Just Add Ink #166: Just Add Colour

Hi!

Yes, Friday again, so time for the Just Add Ink challenge.

 

Sadly, I am at home while most of the rest of the Just Add Ink team are having a wonderful time in Brisbane at the annual Stampin' Up! Convention.  Mae has just posted a photo on the Just Add Ink blog of the girls with Shelli Gardner.

 

As a result of everyone being at Convention the team have decided to extend last week's challenge for another week.  So the lovely colour combination from last week is ongoing.

 

 

I haven't made a card for this challenge, but you'll see lots of fabulous cards over on the Just Add Ink blog.

 

Don't forget too that we are on the lookout for some more Design Team members.  The guidelines are here if you'd like to apply.

Bye for now,

Tina

Another Secret Garden

Hi!

Today I have the second Secret Garden card I made as a sample for my Stamping Ladies. Once again I did an internet search and found this gorgeous card to CASE.

Here's my version.

 

 

I loved the way the original card had layered the flower stamps on the base card. On my card the larger flower was stamped in Bashful Blue and the centre was stamped in So Saffron that had been stamped off once.  The leaves were also stamped off before stamping on the card in Certainly Celery.

 

The flowers and leaves on the main panel weren't stamped off, just to give them a bit of difference between the flowers and leaves on the base.

As I sit here typing I'm watching news stories coming out of Oklahoma, it's all so very sad.  My heart goes out to those who have lost so much.

Bye for now,

Tina

Secret Garden

Hi!

Today I have another card I made as a sample for my Stamping Ladies.  They had asked for some cards using the Secret Garden bundle. After a quick google search for some inspiration I found this card and decided to CASE it.

 

I kept a similar layout for the card, but I simplified it by omitting the sponging and piercing. I also decided to use the leaf Framelit to add a bit of interest to the card. Here's a closer look.

 

As you can see, the top leaf is the die cut negative and the bottom leaf is stamped.

 

Bye for now,

 

Tina

JAI #165: Just Add Woodgrain

Hi!

I know, it's Tuesday and I'm really late with posting my current Just Add Ink card - 5 days late! Oops! I'll blame the very nasty gastro bug my son bought home from school and decided to share with me.  Thanks Alex!

 

So, this week Christine has challenged us to add woodgrain to our cards. I must have known this was coming as recently I gave in and purchased the woodgrain embossing folder.

 

I decided to CASE myself this week.  The original card can be seen here, and it was a CASEd card, so this card is a CASE of a CASE.  Confused yet?

 

I used another new embossing folder on the top half of the card. I can't think what it is called right now - my brain is still recovering from the bug! Anyway, it's in the current Mini Catalogue.

 

I highlighted the woodgrain in the embossing folder by dragging my Crumb Cake ink pad across the cardstock after I'd embossed it.

Ink: Crumb Cake, Gumball Green, Daffodil Delight
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Gumball Green, Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point, Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Whisper White, Blushing Bride (retired, but soon to return!)
Other: Big Shot, Timeless Type Sizzlits (retired), Embossing Folders, Lots of Punches, Basic Jewels Pearls, Dimensionals, Sponge Daubers

Hope you can play along at Just Add Ink!

Bye for now,

Tina

Clean and Simple Flowering Flourishes

Hi!

Today I have a very quick and easy card that I made as a sample for my stamping ladies.

I love the simplicity, but also the drama in the stamping.  I used Midnight Muse on Very Vanilla cardstock.

A closer look at the sentiment shows that I used 4 different punches. The layering adds just a little extra to the card.  You could jazz it up a bit further if you wished by adding rhinestones or pearls to the punchies.

This panel was the first one I stamped, but I rejected it as I felt it didn't flow across the card as well as the panel on the final card.  The lines in the flourish are too vertical - they look much better when they are more diagonal.

Stamps: Flowering Flourishes, Just Believe
Ink: Midnight Muse
Cardstock: Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla
Other: Decorative Label Punch, Circle Punch, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI Scrap #17: Just Add Colour

Hi!

Oops! I'm a bit late with this post, but better late than never!

 

This month Ruthy has set the challenge and it's to use this gorgeous picture as the colour inspiration for your layout.  All those lovely purples, white, silvers and greys - they look fabulous together!

 

 

Wouldn't you love to sit down to eat at that table? A real feast for the senses!  I chose to complete another My Digital Studio layout for this challenge.  I love how convenient is - I don't have to find time to go and print some photos to scrap.

 

I also love that nothing digital ever retires, so I was able to use an old favourite paper pack - Cottage Wall. The colours in the papers work beautifully with the colours in the Inspiration Photo. I took this photo of Ada late last year on the final day of a Manual Photography course I was doing.

 

Here's a closer look at some of the details.

 

 

The straight Baker's Twine, the bow and the button were all separate elements. It was easy to layer the three elements to get the arrangement in the layout.  The hardest part was lining up the bow on the button but I think I did a pretty good job of it.

My Digital Studio Elements: Family Reunion Stamp, Cottage Wall DSP, Rich Razzleberry Baker's Twine Straight and Bow, Rich Razzleberry Button

I hope you can play along with us at Just Add Ink this month.  You can scrap a traditional layout or a digital layout, just use the colours in Ruthy's photo as your inspiration. Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #164: Just Add A Sketch

Hi!

Woo Hoo! Friday again!  I missed joining in the Just Add Ink Challenge last week, so I'm super excited to be back this week. Mae has designed a fantastic sketch to inspire us all this week.  I loved it and knew immediately what I wanted to use it for.

We had been out bowling during the school holidays with the kids and so I created a MDS layout using some photos I took on the day.

I used a page from the Bookstagram Photo Book as the basis for my page. It was really easy to click and drag the photos into the squares and then customise the page to suit the photos.

I hope you can play along this week at Just Add Ink.

Bye for now,

Tina