Friday, August 22, 2025

8-22-25

Hello-

I had to play along and celebrate Freshly Made Sketches 700TH sketch.  WOW.

   

Its a fun sketch.  We went to the sunflower fields near by earlier this month and I have had sunflowers on the brain since then. 


The sunflower die cut was a gift from a bloggy friend (Thanks TK).  I inked it  up, then went through my stack of paper samples from my SU demonstrator. They are often times 4.25x4.25 sized samples.  So it worked.  I am not sure of the name of the pattern, but it is several years old. I bought it and often use it for the back drops in my photos.

I am not on the design team nor have been, but I went back to see my first entry to the FMS Challenges...number 89 in 2013.  I started card making in 2012... and as the old commercial said "You've come a long way..."

     
 
A very literal take on the sketch. It would take me years to start thinking of the shapes as placeholders.
 
  • Dies: SSS Beautiful Sunflower Blosssom
  • Inks:  Altenew Maple Yellow, Honey Drizzle, Milk Chocolate, versamark
  • Papers:  Hammermill. SU patterned paper scraps, SSS Chocolate Chip
  • Stamp: The Ton Easy Expressions 
  • Embellishment: SU Bumblebee Trinket 
  
Thanks so much for stopping by and CONGRATULATIONS to the FMS team reaching this fabulous 700th sketch milestone. May there be many many many more to come. 


 P.S.  a peek at our outing:


 

 

 

2 comments:

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Just love the jumbo sunflower with the quartet of woodblocks behind it, Cat! Fun to look back on our past cards, isn't it? I do that on my Flickr site from time to time :)

Lisa Elton said...

I don't know what I love more your pretty sunflower card or the photos of the real deal! Oh heck, I love them all!