It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our hostess is the very talented Jacquie Southas, who has a fun sketch for us.  Take a look:

This sketch was extra challenging for me as I realized I don’t have a die to cut that large of an oval or a circle as in the sketch.  So I had to get creative.  Hopefully, if you look really hard (or maybe don’t look too closely), you can see that I tried to sponge on some color to roughly create the curve in the sketch.

This stamp set is called Lovely Lily Pad, and is one of the Sale-a-Bration offerings, which you can acquire for free with any $50 purchase until March 31.

I started the card by sponging on some Pool Party ink.  The lily pads and flowers were cut out with my paper snips, but you can also acquire the dies that would cut them out as another Sale-a-Bration offerering.  They are free with a $100 purchase.

I added a sentiment from the Label Me Bold stamp set.  The sequins are another Sale-a-Bration offering.

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

Lovely Lily Pad Photopolymer Stamp Set

[152288]
$0.00

Lily Pad Dies

[152315]
$0.00

Label Me Bold Cling Stamp Set (English)

[151631]
$17.00

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

[122924]
$8.75

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100730]
$9.75

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

[131201]
$8.75

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

[146985]
$8.75

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

[147101]
$7.50

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]
$7.50

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

[147107]
$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]
$6.00

Metallic Baker’S Twine & Sequins Combo Pack

[152314]
$0.00

Meerkat Family — FMS417

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I hope your new year has gotten off to a good start!  We have a new sketch for you at Freshly Made Sketches, which is a great way to kick off 2020.  Take a look at this fun sketch that Judy Rozema, our hostess, has for us:

I’ve used one of the new Sale-a-Brations sets called The Gang’s All Meer for this card.  I knew I had to have this set right away when I first saw it.  We’re a family of five, and there are five cute meerkats in one of the stamped images.

I’m going to put the first letters of each of our names on the individual meerkats so the recipient will know who each meerkat is.  🙂

These guys were super easy and fun to color.  I used an old embossing folder on the card base to add a little interest.

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

The Gang's All Meer Cling Stamp Set (English)

$0.00

Birthday Bonanza Designer Series Paper

$11.50

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.75

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

$8.25

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$6.00

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

$8.75

Whisper White Solid Baker's Twine

$3.50

A Merry Toile Christmas — FMS416

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Twas the week before Christmas and we have a new sketch for you over at Freshly Made Sketches.  It’s my turn to be the hostess, and with the craziness of last minute preparations, I thought a card that features a tilted/crooked/wonky panel would be appropriate.  Take a look:

The closer I get to Christmas, the simpler my cards become.  With this one, I let the pretty Toile Tidings dsp do most of the work.  I paired it with my favorite sentiment die from the Merry Christmas Dies.  I just love the scripty “M” in this one.

The “Merry” was cut from the Red Glimmer Paper and the “Christmas” was stamped with a stamp from the coordinating Merry Christmas to All stamp set.

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch.  I know it’s a busy time of year and it can be hard to carve out time to craft, but this challenge will be open for three weeks.  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

Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Stamp Set

$27.00

Merry Christmas Dies

$28.00

Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper

$11.50

Real Red Glimmer Paper

$5.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$9.75

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.75

Winter Birch Greetings — FMS415

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We have a new sketch for you over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our hostess is the repeat Artisan award-winning, card maker extraordinaire, Narelle Farrugia.  Take a look at this fun sketch:

I had the still unopened October Paper Pumpkin kit sitting on my desk, and when I saw the sketch I thought the sparkly birch trees in the kit would work with this sketch.  So I blended an ink background using Night of Navy and Pool Party inks, and then added a couple of the birch trees and one of the sweet cardinals to make a little wintery scene.

The stamp set included in the kit has a snow stamp, which I stamped and embossed using white embossing powder.  The sentiment, which is also in the included stamp set, was also embossed on a piece of Poppy Parade card stock.

Some Snowflake Sequins were also added for some additional sparkle.  This was a pretty quick card to pull together.

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!

Product List

One year Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription

$220.00

6-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription

$114.00

3-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription

$63.00

1-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription

$21.00

Snowflake Sequins

$6.00

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

$8.75

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$6.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Over the Moon for 24 Years — FMS414

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It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our Kiwi friend who is supremely talented with inks and all things coloring-related, Karren Johnson, is our hostess.  Take a look at this fun sketch:

My husband and I celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary this week.  Just like the month of December does, our anniversary always sneaks up on me.  I mean, how can it be December already?!?  Since I needed to make a card fast, this sketch came to my rescue.

I pulled out the Over the Moon stamp set because it’s cute and has a sentiment that I thought would work for an anniversary, and I thought I could make it work with the sketch.

I started by masking the cow and blending some Pear Pizzazz and Balmy Blue inks on a piece of white card stock.  I then colored in the cow with my alcohol markers.

The sentiment was stamped on Basic Black card stock and embossed 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!

Product List

Over The Moon Cling Stamp Set

$20.00

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

$8.75

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$6.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$6.00