Freshly Made Sketch 448

Here are two cards for the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge. You can check out the blog post here. I used a Reverse Confetti die for the diagonal feature. 

       

Festive Thank You

These colors totally remind me of Christmas, but there's nothing Christmas-y about a thank you card. I started with Freshly Made Sketch 142 and found the papers in my stash. I think the stripes is DCWV and the sparkly swirls is Paper Studio. The Stampendous sentiment is done in VersaFine Onyx Black. It looked a bit plain, so I added some bright green bling.

It's Your Birdday

This DCWV paper fits Freshly Made sketch 129 really well. I like the two different tones of matching papers. The image and sentiment are both Hero Arts and I colored the bird with Copics. With a bit of Triveni bling, the card was finished.

Freshly Made 129

The first thing I have to do with this card is give credit to my friend, Sheila, for coloring the Hero Arts bird. She was a great sport about it and you can find her blog at 2 Paw Prints. 

I used Freshly Made Sketch 129 today and a new Hero Arts set that supports Operation Write Home. The star paper is DCWV and has a nice texture to it. The star is done with Spellbinders and the bling is Triveni. I chose to make this a birthday card to go with the current Seize the Birthday challenge to use bling or buttons. 

Freshly Made Miss You

The current Freshly Made Sketch was perfect for these DCWV papers. I love how they look together...so pretty and bold. I used a Paper Smooches sentiment and a button punch from Martha Stewart. And you can't have a button without some twine, right?

Love Ya, Papa

For this card, I used Freshly Made Sketch 126 and mashed it with The Friday Mashup by making it a masculine card. I dug deep for some masculine papers and came up with a piece from Basic Grey and a piece of Lily Bee Design. The sentiment on the left is heat embossed and the one on the right is popped with some dimensional adhesive. Both of them are from Mama Elephant. 

It's a boy!

Today I made a baby shower card for a friend who's having a baby soon. I used Freshly Made Sketch 125 and even decorated the inside. For the front, I used some Echo Park design paper and some Spellbinders. The sentiment is Rubber Moon and one of my favorites for these kinds of cards. The inside has a strip of Echo Park and a giraffe from Impress. I'm not sure who the inside sentiment is from. 

Sporty Missing You

Operation Write Home is always in need of more boy/man cards, so while I was out of town this last weekend, I made sure to visit the LSS there and pick up some non-girly paper. This piece is from K & Company and I paired it with some Bazzill scraps while using Freshly Made Sketch 103. The background is dry embossed and I made sure to stamp the Hero Arts sentiment before running it through my Cuttlebug. The brads are American Crafts. This card fits the current OWH MWT to use dry embossing perfectly.

 

Don't forget to take the time to get inky this week.

You're an apple!

My card for you today is based on Freshly Made Sketches 111. The image and sentiment are from Lawn Fawn's My Silly Valentine and stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black. I colored them with Copics then used Nestabilities Labels 9 to cut them out. The white and black papers are card stock and the polka dots are Simple Stories Snap Color Vibe. The bling is Triveni Craft. This card also fits the OBDB challenge of love cards.

Take some time to smile today.

Freshly Made 103

I really enjoy the sketches from Freshly Made Sketches. They're the type of cards I enjoy making the most. This one is sketch 103. I used both sides of my favorite winter paper and some SU Rich Razzleberry. The brads are American Crafts and the Hero Arts sentiment is stamped in SU Rich Razzleberry.

 

I hope you manage to squeeze in some crafty time today!

Freshly Made 108

Today I have a card for you that uses Freshly Made Sketches #108. I'm calling this a "love" card because of that little heart inside the paisley rub on. The patterned paper and rub on are from Clever Handmade, also known as Heidi Grace. The mauve and yellow are Bazzill while the white and black are card stock. Don't you love those little banners on the bottom?

 

I can't believe this card doesn't have any stamping on it! Do you ever manage to make cards like that?

Freshly Made Sketches #99

I chose this sketch and made a few more Christmas cards with it. The snowflake paper is some I bought on clearance last year for the sole purpose of using it to make Christmas cards for this year. I'm so glad I remembered I had it on hand!

The DP didn't have a company name on it so I have no idea who makes it. The snowflakes and bright pink papers are basic card stock. The teal is Bazzill. I used Nestabilites to cut out the snowflakes and circles. The brads are from Making Memories. A Cuttlebug snowflake folder adds some texture to the card. And I just realized I didn't stamp anything on this card...wow lol. 

I'm slowly starting to build up my supply of Christmas cards for this year. Do you find yourself doing the same thing through out the year? My mom and I go to the ocean one weekend at the beginning of December and make our Christmas cards for the year. She asked me what I was going to make this year since I already have so many made!

Freshly Made Sketch 94

My favorite stamps lately have been my Paper Smooches set. I love the writing style and the images are so cute and adorable. Both the image and sentiment are by Paper Smooches. I colored the chickie with Copics and used Pearl Pen for the dots. The brown is textured card stack and the white is from Stampin' Up! The background paper is by Paper Adventures. I used FMS94 for the sketch.

I hope you have time to get crafty today!