Category Archives: By Theme – Masculine Cards

Freshly Made Sketches #585

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Love Wednesday’s as that means a new challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch has been designed by the wonderfully talented Judy Rozema. Take a look at her cool sketch:

For some reason the strips in the sketch had me wanting to use the Seaside Bay Stamp Set and matching Seaside Bay Dies.

I started by stamping a couple of birds from the Seaside Bay Stamp Set and coloured them with my Boho Blue Blends and Light Night of Navy Blends. I then stamped the oyster shell image and lightly coloured it with the Ivory Blend. I then took the Color Lifter and removed quite a bit of the ink.

I then took some Crumb Cake Cardstock and the oyster shell die to cut the shell. I then took a Blending Brush and Crumb Cake Ink and added touches of ink to the edges of the die cut. I took the small shell die and Basic White Cardstock and cut out the shell. I also added touches of Crumb Cake Ink to the edges of this shell.

There are leafy dies in the Seaside Bay Dies, but they are a little smaller than what I wanted for my card, so I took my scissors and created my own.

Once all my fancy fits were done, I layered them all on strips of Boho Blue Cardstock. I took some Linen Thread that I twisted and added to my layers. It felt a bit clean, so I covered up my images with paper, took my Light Night of Navy Blend and flicked ink splatters over the cardstock.

The team have created awesome cards using Judy’s sketch. Make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #583

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There’s a new sketch challenge to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our fab sketch has been designed by the wonderfully talented Kim Singdahlsen.

I’ve gone with a neutral toned masculine card using the Lighthouse Dies from Stampin Up!. I cut out the lighthouse with a combination of Basic White and Kraft Cardstock.

The background, and pretty much all of my card, was made up with strips of cardstock that I had laying on my desk. It feels so good to be able to use up pieces of discarded strips.

To add interest to the background I flicked ink to the white cardstock with the Light Black Blend. I added a torn piece of ribbon to the lighthouse and some cloud die cuts. These were added because I like to add details to all of my cards.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #619

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

I’ve continued my love of the Season of Chic Bundle and created a masculine card for the challenge.

The two-step shell images have been stamped with Crumb Cake and Early Espresso Inks. These shells have then been cut out.

To create the smaller shells, I took the small shell die from the Chic Dies and traced around it. I then took my Watercolour Brush and added Crumb Cake Ink to give it some definition. The shells still didn’t feel defined enough, so I opened my Early Espresso Ink and ran the shell across the pad to give it an outlined edge.

The netting-like background was created with Bermuda Bay Cardstock and the die from the Chic Dies. Amongst my images and die cuts, I’ve added some ribbon that I have frayed and bunched up.

When you don’t have DSP to match your colour combo, I like to take the matching cardstock colours and create a layout with interest – like the torn edged one I’ve gone with for this card.

Here’s what I came up with:

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #551

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Welcome to my blog and the newest sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch was designed by the wonderfully talented Kim Singdahlsen.

I pulled out my all-time favourite stamp set – Friends are Like Seashells Stamp Set. After stamping all the shells, I coloured them with a combination of Crumb Cake and Soft Suede Blends. After they were coloured, I cut them out ready for layering.

The background cardstock was given colour with a Blending Brush and Pool Party Ink. I then took the ink splatters stamp and Pool Party Ink and stamped over the blended area.

I cut 3 strips of cardstock – Sahara Sand, Pacific Point and Pool Party. All 3 were torn on one side and adhered on the blended cardstock. I then took some Linen Thread and looped it around the card. The shells and sentiment were then placed with some shells raised up with Dimensionals.

Here’s my card:

The girls 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

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 #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 #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

Freshly Made Sketches #504

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Welcome to my blog and a new sketch for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch has been designed by Karren Johnson. Karren’s sketch is as fabulous as her cards!

I was looking for something different to add to this card. I decided to create a mountain scene to fill the space on my mini slimline card.

The mountain images that I have added to my card are from the Mountain Air Stamp Set. I gave them colour with a combination of Crumb Cake and Soft Suede Blends. The mountains have been stamped twice to create the mountain range across the card. The join where the images meet was hidden strategically behind the two tree die cuts.

I felt my background needed a little something, so I took a Blending Brush and Balmy Blue Ink and added a skyline behind the mountains. I then added a strip of DSP, a thin strip of Basic Black Cardstock and some Crumb Cake Cardstock.

I then added two strips of Linen Thread and a knot, a sentiment and two Mossy Meadow Cardstock trees cut with the Majestic Mountain Dies.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #569

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Welcome to the newest at Just Add Ink Challenge. This week our challenge for you is to:

Straight away I thought the only thing that I can think of is that Narelle starts with N, but I couldn’t very well throw a photo of myself on a card!

So my next option was was to create a nautical card. Easy peasy when you have the best nautical stamp set sitting on your desk. The Sailing Home Stamp Set images I’ve used are the lighthouse, sailing boat and anchor. These images have been lightly coloured with the Smoky Slate and Pool Party Blends.

I’ve layered Smoky Slate Cardstock on a Basic Gray Cardstock base, with a piece of Basic White Cardstock that the sailing boat is adhered to. Behind the boat, I shaded the background lightly with Pool Party Ink and a Blending Brush. The strip of designer series paper that I added is from the Peaceful Place Specialty Designer Series Paper pack. I chose this piece as it fitted with my mainly monochromatic theme.

I like to have masculine birthday cards up my sleeve, so I added this sentiment from the Artistically Inked Stamp Set, rather than nautical themed ones in the Sailing Home Stamp Set.

The team at Just Add Ink have created wonderful cards so make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #302

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Love a Sunday, spending time in my craft room colouring, fussy cutting and half watching Netflix series while I create. I’ve created this card for the sketch challenge at Global Design Project. Take a look at their fab sketch:

Combining stamp sets make your sets more versatile. I like that the artwork in the Sailing Home and Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set are similar – so I love pairing them for my cards.

The lighthouse is from the Sailing Home Set. The lighthouse has been coloured with the Night of Navy Blends and Smoky Slate Blends.

The shells I’ve layered around my lighthouse are from the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set. I’ve coloured them in a combination of Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Night of Navy Blends.

I found an off cut piece of retired White Flax Ribbon sitting in the messier corner of my desk (I have more than one messy corner…..). I pulled apart one end of the ribbon and tied a piece of Linen Thread around it. I then tucked the other end under the shells and adhered it with a Glue Dot.

The strips of DSP I layered on my card are from the In Good Taste DSP. I used a piece of light woodgrain DSP for the background so my images would stand out.

Here’s my card:

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle