Just Add Ink #568

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The Just Add Ink team have a new challenge for you to play along with. This week is a sketch challenge. Take a look at this weeks sketch:

I flipped the sketch as it worked best for my layering. I’ve stamped up a star image from the Tidings & Trimmings Stamp Set in Highland Heather Ink. I then cut the image out with the Christmas Trimmings Dies. I also cut the Smoky Slate, Basic White & Gorgeous Grape Cardstock stars. The sentiment I’ve added to my card is from the Tidings & Trimmings Stamp Set. This was punched with the Label Me Fancy Punch.

I added White Bakers Twine bow and looped the ends around the cardstock. The background was given flicks of Smoky Slate Blends – this was flicked on to the cardstock with the nib of the blend in the lid – gently so that it didn’t ruin the tip.Three silver Metallic Pearls finished off the card.

The team at Just Add Ink have created awesome and all very different cards using the sketch. Head over to the challenge for inspiration and to link up your card. We would love it if you could play along.

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #499

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We have a new sketch for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch has been designed by the super talented Linda Callahan.

It’s been a while since i used the Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set. I inked it up for Linda’s fab sketch.

My sunflowers have been given colours with the Pale Papaya and Cajun Craze Blends. I added colour to the centre of the flowers with the Smoky Slate and the Light Basic Black Blends. Rather than go for green leaves, I gave them colour with the Smoky Slate Blends.

I shaded the background cardstock with Pool Party Ink and a Blending Brush. The sentiment has been embossed on Basic Black Cardstock. This sentiment is also from the Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set. One lone Basic White leafy diecut was laying on my desk. This was added to the card just because I could. This was cut with the matching Sunflower Dies.

Some bling was added with three Basic Rhinestones.

The Freshly Made Sketches Design Team have created wonderful cards using this weeks sketch, so make sure you head over to the challenge and check them out.

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #498

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Welcome to another Wednesday and another new sketch for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. One of our fabulous admins on the team, Jennifer Timko, has created this awesome sketch:

The card I’ve created features the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set – who would’ve thought I’d reach for this set again…..? I chose this set because of the large shell image that I’ve used resembles the oval shape in Jen’s sketch. And also, because I love this set.

I’ve coloured my shells with a combination of So Saffron, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Mango Melody Blends. The little leaves have been coloured with the Soft Suede Blends. I gave the background some colour with So Saffron Ink and a Blending Brush. I roughed up the edges of the cardstock with my fingers. The sentiment is also from the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set. I added some Linen Thread to the mix of images.

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

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Narelle

Just Add Ink #566

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This weeks challenge at Just Add Ink is for you to:

I chose to add the frame element by adding these frames from the Ephemera Pack. They are gold one one side and white on the other. I went with the white side on my card. They have been adhered to my card with a touch of Tombow Glue.

The flowers I’ve used on my card are from the Art Gallery Stamp Set. These flowers have been coloured with both the Real Red and Cherry Cobbler Blends. The leaves are also from this stamp set. They were stamped in Soft Succulent Ink and fussy cut out. The little flowers were stamped in Blushing Bride Ink.

For the background of the card I also added some ink splatters. These have been stamped from the Sailing Home Stamp Set.

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

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #497

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It’s time for a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess is the fabulously talented Jacquie Southas.

The stamp set I’ve used for my card is called Hand-Penned Petals Stamp Set. I stamped the flower images twice and fussy cut them out. They’ve been coloured with the Highland Heather Blends and the leaves with Soft Sea Foam Blends.

To add some softness to the background of my card, I blended some Pool Party Ink with a Blending Brush to the cardstock. I added a torn strip of Gray Granite Cardstock down the edge of the card and a strip of Gorgeous Grape DSP under the sentiment. I added three Basic Rhinestones around the card as I love me some bling.

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

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Cheers

Narelle

Less Is More Challenge #448

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I had some spare time on the weekend and created the following card for the CASE challenge at Less Is More Challenges. The pretty card that the team at Less Is More are CASEing is the following card:

I chose to take the tile effect from the card and place three squares of Basic White Cardstock on my card. The stamp set I’ve used is a Stampin’ Up! Stamp Set – called Hand-Penned Petals Stamp Set. The flowers have been coloured with a combination of blue Blends. The centre of the blooms have been coloured with the Dark Mango Melody Blend. The leaves were given a quick colour with the Soft Seam Foam Blends.

The strip of DSP I’ve added to my card is from the Hand-Penned Memories & More Pack. This was actually the starting point for my card. I then chose blue flowers from this DSP.

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Narelle

Global Design Project #302

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Love a Sunday, spending time in my craft room colouring, fussy cutting and half watching Netflix series while I create. I’ve created this card for the sketch challenge at Global Design Project. Take a look at their fab sketch:

Combining stamp sets make your sets more versatile. I like that the artwork in the Sailing Home and Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set are similar – so I love pairing them for my cards.

The lighthouse is from the Sailing Home Set. The lighthouse has been coloured with the Night of Navy Blends and Smoky Slate Blends.

The shells I’ve layered around my lighthouse are from the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set. I’ve coloured them in a combination of Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Night of Navy Blends.

I found an off cut piece of retired White Flax Ribbon sitting in the messier corner of my desk (I have more than one messy corner…..). I pulled apart one end of the ribbon and tied a piece of Linen Thread around it. I then tucked the other end under the shells and adhered it with a Glue Dot.

The strips of DSP I layered on my card are from the In Good Taste DSP. I used a piece of light woodgrain DSP for the background so my images would stand out.

Here’s my card:

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #496

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We have a new sketch for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch designer is the fabulous and talented Judy Rozema.

I really adore Judy’s sketch! I chose to decorate the panels with the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set. You may have noticed this is one of my favourite sets because of the many times I’ve used these images.

I’ve coloured my shells with a combination of Pool Party, Soft Suede and Pool Party Blends. I also went to town with my Colour Lifter to remove ink and harsh lines. The little leaf stems have been stamped in Pool Party Ink and fussy cut out.

The DSP panel has a weave print in it in Crumb Cake. This DSP is from the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper pack. I liked this one for my card as I felt it matched the scene I was going for.

For the other two panels, I stamped the images with the large and small stamps, that are designed to be used to colour two of the shells, as watercoloured splotches in Crumb Cake Ink. Once the ink was dry, I took a sentiment and Black Memento Ink and stamped the sentiment over the watercolour typed background.

I then took three pieces of Linen Thread and plaited the twine and stapled one end at the top of the card and knotted the bottom of the other end adhered it to the cardstock with Glue Dots.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created wonderful cards using Judy’s sketch. Pop over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #301 & TGIF Challenge #326

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In between watching the Olympics today, I quickly whipped up a project for the Global Design Project and TGIF Challenges. The challenge at GDP is a pretty colour challenge and the one at TGIF is a technique challenge.

When I first started with Stampin’ Up! over 11 years ago, I remember making a gift bag out of an envelope. It was a really wow moment for me, so I decided to create one for the Decorated Envelope Challenge.

I took an everyday envelope and stuck the flap down. I then trimmed a smidge off the short sides of the envelope as I wanted to turn them in to the top and base of the gift bag. I put the envelope on my trimmer and scored the long sides at 3/4 ” and the short side at 1″. On this end where I scored at 1″ I took my scissors and cut slits where the long ends were scored up to the 1″ line. This created flaps. On the long ends of the envelope, I created gussets by enforcing the crease lines I had given them. Once the gusset lines has been reinforced, I then folded the base together and adhered with Tombow Glue. The envelope then had a flat base and could stand up on it’s own.

I had some off cut pieces of Night Of Navy Cardstock so I trimmed them and added a strip to the top and bottom of the bag. Night of Navy and Coastal Cabana stars were cut with the Christmas Trimmings Dies. I also cut some leafy embellishments in Coast Cabana and Polished Pink Cardstocks.

The twine was made with my Dark Polished Pink Blend and White Bakers Twine. I coloured the twine with the blend until I was happy with the coverage. I used my Postage Die Punch to punch out slits in to the sides of the bag so that the twine stayed in place.

A sentiment circle was punched with a retired circle punch and tied off with a piece of Linen Thread. The sentiment is from the matching stamp set to the dies – it’s called Tidings & Trimmings Stamp Set. One Basic Rhinestone was added for a bit of bling.

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Narelle

Just Add Ink #564

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

I chose trees and sky for my card. The trees were made with the Majestic Mountain Dies. Bermuda Bay Cardstock was the colour I chose for them. The sky has been created with a Blending Brush and some Pool Party Ink.

I added some kangaroo and butterfly images from the Kangaroo and Company Stamp Set to create a fun scene. I have 3 great nieces so there’s always a birthday coming up. My roos have been coloured with the Crumb Cake Blends and the Light Soft Suede Blend – this one was to give definition in the creases. My butterfly was coloured with the Bermuda Bay Blends.The bouquet of flowers was given a really quick colour with the Highland Heather Blends. I used the Colour Lifter to take away some of the colour in the flowers so that they appear different shades.

After roughing up the edges of the cardstock and bending the top left side of the card, my card was finished.

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

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Cheers

Narelle