FMS 551

 Hi!

EDIT: How exciting, my card was chosen as a Princess of Clean!

Just a quick post today with my entry for the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I've made a magical card this week!

The paper is from a couple of Echo Park Witches & Wizards packs. I thought that the shelves of books were a great choice for the three lines in the sketch. I've made the sketch a smaller component of the card, just for something different.

The stamped images are from one of the very first Kindred Stamps sets that I purchased, called Wizard Friends. It's long-retired now, but still has a treasured spot in my collection. I coloured her with my Copics. Hopefully you can see the swirl of stars that is very lightly stamped behind her.

I've stamped the same starry swirl behind the word 'Magical' on the inside of my card. I can hear a magical swishing sound every time I look at it, LOL! Of course, I added another shelf of books to the inside. I think that the Witch on the front of my card would agree with more books, not less.

Bye for now,

Tina

Freshly Made Sketches 548

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Just a quick post from me for today! I was saddened this week to hear of the passing of Olivia Newton-John, and so I wanted to make a card in her memory. When I saw the new sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, I had an idea.

I thought that the feature strip along the right edge could be a beam of light, shining down on her. I'll let you decide if it's a stage light or a heavenly light.

I used my Kindred Stamps Stage Builder Stencil for the light and it's puddle. It's just inked in So Saffron ink using a Blending Brush. The stamp set is also a Kindred Stamps product, called Electrifying. I coloured her with my Copic Markers.

I needed a card worthy of her magnificence, and a Double Z Fold fit the bill. I backed the card with some Be Dazzling paper, which is so amazingly sparkly IRL.

Here's the card fully open so that you can see the full effect of the three panels. Isn't it a fun tribute?

EDIT: How exciting, my card was chosen as a Princess this week!

Bye for now,

Tina

FMS 544

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I had a bit of time up my sleeve this weekend, so I thought that I'd play along with Freshly Made Sketches. Here's their current sketch.

EDIT: How exciting, my card was selected by Jen B as a Princess of Clean!

I play the Bass Clarinet in a concert band, and we have been learning some of the movements from The Lord Of The Rings: Symphony No 1, so naturally I have been reading the books, which lead to watching the movies. Of course, I have to colour while watching, which lead to this card!

The wizard is from Size Doesn't Matter, by Kindred Stamps. The little traveller is also a Kindred Stamps image, but from a set called The Journey Prequel, as is the sentiment. Both were coloured with my Copic markers.

The mountains are a Hello Sweetums Die, called Mountains Of Fun. I coloured behind them using some Wild Honey Distress Oxide and a blending brush.

On the inside I used a third Kindred Stamps set, called Forrest Elves. This time the Distress Oxide used was Salty Ocean.

Now I'm off to play, read, watch and colour some more! 

Bye for now,

Tina

Freshly Made Sketches 519

 Hi!

Just a quick post today as I squeeze in at the last minute for the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

An interesting sketch indeed! I had coloured some WaffleFlower Tooth Fairy images using Copic markers a while ago, so I decided to use one on my card today.

The DSP in the background is JJ's Rainbows DSP, cropped with a Stitched Rectangles Die and adhered to a Gold Foil card base.

Another Stitched Rectangle was used for the sentiment panel. I know the sketch is a square, but the rectangle worked better for me. You can't see in the photo, but the wings, stars, moon and clouds all have a swish of Wink Of Stella. The sentiment is from the retired Ribbon Of Courage stamp set.

A fairy needs a fairy door, right? I left the inside blank of a sentiment so that the card could be used for a variety of reasons.

Bye for now,

Tina

Freshly Made Sketches 518

 Hi!

Once again this week, I found time to play along with Freshly Made Sketches. I like to colour and create while I'm watching the cricket.

Their sketch this week is very simple and gives a lot of scope for interpretation. I recently received my Showtime Limited Edition Box from Kindred Stamps, and I decided to have a play with it.

My husband, who is a big user of memes, particularly wanted me to make a card using this tea-drinking froggy image. It tickles his funny bone, and mine. After I stamped him I masked him off so that I could stamp the stump from Foxy Friends.  Doesn't he look cute, perched up there?

I coloured the frog and his tea with my Copic markers.

The teacup on the inside is from a Three Room Studio stamp, called One More Chapter. Don't you love the punchline from the Showtime Sentiments stamp set? Hopefully the person that receives this card will know the meme!

Bye for now,

Tina

Freshly Made Sketches 517

 Hi!

EDIT: how exciting! My card was chosen by Linda to be a Princess! Thank you!

I've once again found myself with time to play along with Freshly Made Sketches. I've been watching the Ashes Test Cricket and crafting along at the same time. What fun!

I took a few days to ponder in how to interpret this sketch and decided that a slimline card with butterflies was the go.

I don't often make slimline cards, but I think this occasion called for it. It's a great way to fit a heap of big images without them getting too crowded. The butterflies are from the retired Butterfly Bijou DSP and the sentiment is from Timeless Tulips.

I stamped a row of splatters using a stamp from Sweet Ice Cream. You can't really see much of them after the butterflies were added over the top, but I still like the little peeps here and there.

You can see them a little more on the inside, though. The inside sentiment is from Peaceful Moments. The card is going to someone near and dear to me who just tested positive to Covid, so I used a 'gushier' sentiment on the inside than I would usually use.

Bye for now,

Tina

Freshly Made Sketches 516

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You've probably worked out by now that I love my pop culture stamps. I'm getting quite a collection!! One company that I like, Ink Road Stamps, just started a monthly challenge in their FB group, with the first theme being Movies. To make the challenge a little easier on myself, I went searching for a sketch challenge to go with it. I've known of Freshly Made Sketches for a while, but never played along. Today was the day!

This is their current sketch challenge, which will close in less than a day. Oops, better get my skates on! I chose my Pretty Bizarre stamp set, by Ink Road Stamps, to go with it.

I started with the silhouette stamp, which I stamped on my Stamparatus. I had to stamp a few times to get a full, solid black image. He's just fussy cut, which I really shouldn't do late at night! I really love this sentiment, too. It cracks me up every time! I love how the silhouette is framed by the two Stitched Triangles die cuts - such a cool effect.

The stencil that I used is Burst Layering Stencil, by Tim Holtz. Lucky Clover Distress Oxide was the ink I used, and stencilled onto Shaded Spruce cardstock.

I used a couple more stamps from Pretty Bizarre on the inside. I struggle a bit with needing to put a 'happy birthday' stamp somewhere on a birthday card, but then I usually end up writing happy birthday anyway, so maybe the stamp is a little redundant? I shall have to ponder some more!

Bye for now,

Tina