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Just Add Ink #672

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It’s time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge for you is to:

I have filled my card with pink and purple pansies. These pansy images are from the Pansy Patch Stamp Set. The leaves were cut with Basic White Cardstock and Textured Floral Dies. After choosing the colours for my pansies, I then chose the remainder of my card colours to match them.

I shaded the background behind the pansies with a Blending Brush and an mask from the Artistic Mix Decorative Masks.

The sentiment I added is actually one solid sentiment, but I decided to trim it in half to and layer it in two places over the flowers.

I added some coloured Linen Thread and added a bow on the side of the card. I also had diecut book edge that I had sitting on my desk, so this was added to the card.

The team have created wonderful cards using this weeks sketch, so head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #605

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There’s a new sketch for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch has been designed by Karren Johnson. Karren has a designed a fab sketch as well as a gorgeous creation to inspire you.

The card I created features images from the Seaside Bay Stamp Set. The grassy stems are from the Rhino Ready Stamp Set. I added shell die cuts from the Seaside Bay Dies. I added textured and a watercoloured background.

The team have created awesome projects with this weeks sketch. Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #412

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It’s CASE The Designer Challenge at Global Design Project. The gorgeous card we got to CASE is the following gorgeous one from Wilma:

I recently purchased the Autumn Leaves Stamp Set and Autumn Leaves Dies and I thought it work really well with a similar layout to Wilma’s.

I stamped the large leaf from the stamp set, after adding colour with markers, on to Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper. I then added Garden Green and Cinnamon Cider Ink to to the paper and diecut out the smaller leaves with dies.

for the background cardstock, I took the lined dot impression die and embossed the top right hand side and bottom left hand side. I then took Garden Green Ink and a Blending Brush and added colour to each corner. I wasn’t finished there, I added the script stamp from the Gorgeously Made Stamp Set and added stamped it a couple of times so you could see it peaking from under my layers.

I added a diecut label from the Autumn Dies Dies as well as some twig diecuts. I layered my leaves around the label diecut and added a ribbon holder and twine to the side of the card.

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #604

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Cecile’s sketch at Freshly Made Sketches is an awesome one! She always designs sketches that creative and I really enjoy the challenge when putting all of my pieces together.

I’ve snuck another leaf on my card than what was on her sketch, but I felt two leaves for two ladybugs worked better for my layout. The leaves, ladybugs and sentiment are all from the Hello Ladybug Stamp Set.

The leaves were already stamped and set aside from another project that I had yet to finish, so they were an easy add to my card. The leaves were stamped in Garden Green Ink and fussy cut out.

The ladybug body was stamped in Highland Heather Ink and the wings have been stamped in Gorgeous Grape Ink. The little flowers I’ve added have been stamped in Fresh Freesia Ink and the centre of them have been coloured with the Dark Fresh Freesia Blend to add depth.

The background of the cardstock has been lightly coloured with the Light Balmy Blue and Light Crumb Cake Blends. I then took the Light Basic Black Blend and flicked ink splatters over the shading.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created awesome cards. Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project $411

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There’s a new challenge over at Global Design Project that I managed to create a card for. This week their challenge is to create a project with the theme “outdoors”.

For my outdoors theme, I create a masculine card for a special man in the family. He’s a harley lover so I inked up the Legendary Ride Stamp Set for my card. I played around with a two-toned bike, but in the end, I went with a black bike as it worked better.

This card has been made using all scraps and offcuts on my desk. Gotta love it when you can use up all strips and unused cardstock laying around.

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #670

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Welcome to my blog and the newest challenge at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge for you is to

I actually have a few stamp sets that I could’ve used this week. But as I had the Little Dreamers Stamp Set sitting on my desk, I decided to go with it. Mostly because I was too lazy to look for another image, but also because this little image is the cutest!

I’ve added some grassy stems to the image to soften him and also give the card some details.

The team have created awesome cards. Make sure you head over to Just Add Ink and se what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #603

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There’s a new sketch for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess our fabulously talented carmaker and Queen of Walking Jennifer Brum.

I have had the Earthen Texture Dies for a little while but hadn’t cracked them open as yet. I got them out for this challenge and created a vase of leafy diecuts to fill the vase. I added an embossed background and kept my colour scheme as all neutrals. I added an embossed sentiment that I had previously embossed and set aside.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created awesome cards to inspire you. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #410

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Had a chance to play in my craft room today and found this weeks sketch challenge at Global Design Project to enter.

Take a look at their fab sketch:

Time for a baby card to add to my stash. For my baby card I used images and dies from the Little Dreams Bundle. I coloured my images with Smoky Slate Blends and fussy cut them out. I create a lightness to my Smoky Slate Blend by using the Colour Lifter. I coloured the star with my Pool Party Blends.

The placed Coastal Cabana Cardstock behind the diecut star panels and added some die cut clouds. The sentiment I’ve added is also from the Little Dreamers Stamp Set. This sentiment was trimmed in half to give me the split sentiment.

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #602

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It’s time for a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch designer is Kim Singdahlsen. Kim’s creation are always amazing and I love her attention to detail.

My card features butterflies from the Night of Flight Stamp Set. I am loving these butterflies as they are perfect for colouring and seem to be my go-to at the moment for layering on cards. I just love their artwork!

I’ve given them colour with my Tahitian Tide and Smoky Slate Blends. I then fussy cut them out. I had some leafy diecuts sitting on my desk, so I decided to add them to the card. The set these diecuts are from is called Textured Floral Dies.

I diecut the edge of a piece of Smoky Slate Cardstock with the notebook edge die from the Gorgeously Made Dies and added it under the Basic White Cardstock. On this cardstock I stamped the script stamp from the Gorgeously Made Stamp Set. I added an embossed piece of Pebbled Pathy Cardstock and an offcut piece of Basic Black Cardstock.

An embossed sentiment on Basic Black Cardstock was added as well as some Simply Elegant Trim and some Basic Rhinestones.

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #668

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This weeks challenge at Just Add Ink is to create a project using the following:

I’m on a masculine card roll at the moment. Although this could be a feminine card too i think. I watercolored some Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper with Crumb Cake Ink. I then tore it in to strips and layered them across my card. I then coloured the shells, from the Seaside Bay Stamp Set. I then stamped some leafy stem images from the Beauty of the Deep Stamp Set and fussy cut them out. To add more detail, I cut some coral from the matching Beauty of the Deep Dies and added them to my card. The coral has been cut with Wild Wheat Cardstock, one of my favourite colours atm. I love adding Linen Thread to my oceanic card – not sure if you’ve noticed this….? It feels like I use it all the time, but it just works.

The team at Just Add Ink have created awesome cards for this challenge. Make sure you head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle