Just Add Ink #410 Inspiration

Hello there,
doing a happy dance here as we have a long weekend this weekend and I am looking forward to some relaxing! Think reading on the couch in the sun, maybe a movie, and I hope some stamping too. Last weekend I was successful in finding some time and so I have a very colourful card for you today that just makes me happy. This week at Just Add Ink Jo has asked us to Just Add Inspiration and the pic is filled with colour! You can use the colours, objects or patterns in the picture to inspire your project. Here it is.

How could I overlook those colours! I'm not usually a brights girl but this week I ventured down that path, and I brought in the spots you see in the inspiration picture as bokeh.

The inside.

On the inside I reversed the effect and added bright bubbles of colour, toning them down with an additional layer of white ink over the top. 

Tip: To achieve my bokeh effect I made myself a template punching different sized circles into an acetate sheet, so now I have a handy reusable resource!

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of gorgeous projects to show you so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge!

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Project Recipe:
To see and order any items used in today's project, just click on the items below to see them in my Online Store. You can order from me if you live anywhere in Australia. I would love to be your Demonstrator if you don't already have one. Please allow "Demonstrator contact" in your preferences so I can thank you properly when you place your order.

Product List

Celebrate You Thinlit Dies $0.00	Amazing You Clear-Mount Stamp Set $0.00	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay $14.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $15.75	White Vellum A4 Card Stock $11.50
Gold Foil Sheets $7.00	Gold Glimmer Paper $8.75	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Stamping Sponges $6.00	Whisper White Uninked Craft Stampin’ Pad & Refill $16.50	Versamark Pad $15.00	White Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75
Embossing Buddy $10.00	Heat Tool $50.00	1/2" Circle Punch $10.00	1-1/2" Circle Punch $28.00	1-1/4" Circle Punch $28.00
1" Circle Punch $21.00	Window Sheets $8.75	Liquid Multipurpose Glue $7.00	Fine-Tip Glue Pen $12.00	Metallics Sequin Assortment $8.75
White Signo Uni-Ball Gel Pen $7.00	Big Shot Platform $45.25	Big Shot $159.00

Non SU! product used: Stitched Fishtail Flags STAX (My Favorite Things) 

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Just Add Ink #409 Eclipse

Hello there,
well after a short unplanned break (too much to do and not enough time to do everything sums it up) I'm back this week. This week at Just Add Ink Rachael has a fun challenge for us. She wants us to Just Add the Eclipse Technique. There are many examples around the web of this fun technique, and now we'd love to see what you do!

Here's what I made, one for my Mum and one for my MIL.

Did you spot my 'MUM' camouflaged within the flower? 

Once I'd coloured my flowers I cut the letters for MUM out, and stacked them onto of 4 white die cuts, to lift my word up and out of the flower. If you tilt the card to the side you can see the dimension of the letters. I glammed everything up with lots of embossing, some Wink of Stella sparkle and with sequins. The tilted frame (from the Swirly Frames stamp set available in June from SU!) was an impromptu addition and I love how it was just perfect to frame my flower.

This proved to be a really fun challenge for me, do go and check out the rest of the Just Add Ink DT for some stunning inspiration and then come and join in the fun!

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Project Recipe:
To see and order any items used in today's project, just click on the items below to see them in my Online Store. You can order from me if you live anywhere in Australia. I would love to be your Demonstrator if you don't already have one. Please allow "Demonstrator contact" in your preferences so I can thank you properly when you place your order.

Product List

Beautiful Day Clear-Mount Stamp Set $37.00	Rose Garden Thinlits Dies $54.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $15.75	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock $12.25	Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride $14.00
Real Red A4 Card Stock $14.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock $14.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $10.00	Versamark Pad $15.00	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $15.50	Pink Pirouette Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $15.50	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $15.50	Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75
Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75	White Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75	Embossing Buddy $10.00	Heat Tool $50.00	Gold Glimmer Paper $8.75
Gold Metallic Thread $5.25	Metallics Sequin Assortment $8.75	Fine-Tip Glue Pen $12.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00
Big Shot Platform $45.25	Big Shot $159.00

New SU! product available from June: Swirly Frames stamp set
Non SU! product: Headline alphabet die (PaperTrey Ink), Keep it Simple: Mother (PaperTrey Ink)