Just Add Ink #660 Die cut inlay

Hello there,

being July with decidedly depths of winter weather it felt very appropriate to make a start on Christmas cards. This week's Just Add Ink challenge from Kerry turned out to be perfect for it.

This is what I came up with.

I started with a blended splattered background then ran it through my die cutting machine with the retired Blizzard die. Then ran the die through again with a panel of silver glimmer paper. The next bit was sticky but fun - inlaying all the glimmer snowflakes pieces into the blended background. Lastly, I coloured up my yeti, and a little present, and die cut the sentiment sign and adhered them to the card.

As a bonus I'm left with a die cut silver glimmer panel and coloured snowflakes - which could be another card or used separately.

The Just Add Ink DT have plenty of fabulous projects to show you so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Yeti to Party (R)

Dies: Stitched Rectangles (R), Blizzard (R) 

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Basic Black, Blueberry Bushel

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Blueberry Bushel, Azure Afternoon, Highland Heather, Orchid Oasis

Accessories:  Silver glimmer paper (R), SU Blends (Smoky Slate, Blueberry Bushel, Orchid Oasis), Blending Brushes, Wink of Stella, Multipurpose Glue, Big shot die cutting machine (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, White Gouache

 

Just Add Ink #656 Inspiration

 

Hello there,

time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week's Just Add Inspiration challenge come from me. I hope you like it! Use the colours, objects, patterns etc in the inspiration picture to feature as the main element of your project.

I needed a masculine teen birthday card. This is how it turned out.

This is really all about adapting a die. The Groves die is horizontal but I wanted a vertical scene. To achieve that I was careful to not cut with the bottom edge of the die - known as partial die cutting. Having left a long panel of card stock under the die cut area I got out a sharp blade cut a slope and extended my LHS tree trunk to achieve a hillside effect. Embossing a subtle texture over the die cut extended panel, added some texture and also served to hide any impressed plate edges from the die cutting process. The messy edges of the die cut panel were hidden by creating a stitched frame for the card front.

All that was left then was to blend a sunrise scene, and black embossed a bike rider (a very old SU! stamp in my stash). It was a definite hit with the teen!

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of fabulous projects to inspire you so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Extreme Dirt Bike (R), SU birthday sentiment

Dies: Stitched Rectangles, Grove

Cardstock: Basic Black, Basic White

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Versamark, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Balmy Blue, Pacific Point (R)

Accessories: Subtle embossing folder (R), Blending brush, White and Black embossing powder, Heat Tool, Dimensionals,Tear and Tape, Die Cutting Machine

Just Add Ink #654 Colour

Hello, 

time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink and this week Rochelle is asking us to Just Add a Colour combo. The bright palette of colours is a nice change from winter setting in here, although I do love the vibrant Autumn colours we get - while there is still leaves on the trees.

This is what I came up with this week.

This bright, very summery combo of colours was perfect for my birthday card project. For the background, over a base of Tahitian Tide, to add a little interest I used an old SU! stencil to add vertical tone-on-tone stripes. Then splattered the background with Wink of Stella and gouache. The flowers and foliage were stamped and I then used the matching blends to add some extra depth and shading. Then I arranged the flowers to frame the delicate die cut sentiment.

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of fabulous projects to show you so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Petal Park, Sending Smiles

Dies: Stitched Rectangles, Sending, Stitched So Sweetly (R)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Tahitian Tide, Basic Black 

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party, Daffodil Delight

Accessories:  SU Blends (Daffodil Delight, Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party), Petal Park builder punch, SU stencil (R), Blending Brushes, Wink of Stella, Big shot die cutting machine (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, White Gouache

 

Just Add Ink #652 Sketch

 

Hello there, 

time for new challenge from Just Add Ink and this week Tina has asked us to Just Add a Sketch. Here it is.

I felt like colouring a cute and cuddly character so I pulled out a set from my stash, and this is what I came up with.

You could almost say the balloon was the defining factor in the design. As when I think of balloons I think of sky so that led to a blended background with clouds. Another delve into my stash unearthed a bright yellow DSP that coordinated in theme and colour to match. Leaving me to then to colour all the accessories - balloon and presents - with a matching bright primary colour palette. Some sparkly sequins finished it all off.

It's been a while since I've coloured and it was nice to get back to it :)

The rest of the JAI DT have lots of fabulous projects for you to look at, so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Birthday Bears (My Favorite Things)

Dies: Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Shapes (R), Birthday Bears (MFT)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Tahitian Tide, Crushed Curry, Basic Black 

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Versamark, Tahitian Tide, Pacific Point (R), Craft White

Accessories:  DSP (R), SU Blends, Cloud stencil (MFT), White embossing powder, Heat tool, Blending Brushes, Wink of Stella, Sparkling Clear Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Big shot die cutting machine (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Fine Tip Glue

Just Add Ink #650 Big number and letters

 

Hello there,

we have a super size challenge for you this week at Just Add Ink. Lou is asking us to Just Add large letters or numbers. With a special birthday in the family, this was the perfect challenge to make a super size card.

Here's how it turned out.

There were several steps to this project. First, I blended the two-tone ombre front panel, then adding a sunburst pattern over the top with a stencil. Second, I stamped a multitude of flowers in different purple/ pink/ blue tones and die cut, and fussy cut them out. Third, I arranged flower clusters around the feature number panel. Lastly, I finished it all off with Wink of Stella and sequins.

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Hand-Penned Petals,  

Dies: Penned Flowers, Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Shapes (R), Sunburst thinlets (R), Large Number framelits (R)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Silver Foil (R), Silver Glimmer (R)

Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Fresh Freesia, Orchid Oasis, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Pacific Point, Starry Sky, Granny Apple Green, Parakeet Party, Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories: Sunburst stencil (My Favorite Things), Blending Brushes, Wink of Stella, Fine tip glue, Dimensionals, Sequins (Metallic Mix)(R), Tear and tape, Big Shot die cutting machine (R)

Just Add Ink #648 Choose Two

 

Hello there, 

this week at Just Add Ink, Tina has challenged us to Just Choose Two. Just pick two of the three options below, then have fun combining them for your project.

With my own garden slowly succumbing to Autumn, I created a flower filled garden, under a window.

I started by scrounging through my die collection to find the right size flower and foliage options. Then I pulled out lots of cardstock - shades of green and bright colours for the flowers. The window and its curtains were also die cut, and the wall and flower pots were stamped using the accompanying (now retired) stamp set. It was labour intensive but at the same time fun, especially putting it together and seeing the scene emerge, pretty much as I had envisioned.

The JAI DT have plenty of inspiration for you, so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Well Said (R), Welcoming Window (R)

Dies: Stitched Rectangle, Wrapped Flowers (R), Big Cats (R), Bouquet Bunch (R), Sending, Teacup, Horizon, Window Flower Box (R), (Grassy Fields, Take the Stage (My Favourite Things))

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Parrakeet Party, Granny Apple Green, Pear Pizzazz, Garden Green, Shaded Spruce, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Sweet Sorbet, Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Polished Pink, Melon Mambo, Balmy Blue, Vellum

Ink: Crumb Cake, Balmy Blue, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Cinnamon Cider (R)

Accessories: Subtle embossing folder (R), Blending Brush, Wink of Stella, Dimensionals, Multipurpose Glue, Tear and Tape, Die cutting machine

Just Add Ink #646 Inspiration

 

Hello there, 

the presence of an abundance of chocolate Easter goodies in supermarkets probably means you are aware that Easter is fast approaching. With that in mind for Just Add Ink's inspiration challenge this week I suggested something with Easter overtones. Here's the inspiration picture - use the colours, patterns, or objects you see to inspire the main element of your project.

And this is where I went with it.

The main elements from the inspiration picture that I used in my project were the crumb cake colour and featuring a bunny. Luckily ;) I just happened to have an adorable bunny image that I could use.

I started by stamping my image, then masked the bunny and balloon off so I could blend a gentle blue sky. Next I coloured my bunny and balloon, but to make it a little extra I fussy cut them out and popped them up on dimensionals over the original stamped images. 

A stitched frame, a little twine and a small scatter of sequins finished it off.

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of lovely projects to show you so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Birthday Wishing (Colorado Crafts)

Dies: Stitched Rectangles

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Basic White, Balmy Blue

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Balmy Blue

Accessories: Blends (Real Red, Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Ivory), Blending brush, Woven Threads sequins (R), 2022-2024 In color baker's twine, Dimensionals, Fine Tip Glue, Tear and Tape, Die Cutting Machine