The layout from Freshly Made Sketches this week is courtesy of the amazing Lesley Croghan from Always Playing with Paper. Lesley is an incredibly talented stamper (who apparently never sleeps!). She is the creator of the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge as well as the Paper Players Challenge. All this takes a back seat to her just being a fantastic person…make sure you go check out her blog. I know you will find new favorites there.
I definitely put emphasis on the clean part of the design today. I knew I wanted to use the Silver Glimmer Paper to create snowflakes with my Northern Frost Die and wow are they pretty (sadly, the camera just never captures the sparkle). With the emphasis on those snowflakes I kept the rest of the card fairly neutral. I used the Snow Burst Embossing Folder on both Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler then chose one to show the embossed side and one to show the debossed side. I tied on some Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding for balance and then topped off the snowflakes with Basic Pearls. Yes, I did color them Cherry Cobbler. You see, I have a brother-in-law that used to work for Sharpie and when I was up visiting their house a couple of weekends ago I asked if they had this color. When my dear sister-in-law said she did, she was kind enough to let me come home with it. I debated adding a sentiment but, after staring at the card for a couple of days, decided to go without. I may add it on as a tag from the bow. What do you think??
You will be amazed by the work the design team has for you this week. Such wonderful variety!! I can’t wait to see what you do with the sketch…so many choices for those shapes!
I’ll be back tomorrow with my latest project for the Creative Crew. Until then, have a great day!! Thanks so much for dropping by!
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper; Accessories: Big Shot, Northern Frost Die, Snow Burst EF, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Basic Pearls, Dimensionals
12 Comments
Love Cherry Cobbler – definitely my go to holiday color! This is so pretty with white – and snowflakes 🙂
Gorgeous, Jen. My first thought was to use snowflakes as well, but you totally beat me to them. 🙂 That bow is too cute!
Good morning Jen,
Thank you for your sweet words…{blush}.
Your card is simply elegant, I’ll bet those flakes just shine and with the embossing, they look fabulous!!
Hugs,
Lesley
Ahh, that glimmer paper is so gorgeous! Love how you used it with the Northern Frost die and the embossed background and panel. The Cherry Cobbler pearl centers are just fabulous and lucky you, connections to a Sharpie source! LOL
I think the card looks fantastic as is but I can see how the addition of a little tag using the jewelry punch and teeny sentiments would work beautifully. Either way, it’s a stunner!
Love love love that glitter paper…and you are right, no camera can do it justice! Paired with the die it makes gorgeous snowflakes!
I like your card: the white and cherry cobbler plus the silver glimmer paper make for an elegant card. Nice!
Beautiful card, I can see the pretty sparkle on your snowflakes.
You are a lucky duck to have your very own Cherry Cobbler sharpie! Those brads are the perfect accent for the glimmer paper snowflakes!
This is beautiful!
Absolutely beautiful Jen …. love these classic colours and I love your classic and elegant creation!!! those glimmer snowflakes are a beautiful touch of sparkle!!!
So, so pretty Jennifer, I love the embossing continuing onto the red panel and that neat bow is just beautiful 🙂
Jenny x
This card is the epitome of fresh! I love the cherry cobbler and white. Beautifully done.