Freshly Made Sketches #570

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #570!

I love the sketch from super talented Jennifer Timko this week so much! I've had the Simply Graphic Duo de Carapaces (Shell Duo) dies for a while and had in the back of my mind the lobster would be perfect for a Valentine, anniversary and/or birthday card for my dear husband. He is my lobster. 

My lobster sitting on a Wplus9 Dockside life preserver die was the starting point for the design. I went looking for an anchor washi tape and found this fun boating scene instead. Two staggered strips are taped across the top of a white panel.

The Mama Elephant Love Quotes sentiment is stamped on another white panel before it is embossed with the vertical stripes and adhered below the washi. A few wraps of twine are tied off where the pieces join and then the lobster popped up over them.

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

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #569

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #569!

I'm hosting the challenge this week and created a design that would work for a large sentiment, but, as always it seems, ended up going down a different path.

The MFT Heart Tree die is cut from a white panel, with all the bits and pieces saved, then adhered to a slightly large red panel first. A second tree was cut from red giving me a lot of bits and pieces to put back into the negative areas of the tree. Some have just a white piece, while others are layered with red first, then white. The hearts were layered with white first then red. It was a bit finicky but came out exactly as I hoped.

An MFT All About Dad sentiment is heat embossed in platinum and a few extra leaves used to hide the adhesive and finish the design.

I'm excited to see what you create with the sketch this week! 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 #568

Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #568!

 

I had so many ideas swirling when I saw Judy Rozema's terrific sketch this week. My first thought was to use speech bubbles for the squares, but the design wasn't coming together so I took a break to play around with the new to me MFT Love You Gnome Matter What stamps.

This sweet gnome with his pouch of hearts ended up taking over the design and the squares became hearts. And it looks like gray is definitely going to be the supporting color for my Valentine's this year.

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

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #567

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #567!

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday break. My daughter was caught up in epicenter of the airport chaos and instead of a 3 hour direct flight, ended up rerouted with an overnight in Texas before arriving at a different airport from the original plan 24 hours later. We definitely consider her to be one of the lucky ones!

I'm happy to get back into a routine and knew immediately that Amy's fabulous sketch would work perfectly for a Valentine card.

A scrap of patterned paper is used for the panel where the three PTI From The Heart dies run down the side. The middle one is popped up at the top for a bit of dimension and adhered flat to the panel at the bottom as I didn't want it floating above the sentiment.

The Lawn Fawn Scripty XO die pairs perfectly with the patterned paper and is cut from craft foam for more interest and dimension.

Check out the terrific Clean Team designs at Freshly Made Sketches and play along with us this week!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie