Category Archives: By Stamp Set – Christmas Season

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

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