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Freshly Made Sketches #207

Freshly Made Sketches #207 published on 9 Comments on Freshly Made Sketches #207

FMS207 - Glimmer Joy

Another Wednesday and another fabulous sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our sketch hostess this week is the extraordinary Kim Singdahlsen.  She created this sketch as a way to showcase designer papers but, per usual, I broke the rules.  Just goes to show how really flexible this sketch can be!!

Now where would my week be without using another of these snowflakes?!  I have already admitted my obsession with them so….  Today some silver.  And glitter!  For the base of the image panel, I chose the gorgeous Silver Glimmer paper and then topped it with Thick Whisper White panels that were embossed with the Softly Falling Folder.  I cut the ‘Joy’ from the same paper and then 3 more times from Thick Whisper White.  This one is from the Wonderful Wreath Framelits.  Layering those makes the sentiment pop up but still keeps it easy to adhere to the card.  The big snowflake from Snowflake Elements was heat embossed using Versamark Ink and Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder.  I added an Iced Rhinestone to the center.  Aren’t they perfect together??  And that is it.  All the work is done by the shimmer and shine!

*Hint*

For the blocked panels.  Don’t make the math hard.  Really.  Don’t!  I don’t know the measurements.  Here is what I did.  I cut the white panel 1/16″ narrower that I would have and normal on the length (I usually use 1/8″ spacing for layers like this).  That little bit extra is what give you the space between.  Next I cut the long panel off the side.  With the remaining (slightly wider panel), I cut it in two with a 1/3 to 2/3 proportion….ish.  I didn’t measure, I just eyeballed it.  Then from the larger of those, I cut an addition 1/16″ off to make room for that little space between them.  Once they were all cut, I laid them on the embossing folder and ran it through the Big Shot.  I found if you try to emboss first and then cut, the paper cutter does not give you super clean edges on those narrow cuts.  To adhere the panels, I used Fast Fuse.  Glue dots work well with the Glimmer Paper too.

FMS Final 207-001

I hope you enjoy this card today.  Have fun with the sketch and make sure you check out what the team has for inspiration!  I’ll be back soon with another of the cards I made for my class last weekend.  Until then, have a great day!  Thanks for stopping in!

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Ink: Versamark; Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Silver Shimmer; Accessories:  Big Shot, Wonderful Wreath Framelits, Snowflake Elements, Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Iced Rhinestone, Dimensionals

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Peace & Joy

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Peace & Joy

I am so excited to share with you today.  I got to stamp with some friends over the weekend and it was so much fun.  I even had a new stamper join in.  Four cards, Jen style, and she totally kept up with us!!  This was our technique card of the class and we had more fun with it.  This background is so spectacular and yet SOOO easy.  Really!  Trust me.  Ok….I thought you might not believe me so I made a video.

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I saw this cool technique last week as shown by the oh so talented Jennifer McGuire.  She used a different medium and I wanted to see what happened when I tried reinkers.  Wow is what happens!  Beyond the background I love how the Sleigh Ride Edgelits can be used to create a pretty scene within the PL Cards & Labels Framelits.  This may be one of my favorite cards so far this season.  Hope you love it too!

I’ll be back tomorrow with a new card for Freshly Made Sketches.  Until then, have a great day!

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Stamp:  Holly Jolly Christmas ; Ink:  Night of Navy, Blackberry Bliss; Paper: Watercolor, Thick Whisper White, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper; Accessories: Big Shot, Sleigh Ride Edgelits, Project Life Card & Labels Framelits, Softly Falling Embossing Folder, Iced Rhinestones, Dimensionals

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HYCCT – Because I Care

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HYCCT1501C - Because I CareI told you yesterday about the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges at Splitcoaststampers.  I got to play along yesterday with the challenge from Lori Craig, HYCCT1501C- Split the Difference.  The challenge is to split the image panel with a sentiment.  I’m not sure I completely followed the intent of her challenge but since these cards are for a cause, I’m sure she will give me a little latitude.  *smile*

I colored this beautiful flower from Blended Bloom with my new Zig Clean Color Markers.  I just got them on Friday and I’m already completely obsessed with them.  I’ll have some more about them in the upcoming weeks.  I embossed the flower in gold and then just colored with the two colors.  I added a sentiment from Because I Care (retired) and embossed it in gold too.  A few gold sequins to add a little more detail.

You can play along with these challenges too.  There are fun inspirational themes every day brought by some of my favorite stampers!  All the details on how to mail your cards to MD Anderson Cancer Center can be found there too.  This is one of the best things you can do with your talents so I encourage you to join in where you can!

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Stamp: Blended Blooms, Because I Care; Ink:  Versamark, Zig Clean Color Markers; Paper:  Watercolor, Thick Whisper White; Accessories:  Gold Sequin Trim, Heat Tool, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Dimensionals, Crystal Effects (as glue)

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Grateful for You

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Jen Timko - Grateful Note CardIn Thursday’s post, I told about some of the things that Splitcoaststampers brings to the crafting world.  One of the things I forgot to mention is the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges.  Throughout the whole month of October, there are daily challenges to help inspire you to create cards for the MD Anderson Cancer Center and to bring hope to those families who are facing cancer. While my post today is not a part of that, I would be remiss not to mention it.  I hope to participate often this year and to share those cards with you.

For today, though, I have two more projects from my product review for Scor-Dies.  The first is this simple yet fabulous note card.  The PocketPenPals Basics C comprises this note card and the coordinating envelope.  Simple and fast for anyone to add to a gift bag!  I created this in such a short time that I went back and made two more for some friends who had helped me with my boys.  I inked up the leaves from For All Things in Tip Top Taupe and then spritzed the stamp with some water.  I cut the card out of Watercolor Paper so when I stamped I got this lovely watercolor effect.  I did the same for the sentiment and then added on a single gold sequin with the new Fine-Tip Glue Pen.  I stamped the same image onto the envelope and tied it up with Gold Metallic Baker’s Twine.  And done!  Cute, huh?

ScorDies - Flowers for you

For the next note card, I used the pretty little flower topped die from the Basics A set and added it to a Night of Navy base.  I cut the white panel from Thick Whisper White and colored the top pieces with my Aquapainter using Rose Red and Pear Pizzazz ink.  I tied on some Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine and added a sentiment from Paper Pumpkin.  I thought the flowers from the hostess set Floral Wings matched the little flower well so I stamped them onto the envelope in the same colors.  I made the envelope using my Envelope Punch Board.

If you want to see my whole review you can go right over to the Product Focus page.  Oh, and you’ll get to see more projects too, of course!

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Stamp: For All Things, Paper Pumpkin August, Floral Wings; Ink:  Tip Top Taupe, Night of Navy, Rose Red, Pear Pizzazz; Paper:  Watercolor, Thick Whisper White, Night of Navy; Accessories:  Scor-Dies PocketPenPal Basics Package A and C, Big Shot, Envelope Punch Board, Gold Metallic Baker’s Twine, Metallic Sequins, Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine, Basic Pearls

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A Golden Hello

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ScorDies - Golden Hello

From time to time, I feel like I need to make sure you, my awesome readers, know about all that Splitcoaststampers brings to the crafting world.  Challenges – check, tutorials – check, forums full of info – check and product reviews – check, check!  A while ago I shared that I was asked to join the Product Review Team and I had the opportunity to get to play with another new product recently!   On my Project Life page that I showed you in Monday’s post, I shared that I used the PocketPenPals Scor-Dies to add interest to my page.  Well, now I get to share some more of the things I created for the review!!

For today’s card I combined a number of brands that all just seemed to work perfectly together.  I started with the card base from my August Paper Pumpkin and then cut this adorable tag from the PocketPenPals Basics Package B.  I actually cut it twice, once with Very Vanilla and once with Basic Black.  I layered them to allow the black to just sneak out from the bottom.  Then I stamped the sentiment from the same Paper Pumpkin using Momento Tuxedo Black ink.  I used the black ribbon from the kit and wrapped it around the top of the tag and added on some Gold Metallic Baker’s Twine.  For a final wow, I cut this flower from Gold Foil and added a Basic Black center.  This tag is so unique and cool!  Ok, I totally didn’t use it as intended but who cares when it has such versatility!!

Want to see the whole story on these dies?  And a video?  And my whole product review?  And the reviews from some seriously amazing stampers???  Yeah, I thought so!!  Hop right over to the Product Focus page and you can see ALL of that!!  Oh, and you’ll get to see more projects too, of course!

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I’ll be back tomorrow with two more projects I made.  I can hardly wait to share!!  Until then, have a great day!

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Stamp: Paper Pumpkin August; Ink:  Momento Tuxedo Black; Paper:  Paper Pumpkin August, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Gold Foil ; Accessories:  Scor-Dies PocketPenPal Basics Package B, Big Shot, Flower Die from Echo Park Paper Co., Gold Metallic Baker’s Twine, Ribbon

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