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Freshly Made Sketches #48

A good Thursday morning to you all. Were are almost through another week! We had some more “Florida” rain today (as I like to call it). It pours buckets for about 15 minutes and then the sun comes out and it does it all over again. I think it’s supposed to be nice today! I got a lot of questions yesterday asking me how I made the star on my card. As promised, here is the PDF “tutorial”, hope that helps. Thanks for asking! Today’s post is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge. This week’s challenge has been engineered by Tui…

I really like the layout a lot. I wanted to use a set that I haven’t used in a while so I reached for my World Treasures Stamp Set. I have used the peacock before but never the flowers. The base of my card is Whisper White Card Stock. I added some International Bazaar Designer Series Paper to the left and also three strips across the middle. On the strips across the middle I used the Finishing Touches Edgelits to “pink” the one side. The flowers are markered in Rich Razzleberry and Lucky Limeade. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to get them lined up perfectly. The greeting is also from the World Treasures Stamp Set and is stamped in Lucky Limeade and cut out with the Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies. I also used them to cut out a piece of Rich Razzleberry to mount behind the greeting. They are all adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. For a little bling I put a Basic Jewels Rhinestone in the middle of each of the flowers. I love the color combination and the greeting is great. I hope that you enjoyed this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge card and that you have a wonderful Thursday! Thank for checking in! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White and Rich Razzleberry

Ink: Lucky Limeade

Markers: Rich Razzleberry and Lucky Limeade Stampin’ Write Markers

Stamp Set: World Treasures Clear Mount

Designer Series Paper: International Bazaar

Embellishments: Basic Jewels Rhinestones

Tools: Big Shot, Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies, Finishing Touches Edgelits Dies, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

This month’s promotion is for the Howl-O-Ween Printer’s Tray Project. Earn this for FREE when you sign up to be a Demonstrator.

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Freshly Made Sketches 47

Good morning peeps. How is your week so far? Mine is humming right along. It’s Thursday and tomorrow is Friday! I love Fridays, the work week os over and the weekend begins. On to today’s post which is for this weeks Freshly Made Sketches Challenge. This week Jennifer T. has provided us with this lovely sketch…

As soon as I saw it I knew exactly what I wanted to use. I love the circus themed items in the World Spectacular Products Suite. Great colors and really neat stamps, it has Island Indigo so it has to be a favorite! The base of my card is Crumb Cake Card Stock that I stamped with Crumb Cake ink with the distressed Dots Background Stamp. I embossed a piece of Calypso Coral with the Argyle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and mounted it to a piece of Early Espresso before adhering it to the card. Three pieces of World Spectacular Designer Series Paper are flagged on the one side and adhered to the embossed piece. I punched out a piece of Island Indigo with the 1 3/4″ Circle Punch and used the Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack and Paper-Piercing Tool to pierce it before adhering it to the card with Stampin’ DImensionals. The elephant is from the You’re Amazing Stamp Set and is stamped in Early Espresso. I stamped the image again in Calypso Coral and cut them out with my Paper Snips. He is also mounted to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The winner image is from the same set and is stamped in Cherry Cobbler and punched out with the Ticket Duo Builder Punch. I think the card is nice and colorful but not too over the top. I hope that you enjoyed this weeks Freshly Made Sketches Challenge card and thank you so much for stopping by, I appreciate your visit. Have a wonderful day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Island Indigo and Early Espresso

Ink: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler and Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ ink

Stamp Sets: Distressed Dots Wood Mount Background Stamp and You’re Amazing Clear Mount

Designer Series Paper: World Spectacular

Tools: Big Shot, Argyle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, 1 3/4″ Circle Punch, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

This month’s promotion is for the Howl-O-Ween Printer’s Tray Project. Earn this for FREE when you sign up to be a Demonstrator.

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Freshly Made Sketches #46

Hello everyone! How are we all doing today? I’m doing great! I downloaded my update to My Digital Studio yesterday and I’m going to play with it over the weekend. There are some really neat new features and you can read all about them here. Today’s post is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge. I was lucky enough to be picked as Ann’s Perfect Prince last week! Thanks Ann! This week’s sketch is provided by Lesley…

