Just Add Ink #529 Colour

 

Hello there,

time for another Just Add Ink challenge and this week we have a lovely colour challenge for you from Kelly. Here it is.

It might seem a bit odd to use such a strong pink for a masculine card, but mixed with blue you get purple and the ability to create a fabulous sky backdrop for my gleaming lighthouse! 

Sometimes I'm just in awe of what you can do with just a few shades of ink. As I mentioned I used the Magenta brayered over the Misty Moonlight to create the graduation of tones in the sky. To finish off the sky I splattered with water, then patted it dry, then splattered with white gouache and finally with Wink of Stella. The layers of the sea was created by stamping the base layer in stamped off Misty Moonlight, then the top layer in full strength Misty Moonlight. White gouache applied with a stiff dry brush helped create the texture of sea foam. To make the light house shine I embossed the image on silver foil and then to add a bit of drama added some beams of light using vellum. Embossing, texture (in this case from ink and paint) and die cut stitched detail are often the best way to add detail to masculine cards without them getting too fussy.

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: Sailing Home, Mountain Air, Itty Bitty Birthdays
• Dies: Stitched Rectangle dies, Smooth Sailing
• Cardstock: Misty Moonlight, Whisper White, Silver foil, Vellum
• Ink: Misty Moonlight, Magenta Madness, Versamark 
• Accessories:1 inch circle punch, White and Silver embossing powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool, Wink of Stella, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Vellum tape (Scotch), White Gouache
• Non SU!: Text and Texture: Ocean (PaperTrey Ink), Big Shot die cutting machine

Colour INKspiration #59

Hello there,

welcome to the Colour INKspiration 59 blog hop. If you are hopping your way around the blog hop, you will have arrived from Jan Clothier's blog. If you are starting the hop here but would like to go to the start at the  Colour INKspiration challenge page over on Facebook, just click the link to be redirected and ask to join the group, that way you can load your projects directly to the Facebook group.

Here's the INKspiration picture for this week. This week it's filled with a subtle wintery tones featuring Seaside Spray, Smoky Slate, Very Vanilla and Early Espresso. 

Here what I came up with.

I needed a sympathy card for a friend and I thought this subtle palette of colours would work well for that. I started by brayering my background scene, remembering to mask off my setting sun in the distance first. 

TIP: To break my scene up into 'windows' I created my own window cover plate by die cutting smaller rectangles out of my larger panel. My middle rectangle was the right width but not long enough so I used partial die cutting to begin the cut on one end (see below). Then reset the die to cut the other end. As long as you have your top plate on your die cut machine set back, so it doesn't cover the end of the rectangle you don't want to cut, it will be a success!

I finished off the card by layering a mix of nautical elements to frame my sailing boat.

Hope you can join us and have some fun too! The challenge runs till Monday 22nd July so there is plenty of time to join in. Next up, on the blog hop is Cathy Pinchbeck with a lovely project. Enjoy!

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

Sailing Home Cling Stamp Set $42.00	Smooth Sailing Dies $56.00	Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set $47.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies $61.00	Stitched Shapes Dies $50.00
Starburst Punch $31.00	1" (2.5 Cm) Circle Punch $21.00	Seaside Spray A4 Cardstock $15.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock $17.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $17.00
Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate $15.25	Early Espresso A4 Card Stock $15.25	White Vellum A4 Card Stock $17.50	Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad $13.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $10.00	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad $17.50	Sponge Brayers $14.00	Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive $11.50	Blender Pens $21.00

Retired SU!: Big Shot, Early Espresso baker's twine

Just Add Ink #457 Sketch

Hello there,
this week at Just Add Ink Narelle is asking us to Just Add a Sketch. It proved the perfect opportunity for me to ink up some new stamps. I decided to go with a more masculine theme, which is always a real challenge as it means I have to think harder how to add that extra level of detail but not too many! Here's the sketch.

Here's how it turned out.

Masculine cards are really about adding texture, so I used an embossing folder and also several stitched elements. I love adding a punch of colour to my backgrounds, so I decided to silhouette my light house against a pop of ombre blue colour created using SU! sponge brayers. I added a little extra depth to the light house using Smokey Slate blends, and some extra texture to the inked background by splattering with water droplets, white gouache splatter and Wink of Stella.

The Just Add Ink DT have some 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

Sailing Home Cling Stamp Set $42.00	Itty Bitty Birthdays Cling Stamp Set $39.00	Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies $61.00	Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder $15.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock $14.75
Whisper White A4 Card Stock $17.00	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock $14.75	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock $14.75	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $15.50	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00
Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Versamark Pad $15.75	White Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75
Embossing Buddy $10.00	Heat Tool $50.00	Sponge Brayers $14.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush $11.50	Paper Snips Scissors $17.00
Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive $9.00	Big Shot Platform $45.25	Big Shot $159.00

Non SU! products: White gouashe paint