Baby

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Now onto this week's card. Jen Mitchell came up with a fabulous sketch and I used some NBUS dies from Scrapbook.com to make a baby card - for who I have no idea 😁  

I die-cut everything from white cardstock and ink-blended using some soft pastel colours.  I arranged the images onto a vellum stitched tag and then onto a strip of gingham patterned paper.  The sentiment die is from SugarPea Designs and stacked three high for dimension.

Thanks so much for visiting!  The design team have some wonderful cards so I hope you'll check them out.

Products used:

Ink: Minty Mint, Sweet Leaf, Rose Quartz, Puffy Heart, Peachy Glow, Peach Perfect, Vanilla Cream, Hazelnut, Rocky Shore, Mocha (Altenew)

Cardstock: White, Vellum, Homespun Gingham patterned paper (MFT)

Dies: Welcome Baby (Scrapbook.com), Baby Diaper Pin (SugarPea Designs), Anytime Tags (Lil Inkers), Stitched Scalloped Borders (Lawn Fawn)

Accessories:  White twine

Cheers

Karren

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HB2U

Hi and welcome.  We're back over at the Fusion blog with another great challenge.  I went with the sketch this time, but did bring in some summery colors.

I had these flowers already stamped and cut so this card was fairly quick to put together.  I arranged the Boysenberry strip onto a white card base and then adhered the yellow flowers directly on top.  The purple flowers are popped up on foam tape and the sentiment was stamped and die-cut and adhered in the centre.

When I'd finished, the card looked a bit bottom-heavy so I added some Nuvo drops to try and adjust the balance a bit.

The design team have some wonderful cards to show you so I hope you'll check them out.

Products used:

Stamps:  Blossoms (Scrapbook.com), Roundabout Additions (Reverse Confetti)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Enchanted Garden, Pocketful of Sunshine, Green Fields sets (Altenew)

Cardstock:  White, Boysenberry, Black Licorice (MFT)

Dies:  Infinity Circle Dies (Hero Arts)

Accessories:  Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen, Dandelion Yellow, Crushed Grape Nuvo Drops

Plank Bouquet

Hi and welcome to another year of challenges from the team at Freshly Made Sketches!  Our first sketch was designed by Judy Rozema.

I white-embossed the Plank background stamp onto both a white panel and a panel of Bristol Smooth and die-cut them both with a stitched rectangle die.  Onto the Bristol Smooth piece, I ink-blended various green distress inks then lightly spritzed with Perfect Pearls mist.

The flowers were stamped with Altenew inks and cut with my Scan n Cut.  I die-cut the sentiment die and arranged all the elements onto a white card base, before finishing with some enamel dots.

Thanks for visiting!  I hope you'll check out the gorgeous cards made by the rest of the design team.

Products used:

Stamps:  Blossoms (Scrapbook.com), Plank (SSS)
Ink:  Versamark, Dew Drops, Aqualicious, Teal Cave, Chamomile, Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, Evergreen (Altenew), Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn Distress Inks
Cardstock:  White, Black, Bristol Smooth
Dies:  Stitched Rectangle Stax 2 (MFT) Thanks Jotted Script (Memory Box)
Accessories:  White EP, Enamel Dots, Perfect Pearls Mist

Cheers
Karren