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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.

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #658

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It’s time for a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week I’m the sketch designer. Take a look at the sketch I’ve created.

As usual I had no plan for a card when I designed the sketch. I just kinda threw it together and tried to come up with a design after.

My card was designed for one of my work colleagues who had her 50th birthday on the weekend. Her party was glam and so I took out the retired Dressed To Impress Stamp Set as it worked so well with her glam theme.

Make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches and check out what the team have created with this weeks sketch.

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Narelle

Global Design Project #336

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This weeks challenge at the Global Design Project is to CASE the Designer. The designer is the amazing Angela Meiritz-Reid. If you don’t know Angela, she is super talented and an awesome chick who gets my Aussie sense of humour.

Take a look at her gorgeous card the design team is CASEing

The stamp set I used for my card is the Dressed To Impress Stamp Set. Like Angela’s card, I added some background stamping in black on the Whisper White Cardstock. I cut a circle die cut with my circle dies and layered my images on them.

The images have been coloured with a variety of blends – Pool Party, Lovely Lipstick, Basic Black and Smoky Slate.

Angela is a lover of the silver twine from the Simply Elegant Trim pack, so I HAD to add it to my card. Three Rhinestone Jewels were also added because it has to be an odd number on any card.

Here’s my take on her card:

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Narelle

Just Add Ink #580

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We have a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge is a colour challenge. Take a look at the pretty colours we have you for:

I wanted to challenge myself with these colours and use the Dressed To Impress Stamp Set with these rich colours.

My card started with the pretty Evening Evergreen and gold DSP from the Expressions In Ink DSP pack. I then took some Shimmery White Cardstock and watercoloured the background with a light touch of Soft Sea Foam Ink. I cut two circle punches for my images to be layered on.

The images from the Dressed To Impress Stamp Set have been watercoloured with a combination of Blushing Bride and Evening Evergreen Inks. I then added touches of gold with some gold leaves, gold pearls and gold twine. The fussy sentiment finished off my card.

The team at Just Add Ink have created gorgeous inspiration for you. Head over to Just Add Ink and see what they’ve created.

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #495

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We have a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches my crafty friends.The super talented and amazingly creative Amy O’Neill has designed this awesome sketch.

I saw this sketch and in one second decided I wanted to use the Dressed To Impress Stamp Set. These super cool images are perfect to layer and I think kind of match the sketch. I’ve coloured the images with Highland Heather Blends. I also took my Colour Lifter and really diluted the ink. The flowers have been given colour with my Bermuda Bay Blends. I also lifted a lot of the colour of them to give them a washed look.

The background of my card was shaded with Pool Party Ink and a Blending Brush. If you don’t have these brushes yet, you need them. They are so easy to use and give amazing coverage. I then took the Dark Smoky Slate Blend and put the nib in the edge of the lid and flicked the ink on my card.

For a little more embellishment, I added some Crinkled Whisper White Ribbon and some Silver Metallic Pearls.

Here’s my card:

Make sure you pop over to the Freshly Made Sketches challenge and see what my super creative friends have created.

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Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #481

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When you’re stuck for a layout, try finding a fabulous sketch challenge like this weeks one at Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch has been designed by the super talented Cecile Ribon

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The stamp set I chose to use for my card was the Dressed To Impressed Stamp Set. I added Highland Heather highlights to the flowers, lipstick and stiletto with my light and dark blends. I then combined added Smoky Slate Blends to each of these images. I took my Colour Lifter and removed some of the colour from all images to give them a washed look.

The background of card base has been given a quick colour with my Soft Sea Foam Blend. I added some Whisper White Cardstock circles and probably spent waaaaay to long arranging my images until I ended up with this layout.

For more wonderful inspiration for this challenge – head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what the team have created.

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Narelle

Global Design Project #277

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I was looking around for challenges today and came across the prettiest colour challenge. The challenge is at the Global Design Project Challenge.

I adore these colours together and thought they would work really well with the Dressed To Impress Stamp Set. I had a watercolouring day today and watercoloured all the images with the challenge colours. The background is also watercoloured with Blushing Bride Ink.

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Narelle

Global Design Project #273

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This is my second post today! Go me! This card was made using the colour challenge at Global Design Project.

I really love the combination of these pretty colours together.

To start my card, I layered pieces of Night of Navy and Soft Seam Foam Cardstocks at angles. I took a piece of white cardstock and used my Light Soft Sea Foam Blend to create a water-washed background. I had a strip of Paper Blooms DSP that I wanted to incorporate on my card, so I placed a thin strip along the main panel.

The stamp set I’ve used on my card is called Dressed To Impress Stamp Set. The lippy image was given colour with Night of Navy Ink and an Aqua Painter and the bottle of perfume with Petal Pink Blends and a light watercolour with Night of Navy Ink to the lid.

The sentiment I’ve used is from the Dressed To Impress Stamp Set. Under this sentiment, I’ve gather some white ribbon. The little flowers I’ve used is also from the same stamp set – these have been coloured with Petal Pink and Soft Sea Foam Blends. Three Basic Rhinestones finished off my card.

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Narelle