JAI 615: Just Add Inspiration

 Hi!

Welcome back for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have an Inspiration Photo for you, suggested by Nikki.

Wow, I wish I had a little retreat like this in my yard!! I'd never want to leave it. What grabbed me were the pops of green plants among the wood textures and black features, so that's what I went with on my card.

I've combined papers from two retired packs for my card. The wood paper is from Wood Textures DSP, and the plants have been fussy cut from Bloom Where You're Planted DSP. Some are adhered flat to the card, others are popped up.

The pot at the very back of the cluster was stamped in Pale Papaya, as there was a pot of a similar colour in the Inspiration Photo. The sentiment came from the same stamp set as the pot: Plentiful Plants. I used the coordinating Perfect Plants dies to crop some of the images.

The inside of a card is a great spot to use up the partial images from the side of the DSP. They look like they are meant to be cropped that way!

We'd love for you to join in with our challenge this week - what do you see in the Inspiration Photo? I quite liked the look of the circle things on the back wall. They'd be fun to play with for a card. Jump on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you can see the rest of the Design Team's gorgeous cards. You can also link up your card for the challenge.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 599: Just Add Your Favourite Animal

Hi! 

Here we are once again on a Friday, ready for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week Tristan has challenged us to add our favourite animal to our projects.

Hmm, what's your favourite animal? I'm not really sure that I have a favourite, so I decided to go in a bit of a lateral direction for my card!

Hehe, are you old enough to remember this animal? I recently purchased the Kindred Stamps Showtime box, which featured a motley group of friends who love putting on shows. This dude is the drummer, and he loves bursting through walls.

I popped him up on a wobble spring to add to the movement in the card. To create the opening in the wall, I used a circle die to cut an opening and then tore little sections away from the circle. I folded them back on themselves to keep the brick paper exposed rather than the pattern on the back of the paper.

The inside features another character, and animal, from the Showtime box. I gave this card to my oldest son for his birthday. He's just turned 19 and is being left at home on his own for the first time, as we take the younger two away for a long weekend. He has to work, which is why he's not coming. So the sentiment on the front is a play on this - I've told him 'no wild parties' while we are away. Thankfully, he's not the type anyway!

That's all from me, but please jump on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find the rest of this week's favourite animal cards. You can also link up your card when you've decided which animal is your favourite.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 359: CASE A Die Project

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me at the end of another weekend that has gone by in a flash! I need another weekend to recover from my weekend, LOL! But the end of the weekend means the start of the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop, so it's not all bad 😁

This week we are asking you to CASE a Die Project from any current catalogue. I decided to choose a die bundle from the Annual Catalogue that hasn't seen any love for a few weeks - my Perfect Plants Dies.

I chose this card to CASE, as I liked that the background DSP was cut on an angle - I quite like little quirks like that! 

I'm really not much of a gardener, but I wish I was! I chose my background DSP because I'd love to have a lush garden like that, but I'm realistic enough to know that it's beyond my talents. I can have it in paper form instead!

I used the Perfect Plants Dies to cut all of the focal elements - the hanger (trimmed), the pot and the different leaves in the pot. All but the hanger were cropped from the Bloom Where You're Planted DSP. I really must buy another pack of this paper before it retires in a few months!

I used my off cut DSP from the front to decorate my inside. It's also a great opportunity to use up images from the sides of your DSP that may not be full images. In this case, the pot was cropped at the side, so I just lined it up with the edge of my card.

We'd love for you to join in with us for our challenge. Do you have a favourite set of dies? Just CASE a card from the Annual or Mini catalogue made with those dies and you're good to go! Add a photo to our Facebook group to inspire us all.

As always, thanks for stopping by, but please do continue your way around our Blog Hop - there's plenty more inspiration to be found. My lovely friend Rachel Palmieri is next, with an absolutely stunning card!

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 328: CASE The Sketch

 Hi!

Welcome to the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. This week we have chosen this card from page 33 to CASE, using the layout to guide our creativity.

Isn't it cute? Here it is, converted to a simple sketch so that you can more easily see the main elements of the card.

I looked at the rectangle layer and had the idea to extend the layer to the bottom of the card, so that's what I did! You'll see why soon 😊

I fussy cut a large plant from the Bloom Where You're Planted DSP to use as the feature image on my card. The tall, thin shape suits the front perfectly. I used a few scraps of DSP and Cinnamon Cider and Just Jade cardstock to layer underneath, with a sentiment from Sweet As A Peach over the top.

Here's why I extended the panel to the bottom of the card - so that I could make it a partial front card. The DSP on either side of the main panel is actually adhered to the inside part of the card, but because the front is thinner, it can be seen from the front, too.

To decorate the inside, I fussy cut another plant from the DSP. The sentiment is also from the Sweet As A Peach stamp set.

We'd love for you to play along with our challenges, which are run through our Facebook Group. All you need to do is join the group and upload a photo of your card each week. Too easy!

Before you dash off to get creating, please do finish our blog hop - there's lots more inspiration to be seen! Next up is my lovely friend, Rachel, who is sure to have a visual treat for your eyes!

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 320: All Occasions Section

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Wow, how has Sunday evening rolled around again so quickly? It's been a super busy week for me, so no wonder it flew by! My favourite way to end the week is with the CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop, so let's get started!

This week we are asking you to CASE the All Occasions section of the new Annual Catalogue. There's 49 pages, so plenty of inspiring projects to choose from. This cutie caught my eye.

I don't have any baby stamps, as most people in my life are beyond that for now. I did, however, love the Stitched Rectangles that sit behind each of the three images, so this formed the basis of my card.

I received the Bloom Where You're Planted DSP last week, and thought that the plant images would be the perfect substitute for the babies. To suit the design, this meant having three vertical rectangles to frame the plants.

I wanted the background DSP to be very neutral, so I chose this Grey Granite piece. My uncle owns a cane furniture business, and he used to give the fabric scraps from the seating cushions to my Nana. She'd make all kinds of things with them, and this paper reminds me of the fabric, and her. She was always busy making something!

On the inside I used one of the plant images that was on the side of the DSP sheet, so partially cut off. This is perfectly OK to use, just adhere it over the side of your card so the cropped bit looks intentional!

That's all from me for tonight, but please come and join in with our challenge. Just make a suitable card and upload it to our Facebook group. It really is that easy!

For now, though, please do continue on with our Blog Hop. Next up is my lovely friend, Rachel. She's had a lot of fun playing with a stamp set that may very soon make the jump from my 'maybe' list to my 'must-have' list. I've loved seeing her recent creations using it, and I'm sure you will too.

Bye for now,

Tina