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Freshly Made Sketches #586

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We have a new sketch challlenge over at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch has been design by the wonderfully talented Jacquie Southas.

I recently got the Zoo Crew DSP pack. I love the cute little images on all of the papers, so I decided to use two of them on my card. I fussy cut these images out and added them to my card. This DSP is perfect to add straight to your card as they are already coloured and cute as can be.The strip of DSP that was added to my card is also from the Zoo Crew DSP and the little balloons I’ve added have been cut with the Zany Zoo Dies.

The sentiment I’ve added to my card is from the Biggest Wish Stamp Set. I love the size of the sentiments in this stamp set and I know I will use them quite a bit.

Here’s the card I created:

The team have created awesome projects with this weeks sketch, so make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #652

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There’s a new challenge to play along with at Just Add Ink. This week is a sketch challenge. Take a look at the sketch we have for you to play with:

For this card I reached for an oldie, but a goodie stamp set called Artistically Inked. This stamp set has matching dies called Artistic Dies.

I created an ombre panel of cardstock to layer my flowers on. I then layered this over the card base which has been given detail with my Artistic Mix Decorative Masks and ink splatters.

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #585

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Love Wednesday’s as that means a new challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch has been designed by the wonderfully talented Judy Rozema. Take a look at her cool sketch:

For some reason the strips in the sketch had me wanting to use the Seaside Bay Stamp Set and matching Seaside Bay Dies.

I started by stamping a couple of birds from the Seaside Bay Stamp Set and coloured them with my Boho Blue Blends and Light Night of Navy Blends. I then stamped the oyster shell image and lightly coloured it with the Ivory Blend. I then took the Color Lifter and removed quite a bit of the ink.

I then took some Crumb Cake Cardstock and the oyster shell die to cut the shell. I then took a Blending Brush and Crumb Cake Ink and added touches of ink to the edges of the die cut. I took the small shell die and Basic White Cardstock and cut out the shell. I also added touches of Crumb Cake Ink to the edges of this shell.

There are leafy dies in the Seaside Bay Dies, but they are a little smaller than what I wanted for my card, so I took my scissors and created my own.

Once all my fancy fits were done, I layered them all on strips of Boho Blue Cardstock. I took some Linen Thread that I twisted and added to my layers. It felt a bit clean, so I covered up my images with paper, took my Light Night of Navy Blend and flicked ink splatters over the cardstock.

The team have created awesome cards using Judy’s 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 #584

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It’s new sketch challenge time at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess is the wonderfully talented Linda Callahan.

A new catalogue means I have so many choices for sets to use on my cards. The stamp set I’ve inked up for the first time for this card is called the Cheerful Daisies Stamp Set. This set has two stamps for each daisy – one for the outline and one can be inked up to colour the flower. Instead of using the second stamp, I coloured my daisies with my Daffodil Delight Blends. For the centre of the flowers, I took my Light Smoky Slate Blend and added shadows to create depth.

The leaves are also from the Cheerful Daisies Stamp Set. They have been stamped with Garden Green Ink. I stamped the leaf on to Basic White Cardstock and then stamped the leaf again without inking up the stamp. This gave me a lighter shade of green for some of the leaves. All images were fussy cut out.

The team have created awesome cards. Make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches to see what they have created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #650

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There’s a new challenge for you to play along with over at Just Add Ink. This week is the following challenge:

For this challenge I searched for the biggest sentiment I have in my craft room. The dies I’ve used are called the Love For You Dies. I’ve paired them with flowers and leaves from the Cottage Rose Stamp Set. The pretty DSP I’ve added to my card is from the Abigail Rose DSP pack.

The team at Just Add Ink have created awesome projects. Make sure you head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #583

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It’s my turn to be sketch hostess at Freshly Made Sketches this week. As always I’ve left my sketch until the last minute and have come up with the following rushed sketch:

It’s been a while since I made a baby card, so I used this weeks sketch to create one with the Elephant Parade Stamp Set. I love these lil cutie images from the stamp set! I’ve paired them with the Brilliant Rainbow Dies and added balloons for a bit of fun.

Make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what the team have created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #582

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It’s Wednesday, so that means there’s a new sketch to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch designer this week is Karren Johnson. Karren is the Queen of backgrounds and never seems to use the same stamp set twice – her whole house must be full of them!

Take a look at her awesome sketch:

I wanted to ink up the Nested Friends Stamp Set another time before it retires. I used the marker direct to stamp technique for the nest image. I applied Evening Evergreen and Early Espresso ink to the stamp, huffed on it with my breath and stamped it on Basic White Cardstock. I did the same with the branches and then fussy cut all images out.

The birds were stamped in Black Memento Ink and coloured quite quickly with Pool Party and Soft Suede Blends. These little cuties were also fussy cut out.

The circle of DSP I’ve added is from the Abigail Rose DSP pack. I am really going to miss this DSP! I added a sentiment from the Nested Friends Stamp Set and matted it with a torn piece of Coastal Cabana Cardstock.

I was actually going to leave the background all white, but decided it was a little too stark, so I added flicks of my dark Basic Gray Blend and then Pearls to finish it off.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #389

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How pretty is this colours challenge the Global Design Project has this week for us to play along?

This is why I love colour challenges, they make me try combos I would never normally think of!

I started my card off with a masked background, a Blending Brush and Daffodil Delight Ink. The mask I used is from the Artistic Mix Decorative Mask pack.

The flowers and leaves are from the Sending Smiles Stamp Set. I’ve stamped them in a combination of Daffodil Delight and Tahitian Tide Inks. I added Pumpkin Pie Ink centres to all of the flowers. The stamped sentiment is from the Sending Smiles Stamp Set and the die cut sentiment is from the matching Sending Dies.

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #648

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The newest challenge at Just Add Ink is the following:

I have to tell you, I sooked about this challenge as I had no idea what to do with 2 out of 3 of the things that were chosen for us. After I got over myself, I decided to go with all 3!

I have created a watery background alongside a brick wall. Kind of what you see in Greece. I then added a fernery type cluster of leaves amongst my sentiment.

The team have created wonderful cards that will no doubt inspire you. Head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

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Freshly Made Sketches #581

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There’s a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches for you to play along with. This week our sketch hostess is the wonderfully talented Cecile Ribon.

I was going to find a heart die to create the same shape as the sketch, but instead reached for the Chic Dies and created a similar shape with Basic White Cardstock . For the background of the card, I took my Artistic Mix Decorative Masks and shaded the background with Coastal Cabana Ink. I then took my Dark Bermuda Bay Blend and flicked ink over the top.

The pansies i’ve added are from the Pansy Patch Stamp Set. I’ve stamped them up with a combination of Daffodil Delight and Mango Melody Inks. For the centre of the yellow flowers, I’ve added Highland Heather Ink highlights. For the purple flowers, I stamped them with a combination of Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape Inks. For the centre of these flowers, I added Mango Melody Ink highlights.

For the leaves in the background, I stamped up the fern fronds stamp from the Nature’s Prints Stamp Set. These have been inked up with Coastal Cabana Ink.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle