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Just Add Ink #598

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It’s time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week is a colour challenge. Take a look at the fab colours we have for you to create with:

As soon as I saw these colours I thought they would work really well for a masculine card. The stamp set I’ve used is called Clubhouse Stamp Set. This set is retired but it will be one I hold on to for those golfers in my life. I watercoloured my image with the three colours from the challenge.

I didn’t stop there. I stamped up some trees from the Mountain Air Stamp Set in Sahara Sand Ink and fussy cut them out. I also shaded the background cardstock with Misty Moonlight Ink and a Blending Brush. To add to the background, I stamped some bird images which are also found in the Mountain Air Stamp Set.

The die cuts I’ve used are from the Tasteful Labels Dies and the circle is cut with my Circle Dies. I added some Linen Thread and a birthday sentiment.

The team have created wonderful and all very different cards for this challenge. Head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #530

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Want a sketch challenge to play along with? There’s a new sketch over Freshly Made Sketches for you to try. This week our sketch has been designed by the wonderfully talented Jen Mitchell.

This card started out as an Easter card but I decided to leave off the Easter greeting and convert it to a baby card. I don’t give many Easter cards and am always in need of a baby card.

The stamp set this cute bunny is from is called Easter Friends. The bunny is coloured with the Crumb Cake and Soft Suede Blends. I paired the bunny with flowers and dies cuts from the Artistically Inked Bundle.

To keep with the woodsy feel, I added some woodgrain paper from Heart & Home Designer Series Paper pack. This was then layered on some Pool Party Cardstock and the card base is Smoky Slate.

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

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #597

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We have a new challenge for you to play along with over at Just Add Ink. This is our challenge is:

The two I’ve chpsen from the challenge is flowers and paper.

The flowers and bird image are from the Friendly Hello Stamp Set. The colours of the flowers were chosen to match the designer series paper I chose. This DSP is from the Friendly Hello DSP pack. Both of these products were available during the Sale-A-Bration period. I’ve added die cuts with the Tasteful Labels Dies. The circle die was crimped with my retired crimping tool.

Here’s my card:

The team at Just Add Ink have created wonderful cards for this weeks challenge. Head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #529

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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 Jennifer Timko. Take a look at her fab sketch:

I can’t tell you how much I love the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set. You probably know how much with how many times I’ve used it!

The shells I’ve added to my card have been lightly coloured with the Pool Party, Bermuda Bay and Crumb Cake Blends. The leafy vines have been stamped in Bermuda Bay Ink and fussy cut out.

The cardstock colours I’ve used are Pool Party and Crumb Cake. I love these combo of colours for oceanic card. I took some Crumb Cake Twine and tied a knot and adhered over the Crumb Cake Cardstock strips of card i layered to the Whisper White Cardstock. I’ve torn some Crumb Cake Cardstock and added to each side of a Whisper White Cardstock panel that was shaded some with Pool Party Ink and a Blending Brush.

We would love it if you could play along. Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and take a look at the wonderful inspiration our design team have created for you.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #336

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This weeks challenge at the Global Design Project is to CASE the Designer. The designer is the amazing Angela Meiritz-Reid. If you don’t know Angela, she is super talented and an awesome chick who gets my Aussie sense of humour.

Take a look at her gorgeous card the design team is CASEing

The stamp set I used for my card is the Dressed To Impress Stamp Set. Like Angela’s card, I added some background stamping in black on the Whisper White Cardstock. I cut a circle die cut with my circle dies and layered my images on them.

The images have been coloured with a variety of blends – Pool Party, Lovely Lipstick, Basic Black and Smoky Slate.

Angela is a lover of the silver twine from the Simply Elegant Trim pack, so I HAD to add it to my card. Three Rhinestone Jewels were also added because it has to be an odd number on any card.

Here’s my take on her card:

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Cheers

Narelle

The Paper Player #584

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The Paper Players has a fab sketch, designed by LeAnne, to play along with as this weeks challenge. The Paper Players Challenge was one of the first I played along with when I started entering challenges. They have great challenges and an awesome design team.

Here’s their sketch:

I love the balance of sketches like these. They’re really easy to create with as all the work with done with design.

I decided to use the Easter Friends Stamp Set to create an Easter card for a friend. These cute little images were made for colour and fussy cutting. I did both with all of my yellow blends thrown at them and cut them out.

I embossed the three panels of Whisper White Cardstock behind these images with the Gingham Embossing Folder. To add a lit bit of foliage to the scene, I added a tree die cut from the Majestic Mountain Dies that was laying on my desk.

