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Freshly Made Sketches #491

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Welcome to another Wednesday and a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess is the fabulously talented Kim Singdalhlsen.

Here’s her great sketch

The You’re A Peach Designer Series Paper not only has gorgeous pics of peaches and leaves that are waiting to be die cut or fussy cut out, the other side of the DSP has pretty patterns and colours.

For my card, I fussy cut peaches and leaf-y images and layered them on some spotted DSP strips. The card base i layered all of my images on is Sahara Sand Cardstock.

I’ve stamped two sentiments for my card. Both are from the Sweet As A Peach Stamp Set. My birthday sentiment was stamped on Basic White Cardstock and the second sentiment was stamped on Sahara Sand Cardstock.

I also fussy cut a flower image and placed this above the peaches at the top of my card.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created awesome cards using this weeks sketch. Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #490

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It’s new sketch challenge time at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch designer is Jen Brum – even though we’ve never met, I reckon we’d be the best of friends if she decided to move to my side of the world and learned how to scooch to be my height….

I’m trying to revisit stamp sets that I haven’t used in a while – just to make sure I get my use out of them.The Tasteful Touches Stamp Set got a bit of a workout for todays card. So did my fussy cutting skills.

The flowers have been coloured with a combination of Mango Melody and So Saffron Blends. I added the Dark Mango Melody Blend to the centre of the flowers and to add depth to the petals. The leaves were given a very quick colour with the Light Soft Succulent Blend.

The stripe-y DSP I’ve added to the background is from the Hand-Penned Memories & More Pack. It was chosen because of So Saffron and Basic White stripe. I added thin strip of Basic Black to the edge of the DSP just to make the flower pop.

The card base was given some detail with a Blending Brush and some So Saffron Ink. Three Gold Metallic Pearls were added for that bit of bling.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches488 #

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It’s Wednesday, so that means a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.This week our fab sketch has been designed by our wonderfully talented Jen Mitchell.

I wanted to use the Sweet Strawberry Stamp Set for my card, mainly because of this sentiment. Got a few friends that fit the sweet thing title.

The strawberries have been stamped in Black Memento Ink and coloured with the Real Red Blends. When colouring these strawberries, I coloured with the Light Real Red Blend over the whole image. I then took the Dark Real Red Blend and added colour around the edges of the image. I then took my Colour Lifter and took some of the colour from the centre. I’m hoping this gives them a life like look. The leaves and stem of the strawberries are coloured with my Soft Succulent Blends. The little flowers have been coloured with the Light and Dark Pale Papaya Blends. All images were then fussy cut out.

The DSP I’ve used in the background is from the Simply Elegant Specialty Designer Series Paper pack. To finish off the card I added 3 clear Elegant Faceted Gems. A little bit of bling, but not too flashy.

The team have created wonderful cards using this weeks sketch. Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #487

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It’s time for a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch is a slimline card sketch. Our sketch has been designed by the super talented Jennifer Timko. Jen’s card are always so lovely and so creative. I love her sketches just as much as her cards.

When I get a challenge to create a slimline card, I try and fill the space with as many images as I can. These bird images from the Free As A Bird Stamp Set fill the space perfectly. I coloured the birds with the Light and Dark Poppy Parade Blends. I then took the Light Basic Black Blend and added some definition around the edge and wings on all birds. I took my retired White Gel Pen and added a highlight to their bellies and beaks.

I coloured the leaves and branches of the stem with Crumb Cake and Soft Succulent Blends. The flowers of this branch have been coloured with the Pale Papaya Blends. The fussy cut flower is also from the Free As A Bird Stamp Set. This flower has been coloured with my Pale Papaya Blends and the centre with the Light Poppy Parade Blend. By adding Poppy Parade to the centre of the flower, it tied the flower and birds together.

To soften the background of the Basic White Cardstock, I took some Pool Party Ink and a Blending Brush and shaded the background. I took some White Baker Twine and added this to my card with a bow nestled in the branches. The sentiment was placed after everything was adhered to finish off my card.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created awesome slimline cards. Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #386

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There’s a new sketch for you to play along with over at Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch hostess has been designed by the incredibly talented Jacquie Southas.

Here’s this weeks fab sketch:

I chose Jacquie’s sketch to use some of this gorgeous DSP from the Simply Elegant Designer Series Paper pack. This pack is ultra pretty with elegant touches of foil throughout each of the papers – maybe that’s why it named Simply Elegant….

I added leaf die cut from the Forever Flourishing Dies. I then cut the die cut sentiment from the Always Dies and combined it with a stamped sentiment from the Forever & Always Stamp Set. I heat embossed this sentiment on Basic Black Cardstock.

To tie in the gold foil from the DSP, I punched some Gold Foil circles with various Circle Punches and rolled them into flowers. I used Tombow to adhere them to the card.

Here’s what I created:

The clean team at Freshly Made Sketch have created gorgeous cards that will inspire you. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #485

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We have a fabulous sketch for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch has been designed by the truly talented Judy Rozema.

The card has created has been made with the Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set. I coloured these flowers to look like Gerbera’s. The blends I used are some of the new in colours from the Stampin’ Up! 2021-2022Annual Catalogue – Fresh Freesia and Soft Succulent. The colours I used to add definition in the creases are Highland Heather and Evening Evergreen Blends. For the centre of the flowers I added colour with my Smoky Slate Blends and Mango Melody Blends. Both flowers were fussy cut out. I coloured up some leaves, also from the Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set, with both the Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen Blends. The Evening Evergreen leafy die cuts were cut with the Sunflower Dies.

The textured background was created with the Painted Texture Embossing Folder. I really love the texture this folder gives to cardstock. To create the banner to match the sketch, I cut a piece of Vellum Cardstock and added this to my card. I then took some Whisper White Linen Thread and looped this around my card, stapling it to the card.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #484

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It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. Love me a sketch challenge and this one that the fabulous Amy O’Neill has created is amazing! Make sure you pop over to Amy’s blog to see her wonderful creations.

I chose to create a birthday card for one of my great nieces who is turning 2 soon. I have coloured these cute puffins from the Party Puffins Stamp Set. They are so cute and probably a stamp set that I wouldn’t normally buy, but because of their total sweetness, I had to have it.

I gave them some colour with my blends and then fussy cut them out. I added a cake and lil fishy images from the same stamp set to add some more fun to her card. The sentiment I’ve layered on the card is also from the Party Puffins Stamp Set. I can’t wait to give it to her now, once I buy a pressie that is……

The team have created awesome cards using Amy’s sketch. Pop over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #482

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It’s time for a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This weeks cool sketch has been designed by our wonderfully talented NZer, Karren Johnson. Pop over to Karren’s blog and see what she’s designed with her sketch:

When you have a weekend away and that’s your usual crafting time, you go quick and easy by colouring some DSP and fussy cutting the images out. The designers series paper I’ve used is from the True Love DSP pack. The blends I coloured my images with were the Balmy Blue Blends. I then took the Light Night of Navy Blend to the centre of the flower to add some depth. The leaves have been coloured with the Mint Macaron Blends.

I wanted a birthday sentiment, so I’ve added one from the Peaceful Moments Stamp Set.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created awesome and totally different cards with Karren’s sketch. Pop over to Freshly Made Sketches and check them out.

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #481

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When you’re stuck for a layout, try finding a fabulous sketch challenge like this weeks one at Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch has been designed by the super talented Cecile Ribon

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The stamp set I chose to use for my card was the Dressed To Impressed Stamp Set. I added Highland Heather highlights to the flowers, lipstick and stiletto with my light and dark blends. I then combined added Smoky Slate Blends to each of these images. I took my Colour Lifter and removed some of the colour from all images to give them a washed look.

The background of card base has been given a quick colour with my Soft Sea Foam Blend. I added some Whisper White Cardstock circles and probably spent waaaaay to long arranging my images until I ended up with this layout.

For more wonderful inspiration for this challenge – head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what the team have created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #480

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Don’t you love a cool sketch? I do! I adore this sketch from one of our fabulous designers at Freshly Made Sketches, Jennifer Brum. I also adore her – even if she does put me to shame with all the walking she does…..

I had some time on the weekend to play around with my blends. What better stamp set to use than the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set when you want some colouring time?

The largest shell was coloured firstly with the Crumb Cake Blends. I then took the Dark Soft Suede Blend and added a darker shade around the edge of the shell and in the definition lines. I wasn’t happy with just those colours, so I added some Pool Party to the mix. The medium sized shell was coloured with the Pool Party Blends and the Light Basic Black Blend in the creases. The smallest shell was coloured with a combination of Dark Crumb Cake and both Soft Suede Blends. Once all three shells were dry, they were then given some Wink of Stella to add a shine to them.

I used the Curvy Dies to create the die cut in the middle of my Whisper White Cardstock. I had the idea to add some Linen Trim to the edge of the die cut. I ran some Tombow Glue along the cardstock and carefully glued down the Linen Trim. For once I didn’t end up with sticky fingers and accidentally leave glue residue on the card. I also added a Linen Trim bow under the cluster of shells.

After placing everything on the card, I felt the background needed a little something extra, so I lifted the large and small shell and added the ink splatter stamp with Crumb Cake Ink and randomly stamped it. Any mishap with the stamping, on an already stuck card base, was covered by creatively placing the shells to hide it.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created wonderful cards using the sketch. Click here to take you to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle