Freshly Made Sketches #669

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #669!

The queen of layering, Clean Team designer Narelle Farrugia, has a wide open sketch for us this week. My need to replenish the stack of birthday cards had me reaching for balloons when I saw the circles, but as always, you can use any image in your design. Inspired by Narelle's layers and a new The Stamp Market Wispy Waves stencil, a windy tone on tone background is created first by adding a touch of ink to white molding paste.

Both MFT Balloon Stax and Poppystamps Celebration Balloons dies are used to give me the sizes I wanted and cut in a number of colors before deciding to go with an orange and aqua mix. The MFT Bitty Birthday Wishes sentiment is heat embossed and a couple of waxed thread strings added to the larger balloons to finish the design.

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

I'm linking this card to Seize the Birthday Challenge #297 - Use Something New.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #668

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #668!

It's great to see you here for another fabulous sketch! This week we have a fun asymmetrical design from the super talented Clean Team designer, Karren Johnson. My original plan was for a birthday card so I'm not quite sure how I ended up with a Valentine but that is often how my creative process works.

The circles on the scrap of grey patterned paper are outlined with a pretty pink, which had me reaching for more pinks and then hearts. The Mama Elephant Love Quotes sentiment is stamped in a PTI Layered Heart die cut, layered with a dark pink scalloped edge heart and a couple Memory Box Goldfinch dies. The gold glitter heart dots were an afterthought that I'm still on the fence about.

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 #667

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #667!

Happy New Year! Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches first challenge of 2025. Our super talented Clean Team designer, Cécile Ribon, is the creative genius behind this perfect start to the year. 

Although tempted to use a new snowflake die, I went with stars this week. Remember, you can use whatever image you want and make a card for any occasion. Even though this one could be used to celebrate the New Year, it is heading to a dear friend for her birthday.

A four inch square panel is embossed with stars and a large gold shimmer MFT stacked star added with glue dots to give a bit of lift and dimension. The Stamp Market Big Bold Numbers base dies are cut and embossed before the outline dies are cut from glitter paper and layered on top.

The simple heat embossed MFT Itty Bitty Birthday sentiment and a scatter of star confetti finish the design.

I hope you check out the fabulous Clean Team designs and play along with us for the first challenge of the New Year at Freshly Made Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie