Thursday, April 23, 2026

FMS733

 I really enjoyed creating a card for this week's Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #733. It is also one of three cards I made using the same stamp set for a challenge from Nicki Baxley (NickiHeartsCards). Below is my card and the sketch I followed.







Sunday, April 19, 2026

FMS732

 I made this card for the current sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches. The large flower and sentiment are from Queen and Co. The butterflies are from Altenew. The embossed leaves along the left edge used a discontinued embossing folder from Sizzix, highlighted with Mayan Gold Shimmer Relief Paste from Altenew




Sunday, April 12, 2026

FMS731 Card 2

I've done two cards for the current sketch challenge on Freshly Made Sketches again. Here is my second card, along with the sketch.


I used a new-to-me die set from Spellbinders for the flowers: Be Bold Blooms. The sentiment is from Altenew's Birthday Builder stamp set, embossed on vellum. The backgrounds were watercolored, cut with rectangle dies from Michael's, embossed, and corner rounded. (I learned with my first card to die cut first and then emboss if I didn't want the embossing to be flattened when I die cut my shapes.)





FMS731 Card 1

I've done two cards for the current sketch challenge on Freshly Made Sketches again. Here is my first card, along with the sketch.



I used a new-to-me die set from Spellbinders for the flowers: Be Bold Blooms. The sentiment is from Altenew's Birthday Builder stamp set, embossed on vellum. The backgrounds were watercolored, embossed, cut with rectangle dies from Michael's, and corner rounded.