Pages

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Freshly Made Sketches 353

This week at Freshly Made Sketches I am the hostess.  I'll be honest, I think it's tough being the hostess because I never know if you will love or hate my sketch!  This week I've given you a square sketch (just because I love doing those despite the fact that square cards cost more to mail here in the US)!!  But don't worry if you want to do a different shape...we're good with that at Freshly Made Sketches. 

And I'm also pleased to announce that the superbly talented Hannelie Bester is joining us this month as our guest designer.  She, of course, needs no introduction...but I will gush that I love how she uses her Silhouette AND designs the most fabulous sentiments and provides them as free digis on her blog!  If you don't know Hannelie I encourage you to pop on over to her blog and be prepared to be wowed!  Now, onto my card and the sketch!


I didn't exactly follow my own sketch because I forgot that I had created a couple of layers, but the spirit of the sketch is there!  I actually never exactly know what kind of card I'm going to create when I design my sketch but I had a vague idea here of filling the bottom of the card with colorful shapes and overlaying that with a bold sentiment.  Then when it came time to sit at my desk and actually make a card I came across the Less is More challenge of black + white + another color.  Yellow is my go to pick for that kind of challenge so I grabbed this pretty outline flower stamp and stamped away.  (It's an oldy but goody I've had in my stash for a few years so that qualifies me for the Anything Goes challenge at Retro Rubber too).  Rather than a bold sentiment, I opted for a small single line that I stamped on a strip of cardstock and adhered with foam tape.


I'm sure you've already checked out the creations from the design team at Freshly Made Sketches but just in case you haven't I encourage you to drop everything and do it now!  They have really created some wonders!  I hope we'll see you in the gallery!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies
Stamps:  Blossom (Precious Remembrance)
Paper:  White (Spectrum Noir)
Ink:  Daisy (Avery Elle); Nocturne (Versafine Clair)

11 comments:

  1. Well put me in the “love the sketch”camp! And your soft yellow flowers are sweet behind the sentiment on your card! Pretty!

    ReplyDelete
  2. This is so fresh and pretty! It would brighten anyone's day. Thanks for the great sketch this week! I love it and was happy to see a square sketch.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Love the soft yellow PRS blooms! This is pretty Jen and your sketch is terrific!

    ReplyDelete
  4. I definitely love the sketch - it made it easy to create my card! I love how you ended up on your card - the sentiment is the star with such a lovely background.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Such an elegant card! I like your sketch and using a square is a good challenge - it seldom occurs to me to make a square card! The sentiment stands out from the background without shouting, which is really nice. Thank you for joining us at Retro Rubber Challenge.

    ReplyDelete
  6. CAS perfection... clean, simple and fresh. Your sketch is wonderful with lots if possibilities. Thank you for joining us at Less is More. x

    ReplyDelete
  7. Lovely CAS card! Thanks for playing with us at Retro Rubber for anything goes!

    ReplyDelete
  8. These soft yellow flowers look gorgeous against the white! Superb card and a wonderful sketch!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Oh I love this card Jen! Those flowers are so fun and I love that sentiment! So fun!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Those delicate flowers have a real wow-factor in the zingy yellow colour! Such a super CAS design too. I love it. Thank you so much for sharing this with us at Less is More xx

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. And just IGNORE the ROBOT REQUEST - pretend it's not there and your comment will publish like normal!