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Hi friends!  It's time for a great new challenge at Freshly Made Sketches with our hostess Amy!  I was lucky enough to meet Amy in real life a few months ago.  She lives in Texas and I live in Massachusetts so it's not like we can get together for lunch whenever we want!  It's a strange crafty phenomena that we have these friendships that are created from a shared interest and chance meetings on design teams.  We live in different states, countries, or even different continents and sometimes our chances of meeting each other are very slim.  So I consider myself lucky that I have gotten to meet three of my fellow Freshly Made Sketches design team members in person.  Would that I could meet them all!  ❤️

But now on to our challenge.  Amy's circles became sweet little daisies on my card.  I took a chance and did some white flowers on a white background (always hard for me to photograph) and then took a bigger chance by adding in some white blobs of Nuvo drops that I prayed would flatten out into artistic discs after a bit of finger flicking from below.  They did -- whew!

I was going to stamp a sentiment somewhere but was afraid of smudging it and messing up the whole thing so I opted to leave it off.  I can always add one later when I'm feeling more brave!

Thanks for stopping by!  There are some great interpretations of this sketch from my fellow Freshly Made Sketches design team members so be sure to check them out.  I hope we'll see you in the gallery!

Supplies
Cardstock:  Solar White (Neenah); Green Parakeet (Papertrey Ink): Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  Upsy Daisy die (My Favorite Things); Gloss White Crystal Drops (Nuvo)

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It's almost Thanksgiving day here in the United States and I'm celebrating by being on vacation and making a Christmas card for our newest challenge at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess is Jen Brum and her sketch is a classic one that you are going to love!

All of a sudden winter has arrived here in Massachusetts and I'm not ready.  😬 I've been spoiled by unseasonably warm weather this fall and then whammo - it's freezing outside!  The cold weather inspired another Christmas card and I went with a white poinsettia so that it would show up against the plaid background.  And in true fashion, once I had the card done, photographed, and ready to post I realized I forgot the sentiment.  I hate when I do that!  Apologies to Jen and her pretty sketch!

I'm also playing along with the latest Tic Tac Toe challenge where I'm using plaid, layers, and a die cut.

Thanks for stopping by!  And don't forget to check out Freshly Made Sketches for a great sketch and some design inspiration!

Supplies

Paper:  Solar White (Neenah); Cherry Cobbler, Gold Foil, Wrapped in Plaid DSP (Stampin' Up!)

Accessories:  Blooming Poinsettia die (Memory Box)

Mojo Sketch for Mother's Day

By some happy accident I just found that an old favorite sketch challenge of mine, Mojo Monday, is back!  As a new papercrafter, Mojo Monday was one of the first challenges that I played along with regularly as I stretched out my creative wings and I was sad when it retired back in 2017.  But it's back and I'm playing along with the current sketch.

One of the things I always loved about the Mojo sketches were the layers!  They allowed me to get creative with pattern and texture so for this card I dug deep into my patterned paper stash and used a lots of different SU papers.  And in a nod to Julee, the Mojo creator, I used a favorite flower from Verve.  The colors from the latest challenge at The Color Throwdown inspired the floral theme and since Mother's Day will be here before you know it I thought this was a perfect card for that.  And at Tic Tac Toe I managed to squeeze in the first row down - as long as "mother" is a good enough substitute for "mom' LOL! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies
Stamps:  Dream Big (Verve); Keep It Simple Mother (Papertrey Ink)
Paper:  Desert Storm (Neenah); Old Olive, So Saffron, Cameo Coral, Whisper White, Sweet Pea DSP, Patterns Stack Brights DSP (Stampin' Up!)
Ink:  Cameo Coral, Old Olive (Stampin' Up!); Onyx Black (Versafine)
Accessories:  Dreamy Leaves die (Verve); Dotted Borders die (Avery Elle)