Freshly Made Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches #178

March 18, 2015 Jentimko 14 Comments

Do you ever take online classes? Well, I though I needed a perk up from the winter blahs so I signed up for one that focuses on die cutting called Stretch Your Dies from Online Card Classes. I’m even trying to do some of the homework. Ok, yeah, yeah….what does that have to do with Wednesday at Freshly Made Sketches?! I combined the ideas from day 1 of class with the sketch this week and I can’t wait to see what you think!

So the first day of class focus on word dies and I immediately thought of this fun scripty word from the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits. After cutting it a bunch of times from Whisper White card stock, I attached them to another panel of Whisper White using Tombow Multipurpose Adhesive (light hand). Then I cut the word again from Bermuda Bay so that I could add it over the circle. The triangle print on the sides comes from washi tape that comes with the Everyday Adventure Project Life Accessory Kit. I cut the circle and the panel from Painted Blooms DSP and then popped the extra sentiment on. I just love the effect from the tone on tone words down the panel, don’t you?! Can’t wait to hear what you think about it. Takes a little patience but worth it.

The team has created their usual fabulous inspiration and you’ll have such fun with this sketch. Our resident layer goddess Narelle has given us one that has just the right combination of layers and clean lines so that everyone should be happy! I’m going to try to continue with my class work and hopefully have some interesting stuff to share. Until then, I hope your week is great! Thanks so much for stopping by.

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Paper: Whisper White, Painted Blooms DSP, Bermuda Bay; Accessories: Big Shot, Mini Treat Bag Thinlits, 2-1/2″ Circle Punch, Everyday Adventure Washi Tape, Dimensionals, Tomboy Multipurpose Adhesive

Freshly Made Sketches #176

March 4, 2015 Jentimko 11 Comments

So we are switching things up this week over at Freshly Made Sketches. The lovely and oh so sweet Cindy Hall has taken us out of our box. Well, she has taken us out of our standard rectangle, at least. She came up with a plan to create elongated cards and we knew she was onto something. So besides being lovely and sweet, she is brilliant!

One of the reasons I had to have this Sale-a-bration stamp set (You Brighten My Day) is this little light bulb. What is it about certain little stamps that just speak to us? I just don’t have anything like this and I’m so glad I was able to get it. The fact that it was free…well, that makes it even better!! But I digress. I stamped this little bulb twice. Once on a scratch piece and once on a piece of Whisper White cut to 2-1/2″ x 5-1/2. I colored the one on the scratch piece using my Daffodil Delight Blendies (these are currently unavailable for order pending SU working a quality control issue). I cut it out and popped it on a Dimensional. I took some of the washi tape from the So You Project Kit (a work in progress that I’m getting really excited about, by the way) and used the washi in place of the scallops. I tied on Black Baker’s Twine and a Daffodil Delight Button. Then I cut a base of 5-1/2″ square and folded it in half. I put a little strip of Painted Blooms DSP at the bottom and popped the image panel up on Dimensionals. This card makes me happy and I know just who it is going to!

Here in Northern VA we have been having LOTS of snow day. Lots of them. In fact, I think tomorrow will be another. So after too many hours of Minecraft (*smile*), I found something else for the boys to do. I’ll be back tomorrow to show you. Until then, I’m glad you stopped in today. Hope your day is great!

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Stamps: You Brighten My Day (SAB); Paper: Whisper White, Painted Blooms DSP; Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Daffodil Delight Blendabilities, Copics Markers; Accessories: Washi Tape (So You Project Kit), Baker’s Twine (Paper Pumpkin), Brights Buttons,

Freshly Made Sketches #172

February 4, 2015 Jentimko 8 Comments

Well, didn’t I tell you that the sketch for this week at Freshly Made Sketches was great?! My friend Linda Callahan created this one for us and I love it. The minute she sent it to me I knew we had yet another winner on our hands. And we have so many cool variations this week from our team.

Have you ever had a technique that you’ve been wanting to try but somehow it keeps going to the back burner? That is how I felt about partial die cutting with letter thinlits. I know that there are products out there with certain words that create something like this but with this technique, you can use whatever word you want. The Little Letter Thinlit Dies are PERFECT for this one! I seem to have a bit of a theme going this week using the Stacked with Love DSP Stack. I find that crafting seems to go like that for me sometimes. I find something that works and I stick with it!! As I was starting to figure out how to explain this technique I realized it was just easier to make a video tutorial. So that is what I did!

As I said in the video, it took me a couple of tries to get the letters lined up just right so that I didn’t cut them out completely. I recommend you practice once or twice with scrap paper before going to your DSP. Having the thinnest held together with washi tape make it easy to repeat this and play with the idea. Once you get the cutting part, the rest is easy and quick.

I have another card ready to share with you on Friday that uses this great paper again. And then this weekend I’ll be going to a local demonstrator event and I’m sure I have fun things to share from there. I have helped design a card for the get-together and plan to share with you on Sunday. I seem to be getting back into the groove of stamping again and look forward to more this week. Until Friday, I hope you have a great week! Thanks for stopping in.

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Stamps: Forever Florals (sentiment); Paper: Stacked with Love DSP Stack, Whisper White; Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Big Shot, Little Letters Thinlits, Black Baker’s Twine, Buttons

Freshly Made Sketches #171

January 28, 2015 Jentimko 12 Comments

Don’t you love it when you see a sketch that has a classic feel? What makes something a classic?? Something that can be used over and over with different looks. And I think we have one for you this week at Freshly Made Sketches! No surprise when you see that it comes from the wonderful Rita Wright. I just love everything she has been making..so trendy…and this sketch will inspire a busy gallery for sure!

So I kind of went a different direction than the rest of the team. Is there such a thing as clean and shabby? Maybe that is the new CAS, lol! I got the new stamp set Butterfly Basics and could not wait another minute to ink it up! I love the pretty images and the fabulous sentiments! I stamped the honeycomb image twice with Crumb Cake ink and the sewed on some Crumb Cake Seam Binding (scrunched up) and Venetian Lace Trim. I inked the butterfly in Lost Lagoon. Don’t you love the lace look of that butterfly??!! Oh my goodness it is awesome! I added on a flower from the retired Flower Trim (but there is another version available in the new Occasions Catalog in the Artisan Embellishment Kit). In the background I splattered on some Crumb Cake ink with a paint brush and added the sentiment.

I had such fun putting this together. I had another card that I worked on much too long trying to make it fit with the sketch and when I gave in moving on to this stamp set….done in about 30 minutes. When I went over and saw the cards from the Design Team, I totally fell in love with them all. Yep…a classic sketch!

So we have had two “snow days” this week and my boys have been home from school (and mom has had limited stamping). Now snow days is a loose phrase since there is no actually snow left. We got about 1/2″. But I think my FMS friend Jen Mitchell got enough for me and the whole team so I’ll not roll my eyes too much. Still….the boys would have loved a little sledding. *smile*

Ok, hop right over to see what our amazing team has up for you this week and give a special thanks to Rita for the sketch that will keep on giving. I’ll be back on Friday with the monthly Fancy Friday hop. Until then, I hope your week is great!

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Stamps: Butterfly Basics; Paper: Naturals Ivory; Ink: Crumb Cake, Lost Lagoon; Accessories: Crumb Cake Seam Binding, Venetian Lace Trim, Flower Trim (ret), Sewing Machine

Freshly Made Sketches #170

January 21, 2015 Jentimko 9 Comments

Happy middle of the week to you! I’m here today with a mid-week boost to your creativity! We have such a cool sketch at Freshly Made Sketches this week. My friend, the uber-talented Jen Mitchell has created this clever sketch for us and the interpretations are going to be such fun! Already the team has all kinds of ideas for you.

I just had to pull out my new Sale-a-bration products once I saw this sketch. Can you believe that I got most of the things on this card for free?? Yes, FREE!!! My favorite price! The background was created with the new Irresistably Yours DSP which comes pre-embossed and ready for you to add ink. I washed on some Bermuda Bay ink that was diluted just a bit by painting it on with a paint brush. Then I stamped the sentiment from Simply Wonderful with Versamark and heat embossed it with Crushed Curry Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I colored inside the Thanks with a Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Write Marker and tied it onto my base with Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine. A few Candy Dots and done. I attached the whole layer to a Whisper White base. Super cute, super fun, super easy!

Back to the craft room today as I try to get some projects ready for the next couple of weeks. Maybe even a video…..gasp! I finally feel like I’m getting back into a groove after all the flying over Christmas. Class schedule is coming soon too. Yes…I’m that behind. I started with a little “spring” cleaning on my blog. I hope you like the new look. I’ve added on some extra buttons and features in my sidebar that I hope help you out.

Ok…I know you have lots of cards to go admire with the rest of the team. Make sure you tell Jen how awesome her sketch is this week! Thanks so much for stopping in. See you soon!

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Stamps: Simply Wonderful (SAB); Paper: Whisper White, Irresistably Yours; Ink: Versamark, Bermuda Bay Marker; Accessories: Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine, Heat Tool, Crushed Curry Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Brights Candy Dots

Freshly Made Sketches #169

January 14, 2015 Jentimko 20 Comments

Guess whose week it is to be the hostess at Freshly Made Sketches?! Mine! I’m so excited for this sketch and I hope you like it as much as I do. I created the big gray panel as a place to put DSP or you can put something with pattern on the edges like I did. The circle can be any shape…just use your creativity!

So I know it might be a little early for an Easter wreath but this could just as easily be for spring. Or change the colors for another season. I created the wreath using strands from Burlap Ribbon. I created the purple flower to mimic the pattern of a hydrangea and added the little yellow flowers. All of them use the flower punch from my Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack. Let me know if you want to see more details on how I made the wreath and if you would like me to make a video to show you. I added the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes onto a banner that uses the Banner Punch to flag the end. The background DSP is from the Moonlight Paper Pack.

I always love getting to be the sketch hostess. You always show me ways to use a sketch that I never considered when I created it. Such fun! The design team has done exactly that and you are sure to find yet another Pin-able card from them!

Well, I finished my 9-month check yesterday. That simulator really does dish it out! Let’s see, engine failures (that almost goes without saying), dual hydraulic system failures (that makes for A LOT of work) and some other “fun” things. But now it is done until the next cycle. Always good to get it finished! My kids are home from school on yet another snow day. Hoping to get to the crafting table and maybe they can even join me! My last Dirty Dozen projects go up tomorrow over at Splitcoaststampers and I hope you’ll go take a peek!

Thanks so much for stopping in today. Thanks for sharing your time with me! Don’t forget to let me know what you think about the wreath! See you soon!

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Stamp: Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper: Whisper White, Moonlight DSP Paper Pack; Ink: Smoky Slate, Daffodil Delight Blendabilities; Accessories: 1-1/4″ Burlap Ribbon, Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Basic Rhinestones, Banner Punch, Crystal Effects, Vintage Faceted Button

Freshly Made Sketches #168

January 7, 2015 Jentimko 14 Comments

Welcome to 2015!! Ok….I am a little late to tell you Happy New Year but I hope that your year has started off well. I am returning from my hiatus to bring you this fabulous sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. It is no surprise that it is awesome since it is from the creative mind of the oh-so-talented Amy O’Neill. The color queen has come up with this fun and cool sketch….perfect for your new year inspiration!

I thought this sketch would be super fun with the cards from Project Life. I know these are meant for memory keeping but they are also so great as elements on cards. I thumbed through my Playground set and found three that I thought worked really well together. I really loved the heart page and chose it to be the focal panel. I pulled out a mini clothespin that I had from a tag kit and added a little bit of Epic Day Washi Tape to the top to make it coordinate with the cards. I thought the background needed a little something too so I embosses the Whisper White panel with the Large Polka Dots embossing folder. Finally, I cut out the sentiment with my retired Expressions Thinlits.

While this word thinlit isn’t available anymore, there is a new set that would be tons of fun for a card like this. The thinlits are called Hello You and they have a coordinating stamp set called Crazy About You. Think of all the quick and fun little cards you can make just like this one for various occasions. Just change up the PL cards and sentiments. And just in case you missed the sounds of happiness all over, the Stampin’ Up Occasions Catalog is now live. My order is going in today and you can be it will be expedited.

During the holidays I made exactly one card. This one. I was gone for much of my boys’ break and spent some serious time on the road with United. The highlight of all my travels was a visit with my Freshly Made Sketches friend Linda Callahan! She is such everything you expect from her blog and cards! Funny, sweet and such a joy to spend time with! I have a few more days of busy stuff with United and then some serious crafting time! Every nine months, pilots have a check ride and mine is next Monday and Tuesday. Lots of studying to do and then time at our training center. Hoping my Occasions order will be waiting when I get home from that!!!

I know you are going to have fun with our sketch this week. The design team certainly did and their work is what you have come to expect….awesome! Thanks so much for stopping in today. I’ll see you again soon!

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Paper: Whisper White; Accessories: Playground Project Life Card Collection, Big Shot, Large Polka Dot TIEF, Expressions Thinlits (retired), Mini Clothespin, Epic Day Washi Tape

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Freshly Made Sketches #167

December 17, 2014 Jentimko 12 Comments

I can hardly believe how time is flying up to Christmas!! Is it only me?! I mean really….a week left. Yikes! So we have a great deal for you over at Freshly Made Sketches. Narelle, the queen of gorgeous layers and unbelievable fussy cutting, has created our sketch for this week. But not only for this week. We are leaving this one open throughout the holiday season. This gives you time to ponder over all the fabulous ways to use her design’s layers and elements! Really…there is just no reason you can’t participate! *smile*

So as I played around with layers for this, I still had a sled on my table from the Watercolor Winter card kit. Actually two since there was an extra in the kit. I had one colored Cherry Cobbler already and I took the other and used Early Espresso to color it. Then I cut off the extra pieces and put it up on Dimensionals (cut small). I love this sled. A lot! I couldn’t be done until it had a rope to pull the sled now could I? So I added one out of Linen Thread. I just attached the knows with Tomboy Multipurpose Glue. I used this great print from Under the Tree DSP and just cut the flag end by hand. A Basic Gold Button and a sentiment from Petite Pairs are a great finish. Now I have to admit that I haven’t used a lot of Garden Green in a long time but I just love this DSP and this green is perfect with Kraft! Here is a closeup of the sled.

So as usual the design team has created all kinds of variation on this sketch and ALL of them are great. I know I sound like a broken record on this every week but seriously, they are the best team! Make sure you say hi to them all and let us see your amazing creations!

I will be flying LOTS over the next couple of weeks. Gone a lot more than home. I look forward to happy holiday faces and I’m really hoping for happy holiday travel weather too! I have one more post this week on Friday with my Fancy Friday friends. Until then, I hope your week is fantastic!

Don’t forget, all twelve PDF video tutorials for my Bright & Beautiful Edition are now available. Just click HERE or on the picture to learn more!

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Stamp: Petite Pairs; Paper: Early Espresso, Kraft, Under the Tree DSP; Ink: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories: Watercolor Winter Card Kit, Linen Thread, Basic Gold Buttons, Dimensionals

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Freshly Made Sketches #166

December 10, 2014 Jentimko 8 Comments

The extraordinary Karren Johnson has created this fun and classic looking sketch for us at Freshly Made Sketches. As always, the sketch seemed to show up just in time to help my creative spark. In fact, it was the start of some excellent card making and I actually finished my cards for Dirty Dozen and then got to next week’s FMS card too. Ah, the power of a great sketch! Karren is such a clever and creative card-maker (never mind being an extraordinary enabler on crafting products!). Make sure you go over to thank her for this fabulous inspiration!

I went back to the Color Me Christmas stamp set and the retired Season of Style DSP. Much like with the Santa a couple of weeks ago, this image was another NBUS and just called out to be colored with Blendabilities! I pulled out the Old Olive Collection and added in some Cherry Cobbler ornaments and a Daffodil Delight star (the tree base is the Crumb Cake collection). The sentiment is from the ever versatile set Petite Pairs. I have a special place in my stamping heart for great sentiment sets and this one is so flexible and fun. I tied on some Early Espresso Baker’s Twin and added a Cherry Cobbler button. The tree was fussy cut and popped up on Dimensionals. The star is on a tiny piece from the edges of the Dimensional sheet. The whole image is up on Dimensionals too. I almost forgot to share something really important with this too….. Did you see the message about Blendabilities being ok to be used with many of the SU basic ink pads? Yeah, well it makes coordinating a breeze. I used my Early Espresso Classic Pad to stamp the tree and it just held beautifully while I was coloring. So awesome!!

With all that I keep getting drawn to use my Blendabilities, I cannot tell you how excited I was to hear about NEW BLENDIES coming in the Occasions Catalog. Lighter color collections coming to add even more depth and dimension to the coloring palette. I’ve been resisting making a pre-order but not sure how much longer I can hold out. I have a lot of flying over the next couple of weeks and that will seriously impact any stamping. Truthfully the only thing keeping me from ordering!

I just know you are going to have a great time using this sketch and I can’t wait to see the gallery this week. And oh, the cards from the design team. How do they just get more fantastic each week?! Love those talented and amazing stampers! Well, I hope that your week is going well. I appreciate you dropping by today and look forward to seeing you again soon.

Don’t forget, all twelve PDF video tutorials for my Bright & Beautiful Edition are now available. Just click HERE or on the picture to learn more!

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Stamp: Color Me Christmas (ret), Petite Pairs; Paper: Early Espresso, Whisper White, Season of Style DSP (ret); Ink: Early Espresso, Blendabilities – Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake; Accessories: Early Espresso Baker’s Twine, Regals Buttons, Dimensionals

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Freshly Made Sketches #165

December 3, 2014 Jentimko 10 Comments

Ready for a fresh new sketch? Well, Freshly Made Sketches has just the thing for you!! Our hostess this week is Cindy Lovell. She always has a modern take on her cards and they are fantastic! Make sure you go over to see her work!

I had a class this last weekend for my local stampers creating cards with the Watercolor Winter Card Kit from the Holiday Catalog. I had so much fun and the cards from this kit are amazing. Well, I think sometimes I should have a special stamp that says “does not follow simple directions well” because I started making changes to the kit using all the elements. For the record, I DID make a few following the designs from the kit because they really are great. But when I saw Cindy’s sketch, I had a natural modification. I took the white card base from the kit and attached the snowflake. This “happy” is SOOOOO pretty and sparkly and all I had to do was punch it out of the paper full of other great words! The “Christmas” is from a retired set and I stamped using Gold Encore and embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I confess that I hoard stamp sets with Christmas sentiments for just this reason. I mix and match every year! I love this block font with the script cut out. I added on a few gold sequins to help match the sketch.

The day after the class, my mom was finishing up her cards (with 20 cards, it was a lot to finish in three hours). While she was busily stamping, I worked on my FMS card…and then I kept going. I created another card in almost the same way. I trimmed the edge off the snowflake and used the same sentiment combination for another clean and very mailable card. All I can say is that this kit was an excellent purchase! For those who love cute and “Pin-able” cards, this kit will make you look like you spent hours designing. For those like me who don’t follow directions well, there are lots of fun elements to mix and match.

My mom is leaving today and we had such a fun time with her. I plan to head back to the stamp room this week and hope to have a few things to share with you soon. I think my mojo took a bit of a vacation too and I like to see it again! If you know where it went, please send it home! *smile* I hope that you are having a great week. Thanks so much for stopping in. See you soon!

Don’t forget, all twelve PDF video tutorials for my Bright & Beautiful Edition are now available. Just click HERE or on the picture to learn more!

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Stamp: A Banner Christmas; ; Ink: Gold Encore; Accessories: Watercolor Winter Card Kit, Heat Tool, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Glue Dots

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