Just Add Ink #685 Blog Hop Flowers

Hello there and welcome to 2024 on the blog!

The Just Add Ink team are kicking off the new year with our annual blog hop.

You may have come from Kerry Parkinson's blog, be starting the blog hop here on my blog, or you can go to Just Add Ink, and then follow the links at the end of each team members blog post on to the next. This year the theme is flowers.

Here's how my project turned out.

I do love an ombre background so I started with that, then embossed it and added splatters of white paint and Wink of Stella. Then I pulled out various purple hues and started stamping some flowers. I wanted to keep it elegant and uncluttered, so created just a small cluster of flowers to accent the large mixed font sentiment. I finished it all off with some silver sequins and ribbon accents.

Jan McQueen is next on the blog hop, so please go and check out her gorgeous project, and then the rest of the team. Then come back and join in the challenge we'd love to see your floral project. 

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Sending Smiles

Dies: Stitched Rectangles (R), Sending Smiles, Everyday Details, Stitched Shapes (R)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Basic Black, Balmy Blue, Silver foil (R)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Balmy Blue, Lost Lagoon, Fresh Freesia

Accessories: Timeworn Type embossing folder, Subtle embossing folder (R), Metallic sequins (R), Silver thread (R), Silver ribbon (R), Fine tip glue, Wink of Stella, White gouache, Big shot die cutting machine (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

Kristina Werner Colour Challenge # 42

Hi there,

had an extra day at home this week as my little munchkin was sick so in between cuddles with him I worked on this card. I figured it had to either go the baby way or flower way, and in the end I went with flowers. I started by playing with scraps of the colours, which are lovely, see the box below.



Through a punched hole on one scrap I could see the DSP flowers below, through it - so I decided to try that as part of the design.



In the end the card came together with minimal stamping and lots of punching, and of course there was some embossing and I used crystal effects to make the centres of the little flowers and shine up the little layered ones under the buttons (and attach the buttons at the same time).

You can see the other great entries in Kristina's colour challenge here.

Recipe:
Stamps: Paisley, Lots of Thoughts
Card Stock: More Mustard, Really Rust, Whisper White, Old Olive
Ink: Old Olive, (Old Olive, More Mustard, Really Rust markers), Versamark
Accessories: Crimper, Silver Hodgepodge, Old Olive brads, Wide Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, narrow White grosgrain ribbon, Old Olive DSP, Crystal effects, Clear embossing powder, Heat gun, Earth Elements buttons, 5-petal flower punch, Spring bouquet punch, Old Olive textured flower, mat pack and piercer