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

Freshly Made Sketches #585

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #585!

I adore stripes so was thrilled to see Clean Team designer Judy Rozema's fabulous sketch this week! There is no shortage of striped stencils, embossing folders, dies and patterned paper in my collection and I pulled them all out and promptly ignored them. 

The idea of making my own stripes had me experimenting with the color from Zig Real Brush Markers and a wet 3/4" flat brush until I had a panel I liked with shades of brown through green. Sadly, this has been a rough few years for family and friends losing loved ones, so I need to replenish the supply of sympathy cards.

 The Memory Box Small Alder Tree is layered with the top cut from watercolor paper and the bottom from dark green cardstock for a little extra dimension. The PTI Penned Elegance sentiment is stamped with Memento Truffle Espresso ink before the panel is popped up over the dark green card base.

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 #584

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #584!

I had an immediate idea when I saw Clean Team designer Linda Callahan's fabulous sketch this week and it only took four tries to get something I'm happy with. The stamp platform had a workout as all versions of my design included seventeen images of the PTI Birthday Style candle. 

PTI Hawaiian Shores and Limeade Ice are two of my favorite colors and things came together when I finally pulled them out. The candles are inked once and the MFT Blended Happy Birthday sentiment inked several times to get a deeper color. A teal die cut helps the sentiment stand out over the candles.

Yellow ink is blended around the candle tops and the happy part of the sentiment stamped directly on the panel. Wink of Stella adds a touch of sparkle to the flames and a scatter of enamel dots reinforce the festive feel.

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