Hello there,
hope you all had a good week and perhaps added some blue and bling to it ;) Mine was blue in another way. I spent two days at home with a tummy bug - not exactly my ideal way to pass time but on the upside it meant I got two days of blissful peace at home (because the kids, thankfully healthy, were packed off to school/ child care). Moving on, as did the tummy bug, this week at Just Add Ink we have a great colour challenge for you. The inclusion of Garden Green aroused some gasps of horror in the DT but I actually don't mind it although I don't pull it out often. So here is the colour combo.
Unfortunately I had to make a sympathy card and I thought these colours were suitable for this as I wanted something muted but not depressing. So this is what I came up with.
I wanted to keep things simple and not fussy but add depth to it. So I started by creating the background by stamping the text, and then inking up my stripes embossing folder and impressing both pattern and ink over the text. (Awesome effect I might add!!) The transfer from light to dark panels was covered with a bit of scalloped border and lace. The flowers were dead simple, Crumb Cake stamped over with Chocolate Chip then trimmed out and mounted over the stems. I did try to gently stamp off the lower ends of the stems so that the sentiment text stamped over would stand out just that little bit more. Aside from finishing off the inside to match that's about it.
Thanks for visiting and don't forget to go check out the rest of the DT for inspiration on using this colour combo,
Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: En Francais, Field Flowers, Little Labels (PTI)
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Very Vanilla
Ink: Chocolate chip, Crumb Cake, Garden Green
Accessories: Adorning Accent Edgelit die, Stripes embossing folder, Classic oval nestabilities (Spellbinder), Brayer, Victoria lace, Sponges, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)
Hello there,
well I'm back in chilly Canberra this week. Its been nice to get home and the chill factor at night, which I don't mind actually, meant I could pull out the down quilts - love snuggling up in that warm fluffy softness! I decided to inject a little bit of bloom into this weeks Just Add Ink challenge as this weeks challenge is all about the special women in our lives. Mothers Day is just around the corner here in Australia so we want you to Just Add Mother - or any other special woman in your life - and let them know how special they are. I had organised ahead to make my mothers day cards (see previous post), in an effort to deal with our school holiday break, but my Mum's birthday is only a week apart from Mother's Day so I wanted to make a special card for Mum. Here it is.
The design for the front of this card, changed completely, right at the end. You know when you get that feeling that somehow just something isn't working for you! As part of that rearranging process when I was playing around with my bloom die cuts the idea occured to me to mount the rose on an oval and then have the flower stem coming up and then under the oval. I also had to stamp the sentiment up far enough that there was room for it to go all the way across - leaving a gap below - which I filled with a little scrolly stamp. Adding a little touch of leafy detail. The making details are I hope fairly apparent. The only point I might mention is that I rock and rolled the flowers to get the varigated effect and they were finished off with a little subtle glitter.
Sending smiles your way too :) Thanks for visiting.
Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Kindness Matters (SU!), Rosie Posie, Enjoy the Ride, Little Labels (PaperTrey Inc)
Cardstock: Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Ink: Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence
Accessories: Rosie Posie and Little Labels dies (PaperTrey Inc), Picnic Plaid impression plate (PTI), Scallop Square BigZ die, Classic oval and scalloped oval nestabilities (Spellbinder), Piercing tool and mat pack, Atyou Spica glitter pen, Dimensionals, Double sided tape
