Freshly Made Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches #243

June 29, 2016 Jentimko 9 Comments

Happy Wednesday!! I hope your week is going well. I have just what you need to make your week keep moving along…a sketch from our lovely resident Artisan Amy O’Neill. She created a fabulous sketch to get us moving and I just love it!

I wanted to play with some new inks I have from ColorBox and they seemed perfect combined with these images from Altenew’s Botanical Garden. I embossed the images onto vellum using the Copper Embossing Powder (yep, still obsessed with it) and then colored on the back side with the inks from the Fall color selection of the Premium Dye Inks. Great colors don’t you think?! I added a sentiment from Paper Pumpkin (those seem to be my go-to lately, don’t they?) and embossed it with the copper too. The panel was cut using a Stitched Rectangles Die from Simon Says Stamp. Clean and simple with minimal layers. The perfect summer card!

I think you are going to have a lot of fun using this one and I expect the gallery to be really full! Ok, off to see the rest of the team’s beautiful work. I hope you’ll join us this week!

Supplies:

Stamps: Botanical Garden (Altenew), Paper Pumpkin Sentiment; Ink: Fall Premium Dye Inks (Colorbox), Versamark ; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Vellum; Accessories: Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS), Glue Dots, Zig BrusH2O

Freshly Made Sketches #241

June 15, 2016 Jentimko 13 Comments

Another week has flown by! I think maybe because my mom was here and we were busy, busy, busy!! *smile* We did some stamping that I’ll share with you soon but she helped me create my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge too. Our sketch hostess this week is the amazing Karren Johnson and she has a classic one for us this week. As you can imagine, the team has all kinds of variations that are super fun!

The minute I saw this sketch I knew exactly what I wanted to use!! This gorgeous (and I mean seriously gorgeous) die set is from the new Stampin’ Up Catalog. I have not seen anything really like it before and I’m in love! Ok….it is a flower so it really should not surprise anyone how much I love it, haha!! There are many ways to use the Detailed Floral Thinlits and the coordinating Floral Phrases stamp set but I stuck to the color combination in the catty because I love it so much. For the record, I bought the whole suite! I cut the bottom part using a 4″ wide piece of Thick Whisper White and then used the edge piece to put a similar border on the top. Using only the border die, I cut the edge of some Night of Navy and cut the rest down to fit behind the floral cutouts. So striking! I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set in Night of Navy. Then for the circle. I kept thinking it just needed a bow since it a wedding card so I used retired White Seam Binding (I’m guessing you still have a stash of this too) to make a shabby bow. It is the perfect touch!!

I’m on a trip this week (sitting in Chicago on a delay as I type) but hope to share more with you later this week from my stamping with mom. Until then, I hope you enjoy this look at the new products! Let me know if you need more info on this suite or any other! Make sure you go check out the rest of the cards from the DT too. Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon!

Supplies:

Stamps: Floral Phrases; Ink: Night of Navy ; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Night of Navy; Accessories: Big Shot, Detailed Florals Thinlits, White Seam Binding, Glue Dots

Freshly Made Sketches #239

June 1, 2016 Jentimko 7 Comments

Freshly Made Sketches has a great sketch for you today! Just look at what the lovely Cindy Hall dreamed up for us this week! I know, right? I love off centered sketches and this one is going to be fun for you all to use!

I kept it pretty simple for today. I had only a little stamping time yesterday and really wanted to do this sketch justice. After some playing around with shapes and stamp sets, I settled on this butterfly die. I think a layer under him might have been nice but he was was already glued down before I considered it, lol. In any case, I took some Tim Holtz Distress Inks and blended them onto watercolor paper, then cut the butterfly out. I wanted the panel to have some detail but not distract from the butterfly. I inked up Dots for Days (retired) with the same ink colors, stamped off and then stamped onto Thick Whisper White. I cut the panel out with a Stitched Rectangles Die. The sentiment is from a sweet little set by Altenew called One of a Kind. A few sequins from Pretty Pink Posh matched perfectly so I just had to add them on!

So I have been in the midst of a flying blitz (lots of 4 day trips) and then had a soccer-palooza weekend. Tournament play for both of my soccer boys! To top it off, my oldest turned 13 on Sunday too. How can that possibly be?! We had a pretty chilled out family day on Monday topped off with his dinner request: Breakfast for dinner with lots of bacon. Yep, he is 13!!! Oh, and of course cake. Strawberry Applesauce Cake. YUM! So blessed to have been home over this long weekend for all of that so it is worth the rest of the flying schedule that was needed to make that happen! Out again today but a bit of a respite next week where I hope to fit in more stamping!

Just a quick reminder…the new Stampin’ Up Catalog goes live today! Wow it is fun! If you want to see it online, just click here: 2016-17 Catalog. I hope you love the rest of the DTs inspiration as much as I do…fabulous as always! I’ll be back on Friday with some details about an amazing hop I’ll be participating in on June 5th…but you will want the details early! Please stop back in to see what it is all about! Until then, have a great week!

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamps: One of a Kind (Altenew), Dots for Days (SU Ret); Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Squeezed Lemonade, Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade) ; Paper: Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper, Thick Whisper White; Accessories: Big Shot, Bold Butterflies Thinlits, Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS), Summer Mix Sequins (PPP)

Freshly Made Sketches #238

May 25, 2016 Jentimko 7 Comments

I have to admit that this weeks sketch at Freshly Made Sketches made me think. Kim Singdahlsen always has the coolest cards and her groupings are one of the reasons. And this week she gave us a challenge that allows us to try the same idea. Once I narrowed down that I wanted to used a stamp set (and which one) things got a bit easier for me.

I stamped these pretty images from Altenew’s Botanical Garden set onto watercolor paper and then colored them with my Zig Markers. These markers allow for such pretty shading super fast! Then I cut them by hand and started playing around with the arrangement. I realized that a doily (these are retiring so stock up) was perfect for the sketch and to help ground the flowers a bit. I used the sentiment from another Altenew set because it seems perfect for many occasions. I played a little more with the placement and finally got things how I wanted them. The butterfly is popped up on a Dimensional to add even more emphasis on him. Finally I added some Basic Pearls. These seem to be the right touch for the elegant images.

As a reminder, every other week I will have two posts on Wednesday. This is one of those. In just a little bit, I’ll be back with my card for The Card Concept this week. See you in a bit!

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamps: Botanical Garden (Altenew), Beautiful Day (Altenew); Ink: Versafine Onyx Black (sentiment), WPlus9 Black Dye Ink, Zig Clean Color Markers ; Paper: Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper, Crumb Cake; Accessories: Zig BrusH2O Detailer, Tea Lace Doily, Basic Pearls (SU)

Freshly Made Sketches #237

May 18, 2016 Jentimko 8 Comments

Know what puts a smile on my face?? Yep, Wednesdays! Especially when we have a sketch at Freshly Made Sketches as awesome as this one from Linda. I felt like I needed a bit of a sunny card for today because we have had rain, lots and lots and lots and lots…of rain. I thought a happy little bird might brighten things up!

Ok, he really is a Happy Bird from that set by WPlus9. I had colored this fellow a while ago and he was sitting there begging to be put on a card. I finally found just the right one. This striped background comes from the It’s My Party DSP pack…yes, I may have a little bit of a problem putting it down but I’m sure you’ll forgive me. It matched the bird. It just had to happen! I stamped the wire and the sentiment in Versafine ink onto Thick Whisper White paper and just popped up my little friend on a dimensional. He was colored with Zig Clean Color Markers and cut out with the coordinating dies. I found that Pacific Point card stock was a good match with the blue and added it as a layer behind the image. Finally a few sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. Love these!

Ok, ready, set, stamp! I just know the gallery will be full with a sketch this open for interpretation! Make sure you take a minute to visit the team’s blogs for all their awesome inspiration!

Back to lots of flying this week (and next) but I have a few things I’m working on. Ok, really I’m just sketching and hoping to work on when I get home! Until next time, have a great day!

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamps: Happy Birds (WPlus9); Ink: WPlus9 Black Dye Ink, Versafine Onyx Black, Zig Clean Color Markers; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), It’s My Party DSP (SU), Pacific Point; Accessories: Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Big Shot, Happy Birds Coordinating Dies (WPlus9)

Freshly Made Sketches #236

May 11, 2016 Jentimko 9 Comments

Yay it is Freshly Made Sketches day!! And the talented Rita Wright is our sketch hostess today. She has given us one that really made me think. So many options!! Took me a bit to figure out which way to go but I finally narrowed it down.

The It’s My Party DSP from SU was my starting place. Love the fun colors. Then I pulled out the Funny Coffee Vol 1 stamp set from Skipping Stones Design. I stamped the cup a few times on the DSP and on Whisper White, then cut them out and pieced them together. Fun, right? The sentiment is perfect….they are actually two sentiments from the set that you can use separately or together. But knowing me, best to just add the second part in. *smile*

Now this is my first post of the day and I have another to follow shortly behind with a fun announcement. See you in a few!

Supplies:

Stamps: Funny Coffee Vol 1 (Skipping Stones Design); Ink: Versafine Onyx Black ; Paper: It’s My Party DSP (SU), Whisper White; Accessories: Dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches #235

May 4, 2016 Jentimko 6 Comments

Another fun week in store over at Freshly Made Sketches! Our sketch hostess this week is the fabulous Jen Mitchell and, no surprise, she has a clean and modern sketch for us this week. Love it!

I thought it would be fun to color an image on the big panel of the sketch and then add a die as the sentiment. I went with this pretty flower from Mama Elephant out of the Butterfly Kisses set. I wanted to work on my coloring for white flowers. I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink to color. I think the effect is pretty and I look forward to playing some more with this concept. The sentiment comes from the retiring Greetings Thinlits from SU and was cut from the same watercolor paper as the image.

Short post today. Working this week! I hope you have fun with the sketch. Make sure you go tell Jen and the team how much you love their inspiration! See you soon.

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamps: Butterfly Kisses (Mama Elephant); Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink ; Paper: Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper, Smoky Slate; Accessories: Big Shot, Greetings Thinlits, Zig BrusH2O Detailer, Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS)

Freshly Made Sketches #234

April 27, 2016 Jentimko 6 Comments

Hope your week has been moving along well so far! I finally got into my craft room yesterday (after way too many days away) and got right to work on this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. I am the hostess this week and I went with a sketch that leave open space to be filled with whatever you want. I opted for this pretty flower from Altenew.

How is your crafty mojo when you have taken a big break from making stuff? I have to admit that mine seems to be a little slow off the starting block. So I went with my happy place and chose to watercolor. This flower from Botanical Garden (Altenew) is so pretty, don’t you think? I used my Zig Clean Color Pens to color it. The flower was first stamped in Versamark and then heat embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I think it adds an elegant touch. For the little sentiment banner, I pulled out a brand new stamp that I got from Skipping Stones Design called Healing Wings. I’ll be doing more with sets from this company in the upcoming weeks so stay tuned for more on that. I just thought this sentiment was perfect! Actually, I can see me using this sentiment A LOT!!! I added a strip of gold DSP down the side and put the card on a Night of Navy base.You can see the gold a bit better in this flat picture…it really adds a touch of elegance to an otherwise simple design. I hope that you enjoy this sketch. The team has done their usual amazing work and their interpretations are sure to inspire!

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamps: Botanical Garden (Altenew), Healing Wings (Skipping Stones Design); Ink: Versamark, Zig Clean Color Markers, ; Paper: Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper, Retired SU DSP, Night of Navy; Accessories: Heat Tool, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Zig BrusH2O Detailer

Freshly Made Sketches #232

April 13, 2016 Jentimko 9 Comments

Happy middle of the week to you! I hope your week is going well. As with most Wednesdays, I’m here with your mid-week inspiration from Freshly Made Sketches. Our own amazingly talented queen of layers, Narelle Farrugia, has created this super cool sketch with layered rectangles. So many ways to go with this!

I thought I would try a collage style background using this flower from Beautiful Day by Altenew. It remains one of my favorite stamp sets! I recently ordered some of Altenew’s inks and I pulled out Coral Berry for this card. Isn’t it the most gorgeous pink?! I stamped the solid image all over some Thick Whisper White Card Stock (SU) using that ink and then stamped the line image in Versafine Onyx Black ink randomly to fill in spaces. I used the sentiment from the set and stamped it with the Versafine too, then layered the sentiment and the image panel onto Basic Black layers. I added a little bit of black thread and some sequins as a finishing touch.

This kind of card is super easy to create and you can use a variety of stamp sets to get this effect. I’m really happy with how this came out and want to try some other sets and colors! Ok….you know the drill. Go check out the awesome projects from the rest of the team…you’ll be happy you did!

So glad you stopped in today. I hope you like this one! Back soon with another card….see you then!

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamps: Beautiful Day (Altenew); Ink: Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Coral Berry, Versafine Onyx Black; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Basic Black; Accessories: Thread, Metallic Sequins (SU), Dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches #231

April 6, 2016 Jentimko 10 Comments

Take a look at this cool sketch we have this week over at Freshly Made Sketches!! No surprise that it comes from the incredibly awesome Karren Johnson who always wows me with her superb coloring and fabulous designs. The little angle on the back panel provides so many opportunities to add interest to your card!

Recently I got this beautiful image from Mama Elephant called Butterfly Kisses. It has this gorgeous dogwood flower plus some butterflies. But it also comes with a fantastic sentiment set. Totally had to have it! I was stamping with a friend yesterday and she pulled out this flower to color with my new Chameleon pens (I worked on another project that I’ll share soon). We were discussing how pretty this would be if colored in white on a dark background and an idea was born!! I stamped the flower using Versamark ink onto Basic Gray card stock and heat embossed with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. They using a Blender Pen and White Craft Ink (SU), I colored the flower and the leaves. I went back and added Pear Pizzazz ink over the leaves and put in a touch of Blushing Bride near the centers of the flowers. This technique has been around for a while but somehow it seems fresh to me when coloring on the gray. In person, it almost has a chalk look. I felt like the flower petals needed a little something extra so I added Wink of Stella on top of them. SOOOOO pretty in person! Also, nearly impossible to photograph….here is my attempt. If you have seen Stella in person then you know how gorgeous it is! I chose a Pink Pirouette back panel to pull from the pink in the flower and then put it on a Basic Gray base. The sentiment is from an old Paper Pumpkin set (don’t forget to pull those out….they are consistently just the right sentiment for me!). I added some Sparkling Clear Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh to finish. They look a bit silver in the photo but they are really a pale gray, see through sequin….beautiful!

I hope you have a great time with this sketch! The team has shown all kinds of ways to use it and I know you will show us even more. I’ll be back on Friday to share some more of this week’s stamping. Until then, thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamps: Butterfly Kisses (Mama Elephant); Ink: Versamark, White Craft (SU), Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride; Paper: Basic Gray (SU), Pink Pirouette; Accessories: Blender Pen (SU), Wink of Stella Clear, Sparkling Clear Sequins (PPP), Dimensionals

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