Just Add Ink #623 Colour

 

Hello there,

time for a new Just Add Ink challenge, and this week Di has a colour challenge for us. It's bright, bold and perfect for Christmas so that's the theme I went with. Here are the colours.

I decided to pull out watercolour paper for this project, this is how it turned out.

This was fun to do and definitely not perfect as I had colour leak across boundaries in some of the fine detail areas, but I figure that is forgivable and adds to the arty homemade feel. To add Christmas sparkle I silver embossed the bauble, added a silver foil bow, silver sequins and splashes of Wink of Stella. If I had added a bauble to the inside there would have been no room for a Christmas message so I just added a little watercolored Christmas tree instead. I really loved how bright and intense the colours came out in this project!

The Just Add Ink team have plenty of colour filled projects to share with you so please go check them out and then join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Bright Baubles (R)

Dies: Stitched Rectangle, Tree Lot dies, Christmas Banner dies, Pretty Pines dies (R), Delicate Baubles dies (R)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Sweet Sorbet, Starry Sky, Parakeet Party, Watercolor, Silver foil

Ink: Versamark, Sweet Sorbet, Starry Sky, Parakeet Party

Accessories: Sequins (R), Silver embossing powder, Heat Tool, Wink of Stella, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Fine tip glue

Just Add Ink #584 Christmas Gift Card Holder or Tag

 

Hello there, 

we are in that rapid slide towards Christmas and with that in mind the Just Add Ink DT are asking you to Just Add Christmas with either a Gift Card Holder or a Christmas tag as your project. My nieces and nephews are always recipients of a gift card each year so this was right up my alley! 

Here's how this year's project turned out.

Close up's

I try to make each gift card holder individualised but use the same base elements for each. This year I grabbed the retired SU! Gift card envelope die and paired it with a new die set. I started by working out what colour card stock to match with which DSP and which bauble. Once I had my colour plan worked out then it was just a case of die cutting all the pieces and putting it all together. After folding the gift card holder, I created the DSP sleeve and then tied the ribbon over  both layers. The ribbon also secures the tag to the gift card holder. The tag was likewise simple but had a couple of steps. First I created a base tag card, by die cutting a piece of folded card stock, making sure to leave the tip of the bauble hanging over the fold. Then die cutting a separate single layer bauble cover, which also had the decorative layer adhered to it. All the decorative layers are shiny foil or sparkly glimmer paper - a must for Christmas projects.

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of Christmas project inspiration so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge!

This will be my last post for this year. I'll be back Jan 14, 2022 when the Just Add Ink team will kick off the new year with our annual blog hop.

Till then thanks for visiting, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Kim 

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Dies: Delicate Baubles dies, Gift card envelope and trims thinlets (R)

Cardstock: Basic White, Real Red, Granny Apple Green

Accessories: Gingerbread and Peppermint DSP, Red foil, Silver foil, Glimmer paper (R), Wonderful Gems, Crinkled seam binding, Red and silver ribbons (R), Multipurpose glue, Hole punch (R), Tear and Tape, Big Shot die cutting machine R)