Freshly Made Sketches: Joyful

It's time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! Today we have a sketch by Jen Mitchell and here’s what I did with it!

My creative juices were low this week and I almost didn't play along. We spent a week apartment hunting with my youngest son and it was so darn hot where we were. The AC in the car would just start cooling us off when we were had to get out at the next apartment.  It was supposed to be a trip with half apartment-hunting and half vacation - but by the time we'd look at apartments we were all too drained for the vacation part. (Not that sitting in various air-conditioned breweries was a bad time(!), it just wasn't what we planned.) 

We got back just before this card was due to the design team blog and I was sitting down to email my teammates and tell them I was out. But then I got this idea that I surely had a big sentiment behind which I would put a gorgeous piece of dsp. When I found this sentiment, I let go of the dsp idea because I knew I had the perfect new-to-me embossing folder. Then I didn't want to cover the folder so I turned the large strip in the back into an arched frame. 

My card isn't a creative work of art but I like it. There are always benefits to a too-large stash in which I can always dig up unique sentiments and fun embossing folders!

I hope to see you playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: Simon Says Stamp Joyful, Essentials by Ellen Essential Arches (I lengthened it by cutting the arch side only then sliding it down, lining it up and cutting the square side)

Other: Sizzix Stars and Lights embossing folder