Freshly Made Sketches #656

Happy October!

It's Wednesday and that means another fabulous sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. The multi-talented Cécile is our hostess. Today I am sharing a beautiful birthday/anniversary card using products from Stamp Simply.

The gorgeous Graphic 45 Bird Watcher 8x8 makes gorgeous cards using just the paper! I cut a flower from one of the sheets and popped it up in the corner, adding two sprigs from the Floral Cluster and Sprigs Die set. The sentiment is from the All Occasion Sentiments Set 1. The Venise lace is gorgeous -- be sure to check out the different varieties.

Supplies from Stamp Simply:

• All Occasion Sentiments Set 1
• Floral Cluster and Sprigs Dies
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Circle Dies
• .5 Venise Lace - Katarina
• Kaisercraft Rhinestones
• VersaFine Clair Nocturne (sentiment)

Other Supplies:

• white cardstock
• foam tape
• blanket stitch frame die
• Graphic 45 Bird Watcher 8x8

Our challenge is open until Monday, October 7 at 3 PM Eastern. Be sure to check out all of the gorgeous creations my crafty friends have made on the FMS Blog!

National Coffee Day with Stamp Simply

Hello and Happy National Coffee Day!

Today I am celebrating with Stamp Simply - and probably actually drinking coffee this morning, but my card is all about TEA!

I absolutely ADORE the new 6x6 paper pad - Coffee or Tea. It has the most beautiful colors and these two together are two of my favorites! 

There is a $25 gift card up for grabs at Stamp Simply, so be sure to pop over there and leave a comment to be in the running for that. Plus - you can read more about my card - AND get 15% off all coffee products through 10/2!

Stamp Simply Supplies:
A Cup of Java (Coffee) Bundle

Coffee or Tea Clear Stamps

Coffee or Tea 6x6 

Tim Holtz Tag Collection

Bliss Pearls

Seafoam Seam Binding

VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink

Other supplies:

liquid glue

foam tape

Waterfall Pink Fresh Ink (for shading on cup and Tea die)

lavender, light blue cardstock

October is Pastor Appreciation Month

Good morning! We are super excited here as our temperatures are finally FALL all the days! We got a nice little rain overnight and today the high is going to be around 55-60. Sweater weather! And October is already on the heels of this fast September.

Today I am sharing a card for Pastor & Ministry Appreciation month (October) using products from Stamp Simply. I wanted my colors to be a pretty blue on the front for all the blue skies we have here during the fall, but also wanted some fall color, so made the card base a pretty marigold/wheat color. I have always loved Sharon's mantra on the Stamp Simply website: Keep it simple - make it pretty - and I hope I have accomplished that here.

I masked off sections with Post-It Tape (fave!) and ink blended the background with Stormy Sky Distress Oxide Ink. I then stamped directly on top with (VersaFine Clair Nocturne) the image from Autumn Silhouettes and the sentiment from Pastor & Ministry Appreciation Scripture. A trio of rhinestones just happened to be laying on my desk from the previous project (where I didn't use them), and rather than put them away, they became a part of this card.

Here is a close up of the scripture for this card. Sending to our pastor next month!

You can find out more about the products I used on the Stamp Simply Blog today!

Freshly Made Sketches #654

Welcome to a new Freshly Made Sketches week! Today our sketch hostess is Jen M, and she has a FUN sketch for you to try! Please check out her card on her blog, because it's a beauty!

My card is made with the HAPPY CAMPER Stamp & Die Bundle from Pajama Crafter Stamps. We grew up tent camping, and I love it in the fall - just like this happy little bear. We even spent our honeymoon tent camping for two weeks! 

I colored my images with alcohol markers and made a simple DOX ink blended background for a CAS card. My little guy is so happy to be toasting marshmallows! 

Our challenge is open until Monday, September 23, at 3 PM EDT, and we hope you will join us!

Take a look at what my friends have made on the FMS Blog - a lot of beautiful cards to inspire you! Thanks for stopping by!