Showing posts with label Background Text Style. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Background Text Style. Show all posts

Friday, October 4, 2013

JAI 185 Just Add a Colour combo

Hello there, 
well the school holidays are here and this Mama has been enjoying not making lunch boxes this week - its the little things that make a different sometimes - lol! I've also got in quite a bit of crafting time (big smile) but I must admit I whipped up my card for this weeks Just Add Ink challenge a few weeks ago. This week we have a lovely colour combo for you.

I really am loving this Dahlia stamp from SU!, when I bought it, it was a bit of a gamble but its one that has paid off. It can be super modern or you can shabby it up a bit and it still looks fabulous!



Lots of inky goodness here, layering grunge, text and flowers. The main dahlia on the front and then one on the inside I embossed so I could watercolour over with Coastal Cabana and not have the Raspberry Ripple bleed. I dragged my white bakers twine through the Sahara ink pad to tone the colour down a bit and added some faux stitching to ground the sentiment then finished the card off white rhinestones and sequins. Fun!

Hope you can join us at Just Add Ink. Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Delightful Dahlia, Gorgeous Grunge, Background Basics: Text Style (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: Coastal Cabana, Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla
Ink: Raspberry Ripple, Coastal Cabana, Sahara Sand
Accessories: Hearts a Flutter framelits, Print Poetry DSP (R), Clear embossing powder, Coastal Cabana ruffled ribbon, White Bakers twine, sequins, Jewels - rhinestones, Aquapainter, Tombow multi, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)

Friday, July 26, 2013

JAI 175 Just add a sketch

Hello there,
well its back to our normal routines this week which is a relief. Although the kids and I really enjoyed the week we had up in Sydney. We even went to the beach - yes in mid winter! - ostensibly to build a sandcastle but of course getting wet turned out to be part of the experience.

Now onto this weeks Just Add Ink challenge - this week we have a great sketch for you. I loved this one and found it really easy to work with!
And here is what I came up with.

Ooh look another tag/banner ;) - but this time the sketch made me do it - lol! I went into this knowing I wanted something soft, pastelly and sort of shabby chic - well my version of it anyway. I decided that a jar full of flowers is just what I need for a birthday card. I didn't want to take the focus from that so to represent the ribbon element of the sketch I used an embossed border.To ground the flowers and also to also create a soft background for them I stamped some text and added a few stamped off Pool Party splotches as well. I did scratch my head a bit about what to use for the little banner up in the top corner but then decided to link it back to the jar by cutting a banner from the same stamped polka dot pattern and then added a bit of faux stitching. 

Hope you can join us and try your hand at this great sketch. Do go check out the rest of the DT for some awesome ideas!

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Fabulous Florets, Gorgeous Grunge, Tiny Tags (R), Friendship Jar (PaperTrey Ink), Background Basics: Text Style (PTI)
Cardstock: Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Blushing Bride
Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride, Basic Black
Accessories: Large scallop edgelit, Bitty banner framelits, Needlepoint border embossing folder, Jewelery Tag punch (R), Friendship Jar die (PTI), Calypso Coral Baker's twine, Piercing tool and mat, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)

Friday, April 12, 2013

JAI 161 Just add a colour combo


Hello there,
well this week at Just Add Ink we have a colour challenge for you - and I must admit this wasn't a combo that came easily to me. Are you up for the challenge? Here it is.
I was lying on the couch, deciding whether to stay there and just doze, a rare option (but DH had the kids out of the house) when the idea for this card popped into my head, I turned it round and decided it could work and that was enough to get me off the couch. So I did. Here it is.



I don't use a lot of DSP (hording instincts kicking in here I think!) But it has a key role in this. I must admit I originally thought it would end up a bit more vintagey but while it has some elements of that I think it has a quite modern feel too. Regardless I was happy with the way it turned out and it gave me the chance to pull out one of my in colour dahlia's too. 

Thanks for visiting and if you want some great inspiration to get you going check out the rest of the DT!
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Fabulous Florets, Background Basics Text Style (PTI), Friendship Jar (PaperTrey Ink)
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, More Mustard, Whisper White
Ink: Midnight Muse, Rich Razzleberry, More Mustard, Basic Black (old formula)
Accessories: Large Scallop edgelit, Friendship Jar dies (PTI), Filigree border die (PTI),
Cottage Wall DSP (R), Regals and Brights colour collection DSP stack, In Colour Dahlia, Midnight Muse stitched satin ribbon, SNAIL adhesive, dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press) 

Monday, December 31, 2012

2012 unblogged wedding cards Day 1

Hello there,
well Christmas kind of hit me at light speed and I never made it back here (I did make it to the beach however :). So rather than wishing you all a Merry Christmas I'd like to send you my best wishes for 2013.

I decided the way I wanted to end 2012 and begin 2013 was to try and get some of my unblogged work blogged ;). To start off with I have three wedding cards - all commissions. My first commissions in fact - which was wonderful and a bit scary too. If all goes to plan I will add some sympathy cards, a stack of masculine cards and a few other special cards in the weeks to come. So please drop in to have a look. I'll keep the chatter to a minimum, and my recipes will be a bit of guesswork but I hope you enjoy my peek back to 2012.

Here we go - wedding card 1 made for a beach wedding in Fiji I think it was.




Recipe: My best guess
Stamps: Stampin Up! (Loving thoughts) Papertrey Ink(On the farm, Beautiful Butterflies, Background basics Text Style)
Cardstock: Whisper White, Pool Party
Ink: Pool Party, Not Quite Navy, Real Red, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Real Red 1 1/4 " striped grosgrain,  Linen and Canvas Impression plate (PTI), Double ended banner die (PTI), mini sliver brads

Friday, August 3, 2012

JAI 129 Just add a sketch



Hello there :)
welcome back for a new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have a great sketch for you - lots of fun :) Here it is.

The idea for this card popped into my head while I was putting my little boyo to bed one night. I always stay with him for a cuddle, and I find the dark quiet environment works wonders for creative thinking. So having had the idea I had to put it to paper and I did from scratch that night. It was so nice to go to bed feeling happy with the outcome! 

My starting plan was to go with a browns plus blue colour scheme and then add a few eyecatching accents of pink.  So I used the balloon, the owls belly and the tags as the three accent features and kept the rest in the brown/blue palette. I almost went with DSP for the background layer but then pulled out a text stamp and used that instead. Fading the text as it travels down and also transitioning from blue=sky to brown=ground. To add a little extra interest I dottoed on a few clouds before I stamped the text and then pulled them off when I was done stamping. The rest is pretty straightforward - an owl, a branch for her to sit on, and sentiment tags :)

I had fun making this one! Hope you can join us for the challenge.
Thanks for visiting,
Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Party this Way, Tiny Tags, Happiest Birthday Wishes, Background Basics: Text Style (PaperTrey Inc)
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Regal Rose
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Punches (Owl, Scalloped Dotted Ribbon border, Jewelery Tag, Cupcake, Scalloped Oval, Modern Label, Decorative Label), Parisian Breeze DSP (R), Sweet Always DSP (R), Early Expresso twine, Tombow multi, Double sided tape, Dimensionals

Friday, March 2, 2012

JAI 107 - Just add Nikki Spencer

Hello there,
well this week at Just Add Ink we are Just Adding one of the team - this time round its the very talented Nikki Spencer.  So go and have a browse through Nikki's blog and pick out something that inspires you and join us! My starting point was this card by Nikki.

What really caught my attention was how she masked the center off and then created a pattern around it - and the other main element for me was the vellum sentiment strip. So here is my take on it.
My colour choice was to a very large degree dictated by the colours I know my MIL likes - since this was going to be headed her way as her birthday card. She's very keen on apricot/peachy tones - so I pulled out some retired Apricot Appeal, and initially paired it up with Peach Parfait but ditched that and went with Calypso Coral to bring the red tones out more.  OK so following Nikki's lead I masked off the centre and then stamped a floral pattern (flowers and stamped off text with sponging around the edges) all around, once I pulled the mask off it did look very nice. BUT - the masked circle was too small for the flower die cut I had decided to use as the central feature - oops! So in the end I had to cut a vanilla scalloped circle and use that under the die cut flower instead. I die cut and stamped my large flower and mounted that over the scalloped circle. Next I stamped the sentiment on the vellum, the ends of which were tucked under the top stamped layer. The stitching finishing the front also helped to secure the vellum. The last touch were some tiny pearls for the centre of the flower. The inside was finished off to match as well. I was surprised out how much I liked the colours I used today - just shows its good to pull out things you don't normally head for!

Hope you get the chance to join us - enjoy checking out Nikki's lovely work :)
Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: French Foliage (SU!), Rosie Posie (PaperTrey Inc), Think Big Favorites # 12 (PTI), Background Basics Text Style (PTI)
Cardstock: Calypso Coral, Apricot Appeal, Very Vanilla
Ink: Apricot Appeal, Cameo Coral, Kiwi Kiss, Stazon On Timber Brown
Accessories: Scallop Square BigZ die, Small scalloped nestabilities (Spellbinder), Vellum cardstock, Jewels - Pearls, Double sided tape, Dimensionals, Sponge

Friday, October 28, 2011

JAI 91 - just add a colour combo


Hello there :)

welcome back for another Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have a colour combo with a twist - you get to pick part of the combo. Here's the combo to work with.(Blushing Bride, Cherry Cobler, Neutral of choice)
Blushing Bride and Cherry Cobler said flowers to me and since it gave me the chance to ink up my new Field Flowers set - one that was on my must have list - well flowers it was with a gentle vintage feel. Here's what came out of a very late Saturday night session of crafting.



First up I used a Sweet Sunday Sketch (#136) as my starting point, I will also confess to being slightly liberal with the conditions of the colour challenge as strictly speaking I used two neutrals - Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip - but it was only a tiny smiggin of Chocolate. But it just wouldn't have worked without them both. So very quickly I started by inking up the flower overlay stamp in Blushing Bride and then rock and rolling in Cherry. I did that a little different for each flower. Then using the more solid flower  stamped over that in Blushing Bride. The centres were all stamped with the overlay in Cherry and solid centre in Blushing Bride. I then trimmed all the flowers out and mounted them up on dimensionals above the stems stamped on First Edition DSP. To continue the text theme I also stamped a text background in stamped off Cherry onto Blushing Bride as the top mat for the main card panel. I gentley distressed the edges of the all the mats, and also sponged some Blushing Bride and Cherry Cobler as well. The front was finished off with some satin ribbon, and lace, as well as some Pewter hodgepode from my stash. Oh and just before I went to photograph the card I added some clear glaze dots onto the centre of the flowers to give a bit of shine and texture. As usual I followed through the theme to the inside.

Its been a while since I had a go at something a bit vintagey - I had fun :) and it was worth the late night. I would really like to try using Field Flowers with bright bold colours and in a more modern style however and see how that turns out - I'll let you know ;)

So what will you make of this weeks colour challenge?

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Field Flowers, French Foliage, Watercolor Trio (R), Background Basics Textstyle (PaperTrey Inc)
Cardstock: Cherry Cobler, Blushing Bride, Very Vanilla
Ink: Cherry Cobler, Blushing Bride, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: First Edition DSP, Chantilly crochet trim, Sakura glaze pen, "Cherry" stain ribbon (local craft shop), Pewter Hodgepodge (R), Double sided tape (X Press), Dimensionals

Friday, September 23, 2011

JAI 86 - just add a sketch

Hi there,

well the house is still full of sickies here but luckily I made this card a few weeks ago as I just had to get some ink on my new Delicate Dollies set - one of the few items I preordered.  Was I getting ink on it for a purpose - of course ;) It's for the sketch we have for you this week at Just Add Ink. Here's the sketch.

Sorry about the blurry sketch image but its either that or a tiny thumb nail :(




Ok first up a confession this is the first time I have used Concord Crush, but something about the arrival of Wisteria Wonder insisted that I pull it out. The thought occured to me that the Dollies could make nice flower heads, and if I flipped the sketch what was in my head could work, hopefully! I started by stamping text in Wisteria Wonder over the Crumb Cake base, then I rubbed some white ink over where I wanted my smaller flower (dollie) to go. Then I stamped the smallest Dollie in Concord Crush over the ink cloud. The larger Dollie I stamped in versamark on Crumb Cake and then white embossed, twice.  I then sponged and rubbed Wisteria and Concord Crush ink over the white embossing. From the second flower I trimmed out the centre and mounted that on top of the first, adding a rhinestone to finish it. The big double scallopy border represents the vertical cross card element of the sketch, I also used it as a place to add the sentiment, and couldn't resist adding some (wobbly) zig zag stitching as a little balancing decorative element. The final touch was to add stitching to represent the stems of the flowers. (Ok I did do that before I dimensionaled on the sentiment strip). I really enjoyed my little experiment into playing with ink and layers on layers of ink and images. Something I will have to revisit.
Thanks for visiting :)
Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Delicate Dollies, Background Basics: Text Style (PaperTrey Inc), Botanical Silhouettes (PTI)
Cardstock: Wisteria Wonder, Concord Crush, Whisper White, Crumb Cake
Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Concord Crush, Versamark, Fresh Snow (PaperTrey Inc)
Accessories: Medium scalloped border die (PaperTrey Inc), White embossing powder, Jewels - rhinestone, Sewing machine, Dimensionals, Double sided tape

Friday, August 19, 2011

JAI 81 - just add a colour combo


Apologies but about to fall off the couch here - sooo tired. I'm hoping to crawl into bed soon and fall asleep listening to the rain - that is always so soothing :)  However hopefully the great challenge we have in store for you this week at Just Add Ink will keep you (and me) awake. This week its a colour challenge.

Ok I have to confess  - in the year since we've had the 2010-2012 in colours I have never ever!! used Peach Parfait - so this challenge was definitely a challenge. But once I pulled out a bit of cardstock in each of the colours I realised what a sweet colour combo this was - actually quite feminine and soft - so that where my card came from. Here it is.



Got to use some fun dies for this one and an SU! stamp set that I don't think you can mess up with. That's got to be a winner. I kind of wanted a vintagey soft result so I used lots of little text in the background (Peach Parfait), over stamped with flowers (stamped off Cajun Craze) and sponged lots of edges. Then dressed up with a large focal piece - stamped (inked up image with markers) and trimmed out flowers, with a punch of Bashful Blue to brighten it all up, finished off with stitching, tiny highlights of glitter and some decorative bling. I did kind of cut loose with the sewing machine for this one but I love how it turned out - even the wonky bits - cause that's kind of what its about ;) I hope the rest is self explanatory but if you have any questions just ask.

Thanks for visiting and do check out what the rest of the DT have come up with this week. Ok off to bed now - I think I can still hear that rain....

Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Watercolor Trio (SU!), Background Basics: Text Style (PaperTrey Inc)
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Very Vanilla, Peach Parfait
Ink: Bashful Blue, Cajun Craze, Peach Parfait
Accessories: Edgers 3 die and Mat Stack 5 die (PaperTrey Inc), Washington Apple DSP (R), Filigree brads, Very Vanilla satin ribbon, Ice circle rhinestone brads, sewing machine, sponge dauber, Two way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Dimensionals, Double sided tape.

Friday, March 4, 2011

JAI 58 - just add Amanda or Danielle



Hi there,

well we have a special challenge for you at Just Add Ink this week! As you would have read recently on JAI Amanda and Danielle who started JAI have stepped down so its only fitting that this week you Just add Amanda or Danielle. So go have a browse through their blogs and find something you like and create your CASE of their creation. I had a lot of fun making my "Amanda" and "Danielle" cards :) Read on to see what I came up with this week.


This card by Danielle caught my attention - it was just pure Danielle. I am also a great admirer of the wonderful watercolouring she does and she has defintiely inspired me to do more of that in 2011. Now here's my version. Same elements and layout.


Briefly I stamped my kitty in versamark on watercolour paper and then black embossed. Then watercoloured the image with Crumb Cake, Marina Mist and Cherry Cobler inks and aquapainter. I found that it took quite a while to build up the colour intensity that I wanted. Some cherry coloured satin ribbon and a large sentiment, a rhinestone brad, rounded bottom corners (wink) and I was all done!

Now here is the Amanda's card that caught my eye.

And now my CASE - again same layout and basic elements just with a bit of "Kim" twist.



I used a current fav colour combo for this - Perfect Plum, Rose Red, Pear Pizzazz/Old Olive - with a hint of black for accent. So Plum polka dots, then a large Rose Red rose, I used a fabulous tutorial by my talented DT team mate Tania Gould for this. Before shaping the petals I stamped them with fine text. Some swirly bits, a scalloped circle to frame the flower and swirls, a lovely satin bow and a sentiment - all done!! :) And of course I finished off the inside to match - I just had to use a much less dimensional flower!

I hope you find time this week to play along with this special challenge!

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Danielle CASE
Stamps: Felix Cato (Stampingbella), Afterthoughts
Cardstock: Crumb Cake
Ink: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobler, Marina Mist, Basic Black
Accessories: Watercolour paper, Labels One (Nestabilities), Satin ribbon (local craft shop), Jewels - rhinestone, SNAIL adhesive, Dimensionals, Aquapainter

Amanda CASE
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Background Basics Text Style (PaperTrey Inc), Background Basics Polka Dot (PTI) , Blooming Button Bits (PTI)
Cardstock: Whisper White, Rose Red, Pear Pizzazz
Ink: Perfect Plum, Rose Red, Basic Black
Accessories: Word Window punch, 1/2" circle punch, Classic and scalloped circle nestabilities (Spellbinder), Swirl and Scribble sizzlet (Sizzex), Old Olive satin ribbon





Wednesday, February 23, 2011

MIM 3 - Time for some sunshine




Hello there,

well the new Make it Monday challenge got me all fired up today and I just had to have a go especially after I thought I had a rather nifty idea for it ;) So what is the challenge - well to use a glitter strip (must be in a straight line). Want to know what my nifty idea is? - how about I show you :)



As you can see my glitter strip makes up the stem of my flower - it dawned (no that is not meant to be a pun BTW) on me that a straight glitter strip would be perfect for a flower stem and since I had a stash of coloured glitter - a green one!! I absolutely love the effect. It really does add some fun and sparkle to the card - and makes it feel bright and happy which is just what I wanted and hoped for! The card is pretty straight forward really so I won't go into the details check out my recipe below or leave a comment if you have a question.

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe:
Stamps: Blooming Button Bits, Studio Style, Backgound Basics Text Style (PaperTrey Inc)
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White (SU!)
Ink: Perfect Plum, Wild Wasabi, Rose Red (SU!), Fresh Snow (PTI)
Accessories: Dotty Biscotti Patterned Paper (PTI), large scalloped border die (PTI), Woodgrain impression plate (PTI), Plum Pudding buttons (PTI), Old Olive button (SU!), Corner rounder punch (SU!), 1/2" circle punch (SU!), Superfine glitter (SU!), Sticky Strip (SU!), Linen Tread (SU!), Glue, Dimensionals (SU!), SNAIL adhesive (SU!), Sponge (SU!), Double sided tape (X Press)

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Inkspirations 54 - Tree of Love


Hi all,

ahhh I loved the colour combo Keesh set on first sight last Friday night (for this weeks Inkspiration challenge). But what to use it for? Here's the colour combo so you can see if it has as much appeal for you.


Now my DH is not a valentines man - at all!! But we do have our anniversary (first date (Feb) and then wedding (April) I might add they were 6 years apart!) coming up. So I decided to make a card for him. I remember last year blogging that I wasn't sure he would like the card I made for him then, this was it, and I feel the same way this year. But I like how it turned out so at least one of us will ;)Oh I should mention that I used the Sweet Sunday sketch challenge 98 sketch from a few weeks ago. Ok here is what I came up with.



I started with a square Early Expresso base and layered that with Very Vanilla stamped with a woodgrain pattern in Pear Pizzazz. Over that I added a large strip of Early Expresso, with large scallops on one side and impressed with a woodgrain pattern. Then I layered some Pear Pizzazz ribbon over that. For the main image I stamped the trunk portion of a PTI tree (Through the Trees) in Early Expresso, then punched out lots of little hearts in Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz to add as "leaves". I SNAILed the hearts in place or mounted some up on dimensionals. I also added one stamped Early Expresso heart as an accent to the tree (covered in cyrstal effects). At the base of the tree I stamped some small text to ground it and then add two falling "leaves" one stamped with love and the other with you. The tree image was cut out with a circle nestability (prior to adding all the leaves of course) and I also cut a Expresso mat for it. Then I trimmed a fraction off the right side and added it to the base layers with dimensionals. I finished off the inside to match, by cutting a circle then stamping the woodgrain over it, then peeling the circle away and adding one little Expresso heart.

Hope you like it too :)

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe:
Stamps:
Tiny Tags, Teeny Tiny Sentiments (SU!), Through the Trees, Background Basics Woodgrain, Background Basics Text Style (PTI)
Cardstock: Early Expresso, Very Vanilla, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride
Ink: Early Expresso, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride
Accessories: Large scallop border die (PTI), Woodgrain Impression plate (PTI), small heart punch (SU!), Pear Pizzazz Stitched Polyribbon, Circle nestabilities (Spellbinder), Crystal effects, SNAIL adhesive, Double sided tape

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Inkspirations 33 - Nature and Nuture

Hi all, this week Makeesha Byl (welcome back Keesh :) posted a great sketch for her weekly challenge, so great in fact that I couldn't help myself and made two cards!! There is something about sketches with circles or ovals that really appeals to me. Having said that my favourite of my two cards this week - doesn't have either ;) Here's the sketch. My first card was inspired by one that Nicole Heady posted back in June for the USA father's day. I love the effect she got and couldn't resist having a go. Here's what I came up with. I started with a square Chocolate Chip base and layered that with some PTI paper. For the image panel I started with some Rustic Ivory cardstock, stamped fine text over it in Old Olive and then over that stamped my tree in Versamark. I then clear embossed the tree, then got a sponge and started sponging Old Olive over the embossed tree till I got the depth of colour I wanted. Almost at the same time the sponge would also remove the ink from the embossed image so the tree started to pop out. To remove any excess ink I just went over carefully with a clean tissue. The tree panel was then cut with a Spellbinder Large Label, and mounted on some Choc Chip cardstock. The finished tree panel was laid over three strip of twill that I SNAILed down to the DSP, then frayed the ends and then stitched zig zag over. I really love the earthy atmospheric feel of this one. It even got an approving hmm from my DH! OK now for a change of pace here is card two. I'm back to girl's birthday cards again for this one. Here it is. I started by rifling through my DSP collection for a pattern that was suitably girly and would be good for paper piecing. Having settled on this DSP, I got out my stamp, stamped her on Whisper White and also onto the DSP. Then I proceeded to trim out her bow, dress and shoes from the DSP. I used the two way glue pen to stick the DSP onto the stamped image base. Then I got my aquapainter and coloured the rest of her in. Once all that was done I could add the crystal effects to her bow, collar and shoes. I also stamped the cake onto Pink Pirouette and DSP, cut out alternating DSP layers, adhered those, then added crystal effects icing and candle flame - blinged up with a sprinkle of dazzling diamonds. The central image was cut out with an oval die, sponged around the edges with Pink Pirouette, and then layered onto a scalloped oval mat of Riding Hood Red. Rather than three horizontal bands, as per the sketch I have ended up going with two and a half. The top and bottom are strips of DSP laid over scalloped Riding Hood Red. The half ;) is a bow of RHR taffeta from which two little sentiment tags hang. As a final detail I also pierced all the scallops. The large Pink Pirouette mat below was wheeled with the Happy Birthday wheel in Pink Pirouette so it adds just a subtle pattern and message at the same time. I even managed to get it all mostly straight! That was laid over a white mat and then finally the RHR base. I can't deny this wasn't fiddly but every now and again I like to play around with something that is fiddly and I think the fiddling paid off. Thanks for visiting and working your way through the saqa. Don't forget to drop by this Friday when my next Just Add Ink DT card will be posted. Kim Nature Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted Stamps: Through the Trees (PaperTrey Inc), Background Basics Text Style (PaperTrey Inc) Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Rustic Ivory Ink: Old Olive, Versamark Accessories: Turning a New Leaf DSP (PTI), Spellbinders Large Labels, Clear embossing powder, Sponge, Twill Tape, sewing machine, SNAIL adhesive, double sided tape, Dimensionals Nuture Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted Stamps: Anna Mae(Our Craft Lounge), Happy Birthday, Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Tiny Tags Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White Ink: Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Blush Blossom Accessories: Bella Rose DSP, Medium Jewelery Tag, Scallop Border punch, Mat pack and piercing tool, Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon, Oval and Scalloped Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinder), Crystal effects, Dazzling Diamonds, Silver cord, SNAIL, Double sided tape, Two way glue pen, Dimensionals