JAI - July scrapbooking challenge

Hello there,

well this is a first for me - a scrapbooking post! Like many of us papercrafters my initial desire was to scrapbook but found the allure of the cards too great. Juggling house, kids and work  - it's alot easier to slot time in to make a card than a scrap page. I think perhaps because scrap pages really tell a story that is for keeps I always feel they have to be perfect and so they take alot of thinking and ALOT of time for me to put together! Last years total was 2011 = 1 page. So one resolution I started the year with was to do more in 2012. Now this is actually my 4th page for the year - woohoo - that's a 300% improvement over 2011 already :) However it is the first ever page about me!!!! which I thought was perfect for this months Just Add Ink's scrapbooking challenge :) -  Just add hidden journalling or memorabillia.  Well after all that chat - here's the page ;)

 Did you guess where the journalling was? Yes there they are pulled out of their hiding places tucked in pockets under the photographs. And no I didn't do a super photoshop job hiding the journalling I was just in a hurry to photograph the page as soon as I had finished it, and figured I could add the journalling later - lol.

And cause it's a scrap page a few close ups of some of the details :)

I started out using this sketch from Creative Scrappers (#207) I thought it would be perfect for capturing a fun, bright, busy, chaotic feel - which convention kind of is ;) I started with a mat of Chocolate chip, then added a slightly smaller mat of Pumpkin Pie DSP, scrunched and inked at the edges. Then I played around with some of the different patterns from the retired Sweet Stitches DSP. Once I had a basic layout worked out I started scrunching and inking all the edges. Then just snailed them down. The flowers were all die cut (base layer from DSP), then scrunched and inked and then finished off with buttons and twine. Before I could sew everything down I had to work out where all the tickets were going, and then I just zoomed around stitching down all the borders except, very importantly!! the ones I had to leave open on the RHS of the photos so I could slide the journalling tags under. I turned my convention title letters into stickers by adhering the cardstock to the Big Shot multipurpose adhesive sheets then die cutting the letters. I also couldn't resist adding some pom pom trim too :)

I'm so glad I've had the chance to scrap these photos and remember them! I had so much fun at Convention 2011, meeting many of my Just Add Ink team mates in the flesh for the first time - we had so much fun!!, catching up with other "old" friends. The picture of the lovely Di Barnes on the page is to remember those special momments and of course a picture of Shelli and I.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoyed this little peep into my convention 2011 experience.

Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Calendar alphabet, and numbers, Tiny Tags (SU!), Just the Ticket, Mini Scrapbook Series: Library Ledger, Library Ledger Year Additions, Flower Fusion #11 (PaperTrey Inc)
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip,  Naturals Ivory, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Wild Wasabi, Crumb Cake, Tempting Turquoise, Early Expresso textured
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise
Accessories: Timeless Type alphabet sizzlet, Punches (Scallop circle, 1 3/4" circle, Jewelery Tag, small Heart) Two Tags BigZ die, Fun Flowers BigZ L die, Blossom party originals die, Just the Ticket border die (PTI), Large scallop border die (PTI), Sweet Stitches DSP (R), Pumpkin Pie DSP (R), Daffodil Delight and Tangerine Tango pom pom trim (R), Twine, Hawaiian Shores vintage button (PTI), Daffodil Delight button, Ice Cream Parlor button (R), mini Silver brads, Pinking shears, Sponge, Dimensionals, Big Shot multipurpose adhesive sheets, Double sided tape (X Press), SNAIL adhesive, sewing machine

JAI 100 Just add crowns blog hop

Well hello there and happy 2012!

After a short intermission for Christmas and New Year I’m back with a bang ;) The Just Add Ink team have decided to start the year off by celebrating our 100^th challenge with a Blog Hop. The theme of the blog hop is to Just Add Crowns (think royalty related theme). You may have just come from Kathy Tanner’s blog, if not make sure you go and check out her very cute princess! You can start the blog hop here, with any of the DT members or at the JAI blog. Because this is a special occasion we are also offering prizes!! – one for commenting on all the DT blogs and one for the winner of the challenge.

When the theme was set for this blog hop one idea immediately popped into my mind, something special I had been saving up to try for my gorgeous girl and seeing as her birthday is coming up it was the perfect time. Now kings and queens (who of course wear crowns, have to keep their crowns somewhere safe don't they ;) - and of course that would be a castle!! I first saw a castle card on Liam Pulcher's blog here and followed her link back to Deneen's tutorial here. I printed Deneen's templates two to a page, so approximately half size. I wanted my finished card to be as close to a standard A5 size, so once I cut out the template pieces I just widen them to 4” for each panel that way I could cut all three panels from one 12x12 piece, and just score the folds.

The glittery 7 surprise

The front and back unfolded

Close ups

Since this is my special little girls birthday card I went with a colour combo that would appeal to her tastes – well the pink (Regal Rose) and yellow (Daffodil Delight) do - although she is bit iffy on the Expresso! So starting with a Regal Rose base, I covered the front and back inside panel with DSP (Sweet Stitches), I also prepared a layer of impressed Expresso for the back panel that the front door opens on to. I sandwiched a bit of decorative scalloped trim in between some of these layers. Finally I added one more panel of Expresso for the turret roof. This probably sounds confusing so please do look at the photos. Then I added lots and lots of bling, and garlands of little flowers, with more bling!! Some vines and more flowers finish off the front, and yes those woodgrain doors do open to a little extra glittery surprise! The final touch for the top is a flag to fly from the turret – with a crown (of course ;) and more bling. I kept the layers on the inside pretty flat, a panel to write our birthday message and a large decorative embossed Happy Birthday (yes I’m still loving my coloured embossing powders J). The card opens with a kind of zig zag motion. I can tell you my kids were both entranced and my Mr almost 4 is lobbying hard to get a castle card for his birthday too!

Now don’t forget to keep going through the blog hop and join in the challenge. Next stop is Mae Collins, just click on the blog hop button below to get to Mae’s blog. All the DT blog links are on the JAI blog if there are any hiccups too.

Thanks for visiting and enjoy this right royal occaision J
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless other wise noted

Stamps: Perfectly Penned, Create a Cupcake,Tiny Tags
Cardstock: Regal Rose, Daffodil Delight, Early Expresso, Whisper White
Ink: Regal Rose, Daffodil Delight, Versamark
Accessories: Sweet Stitches DSP (R), Swirls scribbles sizzlet, Timeless Type alphabet sizzlet, Itty Bitty shapes punch pack, Woodgrain and Linen/Canvas Impression plates (PaperTrey Ink), Double ended banner dies (PTI), Mat Stack 1 and Mat Stack layerz dies (PTI), Corner rounder punch, Dotted Scallop ribbon border punch, Jewels – rhinestones, coloured rhinestones (Kaiser), Pretty in Pink brads, Butter embossing powder (Zing), Fine supernova glitter, Big Shot adhesive sheets, Double sided tape (X Press), SNAIL adhesive, Glue dots

JAI 85 - just add baby

Hello there,

well as you may have guessed from the title of today's post this week at Just Add Ink its all about adding "baby". Now I actually gave you all a sneak peek of this card back in July, when JAI had our fancy fold blog hop. My card fold for the blog hop was a Trifold card and luckily enough I made two. Lucky cause things are real busy at home (sick cat, sick Mr 3, incipient sore throat - me :( and there's more but that will do so) at the momment anything that can save me time is just a life saver!! If you want to find my "tutorial" for the Trifold card click here to go back to my Fancy Fold blog post. So first up here is the card closed.

Card fully unfolded

Close up of the front

Close up of the inside

So very quickly I started with a Rose Red base, layered that with Regal Rose mats and then used Sweet Stitches DSP to top off all the panels. I also stamped the bear on the front on the DSP. Adding a couple of buttons and a felt flower to finish it all off. Other additional details include paper piercing lots of the borders another felt flower on the inside and some seam binding tied in a knot. It seemed a rather usual mix of colours and DSP for a baby card but I quite liked it how it turned out. Right I'm taking this sore throat off to bed now!

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Well Scripted (R), Nursery Necessities (R), Baby Button Bits
Cardstock: Rose Red, Regal Rose, Very Vanilla
Ink: Rose Red, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Classic and scalloped oval nestabilities (Spellbinder), Sweet Stitches DSP, Mat pack and piercing tool, Harvest Gold felt and buttons (PaperTrey Inc), Vintage Cream felt (PTI), Hibiscus Burst button (PTI), Vanilla seam binding, Double sided tape, Tombow multi

JAI 69 - just add fussy cutting

Hi there,

did you have a what the? momment when you read what this week's Just Add Ink challenge - lol. Yes - it's all about fussy cutting this week. Now you might ask what do we mean by that - well it's anything that involves detailed fancy scissor work. (I've heard the term is drawn from a sister craft namely quilting but don't quote me on that :) Now I figured some paper piecing fit right into this challenge and luckily I had the perfect (new) image to piece. Here's the result.




First up I started with the Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge 113, as that circle was perfect for framing my umbrella girl. So I stamped my DSP with the image twice so I could then "fussy" cut the DSP out. I then paper pieced it onto another stamped image, which I had also coloured using Copics (E000, E01, RV29, E33, E35, E37, N2 just the skin and umbrella bits). To finish off the image panel I added a little Bashful Blue raincloud - just sheer serendipity that it was perfect to perch above the raindrops - isn't it nice when that happens :). Oh and of course the sentiment. Other points to note are the Square Lattice embossed background and the pink pearl details. The inside was finished off very simply with some more DSP to match. End result a sweet little card to cheer someone up.

Thanks for visiting and if you can get those scissors out and show us what you can do!

Kim



Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: My Umbrella (My Favorite Things)
Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, X Press Blending card
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Basic Black
Accessories: Sweet Stitches DSP, Square Lattice embossing folder, Corner rounder punch, Classic Circle nestabilities (Spellbinder), Cloud die (PaperTrey Inc), Copic markers, Pink pearls (Kaiser), Double sided tape (X Press), SNAIL adhesive, Dimensionals