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Freshly Made Sketches #535

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Time for a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. As always you will love our sketch. This week our sketch has been designed by the wonderful Amy O’Neill.

I used this sketch to create a happy rainbow card. The rainbow has been cut with the Brilliant Rainbow Dies. I’ve added clouds, also cut with some dies from the Brilliant Rainbow Dies and a die cut sentiment from the Word Wishes Dies.

Here’s my card:

The team have created awesome cards that will no doubt inspire you. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #534

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Welcome to Wednesday and a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch has been designed by the wonderfully creative Cecile Ribon.

I adore all of Cecile’s sketches. They’re always super creative and really get me thinking. The Mountain Air Stamp Set came to mind when I saw her sketch, I’ve created a mountain scene and layered some fussy cut trees with a sentiment.

Some fussy cut clouds, also from the Mountain Air Stamp Set, were added just because I could. Both clouds were raised with dimensional and surrounded by stamped bird images.

To make my scene pop, I matted the cardstock with Basic Gray Cardstock and layered it on a Smoky Slate card base.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #601

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It’s time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week is a sketch challenge. Sketch challenges are my fav and great starting point to making any card.

The card I’ve created is a roughed up creation using the In The Moment Stamp Set combined with the lighthouse image from the soon-to-retired Sailing Home Stamp Set.

The image of the girl holding her hat has been watercoloured with Fresh Freesia Ink and Smoky Slate Ink. I also used some Crumb Cake Ink for her hair, railing and glass of wine (I think it’s wine…). The lighthouse has been watercoloured with Smoky Slate Ink and fussy cut out.

The circle image has been given a seaside scene with a Blending Brush, Pool Party and Crumb Cake Inks. The birds have been stamped from the In The Moment Stamp Set also. I had to mask off the image with a post-it to stamp them where I wanted them.

Both the DSP (from the Heart & Home DSP pack) and Basic Gray Cardstock have been roughed up, torn and adhered on the angle. As we always do, I had strips of offcut cardstock on my desk, so I created two slim banners and stapled them to the top left as I felt the card was imbalanced with the images placed more on the right side of the circles.

The sentiment that I’ve placed on the layers is also from the In the Moment Stamp Set.

The team at Just Add Ink have created wonderful inspiration for you. Head over to Just Add Ink and see what they created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #533

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Tis Wednesday! So that means a new sketch to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess is non other than my tall hiking Canadian friend Jennifer Brum! She loves the outdoors, as do I, but me usually viewing from the car window… But we both love our craft rooms and creating, so she’s a keeper in my books!

I have to say, i absolutely adore this sketch. It’s awesome and I can see so many different images being combined with it.

I’ve layered three strips of DSP that we trimmed to add the space for the sentiment. This pretty DSP is from the Heart & Home DSP pack. To pair my images with the DSP, I stamped up a Fresh Freesia flower from the Artistically Inked Stamp Set. I then stamped up two more flowers in Smoky Slate Ink. All three flowers were then fussy cut out.

The leaves I’ve added to the layers are stamped in Soft Succulent Ink and also fussy cut out.

To add a bit more dimension and texture, I cut a Whisper White Cardstock leafy die cut from the matching Artistic Dies.

To finish off my card, I added three Polished Dots.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #599

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We have a new challenge for you to play along with at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge for you is to:

My favourite animal is a sloth but I don’t have a sloth stamp in my stash. So i decided to go with a favourite animal I have in my craft room. The Count on Me Stamp Set has the cutest bear holding a heart, so I grabbed it out to colour with my Smoky Slate Blends. The heart has been coloured with the Cherry Cobbler Blends. I added an extra heart to the layers behind the leafy diecut.

The vellum DSP I’ve added to the background is from the Vellum 12 x 12 Layering Designs pack. I think I’m going to give this card to my niece for her baby shower as I think it will be a special day and want to wish her happiness for it.

The girls at Just Add Ink have created gorgeous projects. Make sure you head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #531

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We have a new sketch to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch designer this week is the wonderful and ever so creative Linda Callahan.

The card I’ve created features the Painted Poppies Stamp Set. The poppies have been given colour with a combination of Pool Party and Misty Moonlight Blends. I fussy cut each of the flowers out and layered them on my card.

The background cardstock was shaded with Pool Party Ink and ink splatters were stamped across the shading.

Two strips of cardstock were added under the flowers. I’ve added Pool Party and Basic Gray Cardstock.

Three Basic Gray Basic Matte Dots were placed around the card as you always have to have an odd number of them.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created awesome cards with the sketch. Pop over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #598

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It’s time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week is a colour challenge. Take a look at the fab colours we have for you to create with:

As soon as I saw these colours I thought they would work really well for a masculine card. The stamp set I’ve used is called Clubhouse Stamp Set. This set is retired but it will be one I hold on to for those golfers in my life. I watercoloured my image with the three colours from the challenge.

I didn’t stop there. I stamped up some trees from the Mountain Air Stamp Set in Sahara Sand Ink and fussy cut them out. I also shaded the background cardstock with Misty Moonlight Ink and a Blending Brush. To add to the background, I stamped some bird images which are also found in the Mountain Air Stamp Set.

The die cuts I’ve used are from the Tasteful Labels Dies and the circle is cut with my Circle Dies. I added some Linen Thread and a birthday sentiment.

The team have created wonderful and all very different cards for this challenge. Head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #530

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Want a sketch challenge to play along with? There’s a new sketch over Freshly Made Sketches for you to try. This week our sketch has been designed by the wonderfully talented Jen Mitchell.

This card started out as an Easter card but I decided to leave off the Easter greeting and convert it to a baby card. I don’t give many Easter cards and am always in need of a baby card.

The stamp set this cute bunny is from is called Easter Friends. The bunny is coloured with the Crumb Cake and Soft Suede Blends. I paired the bunny with flowers and dies cuts from the Artistically Inked Bundle.

To keep with the woodsy feel, I added some woodgrain paper from Heart & Home Designer Series Paper pack. This was then layered on some Pool Party Cardstock and the card base is Smoky Slate.

The girls have created awesome cards that will no doubt inspire you, so head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #597

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We have a new challenge for you to play along with over at Just Add Ink. This is our challenge is:

The two I’ve chpsen from the challenge is flowers and paper.

The flowers and bird image are from the Friendly Hello Stamp Set. The colours of the flowers were chosen to match the designer series paper I chose. This DSP is from the Friendly Hello DSP pack. Both of these products were available during the Sale-A-Bration period. I’ve added die cuts with the Tasteful Labels Dies. The circle die was crimped with my retired crimping tool.

Here’s my card:

The team at Just Add Ink have created wonderful cards for this weeks challenge. Head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #529

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It’s time for a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch has been designed by the wonderfully talented Jennifer Timko. Take a look at her fab sketch:

I can’t tell you how much I love the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set. You probably know how much with how many times I’ve used it!

The shells I’ve added to my card have been lightly coloured with the Pool Party, Bermuda Bay and Crumb Cake Blends. The leafy vines have been stamped in Bermuda Bay Ink and fussy cut out.

The cardstock colours I’ve used are Pool Party and Crumb Cake. I love these combo of colours for oceanic card. I took some Crumb Cake Twine and tied a knot and adhered over the Crumb Cake Cardstock strips of card i layered to the Whisper White Cardstock. I’ve torn some Crumb Cake Cardstock and added to each side of a Whisper White Cardstock panel that was shaded some with Pool Party Ink and a Blending Brush.

We would love it if you could play along. Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and take a look at the wonderful inspiration our design team have created for you.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle