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January 8, 2016January 9, 2016

Freshly Made Sketches 218

Happy Friday! Yesterday I got some things done around the house and crafted for a bit while I FaceTimed with Andrea. Taylor and Kiera stopped by for a visit and watched My Strange Addiction on YouTube, now that is an odd show! I had some dinner and then ran to BJ’s and Target with Heather . She dropped me back off at my house and I got in my car and headed over to her house for Thirsty Thursday! Brian, Stephanie and Adam came too! We ended up watching Lip Sync Battle with Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan. That is an awesome show! Today I plan to get some crafty things finished and then clean right after I see Star Wars with Brian in the morning!

Freshly Made Sketches is back for the new year with a new sketch for this week’s challenge…

A very different sketch indeed! My card starts off with a base of Ivory 110lb Card Stock. I covered the front with a piece of Blushing Bride and my background is a piece of paper from the Pebbles Yours Truly 6×6 Paper Pad. Across the bottom is a piece of Ivory 110lb that I used the Simon Says Stamp On the Edge Love You Die on and adhered it to the card with Fun Foam and SNAIL. Across the top is some more Ivory 110lb, I used the Corner Chomper to round the corners, punched a hole in them with a 1/8″ Hole Punch, threaded some American Crafts Pink Hemp Twine though and adhered them to the card with Fun Foam and SNAIL. The heart and arrow are cut from more Blushing Bride with the Simon Says Stamp Scribble Heart and Arrow Dies. They are adhered to the card with a combination of Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium. I tied the twine in a bow and the card is done! Love that scribble Heart and Arrow and the Love You Edge die too! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge! Thank you for your visit and have a fantastic Friday! 🙂

Products used:

Card Stock: Ivory 110lb (Recollections) and Blushing Bride (Stampin’ Up!)

Patterned Paper: Yours Truly 6×6 (Pebbles)

Dies: On the Edge Love You and Scribble Heart and Arrow (Simon Says Stamp)

Embellishments: Pink Hemp Twine (American Crafts)

Adhesives: SNAIL, 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Big Shot, 1/8″ Hole Punch and Fun Foam

December 31, 2015January 5, 2016

Sketchy Heart Feathers

Wow! It’s the last day of 2015 so Happy New Year’s Eve! As I look back on this past year I have to say that it was a pretty good one. It started off in January with my trip to Florida for the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference but the best part of that was hanging with Maggie and staying with Germaine and her husband! I had an awesome Summer with Michael, Maggie and lots of Manhattan topped off by a wonderful trip to London with Brian! My only regret is that if I had known that I would be out of work shortly after returning from London I would have stayed longer! 2015 was a good year and 2016 will be even better! I did wake up with a headache this morning, that might have had something to do with Thirsty Thursday being moved to last night! I had to take Brian home, he had way too much Whiskey and when I got home I was just ready for bed. After the Excedrin kicked in I made my card for today. Now that Christmas is done we can start focusing on the next Holiday… Valentine’s Day!

My card today starts with a base of Ivory 110lb Card Stock. I stamped a piece of Kraft Card Stock with the Tim Holtz Ledger Script Background Stamp in Simon Says Stamp Smoke Ink and adhered it down the left side of the card. The tag is cut from another piece of Ivory 110lb with the Clearly Besotted Rounded Tag Die. My heart is cut from some Real Red with the Simon Says Stamp Sketch Heart Die and the feathers from a piece of DIY Shop 6×6 Paper using the Simon Says Stamp Feathers Craft Dies. I adhered them to the tag with Multi-Matte Medium. A piece of Black 110lb is cut out with the Simon Says Stamp XOXO Border Die, trimmed and adhered with Foam Tape. I tied a piece of Hemptique Black Hemp Twine through the top and then used some Fun Foam and SNAIL to adhere the tag to the card. A few Pretty Pink Posh Sweetheart Mix and Charcoal Sequins complete the card! The layout is one of my favorites and I still am loving that Sketch Heart and the Feathers! I hope that you enjoyed my last card for 2015! Thank you for another fun year here on the blog! I look forward spending some time in 2016 with you and can’t wait to see what the New Year brings for all of us! Have a safe an very happy New Year’s Eve! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: Ledger Script Background (Tim Holtz)

Ink: Smoke (Simon Says Stamp)

Card Stock: Ivory and Black 110lb (Recollections), Real Red and Kraft (Stampin’ Up!)

Patterned Paper: DIY Shop 6×6 (American Crafts)

Dies: Rounded Tag (Clearly Besotted), Feathers, Sketch Heart and XOXO Border (Simon Says Stamp)

Embellishments: Sweetheart Mix and Charcoal Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh) and Balck Hemp Twine (Hemptique)

Adhesives: SNAIL, 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Big Shot and Fun Foam

December 28, 2015January 5, 2016

Golden Wish Thanks

Hello there and welcome to the last Monday of 2015! My weekend was great, as it always is when I spend it in Manhattan! I had another fun day yesterday. I stopped by my friends Jon and Mary’s in the morning and they gave me a big bottle of maple syrup that had brought back from one of their trips up to their house in Vermont. Can’t wait to have that on some homemade waffles! From there I headed down to The Ink Pad to hang out with Jane. We had another fun and busy day. Before I headed back out to the Island I met up with Kim at Grand Central for dinner. We had Junior’s. It was the biggest hamburger I have had in a long time and the pickles and cole slaw were delicious! Grand Central and Penn Station were very crowded with people making their way home after the long Holiday weekend but I managed to get a seat on the train and was home by 9:15. I checked my Apple Watch last night and between Saturday and Sunday I walked a total of 12 miles and since I walk so fast it burned off 1200 calories! Not bad for some exercise this weekend!

As I was perusing the Internet yesterday I noticed that I was on the Trending with the Ton post from Saturday! They featured my card for the class that I gave at The Ink Pad using the Pyrotechnics Set! You can take a look at the post HERE! Love that set!!

And I have another picture of Daniel to share with you from Christmas! So cute and my brother is a really good photographer!

While I was at The Ink Pad yesterday I was looking around and I saw this cool small background stamp from Memory Box, I think it’s one from last year but I fell in love with the script on it so I had to have it and that’s what I used on my card for today! The base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. I heat embossed the background stamp on a piece of Cherry Cobbler in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder and adhered it to the card off center and down to the right a bit using some SNAIL and Fun Foam. A thin strip of Recollections Gold Glitter Paper is adhered down the left and also used with my little EK Success Snowflake Punch. I heat embossed the thanks from the Simon Says Stamp I See You Photopolymer Stamp Set in Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder and adhered that over the wish sentiment that is on the background stamp. A few Pretty Pink Posh Gold Sequins going from the top left to the bottom right complete the card! I do love when you can have a background stamp be the focal point on a card! I hope that you like today’s card and as always, thanks so much for coming by! Enjoy your last Monday of 2015!! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Sets: I See You Photopolymer (Simon Says Stamp) and Wish Collage Wood Mount (Memory Box)

Specialty Ink: Vera-Mark

Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts) and Gold (Stampin’ Up!)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah) and Cherry Cobbler (Stampin’ Up!)

Specialty: Gold Glitter Paper (Recollections)

Embellishments: Gold Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesives: SNAIL, 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool and Fun Foam

December 25, 2015May 15, 2021

Merry Christmas!!

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A very Merry Christmas to you all! I had a somewhat productive Christmas Eve. I had lunch with Heather and then came back home and did some crafty things. After dinner I sat down and watched one of my favorite movies, The Holiday. Today I’ll watch Love Actually, another favorite! And yes, I was at Target last night at 9:00 getting some last minute things! It wasn’t too crowded so I was in and out in no time!

Today’s post is a short one! I have two more ornaments and a card to share with you. I won’t bore you with the details! LOL! Just some pictures and a supply list so you can take a quick peek and get back to your festivities!

I hope that you enjoyed them and thanks for stopping by! Have a very Happy Christmas!! XO 🙂

Products used:

Ornaments:

Stamp Sets: Season’s Tweetings and Making Frosty Friends Photopolymer (Lawn Fawn)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Tide Pool (Hero Arts)

Markers: Copics

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah)

Dies: Scene It: Basic Backer (Papertrey Ink), Season’s Tweetings and Making Frosty Friends Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

Embellishments: Chunky Glitter (Martha Stewart) and Black & White Baker’s Twine (Hemptique)

Other: Ornament (Nicole)

Adhesives: SNAIL, 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Big Shot

Card:

Stamp Sets: Making Frosty Friends Photopolymer, Owen’s ABC’s and Trim the Tree (Lawn Fawn)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Markers: Copics

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah)

Dies: Making Frosty Friends Lawn Cuts and Stitched Hillside Borders (Lawn Fawn)

Adhesives: SNAIL and 3M Foam Tape

Tools: Big Shot

December 24, 2015January 5, 2016

Merry & Bright Snowflake Spinner Card

Happy Christmas Eve everyone! It’s going to be in the high 60’s here today, I like that temperature for Christmas Eve! Yesterday it rained all day, again, still better than snow! I went to the mall with Brian in the morning, yes, he had to go to the one that they had the shooting at on Tuesday! It wasn’t too crowded and he got all of the stuff that he needed to get. After that we came back to my house so I could get the plates off of my old car and finally turn them in. Christmas week is a good time to go to Motor Vehicles, I was in and out in 15 minutes! After that I hung around the house and FaceTimed with Andrea for a while and worked on some crafty stuff. Today is Michael’s birthday! A very Happy Birthday to you Mr. Trent!! I hope that you have a wonderful day! I have a bunch of last minute projects to get done today so I will be a busy little boy! Are you all done?!

Today I have a relatively easy and fun spinner card for you! I started by cutting a circle out of a piece of Neenah Solar White 110lb and one out of Solar White 80lb with the Simon Says Stamp Nesting Circles Craft Dies. Next I used the Simon Says Stamp Nadine Snowflake to cut out two pieces of Solar White 80lb and a piece of Aqua Smooth Glitter Paper. I applied some Elmer’s Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive to the backs of all of the pieces and then sandwiched a piece of DMC Silver Thread between the white snowflakes before adhering the glitter one. A layer of SNAIL is applied to the back of the front panel and the thread is placed on it before adhering it to the base. I ran the card through my Big Shot in a piece of folded computer paper to make sure that it was adhered together really well. Another piece of the Aqua Smooth Glitter Paper along with some Solar White 110lb is then cut out with the Simon Says Stamp Merry & Bright Craft Dies. Some more spray adhesive adheres them to each other and the card. Not too complicated but it’s a really fun effect when you open the card and the snowflake spins around changing from aqua to white! I hope that you enjoyed today’s card and that you are finished with your Holiday preparations! Thanks for stopping by and have a productive Thursday! 🙂

Products used:

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah)

Specialty Paper: Aqua Smooth Glitter (Recollections)

Dies: Nested Circles, Nadine Snowflake and Merry & Bright (Simon Says Stamp)

Embellishments: Silver Thread (DMC)

Adhesives: SNAIL and Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive (Elmer’s)

Tools: Big Shot

December 23, 2015January 5, 2016

Mason Jar Joy

And there are a little less than two more days left until Christmas! Am I ready… nope! I got a few more things accomplished yesterday before I headed into Manhattan for a bit to see Isabella. It was a very rainy and damp day here yesterday and looks to be the same today, but it’s still nice and warm! Heather picked me up from the Hicksville Station with some Wendy’s and we ran over to Target to pick up some odds and ends. I stopped back home for a few minutes before heading over to Heather’s for Thirsty Tuesday! We had to do it early this week because Thursday is Christmas Eve! A good time was had by all as usual! I finished my card that I was working on when I got home and then was too tired so off to bed. Apparently I was really tired because I woke up late today!

The card for today is a simple shaker! I started off with a base of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. On a piece of Solar White 80lb I stamped some images from the Hero Arts Winter Scene Photopolymer Stamp Set in Simon Says Stamp Cloudy Sky, Green Leaf, Khaki and Fog Ink on a piece of Solar White 80lb. To create the shaker I cut out the Hero Arts Large Mason Jar from a piece of Cherry Cobbler and heat embossed the sentiment from the Hero Arts Joy to the World Photopolymer Stamp Set in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder. To the back I adhered a piece of Acetate and then a layer of Foam Tape. Some Martha Stewart Chunky Glitter is added on top of the image and then I lined it up and adhered the two piece together. A strip of Recollections Sliver Smooth Glitter Paper is adhered to the base and then the shaker panel is adhered next to that. A pretty quick and simple shaker to make but still a fun card to give! I hope that you enjoyed my card for today! Thanks very much for visiting and have a wonderful Wednesday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Sets: Joy to the World and Winter Scene Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

Ink: Cloudy Sky, Green Leaf, Khaki, and Fog (Simon Says Stamp)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb & 80lb (Neenah) and Cherry Cobbler (Stampin’ Up!)

Specialty: Acetate (Amazon) and Silver Smooth Glitter Paper (Recollections)

Dies: Large Mason Jar (Hero Arts)

Adhesives: SNAIL and 3M Foam Tape

Tools: Big Shot and Heat Tool

December 22, 2015January 5, 2016

NYC Coffee Ornament

Yet another fun day at The Ink Pad! There was a steady flow of customers all day and one of them just happened to be Julianne Moore! Talk about nice! Such a sweet lady and just as amazing in person as she is in the movies! Anna and I had some Hummus & Pita Co. for lunch and it was quite tasty, for dessert some Starbucks! Still loving that Holiday Spice Flat White! I also got myself a Starbucks Christmas ornament, the black and gold one! See isn’t it nice…

I love the NYC on it! I also managed to stay awake on the train on the way home and got off at my correct stop! Upon arriving home I had a little crafty time and then watched some TV. I’m back in the city again tomorrow to see my friend Isabella for a bit!

My crafty project for last night was another ornament, I know, I’m a little obsessed, but they are so much fun to make! The backing for this one is Ivory 110lb Card Stock that I cut out with the Papertrey Ink Basic Backer Die. Another piece of Ivory 110lb is cut out with the Simon Says Stamp Nested Circles Craft Dies. The skyline is cut form Black 110lb Card Stock with the My Favorite Things Die-namics New York Skyline Die and then again with the Nested Circle for a perfect fit. The greeting and coffee cups are form the Lawn Fawn Love You A Latte Photopolymer Stamp Set, I stamped heat embossed the greeting with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder on Vellum also cut out with the Nested Circles and the coffee cups are stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored in with Copics. I added some Uni-Ball Gold Gel Pen and Sakura Black Glaze Pen to the black cup and a little Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen to the red one. I adhered the greeting to the rest of the layers with Multi-Matte Medium and the cups are adhered with Foam Tape. A sprinkling of some Gold Chunky Glitter before I used more Multi-Matte Medium to adhere the ornament half and it’s finished! Here’s a little peek at what it looks like before it’s all put together!

It’s so much fun to put together all of the things for the ornaments and they really do look so cool hanging on the tree! I hope that you enjoyed my ornament for today! Thank you so very much for your visit today! Have an awesome Tuesday everyone! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: Love You A Latte Photopolymer (Lawn Fawn)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder (Stampin’ Up!)

Card Stock: Solar White 80lb (Neenah), Ivory 110lb and Black 110lb (Recollections)

Specialty Card Stock: Vellum (Stampin’ Up!)

Dies: New York Skyline (My Favorite Things Die-namics), Scene It: Basic Backer (Papertrey Ink), Love You A Latte Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn) and Nested Circles (Simon Says Stamp)

Other: Plastic Ornament (Nicole)

Embellishments: Chunky Gold Glitter (Target Dollar Spot) and Black & White Baker’s Twine (Hemptique)

Adhesives: SNAIL, 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Big Shot and Heat Tool

December 20, 2015January 5, 2016

Winter Wonderland Ornaments & The Ink Pad Tags Class!

Sunday… the day of… rest?! Nah! I had a restful Saturday instead. I got my laundry done and did some crafty things, snuck in some TV. I love when I watch a movie and it makes you think, and not what you would expect to think about either. Anyway, today I’m off to Manhattan to hang out with Barbara at The Ink Pad. It’s going to be another chilly day, only in the 40’s! Where did those 60’s go?! They say they will back in a few days and I’m looking forward to their return! What’s on for you today?

My project that I have to share with you today is another ornament, this time a shaker! I cut some Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock with the Papertrey Ink Scene It: Basic Backer Die. The background is a piece of Black 110lb Card Stock cut with the Papertrey Ink Scene It: Skyscapes Dies. I adhered it to the backer with Multi-Matte Medium. Another piece of Solar White 110lb is cut out with the Sizzix Circles Framelits. I cut it in a little less than half and then stamped my greeting from the Hero Arts Winter Scene Photopolymer Stamp Set in Memento Tuxedo Black. My skyline is cut out of some Silver Glimmer Paper with the Mama Elephant Cityscape Creative Cuts and also adhered with Multi-Matte Medium. I added some Martha Stewart Chunky Glitter and then adhered the ornament half to the backer with more Multi-Matte Medium. A piece of Hemptique Black & White Baker’s twine tied through the top give me something to hang it on my tree with! I really do love making these ornaments and the Scene It Dies make is super easy! I hope that you enjoyed my ornament, they are fun to make and I hope that you will try one!

One more thing before I go! I keep forgetting to post the tags that we made in my Tags Class at The Ink Pad last Wednesday! So here they are!

Lawn Fawn Tags!

And Mama Elephant Tags! I had a lot of fun making the tags and everyone in class liked them too! I thank you so much for your continued visits! Have a serene Sunday! 🙂

Products used:

Winter Wonderland Ornament:

Stamp Set: Winter Scene Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah) and Black 110lb (Recollections)

Specialty: Silver Glimmer Paper (Stampin’ Up!)

Dies: Scene It: Basic Backer and Skyscape (Papertrey Ink), Circles Framelits (Sizzix) and Cityscape Creative Cuts (Mama Elephant)

Other: Plastic Ornaments (A.C. Moore)

Embellishments: Chunky Glitter (Martha Stewart) and Black & White Baker’s Twine (Hemptique)

Adhesives: Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Big Shot

Lawn Fawn Tags:

Stamp Sets: Toboggan Together, Winter Penguin, Love You A Latte and Winter Alpaca (Lawn Fawn)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Tide Pool (Hero Arts)

Markers: Copics

Card Stock: Solar White 80lb (Neenah)

Dies: Stitched Tags, Stitched Hillside Borders, Toboggan Together, Winter Penguin, Love You A Latte and Winter Alpaca Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

Embellishments: Sparkling Clear Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen (Zig) and Green Sparkle Lawn Trimmings Cord (Lawn Fawn)

Adhesives: SNAIL, 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Big Shot and Mini Ink Blending Tool (Ranger)

Mama Elephant Tags:

Stamp Sets: Mini Messages, Blogging Buddies, Carnival Cupcakes and Carnival Toppers Photopolymer (Mama Elephant)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Markers: Copics

Card Stock: Solar White 80n (Neenah)

Dies: Pillow Box Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn), Mini Tags, Carnival Cupcakes and Blogging Buddies Creative Cuts (Mama Elephant) and Tags Collection Framelits (Sizzix-Tim Holtz)

Embellishments: Black & White Baker’s Twine (Hemptique)

Adhesives: Scor-Tape, SNAIL and 3M Foam Tape

Tools: Big Shot

December 19, 2015January 5, 2016

Pals Paper Arts 280

Yesterday was my friend Heather’s Grandfather’s funeral. The service was in Valley Stream and I went with Brian. It was a lovely service to remember a very nice man. I had only had the pleasure of meeting him a few times but on those occasions he was always smiling. The priest said that you should think of the times that you got to see him and remember what stands out most in your mind, for me that was him smiling. From there we went to the National Cemetery for the Air Force ceremony. I have never been to a military service and it was quite interesting to see. No matter when you hear TAPS played, especially on a single trumpet in the rain, it’s sad. But I can still see him smiling. After the service Brian and I had lunch and then I came home and stopped by parent’s to see Daniel, he can always make you smile too! I spoke to Andrea for a bit and then Taylor came over and we went to the mall so she could get some shoes. We stopped at IKEA and I got a few Christmas decorations and then came back home, spoke to Andrew for a bit and crafted before calling it a night.

I haven’t played along with the Pals in a while but when I saw this weeks’ sketch a card popped into my head so I had to participate…

It’s a very clean and simple card but was fun to make! The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. My background is another piece of Solar White 110lb, I wrapped some DMC Gold Thread around the bottom and then adhered the background to the card with Fun Foam and SNAIL. The tree is from the Hero Arts Joy to the World Photopolymer Stamp Set (I have been using that a lot lately!) and is heat embossed in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder on Canson 140b Cold Press Watercolor Paper. I used the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and a wet paintbrush to color in the tree. It’s cut out with Paper Snips and adhered to the card with more Fun Foam and SNAIL. The merry is cut from a piece of Craft Smart Holiday Foil 6×6 Paper with the Simon Says Stamp Deco Tree Craft Dies and is adhered to the tree with Multi-Matte Medium. A few Pretty Pink Posh Christmas and Seattle Mix Sequins scattered across the front complete the card. I love the heat embossed and watercolored images, the variation in color is so cool! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge! Thank you for visiting today! Have a super Saturday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: Joy to the World Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

Markers: Clean Color Real Brush Pens (Zig)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah)

Specialty Paper: 140b Cold Press Watercolor (Canson) and Holiday Foil 6×6 Pad (Craft Smart)

Embellishments: Gold Thread (DCM) and Holiday and Seattle Sequin Mixes (Pretty Pink Posh)

Dies: Deco Trees (Simon Says Stamp)

Adhesives: SNAIL and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool and Fun Foam

December 18, 2015January 5, 2016

Freshly Made Sketches 217

Happy Friday! Made it through another week! It rained here all day yesterday, but I will take that and 60 degrees over snow any day! I got a late start to my morning, woke up with a headache, never fun. I finally got my act together and went over to my friend Sue’s house to work on some more Etsy stuff. We took a break and had lunch at Panera, I had the Tomato Soup (my favorite) and a grilled cheese, perfect lunch for a rainy day! We stopped at the Post Office and then finished up and I headed home for some dinner with my Parents and Daniel. Daniel and I played with his colored pencils and he told me what color they were and then counted them as he put them back into the container. He’s pretty smart for a two year old! After dinner I came home and worked on some craftiness and then watched a little TV. Pretty good Friday!

My card for today is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge! I want to thank Amy for choosing me as her Perfect Prince for last week’s challenge! You can see the winner’s post HERE and my original post HERE! Now, here is this week’s sketch…

I of course saw a shaker card! Shocker! LOL! My card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. To create the shaker I cut out a piece of Mossy Meadow with the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles for the outside and the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles for the inside window. A piece of Acetate is adhered to the back and then a single layer of Foam Tape goes around to seal in the Chunky Glitter that I actually picked up from the Target Dollar Spot. A piece of Cherry Cobbler is then adhered to the back and seals in all of the sparkly goodness! At the top of the card is the Simon Says Stamp Christmas Token Craft Die that I cut out from three pieces of Solar White 80lb. I adhered them to each other and the card with Elmer’s Multi-purpose Spray Adhesive. For my greeting I stamped the & A Happy New Year from the Hero Arts Joy to the World Photopolymer Stamp Set in Cherry Cobbler and then adhered that to the card with more Foam Tape. I love the dimension that you get when you adhere the die cuts together and all of the sparkly glitter in the shaker is so cool! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge! I thank you for taking some time to stop by and see what I’m up to today and hope that you have an incredible Friday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: Joy to the World Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

Ink: Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Ink (Stampin’ Up!)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah), Cherry Cobbler and Mossy Meadow (Stampin’ Up!)

Specialty: Acetate (Amazon)

Dies: Christmas Token (Simon Says Stamp), Large Stitched Rectangles (Lawn Fawn) and Stitched Rectangles (Simon Says Stamp)

Embellishments: Gold Chunky Glitter (Target Dollar Spot)

Adhesives: SNAIL, Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive (Elmer’s) and 3M Foam Tape

Tools: Big Shot