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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

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 #504

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Welcome to my blog and a new sketch for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch has been designed by Karren Johnson. Karren’s sketch is as fabulous as her cards!

I was looking for something different to add to this card. I decided to create a mountain scene to fill the space on my mini slimline card.

The mountain images that I have added to my card are from the Mountain Air Stamp Set. I gave them colour with a combination of Crumb Cake and Soft Suede Blends. The mountains have been stamped twice to create the mountain range across the card. The join where the images meet was hidden strategically behind the two tree die cuts.

I felt my background needed a little something, so I took a Blending Brush and Balmy Blue Ink and added a skyline behind the mountains. I then added a strip of DSP, a thin strip of Basic Black Cardstock and some Crumb Cake Cardstock.

I then added two strips of Linen Thread and a knot, a sentiment and two Mossy Meadow Cardstock trees cut with the Majestic Mountain Dies.

The girls at Freshly Made Sketches have created awesome cards. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #503

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There’s a new challenge for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. Every week I am thrilled to see what our sketch is going to be. I have to say, I adore this sketch that the fabulously talented Cecile Ribon has created.

I couldn’t go past the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set for this card. It’s been a couple of weeks since I used this set, so time it got some ink love.

I like to mix up my colours when using this set. The shells have been coloured with the Highland Heather and Soft Succulent Blends. My Color Lifter got a bit of a work out with these shells as I like giving them a light colouring. Each of these shells has been fussy cut out.

To add the leafy element from the sketch, I diecut a sea grass diecut with the Smooth Sailing Dies in Basic White Cardstock. The woodgrain designer series paper squares are from the In Good Taste DSP pack.

For the base of the card I took a Blending Brush and some Balmy Blue Ink and shaded the Basic White Cardstock. I then took the ink splatters stamp and randomly added some ink splatters.

After layering all of my elements together, I added a simple sentiment from the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set. I kept the sentiment slim and simple so you could see my shells.

The Clean Team have created wonderful cards that will no doubt inspire you. Make sure you pop over to the challenge and see what they created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #502

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It’s time for a new sketch to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. Sketches are the perfect starting point to any card. With the design already there, all you have to do is choose colours and a stamp set and your card will come together in no time.

This week our sketch has been by serious walking friend from Canada – Jen Brum. I don’t even know where Canada sits from where I am in Australia – but the difference in weather makes it feel literally on the other side of the world. Jen has created an awesome sketch and always creates awesome cards!

Take a look at her fab sketch:

The card I’ve created is full of pink and grey. The stamp set I’ve featured on my card is called the Forever Fern Stamp Set. I love all the leafy goodness in the images from this set. The leaves have been stamped in Basic Gray and Polished Pink Inks. The large leaf die cut in the background is made from Silver Foil. The die is from the Forever Flourishing Dies. Using Silver Foil adds a classy touch.

A White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon , that was coloured with the Light Polished Pink Blend, has been added to the card along with a strip of Polished Pink Cardstock and sentiment from the Forever Fern Stamp Set.

The background of my card was embossed with the Tasteful Textile Embossing Folder. I added a piece of DSP from the Peaceful Place DSP pack as it fitted with my colour scheme.

The team, as always, have created wonderful cards. Head 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

Freshly Made Sketches #500

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Welcome to our sketch #500 celebration at Freshly Made Sketches!  This milestone sketch challenge has been designed by the amazing Linda Callahan. Linda is not only talented in card making but she creates fab sketches too!

Our crafting community is incredibly generous and we are so happy some of our favorite companies are helping us mark this milestone.  It is hard to believe that when Lesley started this challenge, we would still be going strong 10 years later.  And that, our friends, is because of YOU.  Our players inspire us week in and week out with your creative takes on our designs.  We are thrilled to be able to reward you with some fabulous prizes!  After you take in the team’s take on Linda’s sketch, you can find all the details below.  


Also, some of the team members are giving away their own prizes as part of the celebration.  Those will be listed on our personal blogs along with the details to win!  Please hop through our links to see our own thoughts on this celebration and to say hi!

My stamp set of choice is the Christmas Season Stamp Set. The pine cones have been cut out with the matching Seasonal Layers Dies. I’ve gone with a new-to-me colour combination for the stamping – Blackberry Bliss, Gray Granite and Evening Evergreen. Even though Blackberry Bliss is an unusual colour for pine cones, I think it works quite well. The base colour of the two-step stamping is stamped in Gray Granite Ink and the second part of the stamping is stamped with Blackberry Bliss Ink.

The leaves have been stamped in Evening Evergreen Ink. Even though there are matching dies, I have fussy cut the leaves out because I like a really fine line around the image.

My card base for once is not Basic White Cardstock! I have gone with Blackberry Bliss Cardstock, then a Gray Granite piece mats the Basic White Cardstock. On this Basic White Cardstock, I added a strip of subtle DSP. It’s from the Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper pack.

The sentiment that I added to my card is from the Tidings & Trimmings Stamp Set. It was the perfect fit for the sketch and I didn’t want to overpower the pine cones with a large sentiment. Three Basic Rhinestones finished off my card.

Our winners of these prizes will be randomly chosen from those who join the gallery this week.  Once chosen, we will contact you via the information you give in the link tool and post here on the blog.  You will have 5 days to respond or we will choose a different recipient.  So make sure you come back next week to check!

We are so grateful to these amazing sponsors for their support and generosity!  

We have a few simple rules to keep things fun and fair for all of our players:

  • Please use any crafting product you would like to use.
  • Feel free to combine our challenge with up to THREE other challenges, except for another sketch challenge.
  • Please add a DIRECT link to your blog or other online gallery when adding your card to the link below.  If linking to a public gallery, use keyword FMS500.
  • Include our challenge sketch and a link back to Freshly Made Sketches on your post.
  • Have fun!

This challenge will end at 3:00 EDT time on Monday, August 30th.  On Tuesday, we will announce the winner of this week’s challenge who will be known as the “Queen or King of Clean”.  The team will choose other gallery favorites to be known as a “Perfect Princess or Prince”.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #499

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We have a new sketch for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch has been designed by the super talented Linda Callahan.

It’s been a while since i used the Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set. I inked it up for Linda’s fab sketch.

My sunflowers have been given colours with the Pale Papaya and Cajun Craze Blends. I added colour to the centre of the flowers with the Smoky Slate and the Light Basic Black Blends. Rather than go for green leaves, I gave them colour with the Smoky Slate Blends.

I shaded the background cardstock with Pool Party Ink and a Blending Brush. The sentiment has been embossed on Basic Black Cardstock. This sentiment is also from the Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set. One lone Basic White leafy diecut was laying on my desk. This was added to the card just because I could. This was cut with the matching Sunflower Dies.

Some bling was added with three Basic Rhinestones.

The Freshly Made Sketches Design Team have created wonderful cards using this weeks sketch, so make sure you head over to the challenge and check them out.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #497

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It’s time for a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess is the fabulously talented Jacquie Southas.

The stamp set I’ve used for my card is called Hand-Penned Petals Stamp Set. I stamped the flower images twice and fussy cut them out. They’ve been coloured with the Highland Heather Blends and the leaves with Soft Sea Foam Blends.

To add some softness to the background of my card, I blended some Pool Party Ink with a Blending Brush to the cardstock. I added a torn strip of Gray Granite Cardstock down the edge of the card and a strip of Gorgeous Grape DSP under the sentiment. I added three Basic Rhinestones around the card as I love me some bling.

The girls at Freshly Made Sketches have created wonderful cards. Head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #496

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We have a new sketch for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch designer is the fabulous and talented Judy Rozema.

I really adore Judy’s sketch! I chose to decorate the panels with the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set. You may have noticed this is one of my favourite sets because of the many times I’ve used these images.

I’ve coloured my shells with a combination of Pool Party, Soft Suede and Pool Party Blends. I also went to town with my Colour Lifter to remove ink and harsh lines. The little leaf stems have been stamped in Pool Party Ink and fussy cut out.

The DSP panel has a weave print in it in Crumb Cake. This DSP is from the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper pack. I liked this one for my card as I felt it matched the scene I was going for.

For the other two panels, I stamped the images with the large and small stamps, that are designed to be used to colour two of the shells, as watercoloured splotches in Crumb Cake Ink. Once the ink was dry, I took a sentiment and Black Memento Ink and stamped the sentiment over the watercolour typed background.

I then took three pieces of Linen Thread and plaited the twine and stapled one end at the top of the card and knotted the bottom of the other end adhered it to the cardstock with Glue Dots.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created wonderful cards using Judy’s sketch. Pop over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle