Freshly Made Sketches #305

Hey Everyone

It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. This weeks fabulous sketch has been designed by Amy O’Neill – Queen of combining colours and creating scenes.

I really fell in love with this sketch and had heaps of ideas running through my head. To mix up my cards, I decided to stay away from a floral card (even though I was itching to create one!) and made a card using Lift Me Up for a friend. The hot air balloons are stamped in Lemon Lime Twist and Basic Black. I then cut them with my matching Up and Away Thinlits Dies. Dies are so easy to use and cut the images in no time!

I used a strip of Lemon Lime Twist DSP behind the balloons. This DSP is from Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Series Paper. The ink splatters in the background are from Swirly Bird and are stamped in Basic Black Ink. The sentiment I’ve used is from Lovely Words Thinlits Dies. The dies in this set are surrounded with an oval frame that also cuts with the sentiment, but I have trimmed it off my sentiment for my card. I then added some Black Bakers Twine, some sequins and some little white clouds to finish off my card.

As always, the Clean Team have designed gorgeous cards to inspire you – so pop over to Freshly Made Sketches and take a look at their wonderful cards.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

TGIF Challenge #124 & The Card Concept #77

Posted in By Stamp Set - Graceful Garden, By Stamp Set - Swirly Bird, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - Card Concept by stamplicious

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Look at me! Posting twice in two days – I’m totally on a roll!

The card I made this afternoon is for two challenges – the sketch challenge at TGIF Challenges and the inspiration picture challenge at The Card Concept.

Here are the pics for their challenges:

My style of cardmaking changes all the time but I think this card might fall into the Classy and Elegant style. This card took me a couple of hours to make…..lucky I had that much time today to get it just right. The reason for my getting it just right is that I have a special someone in mind for this card and I always take extra time layering, colouring and messing around with placement when I’m putting together a card for someone who I know will cherish it.

I am in love with these roses from Graceful Garden and have watercoloured them and then used my markers to add definition to the deepest part of the petals. The colours I’ve used are Berry Burst and Powder Pink. The leaves are coloured with Old Olive and Always Artichoke.

I smooshed the background with Powder Pink and Crumb Cake Ink. After drying it off with my heat tool, I then stamped the ink splatters from Swirly Bird in Basic Black Ink. The pretty DSP I’ve used in the background is from Bundle of Love Specialty Designer Series Paper and my heat embossed sentiment is from Better Together. There is a lot of woodgrain in the inspiration pic but I have only used a strip of it under my sentiment. I’ve stamped Hardwood in Tip Top Taupe onto Crumb Cake Cardstock.

Here’s my card:

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

25Aug2017

Just Add Ink #374

Posted in By Stamp Set - Colorful Seasons, By Stamp Set - Swirly Bird, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - Just Add Ink by stamplicious

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We have a new challenge for you at Just Add Ink. This week is inspiration picture week. Take a look at this fabulous pic. So many possibilities with this one. I can’t wait to see your take on this challenge!

As a huge coffee lover, you’d think I’d go with a coffee themed card, but instead I chose to make a card with the neutral colours from the pic.

Seasonal Layers Thinlit Dies has so many wonderful dies in the set. I’ve used a combination of leaves and chair die and layered them with some Burlap Ribbon and Copper Trim. I also stamped the tiny flowers from Colorful Seasons stamp set and fussy cut them just for extra layering. The sentiment is also from this set. I am loving everything about this set – especially the pretty font in all the sentiments.

For the background, I’ve sponged Crumb Cake Ink and added the ink splatters stamp from Swirly Bird in Early Espresso Ink. To tie in with my neutral toned card, I then finished off my card with some copper sequins.

The design team have created wonderful cards to inspire you. I love that we all create such different cards using the same picture. Head over to Just Add Ink and take a look.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

14Jun2017

Freshly Made Sketches #292

Posted in By Stamp Set - Daisy Delight, By Stamp Set - Swirly Bird, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - Freshly Made Sketches by stamplicious

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I love Wednesdays as it means a new sketch to showcase Stampin’ Up! goodies that have taken my fancy for my card! This weeks sketch at Freshly Made Sketches has been designed by the uber talented Cecile Ribon. She’s also super talented at sketch designing!

The daisy I have used is from Stampin’ Up!s Daisy Delight which is totally fun to colour. I stamped the outline in Black Archival Ink and then water coloured with a bit of Hello Honey Ink and then added a bit of black with my black watercolour pencil to add definition to the flower. I then stamped some ink splatters in the backgroundfrom Swirly Bird in Basic Black Ink. The leaves are cut with dies from Flourish Thinlits and my sentiment is from Big on Birthdays. I embossed my sentiment with white embossing powder – a look I love for sentiments. My circles are cut with circle dies and the smidge of DSP you can see is from Pop of Pink Specialty DSP – which is now retired.

Here’s my card:

The design team at Freshly Made Sketches have created gorgeous cards to inspire you. Head over to the challenge and take a look. We would love it if you could play along with this challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

31May2017

Freshly Made Sketches #290

Posted in By Stamp Set - Happy Birthday Gorgeous, By Stamp Set - Swirly Bird, By Theme - Wedding Cards, Challenge - Freshly Made Sketches by stamplicious

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This weeks sketch at Freshly Made Sketches has been designed by Kim Singdahlsen. Kim has such a wonderful and distinctive style. Pop over to her blog and take a look at her gorgeous cards.

Happy Birthday Gorgeous is stunning stamp set. I just adore these striking flowers and used them on my card to create an elegant wedding card. The background ink spots are from Swirly Bird and I’ve stamped them in Basic Black. The outline of the flowers are stamped in Basic Basic and the inside with Berry Burst and Powder Pink. My foliage has been stamped in Smoky Slate and then fussy cut. I am loving this colour combo together! I’ve just realised now as I’m typing this that I’ve used no DSP on my card – this one is an easy card for a card class as there’s not a lot of cutting preparation!

The Clean Team at Freshly Made Sketches have created GORGEOUS cards to inspire you. Head over to the challenge and take a look.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

19May2017

Just Add Ink #360

Posted in By Stamp Set - Daisy Delight, By Stamp Set - Swirly Bird, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - Just Add Ink by stamplicious

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There’s a new sketch waiting for you at Just Add Ink and this week I’m the sketch designer. As always when I design a sketch, I’ve got NO clue what card I’m going to create. In fact I created two because I wasn’t sure which one I liked best…..same sketch, but each so different.

Here’s the sketch I came up with:

The first of my cards is a shaker card. Stampin’ Up!s Life Me Up is such a versatile stamp set that lends itself to either a feminine card or a masculine card. Because I’ve used a bit of bling and gold ribbon, I think I’ll give this card to a female. The DSP I’ve used is from Urban Underground Specialty Designer Series Paper. I made sure I stocked up on this before it retires.

Here’s the second card I made. I used the sketch to make a Mother’s Day card for my mum with some new Stampin’ Up! goodies. The Daisy Delight Bundle is going to be a favourite for sure. When I first joined Stampin’ Up!, I purchased every coordinating stamp set and punch bundle there was. They really make stamping and cutting so easy. The colours I’ve used are Berry Burst and Lemon Lime Twist (you’ve probably noticed my love for these colours in my last couple of cards!). The background behind my stitched circle was created by the smooshing technique and ink splatters from Swirly Bird. I was in the mood on the weekend for mastering this technique and ended up with really inky fingers!

The design team have created the most gorgeous cards this week. I totally love them all! Head over to Just Add Ink and get ready to be inspired by them.

We would love it if you could play along!

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

3May2017

Freshly Made Sketches #286

Posted in By Stamp Set - Swirly Bird, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - Freshly Made Sketches by stamplicious

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We have a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches for you and this time it’s my turn to design the sketch.

Here’s the sketch I designed:

I’ve used some new Stampin’ Up! goodies from the upcoming Stampin’ Up! 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue for my card. I love it when I have new toys to play with!

The flower I’ve used on my card is a sticker from Eastern Gold Vinyl Stickers – they’re so easy to use and so effective. I then added a gold sequin to the centre of the flower to add a little more bling to my already gold accented card (really, you can never have too much gold and bling!). The flower is mounted on a circle cut with Stitched Shapes Framelit Dies and this has been mounted on a Lace Doily. The designer series paper I’ve used is called Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Series Paper. Oh my goodness! It’s so pretty! I added a strip of thin gold ribbon and added one of my new gold tassels from my new Mini Tassels Assortment pack.

For the background of my card I stamped the ink splatters from Swirly Bird with my versamark and then heat embossed them with Gold Embossing Powder. I then created the sentiment in the same way. The little Hello sentiment is from a stamp set called Eastern Beauty. This stamp set matches Eastern Medallion Thinlits and Eastern Palace Specialty DSP.

We would love it if you could play along with our sketch. Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and be inspired by the Clean Teams gorgeous cards.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle