Just Add Ink #438 Colour

Hello there,
well I'm back after doing some travelling for work last week and it was a real delight to pull out my crafty stuff when I got home. I was really keen to add another Christmas card to my stash as well as making a project this week's Just Add Ink challenge. This week Nikki is asking us to Just Add a Colour Combo, with a twist, you get to choose your third colour! Here are the colours.

I choose Gray Granite as my third colour for my Christmas scene inspired by one of the DSP patterns in the Festive Farmhouse DSP.

I started by colouring up two Santa, stamping some trees and then trimming them all out to create my scene. I rarely use DSP but something about the starry pattern called to me and it proved to be a versatile colour to chose!

The Just Add Ink DT have a some wonderful projects to show you so do go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Project Recipe:
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So Santa Clear-Mount Stamp Set $40.00	Foxy Friends Photopolymer Stamp Set $47.00	Lovely Lipstick A4 Cardstock $14.75	Gray Granite A4 Cardstock $14.75	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock $14.75
Whisper White A4 Card Stock $17.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $10.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad $13.00	Festive Farmhouse 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper $19.25	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush $11.50
Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive $9.00

Non-SU! products: Hefty Doodle metric stitched rectangles, Copic markers 

JAI #371 Just Choose Two

Hello there,
I felt the need to create something pink and sparkly this week. The depths of winter was part of the reason but it was also because I needed to make a birthday card for my soon to be seven year old niece. The new challenge at Just Add Ink this week was just perfectly suited as this week Di has asked us to Just Choose Two and the choices...

See what I mean! Perfect. Here's the pink and sparkly creation. The cat is my 'pet' element and as you'll see, rather usually for me, I used 'patterned paper' for my background.

The kitties head wobbles! 

The inside.

Big kids and little kids all like an interactive element so as soon as I decided to use the cat for my nieces card I knew I had to add something that would capture her attention and what could be better than a wobble head! It was super easy to put together having little double sided tape attachments for the base and top. Aside from pink, sparkle is right up there as an essential ingredient for seven year old, so I die cut some glimmer foliage to frame the cat and then finished the card off with a fun birthday sentiment.

The JAI design team have a lots of gorgeous projects to show you so make sure you stop by their blogs, then join us for the challenge! Thanks for visiting!

Kim 

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Foxy Friends, Labeler Alphabet
Cardstock: Powder Pink, Smoky Slate, Whisper White
Ink: Blushing Bride, Smoky Slate, Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories: Stitched Shapes framelits, Rose Garden thinlets, Fox Builder punch, Mini action wobbler (Hampton Art), Wood Textures DSP, Bundle of Love Specialty DSP, Silver and Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper, Wink of Stella, Powder Pink 1/2" Finely Woven ribbon, Sewing machine, Dimensionals, Rhinestone Basic Jewels

JAI #341 Just add a Colour Combo

Hello there,

well Christmas is speeding towards us - too fast if you ask me! At the moment I'm thinking this might be the first Christmas that I will not be sending cards out (cause I haven't made them, written them or sent them). But who know may'be miracles will happen! The good news is I have one more to add to my meagre stash because of this weeks Just Add Ink challenge. This week we want you to Just Add a Colour Combo, from me! Here are the colours.

And here is what I came up with.

Short and sweet this week. Basically it was all playing with dies and some (quite a lot of trimming out especially as I don't have the dies to match the trees). I'm thinking I'm going to add some silver sequins to the inside - it just seems a little plain.

Hope you can join us at Just Add Ink this week and do check out the rest of the DT for some fabulous projects.

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Foxy Friends, Thankful Forest Friends (R), Stitched with Cheer, Cool Yule (My Favourite Things)

Cardstock: Basic Grey, Old Olive, Shimmery White

Ink: Versamark, Old Olive

Accessories: Silver glimmer paper, Bunch of Banners framelits, Stitched Snow Drifts Dienamic (My Favourite Things), Snowfall Vertical Dynamic (MFT), Copic markers, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

JAI #340 Gift Tags

Hello there,
well I've been away most of the last week for work and I thought there was no way I was going to get a project done for this week's Just Add Ink challenge. But I'm delighted to prove myself wrong! I can tell you this challenge is just perfect for this time of year and you will love the inspiration from the rest of the team for fabulous, fun, fast tags. Yes tags! This week Jan challenged us to Just add Gift Tags.

Here's what I came up with for a special friend I was having a pre Christmas lunch catch up with.

And now attached to a little package.

Curious what's inside? A little felty Christmas tree! (Another little hobby of mine.)  

This challenge was just what I needed and my tag is going to serve as a prototype for embellishing several more Christmas gifts. Hope you can join us and show us your tags for all seasons - Christmas, birthday, whatever you need right now!

PS: I have to fess up that in my rush to make and deliver this I forgot to write in the tag - rolling eyes at myself - but it was kind of funny too.

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Foxy Friends, Christmas Pines, Merriest Wishes
Cardstock: Thick Whisper White
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Scalloped Tag punch, Silver embossing powder, Silver foil, Silver glimmer paper, Silver and Blushing Bride sequins, 1/4" silver taffeta ribbon, Silver cord (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

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JAI #335 Sketch

Hello there,
well I am recovering from some travelling and a germ overload but am back into the swing of things here at home. One of the fun things to get into at this time of the year is Christmas preparations, the shops are all decked out, and it is truly time to get on with making some Christmas cards. This week's Just Add Ink challenge was just perfect for that purpose too as this week Tina has asked us to Just Add a Sketch.  

Please note this challenge will run for two weeks, closing November 9th, as nearly all (hooray) of the JAI design team will be at Stampin Up!s OnStage event in Brisbane, in early November. Here's the sketch.

Here's what I came up with using this serious cute mouse set from Stampin Up!

The inside

I pulled out some water colour paper and got to work colouring this carolling mouse. I kept very much to traditional Christmas colours, as they look good, and the red and green really pop against the blue background. After I was done with my mouse I trimmed him out and mounted him over the same image stamped in Stazon On on some vellum (that way you get some of the extra details and very importantly his tail!). I always think of carolling as an image of people out in the snow so out came some trees and a starry sky to make the background. Last thing to add was some silver details (and a fun jingle bell) for that all important Christmas bling. This was a fun card to make (it did take a while though so it will truly be a one off).

Do check out the rest of the JAI DT for some fun sketch inspiration! Hope you can join us.

Thanks for visiting.
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Merry Mice, Foxy Friends, Jingle All the Way (R)
Cardstock: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Vellum, Real Red
Ink: Real Red, Night of Navy, Island Indigo, Dapper Denim, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Soft Sky, Garen Green, Wild Wasabi, Smokey Slate, Blushing Bride, Stazon Black, Versamark
Accessories: Water color paper, Gift card envelope and trims thinlets, Layering Circles framelits, Silver embossing powder, 1/8" silver taffeta ribbon, Silver metallic thread, Metallic sequins, Mini jingle bells, Tear and tape, Dimensionals, Fine tip glue pen, Aquapainter

JAI #333 Just add G

Hello there,
Well it's been an eventful week. So I'm going to keep this short and plunge straight into this week's Just Add Ink challenge. This week Tina has asked us to Just Add 'G'. Add 'G' you ask? Well that means we want you to add something, or several somethings, that begin with G as the main focus of your project. This could be colours - gold, or green for example, it could be an activity - golf, it could be a giant or gladioli or a technique or card fold as long as it starts with G!

The first thing that popped into my mind was gold. Since gold is perfect for blinging up Christmas cards I went gold, gold, gold and this is how it turned out.

The inside

See I wasn't joking about all the gold now was I! This is pretty simple in that it is just a mix of a bunch of different gold textures in a whole bunch of layers. All the shimmer is tricky to capture but I think you can get a feel for it.

Do stop past the rest of the DT for lots of fun and fabulous 'G' ideas.
Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless other wise noted
Stamps: Foxy Friends, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Cardstock: Basic Black, Very Vanilla
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Layering Circles Framelits dies, Banner framelits, Gift card envelope and trims thinlets die,  Gold Glimmer paper, Gold Foil sheet, Fancy Foil Designer Vellum Gold (R), Gold embossing powder, Star punch (R), Metallic enamel shapes, Metallic sequins, Sewing machine, Tear and Tape, Dimensionals

JAI #323 Just add F

Hello there,
well I have had an eventful week. I am making great strides in mastering my new computer and am almost feeling at home with it all. Well until I hit the next 'what do I do now or how did I do that' moment. My milestone for this week was to relearn photo editing, tune in next week to see the results! Now on to this week's Just Add Ink challenge. This week Tina wants you to Just Add F. Add F? you ask. That means the main focus of your project must be something beginning with F. This could be a thing - like a fox, a fish a flamingo, a colour like Flirty Flamingo, a technique or fold like faux stitching or a file fold. As you can see there is lots of scope to let your imagination go. I'm still having lots of fun playing with my new Fox Builder punch so a fox it was.

It's always handy to have a baby card or two in the stash so I decided to go with that for my theme. I thought the colours of the A Little Foxy DSP was perfectly suited for a baby card (maybe more so a boy ?) so pulled that out to pick a pattern. I did load a few layers onto this one, mixing dry embossing, DSP, vellum and a dash of florals and foliage. Points to note - behind the fox I sponged a fair bit of white ink to tone down the blue there and all the flowers had a splash of wink of stella layered over them. It took some fiddling but I was happy with how it all came together in the end.

Hope you can in the fun this week. Don't forget to stop by the rest of the DTs blog they will wow you with their fun 'F' projects!

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Foxy Friends, Jar of Love, Crazy About You, Number of Years
Cardstock: Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Vellum
Ink: Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Whisper White, Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories: Oval Collection Framelits (R), Everyday Jar framelits, Large Number framelits, Softly Falling embossing folder, Fox Builder punch, A Little Foxy DSP, Pool Party cotton ribbon (R), Piercing tool, Ovals piercing template (R), Sakura black gel pen, Sponge, Dimensional, Tear and Tape

JAI #319 Just add inspiration

Hello there,

so far we have been taking school holidays slowly here, firstly cause it's cold and the kids were quite happy to have some PJ time in the warm house (this meant Mum got to stamp :), and secondly because my Mr 8 proceeded to get a cold as soon as school finished. Why does that always happen! Given the weather and the fact that we have just ticked over into July, it's appropriate that we have a challenge that is just perfect for a Christmas in July theme. This week at Just Add Ink Di has suggested we Just add Inspiration. Here it is. 

And here is what I came up with (using new stuff!!!)

I just couldn't resist using my new Foxy Friends set and stamping up a pussy cat - so cute! The inspiration photo was saying Christmas to me - so I dressed my cat for Christmas and added some wreath-like greenery. I searched through my stamp collection for a hat that was the right size and style and then stamped it on the back side of the glimmer papers and pieced the bits together. I've enjoyed dipping my toes into Christmas crafting but I promise I will have something different next week.

Do go check out the rest of the DT for some fabulous projects.
Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise indicated
Stamps: Foxy Friends, Number of Years, Presents for You (My Favorite Things - for the hat and sentiment)
Cardstock: Smokey Slate, Real Red, Whisper White
Ink: Smokey Slate, Basic Gray, Old Olive, Garden Green, Real Red
Accessories: Fox Builder punch, Everyday Jars framelits, Large Numbers framelits, Ovals Collection framelits (R), A Little Foxy DSP, Red and Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, SNAIL adhesive