Freshly Made Sketches #690

Hello everyone! We have a new sketch today at Freshly Made Sketches and our faraway dear friend, Karren, is the hostess! We are just getting into summer temperatures and I wanted something light and airy. So I went with lighter, non-traditional colors for my card today.

I love this beautiful Christmas Bird Poinsettia Etched Die Set from Spellbinders. What a festive and fun set. The bird also has a Santa hat and there is a candy cane as well, but for today's color scheme, I left those things for another time. The sentiment is from the Make It Merry Sentiments. A little striped paper in the background gives interest to the die cuts and follows the sketch. 

I hope you will join our sketch challenge this week, and add your creations to our gallery. I look forward to seeing your ideas! This week's challenge will end at 3:00 EDT time on Monday, June 16. Be sure to take a peek at the gorgeous designs my talented teamies have made on th FMS blog to inspire you!

Freshly Made Sketches #687

Hello everyone! It's Wednesday and that means a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! The incredibly sweet and talented Verena is our hostess this week!

I will admit, this sketch had me stumped for a bit. I wanted to do something different than a flower spray/wreathe, so what better than a giraffe?

This cutie is from Stamping Bella. I decided to watercolor today, so I stamped my giraffe in VersaFine Clair Nocturne, and then embossed with Clear Embossing Powder from WOW! Embossing. I watercolored using Karin markers. I loosely painted a sky, and then added some cute clouds from a past Spellbinders Large Die of the Month. I added my sentiment, also embossed in Clear EP, with a banner die cut (Spellbinders). I think she is so cute!

I hope you will join our sketch challenge this week, and add your creations to our gallery! This challenge will end at 3:00 EDT time on Monday. Be sure to stop at the Freshly Made Sketches blog, and click on the names of my teammates to see the lovely cards they have created this week! 

Freshly Made Sketches #678

Hello everyone! 

It's Wednesday and time for a new sketch from Freshly Made Sketches! This one is from the very talented Cècile and here is mine!

We are having a blizzard in my state today after yesterday’s 70+ temps, and I needed to see some spring! Songbirds from @picketfencestudios goes so well with the Funky Leaves Stencil! I love their little plump bodies. Colored with Copic markers and stenciled with Distress Oxide Inks. 

Our challenge is open until March 24 at 3 PM EDT and I hope that you will join us. Be sure to check out the FMS Blog and thr many amazing ideas my wonderful teammates have created!

Freshly Made Sketches #677

Today at Freshly Made Sketches we have a classic sketch from the beautiful Jen B to play with! 

My card uses products from Picket Fence Studios. I used the smaller of the Maple Leaves Die, and a sentiment from Weathering the Storm Together (retired).

I was making monoprints one day and kept the “brayer cleaning sheet” to use another day. Here is the brayer sheet as I started cutting. My favorite colors are pinks and oranges. 

I hope you will join us this week at Freshly Made Sketches! Our challenge is open until Monday at 3 PM EDT. Be sure to check out what my dear friends made on the FMS blog! Gorgeous stuff and lots of inspiration!