Freshly Made Sketches #25-A Sketch by Linda Callahan

Welcome to Freshly Made Sketches! It's Linda hosting this week. Thanks to everyone who has been playing our challenge each week! We are constantly amazed and delighted by all of your wonderful creations! I hope my design this week inspires your creativity! Can't wait to see where the sketch takes you..........

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

Allisa Chilton

Narelle Farrugia

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, March 12th at Noon (PST). 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".

Winners for Challenge #24-Rita'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 Rita has chosen her Queen.   

The "Perfect Princesses" this week are:

Linda's Choice
Aileen at Stamp Up Your Craft

AIleen's card looks like a beautiful painting hung on the wall!  The designer paper reminds me of old fashioned wall paper and is a sweet background for the simple flowers.  She did a wonderful job coloring the flowers and her choice to stamp in Lucky Limeade was brilliant!  Real Red anchors the whole design perfectly!  Congratulations Aileen on being my choice for Perfect Princess this week!

Jen's Choice

Jenny at Stamping iCandy

Pardon the pun, but Jenny’s take on a baby card is cute as a button!  She took some grown-up colors and turned it into this sweet card that would make any baby coo with joy!  The embossed background and scrunchy ribbon add some great texture.  And I love how she used a button to finish off the sentiment!  Congratulations Jenny on being my choice for Perfect Princess this week!

Jennifer's Choice

Judy of Just Judy Designs

I'm just amazed by all the entries this week.  Wow, you outdid yourselves!  As I was looking through them, I came back to Judy's entry over and over.  Just look at this beautiful card!  I have to say that it made me say wow!  Is it that beautiful paper or the sweet little flowers?  The framed sentiment or the lovely pearls?  I guess really it is the combination done just perfectly!  Congratulations, Judy, on being my choice for Perfect Princess this week!

Tui's Choice

Barb of  Stampin in the Country

I was drawn to Barb's card because of this beautifully handcrafted rose, it is so captivating that you can just sense it's aroma ... the shaping and shading of each petal has been created so meticulously, the soft fern and tiny wee flowers frame this song inspired "My Wild Irish Rose" so perfectly and of course the lucky clover to empahsise the celebration of St Patrick's Day.

Congratulations Barb on being my choice for Perfect Princess this week!

Tracey's Choice
Carolyn of King's on Paddington

This card has inspired me SO much!  I have been drawn to this card from the very first day Carolyn posted it. My jaw literally dropped when I seen it! The colors are gorgeous together.  Such a manly card.  I love a good masculine card, and THIS is definitely an awesome card! The way Carolyn did her sailor's knot was so creative, just perfection.  The brads evenly spaced added such interest to her card! Definitely a card I will be case'ing!! I already have some pieces cut :) Congratulations, Carolyn, you are my choice for Perfect Princess for the week!! 

Kim's Choice

Tenia of Jazzy Paper Designs

I love that, while Tenia kept her card clean and fresh, she added SO much interest with the shape and with the popped flowers.  The colors are gorgeous with the kraft making the lighter blue seen so intense.  The cut out flowers with the little ones being popped added so much dimension. And, according to her blog, she did this all with a headache!   I am honored to choose Tenia as my Perfect Princess.

Lesley's Choice

Karren Johnson of Stamping and Stuff

I chose Karren's cool card because of the amazing technique she used with the stamps. The technique is called the "Versa-Shadow Technique" and I think it is SO pretty!  The butterfly popped up on the main panel is visually stunning done in this style and then accented with the three pearls. Congratulations Karren on being my choice for A Perfect Princess this week!

Cindy's Choice
Chupa of Random Acts of Creativity

Chupa's color scheme is what first caught my eye... perfect for a bright and cheery Easter card.  The details are what sealed the deal.  I love the added touches of stitching, coloring her stamp with multiple colors, the shiny brad and the ribbon treatment.  This card is eye candy for sure!  Congratulations, Chupa!  You're my choice for Perfect Princess this week!

And Our Queen of Clean this week:

Rita's Choice
Paula at Stampin with Paula

What a week!  I loved all the beautiful entries and you all definitely made it tough to pick a queen.   In the end, I had to go with Paula's gorgeous hot air balloon card.   I love her color combination and fun layers!  The texture and dimension are just fabulous and add so much interest.  Just a wonderful masculine card all around.   Congratulations, Paula, on being my Queen of Clean for the week!  

Come back and join us tomorrow for a new sketch from the awesome Linda Callahan.  

Thanks for stopping by,

The Clean Team

Meet our Guest Designers for March!

Looking for this week's challenge? Please CLICK HERE.

March?  Is it really already March? Whew!!! Time flies when you are having fun!!  Thank you to our talented Guest Designers from February; Kim and Tracey.  It has been a pleasure working with you and we hope you will continue to join us in future challenges.


This month we have two new Guest Designers for you to meet!  Both of these ladies are avid participants at Freshly Made Sketches and we just love their work!!!  Please welcome  Narelle Farrugia and Allisa Chilton.


I asked each of them to share a little about themselves, here is what they said:

Narelle Farrugia of Stamplicious

Hi - I'm Narelle and I live in Melbourne, Australia. I'm married with two teenage boys and work full-time as a Personal Assistant in a busy Emergency Department.  I kind of fell into card making about 3 years ago - never having had any crafting interest before that.  In fact I would never even look at a card properly before I purchased it!  I attended a Stampin' Up! workshop, got the bug and not long after that, joined up as a Demonstrator.  I am completely addicted to this craft and love that I have formed so many new friendships with amazingly crafty women out there.  I run away to my craft cave and stamp every chance I get.  I am thrilled to be a Guest Designer for March and can't wait to share in the challenges with you.  Thanks for the opportunity!

Allisa Chilton of Rocky Mountain Paper Crafts

Hello, I am truly honored to be asked to be a Guest Designer for Freshly Made Sketches.  I started blogging in September 2011 and found the site soon after. The Design Team and Players have been a great inspiration in my card making.   I have been paper crafting since 1995.   Scrapbooks were my first love and card making soon followed.  I hope that my scrapbooks will leave a lasting legacy and that my cards bring a smile to the recipient.  I am an Independent Consultant for Close To My Heart.   I look forward to sharing my creations with you and being inspired by your creations as well.


Thank you ladies!! We are looking forward to working with you this month!


Thanks for stopping by!
Lesley and the Clean Team