Freshly Made Sketches #489

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Welcome to my new blog and the newest challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch, that I adore btw, has been designed by the wonderfully talented Linda Callahan.

I can’t stop myself from reaching for the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set. But I told myself that this sketch needed those shells.

The largest image has been coloured with the Mint Macaron Blends. The starfish was given colour with the Pale Papaya Blends. I coloured one of the clam shells with Bermuda Bay Blends and the other one with a light touch of Pale Papaya Blends. The leafy images were coloured with the Bermuda Bay Blends.

The base piece of Basic White Cardstock was embossed with the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder and raised up with dimensionals. I like a lot of height to my cards, so I dimensionalise every layer.

The piece of Basic White Cardstock that my shells have been layered on has been coloured with the Light Soft Sea Foam Blend and the ink splatters stamp has been stamped in Black Memento Ink over the top.

Finally a sentiment, also from the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set, was added.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created awesome cards. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created. You’re going to love their cards as much as I do.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Create With Us Tutorial Bundle – Sweet Strawberry

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Welcome to my blog and an announcement. I have joined a super crafty crew of cardmakers who will be bringing 14 tutorials monthly to you focussing on a different bundle or stamp set. This month the Create With Us International Tutorial Bundle features cards make with products from the Sweet Strawberry Bundle.

The tutorial bundle is valued at $25AUD and can be purchased by clicking here.

These projects have been created from demonstrators from all over the world.

In this bundle, you will get fourteen tutorials with step by step instructions showcasing different products using the Sweet Strawberry Bundle.  

You will get instructions and videos from each of the following demonstrators.

Jackie Bultje https://thepamperedstamper.com/

Jan Mansor Brown .https://www.janbcards.com

Jane Proffitt. https://galfridaystamping.net

Jessica Brigden www.jessbcreativecardiology.com

Jeanna Kay www.stamptimesomewhere.com

Linda Dalke www.lhiggins.blogspot.com

Tamara Bertram: https://tamaraspapertrail.blogspot.com/

Kayla Renee: www.kaylamccreadie.com

Marine Wilplier http://www.marineetstamp.com

Martha Groeger: https://www.cookiescraftco.de

Caroline van der Straaten https://carooskaartjes.blogspot.com

/Julie Gilson: www.stampingala.com

Martin Stone https://martinsmayhem.co.uk/

And Me – Narelle Farrugia https://narellefarrugia.com/

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers

Narelle

A Very Versailles Card

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I’ve been a bit quiet on here as I’ve been trying to clean up my craft room. I really only try for about an hour before I discover something I haven’t seen in ages and get sidetracked.

In-between the hour of effort to clean up, I decided to pull out the Very Versailles Stamp Set and get my fussy cutting on. Fussy cutting relaxes me and I enjoy the challenge of snipping around these leaves. The leaves have been given colour with the Smoky Slate and Gorgeous Grape Markers by applying ink directly to the leafy stamp. After huffing on the stamp, I stamped the image on Basic White Cardstock and fussy cut it out.

I then inked up the butterfly and gave it some colour with the Fresh Freesia and Highland Heather Blends. The butterfly also got the fussy cutting treatment.

For the base of the card, I took the Light Soft Sea Foam Blend and added some colour before stamping the script background stamp. The script stamp was inked up with Black Memento Ink. To the edge fo the Basic White Cardstock, I added a torn piece of Gorgeous Grape Cardstock and a strip of Sahara Sand Cardstock. I keep all of my off cut pieces of cardstock for this very reason.

To finish off my card, I took a piece of Mossy Meadow Braided trim and placed it under the sentiment.

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.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #556

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Welcome to another Friday and a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge is for you to:

Slimline cards are really on trend and I am seeing there everywhere. I love a slimline card as it gives me extra space to layers lots of images.

The stamp set I’ve featured on my card is called Sailing Home Stamp Set. The lighthouse image has been stamped in Black Memento Ink and coloured with a combination of Pool Party and Bermuda Bay Blends. The sailing boat image has been given colour with Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and a touch of Pool Party Blends.The compass and anchor images have been given a quick colour with the Light Soft Suede Blend.

To create a soft background for the images, I took a Blending Brush and some Pool Party Ink and blended some ink until I achieved the look I wanted. The sentiment I’ve added to my card is from the Art Gallery Stamp Set.

The girls at Just Add Ink have created awesome slimline cards. Head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created. We would love it if you could play along.

Thanks for stopping by.

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.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Paper Adventures Blog Hop – In the New

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Welcome to my blog!

I’m a little bit excited that I was asked to be the Guest Designer at my crafty friend, Kelly Kent’s, team hop this month. The Paper Adventures Team are showcasing new products in their projects. Lucky there’s a new catalogue out and I have new Stampin’ Up! products on my desk.

If you know my cards, you will know that I love everything floral. The Pansy Patch Stamp Set was one that entered by shopping cart without a second thought.

I’ve kept my card pretty simple to let the pansies and sentiment be the main focus. The pansies have been stamped with three different stamps. The base stamp was stamped off once on scratch paper with Polished Pink Ink. I then changed stamps and stamped the second layer in full strength Polished Pink Ink. This gave the outside of the flower a darker colour.I then stamped the centre of the flower in Black Memento Ink.

The leaves were stamped with two stamps. The first layer was stamped in Evening Evergreen Ink and the more detailed stamp in Black Memento Ink. The leaves were then fussy cut out and layered under the flowers.

The strip of DSP I’ve added to my card is from the Hand-Penned Memories and More Pack. I added some Crumb Cake Bakers Twine from the Bakers Twine Essential Pack and tied a bow. Three Silver Metallic Pearls finished off my card.

The next card maker on the hop is the very lovely and very creative Narelle Simm. I love it when I come across another Narelle, there’s not many of us out there! Click here or on the button below to check out her creativity and to continue along the hop.

Thanks for stopping.

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.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #554

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Welcome to my blog and welcome to a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge is for you to:

This challenge made me pause for more than it should’ve…. In the end I went with green and gold. The green I’ve added to my card is in the flowers I’ve used. I’ve used Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen Inks to stamp the flowers from the Art Gallery Stamp Set. The centre of the flowers have been coloured with the Dark Mango Melody Blend. I fussy cut both of these flowers out and adhered them to a gold die cut from the retired Forever Gold Laser-Cut Specialty Paper.

The DSP I’ve layered in the background also has gold in it. It’s from the Simply Elegant Designer Series Paper pack. I couldn’t stop at just that. I added some Gold Metallic Pearls and some gold bakers twine. So basically my card is gold galore!

The team at Just Add Ink have created wonderful projects that will inspire you. Head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

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