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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 #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

Beautiful Day

November 24, 2015 Jentimko 2 Comments

A quick card for today. I had some time to stamp last week and wanted to play with a new set I got. I was the lucky winner of an Altenew Instagram giveaway and used the gift certificate on this stamp set called Beautiful Day. The images in the set really are gorgeous! Even better, they layer really well so you can put together quick cards that look hard. I can’t wait to spend more time with it but this turned out pretty even with my limited time. I used Distress Inks to layer the colors. Two different blues stamped on watercolor paper that I had dampened with a clean paint brush. The leaves are the same color. The first layer was stamped off and the next layer was full strength on the Mowed Lawn ink. Once the paper was dry, I stamped the sentiment using Basic Gray ink. I sewed around the edges to add a little something extra and added some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. I know you’ll see more with this set in the future!

Back tomorrow with a new sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. I’m the hostess this week and I have one that I think you’ll enjoy. Until then, have a, well, beautiful day! Thanks for stopping in!

Stamps: Beautiful Day (Altenew); Ink: Basic Gray (SU), Tim Holtz Distress Inks Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass and Broken China; Paper: Watercolor (Fabriano), Basic Gray (SU); Accessories: Sewing Machine, Watercolor Brush, Sequins (PPP)

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