Happy Wednesday!  I hope this finds you safe and warm since so many in the US have been experiencing a winter blast.  I’m so excited to share this cool sketch by Linda Suarez…another fabulous addition to the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  I suppose that Linda’s snowflakes are just getting us in the season for snow, right?

I used a rather literal translation of the sketch but I love that I could use this pretty Season of Style DSP!  My snowflakes are the Festive Flurry variety…so easy to use with their matching framelits.  I added a sentiment from the now sold out Endless Wishes and paired the words with the retired Jewelry Tag Punch.  This is a quick and easy card that is  so much fun to make!

Our team has created some amazing cards with the sketch.  I know…they always do, don’t they?!  So run over and take a look.

I have had the normal holiday craziness leading up to Thanksgiving.  In fact, I’ll be celebrating with my family today because of my holiday flying schedule.  Bring on the turkey, dressing, beans and pumpkin pie!  I will be a cooking fiend as the day goes on.  Planning for lots of leftovers.  They may actually be the best part!  I am almost done with my “big project” and hope to get back to stamping I can share immediately.  I have to admit that it will be hard to wait until January to share all that I have been doing!

For those of you in the US, I wish you a happy and safe Thanksgiving weekend.  Please travel safely!  Thanks so much for dropping in today.  See you soon!

Stamps:  Festive Flurry, Endless Wishes; Paper:  Season of Style DSP, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White; Ink:  Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories:  Big Shot, Festive Flurry Framelits, Jewelry Tag Punch, Cherry Cobbler buttons, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine

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Yep, we have another awesome sketch for you this week over at Freshly Made Sketches!  This one is courtesy of the lovely and amazing Cindy Hall.  I just love the cool layering she has given us!

I figured I needed to get on the bandwagon with this amazing Winter Frost DSP.  Pretty isn’t it?  The Pool Party combined with Cherry Cobbler is a bit non-traditional but still feels festive.  I love this sentiment from Christmas Messages!  So fun with the chalkboard fond and the script.  The snowflakes are from a retired die and I added a little bling with some Rhinestones.

I’m at the point where I need some quick and fun holiday cards so this might be re-created a few more times.  I made a tag with this great DSP that I posted earlier.  Totally different feel (love when DSP can do that!).  I apologize for the shorts posts.  I have been working on a whole lot of projects that I will be able to share with you later in January(!).  Yep…they use some new fun stuff and I can’t wait to share.  But I have lots still to make.  So back to the stamp room….

Can’t wait to see all the ways you talented stampers use this sketch!  The design team has created their usual array of fabulousness so go check it out.  I hope your week is going well and I will see you again soon!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  Christmas Messages; Paper:  Winter Frost DSP, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White; Ink:  Cherry Cobbler; Accessories:  Retired snowflake die, Rhinestones, Dimensionals

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Freshly Made Sketches has another fun sketch for you this week!  I have to say that I love the sketches from this team and they just keep coming up with new and fun ideas!  This week, the awesomeness is courtesy of the lovely Jen Brum.  This one lends itself to some cool interpretations.

I thought I’d go all out with banners and chevrons on this on.  I started with the polka dot print from the Season of Style Paper Pack.  The chevron pattern on the back of that print was perfect to cut into little arrows so I started working on layering.  I needed something for behind that print and I punched out Cherry Cobbler chevrons using the Chevron Border Punch.  LOVE that one!  The Gumball Green arrows add another layer of detail but what to do for a sentiment?  Oh yes…the stamps from A Banner Christmas to the rescue!  I stamped the chevrons in Crumb Cake on White Vellum then cut them out and stamped on “Christmas” in Early Espresso.  The “Merry” is inked in Cherry Cobbler and cut out.  I added on a Vintage Faceted Button tied up with Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine to finish it up.  It is more layering than I normally do but I really like this card!  It seems fun and modern to me.

Ok, I know that you will love everything the design team has made.  This sketch has inspired a wonderful variety of styles!  I can’t wait to see what the gallery will hold!

I’ll be back on Friday with an Artisan extra post (our Stampin’ Up Facebook Page projects).  Don’t forget to check out my glittery tags from my earlier post too!  Hope your week is going well…see you soon!

