Freshly Made Sketches #463

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #463!

I'm knee deep in Christmas cards and loved that Amy's sketch for this week had me reaching for the designer paper pads. Once I decided on the Hero Arts Poster Christmas Carols sentiment taking center stage it was easier to narrow down which papers to use.

To help the eye rest and the sentiment stand out, a couple of monochromatic patterned papers were cut with MFT Fishtail Flag dies and attached to the sentiment panel. This whole panel is then popped up over the gift patterned panel.

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

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CASology Challenge #379

 Welcome to CASology Challenge #379!

I love a Cue word that can inspire a color palette, an event or an image. My thought process week was autumn harvest, then Thanksgiving, then thanks in general, then an ombre of wheat color and it all came together using Concord & 9th Give Thanks stamps and dies.

The leaf die is cut three times and layered, leaving the grains in place, along the side of a kraft panel. The sentiment is stamped using Memento Espresso Truffle ink on a stitched panel and popped up over the wheat for interest and dimension.

Check out the the design team cards!

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas (you are here)

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield 

Milka Gubo

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munro

Sue Symens

Guest Designer: Lisa!

We are looking forward to seeing how WHEAT inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! This is a three week challenge, so you have until 9 AM Monday, December 14th (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #462

Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #462!

How fun is Narelle's sketch this week! I saw the offset trio of squares as a stack of holiday photos and immediately pulled out MFT Sun Lovin' Santa stamp set and a small square die.

To reinforce the idea these are holiday photos, a thin edge of the square was masked off before the images were stamped and colored with Copic markers. The embossed panel adds interest and a modern vibe to the design.

The Clean Team has amazing cards this week! I hope you check them out and play along with us at Freshly Made Sketches this week.

Thanks for playing along,

Jacquie

 

Freshly Made Sketches #461

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches 461!

Clean Team design Karren Johnson has given us a classic sketch that provides plenty of freedom to customize. Continuing with Christmas cards, a Hero Arts Peace & Joy sentiment was heat embossed with Ranger Holographic embossing powder on a white panel before inking it with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink.

The Poppystamps Snowflake Breeze die is cut from Lawn Fawn Pixie Dust sparkle cardstock and adhered along the left edge. All that was left to do is pop this panel on a white card base using foam adhesive and take a few photos. The glitter from the snowflake die cut and embossed sentiment made my poor camera almost give up on getting a focussed photo.

Check out the terrific Clean Team cards and play along with us this week!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CASology Challenge #378

 Welcome to CASology Challenge #378!

I pulled out my Savvy Deer Head die and cut it once with Lawn Fawn Woodgrain cardstock and a couple times in white. The antlers were trimmed off a bit on the bottom two die cuts before stacking them together to leave room to weave the silver thread through them.

I planned to use a white card base but ran into a problem with the woodgrain paper being a different shade of white from all six of the white cardstocks in my stash! I didn't want to add another color to the design but really love the way this Soft Stone color works with the silver thread and blue bells. A fun heat embossed MFT Bitty Christmas Greetings sentiment finishes the card.

Check out the fabulous design team cards and play along with us this week!

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas (you are here)

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield 

Milka Gubo

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munro

Sue Symens

Guest Designer: Chrissie!

Sponsor: STAMPlorations!

We are looking forward to seeing how STAG inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! This is a two week challenge, so you have until 9 AM Monday, November 23rd (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #460

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #460!

Judy is the Clean Team designer behind our fabulous sketch this week! I have definitely moved into Christmas mode and had a few different ideas whirling through my head with this design. Ornaments and stockings were on my desk before the MFT Bitty Holiday Wishes sentiment caught my eye and I pulled out an old Papersmooches die set.

Can I blame the change back to Standard Time for the difficulty in photographing this card? The red glitter enamel dots are so pretty in real life!

I hope you are inspired by the terrific Clean Team designs and play along with us this week!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie