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Freshly Made Sketches 261

So I have been calling in for stand-by Jury Duty all week and last night I was excused! YAY! The last two times that I had Jury Duty I was on a case, not fun! I had a very busy and productive day at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store! First thing in the morning I rearranged all of my product! I grouped a whole bunch of Christmas on my gondola when you first walk in. I even added some garland and ornaments around it! Renee had Gwen come up to do her wood projects and Jean stopped in to work on some more cards. The highlight of my day was my Parents bringing Daniel up to see me! He ran in to the store and gave me the biggest hug! We played for a while, hide and seek amongst the displays. After they left I made my card for today. There wasn’t much traffic on my way to Heather’s so I got there a little early. She had to return boots to Marshall’s so we left her place and stopped by my house to drop off my bags and Daniel was still at my Parent’s so we went in and saw him. He was happy to see me again! We played with him for a bit and we both got a hug and a kiss when we left. While we were at Marshall’s I looked around and found a really funky coat and Heather found a few other things too. Stephanie and Kim both came by for Thirsty Thursday this week! We had a great time and Stephanie made us watch the first episode of This is Us. Not a bad show. Renee is leaving early today to watch her grandkids so I’ll be at the store until 7:00, got to get some more stuff done! 😀

That card that I mentioned that I made earlier is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge…

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I started my card off with a base of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock with the front covered in a piece of Lemon Lime. Across the lower half is a piece of Pale Aqua. The main panel is where I did my stamping. The line across the top is from the Concord & 9th Birdie Banners Photopolymer Stamp Set and is stamped in Lawn Fawn Licorice Ink. My ornaments are from the Concord & 9th O Christmas Tree Photopolymer Stamp Set. I stamped the outlines in Licorice and the centers in Jalapeño, Merman and Fresh Lavender. The trees and greeting are also from the O Christmas Tree Set, I stamped the trees in Merman and Fresh Lavender and the greeting in Jalapeño. My panel is then adhered to a piece of Purple Hearts and then adhered to the card with Fun Foam and E-Z Runner. The trees needed a little something so I added a few Pretty Pink Posh Aquamarine, Fresh Mint and Amethyst Sequins! You all know how I love a non-traditional Christmas card… well this one definitely fits the bill! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge! Thanks for spending some of your Friday with me! Have a super day! 🙂

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Products used:

Stamp Sets: O Christmas Tree and Birdie Banners Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

Ink: Licorice, Jalapeño, Merman and Fresh Lavender (Lawn Fawn)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah), Purple Hearts, Lemon Lime and Pale Aqua (My Colors)

Embellishments: Aquamarine, Fresh Mint and Amethyst Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesives: E-Z Runner Grand (Scrapbook Adhesives) and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Crystal Katana (Crystal Ninja) and Fun Foam

18 Replies to “Freshly Made Sketches 261”

  2. Justin,
    Such unique colors for a Christmas card. Very cool!! Love how you used the sequins on this one.

    1. Hi Gerri!
      It’s a bright and cheery Christmas card! Love the bright color for the Holidays! Have an excellent day! 🙂

  3. Cutesy, cutesy, cutesy! Of course you had to decorate those trees and of course sequins make the PERFECT ornaments. What a fun card this one is Justin and so unique compared to the Christmas cards I’m seeing on line. I love that you offset the center panel on the Purple Hearts card stock. So cool.

    Sounds like Daniel has been missing Uncle Justin. Extra play time and kisses and hugs must have made both of you pretty happy. Thirsty Thursday always sounds relaxing and fun whether there are two of your or six of you. A gathering is a gathering no matter what the count! I think you had an extra perfect day yesterday and am glad you seemed to enjoy every minute of it. Now go do the same for today. Love and hugs, XXOO 🙂

    1. Thank you Grace! Of course the trees needed Sequins! LOL! I’m loving the brights for Christmas this year! So much fun and much more happy!
      Yes, and Uncle Justin misses Daniel! He is just the sweetest little boy! Thirsty Thursday is a lot of fun and it doesn’t matter who is there! I did have a very good day! Hope your week ended nice nicely! Love and hugs to you! XOXO 🙂

  5. Pretty festive and so modern. Love it. Way to early for Christmas but in retail its the push. Enjoy your weekend

    1. Thank you Linda! Yes, it’s too early but it gets earlier and earlier every year! Hope you have a fantastic weekend! 🙂

  6. Lol i just read ur last respone. Yep, just click and buy. Im good at that. Too bad i can’t just click and create to start attacking my pile of unused goodies

  8. Love those unusual colors! Great card! My first husband was the county attorney in our county when we got divorced. I got called for jury duty that very month. I responded with the fact that I had just divorced the county attorney and that I probably wouldn’t be a very good jury member. It worked! In fact, I’ve never done jury duty! He’s a judge now–I wonder if that would work!

    1. Thanks Sharon! I do enjoy nice bright colors for Christmas! That’s awesome!! I have had Jury Duty before twice and was on cases, I hated it and fell asleep during one trial! Maybe they remembered that! LOL! 🙂

    1. Thank you Jen! Not a fan of red and green for the Holidays! LOL! Hope that you enjoyed your weekend and that you have a great week! 🙂

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