Freshly Made Sketches #388

May 15, 2019 Jentimko 4 Comments

As promised, I’m back to share another card I made for the May release from Picket Fence Studios and it does double duty with the newest sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. This versatile design by Karren Johnson is fabulous and I could not resist using the new Poppy Blossoms stamp and dies with it.

This new flower set has so many options and ways to use it. You already know that I can’t resist a flower but it is even better when a set has lots of image choices. I stamped the single flower and then colored using Copic Markers to give a pop of red. I did keep some light space to help show off the pretty details of the image itself. Once it was colored, I cut it out using the coordinating die for the focal point of the sketch.

I chose one of the smaller flowers as the side “circles”. I masked off the stem a bit with a sticky not and then stamped it twice on Neenah Desert Storm paper. The sentiment comes from an older set called Unicorn Friends. Pretty font, isn’t it? I kept the card really neutral to show off that bold flower and simply added a few sequins.Just a reminder if you did not see it yesterday…. There is a celebration sale going on at Picket Fence Studios. All you have to do is click here: Picket Fence Studios Sale and enter the code PFS20 and you will get 20% off your order. Additionally, I have a $100 Gift Certificate to give away. It is an instagram giveaway so go over there to my page (jentimko) to see the details. I hope you enjoy this and have a moment to join in our challenge this week. Thanks for stopping in. See you soon!

Picket Fence Studios May Release plus a SALE and GIVEAWAY

May 14, 2019 Jentimko 9 Comments

Welcome to release day with Picket Fence Studios!! I’m excited to share for a couple of reasons. First, this release is really outstanding (again). But second, and most importantly, this is a big month for Picket Fence Studios. It is their 1-year anniversary!! And the whole team gets to celebrate by sharing a gift certificate with lucky winners. That’s right! Each and every design team member gets to give away a $100 Shopping Spree and a COUPON CODE. Details are at the bottom of my post.

So first up on the release is a set called Peach and Piper (with coordinating dies). I’m going to be REALLY honest with you. If you want this set, you need to go to my link below and buy it now. Like right now. Because it is going to fly off the shelves. It is so incredibly cute with fantastic sentiments. I am pretty sure the whole team is making stuff with it because we simply cannot stop ourselves. I stamped the little hugging bunnies with Momento Tuxedo Black and colored using Copic Markers. Then I created a little bit of texture inside of the scalloped frame with the new Layers of Grass Stencil. I love how it has the positive and the negative to easily ink both the grass and the background or sky. I inked the little frame using Peachy Keen (Lawn Fawn) to coordinate with the paper but also to keep with the stenciled ink look (all the inking is super fast with the Life Changing Blender Brushes!). I chose a sentiment from Peach and Piper and then added a little bird from Chirp Chirp.
For my second card, I thought it would be fun to try and inlaid die technique. I first colored a piece of Yupo using Wild Plum and Silver Alcohol Inks and then cut it out using the new Flower Negative Die. It was easier to show you than tell you so I created a short video on the how to.

The direct link is here: Inlaid Die Technique

Now on to the details of the sale and giveaway. First of all, a sale. Yes, a SALE!!! To celebrate the one year anniversary, there is a 20% off sale. How do you get it?? Click this link: PICKET FENCE STUDIOS and use code PFS20.

For this giveaway, I’ll be running it on Instagram. Later today, look for the post in my feed with all the details (I will be posting after I fly this morning). I am there as jentimko or you can click my link in the sidebar on the right for IG.

Happy sale shopping and I hope to see you over at IG for the giveaways. Thanks so much for stopping in. I’ll be back tomorrow with another card from this release and the latest from Freshly Made Sketches. See you then!

Freshly Made Sketches #387

May 8, 2019 Jentimko 22 Comments

Have you noticed a distinct theme to all the cards around on social media this week? Yes, indeed, it is Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop time! You have to go check out all the amazing coffee themed cards. It is seriously awesome! I could not bear to miss out so I thought I’d use this week’s new Freshly Made Sketches challenge to create a card for the hop. The oh-so-talented Cécile is our sketch designer this week and her sketch is unique and fabulous (just like her).

Because you are supposed to stick to a spring/summer theme, I opted to use bright happy colors for my clean cards. I used the cup from Coffee Understands (Picket Fence Studios) and stamped it three times. I colored each cup using Copic color families (they are listed below) and then cut them out by hand. After some debate on what to put behind them, I had an a-ha moment when looking through my stencils. I pulled out the Down to the Last Drop Stencil (Picket Fence Studios) and used it as an embossing folder. Now this was a test of sorts. You see, I just got a brand new Crafter’s Companion Gemini Jr. and I wanted to see how it would emboss. It came with the embossing mat and it worked perfectly with my stencil. To finish with the sketch, I thought a coffee sentiment would be good. I chose Cup of Thanks (Studio Katia) with the coordinating die and sentiment.

I’m off to get this entered over with the Coffee Lovers! Make sure you join in and you’ll get an opportunity to win prizes from their sponsors (so many awesome sponsors!!). Hope to see you in the Freshly Made Sketches gallery too! Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon!

Freshly Made Sketches #386 plus a Bonus Card

May 1, 2019 Jentimko 5 Comments

Hi all! I get to have a double play today! First of all, it is Freshly Made Sketches day. We have a new, awesome sketch by Jennifer Brum and it is super fun! Second, I’m over on the Picket Fence Studios blog AND up with a Product Focus Review for Splitcoaststampers. YAY!!!

So first up, my card for FMS. I love this fun sketch and the angle makes it a real standout. I started off with a base from Clearsnap called Creative Cards. These are super fun (and available on Amazon). I topped it off with an old retired paper for contrast. The little birds are from a Picket Fence Studios stamp set called Chirp Chirp which is super cute. I cut the birds out with the coordinating dies (what a life saver for small images!). The birds were colored with new colors of Dyestress Inks by Clearsnap. And that brings me to my Product Focus Review. I have reviewed the Dyestress Inks before but I now have the newest color release and it is wonderful! I’m sure you have noticed a couple of other cards using them (last week’s FMS card was one). This was all part of my analysis. You can read all about it here: Splitcoaststampers Product Focus

My “bonus” card today is also for that review and I posted it over at the Picket Fence Studios blog today with the details. I just wanted to share it so you could see it here too. Head over to the blog to read all about it!

Whew…lots to typing and busy, busy. I hope you enjoy both of these cards. Remember to go see the ink review at Splitcoaststampers and the peacock card at Picket Fence Studios. Thanks so much for stopping in today. See you again soon! (FYI, I separated the links into the two cards to make it simpler for you)

Paradigm Showcase Tour Blog Hop

April 27, 2019 Jentimko No Comments

Hi everyone! I have a totally new (for me) kind of post today. I am thrilled to be part of an introductory showcase tour for a new fabric line from Hoffman Fabrics. Yes, fabrics. NOT my normal medium but I could not say no when I was asked to participate in such an exciting launch. You see, my friend Sarah Thomas of SARIDITTY is the designer of this new line and I could not be even a little more excited for her. What a treat to see your own line of designs! At the bottom of my post I will have a link to her entire Lookbook of products so you can see the full designs and other coordinating accessories from her.

First though, I want to share the projects I made using these fabrics. To start, I stayed way in my lane and created a card using the pretty designs. The “extra” that I used was the selvedges from the fabrics themselves. I cut them off the edges and stitched them together to highlight Sarah’s name, the line and Hoffman. I thought this would be a special way to congratulate Sarah on this big moment for her.

I lined up the selvedges, stitched them and then cut them out using an old butterfly die. I used some Fray Check on the edges to prevent fraying and then used fabric stabilizer to get more dimension and stability on the fabric. To frame it, I cut a stitched square from Fog Gray card stock and put some more fabric behind it. The sentiment seemed perfect and comes from Picket Fence Studios. I thought that maybe I needed a coordinating project to share so I went back to my archives for inspiration. I found some rolled flowers that I had done in paper and thought they would be spectacular in fabric. These designs do not disappoint!

Again, I used an old rolled flower die to cut the fabric. Each flower has two of the flower cuts to add fullness. I treated the fabric the same as above and then rolled it up. I used prewrapped wire “stems” to allow me to place them in a container. Using another butterfly die (because Sarah’s logo uses butterflies and her designs have them throughout), I created a 3-d version to add to the basket. I chose a pale print and color to wrap a peat pot which had been haphazardly painted with off white acrylic paint. Mod Podge secured the fabric to the pot and I tied it up with some seam binding.

Finally, I rolled up some of her fabrics to create a little display basket for her booth. She will be traveling and sharing this line so follow her to find her schedule of events.

I hope you like my creations with this beautiful new line. Now run over and take a look at the complete collection here: Hoffman Fabrics Spring 2019 Sarah Thomas Lookbook

Because this is a showcase tour, Sarah has a line up of many designers and sewists to share their creations. You can visit all these by using the links below or you can also follow on Instagram using #paradigmshowcasetour and #sariditty.

22 April – Cristy Stuhldreher @loveyousew_
23 April – Rebecca Bryan @bryanhousequilts
24 April – Hilary Jordan @byhilaryjordan
25 April – Tiffany Sepulveda @sewtiffany
26 April – Karie Jewell @kariejewell
27 April – Jen Timko @jentimko <<<— YOU ARE HERE
28 April – Cheri Lehnow @tinkerellen
29 April – Karen Miller @redbirdquiltco
30 April – Karen O’Connor @ladykquilts
1 May – Nicholas Ball @quiltsfromtheattic
2 May – Nicole Daksiewicz @modernhandcraft
3 May – Nichole Vogelsinger @wildboho
4 May – Kate Toney @toughkittencrafts
5 May – Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill @wholecirclestudio
6 May – Karen Tripp @karenthediyaddict
7 May – Isabelle Selak @southbaybella
8 May – Elise Kwon @eliseandemelie
9 May – Jessica Kapitanski @sallietomatopatterns
10 May – Suzy Williams @suzyquilts
11 May – Sarah Thomas @sariditty

I hope you have a great time with this inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping in today. See you again soon.

Freshly Made Sketches #385

April 24, 2019 Jentimko 8 Comments

You know that feeling when you need lots of days off to make up for your vacation? Yeah. I need that. But sadly, no. So I have a card but I’m going to be really fast on my post. The amazing Kim has a great sketch for us and I immediately thought of this dandelion set by Picket Fence Studios. I’m also still playing with some new ink colors from Clearsnap. FUN!!

So I took watercolor paper and applied the ink in Bumblebee and Inchworm using a Life Changing Blender Brush. So fast and easy! Then I stamped the dandelion from Dandelion Wishes (Picket Fence Studios) with black ink. I splattered the distress ink with some water to add those watermarks (love the texture from that). And then I added a sentiment from the set to part of a panel that I had trimmed off and added a black base.

See, told you it was fast! I’m back to work tomorrow. We went on an adventure to Utah last week (Park City area) and had quite a nice trip. The boys had never seen mountains like those so it was fun for them to experience. Make sure you drop over to the FMS site for all the team inspiration. Until next time, have a great day!

FMS #384

April 17, 2019 Jentimko 6 Comments

Happy Wednesday to you! Hope your week is going well thus far. Here today with a super quick card. You see, I’m on Spring Break week with the family and we are off on adventures. But I did have a moment to make a card with this awesome sketch by our sketch designer Linda over at Freshly Made Sketches. As usual when I’m in a hurry, it seems that I didn’t quite follow the sketch. Sigh. Oh well, Linda will forgive me! *smile*

I was recently enable to try Catherine Pooler inks by my crafty friend Ardyth and boy was she right. I’m totally in love with these!! The clarity of stamping solid image is gorgeous! I purchased some of the families of minis and they are fabulous! I used the Give Thanks stamp set by Concord and 9th and sentiments by Gina K Designs. Clean, simple, fast!

Yep…it really is that short today. I hope to have more to share with you next week after all the spring fun! So glad you dropped in. See you soon!

Picket Fence Studios April Release

April 14, 2019 Jentimko No Comments

Oh happy day!!! No really, it is a happy day! Release day for Picket Fence Studios starts now. I’m going to share two stamp sets and a new die in today’s post but the design team will be working together to show you the whole release so make sure to visit each one of them.

I’m starting with a new large flower image called Botan Peony. Oh my. When I say wow, I’m not kidding. This is not a small image (my card is 5.5″ square) but it is detailed and seriously gorgeous. I stamped the image in black in multiple times using my Misti onto Fabriano watercolor paper. Then I heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder. I like the extra dimension you get with the embossing and it is nice when watercoloring too. I got to work with watercoloring using Daniel Smith watercolor paints. They are amazing! If you are not sure about them, you can get dot sheets with actual samples of the colors to try (I linked it below). Once you do, you’ll be hooked. I combined pink, coral, gold and a little green and blue in a loose style. No real plan, nothing formal, but it is such fun to do on these big petals! Once done, I fussy cut the flower.

For the background, I used the Random Dots Stencil as an embossing folder to add a subtle texture. I then used this great sentiment from the new Hello, Beautiful stamp set. Again I stamped in black and heat embossed in clear.

Next up, I jumped on the alcohol ink bandwagon and used a background I created with the new Leaves Negative Die. I used just one color of Ranger Alcohol Ink (Stream) and the Gold Mixative on Yupo paper. I kept playing with the one colors and the gold and now have a few varied backgrounds that I’m sure you’ll see soon.

I took the panel and cut it with the Leaves and decided that I’d use gold glimmer paper in the negative space to play off the gold in the ink. Again I used the sentiment from Hello, Beautiful except heat embossed in gold.

I hope you like these two looks at the new release. Everything is available in the Picket Fence Studios store now! Thanks for stopping in to visit. See you again soon.

Thinking of You for Picket Fence Studios

April 12, 2019 Jentimko No Comments

I’m over at the Picket Fence Studios blog today with this card. I love the look of bold sentiments with stencils. Let’s face it, the Life Changing Blender Brushes by Picket Fence Studios makes short work of inking with stencils and they are such fun to play with now.

I decided to use some new colors from Colorbox Inks in the Dyestress line. These are really pretty together, don’t you think? I love that I was able to find sequins to match too. The sentiments are actually from two different sets but I loved how they layered together. You can find all the details over at the Picket Fence Studios blog today. And get ready, Sunday April 14th is release day and I’ll be back to enable you then! See you soon!

Freshly Made Sketches #382

April 3, 2019 Jentimko 10 Comments

You want to know a something funny? Even after all these years of being with Freshly Made Sketches, it makes me a little nervous to be the sketch designer. The team has a running joke about struggling to work with one’s own sketch. Crazy, right? You see we create our sketches on paper or digitally and in all degrees of “doneness” so it can come as a surprise when you get to your own and you don’t really have a plan. Well, this week, I actually had a bit of a plan! YAY!!

As you may have gathered, I’m the designer for this week’s challenge and I went with a pretty classic vibe and an off center sentiment panel. I made the focal panel a bit smaller so that the back panel can be the star, or a part of the design, or a simple base. For me, I chose to use is as part of the design with a spotlight effect. Using my trusty MISTI, I stamped on the base of my card using the Let’s Shake Our Tail Feathers stamp from Picket Fence Studios. Then I flipped the base around 180 degrees and stamped again. I did the same on a single panel that was the same size as the base to start. Then I colored the panel using Copic Markers in purples and blues. I probably colored a little more than I needed because I wasn’t sure how much I was going to cut down. Once I was done coloring, I trimmed off equal amounts from each side until the balance looked right. I love that pop of color with the detailing of the image! I added a sentiment from the Forgot to Say Thank You set by stamping in Versamark and embossing in white.

I hope that you will enjoy using the sketch and I know you will love seeing what the design team has created with it. Thanks so much for stopping in today and I will see you again soon!

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