Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Freshly Made Sketches #416!



How fun is this super sketch from Clean Team Designer Amy O'Neill? I saw the offset panels as stacked mail and immediately started thinking about using PTI Santa Stationery stamp set.



Several of the images are stamped and layered to create the nice list notification from Santa. I avoided filling in a name on the certificate by popping an MFT Yay To You sentiment over the space.




The creative ladies on the Clean Team have more fun inspiration for you! We have a couple extra weeks for the challenge to take us through the holiday season, so hope you find the time to create and play along with us at Freshly Made Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie



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Tuesday, December 17, 2019

CASology Challenge 358: BRANCH

Welcome to CASology #358!



I'm looking forward to seeing a wide range of cards inspired by our cue word BRANCH! MFT Tweet Holidays stamp set caught my eye as I searched through my Evernote stamp inventory and the sweet birdhouse is paired with a couple of MFT Bitty Holiday Wishes sentiments.




The small white panel is cut first so the branch and house were easily centered. Copic markers are used to color the scene and a touch of Nuvo drops added to the berries and to add a bit of snowy dimension.




The design team has a great variety of fun cards this week!



Jacquie Southas (you are here)

Guest Designer: Deepti S.!

Sponsor: STAMPlorations!


We are looking forward to seeing how BRANCH inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! This is a THREE WEEK CHALLENGE, so you have until 9 AM Monday, January 6th (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie





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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

freshly Made Sketches #415



I love the simple, elegant lines on Narelle Farrugia's terrific sketch and look forward to see how it gets used this week! 

I'm still churning out Christmas cards and decided to create my design around the colors of a pretty washi tape. 




A red Hero Arts Merry die cut is adhered on the edge of the white embossed sentiment panel before it is popped up over the washi covered narrow angled sentiment strips. The finished panel is added to a green card base.




I hope you find time during the busy holiday season to play along with us at Freshly Made Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie





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Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Freshly Made Sketches #414



Our wonderful sketch this week is designed by Karren Johnson! I'm interrupting the Christmas card production to bring you a birthday card this week. My baby boy is turning 21 and, as always, the stack of masculine birthday cards is very low.




This Paper Rose Birthday Wishes image is stamped on a kraft panel and colored with Copic markers, then added to a larger Lawn Fawn woodgrain paper panel. A scrap of the woodgrain paper is used to create the sentiment flag and a scatter of stars finish off the design.




The design team have fabulous cards this week. Check them out at Freshly Made Sketches and join in the fun with us this week!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie


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Tuesday, December 3, 2019

CASology Challenge #357: GINGERBREAD





Do you include gingerbread in your holiday baking? I'm a huge fan of ginger in any form! 

Whether the cue word makes you think of cookies or a house or stamping on kraft paper there are many ways to be inspired this week. This sweet border of gingerbread people from Lawn Fawn Simply Celebrate Winter is heat embossed to give the the look of a royal icing trim and fussy cut before being popped up on a stitched rectangle panel.




A touch of color is added to the gingerbread with Copic markers and the MFT Bitty Holiday Wishes sentiment stamped in red.




Check out the terrific design team cards!



Jacquie Southas (you are here)

Guest Designer: Claire!


We are looking forward to seeing how GINGERBREAD inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! We are back to a TWO WEEK CHALLENGE, so you have until 9 AM Monday, Dec 16th (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie


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