FMS753

This is the first time I’ve made a card for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge in quite awhile, but I had an idea for my card almost as soon as I saw this week’s sketch. Here is my card:

And here is the sketch:

FMS744

 A new card for this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge #744. Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

It has an alcohol ink background behind the butterfly that I did during the Alcohol Ink Techniques with Tiffany Solorio class from Mary Polanco Designs. 

FMS743

I made this card for the current Freshly Made Sketches card challenge. I used a background that I made in Tiffany Solorio's Distress Spray Techniques class (here). The sketch I followed is here:

And here is my card:

The flowers are from Simon Says Stamp and the sentiment is from Altenew.

FMS 741

 I’m entering the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week with this card. 

And here is the sketch for this week. 

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.

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. 

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.

Two Cards for Two Challenges

I used a "two for one" technique to make two cards (this is the second card): I made the patterned paper using a technique I learned from a you-tube video by Ardyth. I die cut the circle with a die from Altenew and used both the positive and negative to make two cards.

I am entering them in two card challenges: The Paper Players PP779 and Freshly Made Sketches FMS729. 

Here is my second card with close up to hopefully see the sparkle:

The challenge for The Paper Players is a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge:

I used the left-most vertical column: die cut, sparkle, and circle. My card also fits the bottom row: circle, patterned paper (that I made myself with watercolor and stencil), and layers.

And here is the sketch for the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge:

I used a circle instead of the oval in the sketch.

Two Cards for Two Challenges

I used a "two for one" technique to make two cards (this is the first card): I made the patterned paper using a technique I learned from a you-tube video by Ardyth. I die cut the circle with a die from Altenew and used both the positive and negative to make two cards.

I am entering them in two card challenges: The Paper Players PP779 and Freshly Made Sketches FMS729. 

Here is my first card with close up to hopefully see the sparkle:

The challenge for The Paper Players is a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge:

I used the left-most vertical column: die cut, sparkle, and circle. My card also fits the bottom row: circle, patterned paper (that I made myself with watercolor and stencil), and layers.

And here is the sketch for the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge:

I used a circle instead of the oval in the sketch.

Freshly Made Sketches #728 - Card 3

My third card for this week's Freshly Made Sketches Challenge was also inspired by a video I watched by Therese Calvird of Lost In Paper. First I colored circles onto cream cardstock with Altenew's Fresh Dye Inks. Then I stamped Altenew's Delicate Bouquet with Versamark ink and embossed with Brutus Monroe's Gilded embossing powder. I die cut Altenew's Fancy Hello from paper I'd embossed with the same Gilded embossing powder. I layered the die onto 2 more layers of dies I cut from black cardstock, offsetting a bit for a shadow. I edged the panel with more embossing and glued it to my card.

Freshly Made Sketches #728 - Card 2

My second card for this week's Freshly Made Sketches Challenge was also inspired by a video I watched by Therese Calvird of Lost In Paper. First I colored circles onto cream cardstock with Altenew's Fresh Dye Inks. Then I stamped Altenew's Hellebore Haven with Versafine Onyx Black ink and embossed with Brutus Monroe's Fairy Dust embossing powder. I used a sentiment from Altenew's Sketched Florals. I edged the panel with more embossing and glued it to my card.