Flourish Thinlits Dies

By Stamp Set - Forever Lovely, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - Freshly Made Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches #368

December 19, 2018by stamplicious8 Comments

Hey Everyone

I can’t believe it! Somehow in the blink of an eye we are up to the last challenge for 2018 at Freshly Made Sketches. This year has gone way too quick and as usual, I have no Christmas shopping done……

Our sketch designer for this weeks sketch is me! Our challenge is open for two weeks, so you’ve got plenty of time to play along. I can’t wait to see what you create.

My card consists of lots of images and diecuts that I had laying on my messy desk. Rather than clean everything up and put away, I decided to pile as many leftovers from other projects as I could. The flowers I have used on my card are from Forever Lovely. They’ve been stamped in Blackberry Bliss and Blushing Bride. They’ve been sitting on my desk for three weeks now and this weeks sketch gave me the chance to put them to use. The sentiment was also a leftover – the set it’s from alluded me at the time I wrote this post, but I’m sure it will come to me as I’m laying awake in the middle of the night. The leaves I’ve added to my card are from Flourish Thinlits Dies. I then added a strip of Sahara Sand Cardstock and a strip of Black Sequin Trim. To finish off my card, I added some of the little sequins that had fallen off my Sequin Trim.

Here’s my card:

The team at Freshly Made Sketches have nailed my sketch. Head over to the challenge and take a look at all the gorgeousness they have to show you. I would love it if you could play along with the sketch.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

CAS(E) this Sketch #278

July 3, 2018by stamplicious4 Comments

Hey Everyone

I managed to fit in a card just for fun on the weekend, but only just got a chance to photograph it and post it here. The fabulous sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch gave me a chance to ink up the roses from Stampin’ Up!s Abstract Impressions.

My roses are stamped with Blushing Bride and Berry Burst Inks. I fussy cut them out and then added some leaves that I had sitting on my desk cut with my Flourish Thinlits Dies. For the background I stamped the watercolour wash stamp from Love What You Do in Blushing Bride. I then added some ink splashes with the stamp from Timeless Textures. I stamped these in Mossy Meadow.

The sentiment I’ve used is from also from Abstract Impressions. I hadn’t actually read this sentiment until I made this card, but when I did, it totally made me smile.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Better Together, By Stamp Set - Petal Palette, By Stamp Set - Swirly Bird, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - Freshly Made Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches #331

April 4, 2018April 4, 2018by stamplicious7 Comments

Hey Everyone

Oh I love a sketch challenge! I’ve probably said this before, but they are truly my favourite! The cool sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches has been designed by the seriously talented Cecile Ribon.

Take a look at her sketch:

The die I’ve used in the background on my card is from Flourish Thinlits Dies. I’ve used Smoky Slate for these lattice type dies. The pretty little flowers I watercoloured are from Better Together. I’ve coloured them in a combination of pinks – Blushing Bride and Melon Mambo. The leaves, that you can probably tell are my favourite at the moment, are from Petal Palette. I’ve stamped them in Pear Pizzazz and then fussy cut them out.

To add a little bit of interest to the background, I stamped the ink splatters from Swirly Bird in the combination of Blushing Bride and Melon Mambo Inks. The sentiment I’ve used is stamped in Black Archival Ink is also from Better Together. As you can see, by using this sentiment, I’ve created another wedding card for my collection. Think I have a total of two now….

Our Clean Team have created gorgeous cards with Cecile’s sketch. Head over to the challenge and take a look. While you’re there you will see we have a new GD playing along with us this month – the uber talented Tracey Mehak McNeely! It’s so exciting to have her on the team!

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Better Together, By Theme - Wedding Cards, Challenge - Freshly Made Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches #323

February 7, 2018by stamplicious14 Comments

Hey Everyone

There’s a new sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch is a fabulous one and has been designed by Karren Johnson – our super creative Kiwi friend who makes stunning cards with amazing background and stunning details. I’m going to make a trip over the seas in-between our countries and touch all the stuff in her craft room one day – she just doesn’t know it yet!

This card started as baby card and somehow ended up as a wedding card. Funny how that happens! The designer series paper strips I’ve used are from Stampin’ Up!s Bundle of Love Specialty Designer Series Paper. My white leaves and gold flowers are cut on my big shot with Flourish Thinlits Dies. The sentiment is one that I haven’t used on any of my cards yet – so I wanted to give it some ink today. This great sentiment is from Better Together.

Here’s my card:

The team will inspire you with their gorgeous cards. Make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches and take a look.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

By Stamp Set - Happy Birthday Gorgeous, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - Freshly Made Sketches

Freshly Made Sketches #308

October 11, 2017by stamplicious7 Comments

Hey Everyone

Holidays are great, but not so great when you come home and unpack your craft stuff and realise your husband has packed his tool box on your recently made card for this weeks sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches…… My card was crushed and I realised I needed a re-do at the last minute last night to photograph and upload to our challenge blog. I will need to make sure my husband doesn’t pack the car next time we go on holidays!

This weeks sketch at Freshly Made Sketches has been designed by the super talented and perfect colourist, Rita Wright. Here’s her wonderful sketch:

Happy Birthday Gorgeous has gorgeous little flowers that I love using. They have a solid stamp that lines up perfectly to colour the flowers in no time. The colours I’ve used for the centre of my flowers are Berry Burst, Powder Pink and Blushing Bride. The leaves that I have used are from Flourish Thinlits Dies and I have used a combination of Olive Old and Berry Burst cardstock.

The birthday sentiment I’ve used is from Big on Birthdays. The pretty DSP I’ve used in the background is from Bundle of Love Speciality DSP. I then used a strip of Berry Burst cardstock to tie all of the colours and flowers together.

Here’s my card:

We would love if it you could join us with Rita’s sketch. Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and take a look at the wonderful inspiration from the Clean Team.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle