Freshly Made Sketches 588

It's my turn to be the hostess at Freshly Made Sketches this week.  I literally dreamt up this angular sketch in that moment when you wake up before your alarm goes off and you are trying desperately to go back to sleep.  I think I was dreaming about making a card and thought "angles might be fun."  We'll see if you agree!

I wanted an interesting background for those angles so I found this pretty patterned paper in my stash of Christmas papers.  I added the Joy sentiment popped up on foam.  The sentiment was a little blah on its own, so I brushed it with some Wink of Stella.  Poof!  Instant pretty!

Thanks for stopping by!  My fellow Freshly Made Sketches design team members have some great cards to inspire you to play along with us, so check them out!

Supplies
Paper:  Blushing Bride, Ruby Red, Holiday Treasures DSP (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  Bold Borders Flurried die (Papertrey Ink); Wink of Stella

Freshly Made Sketches 587

We've got a great new sketch for you at Freshly Made Sketches this week.  Our hostess is Jen Timko and if you like circles, or big and bold shapes, you'll love this design!

I loved the bold colors at the Sunday Stamps Challenge and wanted to incorporate them into this design.  My favorite funky flower stamp was just the thing to make this card come to life!  I stamped the sentiment in a subtle shade of gray so that it wouldn't detract from these fun colors.

Thanks for stopping by!  My fellow Freshly Made Sketches design team members have made some great cards so be sure to hop on by and check them out!

Supplies
Stamps:  Funky Florals (Papertrey Ink); Simple Sentiments (Avery Elle)
Paper:  Whisper White, Smoky Slate (Stampin' Up!)
Ink:  Azurite, Razzleberry, Fresh Lemon, Gray Denim (Altenew)
Accessories:  enamel dots (Studio Calico; My Mind's Eye)

Freshly Made Sketches 586

Hi friends!  We've got a great new sketch for you at Freshly Made Sketches.  Our hostess is Jacquie and her sketch is a classic one for sure!  I had fun rotating the sketch to accommodate these fun triangular trees.  

So.  My triangular trees seem to be layered a little haphazardly but there's a story there!  I started by inking and stamping a lot of those triangular trees.  As I fussy cut them out I put them down in the same spot on my desk.  When I was done they were layered in a way that looked pretty interesting to me. Some were upright and some were twisted this way and that.  So cool!  So using a piece of Press-N-Seal I managed to preserve the layout and put all those trees down as the focal point on my card.  The colors I used were inspired by the challenge at Christmas Card Throwdown.

Thanks for stopping by!  Of course you can count on my fellow Freshly Made Sketches teammates to have made some great cards with this sketch.  So be sure to check them out!

Supplies
Stamps:  Triangle Trees (Reverse Confetti); Bold Fill in Holiday (The Ton)
Paper:  Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Merry Moments DSP (Stampin' Up!)
Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Real Red (Stampin' Up!)

Freshly Made Sketches 585

So last week I forgot to hit "Publish" so my card for Freshly Made Sketches went unseen.  This week I'm just late. 😉 But I do have a card for our newest challenge with a design from Judy.

I will be totally honest and say that those vertical layers gave me.......pause.  What-to-do what-to-do....  So I opted for my rescue when I'm unsure how to mix layers - vellum.  I dug deep into my stash and found this pretty patterned paper with a butterfly pattern to it then I added the five horizontal vellum layers.  I added a die-cut butterfly to it and called it a day!

The challenge at Addicted to CAS is "monochrome" and I designed this card with that in mind, but I'm not sure it meets their CAS standards.  Apologies to the DT over there if this is over the top!

Thanks for stopping by!  My Freshly Made Sketches design team members have made some fantastic cards with this sketch so I'm sure you will be inspired to play along with us!

Supplies
Paper:  Wild Wasabi, Vellum, Afternoon Tea DSP (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  Papillons die (4enscrap)

Freshly Made Sketches 583

Hi everyone!  We've got a great new sketch for you at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess is Narelle and although my first thought upon seeing the sketch was "rainbow" I ended up with a sunny scene instead.

It's been an age since I've used washi tape on a card so I took the opportunity to use some to make the horizontal layer at the base of my burst of sunshine.  I layered a hot-foiled sentiment over the washi and added a little floral spray.  Fun!

And since I think this card qualifies as CAS I'm going to consider that it qualifies for the challenge at Less is More.

Thanks for stopping by!  My fellow Freshly Made Sketches design teammies have got sone great cards for you to see so be sure to check them out!

Supplies
Stamps:  Kinda Eclectic (Stampin' Up!)
Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Gray (Stampin' Up!); Royal Velvet (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Daffodil Delight (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  Curvy Leaves die (Elizabeth Craft Designs); Button Stacks die (Papertrey Ink); Everyday Sentiments II hot foil plate (Spellbinders); washi tape

Freshly Made Sketches 582

Oh boy, am I ever late to share my card for our newest challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.  Special thanks to my design teammates for being so patient with me this week.  The work-life balance thing is way out of whack, but I'm glad I was able to finally put my card together.  Our hostess this week is Karren and her sketch gave me license to play with "round" flowers!

I thought the bold colors at the Sunday Stamps Challenge would work really well with this sketch so I grabbed some big floral stamps and went to work.   The two flowers represent the circles on the sketch - - don't you think?!?!?

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies
Stamps:  Floral Art (Altenew); Keep It Simple Mother (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Pacific Point, Whisper White (Stampin' Up!
Ink:  Pinkalicious, Rubellite, Forest Glades (Altenew); Nocturne (Versafine Clair)
Accessories:  Enamel dots (Doodlebug Designs)

Freshly Made Sketches 581

Hi all!  We've got a great new challenge for you at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our hostess and sketch designer is Cécile and, as always, when she designs a sketch I try (and usually fail) to channel her amazing design aesthetic.  Here's my humble attempt:

So, since spring has sprung out all over in my neighborhood, I decided to combine the pastel color challenge at The Paper Players with our Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  I used a stencil to create the background and then topped it with this artsy butterfly.  I know I was supposed to add a sentiment, but this looked too darn cute without one, so I left it off!  I hope Cécile forgives me!

Thanks for stopping by!  As always our Freshly Made Sketches design team has some amazing cards to inspire you to play along with us!  I hope to see you in the gallery!

Supplies
Paper:  Solar White (Neenah); Fresh Freesia, Basic Black, Vellum (Stampin' Up!)
Ink:  Certain Celery (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  Pine stencil (The Ton); Papillon die (4enscrap)

Freshly Made Sketches 580

Hi everyone!  It's my turn to host the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches and I chose a design that's got a collage vibe going on!

When I first designed the sketch I had an idea to use different patterned paper for all those squares.  But in the meantime I bought a new stamp set and thought it would be perfect for this sketch.  The stamp set is for a slimline card but look how it works with the sketch!  So fun!

I hot-foiled the birthday sentiment and added some enamel dots that surprisingly matched the colors of the flower.  The most nervous part for me was cutting the final image into four squares (or rectangles).  One false move and I'd have to color the images all over again. Luckily it wall worked out!

Thanks for stopping by!  

Supplies

Stamps:  Miss Your Smile (Pinkfresh Studio)
Paper:  Basic Black, Whisper White (Stampin' U9!)
Ink:  Pinkalicious, Razzlelberry, Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, Nocturne (Altenew); Nocturne (Versafine Clair)
Accessories:  Miss Your Smile stencil (Pinkfresh Studio); enamel dots (Doodlebug Designs)