Freshly Made Sketches #66 -- Snowman Card

Hi Everyone!

It has been a busy, busy fall for me as you have probably guessed from my lack of posts! While the reasons underlying this are basically good (meaning that business for one of my part time jobs is sky rocketing), I really miss it when I can't create. I have been creating a little here and there but not all of it has been paper craft related -- I'll post about those creative endeavors at some point. The other thing that happened this fall is that my computer crashed and I have been shifting things over to my new computer...and I've been learning how to use it! I have a break from both jobs now so I finally photographed a card and thought I would share!

I love snowmen snowpeople stamps and have been wanting to use Flakey Friends for awhile. I'm going to use these cards as thank yous for my preschoolers who gifted me with some beautiful handmade jewelry and a cute jewelry stand for the holidays. I used the wonderful Sketch #66 from the Freshly Made Sketches blog for my card.

 

Supplies Used (all CTMH except Cuttlebug Embossing Folder and Nestabilities Dies)--

Patterned Paper: Pemberley Paper Pack

Cardstock: Pacifica, Desert Sand, Outdoor Denim, White Daisy

Stamp Pads: Archival Black, Sky (for sponging)

Retired CTMH markers: Desert Sand, Sunset, Crystal Blue, Grey Flannel, Indian Corn Blue

Emellishments: Liquid Applique, Prisma Glitter, Liquid Glass

Stamp Set: (C1506) Flakey Friends

 

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Gnome Home

I love the CTMH stamp set Gnome Garden but, as so often happens with me, I set it aside after getting it and never inked it up because I was waiting for the right inspiration! Well, now it will be retiring soon so I thought it would be a shame if I didn't use it before August 1st rolls around. Heart 2 Heart's latest challenge is a wonderful sketch and helped me put my stamp to use.

Here's the sketch:

Here's my card!

Supplies used (all CTMH except where noted): Cranberry cardstock, Creme Brulee cardstock, Chocolate cardstock, White Daisy cardstock, (X7148B) Pemberley paper pack, (C1470) Gnome Garden, (44751) Archival Black stamp pad, (Z1701) Baker's Twine Neutral Assortment, Retired Cranberry buttons, (Z1686) Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge, Spellbinders nestabilities (circles large and small), Cuttlebug embossing folder (Victoria and Seeing Spots), Copic markers 

My daughter and I have a long term project (translation: we do a little and then stop, then we do a little more and stop) of making a sort of fairy garden spot in the backyard. So I'm picturing using this stamp set on a scrapbook layout for pictures of our little fairy garden if we ever finally get around to completing our project! Isn't that funny? Getting a stamp set to go with pictures you don't even have?

;-) 

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Pemberley Celebrate

A few college friends and I try to get together once a year to celebrate our birthdays and exchange gifts. Part of my gift to each of them this year was a set of handmade cards. We met yesterday but of course I hadn't finished my cards beforehand and was working in the morning before we met! My daughter was watching me create  and she said," No offense Mama, but you leave things to the last minute!" No offense taken darling! Yes, I definitely have procrastinating tendencies.

I do love one of the cards I came up with to go into my friends' gifts. I used my favorite new paper pack and favorite new stamp set from the CTMH Spring/Summer Idea Book: The Pemberley paper pack and the Card Word Puzzle stamp set. 

I followed along with Freshly Made Sketches #21. Isn't this a great sketch?

I love the design teams interpretations and got the idea of using crimped paper and the Lacey Circles Nestabilities from them! Here's what I came up with.

Supplies used (all CTMH except for Nestabilities and paper crimper):
Stamp sets: (C1494) Card Word Puzzle, Stamp set from Z1686 Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection ("Celebrate") 
Stamp pads: (Z2140) Outdoor Denim
Papers: (X7148B) Pemberley Level 2 paper pack, (X254) 5 1/2" X 4 1/4" White Cards & Envelopes
Embellishments: (Z1263) Bitty Sparkles
Other: Fiskars paper crimper, Nestabilities (Lacey Circles and Standard Circles Small)Pin It