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!

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