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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

Freshly Made Sketches #553

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It’s time for a new sketch challenge to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This weeks amazing sketch has been designed by the wonderfully talented team member, Cecile Ribon.

You can’t go wrong with a Christmas card for this challenge. Christmas will be upon us before we know and I find it’s never too early to start stockpiling festive cards.

I’ve featured images from the Leaves of Holly Stamp Set and dies from the Holly Berry Dies. The leaves have been stamped with a combination of Smoky Slate Ink for the first layer of stamping. I then took the second stamp and inked it up with Basic Gray Ink to stamp the most defined leaf image. These leaves were then fussy cut out.

The berries were stamped with the Real Red and Cherry Cobbler Inks. The second stamp over the top gives the berries definition. Even though there are dies that will cut these out, I actually fussy cut them – mainly because I enjoy the time cutting around images.

I added a strip of Garden Green Cardstock over a blended background with Pool Party Ink and flicked Basic Gray Blend ink. Under the three squares of Basic White Cardstock, I added a strip of Metallic Mesh Ribbon and tied it off on the side with a piece of Linen Thread.

Some leafy diets were cut with Garden Green Cardstock and layered beneath a holly leaf and three Champagne Rhinestones were added.

Here’s my Chrissy card:

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

Thanks for stopping by.

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.

Thanks for stopping by.

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 #550

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There’s a new and fab sketch to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch designer is Jen Mitchell. Jen’s creations are gorgeous, so make sure you head over to her blog and be prepared to be wowed!

I really can’t stop using the Season of Chic Stamp Set. It’s so versatile and easy to create with!

My snowflakes were created by laying down some Bermuda Bay Ink with a Water Painter on to Basic White Cardstock. Once I had created a watercoloured area big enough for the snowflake dies and the cardstock had dried, I took my dies and cut out the snowflakes. I made sure they had a good mix of white and blue on each of them.

After I cut the panels to size, I took a Blending Brush, some Pool Party Ink and blended the cardstock. I took some Dimensionals and raised each of the panels up on the card base.

After placing each of the snowflakes on the card, I adhered the sentiments that I chose. The sentiments are from the Jingle, Jingle, Jingle Stamp Set.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #548

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It’s Wednesday again, so that means there’s a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch designer this week is fabulously talented Jacquie Southas. Head over to her blog and see her gorgeous creations.

I really love her simple design. The possibilities are endless with this layout. I’d added layers and details to the strip down the edge of my card – coz that’s just how i role really!

The products I’ve used on my card are from the Season of Chic Bundle. This bundle consists of the Season of Chic Stamp Set and Chic Dies. The die cut I’ve added to the background is one of my favourites atm. The texture is a fab addition to my layering.

The flowers have been stamped in Black Stazon Ink and have been coloured with the Pool Party Blends. The leaves were quickly coloured with the Crumb Cake Blends. All images have been fussy cut, rather than die cut, as I like a really, really fine edge around my images.

All images have been raised with Dimensionals and the sentiment double-raised with Dimensionals.

To add a little more interest to the card, I added some ribbon and bunched it to create texture around the flowers and adhered it with Glue Dots.

Here’s my card:

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #546

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We have a new challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches for you to play along with. This week our sketch hostess is the wonderfully talented Judy Rozema.

Once upon a time, I hoarded my designer series paper as I didn’t want to waste it. With all the gorgeous images Stampin’ Up! have printed on their papers, I don’t hesitate to fussy cut them or die cut them to add to my cards.

The flowers and leaves I’ve used on my card are from the Wonderful World Designer Series Paper pack. You can get this DSP free as part of the Wonderful World Bundle by spending $180 AU during Sale-A-Bration. The DSP circles I’ve added to the background is also from this pack.

To add a little bit of ribbon interest, I took some Natural Ribbon Trim and cut it down the centre. I then folded it back on itself and stapled one end to the Basic White Cardstock. The other end is tied with a Linen Thread bow.

The sentiment I’ve added to my card is from the Season of Chic Stamp Set. I chose this sentiment as it fit the best with my layout.

The Clean Team have created awesome projects for you to look at, make sure you head over to the challenge and check them out.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #545

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Are you ready for a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches? I am, because it’s my turn to be sketch hostess! I’ve created the following sketch for you as the starting point to your creations.

As usual when I design a sketch I have absolutely no idea what I’m going to create. After playing around with the Jingle Jingle Jingle Stamp Set for about an hour, I gave up on it and went with these cute-as hippos from the Hippest Hippos Stamp Set. The even come with matching dies, called Hippos Dies, and can be yours during Sale-A-Bration when you spend $180 (AU)!

The first hippo has been coloured with the Pale Papaya Blends and the tummy and snout lightly watercoloured with Smoky Slate Ink. The second hippo has been coloured with my Smoky Slate Blends, Polished Pink Blends and watercoloured tummy and snout. The third hippo has been coloured with the Pool Party Blends and watercoloured tummy and snout.

The boat, waves, grass and flowers were all die cut with dies from the Hippo Dies. There are so many cool dies in this set that you can use – they seriously are incredibly versatile and cute as can be!

The designer series paper in the background was added because it pairs with the pink in the tutu of the hippo. This DSP is from the Wonderful World Designer Series Paper Pack. This pack is part of the Wonderful World Bundle (comprising of DSP & Wonderful World Stamp Set)- also available during Sale-A-Bration when you spend $180 (AU).

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created awesome cards with my sketch. 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

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