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Freshly Made Sketches #516

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We have a new challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches for you to play along with. This week is our last challenge before Christmas, so the perfect opportunity for you to get those last minute cards designed and sent out. This week it’s my turn to design the sketch – here’s the sketch I created for the challenge:

I recently purchased the Brilliant Rainbow Dies. These dies will be available in January-June 2022 Mini Catalogue. I created the rainbow with Vellum Cardstock. The clouds, also from the Brilliant Rainbow Dies, have been strategically placed to hide the Glue Dots I stuck the vellum down with.

The lighthouse, from the Sailing Home Stamp Set also hides the Glue Dots. The lighthouse has been coloured with my Cherry Cobbler Blends and quite a bit of Colour Lifter usage as well.

The Basic White Cardstock circle has been embossed with the Hive 3D Embossing Folder – another goodie available from the new Mini Catalogue.

I had almost adhered everything down when I decided to lift it all and add some Pool Party Ink to the background with the Blending Brush – just to give it some colour.

The team have created awesome cards with my sketch. Make sure you pop over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #584

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It’s time for a new challenge over at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge for you is to:

I’ve decorated an Acetate Card Box for my project. The acetate box is perfect to decorate and add a gift card and chocolates for a loved one.

For the inside of the box, I added a sheet of Vellum Cardstock to the front so that you can’t see the gift card and chocolates through the box.

I added a piece of Kraft Cardstock around the edge of the box. This piece wasn’t measured it was just folded around from the front to the back.

On this cardstock I added a doily from the Heart & Home Doilies and two diecut leaves, cut with the Artistic Dies. The doilies will be available in the January – June 2022 Mini Catalogue.

Over this I layered a piece of White Frayed Ribbon- also available from the Mini Catalogue. Some bakers twine was wrapped about the box and tied in a bow.

The sentiment was stamped on Basic White Cardstock and cut with a die from the Tasteful Labels Dies set.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #515

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There is a new sketch challenge to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch designer is the fabulously talented Karren Johnson. Karren’s sketch is as cool as the backgrounds she creates!

This card started with choosing a stamp set. It’s been ages since I’ve used the Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set. I then chose the DSP. The strip of DSP is from the Blackberry Beauty Specialty Designer Series Paper pack. The remainder of my colours were chosen to compliment the Blackberry Bliss in the paper.

The poinsettias were given colour with the Blackberry Bliss Blends. I took the Colour Lifter and diluted a lot of the ink so the colour wasn’t as solid. Both of these flowers were then fussy cut out.

The leaves were given colour with the Soft Succulent Blends. Again I used the Colour Lifter to lighten the colour. The leaves were also fussy cut out. The little branches of nuts were stamped in Black Memento Ink and coloured with Soft Suede Ink.

The Basic White Cardstock in the background was embossed with the Gingham Embossing Folder. I love the texture this folder gives the cardstock. This embossing folder will be available for customers to order from the January-June 2022 Mini Catalogue.

I matted this piece of cardstock with Blackberry Bliss Cardstock. I took an off cut piece of Kraft Cardstock that was sitting on my desk and added this under the DSP. Three Champagne Basic Rhinestone Jewels were then added for that bit of glitziness that I love.

Our team have created wonderful cards. Make sure you pop over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #582

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It’s time for a new challenge over at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge is an inspiration picture challenge. Take a look at the gorgeous pic that you can choose colours, elements or images from:

I decided to throw a little bit of everything in from the inspiration pic. The Christmas tree (cut with the Majestic Mountain Dies), the plaid pattern (the deer is cut from the retired Peaceful Prints DSP), hessian (retired Braided Linen Trim) and a chalkboard (embossed white sentiment on Basic Black Cardstock).

Here’s my card:

The girls at Just Add Ink have created wonderful cards. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #513

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Welcome to my blog and another sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch designer is our uber talented cardmaker and mountain walker Jen Brum!

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve inked up the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set. You all know how much I love it, but I’ve been playing with new products and also completing some Christmas cards.

My shells have been coloured with a combination of Bermuda Bay and Rich Razzleberry Blends. I then chose my DSP and cardstock to match these colours.

The background was given Pool Party Ink with the Blending Brush and then stamped with the ink splatters stamp from the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set.

Here’s my card:

The team have created awesome cards that will no doubt inspire you. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #512

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There’s a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches for you to play along with. This week our sketch has been designed by the super talented Kim Singdahlsen.

The inspiration and starting point for this card came from the tree that Kim added to the sketch. Straight away I decided the tree die cut made with the Majestic Mountain Dies would work well. Initially I was thinking that I would make a Christmas card but decided to change it up and go with a baby card instead.

I haven’t made a baby card in ages, so I took out the Count On Me Stamp Set and coloured up this very cute bear image with Crumb Cake Blends. My Color Lifter got a real workout so that my bear ended up with a watercoloured look. The heart was coloured with the Bermuda Bay Blends. Again the heart got a workout with the Color Lifter.

Looking for DSP with matching tones to my tree and heart, I found these pieces of DSP from the Penguin Playmates DSP pack. This DSP was available for a short time during Sale-A-Bration, but is now retired. I matted both pieces with Soft Succulent Cardstock.

I added a White Crinkled Seam Binding ow and three Elegant Faceted Gems to the Basic White Cardstock. I also added some Sahara Sand Ink shading to the background with the Blending Brush.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created wonderful cards with this weeks sketch. Make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Blessings Of Home Card – part II

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This is the second card I made today while I had the Blessings of Home Stamp Set open on my desk. My previous card featured a cluster of flowers and leaves. This image I’ve used is the smaller one in the set. The flowers have been coloured with Fresh Freesia and Rich Razzleberry Blends. As with my other card, I took the Dark Smoky Slate Blend and added shading to the centre of the flowers and leaves. The leaves were mainly coloured with my Pool Party Blends.

The image has a matching die so that you don’t have to fussy cut it out. I’ve also paired the image with some leafy die cuts from the Flowers of Home Dies in Pool Party.

My card base is Pool Party and on this, I layered a piece of Basic White Cardstock and the oh-so-pretty DSP from the Heart and Home DSP pack – both of these layers have roughed up edges.

At the moment, I’m addicted to Kraft Cardstock, so I added a panel of this and roughed up the edges. I then layered a circle die cut and on this, I placed my sentiment, collection of flowers and leaves and a torn piece of Fresh Freesia Cardstock. Every piece of cardstock, no matter how thin, is kept for this very reason.

The three little black gems are also new to me. These are called Classic Matte Dots and will be available along with all the products from the Heart & Home Suite in January.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Flowers of Home Card

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I’ve had a weekend away and have come home to ink up my new stamp set called the Blessings of Home Stamp Set. This set is part of the Home Project Suite that comes with coordinating dies called the Flowers of Home Dies. These products will be available in the January 2022 Mini Catalogue.

The gorgeous woodgrain DSP I’ve added to my card is from the Heart and Home Designer Series Paper pack. This paper pack is part of the Home Project Suite, also available in January 2022.

The flowers have been given colour with a combination of Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Pale Papaya Blends. I then took the Dark Smoky Slate Blend and added depth to the centre of each flower. The leaves also had a bit of Smoky Slate Blend treatment.

Once I was happy with the amount of colour of wanted for the blooms, I took the matching die to the image and cut it out. I cut the image in half and layered it around my sentiment. The sentiment has been cut with a label die from the Tasteful Label Dies. These dies also cut the banner and circle die cuts I added to my card.

A Linen Thread bow finished off my card.

Here’s my card:

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #580

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We have a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge is a colour challenge. Take a look at the pretty colours we have you for:

I wanted to challenge myself with these colours and use the Dressed To Impress Stamp Set with these rich colours.

My card started with the pretty Evening Evergreen and gold DSP from the Expressions In Ink DSP pack. I then took some Shimmery White Cardstock and watercoloured the background with a light touch of Soft Sea Foam Ink. I cut two circle punches for my images to be layered on.

The images from the Dressed To Impress Stamp Set have been watercoloured with a combination of Blushing Bride and Evening Evergreen Inks. I then added touches of gold with some gold leaves, gold pearls and gold twine. The fussy sentiment finished off my card.

The team at Just Add Ink have created gorgeous inspiration for you. Head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #511

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There’s a new sketch to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch has been designed by the wonderfully talented Linda Callahan.

Take a look a her fabulous sketch:

I had these pinecones already stamped laying on my desk. Love using up discarded images from other projects. However, using up these two pinecones, didn’t make a dent in the amount of stuff that is waiting to be used up! These leaf and pinecone images are from the Christmas Season Stamp Set. The pinecones are stamped in Soft Suede and Sahara Sand Inks. The leaves have been stamped in Evening Evergreen Ink.

The texture that I’ve given my Sahara Sand Cardstock is from the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder. I wanted a detailed background beneath the images. I created this by taking my Light Pale Papaya Blend and added colour to the cardstock. I then decided I wanted some matching ribbon. I didn’t have one on hand, so I took the same blend and White Crinkled Seam Binding and gave it colour.

To tie in more of the Pale Papaya, I added a torn offcut of Pale Papaya Cardstock under the sentiment. I then added three Basic Rhinestones for the bling I wanted for my Christmas card.

Here’s my card

The girls at Freshly Made Sketches have created wonderful cards using this sketch. Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle