Category Archives: By Theme – Christmas Cards

Just Add Ink #616

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We have a new challenge over at Just Add Ink for you to play along with. This week is sketch week and I have designed this super simple sketch.

The card I’ve created features images fussy cut from the Boughs Of Holly Designer Series Paper Pack. The circle diecut in the background is also from this pack of DSP. The pink striped circle diecut is from the Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper pack. This piece was sitting on my desk and I like the colour combo of pink with the red and green I had chosen.

After layering everything together, I felt the card needed a little more, so I added some gold twine beneath the layers. Lucky I hadn’t stuck it all down!

The background cardstock was given texture with the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder and to finish it off, I added three Basic Pearl Rhinestones.

Here’s the card I created:

The team have created awesome cards for this weeks challenge. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #615

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We have a new challenge over at Just Add Ink. This week is inspiration picture week. Take a look at the pic we have for you to craft along with:

I chose to create a Christmas car with gorgeous colours from the pic. I have used the Trees for Sale Stamp Set and the matching Tree Lot Dies. I couldn’t decide what images and dies to use from this bundle, so I kinda threw everyone at it!

I kept my colours as close to the pic as possible, so they were – Crumb Cake, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate and a touch of green in the wreath hanging on the caravan door.

The team at Just Add Ink have created gorgeous cards that will inspire you. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #544

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Ready for a new sketch to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches? This week our sketch has been designed by the talented Queen of Backgrounds, Karren Johnson.

Love getting me some new goodies! My recent order consisted of the Boughs of Holly Suite. Oh I am loving everything in this suite!

The pretty papers are from the Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper pack. This pack has traditional Christmas colours as well as some Gray Granite.

The leaf images are from the Leaves of Holly Stamp Set. I’ve stamped the leaves in Crumb Cake Ink and then Mossy Meadow Ink over the top. The leaves were then fussy cut out.

The branches of holly have been coloured with Cherry Cobbler and Mossy Meadow Blends. There are 20 of the holly branches in the Textural Elements. The sentiment I’ve used is from the Leaves of Holly Stamp Set also. This sentiment has been die cut with a die from the matching Holly Berry Dies.

Lastly, a Gray Granite Ribbon bow was added as I love my cards being OTT in detail.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #586

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Welcome to my first blog post for 2022 and the first challenge for Just Add Ink for 2022. We have a fun challenge for you and it’s a blog hop. Our team have created projects for this hop using the following theme:

When I saw this challenge, I knew I wanted to create a card with a combination of colours from the inspiration picture.

This card started with the DSP that I chose for my card as it had a lot the colours from the pic. This DSP is from the Friendly Hello Designer Series Paper pack – which is part of a Sale-A-Bration incentive with the Friendly Hello Bundle. This bundle can be yours free when you spend $180 during the SAB period.

The stamp set these cut little images are from is called the Easter Friends Stamp Set. I’ve given them colour with a combination of all my yellow blends. You can’t get more summer-y than these yellow cuties.

Once I started layering all my elements together, I felt my card was a little plain, so I gave the Basic White Cardstock some Pool Party Ink shading and cut a Garden Green Cardstock tree diecut with the Majestic Mountain Dies.

A strip of ribbon from the 1/8″ Cotton Ribbon Pack. I knotted the ribbon and one end and tucked under the side of the cardstock. I then adhered the right side with glue dots.

Three little Polished Dots placed around the card finished it off.

Click here or on the button below to take you to the next person on the hop, my creative crafty friend Chantell!

We would love it if you could play along with our summer-y challenge. Once you complete hopping around, make sure you head over to Just Add Ink and link up a project.

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

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

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 #501

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It was so good to see so many people play along with our fabulous challenge at Freshly Made Sketches last week. I hope you were one of the many winners who managed to snag one of our generous prizes! This week our sketch has been designed by the uber talented Kim Singdahlsen. Here’s her cool sketch:

I am on a roll with creating Christmas cards. Hard not to when I’ve received my new goodies from the Stampin’ Up! July – December 2021 Mini Catalogue.

The stamp set I’ve featured on my card is called the Frosted Gingerbread Stamp Set. I’ve stamped the baubles from this stamp set in Sahara Sand, Blackberry Bliss and Pool Party Inks. I fussy cut each of these baubles out and layered them on my card with Dimensionals.

The designer series paper I’ve used in the background is from the Tidings Of Christmas Designer Series Paper pack. I’ve added Blackberry Bliss Cardstock layers to make the baubles pop. The sentiment I’ve used is also from the Frosted Gingerbread Stamp Set as it fit the size of the sentiment panel in the sketch. Three Basic Rhinestones were added to each of the baubles because every Christmas card should have bling. 🙂

Here’s the card I created:

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created wonderful cards using Kim’s sketch. Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle