Freshly Made Sketches #655

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #655!

Clean Team designer Jennifer Brum has given us a super sweet sketch the week! I pulled out a number of border stamps and Copic markers before deciding to go with the pumpkins from an older Pretty Pink Posh Fall Borders stamp set.

After coloring the pumpkins, they are fussy cut leaving one off on the end to fit the space. The Concord & 9th Lace Leaf sentiment is stamped on the blue gingham panel next, then lengths of green and beige twine are adhered along the back of the pumpkins. Finally, the pumpkins are popped up on the stamped panel.

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

CASology Challenge #379

 Welcome to CASology Challenge #379!

I love a Cue word that can inspire a color palette, an event or an image. My thought process week was autumn harvest, then Thanksgiving, then thanks in general, then an ombre of wheat color and it all came together using Concord & 9th Give Thanks stamps and dies.

The leaf die is cut three times and layered, leaving the grains in place, along the side of a kraft panel. The sentiment is stamped using Memento Espresso Truffle ink on a stitched panel and popped up over the wheat for interest and dimension.

Check out the the design team cards!

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: Lisa!

We are looking forward to seeing how WHEAT inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! This is a three week challenge, so you have until 9 AM Monday, December 14th (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #454

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #454!

I'm thrilled to be hosting this week and hope this classic sketch inspires you to join us! 

I drew the sketch knowing I was going to use Copic markers to color this sweet line of pumpkins from the Pretty Pink Posh Fall Borders stamp set before it is fussy cut and mounted on a stitched rectangle. A little twine wrapped around the panel helps ground them and adds a bit of interest.

The Concord & 9th Lace Leaf sentiment is stamped on a gingham panel before the pumpkin panel is popped up over it and added to the card base.

Check out the Clean Team cards at Freshly Made Sketches and join us this week! I am excited to see your designs fill the gallery.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #402

Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches!

This fun sketch is from Clean Team designer, Karren Johnson, and had me immediately thinking of fall leaves for the circle elements.

A Concord & 9th sentiment is heat embossed on a stitched panel and popped up over a white panel on the card front before the Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves die cuts are added.

Check out Freshly Made Sketches for more Clean Team inspiration and link up your card by Monday,  September 16th!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Papertrey Ink October 2018 Blog Hop

I'm slipping in near the end of the Papertrey Ink October 2018 Blog Hop with a card I made this afternoon.

With this quintessential fall scene for our inspiration, I decided to use the chalkboard technique and PTI's Autumn Hills stamp set to heat emboss a little scene in white on a black cardstock panel.

The leaves and pumpkins were colored in with a white Prismacolor pencil and then layered with shades of yellow, orange and red.

White ink is smudged around the edges of the panel before it is popped up on a Canyon Clay card base.

I'm off to check out the cards linked up this month! Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie