Just Add Ink #502 Sketch

Hi there, 
this week at Just Add Ink we have a sketch challenge for you from Tina. Here's the sketch.

And here's what I came up with.

I wanted to make an old friend a birthday card, and her favourite colour is teal, as you can see there is plenty of that here! I haven't done a brayered background for a while so I started with that, then added lots of texture with water drops and white gouache splatters. Then I pulled out my SU! blends and no line coloured a large hibiscus bloom and some leaves. A sprinkle of softly stamped little flowers, the addition of lots of silver elements including sequins and wink of Stella finished it all off.

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

Timeless Tropical Cling Stamp Set (English) $40.00	In The Tropics Dies $61.00	Label Me Bold Cling Stamp Set (English) $30.00	Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set $47.00	Seasonal Layers Dies $56.00
Stitched Shapes Dies $50.00	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
Silver Foil Sheets $8.75	Silver Glimmer Paper $8.75	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $10.00	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Sponge Brayers $14.00	Pretty Peacock Stampin' Blends Combo Pack $15.50	Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $15.50	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $15.50
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $15.50	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $15.50	Shaded Spruce Combo Pack Stampin' Blends $15.50	Blender Pens $21.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush $11.50
Whisper White Solid Baker's Twine $6.00	Fine-Tip Glue Pen $12.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive $11.50

Retired SU! product: Birthday dies, Metallic sequins, Big Shot die cut machine

Just Add Ink #468 Just Add 'C'

Hello there,
the Christmas theme continues this week. To wrap up July (ok it will actually be August when this goes live but I figure it's close enough ;) the new challenge from Just Add Ink is to Just Add 'C' from Tina. This means we want you to add anything beginning with the letter 'C' as the main element of your design. The first thing that came to my mind was Christmas but it could be a cat, cup or cake, or a centre step card or a technique like chalkboard or colour blocking. 

Here's what I came up with.

Using lots of colour is something I love to do and this project has LOTS of colour. I started by brayering the colour on, ran a heat gun over it to make sure it was really dry, and then gold embossed snowflakes over the vibrant background. I built the sentiment element by layering strips of ribbon, and glimmer paper with a large stitched circle then added my big gold glimmer 'Merry' on top (plus a Christmas sentiment of course). A few die cut snowflakes and some sequins finished all off.

The Just Add Ink DT have a fun and inspiring range of 'C' cards 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

Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Stamp Set $47.00	Merry Christmas Dies $49.00	Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set $47.00	Seasonal Layers Dies $56.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies $61.00
Stitched Shapes Dies $50.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $17.00	Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock $15.25	Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock $15.25	Gold Glimmer Paper $8.75
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Versamark Pad $16.50	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder $10.50
Embossing Buddy $10.00	Heat Tool $50.00	Sponge Brayers $14.00	Gold 3/8" (1 Cm) Metallic-Edge Ribbon $12.25	Sparkle Glimmer Paper $8.75
Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive $11.50	Fine-Tip Glue Pen $12.00	Gold Faceted Gems $8.75

Retired SU! Metallic sequins, Big Shot, white ribbon