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Hi and welcome to the newest sketch from the team at Freshly Made Sketches, where our hostess this week is Jennifer Timko.  Here is what I created using Jennifer's sketch. 

When I first saw the sketch, I immediately saw a Christmas wreath, but I decided to go in another direction and use a NBUS set from The Greetery.  I stamped the images and die-cut them with the co-ordinating dies, then set them aside to work on the card base.

Firstly, I ink-blended Speckled Egg Distress Ink in the centre of the card base, fading it out towards the edges but trying to keep to a circular shape.  Once I was happy with the depth of colour and the size, I created a circle mask from printer paper and used the negative over the panel to avoid getting splatters where I didn't want them.  I splattered on Speckled Egg and Broken China inks then added some Amplify pigment ink because I couldn't find my Gouache.  I added some white gel pen dots to increase the white and set it aside to dry.

The sentiment was hot foiled using white opaque hot foil and die-cut with the co-ordinating die.  I then assembled the card, trying to keep as close to the sketch as I could.  The bee's wings were covered in clear sparkle pen and I called it done!

Thanks so much for visiting.  I hope you'll head over and check out the wonderful cards made by the rest of the design team.

Products used:

Stamps:  Honey Jar (The Greetery)

Ink:  Speckled Egg, Broken China Distress Ink, Versafine Onyx Black, Sea Glass (Altenew), Shea Butter, Tiara, Glitz, Over Coffee, Icing on the Cake (Catherine Pooler)

Cardstock:  White, Black

Dies:  Honey Jar (The Greetery), Fall Foliage Hot Foil Sentiments, Fall Foliage Frame (Honey Bee Stamps)

Accessories:  Amplify Ink, White Opaque Hot Foil, Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen

Cheers

Karren