Freshly Made Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches #159

October 22, 2014 Jentimko 11 Comments

I hope you liked yesterday’s card for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge. I am just so excited to be able to be a sample maker for some of the amazing hostesses! And speaking of hostesses…well we are super lucky to have the fabulous Jen Mitchell as our sketch hostess this week at Freshly Made Sketches! Her clean design lends itself to lots of interpretations!

I seem to have stars on the brain so I immediately reached for my Bright & Beautiful stamp set for this sketch. Now what you can’t see in this picture is that the card is made on Shimmery White Card Stock and the subtle shimmer is SOOO pretty with the gold embossing. I stamped the star and the sentiment with Gold Encore Ink and heat embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. All I had to do was add a few Rhinestones and I have a sparkly card all ready to go! Want to keep the look all gold instead??!! Just add gold sequins and you are there!

Now speaking of stars….did you hear about the new Holiday Supplement from Stampin’ Up?! Well, you need to check out this Pinterest page: Merry & Bright. So many cute things and totally easy to make with the new kits!

See…that is why I have stars on the brain! Now, off to see the work from the rest of the team. Make sure you come back tomorrow since I have another card for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges! See you then!

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Stamp: Bright & Beautiful; Paper: Shimmery White; Ink: Gold Encore; Accessories: Big Shot, Stars Framelits, Heat Tool, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches #158

October 15, 2014 Jentimko 9 Comments

I am so excited to share a new sketch with you today from Freshly Made Sketches! I am this week’s sketch hostess and I can’t wait to see what everyone does with it this week.

I designed this sketch with the opportunity for pretty images or great sentiments on the focal panel. I (finally) pulled out this great new set called You’re Wonderful. I wanted to use this Blendabilities technique using White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. First you stamp the image using a light color of ink (Stampin’ Up just released a list of classic inks that also work with Blendabilities) and I used Crumb Cake. Then I colored using Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive Blendabilities. They using your Stamp-a-ma-jig, stamp again using Versamark Ink and emboss with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I cute the images out and layered them. The sentiment is from the same set and stamped in Old Olive. The little piece of DSP is from a retired pack and the scallop punch is retired too. They both seemed perfect to use here, though. I added a Candy Dot to the flower center.

I know you’ll love the work from the design team this week. Seriously, they are so amazing every week, aren’t they?! I hope you’ll have fun with this one too.

Well, I promised to be back yesterday with more on my cards from the weekend’s blog hop (I did have a video posted on Monday). Well, soccer tournaments (all weekend) and a field trip (yesterday) got in the way of that post. So sorry!!! But I’ll have it up tomorrow instead. I get to meet with some of my Hostess Club ladies today so I’ll have a fun and stampy day. Looking forward to it! Until tomorrow, I hope you have a great one!

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Stamp: You’re Wonderful, Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive; Ink: Crumb Cake, Versamark, Blendabilities – Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive; Accessories: White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Scallop Punch (ret)

Freshly Made Sketches #157

October 8, 2014 Jentimko 12 Comments

I have to say that the design team over at Freshly Made Sketches has been on a roll for the last month. Talk about some amazing sketches and crazy cool inspiration cards!! No surprise, but the trend continues this week. Amy O’Neill, the queen of fabulous color combinations, has created this one for us. Yeah….just head to the stamp room now.

I saw the star and knew I had to just continue playing with Bright & Beautiful. For those who participated in month 1 of my Stamps on the Fly, this card uses some of the supplies you already have! I chose this cool metallic polka dot print from All is Calm DSP and backed it with Silver Foil. Then I cut the sentiment with the Wonderful Wreath Framelits out of more foil. The star was stamped with Versamark and embossed with Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I added a little Rhinestone to the center which shows more in person. The crossing layer is a piece of the new White Cotton Ribbon wrapped around more foil. This card made me so happy and I can see it being one of my go-to personal cards this year.

After a couple of days of being gone flying, I’m glad to be back in the stamp room today. More work to do for later in the month!! I am, however, all ready for a blog hop that starts on Friday. I’ll be focusing on the stamp set The Newborn King. Can’t wait to share! You’ll see the projects on Friday and then I’ll be back on Monday with a video tutorial for one of them plus more specifics. I have my Frightful Wreath class tomorrow so I’m off to work on a spider today….. Plan to see that next week! Until then, I hope you have some stamping time. Thanks so much for stopping in!

Sign ups are open for Month 2 of Stamps on the Fly Bright & Beautiful Edition. Click the link for details on how to join the fun!

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Stamp: Bright & Beautiful; Paper: All Is Calm DSP, Whisper White, Silver Foil; Ink: Versamark; Accessories: Big Shot, Wonderful Wreath Framelits, Stars Framelits, Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Basic Rhinestones, White Cotton Ribbon

Freshly Made Sketches #156

October 1, 2014 Jentimko 12 Comments

Happy October!!! I have to say that this is a month that will be full of stamping goodness here at Stampin’ on the Fly! I have been busy, busy, busy creating loads of stuff to share. Let me give you a sample: Stamps on the Fly (details below) registration starts today; a Stampin’ Addicts Blog Hop starting on Oct. 10th; my monthly Dirty Dozen projects go up on Oct. 15th; and I will be a hostess for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge (see details by clicking the blinking button on my sidebar) on Oct. 30th. Plus my weekly Freshly Made Sketches cards and my monthly Fancy Friday as well. WHEW!!!! Don’t miss anything and make sure you subscribe to my blog now!

Take a look at this awesome sketch from Freshly Made Sketches this week! The queen of elegance and layers, Narelle Farrugia, is our sketch hostess this week. It is no wonder that she has created one with lots of layering opportunities! I just love it!

I was finally able to break out this new stamp set, Wondrous Wreath. I know, it is supposed to be for Christmas but wanted to make a fall card. So, not surprisingly, the stamp is versatile enough for that too! I used the Color Me Autumn DSP as a backdrop for the wreath. Then I stamped it using Crumb Cake and Cajun Craze ink. It is so easy to cut out with the Wonderful Wreath Framelits. Stampin’ Up has spoiled us with this one because there are cool tabs to help you line everything up. I punched some flowers out with the Itty Bitty Accents Flower Punch (one of a set of three), doubled them up and added Basic Pearls as a center. The pearls were colored with the darkest Pumpkin Pie Blendabilities. I added a sentiment banner using Good Greetings – an exclusive hostess offering. Then I added a little Fork Bow made from Daffodil Delight Seam Binding. This card was remarkably quick to make because the wreath is so easy!

The whole team continues to amaze me each week with their interpretations of the sketches and this week is no different. Go check them out and be wowed!

Now I’m back to stamping today and I look forward to sharing everything with you. Thanks so much for stopping in today!

Signs up open today for Month 2 of Stamps on the Fly Bright & Beautiful Edition. Click the link for details on how to join the fun!

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Stamp: Wondrous Wreath, Good Greetings; Paper: Color Me Autumn DSP, Very Vanilla; Ink: Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze; Accessories: Big Shot, Wonderful Wreath Framelits, Daffodil Delight Seam Binding, Itty Bitty Punch Pack (Flower), Basic Pearls

Freshly Made Sketches #155

September 24, 2014 Jentimko 8 Comments

Another week and another fabulous sketch from Freshly Made Sketches!! Now I KNOW you will love this one from the clever and talented Karren Johnson. She has the most fabulous flair for fun cards and this sketch is just that!

So true confession time. I made this card in 15 minutes. I was called by my scheduler at United on Friday and they gave me a 4 day trip coming back late last night. Uh oh….and no card ready for this week. Yikes! So I used some paper that was sitting on my desk (you’ll see that card on Friday) and put this together fast! I already know what I want to change, lol! But….the good news is you get a nice clean card to see that focuses on this A-MAZ-ING designer paper. Under the Tree DSP. Just get it now. And get an extra pack of Kraft Card Stock while you are there. This DSP is heavier than normal which makes is perfect for tags, boxes and all kinds of other ideas that are spinning around in my head. I took a strip of the Early Espresso Stripe and put it alongside the Kraft on a Naturals Ivory card base. I cut a piece from the Cherry Cobbler tree print and punched it with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch and rounded the bottom corners with my Envelope Punch Board punch. The sentiment is a Hostess Exclusive Stamp Set called Good Greetings. And they are seriously good greetings. It is a great time to hostess for sure! I added the cute little gold Mini Metallic Clothespin and the tied the button with gold strands from the Gold Metallic Baker’s Twine. What would I change?? Hmmm….I think I’ll have to post a new version in the next few days if I can get some time to put my idea to paper.

You are going to love all the work from the design team this week and I’m here to say you need to visit the gallery and look around too. Because last week’s gallery blew us away. You should see the angst when we can’t choose all the cards as winners!

