Freshly Made Sketches #660

Hello everyone! Today it is my pleasure to host this week’s sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! 

I decided on a classic oval with some “grounding” fruh frah on the bottom. My original idea was to use a new mushroom set with greenery. But as you know, things can take a sharp turn, and I suddenly remembered that tomorrow was Halloween. I have this adorable set from Papertrey Ink that. I hadn’t yet inked up so this little ghostie got her day today over the mushrooms.  Maybe next week!

I wanted to keep it sweet and simple for my grandkids. I love anything stitched and was so happy I snagged this set on the second restock (In Stitches: Halloween). My papers are non-traditional Halloween colors from Honey Bee’s Hugs & Kisses 6x6. 

Our challenge is open until November 4 at 3 PM EST. I hope you will play along! My phone is giving me fits about adding the sketch, so until I can get to my laptop at work, please check it out on our Freshly Made Sketches blog! 

Happy Crafting! 

Cards for Ukraine

Good morning!

I love the care that the card making community shows one another - both those we have met and those we have not. Our art brings us together with a common goal: sharing joy and kindness through creativity.

Today, the Stamping Village community is hosting a hop to bring joy to others and to help support the people of Ukraine. We are especially thinking of our sweet friend, Yana. Read all the details at each of the company stops - I know there are some amazing donations and opportunities to support! Three of us from the My Sweet Petunia team are sharing our creations for the team.

My card today combines products from several different companies. I chose the colors of the Ukraine flag and built from there. I use my MISTIs on every single project I make, whether it has a lot of stamping or not. Today it helped me line up the cover plate and background cardstock together to adhere, as well as stamp my sentiment cleanly on the vellum so I could emboss. 

You can see the products I used below. I want to keep this short and sweet so you can keep hopping before your coffee gets cold! SO many amazing donations and stamp sets with proceeds going to relief efforts. What an amazing community!

Here is the hop list! Please support the efforts of these companies by purchasing or donating to relief efforts directly.

Studio Katia

Lydia Fiedler / Splitcoaststampers

My Sweet Petunia:

Ceal

Judy

Angie

Dare 2B Artzy
Tasnim Ahmed
LDRS Creative
Pink and Main
Lawn Fawn

Hero Arts
Pink Fresh Studio
Concord & Ninth
Avery Elle

Jennifer McGuire
Erin Lee Creative
Ink Blot Shop
Gina K. Designs

Simon Says Stamp

Products used:

• Triangles Cover Panel (Reverse Confetti)
• Massive Peony - sentiment (Gina K Designs)
• Lovely Layers: Coneflower Honey Cuts (Honey Bee Stamps)
• Mini MISTI (My Sweet Petunia)
• white, blue, yellow, sage, gold, vellum cardstock
• black ink, clear embossing powder

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Freshly Made Sketches #496

Happy Wednesday! It's time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. It is my pleasure to be hosting this week!

I decided on a layout that can work two ways -- highlight the background squares and rectangles and make that your focus, or use it merely as a background for a beautiful foreground. I decided to use some gorgeous paper from Craft Consortium as my focus, and add a fun sentiment.

The sentiment dies are from the Bitty Buzzwords Honey Cuts set from Honey Bee Stamps. I used Hammermill White as my base, and the lovely Silver Ice cardstock (CutCardStock) for the words and my leaf (PFS). A fast and easy card, but don't you love that paper? I kind of have a thing for patterned paper, and this sketch was perfect to show it off.

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, August 2. Be sure to take a peek at the gorgeous cards my teammates have made on the FMS blog!

 

Freshly Made Sketches #466

Hello everyone! It's our last sketch for 2020! The lovely Jen T is our hostess this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

I took a detour from Christmas and winter cards this week and made a cute little greeting using some new goodies from Honey Bee Stamps (and a few others)!

I started out by stamping my bee with Hero Arts Intense Black ink, and coloring with Copics. I stamped my YOU with the same ink, and cut out both with the coordinating dies. Out came the blender brushes and Seedless Preserves and Dusty Concord DOX inks and the Honeycomb Stencil from Picket Fence Studios for my background. Using my Dotted Square frame dies from TSOL, I cut a square to hold my bee. I had some fun glitter cardstock from The Paper Studio that matched my ink, and I used that for my bee's sunglasses, as well as the background panels in the sketch, and my BEE die cut. A few sequins from my stash, and all done!

I hope you will join our sketch challenge this week, and add your creations to our gallery! 

This challenge will end at 3:00 EST time on Monday, January 4th. On Tuesday, we will announce the winner of this week's challenge who will be known as the "Queen or King of Clean". The team will choose other gallery favorites to be known as a "Perfect Princess or Prince". Be sure to stop at the Freshly Made Sketches blog, and click on the names of my teammates to see the beautiful cards they have created this week!

 

The Day I Made Three Wishes

Just a quick post to share my Week 2 #sharehandmadekindness schtuffs.  Three wishes for three neighbors, along with some foodie gifts. The alpha is from Honey Bee Stamps, and you can find the link for it in the previous post (scroll down).

I watercolored the background (Wrinkle Free Distress Technique) with Pink Passion ink. LOVE that pink (retired, I think!). A little glittery star power, and some beautiful sparkly ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Fun, and festive and bright!
Check out some fun sale stuff of mine over at SCS : http://tinyurl.com/odowu5p

The Day I Hid From 60mph Winds

It's no secret that winter can't come and GO too quickly for me. I love my warmth. But I do truly love making winter cards. Today's background was a "practice piece" for Brushos earlier in the month. It's been laying around in an envelope, waiting for the fate of the circular file - or to be used joyfully. I think it's funny how if you don't like something, you come back to it many days later and end up loving it. That has happened several times in the last few weeks.

I decided to make "Brusho snow" and add a fun sentiment using Honey Bee Stamps' AWESOME Brush Grunge Alpha. You can say whatever you like and it's so easy to use with my MISTI. I added a few punched snowflakes and a die cut larger flake, along with some Silver Metallic Thread.

And now I am going to chill ..... and make another cup of coffee. Hold off snow......

Challenges:

• Mod Squad Challenge - Use Silver and/or Pearl 
• The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes/ Use A Die Cut
• WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes
• Country View Crafts' Challenge - The Colour Blue