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I’m back with a 2nd post today – this time it’s for the new challenge at The Card Concept. We have the following inspiration pic for you:
I did a bit of colouring with my card today. I really love Stampin’ Up!s Indescribable Gift for colouring. Here’s my card:
Come and join us with this challenge at The Card Concept. Head over to the challenge and check out the fabulous inspiration for you from the Design Team.
Thanks for stopping by.
Cheers
Narelle
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I know I’ve been quiet on here lately, but I’m still catching up with home and work life stuff after getting back from convention. I’ll get back to regular blogging soon!
We have a new challenge for you at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess is the fabulously talented and creator of lovely clean cards – Jen Brum. Take a look at her great sketch:
I threw this card together in no time – I love it when that happens (wish it would happen like this more often!). I am simply loving Stampin’ Up!s Butterfly Basics so you will be seeing a bit of it over the next few weeks.
The design team have created cards that are going to wow you – so head over to Freshly Made Sketches and take a look! Thanks for stopping by.
Cheers
Narelle
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Can you believe it’s May already? This year is flying by! I think it’s almost time to start on Christmas cards.
Our sketch hostess this week at Freshly Made Sketches is Cindy Hall. She is not only an awesome card maker, she’s totally lovely too! Here’s her sketch:
On Sunday I returned from Stampin’ Up!s 2015 Create Inspire Share Event. I was really hoping to show you lots of new projects with goodies I received, as I have done in the past, but apart from a new stamp set that I probably won’t be inking up, the only other new product we received was a pack of this wonderful new designer series pack called Bohemian DSP . I really do love the colours in this pack. It has a real aztec-y feel. I am now waiting patiently (kind of) for my first pre-order to arrive so I can get my hands on more new products!
The Design Team at Freshly Made Sketches have created gorgeous inspiration for you. Head over to the blog and check out their cards. We would love for you to join us with this challenge.
Thanks for stopping by.
Cheers
Narelle
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I’m back with a second post tonight. This time I’ve created a card for the new challenge at The Card Concept. Here’s the inspiration pic:
I really love the colours in the picture and tried to match them. I’ve used Blushing Bride and Coastal Cabana. To achieve my striped tag I inked the inside of my striped embossing folder and ran it through the big shot. I finger walked Dictionary in Blushing Bride over the background and inked up the flowers from Stippled Blossoms. To finish off my card I used a sentiment from Petite Pairs.
Come and join us with this challenge. Head over to The Card Concept and check out the gorgeous inspiration from the Design Team.
Thanks for stopping by.
Cheers
Narelle
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It’s Wednesday again! Our sketch hostess at Freshly Made Sketches this week is the very talented Kim Singdahlsen. Here is her fabulous sketch:
I haven’t used Four Feathers in a while so I inked it up for my card today. I’ve used Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey combined with a strip of DSP from Stampin’ Up!s Park Lane.
We would love for you to join us with this challenge. Head over to the challenge and link up a card. While you’re there, check out the wonderful cards from the Design Team.
Thanks for stopping by.
Cheers
Narelle
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We have a new challenge at Just Add Ink and this week I’ve designed the following sketch for you.
Not sure how it happens, but when it’s my turn to create a sketch or colour combo I always stumble when it comes time to put my cards together. I tend to overthink things. Because I’ve been so focussed on swaps and gifts for Stampin’ Up!s Annual South Pacific Convention that I will be attending next week, I fell back on a safe colour combo – Black and White with pop of colour card – it’s what I always do when I’m in doubt. Here’s what I created:
We would love you to join in with this sketch challenge and because a lot of the team will be attending Convention, we will be leaving this challenge open for 2 weeks. Head over to Just Add Ink and check out the gorgeous inspiration from the Design Team.
Thanks for stopping by.
Cheers
Narelle
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I’m back with a second card tonight. This time I have created a card for this fortnight’s challenge over at The Card Concept. Here’s our inspiration picture for you:
I to’d and fro’d with this colour combo for ages. In the end I found the best thing to do was to walk away and come back a day later. I completely threw out the ideas I originally had and started from scratch and my card came together in less than 1/2 hour. I really love the patterns and shapes in this picture so I tried to carry them over to my shabby card. You may not be able to see it but my pink circle DSP has a subtle chevron pattern to it. It was really hard to photograph.
We would love for you to join us with this challenge – head over to The Card Concept and link up a card. If you need a little inspiration, take a look at the fabulous inspiration from the Design Team.
Thanks for stopping by.
Cheers
Narelle
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It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. This week the marvellously talented Rita Wright is our sketch hostess. Take a look at her great sketch.
I needed a birthday card for a 17 year old girl who is the daughter of a work colleague. The colours on her invitation for her party are Black, Gold and White. I always put so much pressure on myself when I am asked to create a card specifically for an occasion – I would much rather them choose one of my existing cards! Here’s what I came up with:
The Clean Team have designed wonderful cards to inspire you – so head over to Freshly Made Sketches and check them out.
Thanks for stopping by.
Cheers
Narelle
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This weeks challenge at Just Add Ink was suggested by Rochelle – take a look at the pretty colours she has given us to use:
As colour challenges still scare me, I searched around for a sketch that I could use for the layout. This weeks Mojo Monday sketch really appealed to me.
I finally put in a Stampin’ Up! order and just received Butterfly Basics. I really love this pretty flower. I can see it’s going to be my go-to flower stamp for a while. Here’s my card:
We would love for you to join us with this weeks colour challenge. For some inspiration, head over to Just Add Ink and take a look at the cards the Design Team have created.
Thanks for stopping by.
Cheers
Narelle
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Delys has found a beautiful photo for this weeks inspiration challenge at Just Add Ink. Have a look at these gorgeous colours in the photo:
A few of the girls from the Design Team have gone for very creative backgrounds on their cards, so I decided to give it a go too. I found this gorgeous card on Pinterest and loved the effect the technique gave to the background. I took inspiration from the three silhouettes in the photo and added three black banners with a black rolled rose, black buttons and black leaves. I sponged Midnight Muse and Melon Mambo onto my card, but looking at it now the colours aren’t as vibrant as the inspiration photo.
Anyway, here’s my card:
We’d love for you to join us this week, so head over to Just Add Ink and check out the wonderful cards the Design Team have created.
Thanks for stopping by.
Cheers
Narelle