Freshly Made Sketches: 14 Years and 700 Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches is celebrating because we are on our 700th sketch!  That's 14 years of challenges!  A big thank you to everybody who plays along and keeps this challenge exciting and inspirational! To celebrate, we are using out 14th challenge, then each design team member is showing off their first card as part of the design team. We even have a couple who have been around since challenge #1.  Plus, a few of the early design team members are back to celebrate with us. Be sure to check out the FMS blog for the fun. Here is my card for challenge #700 (which was originally challenge #14).

My first post on the design team was on 9/30/14 for sketch 152 so it's been 11 years for me! Find the details on this card here. 

Although I have to say that I knew this group was special early on because I did play along with their first sketch on 9/9/11. Find the details on this card here.

Then it turns out that I even played along with the 14th challenge which we are re-doing this week. Find the details on this card here.

Here's to another 700! I hope see you playing along with us this week at Freshly Made Sketches.

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: Memory Box Stained Glass Butterfly and Stitched Square Layers (I cut off two sides so that the stitching only showed around the outside of each square), Photoplay Hey Hello Hi

Paper: Stampin' Up 2024-26 In Color dsp, Shy Shamrock cardstock

Other: Stampin' Up 2024-26 In Color Shimmer Gems

Freshly Made Sketches: Nordic Hello

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

 

I know the sketch said "any shape" but I was really drawn to the oval. Twenty some years ago, we used ovals on every other card but not so much these days with all of the other fun options. From there I had to figure out what to do in the oval but I quickly landed on a couple of dies from my favorite Nordic line of dies at Poppystamps. 

This is kind of an unusual card for me because I don't generally use pink. I have nothing against pink but there just aren't any people in my life to whom I would send a pink card. I was flipping through my cardstock looking for some bold oranges and yellows for the butterfly but the deep pink just jumped right out at me. I actually think it's due to my first week of retirement. I know that sounds odd, but hear me out.  I'm very much a Type A personality - the right tasks get done at the right time and nothing gets missed. I add things to my to-do lists even if they are already done just to give me the satisfaction of crossing them off! This even applies to my cards - each one has a purpose or someone in mind. But in my first week of retirement, I have very intentionally tried to immediately set a habit of slowing down and doing things for the sheer pleasure of it. When the pink jumped out at me, I was ignoring it but then my next thought was that I liked pink so why not do something different for the sheer pleasure of it! 

NOTE: I used the Delicate Details embossing folder from The Stamp Market. It gives a nice, crisp and dimensional image. However, my clean and simple eye saw all the detail in the leaf and butterfly and, while I liked the look of the folder, I wanted it to be more subtle so I ran it back through the machine with just two plates to squish the pattern a bit so it was clearly in the background. 

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

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: Poppystamps Nordic Belle Butterfly, Nordic Sweeping Branch and Hello Poe Script, Taylored Epxressions Stitched Stacklets Oval and Petite Scallop Oval

Cardstock: Taylored Expressions Guava, Pink Champagne, Cupcake, Cilantro, Peapod and Granny Smith

Other: The Stamp Market Delicate Details embossing folder (run back through to squish the pattern a bit)

Freshly Made Sketches: Floral Hello

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

I put the sketch together specifically to show a cluster of things in and around a frame. I feel like just adding things over and under a frame gives a card visual dimension whether there's any actual dimension or not.  I picked the flowers because they were new-to-me and I was excited to play with them! Then I stuck with the same company and found the hello that I think is a nice style for it.

I hope to see you playing along with us this week at FMS.  I look forward to seeing all of your creative ideas.  I can picture balloons, hearts, flowers, Easter eggs and more - but I bet you surprise me with all of your fun ideas!

