Hello there,
I hope you all enjoyed some time off and chocolate over Easter. I had both :) and there is still plenty of chocolate left, even the kids will take quite a while to eat through their stashes! Especially since they both got sick over Easter and appetites were lagging for a few days (it's when they don't want to eat chocolate that you know they are really not feeling well!)
Anyway on to this week's Just Add Ink challenge (which has nothing to do with chocolate, although it's entirely possible some was consumed during it making ;). This week Tina has a sketch for us.
And here is what I made of it.
Oops meant to add a small flower to the inside but never got around to it!
Those rectangle boxes did I admit take some pondering but I finally came to a solution which I liked. Then I did some more pondering about the background, three background mats later I finally sorted that out too - so I wouldn't say this card came easily. The only 'easy' part was water colouring the flower! The finishing touches are of course some bling in the form of subtle black glimmer paper and not so subtle red sequins.
Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT projects - they're gorgeous! Hope you can join us.
Thanks for visiting,
Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Birthday Blooms, Crazy About You
Cardstock: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Cherry Cobler, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green
Accessories: Go Wild DSP, Chevron embossing folder, Water color paper, Aquapainter, Black glimmer paper (R), Black and White embossing powder, Red sequins (non SU!), Fine tip glue pen, Dimensionals, Double sided tape
Hello there,
it's been a while but this week for Just Add Ink we want you to Just Add a Colour Combo. Jan put together the combo for us this week. I was a bit uncertain at first where to go with it and then I decided a butterfly would be a nice change from Christmas card making. Here's the combo.
Note: The colour balance is really off in my photos and the Watermelon Wonder has a really orangey tinge but I really did use WW!
This is one of my rare clean and simple card - yes CAS - well for me. The patterns are strong and I didn't want to overwhelm them with too much fussiness. I also couldn't bear to unbalance the symmetry so this is one of the few times I haven't added a sentiment to the front. To complement the strong patterns I've added some bling - assorted glimmer paper and a smattering of gold splatter oh and sequins too ;)
Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT projects for some colourful inspiration. Hope you can join us this week!
Thanks for visiting,
Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Watercolor Wings
Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Watermelon Wonder, Whisper White, Garden Green
Ink: Watermelon Wonder, Crushed Curry, Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories: Ovals Collection framelits, Bold butterfly framelits, Bitty Banner framelits, Chevron embossing folder, Dazzling Diamonds and Gold glimmer paper, Crushed Curry baker's twine, Gold smooch (R), Moonshine sequins (Simon Says Stamp), Double sided tape (X Press), Fine tip glue pen
Are you confused? Seeing blue? When you saw red?? Yep that's right, this week I have not just one, but two cards for you!!
I try as much as possible to make cards for the kids to take to the birthday's they are invited too. So this week I used our Just Add Ink challenge - to Just Add a Sketch, to make not just one but two. For once I'll be ahead of the game! Here's the sketch.
What's your fav? The blue or the red?
Close up of the red
Close up of the blue
And of course - the inside - ta da ;)
I always find boy cards tricky - trying to get that balance between not being too plain but not adding so many extra embellishments that it ends up a girl card! So to deal with that I added in lots of texture. The embossed foil sheet looks awesome embossed with the chevron folder and the tire track background and car are all heat embossed to add some dimension and shine. If you looks closely you'll see a little peep of some chevron ribbon too!
I still have one these stashed away ready for the next birthday invite :)
Hope you can join us this week. Do check out the rest of the DT for lots of fabulous sketch inspiration.
Thanks for visiting,
Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Rev Up the Fun
Cardstock: Pacific Point, Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White, Silver Foil
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Black embossing powder, 2 1/2" circle punch, Chevron embossing folder, 3/4" Basic Black Chevron ribbon, 1/8" Mini Brads, Dimensionals, Pinking shears, Double sided tape (X Press)
Hello there,
we have another fun challenge for you this week at Just Add Ink. We'd like you to Just add Water! Now this week here in Canberra there were a few morning where it would have been more appropriate to say just add ice!! But the upside of the big freeze was that we did have some lovely sunny winter days!
Now for the challenge you can use any technique that uses water like water colouring, for example, or water associated images. I did both :)
Is that the new SU! Chevron background stamp you see before you - ah no it's not! I had to make do with what I had and that was an embossing folder. So taking my ink pads in turn (working light to dark), I dabbed them onto the chevron pattern. From top to bottom the colour sequence was Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Soft Skye, Island Indigo. Then I spritzed the inked folder with water and gently pressed my paper onto the ink. After peeling it off I used my aqua painter to pull some of the ink around to make the colour transitions more blurry. (As an aside from experience if you get a weird dotty pattern try inking the other side of the embossing folder). After it had dried I splashed some splotches over the top (including some shimmery ones) then punched out a big circle. That fun fishy was stamped and coloured on the base white layer so you could see him peeping through the circle window. A couple of banners and a button finished off the front. I was really chuffed that this actually worked - and it was a lot of fun as well :)
Why don't you try just adding water this week! Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT for fabulous watery ideas.
Thanks for visiting,
Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Hearts a Flutter, Itty Bitty Banners, Fishy Friends (R)
Cardstock: Bermuda Blue, Whisper White, X Press blending white
Ink: Bermuda Blue, Pool Party, Soft Sky, Island Indigo
Accessories: Hearts a Flutter framelits, Bitty Banner framelits, 2 1/2" circle punch, Chevron embossing folder, Copic markers (BG), Mr Huey Calico Shine mist, Aqua Painter, Naturals Designer button, Island Indigo bakers twine, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)
Hello there,
well another week has zipped past! I actually had this card made for this weeks Merry Monday challenge way back on Tuesday but this has been my first chance to post it! This week the challenge was a Tic Tac Toe square. I found this a bit easier to get a handle on second time round and had an idea to work with by the time I finished my morning walk! Here are the options.
And this is what I came up with using the top row - red/ dry embossing/ ribbon.
The cute option on the tic tac toe square stuck in my mind so I couldn't help but pull out this Santa to colour, and I really like red combined with crumb cake and white. Finally I'd added this Santa to a tag last Christmas and that led to the card design :)
Thanks for dropping by!
Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Itty Bitty Banners, Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Holiday Button Bits (Papertrey Ink), Postmarks (PTI), Mat Stack One Collection (PTI)
Cardstock: Real Red, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Crumb Cake, Versamark, Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories: Bitty Banner Framelits, Chevron embossing folder, Linen/Canvas impression plate (PTI), Scalloped circle nestabilities (Spellbinder), Copic markers, Pewter eyelet (R), Piercing tool and mat, Pinking shears, 1/4" Real Red Stitched grosgrain ribbon, retired ribbon, Pure Poppy vintage button (PTI), White bakers twine, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)
