Patriotic Popsicles

 The Freshly Made Sketches challenge reminded me of a picnic:

Fussy cut SU popsicle layered on the picnic "blanket".  So cute! I adhered to the sketch pretty closely.

Rainbow Leaves

 The Freshly Made Sketch this week seemed perfect for a simple sympathy card:

Paper Pumpkin sentiment, Spellbinders die cuts, Taylored Expressions Lollipop, Pumpkin Pie, Pineapple, Cookie Monster, Blue Corn inks.  The rainbow leaves were inspired by a Cathy Zielski project, and the layout by Freshly Made Sketches:

Hi Friend!

 I attended the Scrapbook and Cards Today Crop and Create event back in March.  I learned so much, and received a lot of products that were quite different from my usual style.  I loved it so much, I can't wait to register for the next one!  I used products from the weekend to create this with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week:

Spellbinders make the stitched die, and the sentiment is from Gina K. Daisies Forever stamp, die, and stencil set.  Black glitter paper, silver thread for the stitching, Scrmatte silver for the layers.  The purple iridescent vellum is by Canson, and has probably been in my stash for 10+ years lol.  These elements were perfect for the FMS challenge:

Hello

 Freshly Made Sketches has a fun one for us this week.  

I bought a ton of Project Life cards in one of the FaceBook buy/sell groups, and this sketch is a perfect layout to feature one of the cards.  I added the teal layers and the Spellbinders Hello diecut - done!  I will be using this sketch on a lot more Project life greeting cards!

Irish Blessing

 The Freshly Made Sketches challenge reminded me of St. Patrick and shamrocks.  

Hoarded Doddlebug paper (why aren't there more St. Patrick's Day papers?!?), the clover was cut with my Scan and Cut, dry embossed with a Fiskars plate (I know, it doesn't show up in the pic), stash sentiment.  Here is the sketch I used for inspiration:

Dreams Come True

Had a great time getting messy with a stencil this past weekend.  The domed foam blenders and oxide inks have been life changing in my craft room!  So much easier than the flat foam, no harsh edges, smoother application.  Made this cool background that was perfect for the Freshy Made Sketches #522 challenge.  

The stencil wasn't large enough to cover the whole front in the portrait orientation, and the horizontal element allowed me to cover up the imperfect second round of inking.  I should have overlapped one row of scales to line up the stencil more accurately.  I inked the dolphin and the horizontal element so they would coordinate perfectly.