JAI #230: Just Add Dad

Hi!

This week at Just Add Ink we have a bit of an obvious, but still very fun, theme for our challenge this wee.  We want you to Just Add Dad!  Yes, with Father's Day in a couple of days we want you to show us what you've made.  If you don't celebrate Father's Day a male card would be fine too.

I made this card for Rob for Father's Day.  His favourite colours are red, white and black because his favourite footy team is the St George Dragons.  I went for a few retired items on the card too, including the Real Red Coredinations cardstock and the For My Family stamp set.

I've also used a lot of new stuff, like the Typeset SDSP and the Point & Click photopolymer stamp set.  Rob loves maps, so I deliberately chose the map page from the Typeset SDSP pack.

I love this little star cluster and the way it highlights the inside sentiment.  The sentiment is from the Just Sayin' stamp set, but I chose to use a different word bubble that the one it was in.  I used my Real Red marker to selectively colour the stamp to just use the words and then used the speech bubble from Point & Click to frame it.  Love the photopolymer stamps for easy placement!

Can't wait to see what you've all come up with for the males in your life! See you over at Just Add Ink.

Bye for now,

Tina

Farewell Coredinations Card Stock

Hi!

The retiring lists came out on Friday and one of the first things I noticed that was retiring is the entire range of Coredintations Cardstock.  I don't use it a lot, but it is a product that I will miss.

This card is a CASE of a card from the current Annual Catalogue.  You can see the original on page 33.  It's a card I've CASEd a few times as I really love the design.

I love that you can get such a 'wow' effect so easily and quickly.  On this card I used the Real Red Coredinations, embossed it with the Chevron Embossing Folder and then sanded it.  So pretty!

The stamp set I used for the sentiment is retiring also - it's a Hostess set called Simply Sketched.  Another fabulous set that will be missed - until I find another fantastic set in the new catalogue to replace it!

The inside sentiment also comes from another stamp set that didn't make it into the upcoming Annual Catalogue - Make A Wish.  So many lovely things going, to be replaced by even more lovely things.

Bye for now,

Tina

Tidy Desk Treasures

Hi!

I finally got around to tidying my craft desk last week.  It's really one of those kinds of jobs  - you know, the ones you put off for ages and then when you do it, it's not nearly as bad (or take as long) as you expected it to be! While tidying I came across some leftover bits from other cards that were of the "don't throw it away because it might be useful" variety.  So I decided that I would make a card using one of the pieces.

In this case the leftover piece is the Primrose Petals Coredinations panel, which was leftover from this card.   Much too pretty to throw it away! It was already embossed and sanded so all I needed to do was to stamp the flowers, tie the twine and assemble the card.  Easy!

Usually when I use this stamp set I stamp the full flower on each of the stems.  This time I thought I'd give the other 'bit' a go too.  I don't even know what that bit is called!  I'm still not sure if I like it or if I prefer the full flower.  What do you think?

Stamps: Field Flowers
Ink: Primrose Petals, Old Olive
Cardstock: Primrose Petals Coredinations, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla
Other: Big Shot, Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, Ovals Collection Framelits, Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Sanding Block, Stamp-a-ma-Jig

Bye for now,

Tina