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Nested Friends Card

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I had a busy weekend and only managed a smidge of time in my craft room today. I received my preorder from the Stampin’ Up! January – April 2023 Mini Catalogue and the Nested Friends Stamp Set was the first to receive ink.

I was drawn to this stamp set because of the artwork in the images. The birds and branch are great for colouring. I watercoloured these images and fussy cut them out. The choice of colour for the birds was chosen after I’d picked the DSP I added. The Coastal Cabana piece of DSP is from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue – available to customers to order from 5th January. This pack of DSP is called Dandy Designs. This pack can be yours when you spend $180 or more during Sale-A-Bration time. The ledger type DSP I’ve also added is from the Abigail Rose DSP pack. I also added a circle diecut of Kraft Cardstock to my layers and added torn Kraft Cardstock edges to the ledger DSP.

Here’s what I created:

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #566

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How is it that our last sketch challenge for 2022 at Freshly Made Sketches has come around so quickly? It truly feels like a “blink and you’ll miss it” kind of year!

I’m the sketch hostess for this final challenge for 2022. Take a look at the sketch I designed.

More Christmas I know! This is of course because I’m a slacker and leave everything until the last minute.

I’ve gone with a Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Evening Evergreen and Blushing Bride colour combo.

The pine cone images and leaves are from the Christmas Season Stamp Set. I’ve mentioned it before, I grew up next to a pine plantation, so my childhood was spent collecting pine cones making house out of fallen branches. We also used to “borrow” a Christmas tree from the plantation until it became too annoying (and spider-y) to clean up as the nestles fall off. So pine cones and trees remind me of my childhood.

I’ve added texture to the background by embossing the Basic White Cardstock with the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder and added a Whisper White Seam Binding bow.

Thanks to everyone who has played along with our challenges this year. Hope to see you playing along next year! Make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what the team have created.

hanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #372

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Instead of Christmas present shopping, I played around in my craft room. Crafting is easier than thinking about what to buy people. I played along with a challenge today, the latest challenge at Global Design Project. This week is a CASE Challenge – a CASE of Kayla’s gorgeous card below:

I played around with the leaf image from the Soft Seedlings Stamp Set. The image was stamped with Cajun Craze Ink on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper. I then took my Aqua Painter and Ink and added Crushed Curry Ink around the centre of the leaves. Each leaf was then fussy cut out.

I had a leaf sitting on my desk from the Leaf Label and Amber Gem Combo. I took this leaf and squished it in my hand. I added Soft Suede Ink around the edges of this leaf and added it to my card.

The background was given some stamping and blending with Crumb Cake Ink. I then heat embossed a sentiment from the In The Moment Stamp Set on Black Cardstock.

Three Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels were added for the warm colouring in them.

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #633

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There is a new challenge for you to play along with over at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge is a colour challenge.

I decided to give these colours a try on a Christmas card. I actually like this combo for a festive card and may use it again!

The stamp set I’ve used on my card is called Christmas Season. The pine cones were stamped in Basic Gray Ink. The bottom stamp was inked up and stamped off on scrap paper to lighten the colour and then stamped on cardstock. I then used full strength Basic Gray Ink for the top stamp. The pine cones were then fussy cut out.

Both type of leaves were inked up with Bermuda Bay Ink and stamped on cardstock. I then a Bermuda Bay pencil and added shading to each leaf to add dimension. The berries were stamped in Sweet Sorbet Ink and fussy cut out.

The diecut I added under my sentiment was watercoloured with Bermuda Bay Ink and placed under the diecut sentiment so you could see it better.

I gave the background cardstock shading with a Blending Brush and Bermuda Bay Ink and Bermuda Bay Blend flicks.

The team at Just Add Ink have created awesome cards. Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #565

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The newest sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches has been designed by Karren Johnson. Karren is so very talented and I adore her card making style.

Take a look at her fab sketch:

The card I created features the Christmas Season Stamp Set. This set has great images that I love stamping, fussy cutting and layering on my cards.

The pine cones have been stamped with a combination of Crumb Cake and Soft Suede Inks. The leaves have been stamped with Old Olive Ink and fussy cut out.

I flipped the sketch upside down and added a banner at the top of my card in place of the rectangle that Karren has added to her sketch. I placed a sentiment and a Linen Thread bow to bring it all together.

Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what the team have created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #564

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It’s time for a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch has been designed by the wonderfully talented Cecile Ribon.

I am loving the Peaceful Deer Stamp Set and matching Deer Builder Punch. I stamped my deer in Black Memento Ink and coloured them with a combination of Light and Dark Crumb Cake Blends. I then took my Color Lifter and removed some of the ink around their tummies to create a more realistic look.

The trees I’ve added to my card have been coloured with a combination of Evening Evergreen and Soft Suede Markers directly to the stamp. I then huffed on the trees and stamped them on cardstock. I fussy cut each of these trees out.

The circle diecut was given shading with my Light Pool Party Blend and Light Crumb Cake Blend. This circle diecut was placed on an embossed pice of Basic White Cardstock embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder.

I stamped the sentiment on a piece of Crumb Cake Cardstock and added a Linen Thread bow under the edge of it. To finish off my card I added three Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

The team have created awesome cards using Cecile’s sketch. Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #370

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Love a sketch challenge! I played along with the latest challenge at Global Design Project.

The Fond Of Autumn Stamp Set got a work out on my card today. After colouring the images, I trimmed the acorn/leaf image in half so that I could better layer it around my sentiment. The flower images were then placed around the leaves.

I wanted a die cut sentiment that was the focus on my card, so I reached for the Sending Smiles Bundle.

The background of my card was given colour with Crumb Cake Ink and a Blending Brush. I then created a mask on each side of the blending and flicked the Dark Soft Suede Blends nib against the lid to add splatters.

Here’s the card I created:

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #631

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It’s time for a new challenge over at Just Add Ink. This week is a sketch challenge week. Take a look at the sketch we have for you:

I took a break from Christmas cards and created a card for a bridal shower for a special girl in my family and her fiancé.

I love to colour. This time I got my colouring fix on with the pretty flower images from the Cottage Rose Stamp Set. The flowers have been coloured with my Poppy Parade, Cherry Cobbler and Mango Melody Blends. The leaves were coloured with my Granny Apple Green Blends.

The background cardstock was shaded with Balmy Blue Ink and a Blending Brush. I then took a Decorative Artistic Mix Mask and Balmy Blue Ink. I shaded over the area I had blended with the brush only.

I added some gold ribbon, some Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels and added a sentiment from the Peaceful Moments Stamp Set.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #563

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The sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches is a great one! Take a look at the latest sketch designed by my wonderfully talented friend Jennifer Brum:

The card i created features the Leaves of Holly Stamp Set. Instead of green leaves, my leaves have been stamped in a combination of Crumb Cake and Soft Suede Inks. The berries were stamped in Real Red and Cherry Cobbler Ink. I added Soft Suede Cardstock die cuts made with the Holly Berry Dies. A sentiment, gold ribbon and pearls finished off my card.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #369

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Happy Sunday Everyone!

I have had a great day chatting to crafty friends as well as creating cards for challenges. The challenge I’ve created this card for is the colour challenge at Global Design Project. Their challenge this week is a colour challenge. I really love this combo they have chosen.

I had yet to ink up the Soft Seedlings Stamp Set, so this was rectified for todays card.

I inked up the leaf image with Pumpkin Pie Ink on Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper. I then took an Aqua Painter and moved the Pumpkin Pie Ink to create a weather leaf. I then took some Night of Navy Ink and very lightly added shading to the leaf. Once I was happy with the amount of ink I had applied, I stamped up a second one. Both images were fussy cut out.

I then stamped up the single small leaf in this set and applied the same technique of moving the ink around and adding shading. These were fussy cut out also.

The Basic White Cardstock in the background was shaded with a Blending Brush, an Artistic Mix Decorative Mask and Balmy Blue Ink. To add a little more detail to the background, I took the Dark Night of Navy Blend and flicked splatters to the shaded area.

I like a realistic look to my leaves, so I have crushed the cardstock in places and bunched up parts of the leaves and adhered them to keep their crushed look.

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Cheers

Narelle