JAI 699: Just Add Colour

Hi! 

Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have a colour challenge for you, suggested to us by Di.

I really love this combo, and I feel like, depending on how you use the colours, it could be either masculine or feminine. This is a bit of a last hurrah for Starry Sky, as it retires at the end of the month.

My oldest son recently turned 21, and so he needed a special card. I decided to make a Double Z Fold card for him. On the front I stamped a combination sentiment from a long-retired SAB set, called Amazing Phrasing. I used three separate stamps for the sentiment, mixing and matching from the options available in the set. A couple of Coastal Cabana Stitched Star die cuts finished off the front.

I used the Alphabet A La Mode Dies for the foil numbers, and Number Of Years (also long-retired) to stamp around them. Another Stitched Stars foil star finished off the front of the card.

I decided to add an extra panel to the back of the card to give us plenty of room to write our messages to Alex. I couldn't resist dressing it up with yet another foil star.

We'd love to see what you make with this week's colours. I think they are gorgeous, and hopefully you do too. Pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll see what the rest of the Design team have made with them. You can also add your card to our Linky to enter the challenge.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 650: Just Add Large Letters Or Numbers

 Hi!

Welcome to Friday and the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week Lou is challenging us to add either large letters or large numbers to our cards.

This was an easy one for me, as my oldest had his 20th birthday recently. He's just gotten into Dungeons and Dragons, and so I had the idea to make a card featuring a dice.

Conveniently, D&D is played using a 20-sided dice, so it worked out nicely that for his 20th birthday I could use a D20 on his card. I just found a free image on the internet and printed it onto Thick Whisper White cardstock. It's big - about 5 inches wide and 6 inches tall. I coloured it with three different Copics from the R20's to give it dimension.

I also managed to include Large Letters on my card using my Alphabet A La Mode dies. The letters were adhered flat using Adhesive Sheet, but in hind sight I should have used Adhesive Foam, which would have eliminated the need for the popped up star. Oh well!

We'd love to see which option you choose - letters or numbers? Or will you use both like me? You can see what the rest of the Design team has chosen over on the Just Add Ink blog. You can also link up your card to enter our challenge over on the blog.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 647: Just Add A Sketch

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink challenge. I've been a bit MIA lately - I was struck down with COVID and needed the time to rest and recover. This was my second go-around with it, but thankfully this time was milder than last. Having said that, it still took a lot out of me.

This week we have a fabulous sketch for you, designed by Di. I really love the layering under the sentiment, and how the layers are all offset. I needed a card for a nephew turning 17, so I pulled out some retired products from my stash.

You'll also notice that I turned the sketch on it's side - it suited the car better to be this way. I felt that this left too much white space to the left, so I added the banner and key charm for a bit of balance. I think it worked well.

The paper is all from the Classic Garage pack. The muscle car was fussy cut from one of the sheets, and scraps of DSP were used for the layering under the sentiment. I typed the sentiment on my old typewriter and cropped with a punch. The typewriter was a fabulous op-shop find, and was only $5!!

I used a few scraps of DSP to decorate the inside of my card, and the Alphabet A La Mode dies to add the 17. Hooray that these dies are carrying over to the new Annual Catalogue.

Please jump on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find the rest of this week's Design Team cards. You can also link up your card to enter our challenge. What will you do with Di's fantastic sketch?

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Rich Razzleberry

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week it's Rich Razzleberry's turn - a former In Colour that became a core colour during a past colour refresh. Given that we are about to have another refresh, it's fun speculating on which colours might get the chop, and which retired In Colours might make a comeback. We all have our favourites!

Brian King has a lovely, bright colour combo to go with Rich Razzleberry. I wasn't a fan of Flirty Flamingo to start with, but it's grown on me over the years. Knowing my luck, that means it's a colour that may retire soon. Sigh! RR and FF have been matched with Daffodil Delight, for a fun combo.

I recently received the Songbird Builder punch as a Sale-A-Bration reward, so I decided to use it on tonight's card. I don't have much other bird stuff, so I decided to use my Alphabet A La Mode dies to create a punny sentiment for my card. Because the letters are so skinny, you can fit a lot on!

Here's my songbird. I used a Basic Black marker to draw the eyes on, as I don't have the coordinating stamp set. They are a bit tricky to see in black, but I think that white would look a bit weird, so black they will stay.

Her mate is on the inside of the card. I think they make a fun thank you card. Do you agree?

The next stop in tonight's blog hop is the lovely Amie McIlroy. You won't want to miss her card, I'm sure it's going to be wonderful.

As always, we are kept in line and on track by the fabulous Cathy Proctor. It can be a lot of work some weeks behind the scenes, as blog platforms don't always do what they are told to do. She's a real gem!

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Pool Party

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. It's Pool Part week! Doesn't that sound like a fun colour? I like it!

Speaking of liking colours, I asked in the AWH Facebook group last week what were people's favourite and least liked colours. Cajun Craze came up a lot - it's a love it or hate it colour! When it was one of the options for a colour combo for this week's card, I decided to use it. Cajun Craze is not a colour that I use a lot, but I did like how it works with this combo.

LOL, I've had this sentiment scrawled on my grid paper for weeks, waiting for an opportunity to use it. Rugged Icons was the perfect choice to go with it. I cropped the letters from Cajun Craze card (backed with Adhesive Sheet) using my new Alphabet A La Mode Dies. The fishing pole is cropped from Whisper White with Adhesive Foam to give it dimension.

The background paper is from the Design A Daydream Host DSP. I used the birds, because they always seem to be around when there's fishing happening. Probably hoping for a free meal!

I had a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock with Adhesive Sheet left over from cropping the letters, so I used it for a partial fishing pole for the inside. Hopefully it doesn't look too strange! The stamped sentiment is from the Timeless Greetings Kit.

It's time to jump into the next pool (it's hot in Adelaide today, so a dip would be heavenly! LOL). The party continues over on the wonderful Kate Morgan's blog.

The head lifeguard, keeping us all on track, is the fabulous Cathy Proctor. Jump on over to her blog if you find a problem with a link - she'll have a list of all bloggers for the hop there.

Bye for now,

Tina