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Freshly Made Sketches #371

January 16, 2019 Jentimko 9 Comments

Another week has flown by and it is time for the newest challenge from Freshly Made Sketches. The amazing Jen Mitchell is our sketch designer this week and her sketch is fantastic.

I thoughts I’d pull out my Daniel Smith watercolors for this one and create a bit of a wash for the rounded corner square. But what image to use as a focal point? After scanning through, I came upon the Little Lilies set from Newton’s Nook Designs and I thought it would be perfect for the job. I painted it and cut it out using the coordinating dies and then decided it would be nice to add a wash of color to the crossing panel too. So a little more painting (and waiting to dry). Finally, I found this sweet sentiment from Simon Says Stamp’s Beautiful Ride that seemed just right for the little flowers. A quick little card for a sweet sketch!

Short and sweet today. Out on a trip and then back to finish up some details for the big January/Creativation Release from Picket Fence Studios. Hop over and check out all the great cards from the DT this week at FMS and I hope you’ll join us. Have a great rest of your week and see you soon!

Freshly Made Sketches #370

January 9, 2019 Jentimko 7 Comments

I am so happy to share the latest from Freshly Made Sketches today! I am the sketch hostess this week and I hope you will enjoy this one. As I pondered what to do, I thought about a “one layer” look for the sketch. This is what I came up with. In fairness, my final card isn’t really one layer but I hope that means there are lots of ways to create with it.

I scoured around my stamps to figure out what I wanted for the groupings and came across this pretty Posie Fill In from Concord and 9th. And then I realized that the coordinating dies were PERFECT for the sketch. The big sentiment in the middle is from that! So I stamped the flowers in shades of aqua (Mermaid and Peacock by Lawn Fawn) and then stamped the outlines in black. The flowers are easily cut out with the coordinating dies. I cut the sentiment from white card stock and then layered on the flowers alternating the heights with regular adhesive and foam tape. Then using my paper cutter, I trimmed off the edges of the flowers to make them flush. Using more foam tape, I popped the stamped image up on an aqua card base (Bermuda Bay by Stampin’ Up). I added the letter “middles” from the R and the D on more foam tape and that was it.

Something about these colors really made me happy when I was creating it. While I’m content with some winter weather that still may be due, the fresh spring look of this appealed to me. I hope that you will have some time to play along this week. The team has outdone themselves and I hope you enjoy their creations too. Thanks so much for stopping in today. I’ll be back to crafting tomorrow as the Picket Fence Studios team is preparing for the CHA (Creativation) release later this month. You will be blown away!! I’ll try to sneak in something just for fun to share sooner though. Until then, have a great rest of your week.

Freshly Made Sketches #367

December 12, 2018 Jentimko 7 Comments

It was no surprise that last week’s gallery at Freshly Made Sketches was particularly fantastic…a Design Team Call certainly brings out everyone’s best! And we are at it again for this week’s sketch too. And oh what a great one it is!

The incredible Karren Johnson created this one and it has tons of potential for creativity. I saw the layered rectangles and immediately thought of this great cover panel from Reverse Confetti (Striped Frame). I cut it from white card stock. With the little rectangle in the middle, I added distress ink using the Life Changing Blender Brushes. Even on regular card stock, these really do make blending SOOO much easier!

I stamped the snowman from Let It Snow (Honey Bee Stamps), some snowflakes and the sentiment all in Hybrid Ink. Then I added a little bit of Copic coloring to the snowman. I hand cut the words and then added all the elements using foam tape. There is something about this fellow and his snowflakes that makes me happy every time I pull him out. Maybe it is the easy coloring but I’m pretty sure it is the simple joy he has in throwing the snow around. It always looks like he is creating a magical scene to me.

Well, I hope you enjoy this one. I’m back on Friday with the latest from Picket Fence Studios. They are having a small December release that you will love. Also…if you missed it…hop over to their Instagram page for a chance to win the entire release for you AND a friend! YES! Go…right now….ok, go after you go to FMS to check out all the details for the sketch. Hope you have a great day and I’ll see you soon!

Freshly Made Sketches #366 and an Announcement

December 5, 2018 Jentimko 8 Comments

I cannot even tell you how happy I am to bring you the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches this week. Why?? First of all, the sketch is super clever and amazingly unique, just like its designer Cécile. Second, we are announcing a Design Team Call. Yes, we are looking to add to our team and we are so happy to see who is ready to join us. All the details are on the challenge blog.

But I’ll start with my card for today’s challenge. I was so in awe of this sketch and could not wait to use it. I started off knowing I wanted to use embossing paste for the striped detail but which stencil? After a few false starts I settle on this brick style that I had from Stampin’ Up. And I also used their Silver Embossing Paste that hadn’t been opened (seriously, why?). I love the effect for a holiday card! Next up, what to use for the images. I settle on the gorgeous Poinsettia stamp set from Simon Says Stamp (always a coloring favorite for me. The images were stamped on Shimmery White paper (SU) which has a subtle sparkle to it and still works for Copics. I stamped using the new Black Hybrid Ink from Picket Fence Studios since it is Copic friendly. I used my Misti and left the stamp in place for later. Then using my red family of Copics, I colored the flowers and then added some gray centers. After the coloring was done, I put my panel of flowers back in the Misti and overstamped with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with silver embossing powder. Finally, I cut the images out with the coordinating dies.I hope you will jump right over to the the challenge site and consider playing along this week. This sketch is sure to be a hit! I’m so glad you dropped in today. Thanks for sharing a few minutes of your time with me. See you soon!

Picket Fence Studios November Release – Ruffled Peony Bouquet

November 16, 2018 Jentimko 2 Comments

Back today with a card I created for the Picket Fence Studios blog. I am super excited about how this turned out and I hope you will like it too. I even create a video for it…wow, it has been a while since I have done that.

I saw a similar technique done by the amazing Kelly Latevola and had it in my “to try” list for quite a while. This lovely Ruffled Peony Bouquet set seemed like the perfect one to use with it so I got to experimenting. In my video, I talk a bit about The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge. I cannot recommend joining in enough. Even if you don’t share it all, a little coloring every day (or every day that you can) for a month can make a big difference in your attitude and your creativity. I think it allows me to try more things, risk “failing” and it is good for the soul.

I’d love to know what you think about this technique. I will confess that as I created it, I kept thinking how my my mom would have loved this. But maybe that is why coloring is so good. You can remember and smile and heal a bit. I’m linking all the colors for the markers below in my product list along with some of the other products. If you have any questions, please let me know. And if you will be out and about during your holiday traveling in the US next week, keep your eyes open….I’ll be out there! Hopefully I will see you! Thanks for stopping by today. See you soon.

Santa and His Reindeer

September 18, 2018 Jentimko 3 Comments

I have two more cards to share with you today that I created for the Picket Fence Studios new release. I have had such fun with the new sets and will be sharing more with you over the next weeks too. Today, I’m focusing on Santa and his reindeer. Two adorable sets! And don’t forget my GIVEAWAY….see my post from Sunday to enter.

I love all the Santa images in the Santa’s mischief set and the sentiments are awesome too. Lots of possibilities for fun cards! I fell in love with the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge #289 and thought it wold be fun to use for this card. I stamped Santa in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and colored him with my Copics. I thought the Framework Dies were a great shape for the sketch and used it to cut some of the Festive Farmhouse paper (SU). I added a sentiment from the set onto some Wood Textures paper (SU) and then layered on the elements.

For my second card, I chose three of the reindeer from Santa’s Sleigh Ride and watercolored them with Zig Clean Color Pens. Using a mask that I created with the Land Borders Dies I added a distress ink background with my Life Changing Blender Brushes. And yes, they really are THAT good!! Super smooth and absolutely zero brush or blending lines! I put the panel on a base of School House Red card stock and added the sentiment onto a banner. It is embossed with Wow Bright White Embossing Powder.

I hope you enjoy these cards and don’t forget to enter for my giveaway!! See you soon!

Picket Fence Studios – Crafty Friends

August 24, 2018 Jentimko 1 Comment

I have a fun card to share with you today over at the Picket Fence Studios blog. Many of you know that I tend to ~~hoard~~ collect sentiments and this sentiment set called Crafty Friends is simply amazing. I though it would be great if I simply focused on it without any images but wanted the card to feel special enough to sent to a crafty friend.

Back in March when I was at Stamping Away, I created this background after I saw some inspiration by the awesome stampers who joined me. My friend Jill told me about a great way to use the Tonic Nuvo Glimmer Pastes. Using a background cover plate from My Favorite Things, I created a disposable stencil. All you have to do is lay it down on card stock just like any stencil and apply the paste. I got two cards out of it before it was a big mess and then could just toss it. If you do want to use the pastes with your real stencils, take care to wash them off immediately since the paste dries quickly. I used two colors here…so pretty!

My sentiment was stamped onto vellum with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and then heat embossed with Wow Black Glint Embossing Glitter. It has a bit of a shimmer and shine that regular embossing powder doesn’t have. Perfect against this background. I created this with this week’s CAS(E) this Sketch challenge as inspiration. Perfect for showing off great sentiments!

I will be sharing posts about every three weeks over on the Picket Fence Studios blog (as will all my fellow design team members) so we would love to have you visit over there for inspiration. Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon!

Freshly Made Sketches #351

August 22, 2018 Jentimko 5 Comments

I’m so happy to share this fun Christmas card with you today! I know it is hard for me to really think about holiday stuff right now but let’s face it, if I don’t start with the cards now, I’ll never get them done. I loved Amy’s adorable sketch this week from Freshly Made Sketches. Her little trio allows for so many options!

I chose this cute little snowman from Let It Snow by Honey Bee Stamps. I love this stamp set and all its fabulous sentiments. I stamped the snowman and flakes with Momento Tuxedo Black ink. I added the line on the bottom of the snowman for coloring purposes using a Copic Multiliner. Some quick coloring with my Copics was all he needed. I cut him and his flakes out using the coordinating Let It Snow Dies and then stamped the sentiment from the same set onto white card stock. I used some striped paper from my stash to finish the sketch. I love this one!

I’ll be back on Friday with a post for Picket Fence Studios. Until then, I’m out flying around so look for me if you are traveling! The summer flying has been a bit crazy with all the weather. If you are out and about…pack your patience (and chocolate for the flight attendants never hurts!). Until next time, have a great week.

Supplies (affiliate links included):

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Freshly Made Sketches #350 – I See A Wish

August 15, 2018 Jentimko 5 Comments

Happy middle of the week! I’m a bit belated (if you were looking at the challenge this morning) with my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches. I had about 11.3 seconds in the last week to make a card but I just HAD to pull this set out. Thank heavens that the awesome Narelle gave us a super sketch for this week!! Her layers (she really is amazing with layers) were a great way to show off some new things.

You see, this stamp (and some lovely friends) all showed up to my mailbox on Monday as part of my new adventure of being on the Picket Fence Studios Design Team. *Insert whooping and hollering here* I look forward to having lots of time to play but I really wanted to be able to share the good news here. So….a quick card. I stamped the flower and the sentiment in Versafine Onyx Black in and put them on a base of Smoke Gray (SSS). To add a little bit of color I thought these sweet blue sequins were just perfect. They are from the Shark Bite collection, also from Picket Fence Studios.

Here is a picture of the whole team….according to my husband, I’m Peter Brady of the Brady Bunch…..we may have just aged ourselves irrevocably.
Ok, well off to see if I can find a few minutes to actually craft! I’ll be back soon. Until then, thanks so much for stopping in.

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamp: Dandelion Wishes (Picket Fence Studios); Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Smoke Gray (Simon Says Stamp); Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Accessories: Big Shot, 2-1/2″ Circle Punch, Misti, Dimensionals (SU), Shark Bite Happy Hour Sequin Mix (Picket Fence Studios)

Freshly Made Sketches #345

July 11, 2018 Jentimko 7 Comments

Happy Wednesday to you! I hope your week is wonderful so far! I had pretty much a perfect 4th of July last week. We went to the Washington Nationals baseball game. They lost but the game was still fun. Then we went down to the National Mall. To cool off, we visited the Museum of Natural History…one of my favorites (but glad I don’t have to choose one). Then, the big fireworks event! And what fireworks they were! After recovering for a day, we drove for a quick weekend to visit family in Cleveland. The boys and I have enjoyed the last couple of summer days by going to the pool and getting ice cream at a local gem called the Moo Thru. So, you can see that I have summer on the brain.

Perfect for this amazing sketch by Jen Mitchell over at Freshly Made Sketches. Jen’s clean style always has special touches and this sketch reflects that wonderfully. For the rectangle part of the sketch, I obsessed over the idea of this bike. I love this bike and it seems to say summer to me. This comes from a set call Beautiful Ride by Simon Says Stamp and has lots of fun accessories that go with the bike. I chose a little bag to fill with flowers. I stamped them all in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Markers. The sentiment is from the same set….love it! I added a few Sparkling Clear sequins and put the image layer on a Real Red base.

I hope you are enjoying your week. I’m back to work today. Maybe I’ll see some of you around the country. Don’t forget to peek in if you are on a United Airbus! Thanks for stopping in today. See you again soon.

Supplies (affiliate links included):

Stamp: Beautiful Ride (Simon Says Stamp); Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Real Red (SU); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers; Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Ride Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Misti, Sparkling Clear Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Dimensionals (SU), Mini Dimensionals (SU)

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