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Freshly Made Sketches #156

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Happy October!!!  I have to say that this is a month that will be full of stamping goodness here at Stampin’ on the Fly!  I have been busy, busy, busy creating loads of stuff to share.  Let me give you a sample:  Stamps on the Fly (details below) registration starts today;  a Stampin’ Addicts Blog Hop starting on Oct. 10th; my monthly Dirty Dozen projects go up on Oct. 15th; and I will be a hostess for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge (see details by clicking the blinking button on my sidebar) on Oct. 30th.  Plus my weekly Freshly Made Sketches cards and my monthly Fancy Friday as well.  WHEW!!!!  Don’t miss anything and make sure you subscribe to my blog now!

Take a look at this awesome sketch from Freshly Made Sketches this week!  The queen of elegance and layers, Narelle Farrugia, is our sketch hostess this week.  It is no wonder that she has created one with lots of layering opportunities!  I just love it!

FMS156 - Fall Wreath

I was finally able to break out this new stamp set, Wondrous Wreath.  I know, it is supposed to be for Christmas but wanted to make a fall card.  So, not surprisingly, the stamp is versatile enough for that too!  I used the Color Me Autumn DSP as a backdrop for the wreath.  Then I stamped it using Crumb Cake and Cajun Craze ink.  It is so easy to cut out with the Wonderful Wreath Framelits.  Stampin’ Up has spoiled us with this one because there are cool tabs to help you line everything up.    I punched some flowers out with the Itty Bitty Accents Flower Punch (one of a set of three), doubled them up and added Basic Pearls as a center.  The pearls were colored with the darkest Pumpkin Pie Blendabilities.  I added a sentiment banner using Good Greetings – an exclusive hostess offering.  Then I added a little Fork Bow made from Daffodil Delight Seam Binding.  This card was remarkably quick to make because the wreath is so easy!

The whole team continues to amaze me each week with their interpretations of the sketches and this week is no different.  Go check them out and be wowed!

Now I’m back to stamping today and I look forward to sharing everything with you.  Thanks so much for stopping in today!

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Stamp:  Wondrous Wreath, Good Greetings; Paper:  Color Me Autumn DSP, Very Vanilla; Ink:  Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze; Accessories:  Big Shot, Wonderful Wreath Framelits, Daffodil Delight Seam Binding, Itty Bitty Punch Pack (Flower), Basic Pearls

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Freshly Made Sketches #155

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Another week and another fabulous sketch from Freshly Made Sketches!!  Now I KNOW you will love this one from the clever and talented Karren Johnson.  She has the most fabulous flair for fun cards and this sketch is just that!

FMS155- Tree Tag Card

So true confession time.  I made this card in 15 minutes.  I was called by my scheduler at United on Friday and they gave me a 4 day trip coming back late last night.  Uh oh….and no card ready for this week.  Yikes!  So I used some paper that was sitting on my desk (you’ll see that card on Friday) and put this together fast!  I already know what I want to change, lol!  But….the good news is you get a nice clean card to see that focuses on this A-MAZ-ING designer paper.  Under the Tree DSP.  Just get it now.  And get an extra pack of Kraft Card Stock while you are there.  This DSP is heavier than normal which makes is perfect for tags, boxes and all kinds of other ideas that are spinning around in my head.  I took a strip of the Early Espresso Stripe and put it alongside the Kraft on a Naturals Ivory card base.  I cut a piece from the Cherry Cobbler tree print and punched it with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch and rounded the bottom corners with my Envelope Punch Board punch.  The sentiment is a Hostess Exclusive Stamp Set called Good Greetings.  And they are seriously good greetings.  It is a great time to hostess for sure!  I added the cute little gold Mini Metallic Clothespin and the tied the button with gold strands from the Gold Metallic Baker’s Twine.  What would I change??  Hmmm….I think I’ll have to post a new version in the next few days if I can get some time to put my idea to paper.

You are going to love all the work from the design team this week and I’m here to say you need to visit the gallery and look around too.  Because last week’s gallery blew us away.  You should see the angst when we can’t choose all the cards as winners!

I will be back on Friday with this month’s Fancy Friday.  And guess what?!  It is a sketch that I designed!!!  We are giving you the opportunity to play along with us so I hope you will!  Until then, have a fantastic week.  Thanks so much for stopping in.

