JAI #348 Ombre

Hello there,
well I've been busy busy busy. Busy at work, busy at home and busy crafting. I guess the good side to all that, is that I will have plenty to show you in the future! But right now it's time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week our new challenge come from Rochelle. She is asking you to Just Add Ombre. 

The JAI team enjoyed playing with the theme this week and this is what I came up with - a masculine-ish card for an uncle.

The inside.

I had a lot of fun playing with ombre effects here. First, I brayered a transition of blue inks onto both DSP and a Very Vanilla mat, taking care to make the light to dark go left to right on one, and right to left on the other (this is important!) Then I used the Sunburst thinlet die to cut the DSP. Taking the sunburst diecut I layered that over the brayered Very Vanilla mat. The end effect is two ombre transitions! As even masculine cards need bling I added a silver embossed sentiment, stitching with silver thread and a scattering of tiny silver glimmer stars. To complete the inside I sponged rays using an acetate template cut with the Sunburst thinlet die.

Do go and check out the rest of the teams fabulous ombre creations! And please join in the fun too!

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Tin of Cards
Cardstock: Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Island Indigo
Ink: Night of Navy, Island Indigo, Marina Mist, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Soft Sky, Versamark
Accessories: Sunburst thinlet die, Layering circles framelits, Confetti Stars punch, First Edition DSP (R), Silver foil, Silver glimmer paper, Silver embossing powder, Sewing machine, Brayer (R), Tombow multi, Dimensionals, Tear and tape

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Thank You...Friend

Hello there,
the little gifties I make for friends and family rarely make it to my blog but I wanted to post this special little ensemble.  Here's the finished projects - a triangular chocolate box and mini album ready to be filled with memories.

A side view of the chocolate box to show you the way it folds in at the sides (so clever!)

The mini album open. You can see it has eight internal pages and three tag inserts, that can hold journaling or more photos.

Here the mini album is wrapped up and they are both ready to be delivered.

The mini album was made with the Hip Hip Hooray kit (long retired). I used a great tutorial by Delys Cram you can download the pdf here. Envelopes are used as the backbone of the mini album. This could probably be adapted to many of SU! current kits.

The chocolate box design I had seen pinned on Pinterest. I came across a tutorial by Ilka Specht (it's in German but has a clear diagram with measurements). Her box was super petite and I wanted mine to fit at last three Lindt balls. So I used copy paper and played around with expanding the measurements till it was the size I needed (in the end I fitted four Lindt balls snuggly inside). I started with a piece of 9 by 7" (22.9 by 18 cm) cardstock and scored at 1 3/4 and 7 1/4" (4.4 and 18.5 cm) on the long side and 3/4, 2 1/2, 4 1/4 and 6" (1.8, 6.5, 10.8 and 15.2 cm) on the short side.

I used the tags, DSP and embellishy bits to thematically tie the two gifts together. Bling was added by using silver foil, rhinestones and sequin trim. All together it made a pretty package and I love that I was able to combine the sentiments on the two gifts to say thanks to my friend.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Tin of Cards, Oh Happy Day

Cardstock: Watermelon Wonder, Whisper White

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories: 2 and 1 3/4 circle punches, Tree Builder punch, Itty Bitty Accents punch (R), Hip Hip Hooray kit (R), Birthday Bouquet DSP (R), Shine On DSP (R), Silver Foil, Blushing Bride sequin trim, Strawberry Slush thick baker's twine (R), White Baker's twine, Linen thread, Jewels- rhinestones, Dimensionals, Tombow multi