Freshly Made Sketches #710

This has to be the earliest I've ever gotten a card made for Freshly Made Sketches but I'm on a deadline.  My daughter-in-law is coming tomorrow for help with a quilt she's making and then she, my daughter and I are going to the Pittsburgh Ballet on Saturday.  Christy's best friend's son is dancing in it and she thought it would make a great girls weekend.  

I bought the Winter Fun set from Waffle Flower two years ago, colored all the images with Altenew artist markers right away, made a card using two images last November and it's been on the shelf ever since.  I thought those darling kids would work perfectly for the sketch.  The edge of the rink was cut with a SSS Slopes die and lightly inked with Ice Spruce before adding a layer of Simon Hurley's Astropaste in Frostbite.  It really looks like ice and I wish it showed up in the photo.  The top portion was inked with Stormy Sky and the line where they meet was embossed with Puff powder to act as the snow pile along the edge of the rink.  The middle girl is popped up on foam tape so she doesn't run into her friend. 😁  The sentiment is from PB. 

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Just Us Girls #706 - Photo Week

The host this week at Just Us Girls is Carol Mc and this is the photo/moodboard she chose to inspire your cards. 

Here is a larger view.

You can choose from the images or the colors or even the sentiment.

Here's what my mind's eye saw.

Whenever there's an opportunity to make a bird, I'm going to do it.  The beautiful cardinal and the sentiment are from Honey Bee's Winter Birds.  The greenery and branch are from their Winter Greenery dies.  A little Oxide ink background and some snow made with Puff embossing powder and a few splatters give the scene a wintry look. 

What image inspires your imagination?  Go see what the Design Team and our guest Melissa have made and then make a card for our challenge.  We'd love to see you in the gallery.

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52 Christmas Card Throwdown 15.23

This week's challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is a basic one - Santa.  Who doesn't have a number of Santa stamps/dies in their stash.  I made mine with Spellbinders die cuts gifted to me by a friend.

Santa is colored with Altenew artist markers and popped up on a panel of DSP from HoneyBee.  His hat brim and pom are embossed with Puff embossing powder.  The sentiment is from Winnie and Walter (oob). 

Since there were two die cuts on the panel, I made second card.

This one is on a dark gray oval on patterned paper from Echo Park. 

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Happy Little Stampers Christmas - September

Another month has flown by and it's time for September's challenge at Happy Little Stampers Christmas.

Of course I had to do the twist.

I have this layered tree stamp from HA and wanted to see how it would work with my Puff embossing powder to add snow to the branches.  I loved how it looked but then I had to figure a way to display it.  I watercolored around the edge of the tree and cut it with a scalloped oval from MFT.  I knew I wanted a plaid background, something soft to bring out that sky so I used my C9 plaid background and stamped it in Sea Glass and Frayed Leaf  from Altenew.  The sentiment is from the same HA set stamped on a banner from LF.

The Design Team has cards for your inspiration and we look forward to seeing what you make for our challenge this month.  The winner will receive a $20 voucher to HLS which will be doubled if HLS stamps are used.