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Stamp:  Good Greetings; Paper:  Under the Tree DSP, Kraft, Naturals Ivory; Ink:  Early Espresso; Accessories:  Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, Neutrals Buttons, Gold Metallic Baker’s Twine, Metallic Mini Clothespins, Dimensionals, Envelope Punch Board

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Freshly Made Sketches #154

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I have to say that last week’s Freshly Made Sketches gallery was simply awesome!  There was so much inspiration there!  And I strongly suspect this week will be the same.  Because this new sketch is just fabulous, don’t you think?!  No surprise since the designer of this one is the incredible Cindy Lovell!  I just love her style and was so excited to see this sketch.

FMS154 - Fall Thx

I posted yesterday on the Freshly Made Sketches Facebook Page that I seem to have an overabundance of designer paper.  I took a small step towards addressing that with this card.  I just loved this Sweater Weather DSP last year and I have no idea how it is possible that I still have so much of it but I was happy to see it as I was pondering this sketch.  That herringbone piece was already cut with the “thx” so it was meant to be!  (The cut out is from the Circle Card Thinlits)  I used leaves from the Thankful Tablescape Kit from last year too.  The card was practically made for me at this point.  I chose patterns from the rest of the DSP to complete the sketch, added a Chocolate Chip layer underneath the sentiment to help it pop and a button with some Metallic Baker’s Twine sans metallic thread.  (I was using the little metallic threads for something else and found that this remaining twine is nice for things where you need a more Vanilla twine.)

I hope you enjoy this blast from the past card and maybe it will inspire YOU to pull out some old DSP that is begging to be used.  Seriously….it does not want to be hoarded, it is crying out to be on your crafting table.  *smile*

The design team has created a fabulous collection to show you (and I’m pretty sure Rita pulled out some retired paper too so I’m in good company).  Have fun with this and I can’t wait to see what you create.

I’ll be back on Friday with a fun project I created for my hostess club meeting this month.  Until then, have a great week!

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Paper:  Sweater Weather DSP (ret), Chocolate Chip; Accessories:  Big Shot, Circle Card Thinlit, Tablescape Simply Created Kit (ret), Neutrals Button, Metallic Baker’s Twine, Dimensionals

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Freshly Made Sketches #153

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Time for the middle of the week fun from Freshly Made Sketches!  Just take a look at this fabulous sketch from the lovely and talented Jen Brum.  I just know you are going to love this one!  So many fantastic ways to interpret it!

FMS153 - Grateful WreathI chose to stick with my fall theme and created a little wreath for the sketch.  I took a 1-3/8″ and 1-3/4″ Circle Punch to create the wreath form out of scrap card stock.  Then I cut the edge off a piece of Burlap Ribbon and simply wrapped it around the form.  It is secured with Glue Dots.  Then I used my Flower Fair Framelits leaf to punch out the three leaves from Champagne Glimmer Paper and Color Me Autumn.  I added some Linen Thread and the Gold Metal Button to finish the wreath (also secured with Glue Dots).  The sentiment is from the lovely set Truly Grateful and I added one more Gold Metal Button to try to match the sketch a bit more.  This is a simple card to make but I think that wreath is kind of a wow.  Hope you like it too…let me know what you think!

Today is the last day to sign up for Stamps on the Fly Bright & Beautiful Edition.  I hope you’ll join me!

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Stamp:  Truly Grateful; Paper:  Color Me Autumn DSP, Champagne Glimmer Paper, Naturals Ivory; Ink:  Soft Suede; Accessories:  Big Shot, Flower Fair Framelit, Gold Basic Metal Button, Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

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Freshly Made Sketches #152

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I am happy to be back today with this awesome sketch for Freshly Made Sketches!  Our sketch hostess this week is the oh so lovely Cindy Hall.  I just love her style of stamping and you could not hope to meet a nicer person.  And she came up with a fabulous clean sketch for us this week that I know you will love.

FMS152 - Thankful Leaves

So yes, I did use this stamp for last week’s FMS card.  But surely you can’t expect me to put it down.  It is awesome!  I love fall.  Fall in Virginia is amazing.  Leaves turning, apple orchards, pumpkin patches, beautiful weather.  So I am inspired by fall stamps sets and colors every year. For All Things is one of those go-to sets.  I combined it with the Color Me Autumn DSP and it is a match made in heaven.  I popped the leaves out of the DSP with my Flower Fair Framelits.  Yes.  You were all caught up in the pretty flowers and didn’t notice the leaves.  I did the same thing until I was scouring about trying to figure out how to accessorize this.  Beautiful papers plus great framelits equal fabulous!  All I had to do was add a little bit of Linen Thread and a Gold Basic Metallic Button to finish.

The FMS team has tons of inspiration for you this week.  And…if you didn’t see it….we could not let Kim Singdahlsen leave our team so she has agreed to stay on as a permanent member!  We are so thrilled!

My boys are finally both back in school and I am stamping away.  Some of my work is for my Stamps on the Fly edition (see below) and some is for Dirty Dozen.  But I hope to have something new to show you later this week if United doesn’t call me in to fly.  I hope you September is off to a great start and I am so glad you stopped in to visit me today.

Don’t forget….signs up are open now for Stamps on the Fly Bright & Beautiful Edition

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Stamp:  For All Things; Paper:  Color Me Autumn DSP, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso; Ink:  Early Espresso; Accessories:  Big Shot, Flower Fair Framelite, Gold Basic Metal Button, Linen Thread, Dimensionals

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Freshly Made Sketches #151

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Happy Wednesday!!  Boy do we have a treat for you today over at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our amazing Guest Designer for August, Kim Singdahlsen, is the sketch hostess.  Can you believe this is the first sketch she has created?  Yeah, me neither.  It is fabulous!  I have really enjoyed all her work this month and this is the icing on the cake.

FMS151 - Thanks

 

I kept my card super clean this week with the focus on the new stamp set  For All Things.  I think this set is beautiful and I see so many ways to use it.  My colors for this are Soft Suede (stamped off), Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and Early Espresso.  Other than cutting out the leaf, this card is pretty straight-forward.  I added on a new Gold Basic Metal Button tied with Linen Thread for a little extra and stamped everything on Naturals Ivory Card Stock.  I love the little flecks in that paper that help to fill the white space a bit.

The design team has so many fantastic interpretations of this sketch and I know it will be wildly popular this week because of the possibilities!  I hope you can join in on the fun!  Don’t forget to drop by and say hi to Kim too!

I have been working on my projects for my Stamps on the Fly but I will have a new card ready for you Friday.  The first Fancy Friday hop….a new monthly hop with my 2013 Artisan Design Team friends.  We miss hopping together so this will be fun!  First up….a color challenge for us (and you can join in too)!  Until then, I hope your week is amazing!

Don’t forget….signs up are open now for Stamps on the Fly Bright & Beautiful Edition

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Stamp:  For All Things; Paper:  Naturals Ivory, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso; Ink:  Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso; Accessories:  Gold Basic Metal Button, Linen Thread, Dimensionals

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Freshly Made Sketches #150

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Well, it looks like I missed an amazing week last week at Freshly Made Sketches but I am back with this wonderful sketch from the awesome Linda Callahan.  I love Linda’s sense of style and she always has a little twist of humor that brings a smile!

FMS150 - Bright Joy

So I have to confess that I can’t stop creating with this stamp set.  I had all the items for this card already out on my table from making the projects for my new Stamps on the Fly and put them to use again.  I used the Silver Foil at the bottom of my Whisper White base.  Then I inked up the middle and small stars from Bright & Beautiful with Versamark then embossed with Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder.  Pretty, huh??  I did the same with the “Joy” sentiment on the base.  I added on some of the Frosted Sequins (from the Holiday Catalog too).  It still needed a little something, so I colored some Basic Rhinestones with the darkest Coastal Cabana Blendabilities marker and added those on too.

I know you are going to enjoy all the variations the team has for you this week.  I hope you’ll be able to join us too!

I have been getting one of my boys back to school this week.  The oldest started middle school on Monday.  Sigh….. How did that happen?!  But he loves all his teachers and has a smile coming home every day.  Happy mom!  My youngest starts back next Monday and then, hopefully, I will really have some stamping time.  Until then, you can see these two sweet boys in my trailer below.

If you missed it (apparently it may have been difficult to see for my email subscribers), I have a movie trailer created with my boys to show you a bit of a peek into month one of my new Stamps on the Fly program.

Click here:  YouTube Bright & Beautiful Movie Trailer

I hope your week is going well.  I look forward to getting back to a “normal” pattern of posting soon.  If you missed it, I also have 7 new projects over at Splitcoaststampers for the Dirty Dozen.

Ok…back on Saturday with a project I’ll be teaching at my class this weekend.  Until then, have a great week!

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Stamp:  Bright & Beautiful; Paper:  Whisper White, Silver Fancy Foil; Ink:  Versamark, Coastal Cabana Blendabilities; Accessories:  Big Shot, Stars Framelits Dies, Heat Tool, Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Frosted Sequins, Basic Rhinestones

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Freshly Made Sketches #148

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Wow, what a gallery we had in last week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  Thanks to all who played along with my sketch!  This week we have a fabulous sketch courtesy of the incredible Jen Mitchell.  Her style and attention to detail always wow me!

