I hope you are having a great week so far. The latest sketch from Freshly Made Sketches is designed by the lovely Kim Singdahlsen and I had such fun with it.

Recently, when going through my cards, I came to the clear awareness that I make lots of cards with flowers, lol. I mean, I cannot say no to a good flower image. But with that, I don’t have cards to send to some on my list…especially my oldest while he is in college. While I will still make lots of flower cards, I am making a point to add other things in. Thus, today’s card. I reached for the Caffeinated – Bee stamp from The Rabbit Hole Designs because it cracks me up. And because he loves the coffee cards I send him. I colored it with Copic Markers and then pulled out some things from Honey Bee Stamps (because bee!) to go with him.

I chose patterned paper from the Funfetti Birthday pack because of honeycomb print. Super fun! I thought the Art Deco Label shape was fun for the center and a little unexpected. I stamped it with the sentiment from the stamp set and added the little chemical stamp from the Caffeinated – Reindeer set (it is the formula for caffeine, btw). I look forward to sending this one to the kid!

So glad you stopped by today. Come over and join us this week. Make sure you check out the inspiration from the team too. Have a great week. See you soon.

Multi-company Product De-stash!

I just completed a January cleaning of my stamp room and it is time for another de-stash!  I have put together mystery boxes packed with a variety of products that are valued at more than twice the price of the box.  In each box there are many different brands (Picket Fence Studios, Newton’s Nook, Altenew, Concord & 9th, Honey Bee Stamps and SugarPea Designs are examples).  If I had coordinating dies to match the stamp, they are included.  While some of these are gently used (with some staining), there are also brand new and unused sets in each box. My supervisor has helped make sure the boxes are FULL of fun!

I have two medium sized flat rate boxes for $150 each.  Priority shipping is already included in the pricing.  All products are “as is” and all sales are final.  All items are from a smoke free, cat-friendly home. Buyers must pay using PayPal and must be in the US. First come, first served and I will use time stamps to keep it straight since I will be posting in multiple locations. Please email or message me as soon as possible to secure a box (email at jentimko@gmail.com). I will send you an invoice for your selected box. You have 24 hours to pay the invoice and I will ship within 3 business days of payment receipt.

Hi everyone! Happy to share the latest from Freshly Made Sketches this week. Our sketch designer Judy Rozema had given us a sketch that is sure to get you crafting! I love the simple circle in the corner which can be taken literally or used for another shape. I opted for another shape.

I’m definitely slow out of the gate when I haven’t been crafting much and I needed something that was just an easy color. I shuffled through the stamp stash and saw this Be The Change stamp set from Ellen Hutson and knew it was just right. I stamped the moth and colored using my BG 70 series and T series Copic Markers. It seemed a little too clean so I decided to add some stenciling behind the image for a little more pop.

To match the color in the moth, I had to blend two Distress Oxide Colors. On top of the Basketweave stencil from Honey Bee Stamps, I blended Iced Spuce and then some Tumbled Glass on top. The sentiment comes from another Ellen Hutson set, the Mondo Gerbera Daisy. Finally I added some Sparkling Clear sequins using Honey Bee Stamps Precision Glue.

I hope you are doing well in this new year. Still been busy with work and now this week I’m enjoying time with my oldest before he heads back to college. Thanks so much for stopping in today. See you soon!

I have a combination project for you today using two of my favorite challenges. I have the latest SugarPea Designs Mix It Up Challenge combined with Freshly Made Sketches #515. The SPD Mix is a refreshingly non-holiday look and our sketch designer Karren at FMS gave us a clean classic that can be used lots of ways.

I used the fun candles and colors as my inspiration on this. The Birthday Wishes stamp set from SugarPea Designs was perfect, don’t you think? I love the fun patterns on the candles! I stamped them to match this pretty paper from Honey Bee Stamps using Catherine Pooler Inks.

There are tons of fun sentiments in the stamp set but this one seemed right for a card to add to my stash. Then I noticed the confetti in the inspiration photo so I added some confetti sequins!

I hope you will come over and play along with the challenges! Thanks for stopping in. See you soon!

Just a quick share today. This watercolored card using a gorgeous stamp set from Pinkfresh Studio called Season’s Greetings.

I fell in love with this beautiful wreath and did a simple watercolor on it. Nothing fancy, for sure. Then I die cut it with its coordinating die. The sentiment from the same set fits beautifully in the middle and I simply added a few splatters. That’s it! Easy!

Thanks for stopping in. I’m trying to finish up the last of my holiday cards and get them in the mail this week. Wish me luck! See you soon.

I was in a bit of a creative funk a couple of weeks ago and needed to create without a real purpose. I watched the amazingly talented Dawn Woleslagle (of Wplus9 Design) when she was teaching a Live on her FB page and was super inspired. I rarely CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) but for today’s card, that is exactly what I did. And I’m so glad!

Naturally, when Dawn made her card, she used greenery from her line of stamps but I just sent with what I had. And what I had was a couple of sets from The Greetery. I started with a piece of Evergreen card stock (C9) and stamped the background leaves in Evergreen ink. On top of that, I stamped a different leave group in Mowed Lawn Oxide Ink, trying to keep it a bit shadowy.

Once I had the leaves done, I chose this big banner sentiment from the Be Merry set (WPlus9). I stamped in Versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder for a bolder look. I then splattered using some Hero Arts Metallic Ink in Gold and with white gouache.

Dawn has not posted her card yet but I’m sure she will at some point. In the mean time, just go over and admire all the beautiful things she creates at her Instagram page HERE. Thanks for stopping by today! See you soon.

Happy Wednesday! For those in the US, I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving holiday. Back with today’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge and we have a great one from designer Cécile.

As I was looking through my stamps fro this, I knew I wanted snowflakes for the three little elements but wasn’t sure what else. And then…yep, the mice. Merry Little Mice from Honey Bee Stamps to be exact. I love this fun fellow and I thought he was just the right size for the sketch. I stamped him in Momento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copic Markers.

I leaned on the Vintage Holiday Paper Pack again for the background and then thought it might be fun to use another print for the circle. This houndstooth was perfect. I did make the card a 5″x5″ so that I could keepa bit more of the background detail. I pulled the snowflakes from the Riding By…Holiday Style stamp set and the sentiment is from Inside: Holiday Sentiments (all from Honey Bee Stamps). Hard to see in the photo but I added a little Wink of Stella Clear on the white parts of the image for some sparkle.

Thanks for stopping in today. I will be back later in the week with some holiday cards. See you then!

Hi everyone! I hope your week is going well so far. We have a fabulous sketch for you today at Freshly Made Sketches. In fact, I’m feeling like sketch designer Kim Singdahlsen pretty much designed the card for me. Thanks, Kim!!

When I saw the tree in the sketch, I knew exactly what stamp set I was going to use (and you don’t have to use a tree, I just happened to have the right one!). The Merry Little Mice set from Honey Bee Stamps is simply adorable and perfect for this. I stamped a few of the images and then colored with Copic Markers. Aren’t these little mice as sweet as can be?!

I used a couple of the patterns from the Vintage Holiday Paper Pack for my color inspiration and cut small strips to match the sketch. The best part is that this is one that can be duplicated pretty easily because the paper pieces are so small. The sentiment is from the same stamp set and I just love it with the singing mouse.

So glad you stopped in today. I hope you come over to join us this week. See you again Friday!