Epic Day Washi Tape Birthday Card

Hi!

One of the products I was most excited about in the new catalogue was the washi tape.  I've seen lots of it used on cards and layouts on the internet but hadn't used any myself.  It's one of those things that I knew I'd love and become addicted to.  Now that Stampin' Up! have added it to their range I can indulge to my heart's desire.

This card was one I made for a few classes I ran last month.  I thought it was a great way to show how washi tape can be used on a card. I used the Epic Day Washi Tape with the Epic Day DSP.

I love the way the tape is translucent so you can see some of the DSP and stamping underneath the tape.

We used some more of the tape on the inside of the card.  It's such a cheap way to decorate a project.  For $8.95 you get 3 rolls of tape, each 4.6 meters long.  That's nearly 14 meters of tape!  I have the more feminine Gingham Garden Washi Tape on it's way to me and I can't wait to play with that too.

Stamps: Clockworks, Just Believe, French Foliage (retired), For My Family (retired)
Ink: Basic Grey
DSP/Cardstock: Epic Day This and That DSP, Very Vanilla, Basic Grey
Other: Epic Day This And That Designer Washi Tape

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #162: Just Add Inspiration

Hi!

 

Yes, it's Just Add Ink time again! This week Trish has found this gorgeous image to inspire our crafting. There are a ton of ways it could inspire you!

 

I took my cue from the colours and came up with this card.

 

It had been ages since I'd used French Foliage and this seemed the perfect opportunity! I started with some Very Vanilla cardstock and did some collage stamping down the left hand side.  The rest of the cardstock looked too bright after I'd finished so I sponged it lightly with Crumb Cake ink and then spritzed the whole card with my Early Espresso Marker.

 

The leaf was rock 'n' rolled using More Mustard and Cajun Craze ink before being trimmed and popped up on Dimensionals.

I carried the same stamping through to the inside.

Stamps: French Foliage, Sassy Salutations
Ink: More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Early Espresso
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso
Other: Paper Snips, Dimensionals

How will this image inspire you this week?

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI Scrap #15: Just Add A Sketch

Hi!

It's a long weekend here in Adelaide, so I'm trying to enjoy some down time and get some scrapping done.  How about you? Can you find some time to play along with us at Just Add Ink?

This month I was given the task of designing a sketch to inspire your scrapping. I had a blast doing it using some of my MDS content. I didn't put any embellishments on the sketch, but feel free to embellish as much as you'd like - interpret it as you will!

I decided to take a fairly literal interpretation with my layout.

I took the main photo of Alex at a circus we went to as a part of Santa's Magical Kingdom.  He was totally absorbed in the Ball Of Destiny. By the time there were three motorbikes roaring around the Ball he was on the edge of his seat. It was all so amazing, and I'm glad it was a moment (and facial expression!) I was able to capture.

I love the little strips of patterned paper in the layout. The Sale-A-Bration DSP provides lovely splashes of colour.  I felt that the Pool Party cardstock needed a little something though, but not something too full on to compete with the DSP. I decided to stamp with the splotchy stamp from French Foliage.

How will you interpret the sketch this month?

Stamps: French Foliage
Ink: Pool Party, Island Indigo
DSP/Cardstock: Sycamore Street DSP (SAB), Pool Party, Island Indigo
Other: Big Shot, Timeless Type Alphabet Dies (retired), Sycamore Street Buttons (SAB), Pool Party Baker's Twine

See you over at Just Add Ink!

Bye for now,

Tina

French Foliage

Hi!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week!  I thought I'd post today's card before the weather warms up too much.  You see, it is one stamped using winter/autumn colours and now that it's spring the colours don't match the season anymore.  Do you ever get 'stuck' on things like that? lol

This card was made as a sample for my monthly stamping ladies.  I love the simplicity of the card - so easy to make but it looks so good.

After I photographed the card I looked at the picture of the inside and thought I probably should have stamped the splatter stamp over the leaves, like I did on the front.  Oh well, maybe next time!

Stamps: French Foliage, Just Believe
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede, More Mustard
Cardstock: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

Bye for now,

Tina

Just Add Ink #120: Just Add inspiration

Hi!

Yay!  Another Friday, so another Just Add Ink Challenge!  This week we have found a photo to inspire your creations.  Here's the photo (I wish my hallway looked like this!).

I was very inspired by the boxes on the wall, so I decided to create a card that used that as the basis.

I loved how this card came together.  The base panel was stamped with the leaves and splotches from French Foliage and then spritzed with my Colour Spritzer.  I popped each of the 'boxes' up on dimensionals and tied twine around a couple.  Here's a closer look.

I kept the inside quite subtle, but used the same elements as on the front of the card.

Stamps: French Foliage, It's Your Day, Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess)
Ink: More Mustard, Early Espresso
Cardstock: More Mustard, Early Espresso
Other: Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Hemp Twine, Dimensionals, Sponge Dauber, Colour Spritzer

I hope the photo inspires you to get out your stamps and cardstock.  We'd love for you to play along at Just Add Ink.

Bye for now,

Tina

Guest Designer at Sunny Challenges and Creations

Hi!

Today I have exciting news - the lovely Miss Vicky at Sunny Challenges and Creations has asked me to be a Guest Designer for their new challenge.  Of course I said yes!

Today the ladies have a sketch challenge for you, with the added twist that your card must feature the Baby Wipe Technique.  If you need a tutorial for this technique you can find one here. It's a technique I hadn't tried before, but one I found easy to do and a whole lot of fun!

Here's the card I created for the challenge.  I used my More Mustard, Cajun Craze and Always Artichoke reinkers to create my 'inkpad' and then stamped away with my French Foliage stamp set. 

I got the idea for this combination of colours and stamps after talking to one of my stamping ladies who wanted a more multi coloured look to her leaf stamps. I suggested the rock'n'roll technique but after she left I got to wondering if it would work with the baby wipe technique. I think it works beautifully! The biggest compliment was when I showed my husband the card - he thought I'd used DSP as the background!

I'm not sure how I'll use this card, so I've left the inside blank apart from the stamping along the edges.  You can see in this shot that I've used Naturals Ivory cardstock for the card base.  It's a lovely cardstock that has flecks through it and is perfect for a card like mine.

Stamps: French Foliage, It's Your Day
Ink: More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke
Cardstock: Naturals Ivory, Always Artichoke
Other: Artichoke Denim Ribbon, Hemp Twine, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Dimensionals, Baby Wipe

I hope you can play along this week at Sunny Challenges and Creations.  I'd love to see your take on the Baby Wipe technique!

Bye for now,

Tina

French Foliage

Hi!

I recently bought the stamp set French Foliage.  Why did I wait so long to buy it?  I LOVE it!  I needed a male birthday card so it got inky pretty quickly after I purchased it.

I hadn't used much of my Mocha Morning Specialty DSP so I decided to stop hoarding it and use a bit on my card! It provided a wonderful colour scheme for my card. The leaves were stamped in Soft Suede and the splatters in Crumb Cake.  I used my Early Espresso Marker to spritz the base panel.

I used similar stamping on the inside.  I can see myself using this stamp set a lot in the future.

Stamps: French Foliage, Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess)
Ink: Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake
DSP/Cardstock: Mocha Morning SDSP, Very Vanilla, Basic Black
Other: Colour Spritzer, Dimensionals

I'm participating in a blog hop on Saturday which is based around products from the new Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue.  I hope you can join us for some fantastic inspiration.

Bye for now,

Tina