Hello there,
I'm delighted to say that this Saturday I get the chance to spend the day catching up with some special friends and getting the first look at the new annual SU! catalogue at the SU! OnStage event in Sydney. The crafty chatter will be non-stop this weekend :)
But I had to be sure to leave something here for you and the challenge at Just Add Ink , this week a colour challenge from Nikki, was perfect to make something rich and textured (well that's the way mine turned out ;). Here are the colour's.
As you can see I am really planning ahead here (although I will have to remember to give it to DH in September!). The colours were a perfect match to the Going Place suite so once the idea popped into my head I went with it. Being a masculine card I tried to add in a lot of texture (I was rather chuffed with how my mini star shaker turned out) and subtle bling. I just love that I can customise sentiments with the Alphabet Rotary stamp too :)
The design team have come up with a fabulous array of gorgeous cards so please do go check them out. Hope you can join us.
Thanks for visiting,
Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Going Global, Alphabet Rotary
Cardstock: Basic Gray, Smokey Slate, Delightful Dijon, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Gray, Smokey Slate, Versamark
Accessories: Circle collection framelits, Starburst framelits (R), Bountiful Banners die (PaperTrey Ink), World Traveler embossing folder, Going Places DSP, Triple banner pumch, Bitty Banner framelits, White and Gold embossing powder, Gold glimmer paper, Itty Bitty Accents punch, Hung Up Clips (R), Sewing machine, Window sheet, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape
Hello there,
well we have just about made it out of the cough zone at home. Just in time for school holidays too. Since my stamping time tends to get contracted during the holidays I have been trying to get ahead with some projects and this week's Just Add Ink challenge from Jan - to Just add Sympathy was first on the list. Sadly I will more than likely need to use this one this year as a long term family friend is struggling with cancer :(
I started by having a bit of a rummage through Pinterest for sympathy cards and discovered from that, that what appealed to me was lots of white and a little touch of green. So that's where I started. I also liked the idea of incorporating the sunburst die and decided to double layer it (the top layer is Shimmer White) to give it greater presence. Then I softened the strong lines by using vellum foliage. Knowing I will have to use this does make me sad but I'm also glad that I'm prepared.
Sympathy cards are tough to make and tough to give but are important to provide comfort and support to those who have lost someone they loved.
Hope you can join us. Please do check out the rest of the DT for some wonderful inspiration.
Thanks for visiting,
Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Turning a New Leaf (PaperTrey Ink), Sending You (PTI)
Cardstock: Whisper White, Shimmer White, Basic Gray, Vellum
Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Basic Gray
Accessories: Circle framelits, Sunburst thinlets die, Turning a New Leaf dies (PaperTrey Ink), Doubled ended banner dies (PTI), Linen thread, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Staples
Hello there,
I hope you all enjoyed some time off and chocolate over Easter. I had both :) and there is still plenty of chocolate left, even the kids will take quite a while to eat through their stashes! Especially since they both got sick over Easter and appetites were lagging for a few days (it's when they don't want to eat chocolate that you know they are really not feeling well!)
Anyway on to this week's Just Add Ink challenge (which has nothing to do with chocolate, although it's entirely possible some was consumed during it making ;). This week Tina has a sketch for us.
And here is what I made of it.
Oops meant to add a small flower to the inside but never got around to it!
Those rectangle boxes did I admit take some pondering but I finally came to a solution which I liked. Then I did some more pondering about the background, three background mats later I finally sorted that out too - so I wouldn't say this card came easily. The only 'easy' part was water colouring the flower! The finishing touches are of course some bling in the form of subtle black glimmer paper and not so subtle red sequins.
Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT projects - they're gorgeous! Hope you can join us.
Thanks for visiting,
Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Birthday Blooms, Crazy About You
Cardstock: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Cherry Cobler, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green
Accessories: Go Wild DSP, Chevron embossing folder, Water color paper, Aquapainter, Black glimmer paper (R), Black and White embossing powder, Red sequins (non SU!), Fine tip glue pen, Dimensionals, Double sided tape
Hello there,
finally, finally the cooler Autumn weather has hit which has been such a delightful change. I love the freshness in the air (especially early in the morning) this time of year. There is still time for flowers to give an Autumn display and perhaps it was the bright pops of colour in this week's Just Add Ink inspiration challenge from Jodene that made me pull out flowers. Here's the inspiration picture. Remember you can pull out whatever elements you like from the inspiration picture - the colours, patterns,umbrella's ;) whatever inspires you!
And here is my flower filled card!
Can you see what elements I pulled from the inspiration picture? Certainly the colours. I also tried to keep the colour balance the same as in the inspiration picture with all the bright pops of colour on the blue background and then changing that to kraft for the bottom. The footbridge ?? element that goes across the picture also inspired my use of the leafy border as a divider between the top and bottom. To add some sparkle I used Iridescent Ice embossing powder for the sentiment and the little white flowers are punched from shimmer white cardstock.
Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT projects. Hope you can join us.
Happy Easter to you all too!
Thanks for visiting,
Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless noted
Stamps: Birthday Blooms, Botanical Blooms
Cardstock: Kraft, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Shimmer White, Cucumber Crush
Ink: Real Red, Cherry Cobler, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise, Island Indigo, Night of Navy
Accessories: Botanical Builders framelits, Itty Bitty Accents punch, Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper, White and Iridescent Ice embossing powder, Jewels - rhinestones, Cherry Cobler baker's twine, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)
Hello there,
you could say the plethora of chocolate eggs appearing in the supermarkets heralding the imminent arrival of Easter was the inspiration for this week's Just Add Ink challenge. This week Tina is asking us to Just Add E. Now this means the main elements/ or theme of your project must be something starting with E. That could be Easter (wink) or it could be embossing, elephant, egg, a colour like Elegant Eggplant or even envelope!
As you can probably guess I have gone with the Easter theme. I decided to make a special little Easter package for my two munchkins. Nothing too complicated and they can actually be opened up (with chocolate inside that is a given) without destroying the packaging - bonus for Mum ;)
A side view to show the eggs tucked inside.
These are super simple to create. Simply cut a piece of card stock (A4) in half lengthwise and then score at 4.5, 5.5 and 10 inches. As you can see the two packages are very similar with just a few personalised features. On the Bermuda package to echo the dotty embossing I used an oval framelit to create a curved edge to the front flap. While on the Indigo stripe embossed package I just rounded the flap corners. Twine threaded through the three layers of cardstock holds the packages closed. To dress them up I added some fun and fancy bits first water colouring up some cute little chicks and then finishing with some colour coordinating flags, sequins and sentiment.
Hope you can join us this week. Do go and check out the rest of the DT for lots of fabulous 'E' ideas.
Thanks for visiting,
Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Crazy About You, Honeycomb Happiness
Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Island Indigo, Whisper White
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Hello Honey, Pumpkin Pie, Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories: Watercolour paper, Ovals collection framelits, Project Life corner rounder, Large polka dot and Stylish Stripes embossing folders, Typeset specialty DSP, Brights and Regals Color Collection DSP, Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry baker's twine, Bermuda Bay and Gold sequin trim, Cellophane bags (10.2 x 15.2 cm), Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive, stapler
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ello there,
well we are still sweltering here but thankfully with the aid of air conditioning (and some time on the weekend) it was possible to sit somewhere coolish and craft! The cooler tones of the new Just Add Ink challenge this week - Just add a colour combo, suggested by Jan, might help other equally hot Aussies cool down too. Here are the colours.
This is what I came up with.
The two purples are pretty bold so I tried to balance them out with lots of neutral tones. I also stamped both shades off to try and get more colour variation to use. Then it was just a question of die cutting lots of flowers and then playing around with the floral arrangements until I was happy. There has to be some shimmer and shine, so I embossed my sentiment and added tiny flowers punched from Shimmer White cardstock and then a scattering of pearls to finish.
The DT have lots of beautiful inspiration for you so do check them out! Hope you can join us.
Thanks for visiting,
Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Flower Patch, Enjoy The Little Things, Hardwood
Cardstock: Tip Top Taupe, Whisper White, Shimmer White
Ink:Tip Top Taupe, Blackberry Bliss, Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: Flower Fair framelits, Circles collection framelits, Envelope paper 2015-17 In colors, Clear embossing powder, Itty Bitty Shapes punch (R), Jewels - pearls, Dimensionals, Double sided tape (X Press)
Hello there,
this week at Just Add Ink Nikki has challenged us to Just Add Numbers. As it turned out that was an easy challenge for me to work with as I still had a birthday card to make for my sweet Mr 7. Who has been excited all year about the idea of becoming Mr 8 (ok maybe he was more excited about the birthday party bit ;) Here's what I came up with.
Just to cover my bases on the number front - I added some more to the inside.
My little guy is pretty super so it was an easy decision to colour up a super boy for him. Even easier was the background (all patterned paper!) To give the frame some dimension I cut three layers and adhered them together with glue, then laid it over the patterned paper background.
There are all sorts of occasions you can add numbers. Check out the rest of the JAI DT for some great ideas. Hope you can join us.
Thanks for visiting,
Kim
Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Blast Off (SU! R), Zappy Birthday (PaperTrey Ink). BB Super Boy (My Favorite Things)
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Real Red, Whisper , Basic Black, Blending card (X Press It)
Ink: Versamark, Tuxedo Black (Memento), Daffodil Deight
Accessories: Sunburst thinlets die, window sheet, Coverplate: Comic Strip (PTI), Zappy Birthday die (PTI), Comic Strip patterned paper pad (PTI), Numbers border die (MFT R), Red glimmer paper, Black embossing powder
