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Just Add Ink #609

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This week at Just Add Ink we have the following challenge for you to play along with:

Easy peasy for me as most of my stamp sets are floral stamp sets. The set I’ve chosen to add to my card is called Happiness Abounds Stamp Set. This set has really lovely flowers and pretty sentiments.

The flowers have been coloured with my Highland Heather Blends and for the centre, I used my Mango Melody Blends. I added extra shading of Highland Heather to the creases of the flowers to give definition.

The leaves are also from the Happiness Abounds Stamp Set. I have coloured them with my Soft Succulent Blends and fussy cut them out.

The designer series paper I’ve added to my Basic White Cardstock was the starting point to my card and I coloured my blooms to match the DSP. This strip of DSP is from the Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper pack. I really like the watercoloured ombre effect of this side of the paper.

I added a torn strip of Highland Heather Cardstock along the edge and layered my flowers and leaves. After i adhered these down, I decided my card needed a little more, so I added a some Silver Metallic trim from the Simply Elegant Trim. Three Iridescent Pearls were added for that bit of blinginess and fullness that I love on my cards.

The girls at Just Add Ink have created wonderful florally creations for the challenge. Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #541

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Welcome to my blog and the newest challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch has been designed by my creative leggy Canadian friend Jennifer Brum.

I have the need for a wedding card, so I’ve used this weeks sketch to create a flowery creation for the newlyweds.

These pretty flowers I’ve coloured for my card are from the Happiness Abounds Stamp Set. I’ve coloured the flowers with the Cherry Cobbler Blends. I took my Color Lifter and removed some of the colour on the petals to give them light and dark shading.

The leaves are also from the same stamp set. These leaves have been coloured with the Old Olive Blends and fussy cut out.

The piece of DSP I’ve placed across the card is from the Sun Prints DSP. I love the combination of Gray Granite, Basic Black and Whisper White.

To add a little of embellishment and elegance, I added some ribbon that I gathered and placed with a ribbed effected down the card. Three metallic pearls were added to match the gold in the ribbon.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created wonderful cards using the sketch as inspiration. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #540

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We have a new sketch for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This weeks sketch has been designed by the wonderfully creative Jen Mitchell. Make sure you pop over to her blog and check out her creations.

The card I’ve created features the Wild & Sweet Stamp Set from Stampin’ Up!. The koala has been lightly coloured with my Smoky Slate Blends.

After I placed my koala on the card, I realised it was lacking in details, so I added some trees from the retired Rooted In Nature Stamp Set. These trees have been created by using the marker directly to the stamp technique. Before stamping I huffed on the stamp to add moisture and applied the image to cardstock. Once I repeated this process, I fussy cut the trees and placed them on my card.

The team have created awesome cards. Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created for this challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project Challenge #346

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The sketch challenge at Global Design Project had me reaching for my favourite stamp set – Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set. The placement of flowers on the sketch had me thinking of shells on a shaded background with ink splatters.

I took out the images I wanted to use and inked them up with Black Memento Ink. I then took a combination of Pale Papaya, Pumpkin Pie & Smoky Slate Blends to give the images colour. I inked up the leaf-y images in Smoky Slate Ink and fussy cut them out after stamping.

The Linen Thread that I plaited has been placed around the shells and adhered down with Glue Dots. The sentiment that I’ve added to my card is also from the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set. This sentiment is actually one stamp, but I’ve trimmed it through the centre to give me two sentiments – I feel this gives me more balance.

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Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #344

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The challenge at Global Design Project this week is a CASE challenge. The card we’ve been given to CASE is this gorgeous one from Charlet Mallett.

I am loving the the Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper. The flowers in this pack are just gorgeous and perfect for those who love to fussy cut. As much as I love colouring, I also love that these flowers are can be just trimmed and placed on any project. The leaves are also from the same piece of DSP. The tiny little flowers, also cut from the DSP, have also been fussy cut and adhered down with tombow.

The background on my card has been given colour with a Blending Brush and Balmy Blue Ink and Night of Navy Ink. I started blending with Balmy Blue and then came in from the edges with Night of Navy. I then took my light Night of Navy Blend and flicked the nib against the lid to create the ink splatters. The Basic Rhinestones were also coloured with the light Night of Navy Blend to match the blue theme on my card.

The sentiment was heat embossed on Basic Black Cardstock and trimmed down and layered across the flowers.

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink#605

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We love Friday’s because that means a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge for you is to:

This inspiration pic is just awesome! I can see you all creating diverse cards with either the colours from the pic or an oceanic card like I have. This card reminds me of yesterdays card, but this one was made three weeks ago. I uploaded it to our gallery and then forgot all about it. I only whipped up yesterdays card on Sunday – it seems they kind of unintentionally match!

The Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set got another workout for my card. All of the images have been lightly watercoloured. The ink colours I’ve used are – Night of Navy and Crumb Cake for the shells and Mint Macaron for the leaves.

The DSP I’ve used down the side of my card and also on the card base is from the Sun Prints Designer Series Paper pack. I matted the striped DSP with Night of Navy Cardstock as I think it makes the stripes in the DSP pop.

The sentiment has been trimmed in half and layered for more interest. I had an off-cut piece of White Frayed Ribbon sitting on my desk, so I used my fingers and frayed it at one end. I then added a Linen Thread Bow around this ribbon and tucked it behind the layers.

The team have created awesome projects using the inspiration pic. Make sure you head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #537

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Welcome to my blog and another sketch challenge to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch has been designed by Judy Rozema

The banner on Judy’s sketch had me thinking nautical. Which had me reaching for my Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set. The DSP banner I’ve added to my card is from the Sun Prints Designer Series Paper pack. I cut this piece on my paper trimmer roughly measured to look like the sketch. The colours for the shells was then taken from the DSP.

The large shell was coloured with Smoky Slate and Balmy Blue Blends. The medium sized shell was coloured with Crumb Cake and Soft Suede Blends and the small round shell with the Balmy Blue Blends. All three were then given glitter with the Wink of Stella Glitter Pen.

Once all of the shells were coloured, I added a strip of Night of Navy Cardstock and a sentiment from the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set. To finish off my card, I added some Linen Thread and three Iridescent Basic Pearls.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #536

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Note: when you schedule your post, make sure you press schedule….this post was for last week….

We have a new sketch for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week the amazingly talented Karren Johnson has given us this fab sketch to create with:

Getting new stamping products always makes me smile. These gorgeous flowers are fussy cut from a new pack of DSP that I’ve purchased. It’s called Hues of Happiness and has a wonderful assortment of images and colours. The leaves are also cut from the same papers.

To create the background under my flowers, I took a Blending Brush and some So Saffron Ink. I shaded the background down the middle of the Whisper White Cardstock. I then took the script stamp from Very Versailles Stamp Set and some Basic Gray Ink and stamped this script stamp twice to cover the cardstock.

I then added three Iridescent Basic Rhinestones and a ribbon bow that I added under my sentiment. The sentiment was heat embossed on Black Cardstock.

Because I made this card for my mum, I roughed up the edges of the card as she is a lover of vintage. Tis probs a tad too many raw edges for a clean challenge, but just image clean edges and it will fit the brief!

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Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #342

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There’s a sketch challenge at Global Design Project that I wanted to play along with, so I whipped around the house and kind of cleaned and headed out to my craft room.

I have never been one to reach for Night Of Navy when creating a card. But as soon as I saw the gorgeous Sun Prints DSP, I knew I had to have this DSP.

The Nature’s Prints Stamp Set and Natural Prints Dies features on my card. The leafy image I’ve stamped twice and fussy cut has been watercoloured with Night Of Navy Ink. I’ve probs never seen leaves this colour but I wanted them to match my DSP. I added two Whisper White Cardstock die cuts to the layers and a stamped sentiment from the Nature’s Prints Stamp Set. This sentiment was then die cut with a die from the Natural Prints Dies.

Here’s my card:

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #603

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It’s Friday! So that means it’s time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge is a colour challenge. Have a look at these gorgeous colours!

I love receiving new catalogue products! I’ve been waiting for new flowery stamp sets to colour and fussy cut!

The stamp set I’ve used for my card is called Happiness Abounds. How gorgeous are these blooms? I’ve got my watercolouring on and coloured the flowers with a combination of Blushing Bride and Rich Razzleberry Inks. The leaves have been watercoloured with Mint Maccaron Ink. All flowers and leaves have been fussy cut out.

To add a little bit more interest, I added some leafy die cuts cut with the matching dies to the stamp set, called Blossoming Happiness Dies. The sentiment was stamped on a label that was found in the die set also.

The background cardstock has been embossed with the Hive 3D Embossing Folder. To add a little bit of bling I added three Polished Dots.

To add some of the challenge colours, I added strips of Blushing Bride and Mint Macaron Cardstock under the sentiment label.

The team have created wonderful cards that will no doubt inspire you to create a card and add it to the gallery. Head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle