JAI 229 Just add inspiration

Hello there,
well its been a busy week here, it started when we caught up with some friends visiting for the weekend (I cooked up a breakfast feast of pancakes, strawberries and ice cream (but wait there's more) and bacon and eggs too). My taste buds enjoyed it all but it took two walks in the spring sunshine till my tummy felt as though it had recovered! How is the week ending? well with a new Just Add Ink challenge - of course :O. This week Nikki came up with a really colourful challenge for you - we want you to Just Add Inspiration.

As soon as I saw the pictures I knew it was going to be perfect for my new peacock stamp. The art in my DD room needs updating (the first one I made her was castle/princess themed) and she has a real passion for birds. Here's how it turned out.

 And a close up to see it better

 And one from the side to capture the gleam of gold on each feather

I checked out quite a few peacock images before I started colouring and I loved the variety of colours you could see because of the iridescent feathers. But for this first one I decided to go accurate rather than artistic. I used alcohol markers and I will say in all honesty it took me hours but as I was doing it on a day when I was suffering from a nasty cold bug I had plenty of time to sit and just slowly colour away. The only addition after colouring was a tiny touch of gold leaf pen to each of the peacock feathers.

Now I just need to get to work on updating the art work for DS!

Hope you can join us for this fun inspiration challenge - do check out the rest of the DT for some wonderful eye candy!

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Perfect Peacock, Feather Finery (Papertrey Ink)

Cardstock: Whisper White textured (R), X Press Blend it

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories: Shadow box (IKEA), Alcohol markers (Copic), Sweet Taffy DSP,  Gold sequin trim, Pretty in Pink 1/8" taffeta (R), Victoria lace (R), White bakers twine, Brights button (R), Gold leaf pen, Dimensionals

JAI 227 Just Add Chipboard

Hello there,
ever since we had our Just Add a Shaker challenge a few weeks back I've had shakers in the back of my mind and when a special family birthday was coming up I figured the new Miss Four would love to have one. I did use something special in the making - chipboard. And that is what we want you to add at Just Add Ink this week - Just Add chipboard. 

(Chipboard is a thick cardboard. You find it on the back of notepads, its the backing in your DSP packets, and can buy chipboard accents and alphabets. Coaster board and even multiple layers of cardstock glued together will be just as good).

Now I did a good job of disguising my chipboard so I wanted to include a couple of photos to show you how I used it here. First die cut and embossed.

And then covered with a layer of die cut and embossed cardstock.

Bright and fun and something to use for my shaker frame were the starting points - enter Sweet Taffy DSP and On Film framelit. I cut up some crazy strips of the DSP to cover the front of the card and then proceeded to cover most of that up (rolling my eyes at my good planning) with the die cut frame. The bright continues on into the shaker - with some stamped HAPPYs and lots of bright die cut Number Fours (too many actually - I'm always tempted to add to many shakey bits!). I'm pretty the new Miss Four is going to love this and also know she is going to have to shake it really hard to get the bits to move around :O

For lots of inspiring ideas for using chipboard do check out the rest of the DT.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Amazing Birthday

Cardstock: Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise

Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise

Accessories: Chipboard (of course!), On Film framelit, 1 3/4" Scallop circle punch,1 3/8" and 1 1/4"  Circle punches, Sweet Taffy DSP, By the numbers border die (Papertrey Ink), Daffodil Delight satin ribbon (R), Sequins, Jewels - rhinestone, Acetate, Scotch foam tape, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)