Freshly Made Sketches #573

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #573!

I absolutely love Kim Singdahlsen's fabulous sketch this week! My first thought was to use strips of patterned papers for the vertical stripe element, but a new MFT Paint Strokes stencil had me playing with inks instead. 

A decision to make the stripes in ocean colors had me reaching for MFT Life's a Beach stamp set. The sentiment was heat embossed with Versamark ink and a clear embossing powder first and then the top portion of the panel masked to give a straight edge for the inked paint stroke "waves".

Staying with the beach theme, a few rows of twine "sand" add interest to the top edge of the panel.

I hope you check out the Clean Team design and play along with us at Freshly Made Sketches this week.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CASology Challenge #407: HAPPY

 Welcome to CASology Challenge #407!

Could the cue word be any more wide open this month?! Instead of committing to a reason for celebrating, I created a HAPPY card that could be used for just about any occasion.

The Impression Obsession Happy Background stamp is heat embossed on the panel first and the sentiment assembled and adhered next. The MFT Little Letters Alphabet dies were used to cut the smaller letters twice and The Stamp Market Chunky Alphabet dies used for the rainbow part of the sentiment. The rainbow letters were swiped with Wink of Stella before being adhered to the stamped panel.

Check out the amazing design team cards and play along with us this week.

Åsa Johannson

Jacquie Southas (you are here)

Melissa Chipperfield 

Nancy Elrick

Sandie Munro

Guest Designer: Arlene!

 

We are looking forward to seeing how HAPPY inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! This is a month long challenge, so you have until 9 AM Monday, October 3rd  (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

 

Freshly Made Sketches #538

 Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #538!

I'm hosting the sketch this week and hope you have fun with it. I needed a retirement card and have been itching to use the Simply Graphic Hammock (Hamac) die for ages. It is a perfect pairing in my opinion.

The hammock is cut from white and orange cardstock and pieced together first, then the three woodgrain posts cut with a die from MFT Blueprints 17 die set. 

A white panel is inked with Salty Ocean Distress Ink and a Simply Graphics Best of Summer sentiment added. Pieces of floss are adhered to each end of the hammock and the other ends tied to the post before they are adhered into place.

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

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie