I was making bookmarks showing off the new 2021-23 In Colors to send to my customers with their catalogs. And I accidentally cut too many strips. So I paired them up with the Elegantly Said Stamp Set

Be creatively inspired! Today's paper crafting projects were designed by the talented members of my Stampin' Pretty Pals Virtual Stamping Community. Links to blogs or Pinterest have been p

Hello and welcome to my Blog. Have you had a chance to look through the new 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue yet? Are you as excited as we are about all the new fabulous goodies?

Once again I am thrilled to be taking part in the Ink . Stamp . Share blog hop, we are a group of Stampin’ Up!®️Demonstrators from around the globe here to bring you inspiration t…

06.09.21…..Happy Wednesday, my stampin’ friends! I just love the new Expressions in Ink Suite with the bright, vibrant colors, and of course…the Artisically Inked Bundle that is p…

Hey there! I sometimes like to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) my own work and share another version. Such is the case with the card I have for you today. I CASE'd the card I shared for the Stampers Dozen...

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I was making bookmarks showing off the new 2021-23 In Colors to send to my customers with their catalogs. And I accidentally cut too many strips. So I paired them up with the Elegantly Said Stamp Set

Good Saturday morning my stamping friends and welcome to the weekend. Is anyone doing anything fun this weekend? I actually have off today, YAY!!! I do have to work all day tomorrow though. Today…

I'd love to give each and every one of you a hug for supporting Freshly Made Sketches for ten years! Wow that is 500 sketches! I am honored to be the designer of #500! ( Actually I am also lucky - it was simply my turn!) Our crafting community is such a source of inspiration and friendship - and has been a wonderful escape during recent difficult times. I am always amazed at the never ending creativity I see week after week! I used the new Season's Blessings set to build my summery basket of flowers on my card today BLOG CANDY! As part of our celebration this week we have lots of prizes and blog candy to give away! Make sure you visit team members' blogs for chances to win! I am giving away a 3D Embossing Folder, a set of floral dies and two stamp sets. Just leave a comment on my blog for a chance to win - US shipping only please. I purposely put five elements in the sketch this week - one for each 100 sketches! Celebrate with us at Freshly Made Sketches! Stamp Set: Season's Blessings Ink: Pale Papaya, Garden Green, Pool Party, Blushing Bride, Mint Macaron Paper: Whisper White, Vellum, Copper Foil, Hand Penned DSP, Cinnamon Cider Timeworn Type Embossing Folder Hugs Die Cut by Pink Fresh

Thank you so much for popping by, happy Sunday and welcome to another Stampin Sunday Blog with some super talented demonstrators from around the world It's my delight to introduce you to a brand new stamp set and dies that will be available from the 4th of May. Its called Hand Penned Petals and it has co-ordinating dies that not only cut out some of the stamped images, they also cut a filigree style cluster of flowers. Which you can see on the box I decorated below I decided to stamp a whole sheet with the floral stamps, then cut it up to make a collection of tags in a box. They make the sweetest gift for someone, pretty and useful! Can you spy 3 of the 5 new in colours? Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent and Polished Pink, I have to confess they are all beautiful this year, and I am looking forward to incorporating them into the rest of the Stampin' Up! palette. With the pieces left over I was able to make this card. I love the font style on the sentiments of this set. Do you spy some new gems? They are so sparkly and pretty and they come in the new in colours. Just a quick reminder, the last day you can order retiring items is the 3rd of May. Here is a video of my creative process... S H O P for Stampin' Up! products {here} To ensure you get a free gift for shopping with Ruth Trice, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator please remember to use the following hostess code when spending up to £149.99, it's on the top right hand side of my blog. If you are viewing on your mobile then switch to web view and it will be there on the left. To receive a paper copy of the current catalogue, contact me here and to see more inspiration from UK Independent Stampin Up demonstrator Ruth Trice please go here for F A C E B O O K P A G E F A C E B O O K G R O U P - A R T F U L S T A M P I N S P A C E Y O U T U B E C H A N N E L - V I D E O T U T O R I A L S I N S T A G R A M P I N T E R E S T J O I N Stampin' Up! For free products and discounts on further purchases.

Welcome to the Control Freaks Blog Hop for April! This month, our theme is Flower Garden. The weather is starting to get warmer and flowers are blooming everywhere. At least they are in California, where I live. I'm so ready for the heat and Summer. In fact, I think my pool is ready for the

Be creatively inspired! Today's paper crafting projects were designed by the talented members of my Stampin' Pretty Pals Virtual Stamping Community. Links to blogs or Pinterest have been p

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Hey friends!!! It's Sketch Challenge Week!!! We love seeing all of the great ways you use our sketches, and we think that this one will definitely inspire y'all! Speaking of inspiration - y"'ll did amazing with last week's color challenge! We loved being inspired by YOU. Did you get a chance to check out all the ideas submitted? After a lot of looking, we finally figured out a winner! Congratulations: Verena Let's see how our Design Team used this sketch for their inspiration this week! Jeanna Bohanon Tami Hewlett Bree Renwick Lauren Alarid Tanya Rees Melissa Stout Andrea Tracy-Tucker Of course, the beauty of a challenge site is that you not only get to see what the Designers have made but you also get to play along! You can go and check out our Guideline page for complete details, but here are a few things to keep in mind: Deadline for entries will be at 10am PST on Thursday 5/20/21 Uploaded projects need to be direct linked to your blog, Facebook, or other on line gallery. Please post the TGIF Challenge graphic on your blog and link back to our site Your project MUST be new and inspired by our challenge parameters When sharing your project publicly, please use this weeks hashtag- #TGIFC316 Winning project(s) will be posted on next week's challenge on Friday 5/21/21 Questions should be left in the comment section Challengers can even post your cards on our FB page too!! "Like us" while you're there :-) Before you go we wanted to let you know that you can also follow us & tag us on your entries on INSTAGRAM! Click Here

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Für diese Karten habe ich etwas mit dem neuen Stempelset Kunstvoll Koloriert gespielt. Diese Stempelabdrücke mit dem Watercolor-Look sind einfach …

Happy June! I am playing with the In The Wild Suite today for a wild birthday! I started with the white base and added the Subtles embossed piece of Soft Succulent cards tock to it. I then cut the Cajun Craze circle and embossed it with the Animal Print embossing folder. I layered it on a strip of In The wild DSP. I then stamped the tiger from Wild Cats stamp set in Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze inks and cut him out with along with the leaves in Soft Succulents and Evening Evergreen with the Big Cats dies. I stamped the sentiment in Craze ink on white card stock and cut it out with the label die in Potted Succulent dies. Hope you have a wild Tuesday and thanks for stopping by! Windy Stamp set: Wild Cats Ink: Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry Paper: Soft Succulents, Basic White, Cajun Craze, Evening Evergreen and In The Wild DSP Layering Circles dies, Potted Succulents dies, Big Cats dies, Subtles EF, Animal Print EF

I've been looking forward to playing with the Artistically Inked Bundle, and today is the day. The fact that it's on the cover of the new 2021-2022 Annual Catalog is an indication that it

Happy Friday!!! This week, TGIF Challenges has a sketch challenge that's really different. I particularly like the strips in the background with their varying heights. I don't think I would have thought of a layout like that on my own, so it really makes me appreciate these types of challenges. For my project, I used

Hi everyone! LeAnne here with our latest Paper Players challenge...since it's a fifth Sunday, we have a Tic-Tac-Toe for you! First, thanks to all who participated in Jaydee's sketch challenge---such pretty creations! Now, we hope you find something fun on the grid to play with! Here we go: The Paper Players Design Team Jaydee LeAnne Pugliese Claire Broadwater Joanne James Laurie Schmidt Anne Marie Hile *off this week* Ann Schach Nancy Leppek Debbie Crowley Amanda Mertz Challenge Rules: Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry. Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours Please be considerate of our requests; entries that do not follow any of these rules will be deleted without notification. Have fun, and thank you for playing with us! You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter

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The Encircled in Beauty dies make any card beautiful especially paired along with the gorgeous Expressions in Ink Specialty DSP and layers!

Easy Accordion Fold Cards - look how easy they are to make. First... the Party Puffins! This is the inside! How fun would this cute Party Puffin card be to give as a birthday card? The outside can be done any way you want. The inside is where the magic happens - and this is all it takes! One piece of 6' x 3-1/2' Designer Series Paper scored every 1'! This card uses the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper, one of the Host Reward Options. Attach one edge to the card like this. Then add adhesive to the other edge

Today I have focused on the Hand-Penned Petals Suite by Stampin' Up! which will be released when the NEW Annual Catalogue is launched in May.

This week I will be giving you sneak peeks of the exciting products in the upcoming 2021-2022 Annual Catalog!

Hello! I'm Tami Hewlett from the United States and today, I'm sharing projects I designed for the Stampin' Up! Facebook Page featuring the Artistically Inked Stamp Set. This stamp set and the entire coordinating Expressions in Ink Suite is my absolute favorite in the catalog! It's such an honor to be part of the 2021

I wanted to share with you the cards everyone got to make at my 2021 Catalogue Launch last weekend. I think everyone liked them. This card was with the new Color and Contours Bundle. I’m real…

I really like the Pretty Perennials bundle and thought of it as soon as I saw the sketch this week for freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com I stamped the pieces in Polished Pink, Blushing Bride, Granny Apple Green and Pale Papaya on white card stock and cut them along with more white pieces with the matching Perennial Petals dies. I cut a 4' by 5 1/4" piece of card stock and blending some Polished Pink ink on with my blending brush and then ran it through with the Painted Texture embossing folder. I added it to a white base. I grabbed a gold hoop and layered my blooms and leaves around the right side. I also popped on a few pink rhinestones. I then stamped the sentiment from Art Gallery on white card stock in Polished Pink ink and cut it with the Floral Gallery die. Hope your Monday is lovely and thanks for stopping by! Windy Stamp sets: Pretty Perennials, Art Gallery Paper: Whisper White Ink: Polished Pink, Pale Papaya, Granny Apple Green, and Blushing Bride Perennial Petals dies, Floral Gallery dies, pink rhinestones, gold hoop, blending brush, Painted Texture embossing folder

Do you ever have one of those stamp sets that just kind of scares you a little? And by scares you, I mean, you are just not sure how to use it or you feel overwhelmed? I wasn't sure how to use all the pieces in this set until I created this Elegantly Said card and was able to combine several of the stamps in the set on this card! I was thrilled with the outcome!! I showed it to my friend Tammy and she loved it! yay! Direct to Rubber Technique Above: I used 3 Stampin'

Thank you for joining me last night for my live presentation on YouTube. Every Thursday at 7:00 pm et, you can join me for a fun workshop where I create three projects using Stampin' Up products. Last night I used the Darling Details Bundle. If you would like the FREE make & take kits that I demonstrated, place a minimum $40 order (before shipping and tax) by Sunday, July 9, 2023 using host code HQNZK6G2. If you missed the live presentation, you can watch the replay below. The frame on this card is created by first die cutting the die

Today's Create With Connie & Mary Saturday Blog Hop theme is to use ALL the new 2021-2023 In Colors on our project. (Whew! Thank goodness they all work together....I don't know what I'd do if I was stuck using Summer Starfruit from a few years ago. I just could not like that one at all.) 😜 Luckily, I love ALL the new In Colors, so this was a piece of cake for me! And, luckily, the Hand-Penned Petals stamp set had the perfect floral design so I could use all the colors! I stamped it twice on the left side of a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White cardstock and colored the background around the flowers with the Light Soft Succulent Stampin' Blend. The the leaves were colored with Evening Evergreen, and the blossoms with the other three In Colors. I didn't want to waste a lot of ink by coloring the entire panel, so I added a piece of Soft Succulent cardstock embossed with one of the Greenery embossing folders, and a narrow strip of the gorgeous Gold Metallic Specialty Paper. It looked so nice that I had to add the swirly die cut from Painted Labels cut from the same gold. The greeting background was colored with the Light Pale Papaya Blends marker. That's my share for today. Now click the Next button to jump over to Libby Fens at Libby Stamps, or the Back button to see what Mary Brown at Stamper Camper's Corner has made! Stampin' Up! products used: Hand-Penned Petals and Peaceful Moments Stamp Sets Basic White, Soft Succulent, and Evening Evergreen Cardstock Gold & Rose Gold Metallic Specialty Paper Memento Tuxedo Black ink, plus all the 2021-2023 In Color Stampin' Blends Combos Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, Layering Circles Dies, Painted Labels Dies, Greenery Embossing Folders 2021-2023 In Color Jewels, Stampin' Seal, Stampin' Dimensionals

Welcome to another fabulous Monday Montage Blog Hop! Don't miss out on a single creation along the way....these ladies are amazing! Some very special friends of ours will be welcoming a sweet baby girl into the world in just a few short weeks. The momma-and-daddy-to-be were showered with love this past weekend, which, of course, called for a cute card! My inspiration for this card came from the baby shower invitation. These warm, calming colors were so much fun to use the with new Watercolor Shapes stamp set. I inked up the shapes in shades of Petal Pink, Pale Papaya, Cinnamon Cider and Merry Merlot, randomly stamping them in no particular pattern. Each of the adorable sentiments were heat embossed on coordinating card stock using the One Happy Family set. If you don't have this sentiment stamp set yet, it is a MUST HAVE! There are so many great sentiments! I love "you made a little human". This sentiment couldn't be more perfect for our friends! After layering everything, it felt like something was missing...embellishments, of course! Elegant Faceted Gems were the perfect final touch! We are all so excited for their little princess to make her way into world! We are counting down the days until we all get to meet her. Thank you for stopping by today! On to the next stop! Happy Stamping!

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Yesterday I shared the first set of In Color card swaps by my Flowerbug's Team and today I'm sharing more. The first card is a fun fold card made by Karen A. This is such an easy fold as it's just adding one score line to your standard card. She chose to use the Nothing's Better Than stamp set. Her colors include Sweet Sorbet & Parakeet Party with a bit of Early Espresso & Crumb Cake for the greeting &...

Welcome to the Control Freaks Blog Hop for April! This month, our theme is Flower Garden. The weather is starting to get warmer and flowers are blooming everywhere. At least they are in California, where I live. I'm so ready for the heat and Summer. In fact, I think my pool is ready for the

Hello friends and welcome back to another Monday Montage Blog Hop! Be sure to make your way through all the stops...you won't want to miss a single project from this amazing group of stampers! Once again, after seeing some of the beautiful projects created using the soon-to-be-available Hand-Penned Suite, I just had to add it to my collection. I stamped the largest bloom in the set and colored it with Stampin' Blends in shades of Daffodil Delight, Pale Papaya and Shaded Spruce. I created a pretty background by stamping the solid flowers in shades of Blushing Bride, Pale Papaya and Mint Macaron. Using the Blending Brushes, I added a bit of Blushing Bride around the edges and added just a few splatters of Blushing Bride as well. The Penned Flowers Dies are AMAZING and one was just perfect to tuck behind the bold flower and soft background. These pieces were paired up with a beautiful piece of Hand-Penned DSP and finished off with some Gold Fine Art Ribbon, Pale Papaya Open Weave Ribbon and a few Genial Gems. The pretty little sentiment is heat embossed in white and cut with the Tasteful Labels dies. Next up is the card that used ALL of the new stuff! Tailored Made Tags and Basic Borders paired up with the Hand-Penned Suite to create this beautiful thank you card. I used the two-step floral image, bringing Misty Moonlight, Pale Papaya and Mint Macaron together to match the Hand-Penned DSP. This was layered on a Misty Moonlight die cut circle, which was embossed with the Greenery embossing Folders. Using the Basic Borders Dies, I cut the bottom of the card base front, allowing some pretty DSP to peek through from the inside of the card. You are going to LOVE these dies! The Tailored Made Tags was tailor made for the Thanks sentiment and the Flowers for Every Season Ribbon was the prefect way to top it all off! Thanks for stopping by and hopping along with us! Click on the NEXT button to keep on hopping! I hope to be back a bit more this week, but I make no promises. My youngest is going back to school for full days this week for the first time in over a year AND we have 5 baseball games this week. That makes me tired just typing it! Happy Stamping!

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