I will be back on Friday with this month’s Fancy Friday. And guess what?! It is a sketch that I designed!!! We are giving you the opportunity to play along with us so I hope you will! Until then, have a fantastic week. Thanks so much for stopping in.

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Stamp: Good Greetings; Paper: Under the Tree DSP, Kraft, Naturals Ivory; Ink: Early Espresso; Accessories: Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, Neutrals Buttons, Gold Metallic Baker’s Twine, Metallic Mini Clothespins, Dimensionals, Envelope Punch Board

Freshly Made Sketches #154

September 17, 2014 Jentimko 8 Comments

I have to say that last week’s Freshly Made Sketches gallery was simply awesome! There was so much inspiration there! And I strongly suspect this week will be the same. Because this new sketch is just fabulous, don’t you think?! No surprise since the designer of this one is the incredible Cindy Lovell! I just love her style and was so excited to see this sketch.

I posted yesterday on the Freshly Made Sketches Facebook Page that I seem to have an overabundance of designer paper. I took a small step towards addressing that with this card. I just loved this Sweater Weather DSP last year and I have no idea how it is possible that I still have so much of it but I was happy to see it as I was pondering this sketch. That herringbone piece was already cut with the “thx” so it was meant to be! (The cut out is from the Circle Card Thinlits) I used leaves from the Thankful Tablescape Kit from last year too. The card was practically made for me at this point. I chose patterns from the rest of the DSP to complete the sketch, added a Chocolate Chip layer underneath the sentiment to help it pop and a button with some Metallic Baker’s Twine sans metallic thread. (I was using the little metallic threads for something else and found that this remaining twine is nice for things where you need a more Vanilla twine.)

I hope you enjoy this blast from the past card and maybe it will inspire YOU to pull out some old DSP that is begging to be used. Seriously….it does not want to be hoarded, it is crying out to be on your crafting table. *smile*

The design team has created a fabulous collection to show you (and I’m pretty sure Rita pulled out some retired paper too so I’m in good company). Have fun with this and I can’t wait to see what you create.

I’ll be back on Friday with a fun project I created for my hostess club meeting this month. Until then, have a great week!

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Paper: Sweater Weather DSP (ret), Chocolate Chip; Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Card Thinlit, Tablescape Simply Created Kit (ret), Neutrals Button, Metallic Baker’s Twine, Dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches #153

September 10, 2014 Jentimko 16 Comments

Time for the middle of the week fun from Freshly Made Sketches! Just take a look at this fabulous sketch from the lovely and talented Jen Brum. I just know you are going to love this one! So many fantastic ways to interpret it!

I chose to stick with my fall theme and created a little wreath for the sketch. I took a 1-3/8″ and 1-3/4″ Circle Punch to create the wreath form out of scrap card stock. Then I cut the edge off a piece of Burlap Ribbon and simply wrapped it around the form. It is secured with Glue Dots. Then I used my Flower Fair Framelits leaf to punch out the three leaves from Champagne Glimmer Paper and Color Me Autumn. I added some Linen Thread and the Gold Metal Button to finish the wreath (also secured with Glue Dots). The sentiment is from the lovely set Truly Grateful and I added one more Gold Metal Button to try to match the sketch a bit more. This is a simple card to make but I think that wreath is kind of a wow. Hope you like it too…let me know what you think!

Today is the last day to sign up for Stamps on the Fly Bright & Beautiful Edition. I hope you’ll join me!

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Stamp: Truly Grateful; Paper: Color Me Autumn DSP, Champagne Glimmer Paper, Naturals Ivory; Ink: Soft Suede; Accessories: Big Shot, Flower Fair Framelit, Gold Basic Metal Button, Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

Freshly Made Sketches #152

September 3, 2014 Jentimko 10 Comments

I am happy to be back today with this awesome sketch for Freshly Made Sketches! Our sketch hostess this week is the oh so lovely Cindy Hall. I just love her style of stamping and you could not hope to meet a nicer person. And she came up with a fabulous clean sketch for us this week that I know you will love.

So yes, I did use this stamp for last week’s FMS card. But surely you can’t expect me to put it down. It is awesome! I love fall. Fall in Virginia is amazing. Leaves turning, apple orchards, pumpkin patches, beautiful weather. So I am inspired by fall stamps sets and colors every year. For All Things is one of those go-to sets. I combined it with the Color Me Autumn DSP and it is a match made in heaven. I popped the leaves out of the DSP with my Flower Fair Framelits. Yes. You were all caught up in the pretty flowers and didn’t notice the leaves. I did the same thing until I was scouring about trying to figure out how to accessorize this. Beautiful papers plus great framelits equal fabulous! All I had to do was add a little bit of Linen Thread and a Gold Basic Metallic Button to finish.

