Milestone Birthday Card with Freshly Made Sketch #628

I needed to make a special card for a male friend and decided to start with Freshly Made Sketch #628.  I didn't feel like taking out my Cricut machine to cut out the numbers so I used an Embossing Pen and Gold Embossing Powder to make the number 70.  The orientation of the sentiment was flipped to take advantage of the open space to the left of numbers.

Here is the fabulous Freshly Made Sketch that inspired my card layout:

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

      Cut it Up #300--Happy Birthday

      Creative Knockouts #517--Sparkle and Shine

      Addicted to Stamps and More #464--Any Occasion

Floral Card with Freshly Made Sketch #528

This is my first card featuring Julie Hickey's Friendship Flower Stamp Set and Die.  I colored the flowers with a Flamingo Shimmer Brush, Lemonade Shimmer Brush and Julep Shimmer Brush.  The grass from SU's Paradise Palms was stamped in Evergreen Ink onto Julep Card Stock. (I intentionally did not place a sentiment on this card so I could decide what sentiment to put on when I need to send this card.)

Here is the fabulous Freshly Made Sketch that inspired my card layout:

I’m also entering this card into the following challenges:

      Allsorts #669--In the Garden

      CAS on Friday #227--Flowers

      Cardz 4 Galz #169--Spring Flowers

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

 

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Freshly Made Sketch #463 with Sunday Stamps Color Palette #225

Now that our holiday company has left I've had some extra time to create cards.  I combined Freshly Made Sketch #463 with 3 of the colors from Sunday Stamps Color Challenge #245.

Close to my Heart Products used:

• Ruby Card Stock
• Cedar and Pine Paper
• Julep Card Stock
• Frosted Christmas stamp (retired)
• Ruby Ink (retired)
• Stitched Rectangle Frame Thin Cut Die
• Clear Shimmer Brush

Other--Glitter Adhesive Foam by Creatology

Here is the wonderful Freshly Made Sketch that inspired my card layout:

Here is the Sunday Stamps Challenge graphic that influenced my color selection:

I'm also entering this card into the Heart 2 Heart challenge theme "Eat, Drink and Be Merry".  This entry also qualifies me for "Perfect Attendance" this month.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!  If you can please leave a comment and tell me which was your favorite card.

:) Marie

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Encouragement Card with Freshly Made Sketch #447

I liked the striped element on this week's Freshly Made Sketch and made two cards with it.

Which card do you like better?

Here is the fabulous Freshly Made Sketch #447 that inspired my card layout:

I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:

      All Fun Challenges--Anything Goes

      Stamping Sensations--Make it Masculine

      Mix it Up--Anything Goes with Embossing

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

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