Category Archives: Stampin Up

The Paper Player #584

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The Paper Players has a fab sketch, designed by LeAnne, to play along with as this weeks challenge. The Paper Players Challenge was one of the first I played along with when I started entering challenges. They have great challenges and an awesome design team.

Here’s their sketch:

I love the balance of sketches like these. They’re really easy to create with as all the work with done with design.

I decided to use the Easter Friends Stamp Set to create an Easter card for a friend. These cute little images were made for colour and fussy cutting. I did both with all of my yellow blends thrown at them and cut them out.

I embossed the three panels of Whisper White Cardstock behind these images with the Gingham Embossing Folder. To add a lit bit of foliage to the scene, I added a tree die cut from the Majestic Mountain Dies that was laying on my desk.

I then created 3 eggs with some Gold Foil and Crushed Curry Cardstock. These eggs were punched with a retired balloon punch that I trimmed the tip to make an oval shape like an egg. I then hand cut strips of foil and cardstock to make them a bit fancy.

Here’s the card I created:

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #528

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Been ages since I’ve created for Freshly Made Sketches and I have to say I have missed it! I have been hanging to get back it in crafting and my fussy cutting. My fussy cutting skills got a work out with this card to test if I could still do it after my injury. Pleased to say I’m back on the scissors with a vengeance!

This week our sketch has been designed by the ultra talented Jacquie Southas!

The stamp I’ve used on my card is perfect for my scissor-work. This set is called Friendly Hello and has a wonderful mix of images to colour. I’ve given the bird some colour with my Pool Party and Bermuda Bay bends. The flowers I’ve added have been coloured with the Fresh Freesia and Smoky Slate Blends. The Smoky Slate was added around the centre of the flower to give it depth.

The leaves I’ve added were stamped in Bermuda Bay Ink. These leaves were fussy cut out and layered behind my bird image. I’ve also stamped up some little leaf-y stems in Gorgeous Grape Ink and fussy cut them out.

To add some interest to the background of the Thick Whisper White Cardstock, I shaded the cardstock with some Pool Party Ink and the ink splatters stamp from the Friendly Hello Stamp Set.

All of the images were layered on three strips of DSP and adhered to the cardstock base.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created awesome cards with this sketch. Make sure you pop over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #586

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Welcome to my first blog post for 2022 and the first challenge for Just Add Ink for 2022. We have a fun challenge for you and it’s a blog hop. Our team have created projects for this hop using the following theme:

When I saw this challenge, I knew I wanted to create a card with a combination of colours from the inspiration picture.

This card started with the DSP that I chose for my card as it had a lot the colours from the pic. This DSP is from the Friendly Hello Designer Series Paper pack – which is part of a Sale-A-Bration incentive with the Friendly Hello Bundle. This bundle can be yours free when you spend $180 during the SAB period.

The stamp set these cut little images are from is called the Easter Friends Stamp Set. I’ve given them colour with a combination of all my yellow blends. You can’t get more summer-y than these yellow cuties.

Once I started layering all my elements together, I felt my card was a little plain, so I gave the Basic White Cardstock some Pool Party Ink shading and cut a Garden Green Cardstock tree diecut with the Majestic Mountain Dies.

A strip of ribbon from the 1/8″ Cotton Ribbon Pack. I knotted the ribbon and one end and tucked under the side of the cardstock. I then adhered the right side with glue dots.

Three little Polished Dots placed around the card finished it off.

Click here or on the button below to take you to the next person on the hop, my creative crafty friend Chantell!

We would love it if you could play along with our summer-y challenge. Once you complete hopping around, make sure you head over to Just Add Ink and link up a project.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #585

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It’s Friday, so that means a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This is the final challenge at Just Add Ink before our Christmas break. This week our challenge for you is to:

I’ve made little gifts for Christmas day and to give to friends. Inside the Christmas packaging is an individual chocolate – you can’t go wrong with chocolates, can you?

I’ve used a combination of current and retired products for my chockies. I’ve also combined non traditional colours for all three designs – I really love non traditional colours.

Here are my projects:

The girls at Just Add Ink have created wonderful projects that will no doubt inspire you, so head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #584

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It’s time for a new challenge over at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge for you is to:

I’ve decorated an Acetate Card Box for my project. The acetate box is perfect to decorate and add a gift card and chocolates for a loved one.

For the inside of the box, I added a sheet of Vellum Cardstock to the front so that you can’t see the gift card and chocolates through the box.

I added a piece of Kraft Cardstock around the edge of the box. This piece wasn’t measured it was just folded around from the front to the back.

On this cardstock I added a doily from the Heart & Home Doilies and two diecut leaves, cut with the Artistic Dies. The doilies will be available in the January – June 2022 Mini Catalogue.

Over this I layered a piece of White Frayed Ribbon- also available from the Mini Catalogue. Some bakers twine was wrapped about the box and tied in a bow.

The sentiment was stamped on Basic White Cardstock and cut with a die from the Tasteful Labels Dies set.

The team have created wonderful projects for this challenge. Head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #515

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There is a new sketch challenge to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch designer is the fabulously talented Karren Johnson. Karren’s sketch is as cool as the backgrounds she creates!

This card started with choosing a stamp set. It’s been ages since I’ve used the Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set. I then chose the DSP. The strip of DSP is from the Blackberry Beauty Specialty Designer Series Paper pack. The remainder of my colours were chosen to compliment the Blackberry Bliss in the paper.

The poinsettias were given colour with the Blackberry Bliss Blends. I took the Colour Lifter and diluted a lot of the ink so the colour wasn’t as solid. Both of these flowers were then fussy cut out.

The leaves were given colour with the Soft Succulent Blends. Again I used the Colour Lifter to lighten the colour. The leaves were also fussy cut out. The little branches of nuts were stamped in Black Memento Ink and coloured with Soft Suede Ink.

The Basic White Cardstock in the background was embossed with the Gingham Embossing Folder. I love the texture this folder gives the cardstock. This embossing folder will be available for customers to order from the January-June 2022 Mini Catalogue.

I matted this piece of cardstock with Blackberry Bliss Cardstock. I took an off cut piece of Kraft Cardstock that was sitting on my desk and added this under the DSP. Three Champagne Basic Rhinestone Jewels were then added for that bit of glitziness that I love.

Our team have created wonderful cards. Make sure you pop over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #582

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It’s time for a new challenge over at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge is an inspiration picture challenge. Take a look at the gorgeous pic that you can choose colours, elements or images from:

I decided to throw a little bit of everything in from the inspiration pic. The Christmas tree (cut with the Majestic Mountain Dies), the plaid pattern (the deer is cut from the retired Peaceful Prints DSP), hessian (retired Braided Linen Trim) and a chalkboard (embossed white sentiment on Basic Black Cardstock).

Here’s my card:

The girls at Just Add Ink have created wonderful cards. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Blessings Of Home Card – part II

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This is the second card I made today while I had the Blessings of Home Stamp Set open on my desk. My previous card featured a cluster of flowers and leaves. This image I’ve used is the smaller one in the set. The flowers have been coloured with Fresh Freesia and Rich Razzleberry Blends. As with my other card, I took the Dark Smoky Slate Blend and added shading to the centre of the flowers and leaves. The leaves were mainly coloured with my Pool Party Blends.

The image has a matching die so that you don’t have to fussy cut it out. I’ve also paired the image with some leafy die cuts from the Flowers of Home Dies in Pool Party.

My card base is Pool Party and on this, I layered a piece of Basic White Cardstock and the oh-so-pretty DSP from the Heart and Home DSP pack – both of these layers have roughed up edges.

At the moment, I’m addicted to Kraft Cardstock, so I added a panel of this and roughed up the edges. I then layered a circle die cut and on this, I placed my sentiment, collection of flowers and leaves and a torn piece of Fresh Freesia Cardstock. Every piece of cardstock, no matter how thin, is kept for this very reason.

The three little black gems are also new to me. These are called Classic Matte Dots and will be available along with all the products from the Heart & Home Suite in January.

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #580

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We have a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge is a colour challenge. Take a look at the pretty colours we have you for:

I wanted to challenge myself with these colours and use the Dressed To Impress Stamp Set with these rich colours.

My card started with the pretty Evening Evergreen and gold DSP from the Expressions In Ink DSP pack. I then took some Shimmery White Cardstock and watercoloured the background with a light touch of Soft Sea Foam Ink. I cut two circle punches for my images to be layered on.

The images from the Dressed To Impress Stamp Set have been watercoloured with a combination of Blushing Bride and Evening Evergreen Inks. I then added touches of gold with some gold leaves, gold pearls and gold twine. The fussy sentiment finished off my card.

The team at Just Add Ink have created gorgeous inspiration for you. Head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #316

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A weekend at home and I was finally able to catch up with some crafting and even managed to create a card for the latest challenge at Global Design Project.

This weeks challenge is to CASE the Designer, the super talented Stesha Bloodhart! Stesha makes divine cards and as you can see below, the card we are CASEing is really divine.

I don’t mind a bit of roughed up edges for my cards. It creates a bit of a vintage look that I love.

I roughed up the edges of both the Basic White Cardstock and DSP from the Penguin Playmates DSP. I then had to hand cut the circle as I have no idea where my circles dies have hidden themselves – the roughed up edges hide the fact that it’s not a perfect circle. To create a somewhat snowy background, I flicked the Dark Soft Suede Blend on to the cardstock and used a Blending Brush to add to some shading about the cardstock.

I took some Kraft Cardstock and cut two trees with the Majestic Mountain Dies. These dies are my go-to when I want trees for Christmas cards. I then stamped the snowman from the Snow Wonder Stamp Set. I gave the snowman colour with my Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Fresh Freesia Blends.

The sentiment I’ve fussy cut is from the Snow Wonder Stamp Set. This sentiment is one stamp, but I’ve cut it in to two sentiments so that I could layer them separately – I think it creates balance to my layers.

The final thing I added was a Gold Ribbon and Linen Thread detail.

Here’s my card:

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Cheers

Narelle