Freshly Made Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches #224

February 17, 2016 Jentimko 9 Comments

As I continue on my quest to color as much as possible for Kathy Racoosin’s 30 Day Coloring Challenge, I realized I needed to pack a little smarter on some of my trips. So last week I pre-stamped some images and picked some of my Zig Clean Color Markers to bring along to work on during layovers. I posted some of what I did on Instagram and you may have seen part of this image there. I had hoped it would work for the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge this week and it totally did! I am the sketch hostess this week and the big open panel lends itself to all kinds of fun things (I hope!).

I stamped these pretty images from Altenew’s Beautiful Day with WPlus9 Black Dye Ink and used a little bit of masking to cluster the flowers. The zigs did all the work on the coloring. I love how easy it is to create shading with only a couple of markers! I added the little piece of DSP in a color similar to the flower centers and then pulled out some sequins from the Watercolor Wishes kit that complement the colors. The Soft Sky base is pretty with the light blue of the little flowers.

Our team has its normal amazing variety so make sure you go tell the gals how much you love their work! Ok…back to work! But I did bring some more coloring along. I’ll post on Instagram if I get some time on this trip to play! Until next time, hope you have a great week!

Stamps: Beautiful Day (Altenew); Paper: Ranger Watercolor, Soft Sky, DSP; Ink: Zig Clean Color, WPlus9 Black Dye Ink; Accessories: Watercolor Wishes Sequins (SU), Zig Brush2O Water Pen

Freshly Made Sketches #223

February 10, 2016 Jentimko 11 Comments

I am so happy to be back today with this awesome new sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. Our resident Artisan, Amy O’Neill, has created a super one for us this week. You will see the team has some cool interpretations and I think you will have fun with this one.

I continued on my efforts to color as much as possible for The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge. I was very inspired by the incredible Dawn Woleslagle of WPlus9 and wanted to try her technique for creating a watercolor look using stamps. She is a true artist but I simplified her method a bit to make these little flowers. I have a video to show you the details.

Here is the direct link: https://youtu.be/HsnfYwLGPrI

I hope you have a great time playing along with us this week! Let me know what you think about the technique and tutorial, too. I’m working this week but brought along some coloring to do. With any luck, you’ll see the results in a card soon (or maybe on Instagram even sooner). Until then…have a great day! Thanks for stopping in!

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Stamps: Garden in Bloom, Paper Pumpkin; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Smoky Slate; Ink: Zig Clean Color, Midnight Muse (SU ret); Accessories: Big Shot, Stitched Mats: Circles (Lil’ Inker Designs), Thread, Sparkling Clear Sequins (PPP), Zig Brush2O Water Pen

Freshly Made Sketches #222

February 3, 2016 Jentimko 9 Comments

You know when you see a sketch and know right away what you want to do?! That is exactly what happened to me for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge! Narelle always has a knack for layering and this sketch shows why! You can have such fun with how to build you layers!

I knew right away that I wanted to use a butterfly instead of the rectangle (just popped in my head so I went with it) but which butterfly? I realized that I had not used this one from the hostess set Floral Wings and I really think it is so pretty! I stamped it in Pool Party and layered on Calypso Coral flowers with Pear Pizzazz leaves. It is cut out with the Bold Butterflies framelits. Now for the layers. I thought a little banner would be fun on top but that I should maybe to a stamped layer under the butterfly. I pulled the vine image form the set and stamped it across some Thick Whisper White card stock in the same colors. I took a little bit of latitude with the sketch but I like the result. The sentiment is from the same set. Once I had everything ready to assemble, I cut the image panel with my Stitched Rectangles dies.

I hope you have fun with this week’s challenge! The team has all sorts of cool variations to inspire you! I think I’ll get some stamping time over the next couple of days. I’d love to fit in some more coloring for sure! Until next time, thanks for stopping in! See you soon!

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Stamps: Floral Wings; Paper: Thick Whisper White; Ink: Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz; Accessories: Big Shot, Bold Butterflies Framelits, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Banner Punch, Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS)

Freshly Made Sketches #221

January 27, 2016 Jentimko 9 Comments

Quick post today. I just got back from a long day of sledding. Taking advantage of the snow while we have it! The neighborhood sports complex has some fabulous hills that are simply crazy for the boys! Good stuff. Speaking of good stuff, Freshly Made Sketches has an awesome one for you this week courtesy of the wonderful Karren Johnson. I just love it.

Had no stamping time this week due to the snow madness here. I was able to put this together quickly yesterday. I tried a technique I had seen on a card made by Tasnim over at Altenew to create the flower. Her’s, admittedly, is far more spectacular but I think this creates a nice effect. I simply used Distress Ink in Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry and Hickory Smoke on wet watercolor paper and then added more water with my Zig Water Pen to move ink a little more. The sentiment comes from Another Thank You stamped in Basic Gray ink (SU). Despite using my Misti to overstamp multiple times, the sentiment just would not stamp completely clean. Ah well….that is how it goes sometimes. I cut the panel out with my Stitched Rectangles Die (SSS) and put the image panel on a Smoky Slate base.

Hope you have a fun time with the sketch this week! So much room for fun and interpretation!

Stamps: Beautiful Day (Altenew), Another Thank You (SU); Ink: Basic Gray, Tim Holtz Distress Inks; Paper: Ranger Watercolor, Smoky Slate; Accessories: Zig Water Pen, Misti, Big Shot, Stitches Rectangles Dies

Freshly Made Sketches #220

January 20, 2016 Jentimko 11 Comments

Do you hear the panic in my typing??!!!! The snow is coming, the snow is coming!!! And apparently lots of it to Northern Virginia. So I did what any reasonable stamper would do…..I created a happy spring card with not a snowflake in sight! Over at Freshly Made Sketches this week we have an awesomely fun one for you to try. It comes courtesy of the lovely Jen Brum who has clearly decided to embrace her fears as a new year’s resolution. She notoriously does not like it when we put circles in the sketch and then she went and created this one! Bravest woman I know, haha!

I played around with the idea of flowers and was looking through the stash when I saw this little floral spray in my Beautiful Day stamp from Altenew. I thought it would be perfect to use in the corner and I just love how this turned out. Using WPlus9 Black Dye Ink, I stamped the image onto Shimmery White Paper (SU) then added a couple more little flowers from the set to fill out gaps. With my Zig Water Pen, I colored using Tim Holtz Distress Inks. Easy and so pretty! Then I lined up the sentiment on my Misti and stamped in the WPlus9 Ink again. I stamped another few flowers inside the card (you can see them peeking out) and colored them up to. Fast and oh so happy!

I hope you enjoy this one as much as I liked making it. Now hop right on over to the challenge and let’s see what you make of the circles!

Thanks so much for stopping in today. Back on Friday with a fun Valentine card! See you then!

Stamps: Beautiful Day (Altenew); Ink: WPlu9 Black Dye Ink, Tim Holtz Distress Inks; Paper: Shimmery White, Bermuda Bay (SU); Accessories: Zig Water Pen, Misti

Freshly Made Sketches #219

January 13, 2016 Jentimko 7 Comments

Well, winter has finally found its way to Northern Virginia….wow it is cold today!! The good news is that the weather was just the excuse to hang out in the stamp room yesterday. My mom is visiting so we did some stamping and hanging out. She was a big help on this card because I kept running into creative road blocks. Which is crazy because this sketch is awesome! The oh so amazing Cindy Hall created this one and it is a classic for sure.

Over the Black Friday time frame, I took advantage of some great deals from Lil’ Inker Designs and purchased this Fancy Feathers stamp set that I had wanted for quite a while. I just love these feathers and their matching dies! The sentiments in the set fill some holes I had too so this was a big win to find it on sale! Now that the holidays are over, I finally had the chance to break out the set and I love it even more than I thought! I kept this to all gold and white. I cheated a little, maybe, on the sketch because I didn’t create two panel colors on the base but I think I kept to the spirit of the layout at least. Good thing Cindy already told us that we could not be fired with her as the boss this week! Whew! *smile* I inked up the feathers using Versamark and heat embossed them with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. The same for the sentiment. I created the frame by layering the Stitched Rectangles Dies from Simon Says Stamp. The Gold Thread and gold sequins from the Metallics Sequins (SU) add a little more gold goodness! For some reason it looks dark here but the shine in person is really pretty. I just love the sentiment and my mom had a great suggestion for the perfect recipient!

Ok, the team has rocked the sketch and you are going to have a great time with it for sure. So off to the stamp rooms! Can’t wait to see your creations!

Thanks so much for stopping in today. See you soon!

Stamps: Fancy Feathers (Lil’ Inker Design); Ink: Versamark; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU); Accessories: Heat Tool, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Dimensionals, Metallics Sequins, Gold Thread, Glue Dots

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 #217

December 16, 2015 Jentimko 9 Comments

As my kids have reminded me this morning….9 more days until Christmas! Oh my!! So much to do, so little time! We have noticed over at Freshly Made Sketches that I might not be alone on this. Seems like many of you are in the same place…I know our team feels that way. So we have a deal for you. Every year, the team takes a break over the holidays but we leave our sketch open during the whole period so that you can join us if you get some time to craft. This year is no different and my friend Linda Callahan has created a sketch that is classically “FMS”. Clean, inspiring and great for lots of interpretations. You will love it for last minute holiday inspiration or for pulling out your new “not holiday” stamps that you have been itching to use. Or maybe that is just me….. Ok, yeah….it is me but maybe you too??!! So you have lots of time to play along with this sketch. Hope you will!

I kept this one pretty simple and kept to gold. LOTS of gold. The Winter Wonderland DSP was my inspiration and I used a piece in the background plus a piece (one of the stripes) for the crossing panel. I had to pull out the snowflakes again for another go. I have held off since I overloaded you early in the season but I just cannot stop myself from using them. They are so amazing!! I heat embossed this one with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. The sentiments are a combination of old and new. ‘Merry’ comes from the old Snowflake Soiree set and the ‘& Bright’ comes from Holly Jolly Greetings. I love them together, don’t you?! They were stamped in Versamark and heat embossed as well. That is it. Easy and fast. ‘Cause that is where I am this week. Maybe I’ll have time for a little more complicated after Christmas!

The team has another round of beautiful inspiration for you. Please make sure you go tell them how much you enjoy all they do each week! When I think about all the amazing work they share over a whole year, I’m in awe. Freshly Made Sketches is a great resource for so many stampers and we are thrilled you allow us to be a part of your crafting world! Thanks to all of you for your support, for playing along and for sharing with us each week too!

I’ll be back on Friday with some Fancy Friday goodness. And yes, there are more snowflakes. *smile* Until then, I hope you have a wonderful week!

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Stamps: Holly Jolly Greetings, Snowflake Soiree (ret); Ink: Versamark; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Winter Wonderland DSP; Accessories: Heat Tool, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches #216

December 9, 2015 Jentimko 6 Comments

Today I have such a treat for you! Another fabulous sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. It is brought to you by our sketch hostess Rita Wright. As always, she comes up with something fun and fresh! Love it!

I tried to keep it clean and played with using watercoloring as one of the “panels”. I like the effect and how the stitched frame works with it. I layered two Stitched Rectangle Dies (Simon Says Stamp) to create the frame…easy peasy. All the stamps from from Paper Pumpkin. The poinsettia is the flower from October’s kit layered and colored with Zig Markers. The holly and sentiment come from the November kit. The picture doesn’t do it any justice but the flower and holly are topped with Clear Wink of Stella and the sparkle in person is lovely. I cheated a little on the scalloped element because I just could not seem to make it work with any strips of paper there. So I added Gold Thread instead. Hope Rita gives me a little latitude on that! A little gold sequin in the center of the flower ties into the gold.

I hope you enjoy this week’s inspiration and all that the design team has created. I’ll be back on Friday with a couple more quick holiday cards because, well, it is time for QUICK holiday cards now isn’t it?! *smile* See you then!

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Stamps: Paper Pumpkin kits (Oct/Nov); Ink: WPlus9 Black Dye Ink, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Peacock Feathers, Zig Clean Color Markers; Paper: Watercolor (Tim Holtz Distress Paper), Real Red; Accessories: Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS), Gold Thread, Metallics Sequins, Clear Wink of Stella

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

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