Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Winners for Jennifer Timko's 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 Jennifer has chosen her Queen!   
The "Perfect Princesses" this week are:



Rita's Choice
Alyson at Create with Alyson

There were so many beautiful entries again this week, which always makes picking just one so difficult!  Alyson's card caught my eye because I loved her gorgeous flowers!   They are such a beautiful color and have a fun hint of sparkle that really catches the eye.   Her color combination and cute little button really work wonderfully with them too!    Congratulations, Alyson, on being my choice for Perfect Princess this week!

Linda's Choice
Jen Brum at at Ladybug Designs
Clean, crisp and colorful!  Jen followed this week's sketch true to the original design. She framed sections in black which set off the bright colors perfectly.  I love how her stamped flowers stand out against the white background! The cheerful designer paper peeks out delightfully from behind the textured panel.  I found her design definitely Freshly Made!   Congrats Jen on being my choice for Perfect Princess this week.

Tui's Choice
Amy of White House Stamping
Soft, subtle and feminine ... this is such a delightful card in every way.  I love Amy's pastel colour palette with this simple and beautiful technique.  The white embossing and subtle colour blending, combined with the vellum layered butterflies and lace ribbon border work so stylishly together.  A true reflection of a heartfelt creation!  Congratulations Amy on being by choice for Perfect Princess this week!



Kathy's Choice
I love Alissa's bright and cheery card.  Her big pink flower with the button centre is just so gorgeous and the "Laugh" sentiment compliments the rest of the card perfectly.  Congratulations Alissa on being my choice for Perfect Princess this week.

Cindy's Choice
Jenn of Jennifer Frost

The colors Jenn chose really accentuate the clean lines of the sketch.  I also love her use of colors, especially how she incorporated them in the main image.  And the black ribbon was the perfect finishing touch.  A beautifully clean and simple card.  Congratulations, Jenn!  You're my choice for Perfect Princess this week!

Lisa's Choice

I just love what Tara did here. I'm normally not a fan of pink but this pink bird paired with the green and brown just really stands out and the flourish for the background is so unique. Then there is that adorable tree....everything comes together beautifully to make this card perfect! Congratulations Tara on being my pick for Perfect Princess this week!

Jen's Choice
Maggie from Maggie Made Cards
Maggie’s CAS card is beautiful in its simplicity.  I love that she combined the texture of the Stripes embossing folder with the dimpled texture of the watercolor paper.  And the white space shows off the sentiment and vase with the sweet button flower perfectly.  Congratulations Maggie on being my choice for Perfect Princess this week!


Lesley's Choice
I loved Sue's pretty card this week! The colours are lovely and the textured paper on the main panel added a cool dimension.  The black layers made this card and the Poppy Parade colour just pop for me! Love the bold red with the neutrals! The simple ribbon treatment, tied in a knot was a sweet touch! Congratulations Sue on being my choice for a Perfect Princess this week!


And Our Queen of Clean this week:


Jennifer's Choice
Angie Tieman of Schwooo!
Thanks so much to all of you who participated in my sketch...another fun week of taking in all the creativity.  It has cooled off again here but I am in full spring mode now.  Talk about a fantastic spring card!  Angie's card just made me say "wow"!!  I love how she made her flower and topped it off with a bright button then added a little green sprig on the side.  The addition of fabric for that small panel is an inspired choice so her sentiment seems pretty fitting!  Congratulations, Angie, on being my choice for the Queen of Clean this week!


Come back and join us tomorrow for a cool sketch designed by Tui Nathan.

Thanks for stopping by,
The Clean Team

Saturday, April 7, 2012

There is still time to join us!



There is still time to join us this week, using Jen's awesome sketch!  You have until Monday at Noon (PDT) to play along.  We hope you do!



Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Freshly Made Sketches #29 - A Sketch by Jennifer Timko

Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches!  Jennifer here with your sketch for the week.  I continue to marvel at all the talent that joins our challenge each week and really enjoy seeing your interpretations of our sketches.  I thought the rectangular panels would be something interesting try and give a fun place to show off some of your designer papers.  Just remember, our twist is that you keep your project clean-lined and fresh!  We welcome Kathy Tanner and Lisa Johansen to our team for April and are so excited to have them with us!

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!


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 9th at Noon (PST). On Tuesday April 10th, 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".