Yea, it is Wednesday!! Time for a new sketch from Freshly Made Sketches! I am the sketch hostess this week and I am so excited to see what you do with this one. I tried to leave it pretty basic to make room for watercoloring, large sentiments or cool DSP. The design team has used all of these and you will love their cards!!
I thought it would the perfect place to put this large Happy Birthday from You’re Amazing. This card had an interesting evolution, I must admit. It originally started out with a So Saffron base and I had planned on using more rosettes. When I put it all together, something was missing. So naturally I added a bow!! One of LeAnne’s lovely shabby bows…I really do love these! I found that just one rosette as the center worked perfectly. Then to the color…yep, had to change that too. The So Saffron was a little too muted for my taste today so I brightened it up by changing over to Raspberry Ripple. I embossed the base layer with my Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder (which we just found out will still be available in the Spring Catalog!!). Of course the rosette needed a Basic Pearl so I added that as a finishing touch.
I would like to take the time to bid a fond farewell to Jen Sannes of Simple & Sincere. She has been a guest designer over at Freshly Made Sketches and this will be her last week with us. What amazing talent she has and it has been such fun to work with her!
You know what to do now. Run right over to the challenge site and see what the team has created. I hope you like this one and I look forward to seeing you in the gallery!
Thanks so much for stopping in today. I hope your week is fantastic!
Stamp: You’re Amazing; Ink: Basic Gray; Paper: Raspberry Ripple, First Edition DSP, Basic Gray; Accessories: Big Shot, Lacy Brocade EF, Very Vanilla Seam Binding, 1-3/4″ Scallop Circle, Basic Pearls
12 Comments
I love Raspberry Ripple – bold and beautiful! And the shabby bow rocks!
LOVE this—great sketch, great colors, NICE bow!!! Can’t wait to play along!
Scrunchy ribbon, rolled flower, and a pearl? Killing me! 🙂
That Raspberry Ripple looks so rich and classy, and I love that bow and rosette. One rosette is just right! Gorgeous!
I love this card! It is beautiful! I totally need to try one of LeAnne’s shabby bows. I just love how they look! Love that newsprint rosette! Great job my friend!
Great birthday card Jennifer! Love, love the shabby bow!
It’s very interesting to hear about the evolution of your card. I’m glad I’m not the only one to change things up when things don’t seem to be going in the direction I want! I love the Raspberry Ripple and how you embossed just the lower half of your card. It really draws attention to that FABULOUS bow!
Gorgeous card, Jen! The Raspberry Ripple is a dynamite color and your card is set off to perfection with that shabblicious bow!
This is simple elegance Jen …. the colours and that fabulous bow -it’s just screams wow to me … love it!
Thanks for the awesome sketch this week … it was so easy and fun to work with, I’ll definitely be using it again!
Wow! This is such a beautiful birthday card. I love the colors and the ribbon with that adorable paper flower with the pearl center! Really a stunning card!
I love how this looks so simple, yet it’s full of detail. Cute little paper rosette!
Yay for crinkly bows! It is perfect with these elegant colors and design.