Colour INKspiration #62

Hello there,

welcome to the Colour INKspiration 62 blog hop. If you are hopping your way around the blog hop, you will have arrived from Rachel Palmieri's blog. If you are starting the hop here but would like to go to the start at the  Colour INKspiration challenge page over on Facebook, just click the link to be redirected and ask to join the group, that way you can load your projects directly to the Facebook group.

Here's the INKspiration picture for this week. This week it's filled with a dash of spring featuring Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Whisper White and Call Me Clover. 

Here what I came up with.

Hope you can join us and have some fun too! The challenge runs till Monday 9th September so there is plenty of time to join in. Next up, on the blog hop is the lovely Elizabeth Gross with something special to show you. Enjoy!

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

Daisy Lane Cling Stamp Set $40.00	Bloom & Grow Photopolymer Stamp Set $45.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies $61.00	Stitched Lace Dies $61.00	Stitched Shapes Dies $50.00
Daisy Punch $31.00	Medium Daisy Punch $28.00	1-1/8" (2.9 Cm) Scallop Circle Punch $28.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $17.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock $14.25
Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock $15.25	Call Me Clover A4 Cardstock $15.25	Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry $15.25	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Call Me Clover Stampin' Pad $13.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $10.00	Gold Faceted Gems $8.75	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush $11.50	Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $7.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive $11.50

Retired SU!: Big Shot die cutting machine

Just Add Ink #471 Inspiration

Hi all,
I had this card in my head for a couple of weeks and it was great to get it out and onto paper. Even better it turned out just how I wanted it too. Got to be pleased about that! All that thinking was inspired by this week's Just Add Ink challenge. This week Rachael is asking us to Just Add Inspiration. Use the colours, patterns, or objects in the inspiration below to inspired your project. For me it was definitely the transition of colours.

And here's how it came out.

Super simple this week, except for a bit of struggle with cutting the dies just the way I wanted them. The two deers are actually freestanding, but for the card I wanted them perched on the crest of a hill. In theory this type of partial die cutting is very simple, but my (warped cutting) plate kept slipping and I ended up with fully cut out deers (and some frustration on my part). 

Tip: you are want to leave the very bottom of their legs uncut so the deers are completely attached to the hill.

Eventually I got there, the key was using two flat cutting plates and then a little extra work with a part of sharp small paper snips.

To add a snowy/ starry night sky I first flicked water droplets, then a fine splatter of white gouache and wink of Stella.

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of fabulous 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

Detailed Deer Dies $59.00	Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Stamp Set $47.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies $61.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock $14.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $17.00
Basic Black A4 Card Stock $15.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $10.00	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Sponge Brayers $14.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush $11.50	Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive $11.50

Retired SU!: Big Shot die cutting machine

Just Add Ink #470 No Stamping

Hello there,

this week at Just Add Ink we have a challenge that will be...a challenge. This week Jo has asked us to Just Add 'No Stamping'. Yep that's right 'no stamping', you can use ink, paper, stencils anything except stamps!

My first thought was to use dies, cause I just love dies!

I began by brayering a rainbow of colour on one panel, then proceeded to cut lots of 'Happy Birthday's' out of the rainbow panel. Then I replicated that on a panel of Whisper White. Then I puzzle pieced all the rainbow words into the white panel and all the white words into the rainbow panel. Easy to say and not actually hard to do but be prepared this will take a while, a long while, a longer than you expected while! The bonus is of course that you end up with two cards. In fact the end result was so colourful that I felt that the cards were perfectly finished as they were. 

Make sure to check out the rest of the cards from the DT for great 'no stamping' ideas, 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

Well Written Dies $70.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies $61.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $17.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock $14.25	Basic Black A4 Card Stock $15.25
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad $13.00	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00
Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Sponge Brayers $14.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $7.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive $11.50	Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00