Freshly Made Sketches #398

Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches!

Clean Team designer Cécile Ribon's lovely, elegant style shines through in our sketch this week!

The black dashed diagonal line in the background had me thinking of stitching and quilting, which led to the Concord & 9th Flutter die being cut a few times and pieced together. 

It took a while to settled on the brick embossed wall background but once I did,  I cut another butterfly in black to layer on top of my original white outline and stand out a bit more from the wall. An Altenew sentiment finishes off my design.

I hope you will join us at Freshly Made Sketches this week! Remember, any shape or image can be substituted for the butterfly.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Freshly Made Sketches #397

Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #397!

It took a bit of thinking and flipping through my stamp sets before settling on an idea for this fabulous sketch from Clean Team designer Kim Singdahlsen. Once I saw the checklist in MFT Perk Up stamp set, I had my trio element and the rest of the design came together pretty quickly.

A gray panel is embossed with the Tim Holtz coffee cups to provide a little extra texture and interest as the Memory Box Coffee On The Go die cut cups were kept clean and simple. 

The Clean Team has wonderful inspiration for you this week. I hope you check out their cards and join in the fun with us at Freshly Made Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CASology Week 348: SHIMMER

Welcome to Week 348 at CASology!

We have a terrific cue word this week! One of my favorite ways to add a bit of shimmer to a design is by using Wink of Stella.

The pretty vase of flowers from Pretty Pink Posh is paired with an MFT Essential sentiment and colored with Copic markers before just a touch of Wink of Stella is added to the vase.

Check out the design team cards and give a special welcome to our newest team member, Nancy!

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas (you are here)

Janet Ribet 

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield (on a break)

Nancy Elrick

Sue Symens

Guest Designer: Maria!

Sponsor: STAMPlorations!

We are looking forward to seeing how SHIMMER inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! This is a special THREE WEEK CHALLENGE, so you have until 9 AM Monday, Aug 5th (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie