Just Add Ink #670 Wildlife

 

Hello there,

time for a new challenge from Just Add Ink, and this week Fiona is asking us to Just Add Wildlife. So pull out your animal stamps and feature something wild on your project.

I've had a sloth stamp set languishing in my stash for a while now and I thought this was the perfect time to pull it out. 

I kept things pretty simple this week. Just some simple blending for the background, then adding the coloured and die cut elements on top. Some subtle embossed texture, stitching detail and a little fold of ribbon add some extra interest. 

The Just Add Ink design team have plenty of fabulous projects for you so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Itty Bitty Birthdays (R), Sweet Sloths (My Favorite Things) 

Dies: Stitched Rectangles (R), Sweet Sloths (My Favorite Things) 

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist

Ink: Azure Afternoon, Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Blends (Crumb Cake, Grey Granite, Ivory, Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie), Lemon Lime Twist ribbon (R), Blending brush, Die cutting machine, Subtle embossing folder (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

 

Just Add Ink #668 Choose Two

 

Hello there, 

it's time for a new challenge from Just Add Ink. This week Lou has given us a Choose Two challenge. It may prove the perfect source of inspiration for you if it is Father's day soon in your part of the globe, but it's equally as versatile for any type of project. Just Choose Two of the three options and feature them in your project. Here are your choices.

Several male family members have birthdays this time of year so I used my two choices - timber and twine - to make a masculine birthday card.

This combines two of my favourite techniques for masculine cards - dry and heat embossing. I even doubled it up on the timber background, with random smeared white heat embossed patches over the dry embossing. There was more embossing to create a background for my landscape vignette, for which I layered die cut trees, grounding them with some mountains. The twine added that last element of rustic texture.

The Just Add Ink design team have plenty of lovely projects for you so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Sending Smiles, Rays of Light

Dies: Majestic Mountain, Stitched Shapes (R)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Balmy Blue, Crumb Cake, Shaded Spruce, Garden Green, Old Olive

Ink: Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Linen twine, Silver and White embossing powder, Heat Tool, Die cutting machine, Timber 3D embossing folder, Subtle embossing folder (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape