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Freshly Made Sketches #710

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It’s Wednesday, so that means a new sketch challenge to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch designer this weeks is none other than Linda Callahan who is the creator of wonderful cards with awesome details and designs.

I have again reached for the Sunrise Sailing Stamp Set and matching Sunrise Sailing Dies as I thought they’d work really well with the sketch Linda had created. I added some watercoloured torn waves and stamped birds to the scene to add a fullness I like to my masculine cards.

The team have created fab cards using Linda’s sketch. Make sure you pop over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #772

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We have a new challenge over at Just Add Ink for you to play along with. This week is a colour challenge. These colours lend to a Halloween card, but I decided to go against that and go with a floral card instead.

I created my card using the flowers from the Gallery Blooms Stamp Set. I colours my leaves and flowers with a combination of blends and fussy cut the images out. I then stamped the background with an image from the Lovely Florals Stamp Set to add a bit of interest to the background. I then flicked some ink also for a bit of something to the background.

When I have a lot of colours that I am unsure how to combine, I always keep a lot of white space and add small touches of the challenge colours so they don’t become too overwhelming.

The team at Just Add Ink have created wonderful projects that will inspire you, so make sure you head over to the challenge and see what the team have created.

Thanks for stopping by

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #709

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We have a new sketch for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess is Jen Mitchell. Jen is a creator of all things elegant with clean lines.

Take a look at her fab sketch.

I need a man card so I thought it was time to bring out the Sunrise Sailing Stamp Set and matching Sunrise Sailing Dies. I created a bit of an oceanic sailing boat scene and added some Irregular Weave Trim and adhered it down with Glue Dots.

The team have created awesome projects that will inspire you. Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what the team have created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #771

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Thanks for joining us here at Just Add Ink! We’re so excited to share with you the first challenge of our new format and hope you’ll embrace the changes and have a ton of fun creating.

For challenge #771 we have expanded our regular Choose Two to now be Choose Two or More! You can use as many of the listed options as you like to feature on your projects, as long as it’s at least two, and don’t forget to tell us in your post which ones you chose. You’ll also have more time to create as we’ve moved from a weekly to bi-weekly (every two weeks) challenge!

I’ve chosen Plants, Pretties and Plaid for my Two or More for this challenge. The images I’ve stamped, watercoloured and fussy cut are from the Gallery Blooms Stamp Set. I then added some diecut leaves from the Charming Day Dies for a dramatic effect under the images as I felt them lacking just by themselves against the DSP.

The team at Just Add Ink have created awesome projects for this challenge, so make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #707

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Welcome to the newest sketch challenge we have for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch designer is the wonderfully talented Judy Rozema

I have flipped Judy’s sketch to fit the dino theme i created. I have come up with this card for a special great niece whose 3rd birthday is coming up as she is addicted to dinosaurs at the moment. I have coloured up images from the Darling Dinos Stamp Set from Stampin’ Up! and added some trees from a retired set that I can’t quite remember the name of atm… Hope she likes it as I had fun creating it for her.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #706

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It’s time for the latest sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. Take a look at the sketch we have for you to play along with.

I used my Notes and Totes Dies for this card as well the the palm tree dies from the Beach Day Dies because it fit with the beachy theme I was going for with the lotion, sunnies and shell diecuts.

Make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they team have creatd.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #770

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Welcome to Friday and the newest challenge at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge for you is a colour challenge. Take a look at the pretty colour combo we have for you to play along with:

Of course I went with flowers as they were the easy choice. A I couldn’t use green, I kept the leaves white. These leaves were diecut with leaf dies from the A Charming Dies. The flower images were stamped from the Gallery Blooms Stamp Set and coloured with all three challenge colours and fussy cut out. I layered them amongst the leaves and added a sentiment. To add some texture, I embossed some rectangle pieces of cardstock and raised them up on Dimensionals.

The team have created wonderful cards to inspire you. Make sure you head over to Just Add Ink and see what they team have come up with.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #705

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It’s time for the newest sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches and I’m the sketch hostess this week. Take a look at the sketch I’ve designed this week for you:

As usual I had no plan for a card for this sketch as I came up with it last minute…so my card was thrown together.

I’ve used the A Charming Day Stamp Set and matching Dies for my card and layered them over some retired Designer Series Paper.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created have created awesome cards that make my sketch look good, so make sure yo head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #766

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It’s Friday, so that means a new challenge at Just Add Ink. Our challenge for you is to:

I’m not gonna lie, I don’t do one layer easy…I’ve added stamping to my with the Gallery Blooms Stamp Set. I added background stamping with the Elements of Text Stamp using a masking technique. I then added some shading around the flowers to make them pop.

‘The team at Just Add Ink have created awesome cards that will no doubt inspire you, so make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #701

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Welcome to the newest challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess is Jen Brum. Gee I love her sketch as much as I love her!

I instantly thought of a line up of tools when i saw her sketch, so I brought out the Trusty Tools Stamp Set and gave the images some colour and fussy cut them out. I initially layered them to the Basic White Cardstock background and thought it looked a little bland, so I took out the Trusty Tools Dies and diecut the background with the tool plate type die and added some holes to the cardstock. I then flicked some ink over the cardstock as well to dirty it up. From the dies, I then diecut some screws and added them to the mix. Some retired thread was added, just because I could – details are always hard to add for masculine cards.

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

thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle