Freshly Made Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches #220

January 20, 2016 Jentimko 11 Comments

Do you hear the panic in my typing??!!!! The snow is coming, the snow is coming!!! And apparently lots of it to Northern Virginia. So I did what any reasonable stamper would do…..I created a happy spring card with not a snowflake in sight! Over at Freshly Made Sketches this week we have an awesomely fun one for you to try. It comes courtesy of the lovely Jen Brum who has clearly decided to embrace her fears as a new year’s resolution. She notoriously does not like it when we put circles in the sketch and then she went and created this one! Bravest woman I know, haha!

I played around with the idea of flowers and was looking through the stash when I saw this little floral spray in my Beautiful Day stamp from Altenew. I thought it would be perfect to use in the corner and I just love how this turned out. Using WPlus9 Black Dye Ink, I stamped the image onto Shimmery White Paper (SU) then added a couple more little flowers from the set to fill out gaps. With my Zig Water Pen, I colored using Tim Holtz Distress Inks. Easy and so pretty! Then I lined up the sentiment on my Misti and stamped in the WPlus9 Ink again. I stamped another few flowers inside the card (you can see them peeking out) and colored them up to. Fast and oh so happy!

I hope you enjoy this one as much as I liked making it. Now hop right on over to the challenge and let’s see what you make of the circles!

Thanks so much for stopping in today. Back on Friday with a fun Valentine card! See you then!

Stamps: Beautiful Day (Altenew); Ink: WPlu9 Black Dye Ink, Tim Holtz Distress Inks; Paper: Shimmery White, Bermuda Bay (SU); Accessories: Zig Water Pen, Misti

Freshly Made Sketches #219

January 13, 2016 Jentimko 7 Comments

Well, winter has finally found its way to Northern Virginia….wow it is cold today!! The good news is that the weather was just the excuse to hang out in the stamp room yesterday. My mom is visiting so we did some stamping and hanging out. She was a big help on this card because I kept running into creative road blocks. Which is crazy because this sketch is awesome! The oh so amazing Cindy Hall created this one and it is a classic for sure.

Over the Black Friday time frame, I took advantage of some great deals from Lil’ Inker Designs and purchased this Fancy Feathers stamp set that I had wanted for quite a while. I just love these feathers and their matching dies! The sentiments in the set fill some holes I had too so this was a big win to find it on sale! Now that the holidays are over, I finally had the chance to break out the set and I love it even more than I thought! I kept this to all gold and white. I cheated a little, maybe, on the sketch because I didn’t create two panel colors on the base but I think I kept to the spirit of the layout at least. Good thing Cindy already told us that we could not be fired with her as the boss this week! Whew! *smile* I inked up the feathers using Versamark and heat embossed them with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. The same for the sentiment. I created the frame by layering the Stitched Rectangles Dies from Simon Says Stamp. The Gold Thread and gold sequins from the Metallics Sequins (SU) add a little more gold goodness! For some reason it looks dark here but the shine in person is really pretty. I just love the sentiment and my mom had a great suggestion for the perfect recipient!

Ok, the team has rocked the sketch and you are going to have a great time with it for sure. So off to the stamp rooms! Can’t wait to see your creations!

Thanks so much for stopping in today. See you soon!

Stamps: Fancy Feathers (Lil’ Inker Design); Ink: Versamark; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU); Accessories: Heat Tool, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Dimensionals, Metallics Sequins, Gold Thread, Glue Dots

Freshly Made Sketches #218

January 6, 2016 Jentimko 9 Comments

Happy first Wednesday of the new year and welcome back to another year of challenges from Freshly Made Sketches!! I have to admit that it was nice to have a little bit of time off but wow, were you all busy in the FMS gallery. We were so thrilled to be a part of your holiday stamping and really enjoyed seeing your creations! The oh so talented Kim Singdahlsen has a fun and unique sketch for this week and it is sure to get you right to playing with all your new holiday gifts!

The focal point of my card today is this gorgeous flower from Altenew from the set Beautiful Day. I had been showing a friend how to use the Zig Clean Color Markers one day and this flower was the result (hers was really lovely too). Because it was sitting on my desk calling to be used, I built the card up around it. I stamped with the diagonal image from Gorgeous Grunge (SU) using Versamark Ink onto Basic Gray card stock and then heat embossed with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I did the same with the sentiment from the Watercolor Wishes stamp set. After fussy cutting the flower and leaves, I popped them up on Dimensionals. These lovely sequins from Pretty Pink Posh were the perfect finish, don’t you think?!

Now I will let you get to the rest of the team’s gorgeous work! You can tell they were happy to get back to the sketches too!

Thanks so much for stopping in today. I hope your week is fantastic! See you soon!

