Last week when the new FMS456 challenge was posted I thought about creating a Christmas card, but ended up with a fall card design in my head. And I experienced several twists and abandoned card designs before I got to my final card below. But before I talk about my challenge card, I’d like to […]
Freshly Made Sketches
Falling for FMS #454 – which card do you like the best?
I love my two fall stamp sets, Gather Together and Beautiful Autumn, along with the matching dies and Gilded Autumn DSP. I’m having so much fun with them, I haven’t stopped to order my Christmas and holiday stuff…will do soon! This week’s FMS454 sketch was an easy one for me. The question for me was […]
Gone to the dogs with FMS453 sketch
Saturday evening we were supposed to spend the evening with dear friends at their Galveston Bay house for dinner. Friday night I texted to make sure all would be well with a possible hurricane heading into southeast coast of Texas. They said everything should be okay, but they’d let us know Saturday morning. Saturday morning […]
FMS450-An alternate Kit in Color paper pumpkin card
I’m finally back to crafting after spending several weeks off social distancing with family. I gathered several months of my Paper Pumpkin kits together to begin designing alternative cards from each of them. In the midst of doing that, I saw the FMS450 template and decided to make this alternative card using the May, 2020 […]
Turning the FMS#438 template for more cards
Last Friday I posted my FMS#438 challenge card (see it here). I changed the template’s orientation and created 2 more cards so I could show how you can use a template and create many looks. Here’s the first card I posted last Friday that followed the template. For my second card I rotated the template […]
FMS438-more Flowers for every season
I love the new Flowers for Every Season DSP! The DSP colors feature the new 2020-22 In-Colors – Just Jade, Misty Moonlight, Magenta Madness, Cinnamon Cider and Bumblebee. In addition it includes my all time favorite red, Poppy Parade and the standard Whisper White. Aren’t they gorgeous?? I love all of this year’s 2020-22 In-Colors. […]
FMS437 – Rainy days and flowers?
I’m so glad I got out into my garden this morning to weed, pull up some finished vegetable plants and plant a few more things (including catnip for my rescued cats). It was just in time too, since it’s now pouring outside. So glad I postponed doing my card crafting until this afternoon. I finished […]
A batch of cards for FMS427
Practicing social isolation hasn’t been a problem for me up to now. Since I retired I spend most of my time in my craft room, alone – LOL. But my poor husband it going crazy not being able to go to his office. That said, he is retired and doesn’t have to go in, but […]
Rise & Shine for Sale-a-Bration
Have you heard about Stampin’ Up!’s reversibles stamps? These patent-pending, photopolymer stamps let you ink and stamp on both sides, giving you super-fun, mirror-image stamping and layering options. And if this news isn’t cool enough, we have more: with our Sale-A-Bration second release (ends March 31), you can earn the reversibles, 15-piece Rise & Shine […]