Freshly Made Sketches #596

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #596!

How fun is this sketch from our talented Clean Team designer, Judy Rozema!? I'm a big fan of Clean and Simple designs, so had a few thoughts running through my head before settling on rainbow stripes.

Scraps of cardstock are cut with an MFT sentiment strip die and adhered to a smaller panel. The ends are cut with an MFT Torn Paper Edge die before being popped up on a white panel. The Stamp Market Color Me Happy sentiment is heat embossed on a black sentiment strip to finish the design.

I hope you 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 #595

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #595!

I was so happy to see a circle in Amy O'Neill's fabulous sketch this week because I recently added a few  Maya Road transparency doilies to the "use or purge" bowl on my desk.

The doily is layered over a pale blue vellum circle with Simply Graphic Pine Branches and Gold Button dies added to the top. The finished cluster is popped up over the Poppystamps Birthday Blowout sentiment.

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

I'm linking this card to Seize the Birthday #265 where the doily and polka dots meet the Circle or Circles challenge.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #594

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #594!

The more I looked at Clean Team designer Narelle Farrugia's layered sketch, the more I saw a sailboat as the large, focal point circle. Could the unused Wplus9 sailboat die sitting on my desk have influenced me? Why, of course. 

A Wplus9 Dockside compass image is heat embossed on a navy circle, the MFT Itty Bitty Summer sentiment heat embossed on an aqua strip, Memory Box Flying Gulls die cut to be assembled and layered over the sailboat washi before the sailboat was popped up over them.

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

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #593

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #593!

The fabulous sketch this week comes from our super talented designer, Karren Johnson. When she mentioned being inspired by a Jennifer Mcquire bridge card I had to check it out for myself. I was completely sucked into the possibilities and ended up with more of a landscape orientation for my design.

Instead of stenciling and foiling a panel, I flipped through paper pads until I found a summer theme from a 2015 Fancy Pants pad that worked for an idea brewing. The card base is a 8" x 4 ¼" and scored at 1¼, 2½, 5½ and 6¾. The flip flop paper is trimmed to fit on the right and left flaps and the back panel.

Popsicles were created using the MFT Mini Cafe All Day cup die and a partially cut Slimline Starter die provided the perfect stick. The sticks are cut from thin wood and the cups made from two layers and adhered to a base for extra stability. Before they were adhered the Ellen Hutson Say Cool sentiment was heat embossed across the center three.

Thanks for introducing me to a fun technique, Karren!

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