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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

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 #516

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We have a new challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches for you to play along with. This week is our last challenge before Christmas, so the perfect opportunity for you to get those last minute cards designed and sent out. This week it’s my turn to design the sketch – here’s the sketch I created for the challenge:

I recently purchased the Brilliant Rainbow Dies. These dies will be available in January-June 2022 Mini Catalogue. I created the rainbow with Vellum Cardstock. The clouds, also from the Brilliant Rainbow Dies, have been strategically placed to hide the Glue Dots I stuck the vellum down with.

The lighthouse, from the Sailing Home Stamp Set also hides the Glue Dots. The lighthouse has been coloured with my Cherry Cobbler Blends and quite a bit of Colour Lifter usage as well.

The Basic White Cardstock circle has been embossed with the Hive 3D Embossing Folder – another goodie available from the new Mini Catalogue.

I had almost adhered everything down when I decided to lift it all and add some Pool Party Ink to the background with the Blending Brush – just to give it some colour.

The team have created awesome cards with my sketch. Make sure you pop over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #513

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Welcome to my blog and another sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch designer is our uber talented cardmaker and mountain walker Jen Brum!

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve inked up the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set. You all know how much I love it, but I’ve been playing with new products and also completing some Christmas cards.

My shells have been coloured with a combination of Bermuda Bay and Rich Razzleberry Blends. I then chose my DSP and cardstock to match these colours.

The background was given Pool Party Ink with the Blending Brush and then stamped with the ink splatters stamp from the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set.

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 #512

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There’s a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches for you to play along with. This week our sketch has been designed by the super talented Kim Singdahlsen.

The inspiration and starting point for this card came from the tree that Kim added to the sketch. Straight away I decided the tree die cut made with the Majestic Mountain Dies would work well. Initially I was thinking that I would make a Christmas card but decided to change it up and go with a baby card instead.

I haven’t made a baby card in ages, so I took out the Count On Me Stamp Set and coloured up this very cute bear image with Crumb Cake Blends. My Color Lifter got a real workout so that my bear ended up with a watercoloured look. The heart was coloured with the Bermuda Bay Blends. Again the heart got a workout with the Color Lifter.

Looking for DSP with matching tones to my tree and heart, I found these pieces of DSP from the Penguin Playmates DSP pack. This DSP was available for a short time during Sale-A-Bration, but is now retired. I matted both pieces with Soft Succulent Cardstock.

I added a White Crinkled Seam Binding ow and three Elegant Faceted Gems to the Basic White Cardstock. I also added some Sahara Sand Ink shading to the background with the Blending Brush.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created wonderful cards with this weeks 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 #511

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

Take a look a her fabulous sketch:

I had these pinecones already stamped laying on my desk. Love using up discarded images from other projects. However, using up these two pinecones, didn’t make a dent in the amount of stuff that is waiting to be used up! These leaf and pinecone images are from the Christmas Season Stamp Set. The pinecones are stamped in Soft Suede and Sahara Sand Inks. The leaves have been stamped in Evening Evergreen Ink.

The texture that I’ve given my Sahara Sand Cardstock is from the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder. I wanted a detailed background beneath the images. I created this by taking my Light Pale Papaya Blend and added colour to the cardstock. I then decided I wanted some matching ribbon. I didn’t have one on hand, so I took the same blend and White Crinkled Seam Binding and gave it colour.

To tie in more of the Pale Papaya, I added a torn offcut of Pale Papaya Cardstock under the sentiment. I then added three Basic Rhinestones for the bling I wanted for my Christmas card.

Here’s my card

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #510

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It’s Wednesday, so that means a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our totally cool sketch has been designed by the fabulously talented and one awesome chick – Jen Mitchell.

The card I’ve created is a Christmas card. The stamp set I have chosen is the Tidings & Trimmings Stamp Set. This stamp set lends itself well to my love of colouring. I’ve coloured one of the stars with the Smoky Slate Blends. The matching die set to the Tidings & Trimmings is called the Christmas Trimmings Dies. The two die cuts have been cut with these dies and the sentiment is from this stamp set also.

The background of my card has been created with a Blending Brush and Pool Party Ink. I then took the Dark Smoky Slate Blend and flicked nib of the blend in the lid to create splatters across the cardstock.

I’ve added Basic Gray Cardstock as a mat beneath the Basic White Cardstock and added a strip across the centre the card. I also added a Vellum Cardstock panel so you can still see the background I created.

A bow made with White Crinkled Seam Binding bow and some Silver Metallic Pearls were added to appease my love of embellishments.

I love all the cards the design team have created, head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #505

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It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. This week was my turn to design the sketch. I’ve resorted to circle as they’re my fav for a card.

I haven’t used this little snowman image from the Snow Wonder Stamp Set. This set comes with this gorgeous little tree too. The tree stamp is actually a lot smaller than the snowman, so I’ve stamped and coloured it twice and layered them together – the join is hidden with the sentiment.

The snowman has been coloured with the Smoky Slate Blends and the Bermuda Bay Blends. The tree was then coloured with the Bermuda Bay Blends to tie the images together.

I added one DSP circle die cut and one Basic White circle die cut. The DSP is from the Peaceful Place Specialty Designer Series Paper pack. I had an off-cut piece of Metallic Mesh Ribbon sitting on my desk, so I added this under a torn piece of Smoky Slate Cardstock and sentiment.

The Basic White Cardstock that I’ve used in the background has been embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder.

The girls 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

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

Freshly Made Sketches #503

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There’s a new challenge for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. Every week I am thrilled to see what our sketch is going to be. I have to say, I adore this sketch that the fabulously talented Cecile Ribon has created.

I couldn’t go past the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set for this card. It’s been a couple of weeks since I used this set, so time it got some ink love.

I like to mix up my colours when using this set. The shells have been coloured with the Highland Heather and Soft Succulent Blends. My Color Lifter got a bit of a work out with these shells as I like giving them a light colouring. Each of these shells has been fussy cut out.

To add the leafy element from the sketch, I diecut a sea grass diecut with the Smooth Sailing Dies in Basic White Cardstock. The woodgrain designer series paper squares are from the In Good Taste DSP pack.

For the base of the card I took a Blending Brush and some Balmy Blue Ink and shaded the Basic White Cardstock. I then took the ink splatters stamp and randomly added some ink splatters.

After layering all of my elements together, I added a simple sentiment from the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set. I kept the sentiment slim and simple so you could see my shells.

The Clean Team have created wonderful cards that will no doubt inspire you. Make sure you pop over to the challenge and see what they created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle