FMS#675

 What a great sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches! I had a few ideas for this one and they all had me using some graphic stamps. I knew when I bought them that they would be very versatile, but I haven't had the chance to really use them as much as I would have liked. So inspired by this sketch, I inked up the lines then stenciled some stars to go on top. I grabbed a red grad cap out of my stash (red is a popular school color for my family!) and then I got to use a brand-new sentiment stamp/die set for the Congrats. This card has a lot of white space and I really like how it turned out! Again, thanks much to FMS for the inspiration!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: MFT: Distressed Patterns; Simon Says Stamp: XL Greetings & Dies; North Woods Wooden Stamp (Grad Cap)
Ink: Hero Arts: Soft Granite; Memento: Tuxedo Black; Gina K: Red Hot; Copics
Other: Heidi Swapp: Spray Stencil

Donut Card for #FMS674

I fell in love with this bright and colorful paper pad and since I make a ton of birthday cards, I figured I would use it up quickly. As it usually goes with card-making supplies, it is fun to shop for them, to admire them, and store them but alas they do not get used nearly as often as I intend. Thanks to the sketch at FMS, I was able to get my creative juices flowing which resulted in multiple cards (one uses the negative of the donut circle cut out). I also wanted to point out that I do not have a huge circle die, so I had to unearth my old circular cutter that I stashed away thinking I would never use it again. I now have put it back into my regularly-used tools drawer! Thanks again to FMS for the inspiration and thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES USED:

Stamps: Jillibean Soup: Coffee and Donuts

Paper: TPS: Treat Yourself

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics

 

Wedding Azaleas

After thinking about the design for a bit, this card surprisingly came together quite quickly. Once again, I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches as my inspiration. Decided to make more of an elegant card this time. I used one of my favorite 6 x 6 paper pads from SEI for this one. I embossed the flowers in silver on vellum, then adhered to a dotted panel. Cut a larger panel and matted both with metallic silver paper. Then I die cut the sentiment from the metallic paper and added a few gems to finish it off. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used: 

Stamps: Power Poppy: Azalea

Paper: SEI: Couture; Metallic Silver

Ink: VersaMark; Silver EP

Dies: Spellbinders: Sentiments One and A-2 Matting Basics A & B Card Creator

Kitties & Cookies

This set from MFT was really appropriate for this week's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. Stamped and colored the kitties with copics. Carefully fussy cut them, then arranged in a line over two strips of metallic cardstock. Die cut the hearts out of the same cardstock, stamped the sentiment and mounted on a panel of that same metallic cardstock. Entering this for Sketch Challenge #655: 

Supplies Used: 

Stamps: MFT: Chip, Chip, Hooray!

Inks: Copics, Memento: Tuxedo Black; Catherine Pooler: Pucker Up

Dies: SSS: Stacked Hearts

FMS#649

While laying low during my last episode with covid (not fun), I found a few card examples that made me want to create. The first was this eye-popping card from Wanda Cullen that was made for FMS#644. I have a similar typewriter stamp and the design looked easy enough to CASE....but before I could actually make a card, I found a second card that had another cool color combination that I had to try. And, and as usual when I just try a technique on a scrap piece of paper, I end up not wanting to toss it....I truly hope I learned my lesson: whenever I'm going to 'just experiment', I am going to use a full-size piece of paper so that I don't have to spend so much time trying to figure out how to use a pretty 'scrap'! 

I combined the inspiration from these two cards along with another fabulous sketch (FMS#649) at Freshly Made Sketches, and ended up with three coordinated cards. It is so true that it is way more effecient to make multiple cards when you have all your coordinating supplies out. Instead of having only one card after crafting for say five hours, I just spent another hour to complete two more and now I had three for those six hours spent. 
I'm grateful again to Freshly Made Sketches for providing the inspiration for me to make a clean & simple card - still a challenge for me! Thanks for stopping by!

Inspiration Card by Wanda Cullen

Inspiration Card by Jen Shults

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Honey Bee: Just My Type; Altenew: Sentiments and Quotes; Crafter's Companion: Floral Note;

Ink: Catherine Pooler: Be Mine; Distress Oxide: Picked Raspberry; Derwent Drawing Pencil: Chinese White; Memento: Tuxedo Black;

Dies: Nestablities: Scalloped Circles; Sizzix Originals: Framed Circles; MFT: Stitched Circles STAX; Sunny Studio: Fancy Frame Rectangle and Fishtail Banners; 

Other: Echo Park: Polka Dots Stencil

Paper: MFT: Sweet Celebration Paper Pad

Card for FMS Sketch #644

Made this for Sketch Challenge #644 at Freshly Made Sketches. I recently bought a card kit from Simon Says Stamp and these beautiful papers came with it. I love how easy it is to coordinate papers when they all come in the same paper pad! The roses inspired me to use an old set from Altenew - Vintage Roses. The set consists of layered stamps which are a bit of a challenge to line up....but thanks to the MISTI and a little patience, I was able to stamp several flowers and various leaves. A few months ago, I created a little swatch book of all my inks so that came in very handy when choosing all my ink colors. I usually make birthday cards, but these papers prompted me to make a thinking-of-you card which I will be sending to someone who is homebound. I'm sure it will bring a smile. Thanks to all at FMS for providing such inspiring sketches!

 

Supplies Used: 

Stamps: Altenew: Vintage Roses; Fiskars: Friendly Flowers (sentiment)

Inks: Distress Oxide: Speckled Egg; Distress: Evergreen Bough; Gina K: blush and light gold; Stampabilites: Cherry Red; Altenew: Honey Drizzle; VersaMark; Simon Says Stamp: White Detail EP;

Dies: Altenew: Vintage Roses; Sunny Studios: Fancy Frame Rectangle; MFT: A2 Stitched Rectanlges Stax

Sweet Little Lady Bugs

Made this to congratulate my nephew and his wife on their new baby girl. I needed a quick & simple card design because I have a ton of May birthday cards to make so I am pressed for time. Love the sketches at FMS, they are always so inspirational!

Supplies Used:

Paper: DCWV: the Sweet Matstack

Stamps: Altenew: Sentiments & Quotes; Stamps By Judith: Flower

Other: Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots EF; EK: Open Scallop Border Punch; Sparklensprinkle: White & Rosa Embossing Powders

Ink: Distress Oxide: Twisted Citron; Hero Arts: Unicorn; VersaMark