Freshly Made Sketches #588

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #588!

I still had a few summer stamps and dies on my desk when I saw the terrific sketch from Jen Mitchell this week. To tell the truth, our normal SoCal weather has been so dreary that I am missing my happy place and wave therapy, so living through these images until our sun decides to return.

An MFT cloud stencil and blue inks were used to create the gentle ocean waves on half of a cream panel, leaving the uncolored part to play the role of the sandy beach. An older MFT umbrella die is decked out in rainbow colors and popped up over the MFT Life's A Beach sentiment.

I hope you check out the fabulous Clean Team designs and play along with us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #587

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #587!

The amazingly talented Clean Team designer Jen Timko has given us a fun sketch to work with this week! My original plan was to go with something super modern and geometric so I'm not quite sure how I ended up with a floating beauty in the water.

Two circles were cut from an inked panel before I decided to play with a stencil and Golden Glass Bead Gel to add interest to the background. The original plan shifted as the embossing made me think of water and a few Simply Graphic Swimmers dies were pulled out. 

The floaties are coated with Diamond Glaze and layered over the holes cut in the panel. For a little extra interest, the small circle was also embossed and adhered onto the aqua panel before the embossed panel was popped up over it. A simple MFT Itty Bitty Summer sentiment finishes the design.

I hope you check out the amazing Clean Team designs and play along with us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #586

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #586!

I am hosting the challenge this week and completely designed a sketch around the vertical panel to use a pretty olive branch washi tape I recently found. If you follow me on social media, you will see an occasional post covering my adventures in growing, harvesting and brining olives from small plants bought at Trader Joe's over the last few years.

Several Memory Box Small Olive Branch die cuts are colored with Copic markers, clipped into two pieces and five of the pieces gathered to form a twine tied bouquet. The washi is adhered to a strip of white cardstock and a Altenew Thinking of You sentiment heat embossed on a sentiment strip. These pieces are layered on the embossed panel to finish the card.

I am so excited to see what you do with the sketch and hope you check out the fantastic Clean Team designs at Freshly Made Sketches for more inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie