Just Add Ink #471 Inspiration

Hi all,
I had this card in my head for a couple of weeks and it was great to get it out and onto paper. Even better it turned out just how I wanted it too. Got to be pleased about that! All that thinking was inspired by this week's Just Add Ink challenge. This week Rachael is asking us to Just Add Inspiration. Use the colours, patterns, or objects in the inspiration below to inspired your project. For me it was definitely the transition of colours.

And here's how it came out.

Super simple this week, except for a bit of struggle with cutting the dies just the way I wanted them. The two deers are actually freestanding, but for the card I wanted them perched on the crest of a hill. In theory this type of partial die cutting is very simple, but my (warped cutting) plate kept slipping and I ended up with fully cut out deers (and some frustration on my part). 

Tip: you are want to leave the very bottom of their legs uncut so the deers are completely attached to the hill.

Eventually I got there, the key was using two flat cutting plates and then a little extra work with a part of sharp small paper snips.

To add a snowy/ starry night sky I first flicked water droplets, then a fine splatter of white gouache and wink of Stella.

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

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

Detailed Deer Dies $59.00	Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Stamp Set $47.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies $61.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock $14.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $17.00
Basic Black A4 Card Stock $15.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $10.00	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Sponge Brayers $14.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush $11.50	Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive $11.50

Retired SU!: Big Shot die cutting machine

Just Add Ink #468 Just Add 'C'

Hello there,
the Christmas theme continues this week. To wrap up July (ok it will actually be August when this goes live but I figure it's close enough ;) the new challenge from Just Add Ink is to Just Add 'C' from Tina. This means we want you to add anything beginning with the letter 'C' as the main element of your design. The first thing that came to my mind was Christmas but it could be a cat, cup or cake, or a centre step card or a technique like chalkboard or colour blocking. 

Here's what I came up with.

Using lots of colour is something I love to do and this project has LOTS of colour. I started by brayering the colour on, ran a heat gun over it to make sure it was really dry, and then gold embossed snowflakes over the vibrant background. I built the sentiment element by layering strips of ribbon, and glimmer paper with a large stitched circle then added my big gold glimmer 'Merry' on top (plus a Christmas sentiment of course). A few die cut snowflakes and some sequins finished all off.

The Just Add Ink DT have a fun and inspiring range of 'C' cards 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

Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Stamp Set $47.00	Merry Christmas Dies $49.00	Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set $47.00	Seasonal Layers Dies $56.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies $61.00
Stitched Shapes Dies $50.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $17.00	Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock $15.25	Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock $15.25	Gold Glimmer Paper $8.75
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Versamark Pad $16.50	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder $10.50
Embossing Buddy $10.00	Heat Tool $50.00	Sponge Brayers $14.00	Gold 3/8" (1 Cm) Metallic-Edge Ribbon $12.25	Sparkle Glimmer Paper $8.75
Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive $11.50	Fine-Tip Glue Pen $12.00	Gold Faceted Gems $8.75

Retired SU! Metallic sequins, Big Shot, white ribbon 

Just Add Ink #465 The Season

Hello there,
the new Just Add Ink challenge this week will be perfect for you where ever you are in the world. This week Nikki is asking us to Just Add the Season. We want your project to be inspired by the season where you are, or your favourite season. Here in Australia it's winter and we're alternating between cold, clear blue skies to grey, cold and gloomy. Today was cold and gloomy so I was very happy to be typing this as I sat on the couch, layered in blankets with a hot water bottle for my feet!

Since it's also July I decided to pair winter with a Christmas in July theme and make my first official Christmas card for the year.

I was originally going to have a glimmer snow bank for my deer to be jumping from but as I thought about where I was going to put a sentiment I decided instead to create an ombre sentiment background to ground my deer. The stamparatus was absolutely essential for this, to align and re-align the sentiment, and align and re-align... you get the idea.  The texture was added to my brayered background, by flicking on water drops, wink of stella and then flecks of white gauche. Since my background was a single layer, I added some dimension by stacking my silver foil deer on three additional white deer die cuts. A little scatter of rhinestones finished it all off.  Stamping the sentiment background was fiddly but well worth the effort as I really loved how it turned out. 

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of wonderful 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

Detailed Deer Dies $59.00	Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Stamp Set $47.00	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock $15.25	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock $15.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $17.00
Silver Foil Sheets $8.75	1-1/2" (3.8 Cm) Circle Punch $28.00	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00
Sponge Brayers $14.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue $7.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive $11.50	Rhinestone Basic Jewels $8.75	Stamparatus $85.00

Retired SU!: Big Shot, white gauche paint