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Stamps: Beautiful Day (Altenew), Gorgeous Grunge, Watercolor Wishes; Ink: Versamark, WPlus9 Black Dye Ink, Zig Clean Color Markers; Paper: Fabriano Watercolor, Basic Gray; Accessories: Heat Tool, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Dimensionals, Pretty Pink Posh Sequins 6mm Sparkling Clear

Freshly Made Sketches #217

December 16, 2015 Jentimko 9 Comments

As my kids have reminded me this morning….9 more days until Christmas! Oh my!! So much to do, so little time! We have noticed over at Freshly Made Sketches that I might not be alone on this. Seems like many of you are in the same place…I know our team feels that way. So we have a deal for you. Every year, the team takes a break over the holidays but we leave our sketch open during the whole period so that you can join us if you get some time to craft. This year is no different and my friend Linda Callahan has created a sketch that is classically “FMS”. Clean, inspiring and great for lots of interpretations. You will love it for last minute holiday inspiration or for pulling out your new “not holiday” stamps that you have been itching to use. Or maybe that is just me….. Ok, yeah….it is me but maybe you too??!! So you have lots of time to play along with this sketch. Hope you will!

I kept this one pretty simple and kept to gold. LOTS of gold. The Winter Wonderland DSP was my inspiration and I used a piece in the background plus a piece (one of the stripes) for the crossing panel. I had to pull out the snowflakes again for another go. I have held off since I overloaded you early in the season but I just cannot stop myself from using them. They are so amazing!! I heat embossed this one with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. The sentiments are a combination of old and new. ‘Merry’ comes from the old Snowflake Soiree set and the ‘& Bright’ comes from Holly Jolly Greetings. I love them together, don’t you?! They were stamped in Versamark and heat embossed as well. That is it. Easy and fast. ‘Cause that is where I am this week. Maybe I’ll have time for a little more complicated after Christmas!

The team has another round of beautiful inspiration for you. Please make sure you go tell them how much you enjoy all they do each week! When I think about all the amazing work they share over a whole year, I’m in awe. Freshly Made Sketches is a great resource for so many stampers and we are thrilled you allow us to be a part of your crafting world! Thanks to all of you for your support, for playing along and for sharing with us each week too!

I’ll be back on Friday with some Fancy Friday goodness. And yes, there are more snowflakes. *smile* Until then, I hope you have a wonderful week!

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Stamps: Holly Jolly Greetings, Snowflake Soiree (ret); Ink: Versamark; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Winter Wonderland DSP; Accessories: Heat Tool, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches #216

December 9, 2015 Jentimko 6 Comments

Today I have such a treat for you! Another fabulous sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. It is brought to you by our sketch hostess Rita Wright. As always, she comes up with something fun and fresh! Love it!

I tried to keep it clean and played with using watercoloring as one of the “panels”. I like the effect and how the stitched frame works with it. I layered two Stitched Rectangle Dies (Simon Says Stamp) to create the frame…easy peasy. All the stamps from from Paper Pumpkin. The poinsettia is the flower from October’s kit layered and colored with Zig Markers. The holly and sentiment come from the November kit. The picture doesn’t do it any justice but the flower and holly are topped with Clear Wink of Stella and the sparkle in person is lovely. I cheated a little on the scalloped element because I just could not seem to make it work with any strips of paper there. So I added Gold Thread instead. Hope Rita gives me a little latitude on that! A little gold sequin in the center of the flower ties into the gold.

I hope you enjoy this week’s inspiration and all that the design team has created. I’ll be back on Friday with a couple more quick holiday cards because, well, it is time for QUICK holiday cards now isn’t it?! *smile* See you then!

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Stamps: Paper Pumpkin kits (Oct/Nov); Ink: WPlus9 Black Dye Ink, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Peacock Feathers, Zig Clean Color Markers; Paper: Watercolor (Tim Holtz Distress Paper), Real Red; Accessories: Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS), Gold Thread, Metallics Sequins, Clear Wink of Stella

Freshly Made Sketches #215

December 2, 2015 Jentimko 10 Comments

I hope your December has been good to you so far! I am having a hard time accepting that it is already December…surely I am not alone! I have not had a lot of crafting time over the last week but I’m hoping to get back to it today. If you have had the same thing going on, I have just the solution for you. This week’s sketch from Freshly Made Sketches will get you moving right along! The incredible Jen Mitchell is our hostess this week and she has created one that is sure to inspire.

I am still completely obsessed with this flower from Altenew’s Beautiful Day. For today’s card, I stamped it onto White Vellum with Versamark Ink and embossed it with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. Pretty, isn’t it?! I picked the backdrop of Winter Wonderland DSP because the prints are so subtle but yet add so much. Using the Banners Framelits, I cut some Very Vanilla card stock and stamped the sentiment from Watercolor Wishes with Versafine Onyx Black ink. I added a little border of Gold Foil to the DSP which coordinates nicely with the embossed flower and gives the print later a little more stability for raising it up on Dimensionals. The center of the flower is a Basic Pearl that I colored with a Sharpie black marker. I love how it brings your eye more to the flower!

It was nice taking a break from Christmas card stamping but I need to get back to work if I’m to get stuff mailed in time. Please tell me I’m not the only one with lots more to stamp!!

I hope you enjoy this week’s sketch and the lovely work from our Design Team. Thanks so much for stopping in today. See you soon!! Happy stamping!

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Stamps: Beautiful Day (Altenew), Watercolor Wishes (SU); Ink: Versamark, Versafine Onyx Black; Paper: White Vellum, Very Vanilla, Winter Wonderland DSP (SU), Gold Foil, Basic Black; Accessories: Big Shot, Banners Framelits, Heat Tool, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Basic Pearl, Sharpie Marker

Freshly Made Sketches #214

November 25, 2015 Jentimko 12 Comments

Happy Wednesday! I hope your week is going well. For those of you in the US, I’m sure you are getting ready for Thanksgiving and I hope yours is safe and happy! I’m the sketch hostess over at Freshly Made Sketches this week and I thought I’d give you one that wasn’t too complicated. Hopefully you’ll have some time in the hustle and bustle of your week to join in!

My card is one of those that was just impossible to photograph. I wish I could figure out why that happens but this one is so much prettier in person. I embossed Thick Whisper White using the Softly Falling folder and then cut out the butterfly with Bold Butterfly Framelits. Behind the butterfly, I used distress inks and sponged a rainbow of colors onto watercolor paper. Then I topped the colors with Wink of Stella to make it sparkle. I added some sequins left over from the Watercolor Wishes kit and a sentiment from And Many More stamped in Bermuda Bay.

I hope that you enjoy this sketch! I know the team has done their usual amazing work and you will love the inspiration as always!

I’m off the blog for a few days to enjoy time with family. Thanks so much for stopping in. See you soon!

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Stamps: And Many More; Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Bermuda Bay; Paper: Fabriano Cold Press 140 lb Watercolor, Thick Whisper White; Accessories: Sequins (Watercolor Wishes Card Kit), Big Shot, Softly Falling TIEF, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Wink of Stella

Freshly Made Sketches #212

November 11, 2015 Jentimko 7 Comments

As promised, I have a fun card to share with you today plus a video. We have this super sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches from the queen of layers, Narelle. She makes layering look effortless and always elegant! As for me….it wasn’t working. So I took a step back and simply layered the images instead. I hope she doesn’t mind too much. Here is the how to on my card:

Direct link HERE

I’m still in Denver taking my check ride (3 days of fun in the simulator) but I did get to have coffee with the amazing Kim Singdahlsen from the team. I tell you what, it made facing all those engine out approaches much more tolerable!! *smile*

Ok….back to studying. I hope you enjoy the video and this fun sketch. Go check out all the inspiration from the team, of course, too! See you again Friday with another fun card!

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Stamps: Best Thoughts, And Many More; Ink: Versamark, Tim Holtz Distress Inks; Paper: Fabriano Cold Press 140 lb Watercolor, Soft Sky; Accessories: Heat Tool, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Sequins (Watercolor Wishes Card Kit), Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS), Zig Watercolor Pen

Freshly Made Sketches #211

November 4, 2015 Jentimko 10 Comments

Wow, where did the week go??!! Back to Wednesday and another new challenge from Freshly Made Sketches. This week, our sketch hostess is the incredible Karren Johnson and I love what she gave us to work with this week!

I pulled out my Drummer Boy set from WPlus9 again and played with a different set of colors. I tried to pare down the colors into gray and red to help keep this clean. I used my Copic Markers to color the drummer boy and his little friend. I was going to grab a sheep again but my oldest told me that the poor donkey needed some love. Kind of cracked me up and who was I to argue?! I used the coordinating dies to cut the boy and his friend. Then I used my 2-1/2″ Circle Punch to pop out the partial circle from Thick Whisper White card stock. I added Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper behind it (wish you could see it in person….so much prettier!). I added some Silver Thread and used a sentiment from the same stamp set to finish the sketch.

I think that you will have such fun with this sketch! So many ways to go with it!! The team certainly used it creatively and I know you’ll be in awe, as always.

Back on Friday with a fun card using some coloring I did last week. Until then, thanks for stopping in!!

Stamps: Drummer Boy (WPlus9); Ink: Momento Black, Copics; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer; Accessories: 2-1/2″ Circle Punch, Silver Thread, Big Shot, Drummer Boy Dies

Freshly Made Sketches #210

October 28, 2015 Jentimko 12 Comments

So guess what we have for you today at Freshly Made Sketches!! Just look at this awesome sketch. So cool and creative….just like Cindy Lovell who designed this one for us! The fun trio plus the vertical sentiment makes for fun options.

I used the stamp set from the latest Paper Pumpkin (October) called Blissful Bouquet. The images and sentiments are fabulous! I colored these with Zig Clean Color Markers to create these fall flowers. I made a video to show you how easy it is to color these flowers.

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The team has come up with incredible inspiration for you this week and you will be wow’d by the variety! I hope you’ll find time to join in with us.

I hope you enjoy this one and I look forward to seeing you soon. Thanks for stopping in today.

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Stamps: Blissful Bouquet (Paper Pumpkin); Ink: WPlus9 Pure Color Dye Ink Black, Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens; Paper: Fabriano Cold Press 140 lb Watercolor, Basic Black; Accessories: Zig Watercolor Medium Pen, Basic Pearls, Sharpie Marker, Dimensionals

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