Winners for Rita's FMS31 Sketch

Thank you to everyone who joined us for last week's challenge!  The Clean Team has chosen the Princesses for you this week and Rita has chosen her Queen!   

The "Perfect Princesses" this week are:

Tui's Choice

Sue of Crafting the Day Away

This card was an instant standout for me this week, the bright, cheery colour palette and beautiful bouquet of pretty coloured poppies left me with a feeling of happiness and sunshine.  I love how Sue combined the colours of the image with the paper and added the colour black for some striking contrast and for a touch of simple elegance – a dimensional butterfly and gorgeous bling!  Congratulations Sue on being my choice for Perfect Princess this week!

Lesley's Choice
Kara Lynne of Kara Lynne's Card Designs

I thought Kara Lynne's card was so amazing! The butterfly is beautiful and intricate! the background she created with paper is just dead cool!  Then she accented everything with colourful rhinestones.  Such a creative take on our sketch! Congratulations Kara Lynne on being my choice for a Perfect Princess this week!

Linda's Choice

Broni Holcomb of Splashes of Watercolor

Everything about this card makes me smile!  The image is adorable and perfectly colored. The blues beautifully compliment the corals and I love how the mermaid's fin peeks outside the frame!  The scallops, the wave and the sweet little fish are wonderful design details.  And don't miss that little pop of pink!  Congratulations Broni on being my choice for Perfect Princess this week! 

Jennifer's Choice
Adriana of Escape2stamp

I love designer papers...love them!  Adriana's card this week reminds me why!!  The frame she built for that fantastic bird is simply brilliant.  I love the extra sparkle she put on her circle that adds a certain something.  Then there is her sentiment.  The positioning is simply wonderful!!  What a fantastic graduation card this is.  Sure to inspire and a lovely reward for all the hard work!  Congratulations, Adriana, for being my Perfect Princess this week!

Kathy's Choice

Hannelie of Desert Diva

I loved Hannelie's gorgeous flower!  The way she has the petals falling from it is such an inspired idea! Then there is the beautiful ribbon treatment and little tag with its matching sentiment. Put all that together with those vibrant colours and you have a truly stunning card.  Congratulations Hannelie for being my Perfect Princess this week. 

Cindy's Choice
Narelle Farrugia of Stamplicious

This card was instant love for me.  The colors and designer papers are what drew me in, and the beautiful layered flower is what kept me coming back for another look.  Narelle's use of elements, such as the unique ribbon/brad treatment give this a professional look.  This is truly a clean and fresh card.  Somebody's mother is going to be very happy!  Congratulations, Narelle.  You're my pick for Perfect Princess this week!

Lisa's Choice
Beth McAlexander of Crafty Creations by Beth

I love how simple this card is, yet the colors and papers are so bold and draw your eye rght in. The layered flower is just gorgeous and the touch of embossing and designer brad are the perfect finishing touches. I also love how Beth incorporated the bakers twine on her card. Congratulations Beth for being my pick for Perfect Princess this week!

Jen's Choice
Valliam of Nifty Crafty

I just love Valliam’s clean and simple interpretation of our sketch.  The colorful background paper and pretty sentiment really set the stage for the star of this card:  those gorgeous, glittery paper roses.  And quilling the stems and leaves only adds to the awesome-factor of this gorgeous creation!  Congratulations Valliam on being my choice for Perfect Princess this week!

And Our Queen of Clean this week:

Rita's Choice
Gayatri of Handmade by G3

It was so hard to pick a queen this week!   I loved seeing all the beautiful interpretations of my sketch; you guys totally rocked it for sure!   As I kept looking over them all, my eye was drawn back to this gorgeous creation.   The colors of the flower are just so bright and fun and it looks amazing nestled in the cut out circle.  I love the scoring and the beautiful font of the sentiment.   It's a perfect clean card and a great example of what our challenge is all about.   Congratulations, Gayatri, on being the Queen of Clean this week! 

Come back and join us tomorrow for another sketch designed by Linda Callahan.

Thanks for stopping by,

The Clean Team

There's still time to join us

You've still time to play along this week with Rita's wonderful sketch! To join us please CLICK HERE.

This challenge closes on Monday at Noon (PDT), hope to see your creation in our gallery!

Freshly Made Sketches #31-A Sketch by Rita

Welcome to another week of fun at Freshly Made Sketches!  Rita here as your hostess for this week.  I'd first like to thank everyone for all of the amazing cards you shared with us last week for Tui's sketch.   It's always such a joy to see all the beautiful work you submit each week.  For my sketches, I really like to go somewhat simple and make them easy to flip!  I hope you'll see lots of possibilities in this week's sketch and have fun creating.

Each week, one member of our design team creates a sketch for you to try, the twist is to keep your project clean-lined and fresh! The "Clean Team" has come up with some "Freshly Made" designs to get you in the spirit! We are so excited to visit your blog and to see what YOU create with our sketch!

Linda Callahan

Lesley Croghan

Cindy Hall

Jen Mitchell

Tui Nathan

Jennifer Timko

Rita Wright

Kathy Tanner

Lisa Johansen

We have a few simple rules to keep things fun and fair for all of our players:

1. Please use any crafting product you would like to use.
2. Feel free to combine our sketch with up to THREE other challenges.
3. Please add a DIRECT link to your blog when adding your card to the linky below.
4. Please include our sketch and a link back to Freshly Made Sketches on your post.
5. Have fun!

This challenge will end on Monday, April 23rd at Noon (PDT). On Tuesday, we will be announcing the winner of this week's sketch challenge who will known as the "Queen of Clean" and each Design Team Member will choose one "Princess".

Happy Stamping!