PTI anniversary challenge

Hello there,
in the midst of my crazy week I seized the chance for some craft therapy. I wanted to package up a little something for a special friend to go with the card I posted on Friday for the Just Add Ink's latest challenge. I was inspired to make a flower tag to match the card by Papertrey Ink's Day 3 release challenge (see Nichole Heady's blog here).

The tag is almost bigger than the little treat bag but I wanted it to be matchy matchy with the card and well I'm pretty sure the recipient won't mind at all :)

I'm entering the tag and treat bag into the Papertrey Ink's Day 3 Release challenge to a create a handmade tag to along with a matching gift bag.

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Rosie Posie, Rosie Posie Step 2, Fillable Frames #4 and #9 (PaperTrey Ink)
Cardstock: Naturals White, Strawberry Slush, Blushing Bride
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride, Strawberry Slush, Rose Red, Soft Sky, Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories: Typeset DSP, Mini Treat Bag thinlet die, Dots and Stripes decorative mask (SU!), Rosie Posie die collection, Fillable Frames #4 die (PTI), 2013-15 In Color sequin assortment, Aquapainter, Tombow multi, Double sided tape (X Press)

JAI 250 Just add Inspiration

Hello there,
its been well a crazy week here this week to say the least so this is going to be short and sweet. This week at Just Add Ink we have a great challenge for you from Trish. We want you to Just Add Inspiration. There are lots of great things in the picture to get you started!

The polka dots really grabbed me and I love the soft mix of tones so that is what I pulled from the inspiration picture. Creating the background was alot of fun - I used the SU! dot stencil and outlined each dot with a marker and then used an aquapainter to pick up ink from the ink pads to fill in the dots.

Don't forget to visit the rest of the DT to see some wonderful projects! Hope you can join us this week.

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Rosie Posie, Rosie Posie Step 2, Fillable Frames #4 (PaperTrey Ink)
Cardstock: Naturals White, Strawberry Slush, Blushing Bride
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride, Strawberry Slush, Rose Red, Soft Sky, Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories: Typeset DSP, Dots and Stripes decorative mask (SU!), Rosie Posie die collection, Fillable Frames #4 die, Mat Stack 1 die (Papertrey Ink), Sewing machine, 2013-15 In Color sequin assortment, Aquapainter, Tombow multi, Double sided tape (X Press)

JAI 190 Just add masking

Hello there,
You know how things just stick in your head sometimes - well I knew I had seen a favourite blogger of mine - Betsy Veldman do a special masking technique. I chased up the memory for this weeks Just Add Ink challenge. Why? Well cause it was a rather cool idea and this week the challenge is to Just Add Masking. You can find the link to Betsy's tutorial here (on Nicole Heady's blog) and here is my take on it.

One of the things I think is so interesting about this is how you can create so much depth and still have a single layer. Of course I couldn't resist adding a popped up flower to frame the sentiment. I also used some more traditional masking to add in the leaves on the front.

I'm pretty sure I'll revisit this technique. Thanks for visiting and don't forget to check out the rest of the DT for lots of masking inspiration!

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Rosie Posie, Fillable Frames #1 and #4 (PaperTrey Ink)
Cardstock: Winter Wisteria, Rose Red, Whisper White
Ink: Winter Wisteria, Rose Red, Garden Green, Crumb Cake, Basic Black
Accessories: Rosie Posie dies (PTI), small heart punch, Linen/Canvas impression plate (PTI), Crumb Cake seam binding, Winter Wisteria ruffled ribbon, Linen thread, Jewels - rhinestone, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)

JAI 116 Just add mother

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

JAI 107 - Just add Nikki Spencer

Hello there,
well this week at Just Add Ink we are Just Adding one of the team - this time round its the very talented Nikki Spencer.  So go and have a browse through Nikki's blog and pick out something that inspires you and join us! My starting point was this card by Nikki.

What really caught my attention was how she masked the center off and then created a pattern around it - and the other main element for me was the vellum sentiment strip. So here is my take on it.

My colour choice was to a very large degree dictated by the colours I know my MIL likes - since this was going to be headed her way as her birthday card. She's very keen on apricot/peachy tones - so I pulled out some retired Apricot Appeal, and initially paired it up with Peach Parfait but ditched that and went with Calypso Coral to bring the red tones out more.  OK so following Nikki's lead I masked off the centre and then stamped a floral pattern (flowers and stamped off text with sponging around the edges) all around, once I pulled the mask off it did look very nice. BUT - the masked circle was too small for the flower die cut I had decided to use as the central feature - oops! So in the end I had to cut a vanilla scalloped circle and use that under the die cut flower instead. I die cut and stamped my large flower and mounted that over the scalloped circle. Next I stamped the sentiment on the vellum, the ends of which were tucked under the top stamped layer. The stitching finishing the front also helped to secure the vellum. The last touch were some tiny pearls for the centre of the flower. The inside was finished off to match as well. I was surprised out how much I liked the colours I used today - just shows its good to pull out things you don't normally head for!

Hope you get the chance to join us - enjoy checking out Nikki's lovely work :)

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: French Foliage (SU!), Rosie Posie (PaperTrey Inc), Think Big Favorites # 12 (PTI), Background Basics Text Style (PTI)

Cardstock: Calypso Coral, Apricot Appeal, Very Vanilla

Ink: Apricot Appeal, Cameo Coral, Kiwi Kiss, Stazon On Timber Brown

Accessories: Scallop Square BigZ die, Small scalloped nestabilities (Spellbinder), Vellum cardstock, Jewels - Pearls, Double sided tape, Dimensionals, Sponge