JAI 201 Just add a colour combo

Hello there,
has February crept up and caught you by surprise? Well just in case it has we have a challenge lined up that will help you get that Valentines Day card made on time! This week at Just Add Ink our challenge is to Just Add a Colour Combo. Here's the colours.

And this is the card I made for my hubby - for our anniversary rather than Valentine's Day.

It was sooo hard to restrain myself from adding more to this - but I always have to remind myself when I'm making guy cards to go easy on the fussy details. So I kept the detail in this one limited to the soft layered hearts, a tiny wee sparkly heart and a small twine bow.

Thanks for visiting and do check out the rest of the DT for fab colour combo inspiration.
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Hearts a Flutter, Pure Innocence Flower Girl (My Favorite Things), Love Lives Here Holiday (PaperTrey Ink), Confetti Garland Borders (PTI)
Cardstock: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Whisper White
Ink: Pool Party, Sahara Sand, Real Red
Accessories: Banner punch, Hearts collection framelits, Owl builder punch, Linen/Canvas impression plate, Red Glimmer paper, Piercing mat and tool, Cherry Cobler bakers twine, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)

JAI 179 Just add a sketch

Hello there,
I was supposed to be prepping for an upcoming class last week when the idea for my card this week just kind popped in to my head and the prep was cast aside! But this flew together like it was supposed to be together. It's another of these slightly scrappy shabby chic cards and I used the great sketch we have for you this week at Just Add Ink. You can work this in so many ways!

Its only taken me a year but I've discovered Raspberry Ripple and just love the combination with Crisp Cantaloupe and in this case with a dash of Summer Starfruit. I had fun with this card layering on ink and then different embellishy bits and finishing it all off with a sprinkle of bling! Mind you quite a few of the bits and bobs are still "new" and its always fun to break out new stuff and play :)

Do check out the rest of the DT for some fabulous ideas on how to play with this sketch. Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Dictionary, Layered Labels, Label Love, Hearts a Flutter
Cardstock: Raspberry Ripple, Crisp Cantaloupe, Very Vanilla
Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe, Raspberry Ripple
Accessories: Delicate Dollies sizzlet, Bitty Banners framelits, Hearts a Flutter framelit, Artisan Label punch, Itty Bitty Shapes punch, Vintage trinkets, In color Dahlias, Tea Lace Paper Dollies, Summer Starfruit stitched ribbon, Print Poetry DSP stack (R), Jewels - rhinestones, Essentials paper piercing pack, Piercing tool and mat, SNAIL adhesive, Dimensionals, double sided tape (X Press)

JAI 174 Just add a colour combo

Hello there,

well I must admit I almost forgot to write up my post this week as my usual program of weekly events is all out of sync because of school holidays. But I'm really glad I did remember as this week at Just Add Ink we have a lovely, very new, colour challenge for you. Yes this week its time to Just add a colour combo. Here's the colours.

Now if you don't have these exact colours, you can substitute with close alternatives - say for example Crumb Cake and Pool Party in SU! terms.

A close up of my first Simply Pressed clay button, painted with a light sheen of crystal effects. I was delighted with how it turned out - and it was a lot of fun to make it too!

As you might guess I had fun playing with an embossing folder again. This time I used my brayer to apply Baked Brown Sugar to the raised side of the SU! Honeycomb embossing folder and then I pressed my card stock gently onto the folder. By shear chance I got a clear space on the bottom left at the front - so that predestined where my sentiment would go. I framed it with stamped and embossed flowers and some extra swirly bits - and a banner - I'm finding it hard not to add one to cards right now - lol!

I really enjoyed playing with this colour combo as its a really lovely one!  Hope you can join us and play with the colours too. Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless noted otherwise
Stamps: Creative Elements, Hearts a Flutter, Create a Cupcake, Hello Lovely
Cardstock: Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Very Vanilla
Ink: Baked brown Sugar, Costal Cabana, Versamark
Accessories: Honeycomb embossing folder, Hearts a Flutter framelit, White embossing powder, Simply Pressed Clay and mold, Linen Thread, Crystal effects, Blender pen, Tombow multi, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)

JAI 173 Just add water

Hello there,
we have another fun challenge for you this week at Just Add Ink. We'd like you to Just add Water! Now this week here in Canberra there were a few morning where it would have been more appropriate to say just add ice!! But the upside of the big freeze was that we did have some lovely sunny winter days! 
Now for the challenge you can use any technique that uses water like water colouring, for example, or water associated images. I did both :)

Is that the new SU! Chevron background stamp you see before you - ah no it's not! I had to make do with what I had and that was an embossing folder. So taking my ink pads in turn (working light to dark), I dabbed them onto the chevron pattern. From top to bottom the colour sequence was Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Soft Skye, Island Indigo. Then I spritzed the inked folder with water and gently pressed my paper onto the ink. After peeling it off I used my aqua painter to pull some of the ink around to make the colour transitions more blurry. (As an aside from experience if you get a weird dotty pattern try inking the other side of the embossing folder). After it had dried I splashed some splotches over the top (including some shimmery ones) then punched out a big circle. That fun fishy was stamped and coloured on the base white layer so you could see him peeping through the circle window. A couple of banners and a button finished off the front. I was really chuffed that this actually worked - and it was a lot of fun as well :)

Why don't you try just adding water this week! Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT for fabulous watery ideas.

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Hearts a Flutter, Itty Bitty Banners, Fishy Friends (R)
Cardstock: Bermuda Blue, Whisper White, X Press blending white
Ink: Bermuda Blue, Pool Party, Soft Sky, Island Indigo
Accessories: Hearts a Flutter framelits, Bitty Banner framelits, 2 1/2" circle punch, Chevron embossing folder, Copic markers (BG), Mr Huey Calico Shine mist, Aqua Painter, Naturals Designer button, Island Indigo bakers twine, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)

JAI 172 Just add Inspiration

Hello there, 
well with the beginning of the new Stampin Up! year here in the South Pacific we (Just Add Ink) thought it would make a great challenge to kick it off using the new catalogue front cover as an inspiration challenge. 

So this week we want you to Just Add Inspiration - it might be the colours, the banners, the flowers, the frame or even the shoes. You can take it where you want - that's the fun of an inspiration challenge!

And this was the outcome.

I couldn't resist the frame - and I just love this ornate one I pulled out to use to frame the birthday cake - well cupcake - which I glittered up - of course ;) The inspiration pic also inspired the bunting. I love the stripy banner I used, but to change it up a little I used a different framelit to cut it and it worked perfectly! Blushing Bride was the perfect pink to use for this and I must admit it is fast becoming a firm favourite of mine! 

Thanks for visiting and don't forget to check out the rest of the DT for fabulous inspiration ideas and welcome Louise and Susan for their first DT pieces too.

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Create a Cupcake, Papaya Collage, En Francais, Hearts a Flutter
Cardstock: Blushing Bride, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Rose Red
Ink: Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride, Rose Red, Versamark
Accessories: Cupcake builder punch, Hearts a Flutter framelits, Bitty Banner framelits, Boho Blossom punch, Itty Bitty shapes punch, Blushing Bride DSP (R), White embossing powder, Multipurpose adhesive sheet, Dazzling Diamonds, Jewels - rhinestones, Brights button, White Baker's twine, 1/8" circle punch, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)