Freshly Made Sketches #748

 

I can think of lots of options for Verena's circles, but it IS butterfly season

here on The Ferguson Porch after all!  I had a few new butterflies for 

Freshly Made Sketches #748!

I opted for the SSS Whirled Butterflies and left them creamy white

but felt the need to add a few flowers so these beauties would stick around! lol

Anyone remember these SSS Hydrangea Petals?  These were dipped in

puddles of Distress inks - as were the butterfly bodies.

The Greetery provided the die for the gold banner - SB Betterpress for the sentiment!

Just perfect for sending special wishes to my dear friend - I hope 

they landed on time! 

Freshly Made Sketches #748 is here and ready for YOUR interpretation!

Hope you're inspired to join us!

=] Michele

CAS Christmas August 2026

Julia has chosen the theme for CAS Christmas August 2026, and it's bound to be a gallery full of fun!  Santa's sleigh?  I think it has been hijacked by this fellow...

He better pay attention or he'll be fa la faceplanting soon!

ASD Falala Friends + Lil Inkers woodgrain

Hope you've had a great start to your week!  I am so happy to have my granddaughter coming for lunch today ... fresh from the cob corn chowder is on the menu today - YUM!  There's plenty - come join us!

=] Michele

Just us Girls #834

 

Carol Mc is the host at JUGS #834 and she's invited us to CASE a card that a 

member of their fabulous design team has made this week!  They are ALL fabulous

every. single. week!  But it's Carol's own citrus-y card that I'll be CASEing today!

I dug really deep into my Ellen Hutson supplies - sorry none of them are

available any longer.  Here's how I brought my card together:

Carol used die cut lemons - mine are stamped, colored then die cut.

Carol's stripes were stencil-blended in blue - my stripes are stamped in wet Blueprint Sketch ink!

Carol embossed a pattern over her stripes while I cut mine down using a pierced rectangle die.

Her sentiment was sweet and small - I went bold and stamped it on a rectangle, then added my striped panel to a base with die cut dots [Alex Syberia Desigsns].

Ready to see my [shaker-less] CASE?

I love how it turned out and hope Carol will, too!  Thanks for the gorgeous

inspiration, Carol!

Have a fun weekend my friends!

=] Michele

Freshly Made Sketches #747

 

Kim has a fabulous sketch for us this week!  I thought of a dozen different elements that could represent her circles!  In the end, I really wanted to play with those fun Concord & 9th Cherries again!

Adding the washed-denim color of this gingham from HoneyBee was 

a natural choice today.

My FMS team has had lots of fun, too! What will you add to your card?

 We sure do look forward to all the delightful cards you add to our 

gallery each week! 

=] Michele

The Paper Players #795

 

As much as I think LeAnne might have expected THIS guy for her

Going to the Beach challenge at The Paper Players this week,

another flip-per caught my attention!

WAY back, when my Glimmer machine and I got along, I created

a few of these foiled backgrounds [Alex Syberia Designs - Tiny Hearts hot foil plate] and I think it is totally CAS acceptable - hope the PP team agrees!

Alex Syberia Designs: Underwater Wonders and Sunkissed Memories

I'll SEA you all again soon!

=] Michele

D's I.D.E.A.S!

 

Three talented card makers/friends lived in my brain today.  Believe me,

there's plenty of room up there! lol

Hilary, and Leslie spurred the creation of vellum-covered cardstock which is

bonded together with double-sided tape then dry-embossed! 

Darnell enabled me to finally make a card - it is embossing week on 

her fun I.D.E.A.S Calendar after all!

I searched for this SB Mandala embossing folder high and low and found one on Amazon. It has the most amazing detail... check it out...

Spellbinders' Mandala Blooms embossing folder and Sunflower Serenade dies.

Yana's Bouquet of Hugs Betterpress-ed sentiment

Would you believe me if I told you that the vellum was adhered to

the same curry cardstock as the sunflower?  It really toned it down - maybe

my vellum was too heavy?  At any rate, I love it and hope my

granddaughter does too - she requested a thank you note for a professor

she interned with this summer.  The sentiment is perfect don't you think?

I hope you get over the hump [day] without a bump!

=] Michele

Freshly Made Sketches #746

 

Jen Mitchell has a really fun design for Freshly Made Sketches #746!

It brewed in my brain for a bit and since I needed a little cooling off, I thought

a Christmas card might do the trick!

Another fabulous holiday set from HoneyBee Stamps and a scalloped

arch die set from SSS worked beautifully IMHO!

I liked the scallops so much that I used the largest in the set

to cut my 4.25 square card base - what do you think?  I love these

gorgeous SU! greens:  Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent.

Lots of bits and pieces from my snippets bin worked beautifully

to cut the HB Lovely Layers: Mini Holiday Florals.

And just like that, I have my first pink Poinsettia card done!

I look forward to seeing what you all will add to Jen's sketch this week -

there's plenty of time until the gallery closes on Monday, July 27 at 3pm EST!

=] Michele