Stamp:  A Banner Christmas; Paper:  Season of Style Paper Pack, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Whisper White; Ink;  Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake; Accessories:  Chevron Border Punch, Vintage Faceted Buttons, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

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Happy Wednesday!!  Did you miss me last week?  Well, I know the rest of the team wow’d you with their projects and that awesome sketch!  I am happy to say that I was on vacation.  A real live vacation that included no traveling for work!  We went to Orlando, FL for a week.  YEA!  First we got to visit my mom, then we got to go to Legoland and Busch Gardens (Tampa) with some swimming at our cool hotel in the middle.  Finally, back to mom’s house.  What a fantastic week!  I still haven’t even downloaded the pics yet but soon (sorry mom!).  We have been catching up…lots of homework and laundry and all the normal stuff you have to do to “recover” from vacation.

Ok…on to the sketch!  This week’s challenge at Freshly Made Sketches is brought to us by Jen Mitchell.  Oh, how I love her work!  No surprise that she has given us a sketch that has so many possibilities.

I just had to pull out these Expressions Thinlits for some more fun.  I really love them.  I was looking at ways to layer the positive and negative images when I realized I could tuck the different colors tucked together.  I think it has a fun look…what do you think?!  I paired it with the Season of Style Paper Stack to create a fun and easy to re-create card.  In order to hold the Cherry Cobbler word in the Old Olive negative, I simply put some Dimensionals behind the panel in places that keep them linked (Glue Dots would work if you don’t want the extra pop-up).

Ok…I am still catching up but plan to get some stamping done over the next week or so.  Hopefully I will have a lot more holiday stuff in store for you soon!  If you didn’t already see it, my Artisan Wednesday Wow project of the week went up earlier and is a continuation of projects with the Thankful Tablescape Kit.

I know you will love the projects from the rest of the team.  Head on over and join in!  Can’t wait to see what you create!  Thanks so much for stopping in.  See you again soon!

Paper:  Season of Style Paper Pack, Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive; Accessories:  Big Shot, Expressions Thinlits, Neutrals Buttons, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, Dimensionals

 

I am excited to bring you the Freshly Made Sketches challenge sketch today.  I am the sketch hostess this week!  As I pondered what to make, I thought it would be fun to keep in really simple.  This sketch can use a punch, a die cut or a stamp…I’m sure you will wow me with your creations.  The Design Team certainly has!

In my Artisan Wednesday Wow post that went up earlier, I told you I was starting a series of projects that could be created with the Thankful Tablescape Simply Created Kit. This card uses the leaves (just like the present) to embellish the card.  I combined them with a pattern from Sweater Weather DSP, which is also a pattern from the kit.  The sentiment is from the new and awesome photopolymer set Another Thank You.  You’ll be seeing more of that too!  I created the bow in the same way as the one on the present, this time using Very Vanilla Seam Binding.

Short and sweet today.  I hope you like the sketch and I can’t wait to see the gallery!  Thanks so much for dropping in today.  I’ll see you again soon!

Stamp:  Another Thank You Photopolymer; Paper:  Sweater Weather DSP, Early Espresso, Tangerine Tango; Ink:  Early Espresso; Accessories:  Thankful Tablescape Simply Created Kit, Neutrals Button, Linen Thread, Dimensionals

 

 

It’s Freshly Made Sketches day!!!  And we have a cool sketch for you this week…apparently it’s hip to be square!  The oh-so-talented Allisa Chilton has created this one for us and you are sure to love it!

In my Artisan Wednesday Wow post earlier today I told you how much I love fall!  Well, I’m on a roll in making fall projects (you’ll see more in the upcoming weeks).  With all that was out on my stamp table, this card practically came together by itself.  Much of this card comes from the Thankful Tablescape Simply Created Kit.  The leaf (no dies required) and some of these paper are in it.  While you can use the kit to actually create the intended project, you can also use it for other things…like this card!  The Chocolate Chip square is from Sweater Weather DSP and was leftover piece too.  Oh…need I mention that the DSP and the kit coordinate perfectly?  Of course they do.  The sentiment is inked with a Chocolate Chip marker and is from Harvest of Thanks.  I added on some 7/16″ Trim Ribbon and a retired Cajun Craze button tied with some Linen Thread from the kit.

I guess I’m not the only one who is falling for fall!  Take a look at the FMS design team to see what I mean!  Of course the team has some other amazing ideas to share too.  I hope you can play along with us this week…I’ll look for you there!

I will be back on Friday with a bonus project I made with some of my September Artisan products.  I hope you’ll stop back by then to take a look!  Have a great day!

Stamp:  Harvest of Thanks; Paper:  Sweater Weather DSP, Chocolate Chip, Naturals Ivory; Ink:  Chocolate Chip; Accessories:  Thankful Tablescape Simply Created Kit, 7/16″ Trim Ribbon, Button (retired)