Freshly Made Sketches #617

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Welcome to my first post for 2024! I hope you all had the most wonderful Xmas and Happy New Year. I’m the sketch hostess for our first sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.

Here’s my sketch:

I’ve gone back to my love of flowers for my card. These pretty blooms are from the Irresistible Blooms Stamp Set. I wanted yellow flowers so I’ve used all of my yellow blends to give them life. This stamp set has an ink splatters stamp, so I added random splatters to the background as well as shading with Lemon Lolly Ink and a Blending Brush.

Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what everyone has created with my sketch.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #615

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It’s time for a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch designer is Amy O’Neill. Amy is the creator of gorgeous cards and always with wonderful colour combinations.

All of the leaves and flowers were sitting on my desk having been discarded from other projects, so this card was super easy to throw together. I only had to add the papers. These pretty papers are from the Softly Stippled Designer Series Paper pack. These papers are part of the Sale-A-Bration promotion starting 4th January. They can be yours free when you spend AU$90.

The rose images are from the Stippled Rose Stamp Set and the leaves have been diecut with the Notes of Nature Dies – these products are available in the 2024 Jan-April Mini Catalogue.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created awesome projects using Amy’s sketch. Make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #682

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Welcome to Friday and the newest challenge at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge is a sketch challenge. Take a look at our fab sketch for you to craft along with.

Stripped Rose Stamp Set? Yes pls! I love me a floral stamp set as much as i love colouring them!

I’ve combined this tamp set with the Notes of Nature Stamp Set that I added to the background. It’s a real vintage vibe stamp set, so I went the whole vintage thing for my card.I added diecut strips – one from the Notes of Nature Dies and one from the Gorgeously Made Dies that I had sitting on my desk.

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #615

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It’s new sketch challenge time over at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess is Karren Johnson. As soon as I saw Karren’s awesome sketch, I knew what I wanted to create. Don’t you love it when a sketch inspires you like that?

One of the things I love about Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper is the already coloured and ready to be fussy cut out are the images on their papers.

These little birds have been fussy cut from the Flight and Airy Designer Series Paper pack. This pack is going to be available for free from the 2024 Sale-A-Bration Catalogue when you spend AU$90 or more. The other side of the papers have been used for the strip and circle that i have added to my card.

The background cardstock has been shaded with Balmy Blue Ink and the ink was flicked with the Dark Night of Navy Blend. By flicking ink, i think it softens the background.

I added a sentiment, some tiny pink pearls from the Blooming Pearl pack and adhered everything down.

The team have created awesome cards using this sketch. Make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #614

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Welcome to our newest sketch for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess is our fabulous friend and even more fabulous walker Jennifer Brum. Take a look at her really cool sketch filled with circles!

I saw this sketch and thought who is this Jen and what has overcome her with sooooo many circles? She originally started off as not a fan of circle and this sketch doesn’t have a few circles, it has 100 circles!

I decided to replicate the background (sort of) by taking some circle dies and tracing around the centre of them, They felt a little clean, so I took a Watercolor Pencil and added shading to each of them,

I then stamped up some butterflies from the Night of Flight Stamp Set. These butterflies were coloured with all of my yellow blends an fussy cut out. I then stamped up some leaves from the Gorgeously Made Stamp Set and they were also fussy cut out.

The background got a little ink flicked over the circles and some strips of cardstock were added under the sentiment.

The design team have created awesome cards with her sketch. Make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #680

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It’s Friday so that means we have a new challenge for you to play along with at Just Add Ink. Our challenge for you is to:

When I saw this challenge, I almost pulled out as I don’t have any stamp set or die set that relates to alcohol…. Then I got over myself and thought a bit more creatively and came up with alcohol markers! I have heaps of those!

My background has been created using my Stamping’ Up! Blends, isopropyl alcohol surface cleaner and Vellum Cardstock. I took my Vellum Cardstock, Flirty Flamingo and Berry Burst Blends and added droplets of the isopropyl alcohol to the ink. I moved the ink around with a brush and the background below is the outcome. First time doing this and I really love the effect.

The rose and leaves images I added to the card are from the January-April 2024 Mini Catalogue. This gorgeous stamp set is called the Stippled Rose Stamp Set. I received it recently as a preorder and as you can image, they were one of the first sets I had to have from the new catalogue.

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 #613

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There’s a new sketch to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess is the fabulously talented Kim Singdahlsen.

I loooooove a great sketch like this. So easy to come up with a card when you’ve got a design as a starting point for your card.

I added a textured background, fake watercoloured background and layered oceanic images. I like pairing sets as I get more use out of them if they work really well together. The fish and lure images I’ve added are from the Gone Fishing Stamp Set. I added some coral that has been diecut with the Beauty of the Deep Dies.

The team have created wonderful projects. Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #612

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Welcome to my blog and welcome to the newest sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch designer is the uber talented Linda Callahan..

I really should be creating Christmas cards, but I will try and create some next time. Maybe… The card I designed features pansies in Coastal Cabana and Early Espresso Inks. These pansy images are from the Pansy Patch Stamp Set. An unusual combo? Yeah probably, but i was in the mood for this colour combo.

I’ve added texture to the background with an embossing folder from the Basics 3D Embossing Folders.

Diecut leaves and edgelit die from the Gorgeously Made Dies also feature on my card

The team have created awesome projects. Make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

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 #611

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There’s a new sketch in town! Every Wednesday Freshly Made Sketches brings you a new sketch to play along with. This week our sketch designer is Jen Mitchell – Jen’s card are always elegant and so classy. Make sure you check out her blog and see for yourself.

Someone pointed out to me yesterday that Christmas is only a few weeks ago. I don’t actually believe that just yet but decided I better get myself into gear and make some festive cards.

I chose Christmas trees from the Merriest Trees Stamp Set for my card and kept my card a neutral colour scheme. I embossed the background to give texture to the Basic White Cardstock and added some Silver Threaded Twine.

The team have created awesome projects that will no doubt inspire you. Make sure you head over Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle