Freshly Made Sketches #367

Hi all and welcome to this week's Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #367. This is also a Design Team call from the FMS Team. For more information on this group please visit their blog at: http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/

The sketch challenge design was created by Karren Johnson:

I immediately thought of my new rectangle stitched framelits that are available January 3rd to customers from the Occasions catalog. I also wanted to make a Thank You card and keep the design simple. I went with a gold embossed design from the Artistically Asian stamp set and a clean "Thank You" sentiment from the "A Big Thank You" set.

Using Shimmery white paper (best ever for ink blending!), Stampin' sponges cut into wedges and 2 Stampin' Up! ink colors: Flirty Flamingo and Daffodil Delight, I ink blended in a circular motion until I was happy with the depth of color blending. This technique is fun in that you can create a very subtle background or keep blending for a striking background.

Using 2 of the framelits I ran the design through the Big Shot and then flipped the design so that the ink blending was split. I used fun foam to layer the center design and cut the sentiment out of a small label framelit from the Bottles & Bubbles Framelits. Also edged the small label with a bit of the Vegas Gold.

Finally I splattered with Vegas Gold shimmer paint and added a few gold metallic pearls.

Thank you for staying with me and if you would like to purchase any of the items...here are the links!

Product List

Artistically Asian Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141781]

$19.00

A Big Thank You Photopolymer Stamp Set

[147377]

$17.00

Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[101910]

$9.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[140272]

$7.75

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

$3.50

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147052]

$7.50

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]

$7.50

Simply Scored

[122334]

$30.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Vegas Gold Shimmer Paint

[146886]

$8.00

Take Your Pick

[144107]

$10.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Big Shot Magnetic Platform

[130658]

$40.00

Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies

[148551]

$35.00

Bottles & Bubbles Framelits Dies

[145663]

$28.00

Metallic Pearls

[146282]

$7.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.00

Embossing Buddy

[103083]

$6.00

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109129]

$5.00

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

Clear Block A

[118487]

$4.00

Stamparatus

[146276]

$49.00