By Stamp Set – By the Tide

By Stamp Set - By the Seashore, By Stamp Set - By the Tide, By Theme - Masculine Cards, Challenge - Freshly Made Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches #234

April 27, 2016April 27, 2016by stamplicious5 Comments

Hey Everyone

It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch hostess is the fabulously talented Jennifer Timko. Jennifer creates stunning creations that just leave me in awe! Head over to her blog and check them out. Here’s her great sketch that I found so easy to work with:

I’ve created a underwater scene using a couple of Stampin’ Up! sets – By the Tide and By the Seashore. Monochromatic seemed to work well for my masculine card. Here’s my card:

As always, the Clean Team will inspire you with their cards. Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and check them out.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - By the Tide, By Theme - Masculine Cards, Challenge - Freshly Made Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches #224

February 17, 2016by stamplicious13 Comments

Hey Everyone

It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch hostess is the wonderfully creative Jennifer Timko. Here’s her great sketch.

I realised I was overdue for a man card. Stampin’ Up!s By The Tide is one of my go-to stamp sets – I love a good seashell! Black and white with tinges of Crumb Cake is a colour combo that I like to use on my masculine cards.

As always our team have created fabulous projects for you. Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and be inspired. We would love for you to play along.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - By the Tide, By Stamp Set - Petite Pairs, By Theme - Masculine Cards, Challenge - Freshly Made Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches #121

January 29, 2014January 29, 2014by stamplicious19 Comments

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I’ve just had my first day back at work after having had a four week holiday. It doesn’t take too long to forget you’ve actually been away! I’m already looking forward to my next one!

The extremely talented and very funny Linda Callahan is our hostess at Freshly Made Sketches this week. She has created this really interesting sketch that I have to say challenged me. It took me a little while to get going with my card but in the end I have to say I am really happy with my card – I hope you can see the sketch in my card.

It didn’t photograph really well, but I’ve scored two lines around my card with my scoring tool. Initially I drew score lines with my marker but after debating with myself for about 1/2 an hour I re-did my card as I felt the marker lines were a little heavy. I’ve been practising clean and simple, so it felt strange not to use designer series papers on my card.

We’d love for you to join us this week at Freshly Made Sketches. Head over to the challenge and check out the gorgeous inspiration from the Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - By the Tide, By Theme - Masculine Cards, Challenge - Freshly Made Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches #108

October 16, 2013by stamplicious11 Comments

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It’s my turn to be sketch hostess at Freshly Made Sketches this week. My sketch was thrown together at the last minute so when it came to creating my card, I had no plan in mind for my card.

FMS108sketch

So I’ve gone with a monochromatic man card as I thought you might like a break from my flowery feminine cards. The stamp set I’ve used is a Stampin’ Up! one called By the Tide and the sentiment is from Petite Pairs. Here’s my card:

We’d love for you to join us at Freshly Made Sketches so head over to the challenge and link up a card. I absolutely LOVE all the inspiration from the Clean Team – they’ve made my sketch look good!

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - By the Tide, By Stamp Set - Gorgeous Grunge, By Stamp Set - Morning Meadow

Retro Sketches #80 & Stampin’ Royalty #192

September 8, 2013by stamplicious10 Comments

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I’ve had a busy weekend with my niece’s baby shower yesterday and an Under 18s Football Grand Final this morning – our club lost 😦 – so I haven’t had much of a chance to play in my craft room. I did however get a chance to make one card for this weeks Retro Sketch Challenge and the theme challenge at Stampin’ Royalty where the challenge is to make a project using patterned paper.

I know I’ve said this before, but I find man cards not as easy to make as female cards because I can’t tizz them up with bows, bling and flowers. I thought the sketch at Retro Sketches would be perfect for a man card with all it’s banners and layers. I’ve used some washi tape for the first time on my card and as I found my stapler, I was able to staple the ribbon around the grommet just for a different look. Here’s my card:

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - By the Tide, By Theme - Masculine Cards

Sketchbook Saturday #104

September 2, 2013September 2, 2013by stamplicious3 Comments

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As my youngest son was feeling unwell today I stayed home from work. This meant I got a chance to clean up my craft room a bit. I then made it messy again by making a card! The card I made is for Chupa’s Sketchbook Saturday Challenge. Here’s her great sketch:

You’d probably expect me to go for another feminine florally card with this sketch, but I’m trying to mix it up for you so I don’t bore you with flowers all the time. I’ve been seeing loads of gorgeous cards using Stampin’ Up!s By the Tide so I succumbed and got it in my last order. I felt it would work well for my Dad’s Father’s Day card as my Dad loves fishing. I can’t sew for the life of me so all I could manage was some holes along the side of the main panel that I threaded with some Linen Thread. I actually like the messy look of the threaded holes and think it goes quite well with the oceanic theme. Here’s my card: