Welcome back to another challenge from Freshly Made Sketches! I am the hostess this week and this is my very first sketch! I love square cards so it seemed perfect to use one this week. I also know that in the middle of holiday card making I seem to end up with lots of designer paper scraps. I hoped that this sketch would provide a way to use them.
When I intially designed the sketch I had intended to use it very literally with a snowflake from Northern Frost. I realized, however, that I have been using that die a whole lot so wanted to shake it up a bit….but not too far. I went with my go-to stamp set for the season this year, Bright Hopes. I love this wreath! Jen Mitchell has been using her Deck the Halls DSP from last year on a lot of cards lately and I have been admiring them all! I went digging in my paper pile. Low and behold…I had some! Yippee! And how pretty it is with the wreath! I wanted to add a little bow to the wreath and chose to do another fork bow (tutorial here). I used the Early Espresso Quilted Ribbon for this one. I chose to put the sentiment in place of the snowflake and keep it clean.
Well, since the design team has already made some fabulous cards with the sketch, I am breathing a bit easier. Make sure you stop over the the challenge site and see them. I love the variety of interpretations! I know you will show us even more cool ways to use the layout!
Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you are having a great week! See you again soon!
Stamp: Bright Hopes; Paper: Deck the Halls DSP (retired), Early Espresso, Very Vanilla; Ink: Early Espresso; Accessories: Early Espresso Quilted Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals
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16 Comments
Very elegant. I like the monochromatic with the browns. The little one word sentiment is such a good idea!
Thanks for sharing! 🙂
I think we are going to need to get together and weep a bit over Bright Hopes if it does carry over. 🙂 This so very elegant and lovely, Jen. It’s a very versatile sketch that I can see myself using a lot! Like maybe with the new framelits that just came in yesterday!
Great sketch this week Jennifer! Love your monochromatic colour scheme here, so elegant!
Beautiful wreath – such rich colors! And a gorgeous result!
Love the Deck the Halls DSP on this! (Now I have to go see if I have any left, lol.) Oh, love that tiny bow, too. 😉
Thanks for a great sketch!!! I love the deck the halls paper…think i have used it all up, though! This is a very elegant card and it is beautiful!
Just gorgeous!
Jen, this is gorgeous with the monochromatic look, the ever so divine (and sorely missed) Deck the Halls DSP, and your stunning bow. Thanks for a fantastic sketch this week – so fun to play with and see all the various takes on it!
This is the one sheet of designer paper from that pack that I have not cut into because it’s too pretty! But now I’ve seen this and you might have convinced me that I should. What’s the point of hanging onto it anyway??? Thanks for the gorgeous sketch this week. It’s one of my all-time faves!
Gorgeous colours for Xmas. Love this card!
You have done some amazing cards with this set – this one is no exception. Love it!
This is so beautiful Jen … clean and classic …. love the colours and that wreath is gorgeous …. thanks for a great sketch this week!
Beautiful wreath, your card is so elegant and I love the warm colours.
I love your card. The colors are very sweet!
I, too, love the color scheme and the one word sentiment. Gorgeous card! TFS!
Very stylish. x