The Paper Players Challenge #95 – Colour Challenge

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

Hey Everyone

It’s Mothers Day today – so for you all mums, I hope you’ve had a relaxing day whilst everyone spoils you rotten.  I’ve just spent 4 hours at my sons football game freezing my toes off! It rained, it was windy and it was majorly cold.  I’m one of those mums that stands out in those shocking conditions with my umbrella cheering the team on – I can’t sit in the car with the windscreen wipers going constantly on and off!  Anyway at the end of the game all the boys are passed cupcakes to hand to their mums for Mothers Day – so at least I came away with a yummy cupcake – oh, and they had a win!

At The Paper Players this week Ann has given us the challenge of creating our cards using the  following colours:

Colour challenges are great for me as they take me waaaay out of my comfort zone of using neutrals.  Because I needed a little help with these challenging colours, I’ve combined challenges and am using the sketch from Mojo Monday this week.

Here’s my card:

The girls have created some beautiful cards with these colours s0 head over to The Paper Players and check them out.  Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

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My Mothers Day Card for my Mum

Posted on May 12, 2012 by

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It’s now safe for me to post the card I made for my mum for Mother Day as I’ve just given it to her – I didn’t want to spoil the surprise of this card because she regularly checks my blog.

My mum and I have a mutual love of vintage cards so of course I’ve gone vintage for her card.  Hope you have a special day Mum!!!

Thanks for taking a look.

Cheers

Narelle

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Merry Monday Challenge #19

Posted on May 12, 2012 by

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Just a quick one today.  It’s Merry Monday time of the week again!  Here’s Lesley’s great sketch this week:

Here’s my card:

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

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21st Birthday Card

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

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I’m going to surprise you all with another post tonight and this time unbelievably it’s not for a challenge!  Shocking, I know.  It’s been ages since I’ve posted anything other than a card for a challenge.

My niece is turning 21 (don’t know where those years have gone!) so I’ve made her a card that hopefully matches the theme colours from her party – Black & Pink.

Here’s my card:

I’ve used Melon Mambo and Basic Black for her card – which is a slightly brighter combo than I would normally use! So I’ve gone with lots of layering, the balloons from Up, Up & Away and I found some white wire that I’ve curled and tied into the bow – along with a key, of course.  I’ve also added some bling because I know she loves everything bright and sparkly. Hope she likes it!

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

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Dynamic Duos #1

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

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As you may’ve noticed I’m addicted to challenges.  There’s a new challenge in town called Dynamic Duos and for their first challenge the colours we get to use are Pool Party & Lucky Limeade.

Here’s my card which as you may’ve noticed is a more cleaner style than I normally do (I was giving clean and simple a go, well as clean and simple as I get!)

Thanks for stopping by.

Products Used:
Cardstock: Pool Party, Pool Party DSP, Lucky Limeade, Lucky Limeade DSP, Whisper White
Ink: Pool Party, Lucky Limeade Marker
Stamp Sets: Apothecary Art, Occasional Quotes (retired)
Other Products: Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon, Antique Brad, Circle Scissor, Blender Pen, Framelits

Cheers

Narelle

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The Paper Players Challenge #94 – In Celebration of Mothers

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

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I really excited to be guest designing with the girls at the Paper Players this month.  I’ve been a big fan of their challenges since I found them last year and always find so much inspiration from the design team.

This week is a themed challenge – In Celebration of Mothers – with Mothers Day just around the corner we are celebrating the women in our lives.

I decided to take my colours from the inspiration pic – Early Espresso, So Saffron, Very Vanilla & Blushing Bride – for my card.  As I don’t have a cupcake stamp or punch, I focused on the little icing roses and made three in Blushing Bride and So Saffron.

I really like the idea of a cupcake pick from the inspiration picture for my greeting, so I rummaged through my craft stuff and found a pin, stamped a greeting on a banner and stuck it together – do you think it resembles the cupcake pick?

I hope you get time head over to the Paper Players and check out what the design team have created.  Thanks for taking a look.

Cheers

Narelle

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Merry Monday Challenge #18

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

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I’m loving Lesley’s weekly Christmas card challenge because I generally get to November and then am hurriedly trying to work out my Christmas cards at the last minute.  I’m not sure if that happens to everyone, but when I haven’t made a Christmas card in a while, it throws me and it take me ages to get into the swing of things.  By creating a card every week I don’t lose my “swing” and I find it easier to create. Does that make sense?

Anyway, enough rambling by me. Here’s my entry for this weeks Merry Monday Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

Products Used:
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Island Indigo DSP
Ink: Night of Navy
Stamp Sets: Welcome Christmas, Contempo Christmas
Other Products: Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Punch

Cheers

Narelle

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Freshly Made Sketches #33

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

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The following sketch was provided by the very talented Jen at Freshly Made Sketches this week:

I really love this Twitterpated DSP because I’m such a fan of Cherry Cobbler. I’ve teamed it with Pool Party DSP and used the vines from Precious Butterflies which I haven’t inked in a long time.  Here’s my card:

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

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Just Add Ink #116 – Just Add…. Mother’s Day

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

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OK, so where is the year going?  It’s already May and winter will be here soon – it’s definitely starting off colder every mornin.

This week at Just Add Ink we are celebrating Mother’s Day.  As Mother’s Day is next weekend we are creating projects to let them know how special they are to us.  I initially thought I’d whip out a flowery stamp set, but since I’ve been using them so often lately, I thought everyone might be sick of seeing the same ones from me (I’m in need of a new catalogue soon as I’m running out of stamp sets that I haven’t used a hundred times).

So instead of flowers I’ve gone vintage – monochromatic vintage.

I hope you can head over to Just Add Ink to check out what wonderful Mother’s Day projects the girls have created this week.

Thanks for stopping by.

Products Used:
Cardstock: Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Love Letter DSP (retired)
Ink: Black Stazon, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Stamp Sets: Artistic Etchings, French Foliage, Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Sense of Time
Other Products: Basic Black Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Framelits, Word Window, Button,  Hemp Twine, Vintage Trinkets, Spritzer Tool

Cheers

Narelle

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The Paper Players Challenge #93 & Mojo Monday #239

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

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I decided to combine two challenges for my card tonight.  There’s a fun challenge over at The Paper Players where we play tic-tac-toe and choose three items from the grid below to create our projects.

I chose to use the following from the right side (although I think I qualify for a few other boxes as well):

  • Square Card
  • Ribbon
  • Designer Paper

The design for my card is from this weeks Mojo Monday Challenge – love this sketch and will probably use this one again.

Also I’ve got a bit of exciting news – I’m guest designing for the month of May at The Paper Players! I’ve been a regular player at The Paper Players for a while now and just love their weekly challenges.  I’m looking forward to playing along with the design team for the next four weeks!

Thanks for taking a look.

Cheers

Narelle

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