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Just Add Ink #771

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Thanks for joining us here at Just Add Ink! We’re so excited to share with you the first challenge of our new format and hope you’ll embrace the changes and have a ton of fun creating.

For challenge #771 we have expanded our regular Choose Two to now be Choose Two or More! You can use as many of the listed options as you like to feature on your projects, as long as it’s at least two, and don’t forget to tell us in your post which ones you chose. You’ll also have more time to create as we’ve moved from a weekly to bi-weekly (every two weeks) challenge!

I’ve chosen Plants, Pretties and Plaid for my Two or More for this challenge. The images I’ve stamped, watercoloured and fussy cut are from the Gallery Blooms Stamp Set. I then added some diecut leaves from the Charming Day Dies for a dramatic effect under the images as I felt them lacking just by themselves against the DSP.

The team at Just Add Ink have created awesome projects for this challenge, so make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #700

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Welcome to our 700th sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches!!!!!!! How exciting is that? I played along with the very first challenge at Freshly Made Sketches and I was lucky enough to be chosen to be on the design team from the 76th challenge. Unfortunately my blog when awol for that time, so I can’t find my original post to link to…. But here is a photo of that card I made for my first DT assignment – which btw, I am not loving in 2025… Do you all look back and cards from years ago and say “yeah, nah – I’m not a fan of it anymore?”

The Design Team have decided to re-create cards for this weeks challenge from the very first sketech challenge at FMS. Take a look at the sketch and the card I created for it below.

The Charming Day Stamp Set and Dies got a work out for this card with the background Elements of Text and Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder.

The design team have created wonderful cards for this weeks challenge. We hope you can join us in our 700th sketch challenge!

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #699

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It’s time for the 699th challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. That’s alot of sketch challenges! Make sure you come back next week for our big 700th sketch! For this weeks challenge our designer is one fabulous card maker – Verena Shapiro. Take a look at her sketch:

I combined Pool Party and Pecan Pie for this card, plus a piece of stripey Smoky Slate DSP in the background,

For the circle component, I fussy cut some organic circles and stamped the Basic White Cardstock with a script stamp from Elements of Text Stamp Set. The gorgeous flowers and leaves images are from the Charming Day Stamp Set. I added colour to the leaves and flowers with Crumb Cake and Pool Party Blends. I then cut some Pecan Pie Cardstock leafy diecuts made with the Charming Day Dies.

I love what the team have created with this weeks sketch. Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they design team have created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #762

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

I initially thought I’d go with coffee images, but changed it up and decided to take the colours from the inspiration pic and add them to my card.

I kept my tones very earthy. I’ve used a mixture of DSP from the Country Lace and Country Woods DSP packs. I then added some background script stamping, from the Elements of Text Stamp Set and added some shading with Crumb Cake Ink to this.

The flowers I’ve used are from the Gallery Blooms Stamp Set. I love the size of this image as it fills up a card so easily. I added some retired Natural Wavy Trim and pulled it apart to create a messiness to it.

The team at Just Add Ink have all created awesome projects. Make sure you head over to Just Add Ink to check them out.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #697

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Welcome to the newest challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch designer is Linda Callahan, creator of all things gorgeous.

I thought of butterflies when I saw this sketch, so I took out the Beautiful Butterflies Stamp Set. I coloured up two butterfly images and fussy cut them out. I then cut some leafy diecuts in Basic White and Mossy Meadow Cardstocks. The DSP I’ve used is from the Country Lace DSP pack. I always keep my strips and off cuts so I had plenty of these in my scraps.

The team have created wonderful cards that will no doubt inspire you. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #695

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It’s Wednesday, so that means a new sketch challenge to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch designer is the wonderfully talented and super fab Jen Timko.

Don’t you just love a great sketch? I instantly knew i wanted to use the Notes and Totes Dies to be the focal point on my card. To the tote bag I’ve created, I added some of my favourite images from the retired Dressed to Impress Stamp Set as they work so well with the tote bag. The background oval shape was hand cut and stamped with Elements of Text Stamp Set – just for an extra bit of detail.

Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they team have created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #758

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We have a new challenge at Just Add Ink for you to play along with. This week is a sketch challenge. Take a look at the sketch we have for you to play along with:

I can’t lie. I love me a flower stamp set to colour and fussy cut. I’ve given colour to the flowers from the A Charming Day Stamp Set and fussy cu them out. I had some leaves that were die cut with the Thankful Garden Dies sitting on my desk, so they got added to the flower images. The flowers were coloured with Lemon Lolly, Darling Duckling, Old Olive and the Light Basic Gray Blends. I added Darling Duckling Cardstock to thie layers and find it’s a colour that I will really love. It might even replace Wild Wheat as my favourite!

The team have created wonderful cards that will inspire you. Make sure you head over to Just Add Ink and see what the team have created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #756

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We have a fabulous challenge for you to play along with at Just Add Ink. It’s one that I don’t do often, that is to Just Add a Belly Band.

I think of belly bands for gift type boxes and fancy fold cards. I created a simple card that meets in the middle so I could add a belly band to hold closed. I also like to tizzy them up to make them fancy and always thinkj of a wedding card as you can’t get fancier than a wedding card.

I used the flower images from the Layers of Beauty Stamp Set for the front of the belly band because it’s a large image and fits across the centre of the band. I then added leafy diecuts and some Gold Open Weave Trim as I feel it adds to the elegance.

The team at Just Add Ink have created awesome projects for this challenge. Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #690

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Yep – I’ m a day late again with posting this card for the latest sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. Lots going on and I’m not even sure what day it is most days….

Our sketch hostess at Freshly Made Sketches this week is Karren Johnson. You would all be familiar with Karrens stunning cards she creates as they’re always so detailed and perfectly coloured.

I chose a neutral colour scheme for this card and added colour with the pops of pink in the butterflies. I had an idea of colouring my butterflies yellow and black, but totally changed it up and made them a tad bolder in colour. These butterflies are from the Sketched Butterflies Stamp Set and the leaves have been die cut with the Thankful Garden Dies – loving these so much.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #689

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There’s a new sketch to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess is Cecile Ribon – creator of all things elegant.

I cheated with the flowers on this card as I just fussy cut them from DSP. This DSP is called Floral Delight and when you’re having a lazy creative day, it’s a delight to not think about colouring images. The leaves I’ve fussy cut have been stamped from the Spotlight on Nature Stamp Set. All in all, a fairly quick card to create!

Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what the design team at Freshly Made Sketches have created using Cecile’s sketch.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle