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Freshly Made Sketches #561

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It’s time for a new sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch has been designed by our wonderfully creative team member, Linda Callahan!

Take a look at her fab sketch:

The card I created features striped DSP from the Perfectly Penciled DSP pack. I always love a black and white striped DSP. Any colour that you add to it just pops!

The images I’ve added to my are from the Splendid Thoughts Stamp Set. The leaves have been coloured with my Smoky Slate Blends. The leafy stems have been coloured with the Highland Heather Blends. I always take a Color Lifter to take away some of the colour to create a lighter shade as I get more definition between the light and dark blends. All images were fussy cut out and layered over rectangles of Basic White Cardstock shaded with the Light Pool Party Blend.

Three Matte Dots were added in an off centre triangle. The sentiment diecut I have used was cut with the Sending Dies and I’ve heat embossed a sentiment from the matching Sending Smiles Stamp Set on Basic Black Cardstock.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created awesome projects that will no doubt inspire you. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #625

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There’s a new challenge for you to play along with over at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge for you is to:

How pretty is this inspiration pic?

Stampin’ Up! have given me the perfect DSP to colour and fussy cut out for this challenge. This DSP is from a pack called Abigail Rose. The ledger print DSP is also from this pack. I roughed up the edges of this DSP as well as added Crumb Cake Ink around the edges to give it a worn look. The Basic White Cardstock piece behind the DSP has been embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder and also given the worn and torn edges.

Under the flower images, I added diecuts that I had sitting on my desk and a bow made with the Gold and Satin Edged Ribbon. My favourite sentiment from the Cottage Rose Stamp Set was added to finish off the card.

The team have created awesome cards for this challenge, so make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #556

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There’s a new sketch to play along with over at Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch designer is the uber talented Amy O’Neill – creator of all things glorious!

Amy’s sketch had me picturing so many different stamp sets to use, but I finally decided on the these pretty flower images from the Happiness Abounds Stamp Set. I coloured these flowers with my Smoky Slate Blends just for something different. The leaves are fussy cut from the designer series paper pack called Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper. These leaves have been coloured with the Mint Macaron Blends and fussy cut out.

The striped DSP and the strip across the card are also from the Abigail Rose DSP pack. I added a thin strip of Basic Gray Cardstock under the piece going across the card. On this layer I added a bow made from the Bakers Twine Essentials Pack.

The sentiment I’ve layered is from the Happiness Abounds Stamp Set. This sentiment was stamped and trimmed into two sentiments.

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

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #362

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Happy Sunday! I’ve created this card for the sketch challenge at Global Design Project. Have a look at their fab sketch:

After looking at the sketch for a sec, I decided to fill the background space with leafy images from the Splendid Thoughts Stamp Set. These images have been stamped and lightly coloured with my Pool Party and Crumb Cake Blends. All of the images have been fussy cut out and raised up on the embossed background with Dimensionals.

The background was given colour with with Pool Party Ink and a Blending Brush. I then took the cardstock and ran it thru the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine with the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder to add a textured background.

The sentiment I added is also from the Splendid Thoughts Stamp Set. I added a Gold & Vanilla Satin Edged Ribbon bow under the sentiment and three Basic Rhinestones to finish off the card.

Here’s what I created:

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #555

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There’s a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches to play along with. This weeks sketch designer is me! I’ve come up with the following sketch for you all.

My initial sketch pretty much had a shape in every corner, but I tamed it and left only two shapes. My card however, is filled with details.

I love the dramatic-ness of black, white and yellow together. My card was designed around the diecut sentiment. This die is from the Sending Dies. You can purchase the dies separately or as part of the Sending Smiles Bundle.

The flowers I’ve coloured up are from the Happiness Abound Stamp Set. Each of the flowers have been coloured with a combination of every yellow blend that I own and fussy cut out. The leaves that I have tucked under each of the blooms has been fussy cut from the Perfectly Penciled DSP.

The yellow DSP I’ve layered over the Basic Black Cardstock is from the Hues of Happiness DSP. The circle diecut notebook type paper is from the Abigail Rose DSP. I really have given my card a mix of DSPs, images and sentiments!

Hope you get a chance to play along with the sketch. Make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they team have created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #554

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We have a new sketch to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our design hostess is my friend from down under across the ditch – Karren Johnson. Take a look at her fab sketch:

I almost went a little vintage-y with this card mainly because the DSP strip I added to the background has that vintage vibe. I had to hold myself back from roughing up the edges and add some ink to the edges to the embossed Basic White Cardstock. The cardstock was embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder. On this cardstock I added a Kraft Cardstock diecut that I had sitting on my desk, the strip of DSP from the Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper Pack.

I then took my blends and coloured images from another piece of DSP from the same DSP pack. Once coloured, I then fussy cut out the images and raised them up on Dimensionals. A birthday sentiment was added and a Linen Thread bow.

Three white Classic Matte Dots were added for that bit of bling I like. Because they’re subtle they don’t overpower the roses, which was the look I was going for.

Here’s my card:

Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they team have created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project Challenge #360 & TGIF Challenge #386

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I’ve created a card today that I’m entering in to two challenges – the CASE challenge at Global Design Project and the theme challenge at TGIF. Here are their challenge pics:

The card I created features an oldie but a goodie stamp set – Free As a Bird. Love this stamp set and the cute little bird images. The birds have been coloured with the following blends – Pool Party and Crumb Cake. The flowers were given a light colour with my Highland Heather Blends. The leaves have beens haded with the Mint Macaron Blends.

The background cardstock was shaded with with a Blending Brush, an Artistic Mix Decorative Mask and Pool Party Ink. I also took the Light Bermuda Bay Blend and flicked the nib against the lid to add some ink splatters.

The big leaf I added is from the Leaf Label and Amber Gem Combo pack. The leaf has been embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder. I then took a dauber and Crumb Cake Ink and daubed around the edges of the leaf. I roughed up the leaf and added it beneath my birds.

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Cheers

Narelle

Seize The Birthday #246 & Colour Hues Challenge #48

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I made a card last week and forgot to post it for the combined challenges at Seize The Birthday and Colour Hues Challenges

The challenge is to create a card with the colour combo of Navy and Lime. I went with an interesting layout that allows the flowers from the Cottage Rose Stamp Set to really shine. The roses have been stamped with Black Stazon Ink and watercoloured with Night of Navy Ink. The leaves were coloured with my Parakeet Party Blends. These images have been fussy cut out and raised with Dimensionals.

The navy designer series paper strips I’ve added to my card are from the Sun Prints DSP pack. I added thin strips of Parakeet Party Cardstock to the DSP strips to tie in the colour from the leaves to the overall design.

A banner strip of Starry Sky Cardstock and a strip of striped Sun Prints DSP were added under the layers to add a bit of balance to the left side of the card. Three Basic Rhinestones were added to finish off the card.

Here’s my card:

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #552

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Ready for a new sketch challenge to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches? I am. Our sketch has been designed by the wonderfully talented cardmaker and legendary walker Jennifer Brum.

Take a look at her fab sketch:

The card I’ve created features leafy images from the Nature’s Prints Stamp Set and texture made with the Fern 3D Embossing Folder. The fabulous green cardstock has been carried over to the leaves that have been coloured with the Parakeet Party Blends.

I’ve paired the Parakeet Party Cardstock with Gray Granite DSP (from the Sun Prints Designer Series Paper pack) and Gray Granite Shimmer Ribbon. The sentiment that has been circle punched is also from the Nature’s Print Stamp Set.

Three Champagne Rhinestones were added to create balance with the offset sentiment and cardstock strips.

The Clean Team have created awesome cards. Make sure you pop over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #358

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It’s a cold Sunday here in Australia so I’ve found a challenge to join in with instead of cleaning..cleaning can wait until tomorrow. The challenge at Global Design Project this week is a fab sketch challenge.

The card I’ve created feature flowers and leaves from the Cottage Rose Stamp Set. To recreate the circles under the sentiment, I took two circle dies, a journalling pen and traced around the inside of the two different sized dies. The background cardstock was then given flicks of ink by flicking the nib of my Light Basic Black Blend against the lid of the blend.

I added a strip of striped DSP from the Perfectly Pencilled Designer Series Paper. I keep every off cut as they come in handy for adding strips for layering. I tore a piece of Basic Black Cardstock and added this also.

I then stamped up the flowers from the Cottage Rose Stamp Set and watercoloured them with Basic Gray Ink. The centre of the flowers were coloured with the Daffodil Delight Blends. The leaves were watercoloured with Mossy Meadow Ink. All Images were then fussy cut out and adhered with Dimensionals.

To finish of the card I added a sentiment from the Cottage Rose Stamp Set and three black Matt Dots.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle