JAI 83 - just add a sketch

Shhhhh,

this week's project is a secret....it's my DH's birthday card....but since I'm 99.999999% sure he does not look at my blog I figure it safe to share here. Just as well as its my DT offering for this week's Just Add Ink challenge - lol! DH likes to get cards that do something, and I was keen to try a Marquee card that one of my talented Just Add Ink team mates (Jodene Tripp) showcased for our fancy fold blog hop back at the beginning of July. You can find the tutorial for it by Jan Tink here.

The sketch we have for you this week was just perfect for what I had in mind. So idea inspired the sketch and sketch inspired the card! What sketch you ask - well here it is (possibly a bit blurry not sure why but you can still see the elements).

And here's DH's birthday card, closed, with belly band on.

Belly band off and starting to open

Fully open to reveal the hidden sentiment

I pulled out some DSP that I thought would work with my rocketship/stars theme, and that helped me settle on a Naturals Ivory, Basic Grey and Real Red colour combo, with little accents of Crumb Cake. I stamped the front of the card with assorted stars. Then used copics to colour up my rocketship. I really wanted to have the sentiment frame on the top layer cut back further than the 1 3/4" circle on the inside, so after having nearly everything done, I got out a framing die, took a deep breath, lined it up carefully - and yeh!! it turned out perfect - phewww! There were a few readjustments with this card, as I had to adapt as I went from the US dimensions to Aussie ones. The end result had the kids fascinated though so hopefully DH will enjoy it as well.

It's a great sketch so why don't you give it a go! Thanks for visiting.

Kim

Recipe:All SU! unless otherwise stated

Stamps: In the Stars (R), Party This Way, Boy Basics: Out of this world (PaperTrey Inc)

Cardstock: Naturals Ivory, Real Red

Ink: Real Red, Basic Grey, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Modern Label punch, Word Window punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, 1 3/4" Limitless layers dies (PaperTrey Inc), Urban Oasis DSP (R), Copics (C1, C3, C7, R24, R27, R29, YR04, Y08, Y17), Real Red 1 1/4" striped grosgrain ribbon, Star brad, Crystal Effects, Sticky strip,  Dimensionals

Bright baby elephant

Hi all,

well I have another bright one this week for Makeesha weekly challenge. I was going to make a baby card, in monochromatic blues but when I pulled out my Washinton Apple paper to check out the Bashful Blue pattern I saw the checked paper and decided it would be the perfect background to the card. So from monchromatic blue to red, yellow and blue!! Here's the sketch for the challenge and my card will follow.

As the baby card is for good friends expecting a boy in the next month or two I started with a Bashful Blue base, layered that with Riding Hood Red and then the DSP. I stamped the elephant onto a Whisper White panel then again, cropped the second out and mounted it on dimensionals above the first. I also stamped one in Bashful so I could crop out the ear and then mount that on top of the second Red elephant. To finish off the main panel I added some striped RHR grosgrain ribbon, tied using silver cord, with a Bashful Blue button (both retired). In the top corner I added the "twinkle, twinkle" baby sentiment from In the Stars. Oh and I added some rows of free hand piercing under the elephants feet and pierced a border around three sides of that main panel. ( I love the way Debbie Olson does this unfortunately my first go didn't turn out quite as elegantly as I would have like - oh well!). The three squares running down the RHS were quickly done using my small square punch to punch out some quirkly contrasting bits of Washington Apple DSP all framed in Basful Blue.

Overall I was pretty happy with how it turned out - its nice and bright and fun and has a bit of impact - something that will welcome a brand new little bub into the world.

Thanks for visiting

Kim

Recipe: All SU unless other wise noted

Stamps: Wild About You, In the Stars(R)

Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Bashful Blue

Accessories: Washington Apple DSP, mat pack and piercing tool, 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 circle punches, 11/4 square punch, Striped grosgrain Riding Hood Red ribbon, Bashful Blue button (R), silver cord(R), dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive

Starry Birthday Wishes

Hi there,

well I managed to combine another two challenges for this one - so I'm being very efficient at the momment. I used the latest Mojo Monday sketch and then Makeesha's latest colour challenge. Here they both are:

Initially I had flowers of some sort planned but when I opened up my stamp cupboard my eye fell on In The Stars and I thought I would try and see what I could do. I originally bought this set because I thought it would be really useful and versatile but have found it strangely hard to work with. This is in fact the first time I have really used it. After a few permutations - I tried stamping stars in all the colours as background, then as a panel, then three feature stars I finally came up with something that I think actually works. I did jiggle the sketch a little, just plain forgot to add a ribbon on the small panel and moved the accent trio on the LHS. Its pretty straightforward - one point to note is the white embossing of stars over the Bali Breeze DSP, on the lower panel. OK here is the card...






Recipe:
Stamps: In The Stars
Card Stock: Purely Pomegranite, Whispher White, Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Purely Pomegranite, Regal Rose, Versamark
Accessories: Bali Breeze DSP, Silver Hodgepodge, District Ribbon Originals, White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, 2 Way Glue, Dazzling Diamonds, Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive

For a very sad occasion

Hi there,

recently some friends of our lost their little boy to leukaemia. I wanted to make condolence card for them. But since it was for the loss of a child I didn't want it very stark and grim. It did after all need to reflect that it was in memory of a vibrant little boy. I used the Jersey Shore DSP as the colour starting point (the blue/orange combo probably has to be my favourite for boys). Having said that I tried Bashful Blue and Brilliant Blue with highlights of Pumpkin Pie just recently (see Post of 4th Feb 2009) and that came out really well too.

Anyway for this card I borrowed some Brilliant Blue textured card stock ( hi Sam - ta :) to give the plain background an elegant feel, then used a horizontal strip of the DSP (laid over some Pumpkin cardstock) across the card. The helicopter was paper pieced together, using a basic sketch I made using a drawing program (with inspiration from clip art images). It was almost impossible to find a helicopter stamp at short notice. Crystal effects give the rotors and cockpit window some shine. I balanced the helicopter with 5 brads on the LHS. His starlight wish was to have a helicopter ride (which he did get) and the brads symbolize his age.

Recipe:
Stamps: In the Stars
Card stock: Brilliant Blue textured, Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Ink: Brilliant Blue
Accessories: 2 way glue pen (to temporarily adhere the master image to the cardstock so I could cut out the shapes), Crystal effects, Antique silver diamond brads. Distressing tool from Cutter kit, Word window punch, Dimensionals, atyou Spica clear glitter pen (for the little blue star), Snail adhesive