Freshly Made Sketches #533

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Tis Wednesday! So that means a new sketch to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess is non other than my tall hiking Canadian friend Jennifer Brum! She loves the outdoors, as do I, but me usually viewing from the car window… But we both love our craft rooms and creating, so she’s a keeper in my books!

I have to say, i absolutely adore this sketch. It’s awesome and I can see so many different images being combined with it.

I’ve layered three strips of DSP that we trimmed to add the space for the sentiment. This pretty DSP is from the Heart & Home DSP pack. To pair my images with the DSP, I stamped up a Fresh Freesia flower from the Artistically Inked Stamp Set. I then stamped up two more flowers in Smoky Slate Ink. All three flowers were then fussy cut out.

The leaves I’ve added to the layers are stamped in Soft Succulent Ink and also fussy cut out.

To add a bit more dimension and texture, I cut a Whisper White Cardstock leafy die cut from the matching Artistic Dies.

To finish off my card, I added three Polished Dots.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created wonderful cards with the sketch. Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #599

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

My favourite animal is a sloth but I don’t have a sloth stamp in my stash. So i decided to go with a favourite animal I have in my craft room. The Count on Me Stamp Set has the cutest bear holding a heart, so I grabbed it out to colour with my Smoky Slate Blends. The heart has been coloured with the Cherry Cobbler Blends. I added an extra heart to the layers behind the leafy diecut.

The vellum DSP I’ve added to the background is from the Vellum 12 x 12 Layering Designs pack. I think I’m going to give this card to my niece for her baby shower as I think it will be a special day and want to wish her happiness for it.

The girls at Just Add Ink have created gorgeous projects. Make sure you head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #531

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We have a new sketch to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch designer this week is the wonderful and ever so creative Linda Callahan.

The card I’ve created features the Painted Poppies Stamp Set. The poppies have been given colour with a combination of Pool Party and Misty Moonlight Blends. I fussy cut each of the flowers out and layered them on my card.

The background cardstock was shaded with Pool Party Ink and ink splatters were stamped across the shading.

Two strips of cardstock were added under the flowers. I’ve added Pool Party and Basic Gray Cardstock.

Three Basic Gray Basic Matte Dots were placed around the card as you always have to have an odd number of them.

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

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #598

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It’s time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week is a colour challenge. Take a look at the fab colours we have for you to create with:

As soon as I saw these colours I thought they would work really well for a masculine card. The stamp set I’ve used is called Clubhouse Stamp Set. This set is retired but it will be one I hold on to for those golfers in my life. I watercoloured my image with the three colours from the challenge.

I didn’t stop there. I stamped up some trees from the Mountain Air Stamp Set in Sahara Sand Ink and fussy cut them out. I also shaded the background cardstock with Misty Moonlight Ink and a Blending Brush. To add to the background, I stamped some bird images which are also found in the Mountain Air Stamp Set.

The die cuts I’ve used are from the Tasteful Labels Dies and the circle is cut with my Circle Dies. I added some Linen Thread and a birthday sentiment.

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

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #530

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Want a sketch challenge to play along with? There’s a new sketch over Freshly Made Sketches for you to try. This week our sketch has been designed by the wonderfully talented Jen Mitchell.

This card started out as an Easter card but I decided to leave off the Easter greeting and convert it to a baby card. I don’t give many Easter cards and am always in need of a baby card.

The stamp set this cute bunny is from is called Easter Friends. The bunny is coloured with the Crumb Cake and Soft Suede Blends. I paired the bunny with flowers and dies cuts from the Artistically Inked Bundle.

To keep with the woodsy feel, I added some woodgrain paper from Heart & Home Designer Series Paper pack. This was then layered on some Pool Party Cardstock and the card base is Smoky Slate.

The girls have created awesome cards that will no doubt inspire you, so head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #597

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

The two I’ve chpsen from the challenge is flowers and paper.

The flowers and bird image are from the Friendly Hello Stamp Set. The colours of the flowers were chosen to match the designer series paper I chose. This DSP is from the Friendly Hello DSP pack. Both of these products were available during the Sale-A-Bration period. I’ve added die cuts with the Tasteful Labels Dies. The circle die was crimped with my retired crimping tool.

Here’s my card:

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

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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.

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Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #336

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This weeks challenge at the Global Design Project is to CASE the Designer. The designer is the amazing Angela Meiritz-Reid. If you don’t know Angela, she is super talented and an awesome chick who gets my Aussie sense of humour.

Take a look at her gorgeous card the design team is CASEing

The stamp set I used for my card is the Dressed To Impress Stamp Set. Like Angela’s card, I added some background stamping in black on the Whisper White Cardstock. I cut a circle die cut with my circle dies and layered my images on them.

The images have been coloured with a variety of blends – Pool Party, Lovely Lipstick, Basic Black and Smoky Slate.

Angela is a lover of the silver twine from the Simply Elegant Trim pack, so I HAD to add it to my card. Three Rhinestone Jewels were also added because it has to be an odd number on any card.

Here’s my take on her card:

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Narelle

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.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle