JAI #286: Just Add W

Hi!

This week we have a new type of challenge at Just Add Ink.  It's a bit of an "anything goes" type theme, but with a twist! The twist being that we will give you a letter of the alphabet and this shapes your creation.  Confused? You shouldn't be - it's very easy! To kick of this new challenge type we have given you the letter W, now just go forth and create using things, techniques or themes that start with W. Think wood, waves, watercolouring, Wisteria Wonder, wire, etc. See - easy!

I've gone with Webs and Witches to create a Halloween shaker easel card. I wanted to make a card to send to my nieces for Halloween, but I don't actually have any Halloween stamps. Luckily my dilemma was solved when I received my Seasonal Snapshot PL Cards Collection, which has a selection of Halloween cards. I went with two of the 3x4 inch cards to use on my easel card. 

When I saw the PL card I used for the front of my card I thought it would make an excellent base for a Shaker card, and I think I was right!  I used my 1 3/4 inch circle punch to create the window (another W!). The witch punchies are from a non-SU punch that I bought years ago.  They are very cute - only about 1cm tall/wide, so great to use in a shaker card.  I threw in a few gold star sequins to add a little something extra to the window.  I had hoped to punch some witches out of the new Black Glimmer Paper but the tiny punch just wouldn't cope with the weight of the paper.

Some more webs and witches on the base of the card. The witches are popped up on tiny pieces of Dimensionals so they look like they are flying.  I stamped the sentiment using my Alphabet Rotary Stamp - a 'must have' tool for creating sentiments when you don't have the right stamp!

So, are the Wheels turning in your head (see what I did there? LOL!)? The Design Team have used a heap of different W things on their cards - you can pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog to see their fabulous cards.

Bye for now,

Tina

Housewarming In A Hurry

Hi!

Today's card was one I made in about 10 minutes flat.  Rob was invited to a mate's housewarming party and I put off doing the card until the last minute, as I was a bit stumped for ideas.  Thankfully inspiration struck in the end.

Too easy, right?  I made this card  few months ago when all I had to represent houses was the What's Up punch.  Imagine how great it would look now if I'd used the new You Brighten My Day Sale-A-Bration set?  It includes a cute little house stamp that fits perfectly into this punch.  Oh well!

The stamp I used on the front comes from the Everyday Occasions Cardmaking Kit.  It's a great kit to get - if you use the kit as intended you can make 20 cards - more if you get a bit creative!

No sentiment is impossible when you have the Alphabet Rotary Stamp!

Bye for now,

Tina

Memory Keeping With Stampin' Up! Project Life: Gratitude

Hi!

Today I have for you a 6x8 PLxSU layout that I completed for the new Gratitude challenge.  The Design Team for the Memory Keeping with Stampin' Up! Project Life Facebook group are challenging you to create a page about Gratitude.  What are you grateful for?

No, I'm not grateful for the tissue box in my car.  Actually, sometimes I am, but not for the purposes of this layout!

I used cards from the Happiness Is PL Card Collection. The journalling card was perfect for this challenge!

I saw this quote about a week or so ago on Facebook.  I took a screen cap of the quote and then recreated it for my page using another Happiness Is card and my Alphabet Rotary Stamp.

I hope you can play a,long with this challenge.  You can upload your layouts to the Facebook group here.

You can see the layouts that the rest of the Design Team have created by popping on over to their blogs.

Claire Daly, Australia 

Julie Kettlewell, UK

Delys Cram, New Zealand

Constanze Wirtz, Germany

Janet Morrow Wakeland, USA

Kim Holterman, Netherlands

Kimberly VanDiepen, USA

Bye for now,

Tina

Layout 82: Halloween 2014

Hi!

I've had a little burst of scrapping lately, mostly back to the more traditional 12x12 instead of Project Life.  It's been a while since I've done any 12x12 and I'm really enjoying it.

Rob took the kids Trick or Treating last week.  They really enjoy the dressing up part of it.  Ada plans her outfit for weeks, while Alex just throws something together at the last minute!  Lucky he and Rob had built a 'Steve' head (from Minecraft) for a birthday party earlier in the year, so it wasn't too difficult for him to put together his outfit.

The house is from the Set Holiday Homes.  You can purchase it as a Photopolymer set out of the current Holiday Catalogue, or you can do as I did and purchase the MDS download.  I opted for the download as I wanted the flexibility of being able to resize the images.  In this case I printed the house at approximately 3 1/2 inches by 4 1/2 inches, printed it and then coloured it with my Blendabilities.

I did a lot of soft collage stamping in the background of my layout.  I deliberately used softer colours so that I didn't take too much focus away from the photos and the house.  A bit different from more traditional Halloween colours, but I love the effect.  I used Soft Sky, Crumb Cake and Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie.

Bye for now,

Tina

Happy Birthday Rob!

Hi!

On Saturday my darling Hubby celebrated his birthday.  He got a bit of a sleep in, followed by gifts and cuddles in bed with me and the children.  He's a bit (ok a lot!) of a superhero geek, so a lot of his gifts were along those lines.  I just had to make a card to match.  After a little bit of research I settled upon a stylised logo for the thingy that Iron Man has in his chest that keeps him alive.

As it was round, I thought that the best way to go was to make an easel card.  The colours I used are Cherry Cobbler and Crushed Curry.  The Cherry Cobbler looks a lot like Bravo Burgundy in these photos though!

I didn't have an appropriate superhero sentiment stamp in my collection, but that was no worry as I was able to use my Alphabet Rotary Stamp to make one instead!  The little hearts are from the Point and Click Project Life Photopolymer stamp set.

One last shot!  After I'd made it I showed it to my kids, who are nearly as superhero geeky as their dad.  Neither knew what it was, but I'm pleased to say that Rob knew what it was straight away.  He even called it by it's correct name, which is an Arc Reactor. (I only knew that because he's sitting beside me as I type and I asked him!).  The circles were made with a mix of Circle Framelits and Circle Punches.  The hardest part was working out which sizes to use!

Bye for now,

Tina