Fabulous Florets

By Stamp Set - Fabulous Florets, By Stamp Set - Timeless Textures

A Card for My Mum

May 20, 2016by stamplicious2 Comments

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It was Mother’s Day a couple of weekends ago and as usual I stressed over making a card for my mum. My mum loves Stampin’ Up! as much as I do and I know she’d be happy with anything I gave her, but I always spend a little more time when creating her cards – just so she can see I put that little bit of extra love into them. She loves my over-layered, tattered vintage-y cards, so this is what I made for her. You can’t get more worn than this mum!

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Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #178

March 18, 2015by stamplicious15 Comments

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Can you believe it’s my turn to host our sketch at Freshly Made Sketches again? I always stress when it’s my turn. What if no-one likes the sketch? What if I can’t create a card I like for my own sketch? Those type of questions run through my mind. I probably overthink things too much….

Everywhere I go in the shops, black and white fashion is so in. I love the interesting shapes and patterns that are not only on tops but pants as well. I tried on some black and white chevron 7/8 pants the other day and I think I might have to go back and buy them. I carried over my love for black and white on to my card and have used strips of DSP to create an interesting border to my main panel. Here’s my card:

We would love for you to join us with this weeks challenge. The design team have totally aced this sketch and have created a variety of fabulous cards. Head over to the challenge and take a look.

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Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Clockworks, By Stamp Set - Fabulous Florets, By Theme - Female Cards, By Theme - Vintage Cards, Challenge - Stampin Royalty

Stampin’ Royalty #263 & Cardabilities #115

January 24, 2015by stamplicious6 Comments

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I dragged myself away from watching the tennis to create a couple of cards today. The first one is for two challenges – Stampin’ Royalty colour challenge and the Cardabilities sketch challenge.

I had a bit more time than usual today to play around with techniques. I’m the first to say that I’m technique challenged as I really don’t get time watch videos or search the internet to find them. I wanted to create a kind of watercoloured background. I started by taking Hello Honey & Sahara Sand Inks and randomly stamped the pads directly to a non-stick craft mat. I then spritzed the ink with water and then placed my Whisper White card stock directly onto the ink. This is the effect I achieved after I dried it off with my heat tool. I inked up Stampin’ Up!s Dictionary and finger walked it so that it only stamped on certain bits of the background. I’m pretty happy with the effect!

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Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Fabulous Florets, By Stamp Set - Gorgeous Grunge, By Stamp Set - Summer Silhouettes, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - The Paper Players

The Paper Players #199 & The Challenge #8

June 9, 2014by stamplicious12 Comments

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I’ve doubled up my challenges for my second card tonight – Jaydee’s colour challenge at The Paper Players and Lesley’s sketch challenge from The Challenge. Here are their inspiration pics:

I really love Lesley’s sketch as I felt it really suited my layers that I love to add to pretty much every card I make. I debated about putting blue leaves on my card but that’s what I ended up with and I have to say – I don’t really mind them! Here’s my card:

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Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Fabulous Florets, By Stamp Set - Gorgeous Grunge, By Stamp Set - Morning Meadow, By Stamp Set - Papaya Collage, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - Pals Paper Arts

Pals Paper Arts #202 & Cardabilities #98

May 4, 2014by stamplicious7 Comments

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Just a quick one tonight as I’m off to watch The Voice which starts tonight! I loved the challenges at Pals Paper Arts and Cardabilities so much that I decided to combine them. Here are their inspiration pics:

Here’s my card:

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Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Fabulous Florets, By Stamp Set - Peaceful Petals, By Stamp Set - Simply Sketched, By Theme - Female Cards, By Theme - Vintage Cards, Challenge - Dynamic Duos, Challenge - Mojo Monday

Mojo Monday #335 & Dynamic Duos #93

March 9, 2014by stamplicious7 Comments

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I’m back with my second card today. This time I’ve combined my card for Mojo Monday’s sketch challenge and Dynamic Duos colour challenge.

Blushing Bride would have to be my most favourite Stampin’ Up! pinks ever, and when combined with Sahara Sand, it would have to be one of my favourite & prettiest colour combos. I’m almost at the end of any Blushing Bride DSP in my stash. I wish we could order single packs of DSP like we used to – Blushing Bride would have to be at the top of my wish list.

We have a holiday tomorrow (gotta love a long weekend), so I’m hoping to be back with some more cards. Fingers crossed…..

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Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Fabulous Florets, By Stamp Set - Simply Sketched, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - Freshly Made Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches #116

December 11, 2013by stamplicious12 Comments

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It’s Wednesday so that means a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches and I’m this weeks sketch hostess. Here’s my sketch:

When I created this sketch I had Christmas in mind, but when I saw how many Christmas cards I had, I decided it would work for a birthday card too – you can never had too many birthday cards! I’m really loving Crisp Cantaloupe at the moment so I’ve teamed it with Coastal Cabana. The flowers I’ve used are from a Stampin’ Up! set called Fabulous Florets and the sentiment is from Simply Sketched.

I can wait to see how you interpret my sketch so head over to Freshly Made Sketches and link up a card. While you’re there check out the lovely inspiration from the Clean Team.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Fabulous Florets, By Stamp Set - Memorable Moments, By Theme - Female Cards, By Theme - Vintage Cards, Challenge - Mojo Monday, Challenge - Pals Paper Arts

Pals Paper Arts #178 & Mojo Monday #318

November 10, 2013by stamplicious7 Comments

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I’ve finally had a chance to enter a challenge! I’ve had a bit of a busy couple of weeks and haven’t had much of a chance to play…..until this afternoon. The card I’m sharing today is for two challenges actually – the colour challenge at Pals Paper Arts and the sketch challenge at Mojo Monday. Here are their inspiration pics:

Not a colour combo I’ve tried before. In the past colour challenges like these used to frighten me off, but now I look forward to giving them a try. I used to call myself a “neutrals girl only” and even though I do love my neutrals, I think I can confidently add colour to them now! Here’s my card:

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Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Fabulous Florets, By Stamp Set - Six Sided Sampler, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - Freshly Made Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches #99

August 14, 2013by stamplicious15 Comments

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The very talented Rita is this weeks sketch hostess at Freshly Made Sketches.

I’ve gone with hexagons on my card instead of circles as I was determined to make use of my Stampin’ Up! hexagon stamp set and matching punch at least once. The stamp set is called Six-Sided Sampler and even though I’m seeing the most beautiful cards, I’ve struggling to make one that I like.

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 to get you started.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Everything Eleanor, By Stamp Set - Fabulous Florets, By Stamp Set - Simply Sketched, By Stamp Set - Summer Silhouettes, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - Friday Mashup

Retro Sketches #75 & Friday Mashup #121

August 4, 2013by stamplicious9 Comments

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I’m on a roll today as this is my second post. I’m combining challenges again – this weeks sketch challenge at Retro Sketches and the inspiration challenge at The Friday Mashup.

How cute is this polka dotted beetle? I think I want one! I just received a new Stampin’ Up! order and in it was my new In-Colour DSP stack. I think this spotted Strawberry Slush DSP works well for the challenge. The second part of this challenge is to use the word “Happy”. This was an easy addition for me.

Here’s my card: