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Global Design Project #316

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A weekend at home and I was finally able to catch up with some crafting and even managed to create a card for the latest challenge at Global Design Project.

This weeks challenge is to CASE the Designer, the super talented Stesha Bloodhart! Stesha makes divine cards and as you can see below, the card we are CASEing is really divine.

I don’t mind a bit of roughed up edges for my cards. It creates a bit of a vintage look that I love.

I roughed up the edges of both the Basic White Cardstock and DSP from the Penguin Playmates DSP. I then had to hand cut the circle as I have no idea where my circles dies have hidden themselves – the roughed up edges hide the fact that it’s not a perfect circle. To create a somewhat snowy background, I flicked the Dark Soft Suede Blend on to the cardstock and used a Blending Brush to add to some shading about the cardstock.

I took some Kraft Cardstock and cut two trees with the Majestic Mountain Dies. These dies are my go-to when I want trees for Christmas cards. I then stamped the snowman from the Snow Wonder Stamp Set. I gave the snowman colour with my Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Fresh Freesia Blends.

The sentiment I’ve fussy cut is from the Snow Wonder Stamp Set. This sentiment is one stamp, but I’ve cut it in to two sentiments so that I could layer them separately – I think it creates balance to my layers.

The final thing I added was a Gold Ribbon and Linen Thread detail.

Here’s my card:

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #510

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It’s Wednesday, so that means a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our totally cool sketch has been designed by the fabulously talented and one awesome chick – Jen Mitchell.

The card I’ve created is a Christmas card. The stamp set I have chosen is the Tidings & Trimmings Stamp Set. This stamp set lends itself well to my love of colouring. I’ve coloured one of the stars with the Smoky Slate Blends. The matching die set to the Tidings & Trimmings is called the Christmas Trimmings Dies. The two die cuts have been cut with these dies and the sentiment is from this stamp set also.

The background of my card has been created with a Blending Brush and Pool Party Ink. I then took the Dark Smoky Slate Blend and flicked nib of the blend in the lid to create splatters across the cardstock.

I’ve added Basic Gray Cardstock as a mat beneath the Basic White Cardstock and added a strip across the centre the card. I also added a Vellum Cardstock panel so you can still see the background I created.

A bow made with White Crinkled Seam Binding bow and some Silver Metallic Pearls were added to appease my love of embellishments.

I love all the cards the design team have created, head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #508

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It’s new sketch challenge time at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch designer is the fabulously talented Jacquie Southas.

I’m still on a Christmas card roll. Mainly because they’re my newest stamps sets and I’m enjoying playing with them.

The stamp set I’ve used today is called the Frosted Gingerbread Stamp Set. The bells have been stamped in Soft Succulent, Soft Sea Foam and Evening Evergreen Inks. Each of the bells has been fussy cut out. I added a Basic White Cardstock leaf die cut, cut the with the Artistic Dies, behind them. The leaf die cut has been cut in three different places so that I could layer them behind the bells. The Basic White Cardstock in the background has been coloured with the Light Soft Sea Foam Blend to create a watercolour wash.

The DSP I’ve added to the card is from the Gingerbread & Peppermint Designer Series Paper pack. I then added a piece of Evening Evergreen Cardstock at an angle as a mat behind the main panel.

The sentiment I’ve layered on my card is from the Frosted Gingerbread Stamp Set. This sentiment has been trimmed from the original sentiment.

A Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon bow was added as well as three Basic Rhinestones.

As always the team have created awesome cards to inspire you. Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #576

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It’s Friday, so that means a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week the challenge for us is to:

I think of myself as a lazy stamper, so creating a card with a moveable element tested me…I had to rely on Pinterest on how to make a moving element card as it’s been years since I created anything that moved.

The tutorial I came across was this one from Meg Loven. Instead of a pooch, I chose a yacht from the Sailing Home Stamp Set that moves across the card from behind the lighthouse. I created waves with strips of Basic White Cardstock inked up with the Blending Brush to cover the punch hole. I’m still unsure if I love this so I may end up taking those waves off. The sandy beach was also created with the Blending Brush and Crumb Cake Ink.

The shells are from the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set. These have been coloured with the Crumb Cake and Bermuda Bay Blends. The boat has also been coloured with these two Blends. The lighthouse was given colour with a combination of Smoky Slate and a touch of Bermuda Bay Blends.

To make the yacht move I added some Linen Thread to the tab to use an an anchor point for moving the yacht.

The team have created awesome 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 #506

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There is a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches for you to play along with. This week our sketch has been designed by the wonderfully talented Amy O’Neill. You’re going to love what she has created as much as I do.

I kept my stamping simple for this card in that the sentiment is the only stamping I added. The polar bear has been fussy cut from the Penguin Playmates DSP. I’ve combined him with some die cut trees made with the Majestic Mountain Dies. The strips of DSP I’ve added are also from the Penguin Playmates DSP pack.

To add some interest to the background of my cardstock, I flicked the nib of the Dark Smoky Slate Blend in the lid. I also added some retired snowflakes sequins for a bit of an snow-y type of bling.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #574

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

I created a Christmas card with stars and tiny silhouette stars for the challenge. The sentiment I’ve embossed on my star is from the Tidings & Trimmings Stamp Set. The stars are cut with the matching dies to the stamp set. They’re called the Christmas Trimmings Dies. The papers I’ve combined for my card are from the Peaceful Prints DSP pack.

The team at Just Add Ink have created awesome projects. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #505

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It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. This week was my turn to design the sketch. I’ve resorted to circle as they’re my fav for a card.

I haven’t used this little snowman image from the Snow Wonder Stamp Set. This set comes with this gorgeous little tree too. The tree stamp is actually a lot smaller than the snowman, so I’ve stamped and coloured it twice and layered them together – the join is hidden with the sentiment.

The snowman has been coloured with the Smoky Slate Blends and the Bermuda Bay Blends. The tree was then coloured with the Bermuda Bay Blends to tie the images together.

I added one DSP circle die cut and one Basic White circle die cut. The DSP is from the Peaceful Place Specialty Designer Series Paper pack. I had an off-cut piece of Metallic Mesh Ribbon sitting on my desk, so I added this under a torn piece of Smoky Slate Cardstock and sentiment.

The Basic White Cardstock that I’ve used in the background has been embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder.

The girls at Freshly Made Sketches have created awesome cards with the sketch. Pop over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #504

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Welcome to my blog and a new sketch for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch has been designed by Karren Johnson. Karren’s sketch is as fabulous as her cards!

I was looking for something different to add to this card. I decided to create a mountain scene to fill the space on my mini slimline card.

The mountain images that I have added to my card are from the Mountain Air Stamp Set. I gave them colour with a combination of Crumb Cake and Soft Suede Blends. The mountains have been stamped twice to create the mountain range across the card. The join where the images meet was hidden strategically behind the two tree die cuts.

I felt my background needed a little something, so I took a Blending Brush and Balmy Blue Ink and added a skyline behind the mountains. I then added a strip of DSP, a thin strip of Basic Black Cardstock and some Crumb Cake Cardstock.

I then added two strips of Linen Thread and a knot, a sentiment and two Mossy Meadow Cardstock trees cut with the Majestic Mountain Dies.

The girls at Freshly Made Sketches have created awesome cards. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #309

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I had some craft room time today after I managed to sneak away from helping my husband paint the lounge room. I was ready to finish 5 minutes are we started….

The Global Design Project has a colour challenge this week that is one of my favourite challenges – Basic Black, Whisper White and a colour of our choice.

My colour of choice to add to black and white was Pale Papaya. This colour was chosen because of the pretty DSP that my mum sent me recently. It’s called Expressions Ink Speciality Designer Series Paper. To add some more black to the card, I added a strip of striped DSP from the Beautifully Penned Designer Series Paper pack. This pack can be yours free during Sale-A-Bration when you spend $90.

Once this paper was chosen, I then stamped up the flowers from the Artistically Inked Stamp Set with Pale Papaya Ink and fussy cut them out. Instead of stamped leaves, I used the large floral die cut from Artistic Dies to cut the Basic White Cardstock to serve as my leaves.

The sentiment I’ve added to my card has been embossed on Basic Black Cardstock and then hand cut out. To finish off the card, I added a White Crinkled Seam Binding Bow.

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #572

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We have a new challenge for you to play along with over at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge is an inspiration picture challenge. Take a look at the pic we have for you to create your project.

I took the pink from the flowers, green from the grass and blue from the sky for my card. The stamp set these flowers come from is called Forever & Always. The flowers have been coloured with the Lovely Lipstick Blends. I also added Light Smoky Blend touches to the centre of the flowers.

The leaves, that I have stamped in Old Olive Ink, are the from the Christmas Season Stamp Set. I like mixing stamp sets as I get more use from them. The leaves have been fussy cut out and adhered to the card base with Mini Dimensionals.

The card base was given colour with Balmy Blue Ink and a Blending Brush. I think adding a shaded background softens the base and makes the flowers stand out. A sentiment was added and three Basic Pearls to create a bling-y card. White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon is a great embellished detail to add to any card, because you can never have too many details to look at.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle