Freshly Made Sketches #476

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #476!

I admit I fluffed it with Linda's great sketch this week, thinking I had the design solidly in my head and not checking again before adhering all my bits and pieces, so the diagonal line isn't quite as sharp as I could have made it.

With my dad's birthday coming up, I've depleted the always small stack of masculine cards ready to go, so decided to keep this design super clean and simple. A Taylored Expressions embossing folder adds a bit of interest and reinforces the musical theme started with the Poppystamps Happy Birthday Melody die. The large PTI balloon adds a bright pop of color.

The Clean Team has fabulous cards this week! I hope you are inspired to play along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.

I'm linking this card to Seize the Birthday #209 (Anything Goes) and Time Out Challenges, where they are celebrating their 7th Birthday with Challenge #182!

       

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CASology Challenge #369: WIND

Welcome to CASology Challenge #369!

I love a cue word that has many meanings as you can see by the variety of images used by the design team! I went with a nautical theme and wind filled sails for my card.

An MFT Stitched Arch die cut opening and All About Dad sentiment prepare the top panel to be popped up over an inked panel. The Wplus9 Dockside sailboat die is the last element added to the design.

The design team really have fabulous takes on the cue word!

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: !

We are looking forward to seeing how WIND inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! This is a two week challenge, so you have until 9 AM Monday, 8th (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

I'm also linking this card to the Time Out Challenge Free,

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #417

Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #417!

I hope you had a great break and are as excited as I am to get back into a regular crafting routine. The first sketch for the New Year is from the talented Judy Rozema! With Christmas behind us, I'm ready to move onto Valentine's Day cards.

The MFT Abstract Heart die is cut from three different colored cardstock scraps and reassembled using the red outline as a base before being popped up on a white square panel. The panel is adhered to a heart embossed panel and card base before the selectively colored PTI Choose Joy sentiment is added.  This is one of those cards that took more time to think about what I wanted to do than to actually put it together.

The Clean Team has fabulous cards waiting to inspire you at Freshly Made Sketches. I hope you are able to play along with us this week!

I'm also linking this card to Time Out Challenge #152, inspired by the heart plate and the lovely white on white brick texture of the fireplace, which lead to my embossed heart background.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie