Category Archives: By Theme – Christmas Cards

Just Add Ink #776

Posted on by
Reply

Hey Everyone

Welcome to the last challenge at Just Add Ink for 2025. This challenge is perfect for those who are wanting to finish off those last minute Christmas cards.

I had thought about including all of the elements of the challenge for my card, but I got too lazy and only ended up adding three of them – trees, stripes and twine.

I’ve added trees stamped from the Ornamental Christmas Stamp Set and paper from the matching Modern Christmas Designer Series Paper pack. I then added a double bow made with the Black and White and Gold Bakers Twine. This was tucked under the layers and adhered with a glue dot.

The team have created wonderful inspo for you, so make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created. We’d love for you to play along with us.

Wishing you all a safe festive season – see you again in 2026!

Thanks for stopping by

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #714

Posted on by

Hey Everyone

It’s Wednesday so that means a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our designer is Cecile Ribon. Cecile’s sketches are always awesome as are her stunning cards.

I literally went with a Christmas bauble for my card as I still haven’t created enough Christmas cards for my fam and I’m running out of time before the day arrives.

I used the Ornamental Christmas Dies to create a Christmas bauble and star diecuts. I then fussy cut a few Christmas trees from the Modern Christmas Designer Series Paper and placed them around the bauble. I added a bow made from the Black and White and Gold Twine and tucked it under the trees.

I added some shading under the layers as I felt the white space was a bit too stark. A sentiment from the Ornamental Christmas Stamp Set finished off my card.

As always the team at Freshly Made Sketches have created wonderful projects, so make sure you check our their creations.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #774

Posted on by

Hey Everyone

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

I only went with dies as I was a bit too lazy to think of stencilling….but I did go overboard on die cutting!

I created gift boxes using the Jolly Delivery Dies. I used Basic White Cardstock and then randomly stamped them with stars from the Ornamental Christmas Stamp Set. I then took the Light Basic Black Blend and flicked ink on them to give them extra detail.

Once assembled, I layered gold foil leafy diecuts made with Charming Day Dies and then added some extra Basic Black leafy ones also. So the box still opens, I only adhered the leaves diecuts to the top half of the box so that it doesn’t interfere when opening.

Fussy baubles were added from the Modern Christmas Designer Series Paper as well as some Black and White and Gold Bakers Twine. I found an old sentiment that worked best to fit across the box and adhered it all down.

The team at Just Add Ink have created all sorts of gorgeousness, so make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #731

Posted on by

Hey Everyone

It’s Friday so that means a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge for you is an inspiration pic challenge. Have a look at all the Christmasy goodness in it:

I took the colours from pic for my card and created a festive card. The products I used are from the Hang An Ornament Bundle. I’ve used both the stamp set and the dies. I then trimmed the holly and candy cane images from the Sentimental Christmas DSP pack.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #655

Posted on by

Hey Everyone

It’s Wednesday, so that means a new challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our challenge for you is to create a card using this fab sketch designed by the super talented Kim Singdahlsen.

I love a leafy Xmas card! I’ve used the Regal Distressed Patterns Specialty Designer Series Paper for the strips in the background. I then layered diecuts from the Golden Greenery Dies. I used Pretty Peacock and Basic White Cardstock for my leafy colour. I then wanted to add a statement sentiment. This was created with the Wanted To Say Dies in Pretty Peacock and Basic White Cardstocks also.

Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what the Freshly Made Sketches team have created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #727

Posted on by

Hey Everyone

Ready for a new challenge at Just Add Ink? I am! This week our challenge is a sketch challenge:

I used this weeks sketch to create a festive card for my stash. I’ve inked up the Peaceful Evergreens Stamp Set and stamped the trees in Garden Green and Wild Wheat Inks. I love how Wild Wheat looks liike gold. Because of the goldish tones of the ink, I added a strip of DSP from the Season of Green and Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper pack.

To the cluster of trees, I added a reindeer that has been coloured with my blends. This reindeer is from the Reindeer Fun Stamp Set.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #660

Posted on by

Hey Everyone

Newest sketch at Freshly Made Sketches is here for you to play along with. This week Judy Rozema is our sketch hostess. Take a look at her fabulous creations on her blog by clicking here:

I coloured up some bird images from the Winterly Tree Tops Stamp Set and layered them over an oval diecut made with Country Woods DSP. I then stamped up some leaves from the Golden Greenery Stamp Set and fussy cut them out. I added some discarded diecuts leaves, made with the Golden Greenery Dies, just because I had them sitting there and they worked well with the colour combo I was going for.

The team have created wonderful cards that will inspire you, so make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #657

Posted on by

Hey Everyone

You ready for a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches?

This week our sketch hostess is Karren Johnson – a neighbour of mine from across the water. Karren’s sketch is just fab and so easy to create a project with.

i put my Golden Greenery Bundle to work on this card. But it also features the pretty Season of Green and Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #721

Posted on by

Hey Everyone

It’s Friday, so that means 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. I just love the colours in these pics.

I’ve combined a couple of stamp sets here – the Sentimental Wishes Stamp Set and the retired Notes of Nature Stamp Set. The Notes of Nature stamps gave me the typed background that were in some of the photos.

I then stamped the images from the Sentimental Wishes Stamp Set and lightly coloured them with a combination of my brown and ivory blends. Each of the images were fussy cut out and layered over the stamped background.

I then chose a piece of Nests of Winter DSP as it matched the neutral tones I was going for.

Make sure you head over to Just Add Ink and see what the team have created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #655

Posted on by

Hey Everyone

It’s time for a new challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch hostess for this weeks challenge is Jen Mitchell. I just love her sketch as much as I love her creations.

It’s definitely beginning to look like Christmas with this card. These tree images and sentiment are from Peaceful Evergreens Stamp Set. I love fussy cutting and felt they would look good fussy cut out and raised up with Dimensionals. I’ve stamped them in a combination of Basic Gray, Coastal Cabana and Smoky Slate. The background was given a winter-y feel by stamping the ink splatters/snow like stamp from the same stamp set. I then took a Blending Brush and Pool Party Ink and shaded the Basic White Cardstock. To tie it all together I took a piece of DSP from the Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper pack and added this to my card. Bling is a must, so I added some Adhesive Backed Sparkle Gems. Finally a sentiment was added, also from the Peaceful Evergreens Stamp Set.

The team have created gorgeous projects 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