Category Archives: By Theme – Children’s Cards

Freshly Made Sketches #622

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Time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. Our fab sketch this week has been designed by the wonderfully talented Jen Mitchell. You’ll love her creations as much as I do.

When i saw this sketch, I reached straight away for the Rhino Ready Stamp Set and matching Rhino Ready Dies. I thought the images and dies I could cut, would create a cute scene for a children’s birthday card.

I added a faux watercoloured background behind the trees and grassy images. I then also added a textured background behind my main panel.

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

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #621

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It’s that time of the week for a new sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess is the wonderfully talented and loviest person Jen Timko.

Take a look at her fab sketch:

I saw those circles and thought the Lighter Than Air Suite would work really well for my card. The balloons have been created with images fussy cut from the Lighter Than Air DSP. I then added diecuts cut with the Hot Air Balloon Dies. The sentiment is from the Hot Air Balloon Stamp Set. I added some little bird images from a set in my retired stash as I wanted to fill the space on the card.

The background was created with a piece of cardstock that I hand cut to resemble cloud shapes. I then took a Blending Brush and Balmy Blue Ink to create the look of clouds.

Here’s my card:

The team have created awesome projects. Make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #429

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Had a few mins to play in my craft room today that wasn’t for design team stuff. The challenge at Global Design Project got me wanting to get craft with their pretty colour challenge.

After tossing up stamp sets, I decided the Hello Ladybug Stamp Set was the set I was going to use. I know ladybugs are these colours, but I reckon it doesn’t really matter that much, does it?

I’ve added tearing, blending and ink splatters to the background and then layered the images over it all.

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #604

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Cecile’s sketch at Freshly Made Sketches is an awesome one! She always designs sketches that creative and I really enjoy the challenge when putting all of my pieces together.

I’ve snuck another leaf on my card than what was on her sketch, but I felt two leaves for two ladybugs worked better for my layout. The leaves, ladybugs and sentiment are all from the Hello Ladybug Stamp Set.

The leaves were already stamped and set aside from another project that I had yet to finish, so they were an easy add to my card. The leaves were stamped in Garden Green Ink and fussy cut out.

The ladybug body was stamped in Highland Heather Ink and the wings have been stamped in Gorgeous Grape Ink. The little flowers I’ve added have been stamped in Fresh Freesia Ink and the centre of them have been coloured with the Dark Fresh Freesia Blend to add depth.

The background of the cardstock has been lightly coloured with the Light Balmy Blue and Light Crumb Cake Blends. I then took the Light Basic Black Blend and flicked ink splatters over the shading.

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

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #586

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We have a new sketch challlenge over at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch has been design by the wonderfully talented Jacquie Southas.

I recently got the Zoo Crew DSP pack. I love the cute little images on all of the papers, so I decided to use two of them on my card. I fussy cut these images out and added them to my card. This DSP is perfect to add straight to your card as they are already coloured and cute as can be.The strip of DSP that was added to my card is also from the Zoo Crew DSP and the little balloons I’ve added have been cut with the Zany Zoo Dies.

The sentiment I’ve added to my card is from the Biggest Wish Stamp Set. I love the size of the sentiments in this stamp set and I know I will use them quite a bit.

Here’s the card I created:

The team have created awesome projects with this weeks sketch, so make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #621

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We have a new challenge for you to play along with at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge is a sketch challenge. Here’s our sketch:

I saw the sketch and instantly thought of hippos! The hippos I’ve used are from the Hippest Hippos Stamp Set. I’ve coloured them with a variety of colours – Pool Party, Pale Papaya and Highland Heather Blends. Each hippo is layered over a circle punch in the same colour they were coloured with.

The circles sit on a Basic White Cardstock base that has been shaded with Pool Party Ink over an Artistic Mix Decorative Mask.

Once I adhered everything down, I felt the card needed a little something extra, so I stamped some leaves and flowers from the Cottage Rose Stamp Set. The leaves were coloured with my Pool Party Blends and the flowers with a combination of Flirty Flamingo and So Saffron Blends. Each of these leaves and flowers were fussy cut out and placed around the hippos.

Three Basic Rhinestone Jewels were added for that bit of bling I like.

The team have created awesome cards with this weeks sketch. Make sure you head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

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Cheers

Narelle

Global Design Project #354 & TGIF Challenge #380

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The weekend is over……but I managed to create a card for two challenges today – the sketch/tag challenge at Global Design Project and the colour challenge at TGIF Challenges.

Here’s my thrown together card. Normally when i have a new-to-me colour challenge, I keep my card mostly white with touches of the challenge colours, but I went against that today and threw all my colours together. I kinda just went with it.

These cute hippos are from the Hippest Hippos Stamp Set. I’ve combined these cuties with trees from the Trees for Sale Stamp Set and die cuts from the Hippo Dies.

When in doubt for a layout, I always start with circle die cuts. I then layered the tag i created over the bright Melon Mambo and Pumpkin Pie circles. I carried over the Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo Cardstock to the umbrella and hearts.

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #535

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Time for a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. As always you will love our sketch. This week our sketch has been designed by the wonderful Amy O’Neill.

I used this sketch to create a happy rainbow card. The rainbow has been cut with the Brilliant Rainbow Dies. I’ve added clouds, also cut with some dies from the Brilliant Rainbow Dies and a die cut sentiment from the Word Wishes Dies.

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

Just Add Ink #564

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

I chose trees and sky for my card. The trees were made with the Majestic Mountain Dies. Bermuda Bay Cardstock was the colour I chose for them. The sky has been created with a Blending Brush and some Pool Party Ink.

I added some kangaroo and butterfly images from the Kangaroo and Company Stamp Set to create a fun scene. I have 3 great nieces so there’s always a birthday coming up. My roos have been coloured with the Crumb Cake Blends and the Light Soft Suede Blend – this one was to give definition in the creases. My butterfly was coloured with the Bermuda Bay Blends.The bouquet of flowers was given a really quick colour with the Highland Heather Blends. I used the Colour Lifter to take away some of the colour in the flowers so that they appear different shades.

After roughing up the edges of the cardstock and bending the top left side of the card, my card was finished.

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

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #560

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

This is such a pretty colour combination that I have never tried before. I decided to create a card for a great niece who is having a birthday. The stamp set I’ve used is called the Kangaroo and Company Stamp Set.

I stamped my images in Black Mento Ink and watercoloured my kangaroos in Gray Granite Ink.I coloured the chest of them with Coastal Cabana Ink. The little flowers have been watercolored with a combination of Blackberry Bliss Ink and Coastal Cabana Inks. The little presents have been given different shades of Blackberry Bliss and Coastal Cabana Ink. I watered down the ink on the presents to give them a lighter shade.

The three squares of Basic White Cardstock have been embossed with the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder. To finish off the card, I added one clear Elegant Faceted Gem.

The team at Just Add Ink have created gorgeous cards with this colour challenge. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle