JAI 183 Just add a sketch

Hello there,

well the week is almost over - sigh of relief here - its been another busy one. And the weekend offers the chance to sneak in a little stamping :) so it seems a good time to tell you about this weeks Just Add Ink challenge. This week we want you to Just Add a Sketch. Here it is.

I'm still on the fence with the whole hexagon thing so I went a bit, well you could call it interpretive with the sketch. But if you look closely you see all the elements in the right place. For example the two flower heads, the butterfly and the splotches represent the four hexagons in the sketch.

Soft, girly and bit vintage with touches of shimmer (the splotches and lace are all stamped in Encore Gold) is how this turned out which was just what I was hoping. Always nice when that happens! Do check out the rest of the JAI DT for some inspirational ideas on how to use this great sketch.

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Field Flowers, Dictionary, Gorgeous Grunge, Creative Elements, Viola's Lace, Papillon Potpourri, Postage Collection,
Cardstock: Smokey Slate, Pear Pizzazz, Very Vanilla
Ink: Smokey Slate, Basic Grey, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Crumb Cake, Encore Gold
Accessories: First Edition DSP (R), Bitty Banner framelits, Honeycomb embossing folder, Corner rounder (R), Bitty Butterfly punch, Very Vintage Designer buttons, Island Indigo bakers twine, Dazzling Diamonds, Jewels - pearls, Two way glue pen, Dimensionals, sponge, Double sided tape (X Press)

JAI 168 Just Add a Sketch

Hello there,
well Mae has another great sketch for us this week at Just Add Ink. 

I took one small liberty and flipped the sketch so that star element was on the left hand side instead. I put it to good use to make my Mum's and MIL mother's day cards. First up my Mum's.  It was in the course of making this that I realised I actually really rather like Calypso Coral!

And this is the version for my MIL, same DSP as above just the flip side.

I love how they both turned out and so did my Mum and MIL :)

Do go and check out the rest of the DT for some fabulous ideas for ways to use this sketch. Hope you can join us! Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Calypso version
Stamps: Field Flowers
Cardstock: Calypso Coral, Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, Early Expresso coreindation
Ink: Calypso Coral, Riding Hood Red, Early Expresso, Sahara Sand
Accessories: honeycomb embossing folder, Classic Oval nestabilities (Spellbinder), Bitty Banner framelit, Antique brads, Calypso Coral ruffled ribbon, Early Expresso baker's twine, Double sided tape, Dimensionals

Pretty in Pink version
Stamps: Field Flowers
Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla, Early Expresso, Early Expresso coreindation
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Crumb Cake, Early Expresso, Sahara Sand
Accessories: Honeycomb embossing folder, Classic Oval nestabilities (Spellbinder), Bitty Banner framelit, Naturals designer button, Crumb Cake seam binding, Light pink twine (Twinery), Double sided tape (X press), Dimensionals

JAI 131 Just add a colour combo

Hello there,
hope you all had a good week and perhaps added some blue and bling to it ;) Mine was blue in another way. I spent two days at home with a tummy bug - not exactly my ideal way to pass time but on the upside it meant I got two days of blissful peace at home (because the kids, thankfully healthy, were packed off to school/ child care). Moving on, as did the tummy bug, this week at Just Add Ink we have a great colour challenge for you. The inclusion of Garden Green aroused some gasps of horror in the DT but I actually don't mind it although I don't pull it out often. So here is the colour combo.

Unfortunately I had to make a sympathy card and I thought these colours were suitable for this as I wanted something muted but not depressing. So this is what I came up with.

I wanted to keep things simple and not fussy but add depth to it. So I started by creating the background by stamping the text, and then inking up my stripes embossing folder and impressing both pattern and ink over the text. (Awesome effect I might add!!) The transfer from light to dark panels was covered with a bit of scalloped border and lace. The flowers were dead simple, Crumb Cake stamped over with Chocolate Chip then trimmed out and mounted over the stems. I did try to gently stamp off the lower ends of the stems so that the sentiment text stamped over would stand out just that little bit more. Aside from finishing off the inside to match that's about it.

Thanks for visiting and don't forget to go check out the rest of the DT for inspiration on using this colour combo,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: En Francais, Field Flowers, Little Labels (PTI)
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip,  Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Very Vanilla
Ink: Chocolate chip, Crumb Cake, Garden Green
Accessories:  Adorning Accent Edgelit die, Stripes embossing folder, Classic oval nestabilities (Spellbinder), Brayer, Victoria lace, Sponges, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)

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