Color INKspiration 28

Hello there,

welcome to the Colour INKspiration 28 blog hop. If you are hopping your way around the blog hop, you will have arrived from Julia Quinn's blog. Wasn't her apron card adorable! If you are starting the hop here but would like to go to the start at the  Colour INKspiration challenge page over on Facebook, just click the link to be redirected and ask to join the group, that way you can load your projects directly to the Facebook group and join in the fun every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. Here's the INKspiration picture. This time round the colours are Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay, Sweet Sugarplum and Lemon Lime Twist.

Here's what I came up with. A magical forest with a multicolour unicorn!

Hope you can join us and have some fun too! Next up, on the blog hop is the lovely Nikki Spencer with another awesome project. Enjoy!

Project Recipe:

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Product List

Magical Day Clear-Mount Stamp Set $38.00	Thoughtful Banners Photopolymer Stamp Set $37.00	Foxy Friends Photopolymer Stamp Set $47.00	Magical Mates Framelits Dies $51.00	Rainbow Builder Framelits Dies $52.00
Ovals Collection Framelits Die $45.00	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay $14.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $15.75	Shimmery White A4 Card Stock $14.00	Silver Glimmer Paper $8.75
Classic Label Punch $31.00	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad $12.25	Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Versamark Pad $15.00	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75	Heat Tool $50.00	Aqua Painters $20.00
Stamping Sponges $6.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush $11.50	Metallics Sequin Assortment $8.75	Fine-Tip Glue Pen $12.00	Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive $9.00	Big Shot Platform $45.25	Big Shot $159.00

Retired SU! product: Silver cord.

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JAI 136 Just add children's/kids cards

Hello there,
oh my we have a fun challenge for you at Just Add Ink this week. It's to add children's/ kids cards. My gorgeous little niece turned 2 a month ago and I knew I had to make something special for her to go with the lego zoo set I had bought.

I first saw a lion made with the Blossom punch at the AUS/ NZ SU! convention this year - I think it was Kim Gavarra's presentation. Seriously just the cutest. My lion is a amalgam of Kim's and a few others I found while web browsing. I wanted my lion to be warm goldy shades which is how I settled on So Saffron/ More Mustard. The colour coach suggested mixing that with Rose Red which gave me a "pinky" shade that wasn't too pink and works remarkably well with the golden shades. Assorted blues and some green were also tossed into the mix and rather amazingly it all looks good together! The recipe details all the punches I used (lots). Sponging, delicate embossing, stitching, and ribbon all add lots of texture and interest - just perfect for a 2 year old. I loved how this one turned out and am kind of pleased that it's staying in the family too :)

 

Thanks for visiting and hope you have some fun with this challenge too!

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Party this Way (R), Fox and Friends (R), Happiest Birthday Wishes
Cardstock: Rose Red, So Saffron, More Mustard, Confetti White (R), Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist
Ink:  Rose Red, So Saffron, More Mustard, Marina Mist
Accessories: Raspberry Tart DSP (R), Pear Pizzazz pleated satin ribbon (R), Punches (Large oval, Scallop oval, Modern label, Owl builder, Stocking (R), Blossom, 1 3/4", 1 3/8" 3/4" circles, Boho Blossoms, Bird builder), Linen/Canvas impression plate (PTI), Cloud 1 & 2 die (PTI),Buttoned Up 2 die (PTI), Sunshine dienamic (My Favorite Things), Crystal effects, sewing machine, embroidery thread, SNAIL adhesive, Double sided tape (X Press), Dimensionals

Inkspirations 64

Hi there,

between a hefty household dose of germs and just being plain busy I haven't had the chance to play along with an Inkpsiration challenge for a few weeks - but an idea struck me after I saw the colour combo this week and so I decided to make the time! The colour combo is just perfect for the lovely Autumn weather we are having right now. Here it is. Aside from Autumn I thought the colours made me think lion - Rrrrrrrrr :) So I pulled out Fox and Friends and set about making a birthday for a little boy.

I settled on a Cajun Craze base, then a More Mustard layer, the next layer was split, embossed Whisper White at the top and Cajun DSP for the bottom with some Poppy Parade ribbon to cover the merge. For the main panel I stamped three lions, one in each colour as well as some spares that I then used to trim out manes and faces from so I could layer them over the base lions with dimensionals. I matted the lion panel and added some buttons to the top left corner, and used a round Happy Birthday sentiment on the bottom right. Then right at the end, once everything was stuck together I added the piercing frame around the main panel - sometimes you just know you need to add something!

I think the colours work well but my only reservation is that the birthday sentiment is too big and overpowers the lions a bit. Ah well I suspect little boys aren't quite as critical as me ;) The inside was finished off to match with another lion.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Fox and Friends, Party Hearty, Think Happy Thoughts (R)

Cardstock: Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Whisper White

Ink: Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Poppy Parade

Accessories: Regals DSP pattern stack, Regals buttons, Pure Poppy button (PaperTrey Inc), Poppy Parade ribbon, 3/4", 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)

JAI 50 - just add a colour combo

Hi all,
well welcome to the first Just Add Ink challenge for 2011!! Goodness I just realised in a few weeks I will have been blogging for two years!! It's been so much fun, and you could say has changed my life (I now have my own lap top as one example - lol). So I am definitely looking forward to this year. Back to the challenge we have a lovely colour combo for you this week. Check it out.


I decided to make a birthday card - but what to use. The Pear Pizzazz said greenery of some kind - flowers?? but then I had another idea.



I started by colouring the large branch in with my markers (I usually try to be really strict with colour challenges - but this time I gave myself some lee way to use some Chocolate Chip for the branch). I used my Stamp-ma-jig to stamp the two branches to make a nice big party perch. Next I stamped my owl in So Saffron, then the birdies in Riding Hood Red and Elegant Eggplant. Then I inked up a bunch of party hats so I could pick which ever ones I decided were right. The poor owl looks like he had about enough for the night - I hope its not his party!! The two birdies continue their chat on the inside too. May'be Mr Owl has gone to bed by then :) The birds, owl and party hats are all mounted up on dimensionals over the branch. That was matted onto Elegant Eggplant with a Scallop Trim border. Oh and of course I added a big bow of Ridging Hood Red taffeta. This was mounted onto a Pear Pizzazz base stamped with Polka Dot, and the sentiment. The final touch was to add some Dazzling Diamonds to the party hats - cause a party card has to have some sparkle!

Thanks for visiting, don't forget to give the colour combo a try we would love to see what you make of it!

Kim

Recipe: All SU!
Stamps: Cheep talk, Fox and Friends, Party Hearty, Polka Dot (R), A Little Birthday Cheer (R)
Cardstock: Pear Pizzazz, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White
Ink: So Saffron, Riding Hood Red, Pear Pizzazz, Elegant Eggplant, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Scallop Trim border punch, Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon (R), Dazzling Diamonds, Two way glue pen, Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive, Double sided tape (non SU!)

JAI 46 -just add critters

Hi everyone,

well for a change I don't have a Christmas card for you today. Why? well we have a fun challenge for you at Just Add Ink this week - its just add critters! Now I'm not saying you can't make a critter inspired Christmas card - its just that the first critter idea that popped into my head was Noah's Ark and I just had to see if I could make it work. Here it is.




I've seen side step cards around in blog land off and on and it was on my list of try sometime, and it occured to me that the steps would be a great way to showcase my parade of two by two animals. To find the instructions I just Googled and in the end I followed some simple instructions I found on Marelle Taylor's blog here. So I started by cutting and folding a Marina Mist base, as per the instructions. Next step was all the animals - two tortoises in Old Olive and Kiwi Kiss, two lions in mix and matched More Mustard and Cajun Craze, two giraffes in Pumpkin Pie and Tangerine Tango and two monkeys in Early Expresso and Chocolate Chip - a tree for the monkeys (I hand cut the trunk and then added lots of punched "foliage" as well as some apples ;)
I also added some grass to the two lower levels, for the tortoises and lions to walk through. Of course I also needed an ark! So I stamped my boat on Whisper White and Pumpkin Pie, then cut out some of the white sections and pieced them onto the Pumpkin boat. I adhered my boat about half way up on the small full height section of the side step card, leaving enough room to add a sentiment below, and a bright yellow sun to shine down from above. I also added some vellum cardstock below the boat to be the "sea". The last finishing touch was to add dabs of crystal effects to highlight bits of the boat and the animals. It was a bit tricky but I finished off the inside too.

I was very chuffed to get high marks from all the family on this one - even my DH - so this one is a keeper and most likely destined for my Mr 2 when he turns into Mr 3!! early next year.

So I hope you liked my whimsical critter take on Noah's Ark - if you have time why don't you join in the Just Add Ink challenge this week too.

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU!
Stamps: Fox and Friends, Party this Way, Wild About You (R), Boatloads of Love (R)
Cardstock: Marina Mist, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss (smooth and textured), Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Cardstock Vellum
Ink: Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss, Old Olive, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip, Early Expresso
Accessories: Boho Blossom punch, 1/4" and 1" circle punches, Word Window punch, Scallop circle punch, Little Leaves sizzlet, Real Red brad, Crystal Effects, Dimensionals, SNAIL, Double sided tape

Inkspirations 34 - hoot hoot hello

Hi all,
welcome back :) This week Makeesha Byl posted a colour challenge and as usual I tried to play along. The combo tends towards the boyish, and my first thought was to make a boys birthday card pulling my retired By Land set out. But then as I was falling asleep another idea struck and thats what I went with. Here's the colour combo.

Oh and there is an extra challenge this week to add buttons.



OK so I started off by cutting a scalloped circle card base in Close to Cocoa, then I stamped that with a woodgrain pattern. Next I added a Not Quite Navy mat, then the top Kraft layer. I then impressed a woodgrain pattern onto the Kraft layer. I finished that by rubbing a bit of white craft ink over to just highlight the woodgrain a little. For the images I stamped the branch from Cheep Talk, and one of the party hats from Party Hearty in More Mustard then trimmed them out. Then I stamped the owl (from Fox and Friends) and the sentiment tag in Not Quite Navy, punched the tag, and trimmed the owl out. I used a More Mustard brad to attach the tag to the end of the branch and then added dimensionals to everything and fixed it all to the card front. The last touch - some buttons, threaded with silver cord, to act as twinkling stars! I just finished the inside off simply with another owl.

I think this card must be my all time winner for the number of different stamps sets used - six by my count!! But I think its a happy mix :)

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Fox and Friends, Tiny Tags, Cheep Talk, Party Hearty, A Little Birthday Cheer, Background Basics Woodgrain (PaperTrey Inc)
Cardstock: Close to Coca, Not Quite Navy, Kraft, Whisper White, Rustic Ivory
Ink: Not Quite Navy, More Mustard, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White
Accessories: Medium Jewelery Tag punch, Scallop Circle die, Earth Element brad, Circle nestabilities, Woodgrain Impression plate (PTI), retired Neutral buttons, retired Silver cord, Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive, Double sided tape, Tombow