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Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches! Each week, one member of our design team creates a sketch for you to try, the twist is to keep your project clean-lined and fresh! Lesley here! I am the hostess this week and I went for a fairly simple layout, please feel free to use any shapes! Thank you to everyone who has applied to our Design Team Call, we are blown away by the response! The "Clean Team" has come up with some "Freshly Made" designs to get you in the spirit! We are so excited to visit your blog and to see what YOU create with our sketch! Linda Callahan Lesley Croghan Cindy Hall Jen Mitchell Tui Nathan Jennifer Timko Rita Wright Erna Logtenberg Tara Murphy Bourgoin We have a few simple rules to keep things fun and fair for all of our players: Please use any crafting product you would like to use. Feel free to combine our sketch with up to THREE other challenges. Please add a DIRECT link to your blog when adding your card to the linky below. Please include our sketch and a link back to Freshly Made Sketches on your post. Have fun! This challenge will end on Monday, May 14th at Noon (PST). On Tuesday, we will be announcing the winner of this week's sketch challenge who will known as the "Queen of Clean" and each Design Team Member will choose one "Princess".

This card uses Lemon Lime Twist ( new In Color), Daffodil Delight and Pear Pizzaz This card uses Fresh Fig ( new In Color) Perfect plum and Rich Razzleberry This card uses Tranquil Tide ( New IN Color), Bermuda Bay and Island Indigo Hello and Happy Friday, Today I have for you 3 cards all made the same way just changed the colors. I wanted to give you an idea of how 3 of the new in colors compared to colors we already have. Next week I as a Stampin'UP! Demonstrator will be able to order the other two in Colors and I will then create two cards using them too. I love seeing how the new in colors will fit into our line of core colors. If you purchase the Eastern Palace Premier Bundle you will received the 3 new in colors as part of that bundle. A few things you need to know... 1.) Stampin'UP! has added new items to the Clearance Rack, 2.) I will be ordering the new 2017-2018 annual catalogs at the beginning of May, if you have ordered 50.00 or more from me in the last 6 months then you will receive a catalog, if you have not you can either place am order or e-mail me to see how to get your copy. 3.) If you have not signed up for my weekly e-mail updates then head over to my blog and get signed up. I send out a weekly e-mail every Wednesday with updates and class schedule and I share fun projects with you. Starting in May I will be doing a free pdf each month using one stamp set and creating 3 cards. So don't wait head over to my blog and get signed up. If you would like to place an order follow the link below If your order is $50.00 order and use the hostess code MJ7H2WGW, You will receive a Thank you card in the mail and for every $25.00 order you will receive 12- 6x6 sheets of retired dsp For this project / card .... Card Base 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4, Very Vanilla Thick Cardstock 1st Layer- 4x 5 1/4, Fresh Fig, Tranquile tide or eastern Pace dsp( I don't have lemon Lime Twist Cardstock yet ) 2nd Layer- 1 1/2 x 5 1/4, Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Series Paper (dsp) 3rd Layer- 3 x 4 1/4, Very Vanilla I used ... Smoky Slate for the clouds Lemon Lime Twist, fresh Fig or Tranquil Tide for the Large hot air balloon Balloon and greeting Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay or Perfect plum for a small hot air balloon Pear Pizzaz, Island Indigo or Rich Razzleberry for small hot air balloon Products I used are........ If you would like to purchase any of these items please head over to my store Roberta's Store Thank you so much for stopping by today, see you tomorrow.

Christmas Cheer and Magical Moments. Blending on coloured card stock with clear embossing definitely magic.

LOVE this new set in the brand new catalogue - its called "Bloom with Hope" and its a new Hostess set. I am looking forward to using it for lots of different techniques as its the kids of set that will work well. I can see it embossed, watercoloured, simply stamped, masked.. in fact it is very versatile. So as a demonstrator I had an opportunity to get it early (it was free for me.. yippee!) and have a play. Today I did something simple but subtle with it. I stamped it in Soft Suede ink onto Crumb Cake card stock, masking some of the stamps as I stamped more over the top. Then I used a blender pen with some Whisper White Craft Ink to lightly fill in some of the petals, and added a little Pear Pizzaz ink to some of the leaves. The sentiment is from the same set. I love that this is simple but so effective! Have you booked into my launch events next weekend yet? I now am full for the Sunday afternoon event, but still have spaces at the Saturday evening event (5th July) so please click HERE to email me and book your spot. Its only $15 to attend and you will go home with 3 completed projects and of course a new catalogue. There will be prizes for everyone, and supper too. Its a great night! So I hope to see you there.. or at a class or workshop soon! Here's another shot of today's card for you:

Just a quick post today...I seen a card similar to this on the web where I don't know but I would guest stampin' Connection that is where I hang out when I'm on the net :) What is

This card uses Lemon Lime Twist ( new In Color), Daffodil Delight and Pear Pizzaz This card uses Fresh Fig ( new In Color) Perfect plum and Rich Razzleberry This card uses Tranquil Tide ( New IN Color), Bermuda Bay and Island Indigo Hello and Happy Friday, Today I have for you 3 cards all made the same way just changed the colors. I wanted to give you an idea of how 3 of the new in colors compared to colors we already have. Next week I as a Stampin'UP! Demonstrator will be able to order the other two in Colors and I will then create two cards using them too. I love seeing how the new in colors will fit into our line of core colors. If you purchase the Eastern Palace Premier Bundle you will received the 3 new in colors as part of that bundle. A few things you need to know... 1.) Stampin'UP! has added new items to the Clearance Rack, 2.) I will be ordering the new 2017-2018 annual catalogs at the beginning of May, if you have ordered 50.00 or more from me in the last 6 months then you will receive a catalog, if you have not you can either place am order or e-mail me to see how to get your copy. 3.) If you have not signed up for my weekly e-mail updates then head over to my blog and get signed up. I send out a weekly e-mail every Wednesday with updates and class schedule and I share fun projects with you. Starting in May I will be doing a free pdf each month using one stamp set and creating 3 cards. So don't wait head over to my blog and get signed up. If you would like to place an order follow the link below If your order is $50.00 order and use the hostess code MJ7H2WGW, You will receive a Thank you card in the mail and for every $25.00 order you will receive 12- 6x6 sheets of retired dsp For this project / card .... Card Base 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4, Very Vanilla Thick Cardstock 1st Layer- 4x 5 1/4, Fresh Fig, Tranquile tide or eastern Pace dsp( I don't have lemon Lime Twist Cardstock yet ) 2nd Layer- 1 1/2 x 5 1/4, Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Series Paper (dsp) 3rd Layer- 3 x 4 1/4, Very Vanilla I used ... Smoky Slate for the clouds Lemon Lime Twist, fresh Fig or Tranquil Tide for the Large hot air balloon Balloon and greeting Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay or Perfect plum for a small hot air balloon Pear Pizzaz, Island Indigo or Rich Razzleberry for small hot air balloon Products I used are........ If you would like to purchase any of these items please head over to my store Roberta's Store Thank you so much for stopping by today, see you tomorrow.

Hoe je dat doet? Men neme de “Cross-stitched Christmas” stempelset, de Stamparatus, een voorgesneden velletje whisper white (bijvoorbeeld 8×10.5cm) en vijf kleuren inkt naar keuze.…

Trying to get over the Christmas period and regain my mojo! Decided to take the Stampin' Up set Wetlands out for a spin to see what I could use it for. This first one used a leftover background piece I made when I was playing around with the acrylic block technique from a previous post. The technique involved using Stampin' Up markers on the block and spritzing this with water a few times to give a watercolour effect I stamped the birds in Black Stazon ink. I mounted it on white card and then onto Sahara Sand. This one was done by masking off each area and using sponges to grade the colours. I think I used Sky Blue, Island Indigo, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede This was so simple. I stamped two images, re-inking each time. The second time I stamped off to give the impression of the duck being further way. I used an Old Olive marker to ink up the reeds and Elegant Eggplant for the tops. The pattern at the side is the Delicate Designs embossing folder. This one is a single layer card. Early Expresso ink was used for the duck. I then stamped the Olive Green reeds. I was able to make it look like the reeds were behind the duck by cutting around the duck image on a scrap piece of paper and then laying this over the image before stamping the reeds over the duck. I cased the idea for this card from crafting large.blogspot.de. I just love the simplicity of this card especially the Whisper White cardstock on the Naturals White card base. Some old Designer paper makes a nice background for this card. The card base is Early Expresso. I rounded the corners which gives it a different look I embossed the reeds onto Pear Pizzaz and then mounted this onto Whisper White card. The card base is Crumb Cake. The Early Expresso mat is embossed with the Moasiac folder. The card base again is Crumb Cake. I was inspired by Lisa Young's design on http://addinkandstamp.blogspot.com.au/search?q=Wetlands I didn't have the designer paper she used so instead I masked 3 sections of a piece of white card and brayered Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry and Early Expresso. Stazon ink was used to stamp the design Then I used a Stampin' Up circle die with the Bigshot to cut the circle. It was mounted with dimensionals on Naturals White which in turn was mounted on a card base of the same colour. I think this is a great, versatile stamp set which is useful for masculine cards in particular. Happy stamping!

All of a sudden there are lots of my friends having birthdays, and I'm so excited that I just got the new Special Reason Bundle!! It's fresh and lacy ~ just what I need for birthday cards! The stamps give real texture and dimension to the tamped images. They are very detailed, and so pretty! And, look at the beautiful die-cut flower and leaves!! The dies in this Stylish Stems set are made to cut positive images, like these, and also negative images. Below is a photo from Stampin' Up! showing the negative image. The sentiments in this set are sweet

Create this beautiful Gorgeous Grape and Pear Pizazz sympathy card made with the Delicate Dahlias stamp set available free during Sale-A-Bration.

This pretty card sympathy card features the Petal Park Bundle. The base of this card is a 8.5″ x 5.5″ piece of Night of Navy Cardstock. I adhered a piece of 4″ x 5.25″ Pear …

I am so, so, so very much longing for Spring! What to do? How about I share a beautiful Spring-like card with you? I love and adore our new Butterfly Thinlits Dies. What could be more beautiful than a delicate, lacy butterfly? Check this out. The color story is a beautiful Pear Pizzazz and Whisper White. I have a double gold metallic button embellishment and some seam binding ribbon. By adding an embossed layer of CS over the card base, the card has more texture and layers --- something I must do:) It just bumps up the elegance. Alright now... did I make you feel like you had a tiny touch of Spring added to your day? Have a good one! - Click on the tab at the top of the page to see my class schedules and registration policies or click on the left for sneak peeks. - Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the blogging world. - Come back soon and come back often for more creative inspiration.

Welcome to PPA263 Color Challenge with Pals! Do you look forward to challenge days like I do? Sure hope so. Especially when they s-t-r-e-t-c-h those creative muscles. The colors this week are so…

I keep thinking that I need/want to particpate in more stamping challenges. There are a lot of them and sometimes it is just the jump start I need when I'm feeling uninspired or everything I make starts looking the same....

Wonderful World Sympathy Card Wonderful World is a Stamp Set and Designer Series Paper you can select as your Free Item on a qualifying order during Sale-a-bration while supplies last. The flower stamps in this stamp set are so pretty and I thought this particular flower would make a warm and beautiful Sympathy Card. The

Hi! Hello, and welcome to Pear Pizzazz week of the Colour Creations blog hops. Pear Pizzazz is in the Subtle Family collection and is a bit of a so-so green. I don't love it, but I don't hate it, either. I decided to pull out my Plentiful Plants bundle to play with, and to use some of the plant stamps that hadn't seen ink yet. I paired it with Sweet Strawberry for the sentiments and the Stitched Greenery Die for the background. I don't know what this plant is called in real life, but in my head it's become the Brian May plant. It reminds me so much of his hair, and that's all I can see now! I actually created the inside of the card before I'd finished the front. In hindsight, I wish I'd stamped the Brian May plant again on the Whisper White base, as I did on the front, to extend the height of the plant. Next time! Speaking of next, the next stop in our Blog Hop belongs to Michele Taylor. Jump on over to her blog to see what is sure to be a fabulous card. And don't forget that Cathy Proctor is here to save the day if you run into any problems. She's got a list of all participants in case of an emergency 😉 Bye for now, Tina

Well I want to share my second try with doing water coloring, this time I took the water out of my Aqua painter and had a little dish with w...

I warned you that there would be some more SU Backyard Basics coming up…I used the flower and the sweet little bird this time. I am really taken with the style of this stamp set- so artistic…

I made a few cards for this week's challenge at "Less is More" . It's the first time that we've used a picture for inspiration and the...