Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Freshly Made Sketches 62

Wow, Wednesday.  Thanksgiving Eve, as it were, to my U.S. friends.  I hope you've got the turkey defrosted because tomorrow I'll bet there's a hungry crowd in your future lining up with forks in hand ready, willing, and able to put away tremendous amounts of food!  But that's tomorrow and today we've got a new sketch for you at Freshly Made Sketches.

This week I am the hostess and I put together a sketch that I thought would be fun to show off layers of patterned paper, ribbon, cardstock or whatever else your imagination can conjure up!




I've been leaning towards a more rustic Christmas theme this year with my cards so I've continued that here with a Crumb Cake card base paired with some burlap ribbon.  I really wanted to participate in the CAS silver and gold challenge at The Paper Players so I cut a couple of snowflakes from the Snow Flurry Bigz die out of the gorgeous Champagne Glimmer Paper.  For a little extra shimmer I twined some gold cord around the burlap.  The sentiment is from More Merry Messages and to add some color I added a red Glimmer Brad in the center of the snowflake and a small strip of Cherry Cobbler cardstock.

The super-fantastic and always amazing Freshly Made Sketches design team has put together some great cards for you to see so head on over there and check them out.  I hope you can join us this week!


15 comments:

Sherry Eckblad said...

Love all the texture on your card Jen. I need to try some burlap on a card. Wishing you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving.

Linda Suarez said...

Beautiful rustic card Jen! I love the mix of textures - the burlap and the glitter is a fantastic combination! Thanks for the great sketch this week! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Marisa said...

Love the burlap and the rustic card!

Darlene Gabriel said...

Great sketch and beautiful card. I love the burlap on this.

Rita W said...

Stunning! I love the rich colors and that glimmer paper. Happy Thanksgiving!

Linda Callahan said...

Glimmer and burlap - opposites attract and look fabulous together! Have a great Turkey Day!

Marie Bingaman said...

Gorgeous card!!

CASTOWNE said...

You amaze me...how do you have time for ANYTHING with Thanksgiving less than 24 hours away. My stamping stuff is put away until 2013!!!!
All I know it that I keep getting ideas from you...even if I can't act on them until the New Year.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you and your family.

Nance Leedy said...

Love the rustic feel of your card...the burlap is fantastic and the pop of red in the glimmer brad is just perfect. Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Tui Nathan said...

Fabulous ..... love your rustic styling of late and this one is no exception ... love that burlap and glimmer paper combination ... with a splash of red... wow!

Stef Perry said...

This card is a stunner! I love the texture of the burlap under that gorgeous Glimmer paper snowflake. Great sketch design too!

Jen Brum said...

Beautiful Christmas card Jen! When am I ever going to remember to pull out that cherished burlap that I have! I love rustic look! Love that snowflake and really love that red brad! Gorgeous!

Jaydee said...

Jen, the burlap is perfect with the snowflake. It really adds so much textural interest to the card. Love it! So glad you joined the Paper Players this week
Jaydee

LeAnne said...

Ahhh, gold AND burlap...you are speaking to my heart with this beauty! LOVE it! Thanks SO much for playing with my Paper Players challenge this week! It's fabulous!

Cindy Hall said...

So unique and SO GORGEOUS! I'm loving this rustic Christmas look!