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Sunday, September 19, 2021

Freshly Made Sketches #503 and a Card for some Color Challenges


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Happy Saturday!! It is a FABULOUS day here in Connecticut. So needed as this week has felt like it went on forever!! 

I have been busy trying to create some Halloween projects that I will be sending out to some college students to decorate their rooms and it is a bit of a process. I am painting wood, which takes time. Do you send out fun things to your college students? I remember my mother sending a Valentine package to me at college stuffed with things for me and for my floor. We only lived 20 minutes away so it was such a fun surprise!!!

Today I am popping in with some cards I created for some challenges. I have found it so hard to have time, or any motivation to create anything as of late. I have ideas in my head but am just too tired to execute. I was happy this week that I had a day to play, along with some actual energy!!

My first card was inspired by this weeks Freshly Made Sketches #503.

It is nothing earth shattering but I was able to use some fun things that I had on my desk. I chose to go with this blue color as my main theme as blue is my favorite color and makes me happy. Below is the FMS505 sketch I used for my card.

The background was die cut from *Neenah Solar White cardstock with an Altenew *Dainty Cover Blooms die. I die cut the squares from paper scraps with an Embossed Edge Square Die from Kat Scrappiness. 

I first stamped the Pinkfresh Studio *Sweet Friend Floral Stamp with a light ink and used the coordinating stencil to color it in. The flower was then stamped again with *Versamark Embossing Ink and heat embossed with Wow! Superfine Metallic Rich Gold embossing powder. I then used the *Sweet Friend Floral matching dies to die cut this out. 

The sentiment was pulled from my stash and adhered using foam adhesive. Such a simple card but am so happy at how it came out!!

My second card I created for a color challenge and a theme challenge. I used The Card Concept #159 "Colorful Fall" badge to influence the colors I used on my card. The theme I used was from the Double D Challenge Mood Board which was filled with leaves. 


I started off my card by attempting to use my gel plate and a stencil to create a background. I chose to use some oxide inks in *Fired Brick, *Wild Honey and *Dusty Concord as the printing inks. I didn't use enough and it was an epic fail so I had a plan b. I used the Altenew *Striped Leaf cover die to die cut Neenah White cardstock to layer over my print disastor.

I then colored in some of the positive pieces with Copic markers and inlaid them back into the leaves.


Other die cut areas I chose to layer *Glossy Accents over the inked portions of the leaf. I cannot seem to create a card without Glossy Accents these days and need to order some more!!

I finished off my card with the Simon Says Stamp Sending Smiles die and random colors of sequins that matched my leaves.


All in all, I saved my background from being thrown out. Seems to be a pattern these days for me!!!

Well I am off to bake some Apple Crisp for my step-mother's birthday celebration. I didn't pick apples yet but bought them from the farm stand today. I will be picking apples later this week as I love them fresh off the tree!!! My favorite type are Macoun. What are yours?

I want to thank you for taking the time to stop by today. Have a FABULOUS rest of the day!!!




10 comments:

  1. Love how you've coloured the leaves Nora - what a gorgeous background you've created on the second card. The blue and gold is so elegant on the first ..I really must use that colour combo!

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  2. Beautifully created! Than you for joining our challenge at Double D!
    Diane DD DT

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  3. Both cards are just fabulous Nora! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Leaves’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
    Darlene
    DOUBLE D Challenge Blog
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
    Please stop in for a visit!

    P.S. Did you know that your second card would always qualify for the Fall challenge over on our new FOUR SEASONS CHALLENGE blog? Please come check us out!!

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  4. Two marvelous cards, Nora! Those colorful leave son your second one are beautiful! Our son and his roommate weren't interested in decorations for their dorm room, just food care packages LOL!

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  5. Stunning and those colours are just beautiful....xx

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  6. I love the fabulous textures on these two beauties! Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!

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  7. What a gorgeous design. I just love the blue end green color palette paired with a hint of gold, this is so classy! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches this week.

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  8. These are both amazing....that leafy one is incredible! A happy accident, I'd say! The colors and prints are perfect for our challenge! Thanks for sharing this with us at The Card Concept!

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  9. Oohhhh, what stunners! Love the vibrancy, layers, and sentiments of both. Very, very pretty designs, dear Nora.

    Autumn Zenith 🎃 Witchcrafted Life

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  10. Two fabulous cards here! I'm so glad you linked up to the Double D challenge. Best of luck to you!

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