I then created 3 eggs with some Gold Foil and Crushed Curry Cardstock. These eggs were punched with a retired balloon punch that I trimmed the tip to make an oval shape like an egg. I then hand cut strips of foil and cardstock to make them a bit fancy.

Here’s the card I created:

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #528

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Been ages since I’ve created for Freshly Made Sketches and I have to say I have missed it! I have been hanging to get back it in crafting and my fussy cutting. My fussy cutting skills got a work out with this card to test if I could still do it after my injury. Pleased to say I’m back on the scissors with a vengeance!

This week our sketch has been designed by the ultra talented Jacquie Southas!

The stamp I’ve used on my card is perfect for my scissor-work. This set is called Friendly Hello and has a wonderful mix of images to colour. I’ve given the bird some colour with my Pool Party and Bermuda Bay bends. The flowers I’ve added have been coloured with the Fresh Freesia and Smoky Slate Blends. The Smoky Slate was added around the centre of the flower to give it depth.

The leaves I’ve added were stamped in Bermuda Bay Ink. These leaves were fussy cut out and layered behind my bird image. I’ve also stamped up some little leaf-y stems in Gorgeous Grape Ink and fussy cut them out.

To add some interest to the background of the Thick Whisper White Cardstock, I shaded the cardstock with some Pool Party Ink and the ink splatters stamp from the Friendly Hello Stamp Set.

All of the images were layered on three strips of DSP and adhered to the cardstock base.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #334

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It’s been ages since I’ve posted! I’ve been out of action due to an injury but am keen to get back in to crafting.

I decided to get back on the tools by joining in the latest challenge at Global Design Project Challenge. This week they have a sketch challenge. Sketch challenges are my favourite as they give me the perfect starting point to creating a card.

Here’s their fab sketch:

I had one of the Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration stamp sets sitting on my desk called Friendly Hello. I’ve lightly coloured the bird and floral image with my Smoky Slate and Fresh Freesia Blends. I took a leaf diecut that was sitting on my desk and cut it in half and layered this under my image. The leaf was cut with the Tropical Layers Dies. My collage and image were layered directly on to designer series paper. Both pieces of designer series paper I’ve added to my card are from the Heart & Home Designer Series Paper pack.

The sentiment I’ve used on my card is also from the Friendly Hello Stamp Set. I hand cut this sentiment out and layered it over the images and diecut. After all of this was stuck down I decided to add some Silver Twine from the Simply Elegant Trim pack and also three Basic Rhinestones.

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #586

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Welcome to my first blog post for 2022 and the first challenge for Just Add Ink for 2022. We have a fun challenge for you and it’s a blog hop. Our team have created projects for this hop using the following theme:

When I saw this challenge, I knew I wanted to create a card with a combination of colours from the inspiration picture.

This card started with the DSP that I chose for my card as it had a lot the colours from the pic. This DSP is from the Friendly Hello Designer Series Paper pack – which is part of a Sale-A-Bration incentive with the Friendly Hello Bundle. This bundle can be yours free when you spend $180 during the SAB period.

The stamp set these cut little images are from is called the Easter Friends Stamp Set. I’ve given them colour with a combination of all my yellow blends. You can’t get more summer-y than these yellow cuties.

Once I started layering all my elements together, I felt my card was a little plain, so I gave the Basic White Cardstock some Pool Party Ink shading and cut a Garden Green Cardstock tree diecut with the Majestic Mountain Dies.

A strip of ribbon from the 1/8″ Cotton Ribbon Pack. I knotted the ribbon and one end and tucked under the side of the cardstock. I then adhered the right side with glue dots.

Three little Polished Dots placed around the card finished it off.

Click here or on the button below to take you to the next person on the hop, my creative crafty friend Chantell!

We would love it if you could play along with our summer-y challenge. Once you complete hopping around, make sure you head over to Just Add Ink and link up a project.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #585

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It’s Friday, so that means a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This is the final challenge at Just Add Ink before our Christmas break. This week our challenge for you is to:

I’ve made little gifts for Christmas day and to give to friends. Inside the Christmas packaging is an individual chocolate – you can’t go wrong with chocolates, can you?

I’ve used a combination of current and retired products for my chockies. I’ve also combined non traditional colours for all three designs – I really love non traditional colours.

Here are my projects:

The girls at Just Add Ink have created wonderful projects that will no doubt inspire you, so head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle