Hitching A Ride......FMS652

 

I'm not too sure about hitching a ride with this crew from the Bag of Bones set! But I do think they are the perfect crew to be on Will's Halloween card!

My grandson Will visited this week and made a birthday card for Cousin Emma.  She is having a pool party so he wanted a water scene. 

 He actually stenciled some waves and learned how to use the Misti to add mean sea creatures under the waves.

And of course you need to add bombs to scare the mean critters away from the swimmers!

And he finished it all off on the back with donut sprinkles because who doesn't like donut sprinkles?!?

I am hosting this week at Freshly Made Sketches. My sketch was inspired by a holiday project in Brian King's Super Awesome Fun Time Card Kit class - always a fun class to take!  Hope you join us at Freshly Made Sketches and put your own mark on the design!

The Mind Plays Tricks.....FMS651

 

The last two weeks in August just zoom by as we try to pack in more summer adventures before school starts for the grandkids!  On tap this week is a back to school shopping spree, the County Fair, last visits to our favorite ice cream and vegetable stands before they close for the season. I peeked at the sketch a couple of days ago and thought  I had it firmly in my mind before I left for the Library Staff picnic on Sunday. And you know how that goes - when I returned I was waaaay to tired to craft and didn't get back to my card until Tuesday afternoon but I still remembered the sketch.....so I thought....

While the Big Guy headed out to get us pizza for dinner - hey I was busy crafting - I took the photos of my card and posted one to the FMS site.  And then I noticed....the rest of the team actually followed Jen's great sketch but I flipped it around. Too late to change it and the pizza had arrived so I stuck with this oh so Fall card!

We mean it  at Freshly Made Sketches when we say feel free to put your own spin on our design! Hope you join us!

Stamp Set: Signs of Fall (Newton's Nook)

Paper: Them Bones DSP

Ink: Memento Black, Copics

Christmas Eve....FMS650

 

The die cuts from the retired set Time of Giving worked perfectly with Judy's sketch this week. I am thinking I may make a few more of these this week to add to my stash!  I also plan to soak up the sunshine these last two weeks of summer.......wow summer flies around here!

Judy has a fun sketch for us this week! Hope you join us at Freshly Made Sketches !

Beach Days - #TTTC254

 

The rich colors of the designer paper in the background were the driving forces behind this beachy card.  I am a fan of a lot of white space so this was waaaay out of my comfort zone. But I managed to sneak in some white in my beach house so I was happy! I have never surfed in the ocean - watching those surfers in the Olympics last week took my breath away! Amazing! Now if they gave medals for floating on a pool noodle in a swimming pool I'd be all in.......

I was thinking beachy when I designed this week's board at Tic Tac Toe. I went across the bottom row - hope you join us!

Stamp Sets: Beach Day, Beach Happy

Paper: Full of Life DSP, Berry Burst, Wild Wheat, Crushed Curry

Ink: Memento Black, Berry Burst, Copics