Just Add Ink #422 Choose Two

Hello there,
our continuing chilly weather creates the perfect ambience for creating Christmas cards (well one anyway). This week at Just Add Ink Rochelle has a fun Choose Two challenge for us. You need to Choose Two of the three options and use them on your project. I decided to have a little fun and created my own embossing folder using dies.

Here how it turned out.

To emboss with my snowflake dies I used the new SU! embossing mats (and the correct Big Shot sandwich! That is super important if you don't want to die cut your embossing mats by mistake). I was hoping to get enough depth in the embossed pattern that when I brayered ink over the pattern you would see a difference and it worked, somewhat randomly but it did work! My sentiment panel is my embossing powder element. First I silver embossed my 'Noel' then laid that over an embossed repeated Christmas sentiment. The silver snowflakes add the necessary touch of Christmas glam!

The rest of the Just Add Ink DT have wonderful projects to inspire so 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

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set $61.00	Hearts Come Home Clear-Mount Stamp Set $37.00	Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies $56.00	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock $14.75	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $17.00
Silver Glimmer Paper $8.75	Silver Foil Sheets $7.00	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00
Versamark Pad $15.00	Sponge Brayers $14.00	Big Shot Embossing Mats $26.00	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75	White Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75
Embossing Buddy $10.00	Heat Tool $50.00	Clear Faceted Gems $8.75	Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive $9.00
Liquid Multipurpose Glue $7.00	Big Shot Platform $45.25	Big Shot $159.00

Just Add Ink #391

Hello there,
well Christmas really is right around the corner now. I have spent December working on cards and tag projects which made the final challenge of the year at Just Add Ink a perfect one. This week I suggested we Just Choose Two. Just pick two of the options and use those for you project. I choose tags and twine (retrospectively I have realised that of course my die cut scenery has trees - so choosing two was surprisingly difficult!)

Here's one of my tag projects. This series are for the 'grown up' nieces and nephews in family. I always give them a gift card but make it special each year by packaging it up in some different way. This year I was inspired by a project that popped up on a Stampin Up! demo FB site by Sonja Fischer's (also posted on her blog here. Sonja has a pdf available to download and also links to a video tutorial). Her tags were designed to look like a tea bags within which you could tuck a tea bag. I decided to repurpose mine for gift cards, eliminating the extra mountain and valley folds on the inside. I also decided I had to recreate some of the colour palettes I had used over the last few months when creating Christmas cards. Here's the whole set.

(just click on the picture to see it larger)

Close up's of each tag.

I personalised each one with the initial of the recipient. Since there are two 'M's it might be a little confusing, but I'm sure they'll work it out. All they need is to open them up as you have space not only for the gift card but to write a message as well.

This will be a non voting challenge running till Jan 3, as the Just Add Ink team will be taking time out for some summer holidays, so you will have plenty of time to share your projects with us. 

We look forward to seeing your wonderful creations. Don't forget to check out the gorgeous inspiration from the rest of the Just Add Ink team. Lastly, I wish you all a Happy Christmas I will be taking a little blog break but look forward to being back in Jan 2018!

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

Hearts Come Home Clear-Mount Stamp Set $37.00	Hometown Greetings Edgelits Dies $56.00	Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set $61.00	Flurry Of Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set $37.00	Merry Patterns Photopolymer Stamp Set $0.00
Large Letters Framelits Dies $172.00	3/4" Circle Punch $21.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock $12.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $15.75	Silver Glimmer Paper $8.75
Gold Glimmer Paper $8.75	Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Perfect Plum Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50
Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Sponge Brayers $14.00	Versamark Pad $15.00
White Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75	Heat Tool $50.00	White Signo Uni-Ball Gel Pen $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00	Bone Folder $12.00
Big Shot Platform $45.25	Big Shot $159.00

Retired SU! product: Silver cord and gold twine.