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: Altenew Sweet Sugar Cookies and Fancy Hello, MFT Stitched Rectangle Scalloped Frames

Cardstock: Stampin' Up Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green

Freshly Made Sketches: Hey Hello Hi

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

I was actually not planning on playing this week.  First of all, I've been weeding out my craft room. I am a collector as much as a crafter but there's just too much and it's hard to make decisions and find the products for each card. So each week, I've been going through a small section of my stash and making decisions between keep, donate or throw. But this last week, I picked a big section - I dove into my Stampin' Up stash. I've been collecting for thirty years. I literally have all of the cardstock back to the original colors (I'm keeping all the paper!!)  So I had stamps and dies and punches on every surface of my craft room. There is simply no room to craft.  Second, at the beginning of the year, I marked this past weekend with a big sad face because I planned to do taxes. I find that if I put it on the calendar so I have no positive expectations of that weekend, then try not to think about it except for that weekend, I can deal with the stress and depression that I associate with income tax.

But then as I was looking for a Stampin' Up product that my files said I had but couldn't find, I came across this set of three dies from Photoplay that had hidden itself under a bunch of products that it didn't even belong with and I decided it deserved to come out and play. 

My intent was to follow the sketch more closely and to put a strip behind each word. But I found this paper and decided I liked the look with the style of the dies. Then I decided that I didn't want to cover any of it up and I forgot all about the strips on the sketch!!  

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

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: Photoplay Hey-Hello-Hi Etched dies, Avery Elle Postage Stamp, Ellen Hutson Essential Hearts

Paper: Pink Paislee Color Wash 6x6 pad, Stampin' Up Lemon Lolly and Groovy Guava, Taylored Expressions Mushroom

Freshly Made Sketches: Hey Hi Hello

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

I imagined a lot of different cards for this sketch. I saw a panel with a rainbow, one with clouds and one with sun. I thought about using three different patterned papers and a big sentiment. But I finally "settled" on a sentiment with three lines - specifically "Happy", "Birthday" and "To You".  Clearly I didn't actually settle on that. It was a nice mental picture in my head but I got stuck on how to decorate it.  Notice how the "hi" ultimately worked on my card with the bouquet of flowers extending across two panels.  That didn't work when the second panel had the long word "birthday" and I really like how the bouquet ties the panels together.  Only a crafter truly understands the drama of trying to figure out a way to decorate with that long word!!

The sentiment came from Concord and 9th so I dug into my C&9 stash and came out with the fabulous Friendship Garden set which has multiple tiny bouquets and fun holders for those bouquets. It's nice to work with becaue the little flower and berries are a separate die so very easy to get all the little pieces that you need and they plop right on top of the green stems. The background is also C&9. I thought about patterned paper like a simple gingham - it would have been nice but I do like a fresh white card.

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

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: Concord and 9th Friendship Garden, Stitched Stripe and Hey Hi Hello, Trinity Stamps Modern Embossed Rectangle Stack

Cardstock: Stampin' Up Flirty Flamingo, Mango Melody and Lemon Lime Twist, Taylored Expressions Cupcake

Freshly Made Sketches: Dragonfly Hello

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

I wasn't sure what I was going to do with this sketch - I had a vague notion of brightly colored rays and a bold sentiment.  Obviously I didn't do that.  I was flipping through my stash and saw this graceful dragonfly and was shocked I hadn't used it.  So I kind of forced him into the sketch but I love the results.  I didn't do straight lines just to better match his soft look. His top wings are a pearlescent vellum which is a lovely look. Then I added some subtle floral paper and used a lattice embossing folder on the white.  Super simple but it's all about the dragonfly and I LOVE it!!

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

SUPPLY LIST

Stamps: My Favorite Things Greetings & Salutations

Dies: Alexandra Renke Big Dragonfly, Simon Says Stamp Curved Edge

Paper: Catherine Pooler Twilight Reading, Lawn Fawn Pearlescent Vellum, Stampin' Up Peekaboo Peach

Other: Taylored Expressions Dotted Lattice Embossing Folder

Freshly Made Sketches: Hello with Curvy Leaves

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

It's just a few days after the color refresh at Stampin' Up and I have to say that the biggest surprise for me was the retirement of Mango Melody.  It's such a vibrant and cheerful color and it's become a favorite of mine. I love the way it pairs with Flirty Flamingo and all the bright greens. I use it every few cards and through every holiday!  SO - this is just my formal declaration that it will keep showing up on my blog and today I made it the main color (and paired it with a splash of Flirty Flamingo and a bright green!)

Along with the Stampin' Up colors on this card, I used five different companies' products.  That's unusual for me. I like to stay within a company mostly because it narrows down my choices. If I am using a die by a company then I only have to look through their stamps for a sentiment. But the rectangles on the sketch threw me a bit and I ended up pawing through my entire stash.  I just got the Waffle Flower Outlined Hello and I realized it had the rectangular look of the sketch.  I tried multiple options for the bottom rectangle, mostly actual rectangles with stamps or patterns on them, but ended up liking the Pinkfresh Curvy Leaves (apologies to Linda for not finding that second rectangle to use on her sketch). Plus it allowed me to add a butterfly off to the side. This is Alexandra Renke's Layered Butterfly 8. Then all of that alone didn't fill the card front so I added a background using Spellbinders Postage Edge Rectangles. Finally, a few pearl "berries" from Kat Scrappiness.

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

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: Waffle Flower Outlined Hello, Pinkfresh Curvy Leaves, Alexandra Renke Layered Butterfly 8, Spellbinders Postage Edge Rectangles

Paper: Stampin' Up Mango Melody, Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green

Other: Kat Scrappiness Taffy Pink Pearls

Poppystamps: Hello Pandas

I'm on the Poppystamps blog today with these two sweet little pandas from the new Whittle Panda Pickup Kit

The pickup in the kit is extremely cute too - and there's even a wagon for these little pandas.  But I went with two of my favorite little pandas (the other pandas in the kit are off to the side) with one sitting next to the new Hello Moonlight Script sentiment and the other hanging from the bamboo.

Be sure to check out the Poppystamps blog for many more pictures and details.

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: Poppystamps Whittle Panda Pickup Kit, Hello Moonlight Script and Penelope Pinpoint Frame, Memory Box Postage Square layers

Paper: Memory Box cardstock pads in Berry Red and Lush Green, Memory Box Delicate Pastel Glitter pad

Freshly Made Sketches: Honeycomb Quilt

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

 

I took the sketch as just a cluster of elements so I didn't really track with the big, mediums and smalls.  This sketch was challenging for me but only because I always have a personal side challenge each week - and that is simply to create a card that will be used. Before this sketch came out, I had already knew who in my life needed a card. Then I saw the sketch.  My recipient is over 90 years old and completely old school so I couldn't just do any old random grouping - that would generally scream modern and trendy and that is very much not her.  I did think about a bunch of butterflies and I was headed in that direction when I saw this quilt set from Concord & 9th. I LOVE the way this turned out.  The quilt pattern is just right for her and I think the inspiration from the sketch gave it an eye-catching twist. 

I hope to see you playing along with us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: Concord & 9th Honeycomb Quilt Top dies, Paper Smooches Flowers, Memory Box Butterfly Delights (the two small ones), Penny Black Flights of Fancy (the bigger butterfly)

Paper: Honey Bee Stamps Playful Pastels and Gingham Galore: Spring, Taylored Expressions cardstock in Lavender Glaze, Jelly Donut, Peapod and Pink Champagne, white glitter paper from Michaels

Freshly Made Sketches: Iconic Hi

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!

 

 

I started this one with the idea of a branch - then maybe birds, pretty leaves, bees or something. As I was browsing my stash with branches, I saw this retired set by Stampin' Up and realized that I had never used it! 

I thought about sponging an ombre background but quickly realized I had ombre Stampin' Up paper (also retired!) so I didn't have to get inky. Then finally for the stripe, I found more retired Stampin' Up paper!  I have new things I haven't even used but when all out on the retired products for this card!

My husband saw his on my desk and asked why they were saying "hi" since that bird was going to eat that bee!! Ugh...men!!!

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

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: Stampin' Up Iconic, Playful Alphabet

Paper: Stampin' Up Oh So Ombre, Brights 6x6 2020 DSP 

Other: Studio Katia Jade Crystals

Color Throwdown: A Happy Hello

I'm playing along with the Color Throwdown. The graphic caught my eye and the colors are gorgeous! I decided on butterflies because I felt like the colors were rich and summery and a nice change from the bright spring-like colors that I typically use on butterflies. 

