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Just Add Ink #621

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

I saw the sketch and instantly thought of hippos! The hippos I’ve used are from the Hippest Hippos Stamp Set. I’ve coloured them with a variety of colours – Pool Party, Pale Papaya and Highland Heather Blends. Each hippo is layered over a circle punch in the same colour they were coloured with.

The circles sit on a Basic White Cardstock base that has been shaded with Pool Party Ink over an Artistic Mix Decorative Mask.

Once I adhered everything down, I felt the card needed a little something extra, so I stamped some leaves and flowers from the Cottage Rose Stamp Set. The leaves were coloured with my Pool Party Blends and the flowers with a combination of Flirty Flamingo and So Saffron Blends. Each of these leaves and flowers were fussy cut out and placed around the hippos.

Three Basic Rhinestone Jewels were added for that bit of bling I like.

The team have created awesome cards with this weeks sketch. Make sure you head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #354 & TGIF Challenge #380

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The weekend is over……but I managed to create a card for two challenges today – the sketch/tag challenge at Global Design Project and the colour challenge at TGIF Challenges.

Here’s my thrown together card. Normally when i have a new-to-me colour challenge, I keep my card mostly white with touches of the challenge colours, but I went against that today and threw all my colours together. I kinda just went with it.

These cute hippos are from the Hippest Hippos Stamp Set. I’ve combined these cuties with trees from the Trees for Sale Stamp Set and die cuts from the Hippo Dies.

When in doubt for a layout, I always start with circle die cuts. I then layered the tag i created over the bright Melon Mambo and Pumpkin Pie circles. I carried over the Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo Cardstock to the umbrella and hearts.

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #545

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Are you ready for a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches? I am, because it’s my turn to be sketch hostess! I’ve created the following sketch for you as the starting point to your creations.

As usual when I design a sketch I have absolutely no idea what I’m going to create. After playing around with the Jingle Jingle Jingle Stamp Set for about an hour, I gave up on it and went with these cute-as hippos from the Hippest Hippos Stamp Set. The even come with matching dies, called Hippos Dies, and can be yours during Sale-A-Bration when you spend $180 (AU)!

The first hippo has been coloured with the Pale Papaya Blends and the tummy and snout lightly watercoloured with Smoky Slate Ink. The second hippo has been coloured with my Smoky Slate Blends, Polished Pink Blends and watercoloured tummy and snout. The third hippo has been coloured with the Pool Party Blends and watercoloured tummy and snout.

The boat, waves, grass and flowers were all die cut with dies from the Hippo Dies. There are so many cool dies in this set that you can use – they seriously are incredibly versatile and cute as can be!

The designer series paper in the background was added because it pairs with the pink in the tutu of the hippo. This DSP is from the Wonderful World Designer Series Paper Pack. This pack is part of the Wonderful World Bundle (comprising of DSP & Wonderful World Stamp Set)- also available during Sale-A-Bration when you spend $180 (AU).

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle