Blooming with Kindness

By Stamp Set - Blooming with Kindness, By Stamp Set - Wild About Flowers, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - Freshly Made Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches #240

June 9, 2016by stamplicious5 Comments

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It’s time to play along with a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. Our hostess this week is Jen Brum. I adore Jen’s elegant and striking cards – head over to her blog and check them out.

I love the layers to this sketch and have used the following colours for my card – Whisper White, Basic Black & Coastal Cabana. I have embossed the sentiment – one that I love from a retired Stampin’ Up! set called Blooming with Kindness and my flower is from Wild About Flowers – also retired. Here’s my card:

We would love it if you could join with this great great challenge. Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and take a look at the wonderful inspiration from the Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #241

November 21, 2014November 20, 2014by stamplicious5 Comments

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This weeks challenge at Just Add Ink is a sketch challenge. Our sketch has been designed by Tina.

I’ve done it again – I’ve created yet another card using my Blendabilities. Papillion Potpourri is one of my favourite stamp sets to colour. To get some inspiration on how to colour my butterflies I googled “butterfly images” and decided to go ahead and use two colours. I really love the two-toned butterflies and how they pop of this Black & White DSP from Back To Black.

We would love for you to join us with this sketch challenge. Head over to Just Add Ink and take a look at the fabulous inspiration from the Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Blooming with Kindness, By Stamp Set - French Foliage, By Stamp Set - Papaya Collage, By Theme - Female Cards, By Theme - Vintage Cards, Challenge - Card Concept

The Card Concept #22

October 30, 2014October 29, 2014by stamplicious5 Comments

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We have a new challenge for you at The Card Concept. This time we have the following inspiration picture for you to create your cards.

I took inspiration for my card from the colours of the walls and wheelbarrow and also the multitude of colours in the leaves. I’ve also stamped three different types of leaves and rock’n’rolled them with Cajun Craze and Blackberry Bliss inks. The leaves are all from retired Stampin’ Up! sets called French Foliage and Papaya Collage. The sentiment is from Blooming with Kindness. Here’s my card:

We’d love for you to join us this fortnight. Head over to the challenge and link up a card – while you’re there, check out the fabulous inspiration from the design team.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Bloom with Hope, By Stamp Set - Blooming with Kindness, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - Freshly Made Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches #157

October 8, 2014by stamplicious10 Comments

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The lovely Amy O’Neill is our sketch hostess at Freshly Made Sketches this week. Amy is so very creative and combines colours like no other. Take a look at her blog and you’ll see her wonderful creations. I just love the sketch Amy has created.

As you can see I’m still going through my blendabilities colouring phase and have once again used some flowers from Bloom with Hope. The designer series papers I’ve used are from a DSP pack called Park Lane and the sentiment is from Blooming with Kindness. Here’s my card:

We would love to see what you create with Amy’s sketch. Head over to the challenge and link up a card. While you’re there check out the gorgeous inspiration from the Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Blooming with Kindness, By Stamp Set - Gorgeous Grunge, By Stamp Set - Happy Watercolor, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - Pals Paper Arts

Pals Paper Arts #194 & Retro Sketches #105

March 10, 2014by stamplicious9 Comments

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I’ve had a wonderful long weekend – did lots of relaxing and a bit of card making. One of the cards I made was combined for two challenges – the colour challenge at Pals Paper Arts and the sketch challenge at Retro Sketches. Here are their inspiration pics:

Do you ever have those days when one card will work for you and then the next one doesn’t? That was me today. The card I’m sharing was the one that didn’t quite work for me – not sure why, but I’m just not feeling it….. I did a bit of colouring on this card that I enjoyed. Stampin’ Up!s Happy Watercolour is perfect if you want to have a go at it. I then fussy-cut my stems out and raised them up on my card. It was then that I realised I’d forgotten to add Smoky Slate to my card. So up my flowers came so I could sneak Smoky Slate in by adding some water splotches to the background.

Now you’re going to have to come back on Friday if you want to see the card I made today that I love!

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Blooming with Kindness, By Stamp Set - Happy Watercolor, By Stamp Set - Tape It, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - Colour Q, Challenge - Deconstructed Sketches

The Deconstructed Sketch #136 & colourQ #226

February 1, 2014by stamplicious11 Comments

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I just love Jen’s sketches from The Deconstructed Sketch as I think they fit my over-layered card style. I’ve combined this sketch challenge with the colour challenge at colourQ. Here are their inspiration pics:

I’ve gone with some really old Stampin’ Up! designer series paper that I had stashed away in my cupboard. I found some Pink Pirouette DSP back from when you could buy a whole pack of one colour and the chevron DSP is from a retired pack called Urban Oasis. I’ve also added a bit of Fan Fair DSP in there. The flower stamp I’ve used is a new one from a set called Happy Watercolor and the sentiment is from Blooming with Kindness. Here’s my card:

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Blooming with Kindness, By Stamp Set - Secret Garden, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - Dynamic Duos, Challenge - Pals Paper Arts

Pals Paper Arts #180 & Dynamic Duos “Triple Threat Challenge” #80

November 24, 2013by stamplicious9 Comments

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This is my second post today – to see my earlier post you can click here. The challenges I’m entering my card into are Pals Paper Arts and Dynamic Duos “Triple Threat Challenge”. Here are their inspiration pics:

It’s been ages since I’ve used Stampin’ Up!s Secret Garden, so I’ve dusted it off and used it today. The flowers are stamped in Raspberry Ripple and lightly coloured with my blender pen. The sentiment I’ve used is also a Stampin’ Up! one called Blooming with Kindness. I found that when I went looking for some Blushing Bride DSP, I only had some off-cuts from a retired Hostess Gift pack (I think!). I might have to get myself a new DSP stack in my next order.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Blooming with Kindness, By Stamp Set - Everything Eleanor, By Stamp Set - Summer Silhouettes, By Theme - Female Cards, By Theme - Vintage Cards, Challenge - Pals Paper Arts

Pals Paper Arts #177

October 26, 2013by stamplicious6 Comments

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Pals Paper Arts has a sketch for us this week to create our cards. Nicole has created this fabulous sketch for us:

I started off with way different colours than what I finished up with, but I think these colours works – jury’s still out on this card. Here’s what I came up with:

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Blooming with Kindness, By Stamp Set - Fabulous Florets, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - Freshly Made Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches #94

July 10, 2013by stamplicious11 Comments

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It’s Wednesday! Linda is our hostess this week and has designed this fabulous sketch for us at Freshly Made Sketches.

I found this sketch really interesting and think it’s a perfect one to show off your DSPs. The spotted designer series paper I’ve used is from Etcetera, a DSP pack that I consider to be quite vintagey, but I think it works for a cleaner card too. I’ve done a bit of fussy cutting (as usual!) and cut out the leaves and flower from Fabulous Florets.

Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and take a look at the gorgeous cards the Design Team have created this week.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Blooming with Kindness, By Stamp Set - En Francais, By Stamp Set - Fabulous Florets, By Theme - Female Cards, By Theme - Vintage Cards, Challenge - Just Add Ink

Just Add Ink #171

June 28, 2013June 27, 2013by stamplicious7 Comments

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Mae has given us this great sketch at Just Add Ink this week:

I’ve been hanging to use my new Stampin’ Up! goodies, so that’s what I did! The designer series papers I’ve used is called Soho Subway DSP and I’ve combined this with Baked Brown Sugar cardstock – a 2013-2014 Stampin’ Up! In Colour. I’ve stamped En Francais with Baked Brown Sugar ink as I think the script matches the font of my sentiment from Blooming with Kindness. Here’s my card: