JAI #350 Sketch

Hello there,
well I find myself laid up with a horrible head cold this week probably a legacy of last week being pretty stressful (our beloved 18 year old fur baby was having some health issues) and busy (training at work and then running classes on Saturday. Both of those were fun and interesting, but they take a lot of energy investment). Luckily, I was able to craft ahead for this week's new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we want you to Just Add a Sketch from Chantell. Here it is.

And this is what I came up with.

As soon as I realised I wanted the bottom portion of the sketch to be a field of flowers I got to work stamping and masking (post it notes were my go to for this). This is going to pink loving friend so I decided to keep the foliage black and white rather than introducing any greens. To get the slight blur in the Melon Mambo detailed layer I just quickly swished over my base Pink Pirouette layer with a damp aqua painter before stamping. To glitz it all up I added gold stitching, gold wink of stella splatter and sequins.

This is a super versatile sketch! Do go check out the rest of the JAI DT for some fabulous inspiration and then join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Crazy About You, Penned and Painted
Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Shimmery White
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Stazon Black, Versamark
Accessories: Gold glimmer paper, Neutrals DSP stack, Gold embossing powder, Gold wink of Stella, Metallic sequins, Sewing machine, Fine tip glue pen, Dimensionals, Tear and tape

JAI #311 Just add masking

Hello there,

I'm out the other side from a lingering slightly icky, beginning of winter, cold. It's so nice to be feeling better and decidedly more human again! The ickiness definitely interfered with my inspirational process - it took me the whole week to finally come up with an idea for this week's Just Add Ink challenge. This week it's Just Add Masking suggested by Nikki. Here is what I came up with - finally!

And the inside.

Are you seeing a sneak peek from the new upcoming SU! catalogue? No - just something old I have in my stamping stash ;) Pulling out the jar was definitely inspired by the new catalogue though. I thought pairing it up with the flower from 'You've Got This' would be a good approach to masking. I used two masking techniques here in fact. First, I masked the central flower and the rim of the jar while I stamped the other two flowers that are tucked behind. (When you mask the first image you stamp this is the one that remains at the front.) Then I painted over the entire stamped image with masking fluid. Once it was dry I water coloured the front panel adding some shadows around the flowers and at the base, then some water splatter and finally sparkle (Wink of Stella splatter). This is what the panel looked like at this point.

Then I rubbed the masking off and went ahead and water coloured the flowers using an aquapainter and ink pad lids. I couldn't resist adding a tiny shaker to the jar too. It's almost unheard off for me not to add a sentiment to my card fronts but I felt adding one would spoil it!

It was a lot of fun to play around with masking, I know you'll find the projects from the rest of the DT to be super inspirational! Hope you can join us this week.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: You've Got This, Friendship Jar (PaperTrey Ink)

Cardstock: Real Red, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Vellum

Ink: Cherry Cobler, Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Mossy Meadow, Soft Sky, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Basic Gray, Stazon Black

Accessories: Typeset DSP, watercolour paper, SU! sequins (R), Silver sequins, Wink of Stella, Aquapainter, Basic Black Baker's twine, Tear and Tape, Dimensionals, Masking paper (Simon Says Stamp), Elmer's Rubber Cement Craft Bond Adhesive

JAI #278 Just add inspiration

Hello there,
the colourful challenge we have for you at Just Add Ink this week feels so appropriate as the winter grey/brown hues have been lifted by the blooming of cherry trees here this week. It's so heartening to feel just a touch of warmth in the air! And what is our challenge this week? It's Just Add Inspiration from Nikki. Just check out that colour!

I had to do something equally as colourful! 

As a contrast to all that colour I wanted to make my one defined flower - colourless. And had a lot of fun trying out a new (to me) masking technique. But I did want to fill the card with colour so out came a stencil and my reinkers and I got to work splashing on colour. What I did find when I removed the stencil was that the colour was very much restricted to the pattern. But that was easy to remedy  - I just swished my paint brush over and blended the colours together with a little water.

The bright colours of the flowers just make me happy! Hope you can join in with us this week. Do check out the rest of the DT and their wonderful creations.

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: You've Got This, Alphabet Rotary
Cardstock: Basic Black, Very Vanilla
Ink: Stazon Black, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Watercolor paper, Happy Patterns decorative mask, Fineline Masking Fluid Pen (Simon Says Stamp), Black Baker's twine, Clear sequins (Simon Says Stamp), Fine Tip Glue Pen, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)