Freshly Made Sketches #200 - Take Three

Today's post will have to be a very quick one I'm afraid, as the internet is worse than ever - weekend, I suppose - plus, I should really be getting things in order before we go on Friday!  As I type this, I am doing so on a text document first, as I am frustrated with how many times I have lost this so far, trying to post it!!

This is for the Freshly Made Sketches 200th celebration challenge!

This is their sketch.

For this sketch I partial die-cut a Spellbinder cover die at what was going to be the top of the card, until I realised that it would look better at the bottom, so this one is flipped on it's head now!  Then I put acetate behind the die-cut border to make it a window border.  Next, I got a base card and cut the bottom part off the card front and attached the panel I had die-cut the border from - are you all still with me so far? - Then I lined the inside of the card with patterned paper, used a couple of thin strips to 'finish' the edges of the border, made a die-cut flower and leaves arrangement and stamped my sentiment.  I also adhered a piece of white card-stock inside the card at the top for a space to write a message.

This is the card.

My congratulations once again to the Freshly Made Sketches DT on their 200th challenge and thank you all, my lovely readers for taking the time to pop in today and for all your lovely comments . . . I will miss you all next month . . . but do look out for scheduled posts!  Happy crafting!  Hazel xx

Freshly Made Sketches #200 - A Celebration! - Post Two

This is the second card, exactly the same as the first, but in black.  For both, I used some 'Imagination Crafts' Gold Sparkle Gel through a 'Tweed' stencil, cut a Penny Black 'Congrats' sentiment out of Stampin' Up Glimmer Paper and used a Martha Stewart punch for the flowers.

As it is for a celebration challenge, I felt that sparkle and bling was the order of the day!

Here are the rest of the pictures.

Which would you have posted?  Thank you so much for your visit today, it's very much appreciated!  Have a great day . . . without frustration!!  Hazel xx

Freshly Made Sketches #200 - A Celebration! - Post One

Today, I just had to try to post again - even though it's a bad day on the internet again - one day it isn't too bad and I think, 'great we are getting back to normal', the next, the little ring just keeps turning and turning in ever increasing circles, only to come up with the dreaded, 'can't load page' or some other such nonsense!

Anyway, the reason I am so determined today is two-fold.

One, it is a celebration over on the Freshly Made Sketches challenge as it is their 200th!!  Way to go FMS!  and as it is one of my favourite challenges, I just had to do something for it and I haven't been able to do much lately!  As I type this, I see Blogger has come up with a red bar and a warning triangle and is announcing, "An error occurred trying to save or publish your post" . . . but I will soldier on!

The second reason is that, as some of you lovely people already know, I am going to be away from next Friday for nearly a month - without internet - which at the moment is only a good thing!! - but I want to get as many posts as I can in before then!

So, here is the sketch.

Here is card number one.

Because it is a celebration, I felt that it needed sparkle and bling!  I have also made a black version and as I couldn't decide between the two, I am using both!  Stay tuned for the next post which is the second version.  Here goes!  Have a lovely day!  Hazel xx