The FMS team has tons of inspiration for you this week. And…if you didn’t see it….we could not let Kim Singdahlsen leave our team so she has agreed to stay on as a permanent member! We are so thrilled!

My boys are finally both back in school and I am stamping away. Some of my work is for my Stamps on the Fly edition (see below) and some is for Dirty Dozen. But I hope to have something new to show you later this week if United doesn’t call me in to fly. I hope you September is off to a great start and I am so glad you stopped in to visit me today.

Don’t forget….signs up are open now for Stamps on the Fly Bright & Beautiful Edition

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Stamp: For All Things; Paper: Color Me Autumn DSP, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso; Ink: Early Espresso; Accessories: Big Shot, Flower Fair Framelite, Gold Basic Metal Button, Linen Thread, Dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches #151

August 27, 2014 Jentimko 13 Comments

Happy Wednesday!! Boy do we have a treat for you today over at Freshly Made Sketches! Our amazing Guest Designer for August, Kim Singdahlsen, is the sketch hostess. Can you believe this is the first sketch she has created? Yeah, me neither. It is fabulous! I have really enjoyed all her work this month and this is the icing on the cake.

I kept my card super clean this week with the focus on the new stamp set For All Things. I think this set is beautiful and I see so many ways to use it. My colors for this are Soft Suede (stamped off), Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and Early Espresso. Other than cutting out the leaf, this card is pretty straight-forward. I added on a new Gold Basic Metal Button tied with Linen Thread for a little extra and stamped everything on Naturals Ivory Card Stock. I love the little flecks in that paper that help to fill the white space a bit.

The design team has so many fantastic interpretations of this sketch and I know it will be wildly popular this week because of the possibilities! I hope you can join in on the fun! Don’t forget to drop by and say hi to Kim too!

I have been working on my projects for my Stamps on the Fly but I will have a new card ready for you Friday. The first Fancy Friday hop….a new monthly hop with my 2013 Artisan Design Team friends. We miss hopping together so this will be fun! First up….a color challenge for us (and you can join in too)! Until then, I hope your week is amazing!

Don’t forget….signs up are open now for Stamps on the Fly Bright & Beautiful Edition

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Stamp: For All Things; Paper: Naturals Ivory, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso; Ink: Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso; Accessories: Gold Basic Metal Button, Linen Thread, Dimensionals

Freshly Made Sketches #150

August 20, 2014 Jentimko 11 Comments

Well, it looks like I missed an amazing week last week at Freshly Made Sketches but I am back with this wonderful sketch from the awesome Linda Callahan. I love Linda’s sense of style and she always has a little twist of humor that brings a smile!

So I have to confess that I can’t stop creating with this stamp set. I had all the items for this card already out on my table from making the projects for my new Stamps on the Fly and put them to use again. I used the Silver Foil at the bottom of my Whisper White base. Then I inked up the middle and small stars from Bright & Beautiful with Versamark then embossed with Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder. Pretty, huh?? I did the same with the “Joy” sentiment on the base. I added on some of the Frosted Sequins (from the Holiday Catalog too). It still needed a little something, so I colored some Basic Rhinestones with the darkest Coastal Cabana Blendabilities marker and added those on too.

I know you are going to enjoy all the variations the team has for you this week. I hope you’ll be able to join us too!

I have been getting one of my boys back to school this week. The oldest started middle school on Monday. Sigh….. How did that happen?! But he loves all his teachers and has a smile coming home every day. Happy mom! My youngest starts back next Monday and then, hopefully, I will really have some stamping time. Until then, you can see these two sweet boys in my trailer below.

If you missed it (apparently it may have been difficult to see for my email subscribers), I have a movie trailer created with my boys to show you a bit of a peek into month one of my new Stamps on the Fly program.

Click here: YouTube Bright & Beautiful Movie Trailer

I hope your week is going well. I look forward to getting back to a “normal” pattern of posting soon. If you missed it, I also have 7 new projects over at Splitcoaststampers for the Dirty Dozen.

Ok…back on Saturday with a project I’ll be teaching at my class this weekend. Until then, have a great week!

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Stamp: Bright & Beautiful; Paper: Whisper White, Silver Fancy Foil; Ink: Versamark, Coastal Cabana Blendabilities; Accessories: Big Shot, Stars Framelits Dies, Heat Tool, Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Frosted Sequins, Basic Rhinestones

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