JAI 122 Just add Delys Cram

Hello there,
welcome back for another challenge for Just Add Ink. This week we want you to... Just Add Delys Cram. Yes its time to CASE another one of the DT, Delys has a wonderful creative way with cards and her scrapbooking is just awesome! Go and have a browse through her blog and find a project that you'd like to CASE. I didn't have to go far to find something that made my fingers itch to get creating ;)   Firstly here is Delys card that I choose to CASE.

I really liked the layout on this card and what really caught my eye was how Delys used the new SU! edgelits. So off I went and this is what I came up with.

A simple inside using the remnant edgelit die cuts.

I stayed true to Delys layout but as you can see I changed the orientation and I decided to go with a pink and grey colour scheme. The putting together so to speak is pretty straightforward - but extra touches include sponging around edges,some paper piercing detail, colouring of the flowers, adding a couple of trimmed out extras on top for added dimension, and finally some little pearls to finish it all off.
Now I have one more card for you today that was also inspired by Delys card. But I have taken a much more stripped down approach and alot more license with the layout.

As you can probably guess this one is a card for a man - it's on its way to my FIL as I write this! The distressed DSP was my starting point for the woodgrain and colours. Then add in some piercing, pinking shear border, twine and a button and all done. This one was alot faster to put together than the girly version!!

So as you can see you can have alot of fun with this challenge :)

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Card One

Stamps: Apothecary Art

Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Basic Gray, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black, Basic Grey, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery

Accessories: Twitterpated DSP, Labels Collection Framelits, Edgelit Adorning Accents, Blushing Bride Pleated satin ribbon, Mat pack and piercing tool, Jewels - pearls, SU! button (R), embroidery thread, Sponge, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)

Card Two

Stamps: Woodgrain, Afterthoughts

Cardstock: Blue Bayou (R), Naturals Ivory

Ink: Blue Bayou (R), Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Rugged DSP (Creative Memories), Woodgrain impression plate (Papertrey Inc),  Labels 2 (Spellbinder), pinking shears, Island Indigo twine, Regals button, Mat pack and piercing tool, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press) 

JAI 121 Just add pearls

Hello there,
well I'm settling back into life after convention. I had a wonderful time meeting up with some special stamping friends and am already looking forward to seeing them again next year in Brisbane! I have some great new ideas to try out so hopefully some of those will make their way here over the next few weeks. But for today I can show you the new challenge from Just Add Ink. This week we want you to Just Add Pearls. Here's what I came up with.

I wanted to make a birthday card for a special stamping friend so I tailored the colours to something I knew she would like - hence the red and indigo. I also had a new blossom punch to play with ;) I started by inking the flower with markers, then layered that over two red punched blossoms, fixed it together with a brad then spritzing with glimmer mist and letting it dry. You get a great 3D effect doing this although that does make it tricky to post! But since I was hand delivering this one at convention I didn't have to worry about that. I used the flower as the feature and accented it with coordinating DSP, some lacey border detail, stitching and of course lots of pearls. The pearls are a subtle but I think really important finishing touch.

Do go check out the rest of the DT they will have some wonderful pearl adorned creations to inspire you!!

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Create a Cupcake, Mixed Bouquet

Cardstock: Real Red, Island Indigo, Whisper White

Ink: Real Red, Island Indigo

Accessories: Blossom punch, Corner rounder (SU!), Mat Stack 3, Mat Stack 3 layerz and Filigree border die (PaperTrey Inc), Twitterpated DSP, Ski Slope DSP (R), Frost white shimmer paint, Jewels - pearls, sewing machine, wide Real Red grosgrain ribbon (R), Dimensionals, SNAIL, Double sided tape (X Press)