I was really happy when I saw the sketch, it gave me a reason to use my Top Note Bigz Die. I don’t think I have used it since last Christmas! The base of my card is Tangerine Tango Card Stock. I used a piece of Tangerine Tango 5/8″ Striped Grosgrain Ribbon that I got from the Clearance Rack a while ago. Under that I punched the edge of a piece of Certainly Celery with the Scallop Trim Border Punch, then I wrapped the edges of the ribbon around that back of a piece of So Saffron and adhered it to the card with SNAIL. A piece of Whisper White is cut out with the Top Note Bigz Die and I stamped the image form the Flowering Flourishes Stamp Set in Certainly Celery. I used the Boho Blossoms Punch to punch out the flowers and the Beautiful Wings Embosslit for the butterflies both in Tangerine Tango. Some Mini Glue Dots keep the on the stamped image and I added some Basic Jewels Pearls to the centers of the flowers. The Top Note is adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is from the Fabulous Phrases Stamp Set and is stamped in Tangerine Tango. I flagged the ends and adhered it to a piece of Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper and used some more Stampin’ Dimensionals to mount it to the card. I love the bright and cheery color combination and clean design. I hope that you enjoyed this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge card and thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, So Saffron and Certainly Celery

Ink: Certainly Celery and Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Flowering Flourishes and Fabulous Phrases Clear Mount

Designer Series Paper: Summer Smooches

Embellishments: Basic Jewels Pearls and Tangerine Tango 5/8″ Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools: Big Shot, Top Note Bigz Die, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Paper Snips, Mini Glue Dots, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

This month’s promotion is for the Howl-O-Ween Printer’s Tray Project. Earn this for FREE when you sign up to be a Demonstrator.

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Freshly Made Sketches #45 and Sneak Peek

Good morning all! It’s supposed to rain this morning and then again this afternoon here today. I have my Stampin’ Up! meeting tonight and I’ll post my swap card on Saturday. I can’t wait to see all of the other swaps that I will get. 🙂

Today’s post is for this weeks Freshly Made Sketches Challenge. Cindy has provided us with this sketch…

Very nice, clean and simple and I kept my card exactly like that. The base of my card is Baja Breeze Card Stock. I used a piece of Patio Party Designer Series Paper backed by a piece of Whisper White Card Stock for the large sort of background piece, it’s adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The stamped image is form the Four Seasons Host(ess) Stamp Set and is stamped in Primrose Petals. I used the 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle punch to punch it out. The image was stamped again in Baja Breeze and I punched out just the center image with the 1 ” Circle Punch and mounted it to the larger Image with a Stampin’ Dimensional. The ribbon is Primrose Petals 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon. I used some Sticky Strip to wrap it around the DSP and hold it in place. Another piece of ribbon is slid through one of the new Designer Ribbon Slides* and I flagged the ends with my Paper snips. It is adhered to the other piece of ribbon with a Mini Glue Dot. The greeting is from the Fabulous Phrases Stamp Set and is stamped in Primrose Petals and cut out with the Bitty Banners Framelits Dies. Some Stampin’ Dimensionals are also used to adhere that to the card front. The new Round Designer Ribbon Slides* are one of my favorite new embellishments from the new Holiday Catalog. You can place your orders starting August 1st. I hope you enjoyed this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge Card and thank for checking in. Have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White and Baja Breeze

Ink: Primrose Petals and Baja Breeze Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Four Seasons Host(ess) and Fabulous Phrases Clear Mount

Designer Series Paper: Patio Party

Embellishments: Primrose Petals 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon and Round Designer Ribbon Slides*

Tools: Big Shot, Itty Bitty Banner Framelits Dies, 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch, 1″ Circle Punch, Sticky Strip, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2012 Holiday Catalog (Available August 1st)

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog!

Now is also the best time to host a Workshop. If your Workshop (or individual order) totals $450* you get $115 in Host(ess) dollars plus one item at 50% off!! That’s $115 worth of items FREE plus one item at 50% off from the New Catalog! Hurry, offer ends July 31, 2012.

*The total is for items that are purchased only and does not include shipping or sales tax.

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Freshly Made Sketches #44

Woo hoo! It’s FRIDAY! I loves me some Friday! What is everyone doing for the weekend? I am wishing that I was at Stampin’ Up! Convention, but hopeful next year. I still have big plans to get a lot of stuff done this weekend, I’ll let you know how I do!

Today’s post is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge. This week Jen M. has give us this nice simple sketch…

I decided that I liked the rosette card so much that I made last week that I would do another one. This sketch is perfect for it and the only change I made was to switch the circles. The base of the card is Baja Breeze Card Stock. I used the 2 1/2″ Circle Punch to punch out the circle on the front of the card. Some Floral District Designer Series Paper and the Simply Scored make a really nice simple rosette. I used some Mini Glue Dots to hold the rosette together and the 3/4″ Circle punch and another piece of Floral District DSP to cove the middle. The circle to the left is from the Lacy and Lovely Stamp Set and is stamped in Rich Razzleberry and punched out with the 1 3/4″ Circle Punch. I used the 2 1/2″ Circle punch to crop of the one side and adhered it to the card with SNAIL flush against the side of the circle I punched out of the card. The butterflies are cut out from the Beautiful Wings Embosslit in Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango and Rose Red Card Stock. They are all adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The Hello is also from the Lacy and Lovely Stamp set and is stamped in Rose Red, cut out with my Paper Snips and also mounted to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I threaded two Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons with Whisper White Bakers Twine and adhered them to the center of the rosette and other circle with Mini Glue Dots. I hope that you enjoyed this weeks Freshly Made Sketches Challenge card. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Friday!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Baja Breeze, Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango and Rose Red

Ink: Rich Razzleberry and Rose Red Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Lacy and Lovely Clear Mount

Designer Series Paper: Floral District

Embellishments: Vintage Faceted Designer Series Buttons and Whisper White Bakers Twine

Tools: Big Shot, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Simply Scored, 2 1/2″ Circle Punch, 1 3/4″ Circle Punch, 3/4″ Circle Punch, Paper Snips, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Idea Book & Catalog!

Now is also the best time to host a Workshop. If your Workshop (or individual order) totals $450* you get $115 in Host(ess) dollars plus one item at 50% off!! That’s $115 worth of items FREE plus one item at 50% off from the New Catalog!

*The total is for items that are purchased only and does not include shipping or sales tax.

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FMS #43 and Sneak Peek

Good morning! How is everyone doing today? I’m doing well, I’m off to Vermont a little later on with my friend Kim. I’m going to go and pick her up from the city and off we go. I’m looking forward to seeing some friends up there and enjoying all of the beautiful scenery. I’ll post some pictures on Friday. 🙂

Today’s post is from this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge. Tui has give us this sketch to work with…

I wanted to load this card up with some sneak peeks so I decided the easiest way to do that would be to make a Christmas card. The base of my card is Very Vanilla. I added a piece of Be Of Good Cheer Designer Series Paper to it for the background. The piece of Gumball Green Card Stock is stamped with the new Border Banter Stamp Set* in Gumball Green. Another piece of Be Of Good Cheer DSP is placed on top of that. The main panel is a piece of Chocolate Chip. On top of that I embossed a piece of the new Core’dinations Card Stock* in Cherry Cobbler with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder*. I used the Stampin’ Sanding System*, consisting of a new sanding block with replaceable sanding sheets and the Core’dinations Dust Buddy*, to sand the card stock and reveal the lighter inside. It gives it a really cool texture and almost a velvet feel to the sanded parts. The mittens are from the Make A Mitten Stamp Set* and are stamped in Gumball Green and the snowflakes are stamped in Chocolate Chip. I punched them out with the Mitten Builder Punch*. The greeting is from the Tags til Christmas Stamp Set and is also stamped in Gumball Green and punched out with the 1″ Square Punch and backed by a piece of Gumball Green Card Stock punched out with the 1 1/4″ Square Punch. I mounted the mittens and the greeting to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. A piece of Gumball Green Stitched Satin Ribbon and a piece of Champagne Glimmer Paper* punched out with the Merry Minis Punch Pack finish off the card. I hope that you enjoyed all of the sneak peeks and that you liked this week’s Freshly Made Sketches card. Thank you so much for visiting and have a great day! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Gumball Green and Chocolate Chip

Specialty Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler Core’dinations*

Ink: Gumball Green and Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Make A Mitten*, Border Banter* and Tags til Christmas Clear Mount

Designer Series Paper: Be Of Good Cheer

Specialty Paper: Champagne Glimmer Paper*

Embellishments: Gumball Green Stitched Satin Ribbon

Tools: Big Shot, Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder*, Mitten Builder Punch*, Merry Minis Punch Pack*, 1″ Suare Punch, 1 1/4″ Square Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

*2012 Holiday Catalog (Available August 1st)

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Idea Book & Catalog!

Now is also the best time to host a Workshop. If your Workshop (or individual order) totals $450* you get $115 in Host(ess) dollars plus one item at 50% off!! That’s $115 worth of items FREE plus one item at 50% off from the New Catalog!

*The total is for items that are purchased only and does not include shipping or sales tax.

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Freshly Made Sketches #42

Hello everyone and welcome to Friday! It’s supposed to feel like 110 degrees here today, I’m not looking forward to that! I am looking forward to this weekend because my box of goodies from the Holiday Catalog Pre-Order arrived yesterday and I can’t wait to play with all of the new stuff! 🙂

Today’s post is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches. This week the sketch comes from Jennifer T. and she has given us this…

I have been wanting to use the Pleasant Poppies Background stamp for a while now and I realized that if I cut it out I could use it for not just a background stamp! The base of the card is Crumb Cake Card Stock and I used the En Français Wood Mount Background Stamp inked in Crumb Cake for a nice tone-on-tone look. I embossed a piece of Real Red Card Stock with the Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and across that I added a piece of Wild Wasabi that I embossed with the Delicate Designs Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The Pleasant Poppies Clear Mount Background Stamp is stamped in Basic Black and colored in with Real Red, Wild Wasabi and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Write Markers. After I cut it out with my Paper Snips I mounted it to a piece of Crumb Cake and then mounted that to the Real Red piece with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is from the Itty Bitty Banners Stamp Set and is stamped in Real Red and cut out with the Bitty Banners Framelits Dies. I really like the color combination and I love the Pleasant Poppies Stamp. I hope that you enjoyed this weeks Freshly Made Sketches Challenge card and that you have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Real Red and Wild Wasabi

Ink: Basic Black and Real Red Classic Stampin’ Ink

Markers: Real Red, Wild Wasabi and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Write Markers

Stamp Sets: Pleasant Poppies Background and Itty Bitty Banners Clear Mount and En Français Wood Mount Background

Tools: Big Shot, Bitty Banners Framelits Dies, Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Delicate Designs Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Idea Book & Catalog!

Now is also the best time to host a Workshop. If your Workshop (or individual order) totals $450* you get $115 in Host(ess) dollars plus one item at 50% off!! That’s $115 worth of items FREE plus one item at 50% off from the New Catalog!

*The total is for items that are purchased only and does not include shipping or sales tax.

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Freshly Made Sketches #41

Hello and good morning to you all. How was everyone’s Wednesday? Mine was great! If you ever get the chance to see Wicked go! It was just as good the second time as it was the first! I had a great day in the city with my peeps. Hopefully the weather will cooperate on Saturday because we are all planning a little trip to the beach. 🙂

Today’s card is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge. Cindy has given us this sketch to work from…

I started my card with a base of Crumb Cake cut to 8 1/2″ x 4 1/4′ and folded in half. The left side of the background is Rose Red Card Stock embossed with the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The right side is a piece of Floral District Designer Series Paper. The stamped image is from the Tea Shoppe Stamp Set and is stamped in Crumb Cake on Whisper White and backed with a piece of Crumb Cake. The thin strip of Rose Red across the bottom is flagged using the 1″ Square Punch. I used the Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack and the Paper-Piercer to pierce the line down the center. The greeting is also from the Tea Shoppe Stamp Set and is stamped in Rose Red and Crumb Cake and punched out with the Modern Label Punch. All of the stamped items are mounted to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The card is very clean and simple and I love the contrast of the bright Rose Red with the soft Crumb Cake. I hope that you enjoyed this weeks Freshly Made Sketches Challenge card. Thank you very much for visiting and have a great day!

Stampin Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake and Rose Red

Ink: Crumb Cake and Rose Red Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Set: Tea Shoppe Clear Mount

Designer Series Paper: Floral District

Tools: Big Shot, Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Paper-Piercer, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Modern Label Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Idea Book & Catalog!

Now is also the best time to host a Workshop. If your Workshop (or individual order) totals $450* you get $115 in Host(ess) dollars plus one item at 50% off!! That’s $115 worth of items FREE plus one item at 50% off from the New Catalog!

*The total is for items that are purchased only and does not include shipping or sales tax.

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Freshly Made Sketches #40

Good morning! I hope that yesterday was the last day of the heat for a while although, it’s 80 degrees out now. When I got in my car yesterday at 5:00pm the temperature gage said it was 101 degrees! Now, that is way too hot! However, I was in the car at 10:00pm with the top down and it was gorgeous. I wanted to take a minute to say hello to a great friend of mine, Isabella. She is a wonderful person and I hope that she is having a nice time.  Now, on to today’s post which is for this weeks Freshly Made Sketches. Lesley has given us this to work with…

I don’t have an easy way to cut out an Oval so I decided to use the Labels Collection Framelits Dies. The stamped image is from the Just Believe Stamp Set and is stamped in Chocolate Chip. I used my Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Write Marker to define the edge ever so slightly. The top part of the background is a piece of Chocolate Chip Card Stock and the bottom is a piece of International Bazaar Designer Series Paper. I used a piece of Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon to cover the seam between the two pieces of paper and then adhered it to the card base of Lucky Limeade. The butterflies are from the Papillon Potpourri Stamp Set and are stamped in Perfect Plum. I added some Basic Jewels Pearls to each one for the body and then adhered them to the label with Stampin’ DImensionals. I also added 3 more pearls to the top right corner. The greeting is also from the Just Believe Stamp Set and is stamped in Perfect Plum. I used the Paper-Piercing Tool and the Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack just under the greeting and mounted it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals too. I love the Lucky Limeade and Chocolate Chip together and the unexpected addition of the Perfect Plum with the coordination between the Designer Series Paper and butterflies add that little something extra. Thank you so much for checking in with me and have a great FRIDAY!! 🙂

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip and Lucky Limeade

Ink: Chocolate Chip and Perfect Plum Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Just Believe and Papillon Potpourri Clear Mount

Designer Series Paper: International Bazaar

Embellishments: Basic Jewels Pearls and Lucky Limeade 3/8″ Ruffled Ribbon

Tools: Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelits Dies, Elegant Butterfly Punch, 1″ Square Punch, Paper-Piercing Tool, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Stampin’ Pierce Mat, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Idea Book & Catalog!

Now is also the best time to host a Workshop. If your Workshop (or individual order) totals $450* you get $115 in Host(ess) dollars plus one item at 50% off!! That’s $115 worth of items FREE plus one item at 50% off from the New Catalog!

*The total is for items that are purchased only and does not include shipping or sales tax.

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Freshly Made Sketches #39

Happy Friday everyone! Well, we made it through another week! Today’s is the big day… it’s time to announce the winner of the blog candy. I used Random.org to select the winner from the comments that were left on Monday’s post and the winner is…

LeAnne!!!!

Congratulations!! If you would be so kind as to send me your address I will get your Papaya Collage Wood Mount Stamp Set in the mail to you tomorrow morning! Thanks to everyone that left a comment and we’ll have some more blog candy soon!

Some other cool news is that a fellow Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, Katt over at Katt’s Creative Corner CASE’d one of my cards the other day. She did a fantastic job and even put together a great tutorial. You can see her post here. If any of you make a similar card I would love to see them. If we get enough of them I’ll do a post one day of all of them!

Now on to today’s business. Today’s card is for Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #39. They have given us the following sketch to work with…

What a nice simple layout. I decided that it has been a while since I made an easel card so that’s what I did. The base of the card is Basic Gray Card Stock. I used the Wedding Words Stampin’ Around Jumbo Wheel, inked in So Saffron, for the partial background on Very Vanilla Card Stock. A piece of So Saffron is cut out with the Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies and I used the new Paper-Piercing Essentials Pack and the new Paper-Piercer to create the border on the cut out. To that I added a piece of Basic Gray cut out with the Labels Collection Framelits Dies and embossed with the Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The two Champagne glasses are from the Embellished Events Stamp Set and are stamped in So Saffron and Embellished with some Basic Jewels Rhinestones. The champagne glasses and Apothecary piece are adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I also added a rhinestone to the ring on the background because you can never have too much bling! The bottom of the card has a piece of So Saffron with a piece of embossed Basic Gray. I used the Eyelet Border Punch (Retired) on Very Vanilla and adhered it each side. The greeting is stamped in Basic Gray and punched out with the Decorative Label Punch and I used the Paper-Piercing Essentials Pack for the border around the greeting. I love the color combination, which was inspired by my friend Sandy, and the Embellished Events Stamp Set too! I hope that you enjoyed today’s card and congratulations again to LeAnne! Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Stampin’ Up! products used:

Card Stock: Basic Gray, Very Vanilla and So Saffron

Ink: So Saffron and Basic Grey Classic Stampin’ Ink

Stamp Sets: Embellished Events and Love and Laughter Clear Mount and Wedding Words Stampin’ Around Jumbo Wheel

Embellishments: Basic Jewels Rhinestones

Tools: Big Shot, Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies, Labels Collection Framelits Dies, Perfect Polkadots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Paper-Piercing Essentials Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Paper Snips, Decorative Label Punch, Eyelet Border Punch (Retired), Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Idea Book & Catalog!

Now is also the best time to host a Workshop. If your Workshop (or individual order) totals $450* you get $115 in Host(ess) dollars plus one item at 50% off!! That’s $115 worth of items FREE plus one item at 50% off from the New Catalog!

*The total is for items that are purchased only and does not include shipping or sales tax.