Freshly Made Sketches #416!

Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #416!

How fun is this super sketch from Clean Team Designer Amy O'Neill? I saw the offset panels as stacked mail and immediately started thinking about using PTI Santa Stationery stamp set.

Several of the images are stamped and layered to create the nice list notification from Santa. I avoided filling in a name on the certificate by popping an MFT Yay To You sentiment over the space.

The creative ladies on the Clean Team have more fun inspiration for you! We have a couple extra weeks for the challenge to take us through the holiday season, so hope you find the time to create and play along with us at Freshly Made Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

CASology Challenge 358: BRANCH

Welcome to CASology #358!

I'm looking forward to seeing a wide range of cards inspired by our cue word BRANCH! MFT Tweet Holidays stamp set caught my eye as I searched through my Evernote stamp inventory and the sweet birdhouse is paired with a couple of MFT Bitty Holiday Wishes sentiments.

The small white panel is cut first so the branch and house were easily centered. Copic markers are used to color the scene and a touch of Nuvo drops added to the berries and to add a bit of snowy dimension.

The design team has a great variety of fun cards this week!

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas (you are here)

Janet Ribet  

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield 

Milka Gubo

Nancy Elrick

Sue Symens

Guest Designer: Deepti S.!

Sponsor: STAMPlorations!

We are looking forward to seeing how BRANCH inspires you - just remember to keep it Clean & Simple! This is a THREE WEEK CHALLENGE, so you have until 9 AM Monday, January 6th (CMT) to link your card to the CASology blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

freshly Made Sketches #415

Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches #415!

I love the simple, elegant lines on Narelle Farrugia's terrific sketch and look forward to see how it gets used this week! 

I'm still churning out Christmas cards and decided to create my design around the colors of a pretty washi tape. 

A red Hero Arts Merry die cut is adhered on the edge of the white embossed sentiment panel before it is popped up over the washi covered narrow angled sentiment strips. The finished panel is added to a green card base.

I hope you find time during the busy holiday season to play along with us at Freshly Made Sketches!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie