Freshly Made Sketches #384

Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #384!

Linda Callahan is the Clean Team member behind a fun sketch for this week! I wanted to use this whimsical birthday cake stamp set from PTI and played around with a few ideas for vertical strips on Linda's sketch.

Once the thought of streamers took hold, the only way to make it work was rotating the sketch so the vertical strips became a horizontal element. I place one streamer in front of the cake panel and one behind. There is a touch ofWink of Stella on the candle flames.

I'm also linking this card to Seize the Birthday where Anything Goes this week.

The Clean Team has amazing cards to inspire you! I hope you are able to join in the fun this week.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CASology Week 339: LEAP

Welcome to Week 339 at CASology!

What a fun word we have to inspire you this week! This time of year there are many taking leaps of faith into new ventures (wedding, graduation, etc.) and then there are the literal leaping bunnies associated with Easter.

I had to pull out my adorable Poppystamps Tiny Frogs die for this fun birthday card. Pool party anyone? Casual Fridays Woot Woot stamp set provided the perfect sentiment and is wrapped along the edge of the oval pond.

The design team has terrific cards this week!

Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas (you are here)

Janet Ribet 

Jen Wills 

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld

Sue Symens

Guest Designer: Marci!

Sponsor: STAMPlorations!

We are looking forward to seeing how LEAP inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! You have until 9 AM Monday, April 22nd (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

I'm also linking this card to Seize the Birthday where Anything Goes this week!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #383

Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches 383!

I had a lot of fun with Jen Mitchell's sketch this week, transforming the square element into a martini glass.  After adding the MFT Martini stamps and die to the white stitched rectangle, I looked for a piece of patterned paper to finish the design.

This MFT black & white chevron paper fit perfectly.

The Clean Team has terrific cards to inspire you - I hope you get a chance to play along with us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie