Merry Monday #49 Merry and bright

Hello there,
well this is going to be short and sweet tonight as its been a busy week and I need to get to bed and I want to get my card posted in this week's Merry Monday challenge which will wrap up in a few hours. This week it was a sketch.

And here is what I came up with.

I added a lot of texture into this one but I think in the end it worked (I wasn't sure for a while!). I coloured the image on the front with copics (I wanted that strong and vibrant) and the inside one with inks and blender pen (for a softer watermark effect) and both were sparkled up with dazzling diamonds. I must admit I find it hard to make a christmas card and not add sparkle ;) OK that's enough detail my bed is calling my name!

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Greeting Card Kids, Vintage Labels, Tiny Treats Christmas, 
Cardstock: Pool Party, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Vellum, Early Expresso coredination
Ink: Pool Party, Pretty in Pink, Wild Wasabi, Early Expresso, Blush Blossom, versamark, Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories: Copic markers, Labels One and Four Nestabilities (Spellbinder), Let it Snowflake die (My Favorite Things), Lacy Brocade embossing folder, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Attic Boutique DSP, Jewelery Tag punch, Two way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds, White embossing powder, Early Expresso twine, Pink felt, Sycamore Street button, sponge, blender pen, Double sided tape (X Press), Dimensionals

JAI 153 Just add a colour combo

Hello there,

well we survived the birthday festivities last weekend - the kids had a ball, and I enjoyed it too, even though my feet ached for hours after!! I was still totally knackered the day after so just as well I was able to get my card for this week's Just Add Ink challenge done ahead of time. This week we have an interesting (and good) colour challenge for you. Here are the colours.

I've had roses on the brain for a bit, as a dear friend of mine, Patrice Easton, also on the JAI DT has been producing some gorgeous rose cards. So blue roses it was going to be.

I have to admit by the time I was finished I had very VERY blue fingers, and it took a day or two to get it all off. But it was worth it. I loved the effect I got by only using Midnight Muse. I just had to remember how many times to stamp off for each layer. Twice for the base, once for the mid level and not at all for the shadow accents. I used the same procedure for the leaves with So Saffron. Then arranged them all in a wreath like effect around the sentiment with just a few rhinestones to accent it. It was time intensive to stamp all the roses but I'd do it again :) So that's my take on the colours, but do check out the rest of the JAI DT for some awesome ideas how to put this colour combo to good use!

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Blooming with Kindness, Everything Eleanor, This Sweet Life (PaperTrey Ink)
Cardstock: Midnight Muse, So Saffron, Whisper White
Ink: Midnight Muse, So Saffron
Accessories: Fancy Fan embossing folder, This Sweet Life dies (PTI), Jewels - rhinestones, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)  

JAI 152 Just add hearts

Hello there,

this week at Just Add Ink we have a thematic challenge for you that ties in with Valentine day which is rapidly approaching. The challenge is to Just Add Hearts. Now a few weeks back I made a mobile for my little boyo and of course I had to make one for my Miss 8 (birthday festivities scheduled this weekend!!). Combine that with the acquisition of new heart dies (I can't imagine why it took me so long to buy some!!) and some great inspiration from Betsy Veldman (see her post here) and this is what I came up with.

A close up of the dangling "tails" and rosette heart.

Another view of the group together.

I based my mobile design on Betsy's ones, using the large hearts and adding the button/bead detail as she did but I took it a step further and added tails. The feature for my central mobile is a heart shaped rosette an idea I picked up via pinterest from here.  For the ones on either side I made longer tails of smaller hearts. The good thing about the bead/buttons detail (aside from looking good ;) is that they add the weight to keep holding everything down.

It was a fun project to put together and gets the thumbs up from my daughter, she even joined in to do some of the button and the bead stringing which was a fun thing to do together.

Thanks for visiting and do check out all the fabulous heart ideas from the rest of the DT.

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Mixed Medley (R)

Cardstock: Whisper White, Regal Rose

Ink: Taken with Teal (R)

Accessories: Heart Collection Framelits, Loves Me DSP (R), Silver glimmer paper, 1 1/4" and 1 3/4" scallop circle punches, 3/4 " and 1 3/8" circle punches, Itty Bitty shapes pack, Adorning Accents embossing folder, Calypso Coral baker's twine, Jewels - rhinestone, assorted buttons (Hawaiian Shores and Hibiscus Burst PaperTrey Ink), assorted beads (craft shop), Hot glue gun, Crystal effects, Tombow multi, Dimensionals

Merry Monday #48 A light bulb momment

Hello there,
well I squeezed in the time to do the Merry Monday challenge again this week - a colour challenge. A rather nice but unusual combo!

Funnily enough I ended up CAS but started out with a completely different idea - had the stamps, dies and everything out ready to go, then totally changed my mind.

Since my Mr nearly 5 has kindly shared his cough with me I'm going to keep this short and sweet. I need to recoup as much energy as possible to deal with the joint birthday festivities we are holding for my delightful offspring this weekend!!

The stamped panel is mounted up on dimensionals lifting it up just that wee bit above the embossed sentiment. And yes that is the glint of crystal effects you see shining on the bulbs above, I just had too ;)

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Holiday Lights (PaperTrey Ink)

Cardstock: Basic Grey, Pumpkin Pie

Ink: Basic Grey, Pumpkin Pie, Marina Mist, Versamark

Accessories: Fillable Frames #4 die (PTI), White embossing powder, Jewels- rhinestone, Crystal effects, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)

JAI 151 Just add a shaped card

Hello there,
this week we have a fun challenge for you at Just Add Ink and its to Just Add a shaped card. Any shapes goes as long as its not your standard square or rectangle card. The DT has some very fun and inspiring examples so do check them out!! Here's what I came up with.

I hadn't used my Labels framelits to make a card base yet - so it was definitely time to pull them out. I decided to leave the top flat but have the kite element pop up up above it a little to break the line. I was aiming for CAS - well CAS my way ;) with pops of bright colour. I did a fair bit of paper piecing to bring that colour in using the SU! Summer Smooches DSP. For my little Pure Innocence figure, I coloured and paper pieced her then cut her out and mounted her above the bard base. A bit of doily, button and piercing detail and she was all finished.

Hope you can join in the fun this week. Thanks for visiting :)
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Aim High, All Smiles (My Favorite Things)
Cardstock: Whisper white, Island Indigo, White (X Press)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Taken with Teal (R), Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight
Accessories: Copic markers, Scalloped dotted border punch, Twine, Mat pack and piercing tool, Martha Stewart doily, Brights button, Pure Poppy vintage button (PaperTrey Ink), Crystal effects, SNAIL adhesive, Dimensionals 

Merry Monday #47 Tic Tac Oh!

Hello there,
I'm extremely time challenged for the next few weeks but I'm still determined to stick with my Christmas card a week goal. So I got stuck right in when I saw this weeks Merry Monday challenge. Mind you this week the challenge was a TicTac Toe square, a type challenge I've never done before! 

Where do you actually start or settle?? But settle I did on the first horizontal row - Blue, Dry Embossing and Snow.

I wanted to create a cluster of trees with the snow coming down and to get that effect I tried to partial emboss for the first time - and it mostly worked. I played with old and new for this. One of my oldest SU! sets, Lovely as a Tree and new embossing folder (for the lace border detail) and plate (for the snowflakes). Lots of white craft ink rubbed gently over the embossing brings out the snowflake and lace patterns. Spots of light come from the ribbon and sentiment strip and kind of balance out the darkness of the tree cluster (did you spot the little birdy I added in there ;). I couldn't help adding just a bit of sparkle too on the snowflakes and lace to finish it all off too.

Lots of inky fun in this one and I was pretty happy with how it came together :)

Thanks for visiting,
Kim 

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Tag it # 9 (PaperTrey Ink)
Cardstock: Not Quite Navy, Marina Mist, Whisper White
Ink: Night of Navy, Not Quite Navy, Marina Mist, White Craft
Accessories: Delicate Designs embossing folder, Bitty Banners framelits, Word Window punch, Peace be still Impression plate (Papertrey Ink), Whisper White organza ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds, 2 way glue pen, sponge, Doubled sided tape (X Press), Dimensionals

JAI 150 - Just add a sketch

Hello there,

hope you enjoyed the Big Shot blog hop last week, there was lots of fabulous inspiration to explore wasn't there! I've got a few things on my list to try! This week at Just Add Ink we have a great sketch for you.

And this is what I made for a friend of mine who need a little cheer up after some surgery.

I kept the inside clean and simple.

I used my copics to colour up the Pure Innocence image then trimmed it out and popped her up on dimensionals. I wanted her to be the star so I kept the rest of the card fairly simple just stamping a background pattern and adding a little ribbon.

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Better get better (My Favorite Things), Background Basics Tin Types (PaperTrey Ink)
Cardstock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink
Ink: Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories: Copic markers, Scallop border punch, Scalloped rectangle nestabilities (Spellbinder), White satin ribbon (R), sponge, Double sided tape (X Press), Dimensionals