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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

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

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

Freshly Made Sketches #609

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Welcome to my blog and another new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch designer is the super talented Judy Rozema.

My card started off with these stamped flowers from the Two Tone Flora Stamp Set. I had them sitting on my desk left over from another project, so I can’t even remember what colours I used for them.

Also sitting on my desk were the pre-cut leaves from the Textured Floral Dies. These have been cut with Pool Party Cardstock. I placed these flowers and leaves over a piece of cardstock that has been shaded with Pool Party Ink and a Blending Brush. I flicked ink over the background with the Dark Night of Navy Blend before I stuck down my flowers and leaves.

The designer series paper I added in the background and strips are from the Countryside Inn DSP pack. I then added a thank you sentiment and a single pearl for a bit of blingyness.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #608

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It’s Wednesday, so that means it’s time for a new challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our fabulously talented sketch designer is Jacquie Southas.

The card I created features a cute lil elephant from the Little Dreamers Stamp Set. I’ve added Gold Foil diecuts created with the matching Little Dreamers Dies.

The banners were hand cut and embossed with an embossing folder from the Basics 3D Embossing Folders. They been cut in a combination of Smoky Slate, Pool Party and Pretty Peacock Yardsticks.

I added some Linen Thread and a shaded/ink flicked background and my card was done!

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #415

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A weekend at home means I got to craft on both Saturday and Sunday!. The challenge I’ve created my card for is the theme challenge at Global Design Project. This week their theme challenge is Pattern.

I took out one of my masks from the Artistic Mix Decorative Masks and thought I’d try a two toned effect with the shading. The first layer I shaded was Fresh Freesia Ink. I then too my Highland Heather Ink and added touches to the top of each mosaic shape. It took longer than expected….but I liked the effect in the end.

I diecut some leaves from the Textured Floral Dies and diecut two banners from the Nested Essentials Dies. The largest one was cut with Berry Burst Cardstock. To bring more Berry Burst into the card, I matted this decorated piece of cardstock with it.

As I wanted to create a birthday card for a little girl, I took the lion image from the Little Dreamers Stamp Set and coloured it with my Crumb Cake Blends and the star with Berry Burst Blends.

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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.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle