Freshly Made Sketches #394

Hello and Welcome back to Wednesday and Freshly Made Sketches!  Today's sketch is
by the amazing Jen Timko. 

Here is your perfect, basic sketch with lots of room for making it your own. 

I used a couple of different Pinkfresh Studios stamps for this card.  Their challenge this month was to 'mix it up' so I mixed up two stamp sets- Lush Greenery and apparently a set that is not available because I cannot find it. :(
I stamped the foliage on Neenah Desert Storm cs and then masked it and stamped a sweet little flower cluster several times.  All images were colored with Prismacolor pencils.  I added a few sequins , keeping it simple to let the images shine.  And yes, I am aware of the fact that my flowers are not roses even though the sentiment references roses!  If you squint hard enough...

Check out the fabulous and diverse inspiration on the Freshly Made Sketches blog. 

Have a wonderful week and hope to see you in the gallery!

Lee Ann

More Mermaid

Hello!

I am back with another mermaid card.  I really love this cutie from the

 Sweet n Sassy Stamps Mer-Mazing Stamp Set. 

I started out with a watercolor panel that I made with Ken Oliver Colorbursts. 

 I die cut it with a MFT scalloped rectangle die.  

I colored the mermaid and sea life with Copics.  To get the coral in the background, I stamped it in Memento Desert Sand Ink. I colored it in with a Copic that was close the color in the watercolor panel.  The bit of kelp in the background was hand drawn.  

Everything else was fussy cut out and adhered to the panel.  

While you cannot see it in this photo, she was given a liberal coat of Wink of Stella.

I was inspired by the colors at Inspired By...

It was the colors that drew me in.  It's one of my favorite combos and I had not used it
in a while.
I am also linking up to Addicted to Stamps and More 'Anything Goes' challenge. 

That's it for me!  

Thanks so much for stopping by, 

Lee Ann  

A Fusion Challenge

Hello All! 

I played along with Fusion Challenge- I love both the sketch and the inspiration this week. 

Here is the Fusion Challenge Inspiration; gotta love the Hippie bus!

 I used the Wavy Weave Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and simply sponged in rainbow colors.  I die cut the panel with a SugarPea Designs Zig Zag Stitched Rectangle Die.  Then in Jennifer McGuire-esque style, I stamped a palm tree silhouette image from the Landscapes Silhouettes Stamp Set from Sweet n Sassy Stamps.  I stamped it on both the stenciled panel and the card base.  The stenciled panel is adhered with dimensional adhesive.  The sentiment is a retired SSS set.  Sequins finish this CAS card. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Lee Ann 

Not Meant to be Patriotic Patriotic Flowers

Hello All!

I have been posting a lot as I have been trying to keep up with Kathy Racoosin's 30 day coloring challenge- or, #thedailymarker30day.  I colored some roses from the Sweet n Sassy Stamps set, Mason Jar Bouquet.  I was inspired by the challenge,  Sunday Stamps.

I am typically not a huge die person, but I do keep an eye on the Spellbinders kits of the month.  This month's (June) Small Die of the Month Membership really caught my eye.  I finally broke down and bought it; I loved the layering elements for the 3 medallions.  I considered it a bargain at $12.50!  LOL!  Have to justify the purchases!
Anyway, before I even started layering, I stopped with the top layer and played with that.  I really love these little dies. I find them very versatile.  I watched a video a while back from Ardyth Percy Robb and she showed how to make a faux cover plate die by die cutting a frame and then essentially filling in the space with your selected die, making sure that the dies are flush with the inside edge of the frame to give the illusion of a cover plate die.
When I started playing around, this idea came to me immediately.  I love the results!

I used the Spellbinders Nestabilities A-2Matting Basics A Card Creator Dies to make the frame.
Once my faux cover plate die was made, I set about coloring my flowers.  They are colored with Copics.

I used a Gelly Roll white pen for my flower centers. I wanted something else in my spray of roses, so I tried the hexagon layering die in the same Small Kit of the Month Membership.  I did these in gold paper.  I layered my flowers, using foam tape.  I tucked the sentiment in the arrangement.  It is heat embossed on vellum.

Oh, and the colors from the Sunday Stamps Challenge?

I am also linking up to Addicted to Stamps and More, Anything Goes.

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann 

Freshly Made Sketches in Pastels

Hello and Happy Wednesday!  It is time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  This week I happen to be the hostess and I have a pretty simple sketch for you.  I hope you like it.

I am also Guest Designing for The Color Throwdown.  The colors this week lend themselves very well to florals~

Here is the sketch~

This gorgeous bouquet, from Sweet n Sassy Stamps' Mason Jar Bouquet Stamp Set,  was stamped in Versafine ink and watercolored with one of my favorite mediums, Ken Oliver Colorbursts.  Side note, I had my Colorbursts all in a pretty half pan with a beautiful swatch in the lid.  I went to a crafty gathering, taking my Colorbursts with me.  Unbeknownst to me, I ended up with the pan upside down.  Needless to say, the colors where a big, mixed up mess.  Oh, did I mention I had just refilled the pans and had added drops of water to the pans???
Of course, I had to empty all of the pans and start over.  I refilled and swatched them the other night, as I was itching to use them again.  So here they are, fresh and beautiful, lol!

FYI, I was just shopping (again) at Dick Blick and their Colorbursts are a great price right now.
Anywho, I finished the card with a Sahara Sand card base (remember that SU color?) some scrap patterned paper and Altenew gold washi tape-annnnnnd, some sequins.

I hope you check out the rest of the inspiration at FMS; the team always amazes me with their collective talent!

Hope to see you in the gallery!

Lee Ann 

Everything is Coming Up Daisies

Hello Again!

Popping in for a quick post using the fantastic Delightful Daisies Stamp Set from Sweet n Sassy
Stamps.

So, I got a little over zealous here, trying no line coloring with white flowers and in addition to that, doing masking so I had a scene of 3 flowers instead of one.  One flower would probably been a lot
easier, lol!  I did stippling for the background and love how it turned out.  I used Copics Y 13, 15, 17 and 19. I used the Ws for the shadows of the daisies.  I used a sentiment from the Mason Jar Bouquet Stamp Set.  I just love the fonts in this set.
I framed the image with a scalloped rectangle frame from MFT.
I am linking up to Just Add Ink with their gorgeous inspiration photo that I cannot get enough of.

Am also linking up to Time Out Challenges-

 Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann 

By the Sea with CAS(E) This Sketch et al.

Hello, Hello!

The last couple of challenges from CAS(E) this Sketch have been challenging ones for me.   This week's was no exception but I decided to add several elements together to represent the swirl.  

I love how this turned out! 

I also flipped the sketch so the sentiment is at the top and I turned mine into a shaker card.

I used the adorable Mer-Mazing Stamp Set from Sweet n Sassy Stamps.  My images are colored with Copics and fussy cut out.  For my crabby friend peeking out behind the rock, his eyes were fussy cut out so I could adhere them down closer together than if I had left them attached to his head.  My main crab's eyeballs have Glossy Accents on them, which, in real life lookes adorable!
The background was done on watercolor paper, using the Wrinkle free distress technique with my Distress inks.  I used a little bit of glitter (big mistake, it stuck to the clear plastic piece) and some seed beads, left over from my short lived jewelry making days.
I am also linking up to The Mod Squad Challenge- Nautical
As well as The Card Concept- I chose to use the primary colors for my clean and layered card in the inspiration image.

 And how could I not mention Kathy Racoosin's The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge!  Day one is done! 
That's it for me!  Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed weekend!