Countryside Harvest Birthday - Freshly Made Sketches #43

|Apple growers in southern Ontario have had a real hit this year.  The week of extremely warm weather in March caused the trees to blossom prematurely.  These poor blossoms froze when the cold weather returned.  As a result - no or few apples.
As a kid I lived near an apple orchard, and spent many happy hours picking apples.  I can smell the rich fruity smell of apples growing on trees as I`m typing these words.
This card reminds me of those happy times.
I used the sketch with Freshly Made Sketches here     This is a site I just recently discovered and the idea is to keep the cards simple and fresh looking.   Keeping a card simple is a real challenge for me, but I think I accomplished the task.

The image was colored with markers and a blender pen.

 

Stamps:  Countryside, Sassy Salutations

Inks: Midnight Muse, SU Markers 

Papers: Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Comfort Cafe designer paper

Accessories: Blender pen, stampin dimensionals

Sesame Street Punch Art - The Friday Mashup #54

This week with the Friday Mashup it's Sesame Street time i.e. make a project (for a kid) using the colors using the Sesame Street characters.

1. Make a project using "Your Favorite Muppet Color Combo".
2. Or Make a project " for kids".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a " Project for a Kid using your Favorite Muppet Colors".

My children grew up watching Sesame Street.  I can still see my daughter dancing to the opening tune with utter delightful childlike abandonment.  As an adult watching this children's program I got the greatest kick out of the sense of humour i.e. puns that, of course, the children didn't 'get'.  Why are you laughing mommy?

I loved all the characters, but my favourite ones just happened to be Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog So, I used my punches and made some book marks - one with Miss Piggy and one with Kermit, using the colors Pretty in Pink, and Garden Green.

 I actually got the idea from Pinterest, but I couldn't track down the original author, so if you see your work on my blog please let me know and I will give you credit.

I wasn't sure if I got the characters looking like who they were supposed to be, so I held them up to my son so see if he could identify they, and he got the right answer immediately.

Miss Piggy:
Papers: Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Marina Mist, Basic Black, Real Red
Punches:  Scallop circle, 1 3/8" circle, 3/4" circle, 1" circle, Two step own punch, Word Window punch
Accessories: A string of pearls, bookmark (non SU)

Kermit the Frog:
Papers: Garden Green, Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
Inks: Always Artichoke
Punches: Ornament Punch, Pennant Punch, 3é4`circle punch
Accessories: Book mark (non SU)

These characters were fun to make and I`m not sure how realistic I made them (Kermit looks a bit drunk), but like I said - I had fun. Let me know what you think.

The Sounding Joy- Inkspirations Challenge 93

This is my card for the Inkspiration sketch  Challenge here

Stamp: The Sounding Joy
Inks: Night of Navy marker
Papers: Night of Navy, Very Vanilla, Brushed Gold, Night of Navy designer paper
Accessories: 2 1/2`` circle punch, Stripe embossing folder, Petal-a-plenty embossing folder, Pewter embossing powder, 5/8 `` Whisper White taffeta ribbon (edges colored with Night of Navy marker, dimensionals

Sweet Snowglobe Merry Christmas - Sketch Frenzy Friday

 It's Friday and time for another mini blog hop with Sketch Frenzy Friday.
 I've had a rough week.  I broke my right wrist (yes I am right handed), got an infection under one of my toes nails because I stepped on it with my cast boot, plus I'm still trying to ambulate with a painful foot.
BUT!!!  I really enjoyed creating a card from Patrice's sketch.
I hope you all have a great week creating and give Patrice's sketch a try.

Here is my interpretation of the sketch.  I must admit it`s the first time I put a sweet treat cup on a tag.

Stamps: Sweet Snowglobe, Snow Swirled, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Marina Mist, SU markers (Garden Green, Real Red, Early Espresso, Baja breeze, Marina Mist,Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette)
Papers: Early Espresso, Whisper White, Letters to Santa designer paper,
Accessories: Sweet Treat cup, 1 3/4`` circle punch, Word Window Punch, 1 3/4 by 7/8`` oval punch, Modern Label Punch, Baja Breeze seam binding, 1/4`` white grosgrain ribbon, Silver Glass Glitter, dazzling diamonds, Liquid Applique (non SU), stampin dimensionals, glue dots, Corner rounder punch

Hope you like my card.  Have I inspired you to try making a card using the Patrice`s sketch  If you are, please upload your card (or other creation) to the Sketch Frenzy Friday homepage here
Next stop is Patrice`s blog here  Stop by and see how she interpreted her own sketch.  Also, don`t forget to stop by and visit the blogs of the other team members.  Their addresses are on the side bar.  We have a very talented team and I am sure you will be very pleased with what you see.  And---don`t forget to leave comments.  Everyone likes them -- including me.