Freshly Made Sketches #299

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

Hey Everyone

The very talented Kim Singdahlsen is our sketch hostess at Freshly Made Sketches this week. She has created this fantastic sketch for us:

I often make collections of cards, especially for my classes. For this card I’ve used the same colours and stamp set as a card I posted on Sunday as I may end up using them for a class. Click here to see my previous card.

This pretty rose stamp is from Stampin’ Up!s Graceful Garden. I watercoloured my rose with Calypso Coral Ink and outlined the petals with my Calypso Coral Marker. The background stamp is also stamped with Calypso Coral Ink. The strips of designer series paper are from Petal Garden Designer Series Paper Stack.

The sentiment is from Big on Birthdays, and as you can tell, it’s my favourite sentiment stamp set at the moment.

Here’s my card:

The cards the design team have created are just gorgeous and will inspire you. Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and take a look.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

30Jul2017

CAS(E) This Sketch #232

Posted in By Stamp Set - Colorful Seasons, By Stamp Set - Graceful Garden by stamplicious

Hey Everyone

I’ve had a weekend of play in my craft room – woohoo! I managed to get in front with my design team cards for the next couple of weeks and then I had time to play along with another challenge.

The card I’ve made is for this great sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge.

By now you may’ve noticed a love a flower stamp set……haha – as if you didn’t know that! I knew Graceful Garden was a must-have in my first Stampin’ Up! order from the new catalogue. I used my Calypso Coral Watercolor Pencil to colour in the petals and then my matching Calypso Coral Marker to give the petals definition. These rose stamps have leaves and a stem attached to them, but I trimmed the leaves off the images once I coloured them and placed them under the roses. The leaves are lightly watercoloured with Old Olive Ink.

The strip of designer series paper is from Petal Garden Designer Series Paper Stack. There are so many pretty papers in this stack that I can’t stop using! The sequins are copper (even though they make not look it in my photo) and I’ve paired them with some Copper Trim under my sentiment. The sentiment I’ve used is from Colorful Seasons – the font in this set really appeals to me.

Here’s my card:

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

28Jul2017

The Paper Players #354

Posted in By Stamp Set - Oh So Eclectic, By Theme - Female Cards, Challenge - The Paper Players by stamplicious

Hey Everyone

Do you ever get stuck on where to start with a card? Whenever I do, I head to my favourite sketch or colour challenges and join in. The card I made today was for the sketch challenge at The Paper Players.

Here’s Jaydee’s great sketch:

I received lots of new Stampin’ Up! goodies a couple of weeks ago and love that when I’m sitting in my craft room, I have heaps of new products to choose from. It’s hard to know where to start!

The flowers I’ve used on my card are stamped with Oh So Eclectic stamp set and then I’ve used the coordinating dies – Eclectic Layers Thinlits Dies. I didn’t realise until I opened the set that there are so many useful dies in there! The sentiment I’ve used is from Big on Birthdays – it’s kind of my go-to sentiment at the moment.

The strip of designer series paper in the background is Petal Garden Designer Series Paper Stack. There are so many pretty designs in this pack.

Here’s my card:

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle