Just Add Ink #715

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The newest challenge at Just Add Ink is for you to

I kinda went really simple as I had no time to think more creatively over the weekend.

I took a piece of scrap cardstock that I had diecut a circle out of with my Stylish Shapes Dies. I used this as a mask and shaded the exposed cardstock with Pecan Pie Ink. I kept the shading darker around the edges and kept the centre of the circle lighter. I then took my Dark Basic Black Blend and flicked ink over over the circle.

I already had these butterflies coloured and fussy cut out from another project, so all I had to do was adhere them to the cardstock. Along with the leafy diecut. These butterflies are from the Sketches Butterflies Stamp Set.

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #649

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This weeks challenge at Freshly Made Sketches has been designed by Amy O’Neill. Amy’s creations are always fantastic and full of fab colours.

When you’re time poor, you can’t go past Stampin’ Up!s fabulous designer series papers. I love that they have perfectly coloured images ready to be fussy cut out. This week I have chosen some new to me DSP called Nest of Winter DSP.

I fussy these images out and fussy cut some extra foliage to fill the space on my .card The DSP i”ve used under my images is also from the same pack.

Alli really had to do then was add a diecut and a sentiment. Oh and some shading to the background – coz i love me a bit of shading.

The team have created awesome inspiration for you all. Make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created. Thanks for stopping by.

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #648

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Ready to play along with the newest sketch at Freshly Made Sketches? You beter be, coz it’s my sketch! Take a look at my sketch:

I’m not done with using the Seaside Wishes Stamp Set and Seaside Wishes Dies- it’s one of my favs. I’ve used the following colours for my card:

  • Pecan Pie
  • Crumb Cake
  • Early Espresso

The DSP square I’ve cut are from the Country Woods DSP pack. I created some underwater foliage by trimming some Early Espresso Cardstock. I gave them some texture by scrunching them up in my hand.

We’d love for you to play along with this challenge. Head over to the challenge and see what the team have created.

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #647

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Time for a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch designer is Karren Johnson – who is not too far from me – New Zealand. Not far if you count a plane ride and a passport…. Karren’s creations are gorgeously detailed and full of amazingness.

I had these coloured flower images, from the Stippled Rose Stamp Set, sitting on my desk. Thought it was time to add them to a card. I took some paper from the Coujntry Woods DSP pack and cit it into pieces to match the sketch.

I then layered the images with die cuts from the Golden Greenery Dies to give a fullness to the layers.

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

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #646

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It’s time for a new sketch to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch is a totally fabulous one. It;s been designed by the creative sketch designer Cecile Ribon. Take a look at her cool sketch:

I totally love her sketch! I have chosen the Seaside Wishes Stamp Set to use on my card. It’s no lie that I love this set and love the chance to use it on any card. I’ve also used dies from the Seaside Wishes Dies to add to my cluster of images.

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Narelle

Just Add Ink #711

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Friday means a new challenge at Just Add Ink to play along with. This week our challenge for you is to :

Two Christmas cards in two days means I’m on a role!. Again I’ve used products from the Season of Green and Gold Suite. The papers are from the Season of Green and Gold DSP pack. I took the Golden Greenery Dies and diecut the leaves from the papers in this pack. They have been raised with dimensionals as I like height to my cards.

I created a tag that I scored on my paper trimmer and made creases. This has been tied on with gold trim. To add the red element to my card, I stamped up two bells from the Golden Greenery Stamp Set and fussy cut them out.

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #645

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Tis time for a new sketch challenge at Freslhly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess is our very crafty friend Jennifer Brum. I love everything about her card as much as her sketch.

I think this is my first festive card for this year. Thought it was about time to get started. I’ve used a combination of things from the Season of Green and Gold Suite – Season of Green and Gold DSP,, Golden Greenery Dies and Greetings of the Season Bundle. I’ve added texture by embossing the background cardstock with the Cane Weave 3D Embossing Folder.

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have created wonderful cards for you to be inspired by. Make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #644

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It’s time for our latest sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess is the wonderfully talented Kim Singdahlsen.

I had yet to ink up the Poised Peony Stamp Set until this card. I gave my flowers colour with the Peach Pie Blends as well as the dark Pumpkin Pie Blend in the crease lines of the petals.

I added some diecut leaves from the Golden Greenery Dies to add a fullness to the card. The papers I’ve added to the card are from the Season of Green and Gold Specialty Design Series Paper pack. Even though these papers and dies are made for Christmas, I like to use them in non traditional ways.

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

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Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #709

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It’s time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge for you is to:

I’ve chosen 3 of the challenge colours. I was going to go with all 6, but got too lazy to think about how to incorporate all 6.

The stamp set I’ve used for my card is called the Leaves Collection Stamp Set. There is one large stamp in this set that has a combination of different leaves of varied sizes. I stamped up the leaves in Gorgeous Grape Ink and then stamped a second time with Highland Heather Ink.

The 3rd colour I chose was Misty Moonlight. I used this colour for the sentiment.

The team have created awesome inspiration for you. Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #643

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We have a new challenge for you to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch designer is the wonderfully talented Linda Callahan.

Here/s her fab sketch:

Magnolia Mood Stamp Set was my set of choice for Linda’s sketch. Blackberry Bliss Ink is the perfect choice when colouring these blooms. I gave them a light watercolour and coloured the leaves with my blends.

I added a piece of pretty designer series paper from the Country Lace DSP pack.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle