Celebrating #400! FMS/1/100

Freshly Made Sketches is celebrating 400 Sketches this month and we are going retro a bit for the month of August.  This card is based on our very first sketch - which we also used for #100.  It is fun to look back at previous designs. I followed the #1 Sketch exactly for a Back to School card.  For #100 I used two coffee cups on an anniversary card. And the third time around I definitely loosened things up using clouds and a plane as sketch elements.

Jen Mitchell and I have been on the team since Lesley Croghan developed it with Jen Timko joining just a few sketches later.  The two Jens are the backbone of this team and do all of the behind the scenes heavy lifting!  Those three very talented ladies are responsible for this challenge taking off ...... and keep it flying high!  

I hope you join us as we celebrate this month.....and there just may be some prizes popping up before the month is over!

                                                           

Stamp Set: Bon Voyage (Lawn Fawn)
Paper: Whisper White, Follow Your Art DSP
Ink: Copics, Memento Black

Retail Therapy

We can all use a little retail therapy now and then.  This sentiment is perfect to use when enclosing a gift card!  Emma is vacationing in Cape Cod this week with her cousins so naturally the Big Guy had to send spending money to the kids for their own "retail therapy."  Emma made three cards for her cousins and the Big Guy added $$$ and wrapped them up............this was the final result.....

Sometimes you just have to go with the flow........

I used the sketch from Fab Friday for my design.

Stamp Set: City Streets by Sunny Studio

Paper: Seaside Spray, Whisper White, Retired DSP from SU!

Ink: Memento Black, Copics, Distress

SU! Embossing Folder, Sugar Pea Die Cut

You've Got A Friend......FMS399

If this sentiment makes you want to sing a James Taylor song then you and I are on the same wavelength!  I had to combine a sentiment from Bella and Friends and one from Daisy Lane to make it work.  But now I am going to be hearing that song in my head all day!

Use three of any shape you'd like for Jen Brum's sweet sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

Stamp Set: Daisy Lane, Bella and Friends

Ink:  Seaside Spray, Grapefruit Grove, Granny Apple Green

Paper:  Whisper White, Seaside Spray, Gingham Gala DSP

Fusion: Kindness

I always try to combine both the photo and the sketch when I create my Fusion card but sometimes that can be challenging!  Not gonna lie the picture this week gave my CAS heart palpitations!  But some Designer Paper came to my rescue and I tried to keep the rest neat :)  

And I need to give a shout out to one of my good friends (and best Children's librarian ever!)  She knits hats for ladies undergoing treatment for cancer - a small act of kindness during a difficult time in their lives.  She asked me last week if I could make a simple tag to attach to the hats. So I sent 55 tags off to her and she sent me back these two pictures......

A wonderful act of kindness for sure.....

Join us at Fusion!

Stamp Set:  Varied Vases (SU), Sentence Strip (TE)
Ink:  Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral, Pacific Point
Paper: Whisper White, Follow Your Art DSP