I recently stumbled on these butterflies - new from Alexandra Renke - and was instantly in love with their unique shapes and layers. There are 8 of them (I only got 3) and a dragonfly (which I also got). I found them at starlitstudio.net. I've been shopping there for years. I found the shop when I was looking for some older Memory Box dies - which they had (and usually do) - and I keep going back because I always find fun surprises like these butterflies!

Thank you to the Color Throwdown for the inspiration for the first outing of my gorgeous new butterflies!!

SUPPLY LIST

Stamps: Papertrey Ink Just Sentiments: Happy Hello

Dies: Alexandra Renke Layered Butterfly 1, Layered Butterfly 6 and Layered Butterfly 8

Paper: Stampin' Up Night of Navy (the OLD dsp) and cardstock in Night of Navy, Tranquil Tide and Crushed Curry

Other: Pretty Pink Posh Marigold gems

Freshly Made Sketches: Well Hello There

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

 

I have more birds in my stash that any one person should ever need - but I keep getting newer, cuter, prettier, quirker birds - just about any excuse will do.  I love the new Sweetie Bird by Spellbinders - so many fun layers! There's also a Little Chickadee which I haven't found in stock anywhere yet, and a Tweet Cardinal which will show up on one of my cards soon.  

The same is true of flowers. I really liked the Be Bold set from Spellbinders but I didn't get it on the first day and then it was out of stock forever. Long enough that I realized that the last thing I needed was another set of flowers - even though this set is huge and gorgeous - so I took it off my wishlist.  Then I was wandering Hobby Lobby a couple of weeks ago and the dies were on sale and look what they had! This set clearly needed a home in my craft room.

Given I had the Sweet Birdie on my desk, the circle on the sketch was very obviously a little hole for his house. I pulled out all of my favorite fresh colors and decided to do him in the warmer colors and a little bouquet at his entrance in cooler colors. The sentiment is a pre-done strip from Simon Says and felt exactly right for him!

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

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: Spellbinder Be Bold Bloom, Sweet Birdie

Paper: Stampin' Up Flirty Flamingo, Mango Melody, Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Parakeet Party, Doodlebug Petite Prints Stone Gray Wood Grain

Other: Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Strips 2, Pretty Pink Posh Marigold gems

Freshly Made Sketches: Peeking Daisy Hello

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

 

I had an easy time starting this sketch but it quickly went downhill. I recently came across this Simon Says Peeking Daisy die lost in my not-yet-used stash and it was in my mind when I first saw the sketch. After that I struggled. I wish I would have taken a picture of my craft desk during the process.  I had so many circles cut to go behind the daisies.  I tried three colors, I tried three patterns, I tried different embossing folders. I tried one striped dsp - then of course any combination of those. I tried rainbow stripes through all of them (too much). I tried single colors with different colored flower centers (too little).  I wish I were better at visualizing - I wouldn't have so much waste for a single card!

Finally I came up with a combination that I liked. I did like my attempts at stripes so I accented the flower center and added plain but embossed colors on both sides of it to keep the stripes the focal point.  Then don't even get me started on struggles with the sentiment (black strips, stamped on the bottom, stamped on the top??)  I finally gave up and did a "hello".  The main problem with the entire struggle is that the one person that I routinely send "hello" cards to DOES NOT LIKE PINK. I can't even use the darn card.  The only thing stopping me from saying it was a waste of hours of my time - is that I really do love this hobby!!

I hope to see you playing along with us this week at Freshly Made Sketches - and may your crafting session give you a usable card!!!

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: Simon Says Stamp Peeking Daisy and Script Hello

Freshly Made Sketches: Fringe Flower Hello

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

I decided the "any shape" needed to be a flower because I wanted to use my new Poppystamps die called Layered Fringe Flowers. I used all three layers on my card. To keep it simple, I pulled out the Sunny Orange paper pad by Memory Box that has trios of coordinating colors so I could easily go from light to dark. Then just for fun (and since their cardstock as a white core), I sanded off the edges of each so the color fades out to white on the edges. Then a couple of soft blue butterflies for contrast.

I don't often splatter my background. I have control issues and flicking on paint is the very definition of letting go of control! But I felt the background needed some texture and with the white edges on the flower and the pretty white sentiment, white splatter felt right. I think I did OK and, even more amazingly, this was my first attempt on this card.  I didn't like the blob of white to the right of the flower as you are looking at it but as I was putting a second piece of kraft cardstock in my splatter box to try again, I decided to embrace the lack of control and use my first attempt. I notice the blog - but I bet no one else did until I pointed it out!!!

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

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: Poppystamps Layered Fringe Flowers, Intricate Cut Butterflies and Hello Poe Script, Memory Box/Open Studio Stitched Rectangle Trimmings

Paper: Memory Box Sunny Orange and Fresh Aqua

Other: White Acrylic Paint

The Card Concept: Vintage Style

There’s a new inspiration challenge at The Card Concept and the theme is Vintage Style. Even with "vintage" as the theme, I created a Clean and Simple card using the elegant birdcage and the beautiful colors as inspiration.

I have a love/hate relationship with this card. I'd like to have played with it a little bit more but it was either stop and snap a photo during daylight - or not have a card for this week's challenge. I love the idea of it. That birdcage was totally inspired by the challenge and it has such detail, I like the look of it on a fresh and clean card. The bird is so cute - and he looks so good with the pinks and greens in the background.  But after that it all kind of fell apart. The embossed square is the wrong size. The sentiment took my 7 tries to get right - seven!!  Seven wasted pieces of paper due to it being crooked or smudged or not all stamped (even using different tools to get it right).  Then I got one that was perfect, but this isn't it.  I had my little scene all put together and I picked it up with press-and seal, added my adhesive, then dropped the whole darn thing on my perfectly stamped card.  I could go on - but I think you can all relate to the drama that happens with some cards. Maybe the card isn't even all that bad - but the drama is impacting the way I view it!  Don't even get me started on the photo - my caring level was fairly low at that point - and the photo is so much harsher than the actual card.

I'm done whining! I do hope my card serves its purpose. I know the inspiration is named "vintage style" but there's always so much you can get from an inspiration challenge. This one didn't push me toward "vintage" but it did push me toward a beautiful birdcage and a sweet bird with flowers. I hope to see you playing along with us at The Card Concept - and may your crafting session be fun and relaxing!

SUPPLY LIST

Stamps: Taylored Expressions Itty Bitty Sentiments

Dies: Penny Black Vintage Birdcages and Tweets, Spellbinders Bouquet of Flowers

Cardstock: Stampin' Up Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Melon Mambo, Polished Pink

Other: Alexandra Renke embossing folder

Freshly Made Sketches: Cartoon Tulips

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!

 

I love these Cartoon Tulips by Altenew.  Actually I love all the flowers by Altenew! But this one kept calling my name until it finally came home to live in my stash. If you could see my stash - especially my flower stamps and dies, you'll understand that it takes something special for me to add a new flower. This one has kind of a quirky look which you might expect with the word "cartoon" in the name but I think it can also take on an elegant look. I tried for that look with my all-white background - a little lattice and some dotted detail - and a simple hello.

The coordinating ink trios come from Altenew ink sets. The sets are such a handy way to do layered stamping. I decided on purple flowers so I pulled out my Northern Lights ink set and stamped three purples - easy peasy! Then I needed a green and pulled out the Soft Succulents set. In retrospect, I'm not certain the greens in Soft Succulents were meant to work together.  The lightest color - Firefly - is in other sets that include much brighter greens for the darker colors.  This particular set goes a bit more olive for the darker colors.  I have to admit that I cringed when I first stamped the olive colors. I set it aside thinking I needed to start over, but the more I looked at the more I liked it.  The Firefly gave it a bright and cheerful base, while the next two colors added a richness.  I'm guessing they were meant to go together and most definitely the fine crafters at Altenew have a much better eye than I do!!

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

SUPPLY LIST

Stamps: Altenew Cartoon Tulips (and die), Sentiment Strips 2

Dies: Altenew Dotted Swirls Debossing, Garden Trellis and Featured Sentiments

Ink: Altenew Rose Quartz, Puffy Heart and Purple Wine (from the Northern Lights or Rose Petal sets), Firefly, Forest Glade and Moss (from the Soft Succulents set)

Paper: Taylored Expressions Plum Punch

Other: Studio Katia Radiant Orchid Pearls

Freshly Made Sketches: Hi and Hello

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

Cécile's description on the FMS blog of her sketch says "we love free thinking, so the square doesn't have to to be a square and the arrows don't have to be arrows."  I did stick with the square but I made a giant step away from the arrows.  I had actually planned to stick with the arrows. Somewhere in my stash is a stamp saying something about choosing your own direction which seemed absolutely perfect for either of my sons who are in the midst of big decisions - and that all seemed perfect for arrows. I looked and looked but no luck in finding the stamp. 

I have no explanation as to how I got from arrows to speech bubbles nor from masculine to pink gingham. Sometimes a crafting session is just like that, isn't it?!

I've always loved these speech bubbles from WPlus9. The words are part of the bubble, then I cut scraps of coordinating cardstock to put behind the words. All the colors were obviously inspired by the paper - the fun hi's and hello's needed a cheerful paper so the little flowers fit the bill and the pad had coordinating gingham. The three little pearls were just for balance - I got everything adhered and realized it seemed heavier to the right so embellishments to the rescue. 

I hope to see you playing along with us at FMS.  I look forward to browsing the gallery and hoping that somebody uses arrows and that choose your direction stamp that I spent hours trying to find!!

SUPPLY LIST

Dies: WPlus9 Hey Hi Hello, Trinity Stamps Modern Embossed Rectangle Stack

Paper: Penny Black Painted Blooms, Stampin' Up cardstock in Mango Melody, Magenta Madness and Daffodil Delight

Freshly Made Sketches: Floral Squares

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

I absolutely adore the Stampin' Up Floral Squares.  It's a set that will stay in my collection whether or not it stays in the catalog! (If you are a Stampin' Up collector, do you ever look back at the previous catalog and it already seems over-used or out-of-date?  Even the main catalog that is just a few months old, but there have been multiple mini catalogs and a sale-a-bration or two in the meantime.  No offense at all to Stampin' Up - but shiny new toys are always exciting and tend to eclipse the older toys. Clearly I have "squirrel syndrome"! When I was putting together my order for sale-a-bration, there were still things on my wishlist from the main catalog, but I couldn't get excited about them.  On the other hand - I already own the Floral Squares - and this is a set that I am still excited about!)

So for my sketch, I had to add a square so I could use the wonderful Floral Squares that were still on my mind after shopping for new stuff.  I paired it with brand new paper from the Sale-a-bration catalog!  There are two really old things on this card. The sentiment is form Honeycomb Hello. I couldn't even tell you how old that is but it has a variety of small and simple sentiments that sometimes are the only thing that will work on a card.  The sequins are Iridescent Sequin Assortment that includes colors that I don't even remember (they are probably not all that old - this may be more of a statement on my memory!) But even with old colors, it's surprising how often they work for me!

To this day, I have a number of people to whom I still routinely send cheerful cards as they are still isolating as much as possible.  I think this one definitely qualifies as cheerful and will be in the mail soon.

I hope to see you playing along with us this week at Freshly Made Sketches.  I'm looking forward to seeing what you create!

SUPPLY LIST

Stamps: Stampin' Up Honeycomb Hello (retired)

Dies: Stampin' Up Floral Squares, Layering Squares Framelits, Stitched Labels Framelits

Paper: Stampin' Up Sunshine & Rainbows (from sale-a-bration), cardstock in So Saffron, Mango Melody, Flirty Flamingo

Other: Stampin' Up Iridescent Sequin Assortment (retired)