FMS148 - Greetings of the Season

 

My card this week should come with a disclaimer *Does Not Follow Simple Instructions Well*.  I flipped the sketch, kind of.  Only the center panel though.  Hmmmm…. Hopefully Jen won’t mind too much.  I was just obsessed with using this bird from the new set Beauty of the Season.  He is so fantastic.  And I had to color him.  I had to!  I framed him with a cut out from the On Film Framelits (cut from Early Espresso ) and added a sentiment from a set that is not even in the Holiday Catalog is it so new.  It will be a set you can get for hostessing in an upcoming promotion and it is called Good Greetings.  You will need it too.  It is awesome.  The Vintage Faceted Button was colored using the Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities (just like the bird).  A little Burlap Ribbon and that awesome Kraft Card Stock for the finished card.

You know that the team at FMS has amazing inspiration for you this week.  Because they always do!  And we have a guest stamper for the whole month of August.  Kim Singdahlsen has joined the Clean Team (and the ensuing craziness)!  Please go give her a warm welcome!  Back soon with some more of my Display Stamper projects.  Until then, have a great week!

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Stamps:  Beauty of the Season, Good Greetings; Paper:  Kraft, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla; Ink:  Momento Black, Blendabilities – Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Skin Tone;  Accessories:  Big Shot, 1-1/4″ Burlap Ribbon, On Film Framelits, Vintage Faceted Button, Linen Thread

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FMS 147 – Merry

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Freshly Made Sketches day!!! Yay!!!  After yesterday’s emotional day and post, I am working on looking toward the future and my next adventures in stamping.  A little more on that below.  For today, I am the sketch hostess and I hope you will enjoy playing along this week.

FMS147 - Merry

As I was working on my card, I also had the newest Paper Pumpkin out on the table and I saw the stars.  I knew I wanted to use them and the card started coming together.  I used the Fancy Foil in Silver for the panels and put it on a base of Shimmery White Card Stock.  Instead of silver foil for the sentiment, I pulled out my Silver Glimmer Paper instead.  Love that stuff.  I used the retired Expressions Thinlits because I don’t have the new words that are coming in the Holiday Catalog….yet.  But I will.  I added on some Silver Metallic Baker’s Twine and placed the stars.  A glittery panel behind to finish.  This card has so much shimmer and shine in person!!

I hope you will enjoy playing along with my sketch this week and I KNOW you will love what the DT has created.  Don’t miss out….hop on over and take a look!

Now for some updates (if you missed them last night).  I have some big new things coming.  Some I can share in a couple of days, some I have to wait a bit.  They are all things I think you will like!!!  The first announcement comes on Friday so you don’t have to wait long…..  And to tide you over, come back tomorrow for more projects that I created for the Display Boards at Convention.  Until then, have a great day!

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Paper:  Shimmery White, Silver Glimmer,Silver Fancy Foil, Smoky Slate; Accessories:  Big Shot, Expressions Thinlits (ret), July Paper Pumpkin, Silver Metallic Baker’s Twine

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Freshly Made Sketches #146

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Welcome back for another Freshly Made Sketches card!  Amy O’Neill is our hostess this week.  She is an incredible stamper…I always love her style and color combinations…so no surprise that she created a fun sketch too!

FMS146 - Layered Flower

I kept this one pretty clean today and focused on the “Flower” product suite.  I stamped the flowers from Flower Patch in Midnight Muse (ret), Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon and Pumpkin Pie.  Not exactly the colors from the Flowerpot DSP but close.  The paper prints are so pretty that I wanted them to shine in this so I chose the polka dots and added in a couple of strips of coordinating patterns.  The Flower Fair Framelits keep this simple because they do all the cutting for you!  Love that!  A white button and some Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine to finish it off.  This is one that is easy to make in multiples and would made a cute set!  I let off the sentiment and will just add one inside when I’m ready to use it.

There is a fantastic variety over at the challenge today!  The team has created some beautiful work!  Don’t forget to join in and let Amy know how much you appreciate this one!

Back this weekend with another set of projects I created as a Display Stamper.  If you want to catch up with all that has been posted, we have a Pinterest board dedicated to the projects created for Convention by the Display Stamper group.

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Stamp:  Flower Patch; Ink:  Midnight Muse (ret), Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon, Pumpkin Pie; Paper:  Whisper White, Flowerpot DSP; Accessories:  Big Shot, Flower Fair Framelits, Button, Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine

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