Just Add Ink #527 Sketch

 

Hello there,

I am almost coming to the end of the family birthday season. It's kind of funny how families often have birthdays in clumps and mine is no exception. I used the new Just Add Ink challenge, this week it's time to Just Add a Sketch (my design), to make a birthday card for my niece. Pink and girly are still very much the order of the day. To make it extra special I made it a spinner card. Here's the sketch.

And this is how it turned out.

The stamp only showed the front view of the the girl, so I had to improvise to create a back view for my spinner to work. To do so I jury-rigged a light box, and place the stamped image face down with another piece of card stock taped into place on top. Then using an alcohol friendly fine marker, traced the image, and filled in the details necessary (e.g. hair instead of a face) to get a backview. Probably the trickiest bit was trimming the front and back images out simultaneously.

The spinner element was inserted in an oval cut into the front of the card. To obscure the message that would be inside I added a vellum insert that would fold over. The spinning princess was surrounded by garlands of pink glittery (alcohol ink) coloured flowers and a little sprinkle of sequins. Was it a bit fiddly - yes but I aways try and go that extra bit for the kids in the family. Birthday are such a big deal for them :)

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of fabulous projects to show you so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Stamps: Bloom and Grow, Label Me Bold (R), Stamping Bella (R)

Tools: Layering Ovals, Pinewood Planks 3D folder, Budding Blooms dies

Cardstock: Flirty Flamingo, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Vellum

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Blends (Flirty Flamingo, Petal Pink, Melon Mambo, Magenta Madness, Granny Apple Green, Garden Green, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Bronze, Ivory), Copic Multiliner

Accessories: Wink of Stella, Woven Thread sequins, Shimmery Crystal Effects, Dimensionals, Fine Tip glue pen, Tear and Tape, Big Shot die cut machine (R)

Just Add Ink #504 Colour

Hello there,
this week at Just Add Ink Tina is asking us to Just Add a Colour Combo and the palette has a very elegant feel. Here it is.

Here's what I made.

We are rapidly moving into the depths of winter here in Australia, but the pink hue of Rococo Rose had me thinking of spring blossoms, so that is what I filled my project with. A cold wintery afternoon provided the perfect opportunity to sit down and colour, and then trim out a whole lot of blossoms. The blossoms are anchored by an oval frame, made by taping together two different sized ovals, then die cutting. I kept the background simple so as not to distract from the blossoms adding some embossed texture and partially brayering the panel. 

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

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Project Recipe:

To see and order any items used in today's project, just click on the items below to see them in my Online Store. You can order from me if you live anywhere in Australia. I would love to be your Demonstrator if you don't already have one. Please allow "Demonstrator contact" in your preferences so I can thank you properly when you place your order.

Product List

Free As A Bird Cling Stamp Set $38.00	Itty Bitty Birthdays Cling Stamp Set $40.00	Seasonal Layers Dies $56.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies $61.00	Layering Ovals Dies $58.00
Scripty 3D Embossing Folder $17.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock $14.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $17.00	Rococo Rose A4 Cardstock $15.25	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock $15.25
Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Pad $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $10.00	Versamark Pad $16.50	White Stampin' Emboss Powder $10.50	Embossing Buddy $10.00
Heat Tool $50.00	Paper Snips $17.00	Sponge Brayers $14.00	Rococo Rose Stampin' Blends Combo Pack $0.00	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $15.50
Woven Threads Sequin Assortment $8.75	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush $11.50	Fine-Tip Glue Pen $12.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $7.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive $11.50
Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00

Retired SU!: Big Shot die cut machine

Just Add Ink #496 Inspiration

Hello there,
with the recent influx of rain, which was very welcome after our summer of drought and smoke, my garden is happily blooming and so is my card for this week's Just Add Ink challenge. This week Lou has given us a warm toned sea themed inspiration photo. Use the colours, patterns, textures or objects in the inspiration picture to inspire the main element of your project. Here's the picture.

Here's my card. 

Seaside Spray really is the perfect cool blue tone to represent the water. To add to the beach feel I added a woodgrain embossed texture to the base panel. The flowers are coloured with the rich tones of the starfish and sand. So lots and lots of colouring with blends, then also lots of careful trimming of the flowers and foliage from the Breathtaking Bouquet background stamp. I do love there are so many options within that one stamp to colour. 

TIP:The main thing to keep in mind when you are colouring with blends is to maintain enough contrast, so go darker than you feel comfortable with in those shadow areas.  

To be honest I think my large orange toned flowers could have had more contrast. So I'll work on that next time. A swish of wink of stella, some silver glimmer and silver pearls are the finishing touches to glam it up.

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of lovely projects to show you so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Project Recipe:

To see and order any items used in today's project, just click on the items below to see them in my Online Store. You can order from me if you live anywhere in Australia. I would love to be your Demonstrator if you don't already have one. Please allow "Demonstrator contact" in your preferences so I can thank you properly when you place your order.

Product List

Breathtaking Bouquet Cling Stamp Set $28.00	Bloom & Grow Photopolymer Stamp Set $45.00	Stitched Shapes Dies $50.00	Layering Ovals Dies $58.00	Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder $17.00
Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock $14.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $17.00	Seaside Spray A4 Cardstock $15.25	Silver Glimmer Paper $8.75	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $10.00
Seaside Spray Stampin' Blends Combo Pack $15.50	Night Of Navy Light Stampin' Blends Marker $7.75	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $15.50	Mango Melody Combo Pack Stampin' Blends $15.50	Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $15.50
Cajun Craze Combo Pack Stampin' Blends $15.50	Basic Black Dark Stampin' Blends $7.75	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush $11.50	Metallic Pearls $12.25	Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive $11.50	Paper Snips $17.00