Category Archives: Stampin Up

Just Add Ink #678

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We have a new challenge over at Just Add Ink for you. This week our challenge for you is to:

I went an unusual colour combination for leaves for my card to fit the challenge brief. The leaves and branches I’ve added to my card are from the Autumn Leaves dies. I watercoloured Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper with ink and once it was dried, I cut the leaves with the dies. They felt a little bland, so I then flicked Dark Smoky Slate Blend to give them more detail.

The background cardstock was given detail with a Blending Brush, Ink and a mask from the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks.

I then added a hand cut sentiment and some gold twine to the layers.

The Just Add Ink Design Team have created wonderful cards for this challenge. Make sure you head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #610

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There’s a new sketch challenge to play along with over at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess is the wonderfully super talented Jennifer Timko.

I am loving a leaf or two at the moment. The leaves I added to my card have been created with Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and the following ink colours: Cajun Craze, Granny Apple Green and Crushed Curry. I added these colours to the paper in random places, waited for the paper to dry and then diecut the leaves out with the Autumn Leaves Dies.

There’s a die in this set that creates tiny dotted strips. I diecut the background cardstock three times with this die to emulate the strips in the sketch. I then set about shading and ink flicking the background. Once I was happy with the background, I placed the leaves on Dimensionals and added some diecut branches.

The sentiment I have used is from the matching stamp set to the dies. It’s called Autumn Leaves Stamp Set. These sentiments are all seperate but I liked them grouped together to say everything I want to say to a friend.

Finally, i added some ribbon from the Copper and Natural Ribbon Combo Pack. I’ve used the copper ribbon and kind of looped it around so it’s not really in a bow. It’s probs a little hard to see as it blends with the leaves.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #674

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Our latest challenge at Just Add Ink, is for you to create a project using the following colours:

I didn’t know how much I would love this colour combo until i started creating my card. Usually when I have 4 colours that I don’t know how to combine, i keep a mostly white card and add touches of the colours. But this time, I found it really easy to layer/combine these colours.

I think the Night of Flight Stamp Set and the Gorgeously Made Stamp Set/Dies were made for each other. I stamped my butterflies with Black Memento Ink and coloured the butterflies with a combination of Fresh Freesia, Berry Burst and Pretty Peacock Blends. I then took the retired White Gel Pen and added highlights on my butterflies. They were then fussy cut out.

I took a piece of Basic White Cardstock and diecut the edge of it with the book edge die. To this piece, I then placed it on my trimmer and scored lines into the cardstock. I then took the Light Basic Blend and flicked ink on to it from the Light Basic Black Blend.

I embossed the Pretty Peacock Cardstock to add more texture and roughed up all the edges of each piece of cardstock to give a vintage-y feel.

To add gold to my card, I took a leafy die from the Gorgeously Made Dies and cut two of them. To create length to my gold foil leaf, I cut two of them and joined them together. The join of them has been hidden by the sentiment.

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #607

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There’s a new sketch for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. this week our sketch hostess is the fabulously talented Amy O’Neill.

I added leaves and branches created with Autumn Leaves Stamp Set and Autumn Leaves Dies. The stamped leaves have been created by adding markers directly to the stamp. I then huffed on the stamp and stamped the image on to Basic White Cardstock. I then fussy cut the leaves out.

The branches were created with Early Espresso Cardstock and dies from the Autumn Leave Dies. I added two frame diecuts – one with Pecan Pie Cardstock and the second one of Basic White Cardstock – this has a sentiment stamped on it.

Behind the leaves i added a Basic White Cardstock that has been shaded with Crumb Cake Ink and a mask from the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks. I then added some of the gorgeous copper ribbon from the Copper & Natural Ribbon Combo.

The team have created awesome cards that will no doubt inspire you. Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #606

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It’s time for a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week it’s my turn to design the sketch. Here’s the sketch I designed for you to play along with:

I received the Merriest Trees Bundle recently and decided this challenge was the one to give the products a run.

I stamped one of the trees from the Merriest Trees Stamp Set in Bubble Bath and Fresh Freesia Inks. The second tree was stamped in Pebbled Path Ink. Both of these trees were cut with the Merriest Tree Dies.

The sentiment from the stamp set was stamped and die cut out with a tree die for something different.

To a little bling to the tree, I took Gold Foil Carstock and cut rows of fights and adhered them to the pink tree.

I then stamped up a combination of the present images from the same stamp set and cut them out with the matching dies.

I took my new Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks, some Bubble Bath Ink and a Blending Brush and shaded the background to add a snowflaked background.

The team have created cards that make my sketch look awesome! Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #672

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

I have filled my card with pink and purple pansies. These pansy images are from the Pansy Patch Stamp Set. The leaves were cut with Basic White Cardstock and Textured Floral Dies. After choosing the colours for my pansies, I then chose the remainder of my card colours to match them.

I shaded the background behind the pansies with a Blending Brush and an mask from the Artistic Mix Decorative Masks.

The sentiment I added is actually one solid sentiment, but I decided to trim it in half to and layer it in two places over the flowers.

I added some coloured Linen Thread and added a bow on the side of the card. I also had diecut book edge that I had sitting on my desk, so this was added to the card.

The team have created wonderful cards using this weeks sketch, so head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #412

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It’s CASE The Designer Challenge at Global Design Project. The gorgeous card we got to CASE is the following gorgeous one from Wilma:

I recently purchased the Autumn Leaves Stamp Set and Autumn Leaves Dies and I thought it work really well with a similar layout to Wilma’s.

I stamped the large leaf from the stamp set, after adding colour with markers, on to Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper. I then added Garden Green and Cinnamon Cider Ink to to the paper and diecut out the smaller leaves with dies.

for the background cardstock, I took the lined dot impression die and embossed the top right hand side and bottom left hand side. I then took Garden Green Ink and a Blending Brush and added colour to each corner. I wasn’t finished there, I added the script stamp from the Gorgeously Made Stamp Set and added stamped it a couple of times so you could see it peaking from under my layers.

I added a diecut label from the Autumn Dies Dies as well as some twig diecuts. I layered my leaves around the label diecut and added a ribbon holder and twine to the side of the card.

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #604

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Cecile’s sketch at Freshly Made Sketches is an awesome one! She always designs sketches that creative and I really enjoy the challenge when putting all of my pieces together.

I’ve snuck another leaf on my card than what was on her sketch, but I felt two leaves for two ladybugs worked better for my layout. The leaves, ladybugs and sentiment are all from the Hello Ladybug Stamp Set.

The leaves were already stamped and set aside from another project that I had yet to finish, so they were an easy add to my card. The leaves were stamped in Garden Green Ink and fussy cut out.

The ladybug body was stamped in Highland Heather Ink and the wings have been stamped in Gorgeous Grape Ink. The little flowers I’ve added have been stamped in Fresh Freesia Ink and the centre of them have been coloured with the Dark Fresh Freesia Blend to add depth.

The background of the cardstock has been lightly coloured with the Light Balmy Blue and Light Crumb Cake Blends. I then took the Light Basic Black Blend and flicked ink splatters over the shading.

The team 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

Just Add Ink #670

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Welcome to my blog and the newest challenge at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge for you is to

I actually have a few stamp sets that I could’ve used this week. But as I had the Little Dreamers Stamp Set sitting on my desk, I decided to go with it. Mostly because I was too lazy to look for another image, but also because this little image is the cutest!

I’ve added some grassy stems to the image to soften him and also give the card some details.

The team have created awesome cards. Make sure you head over to Just Add Ink and se what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #603

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There’s a new sketch for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess our fabulously talented carmaker and Queen of Walking Jennifer Brum.

I have had the Earthen Texture Dies for a little while but hadn’t cracked them open as yet. I got them out for this challenge and created a vase of leafy diecuts to fill the vase. I added an embossed background and kept my colour scheme as all neutrals. I added an embossed sentiment that I had previously embossed and set aside.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle