JAI 760: Just Add Colour

Hi!

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

I don't know about you, but my first thought when looking at it was Christmas, but I'm just not ready to make any Christmas cards just yet! It did bring to mind this retired set of dies, called Tree Lot Dies.

I decided to use the dies, along with the Hello Sweetums Mountains Of Fun Dies, to create a fun scene. I realised that I needed blue for a day time sky, but as it wasn't part of the colour challenge, I had to think a bit more.

I decided to use black so that I could add some Gold Foil stars and call it a night time scene! There's also Gold Foil on the caravan, but it was very difficult to photograph in the sun. The sentiment is from Beautiful World, cropped with a Tasteful Labels Die.

I cheated a little on the inside, and used some Balmy Blue ink to add to my scene. Black ink would have just looked weird!

Please jump on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find the rest of this week's Design Team cards for your inspiration. You can also add your card to our Linky when you're ready to enter the challenge. We'd love to see what you create.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 729: Just Add Colour

 Hi!

Thanks for once again joining me for the new Just Add Ink Challenge. This week we have a super bright, happy colour combo for you, suggested to us by Kim.

Isn't it fun? There are so many possibilities with this combo. I decided to use a sweet little stamp set that I got as a freebie several years ago, but have never used. It's from Hello Sweetums, and is called Snail Mail.

I started by cropping the Whisper White cardstock using my Paper Rose Studio Nesting Arches die. I turned it into a tag by simply stapling a short length of Petunia Pop ribbon to the top.

The snail was coloured using my Watercolour Pencils. I had to use my Pacific Point pencil instead of Azure Afternoon, and Rich Razzleberry instead of Petunia Pop. You can see in the photo the glitter over the coloured areas - I used my Clear Wink Of Stella pen to blend the pencil and smooth out any pencil lines.

I used my Simply Said stamp set for the sentiments on the front and inside. The DSP is from my Dandy Designs pack.

It was a fun card to make, and to play with the colours. What will you do with them? You can see the rest of the Design Team cards over on the Just Add Ink blog, where you can also find the Linky so that you can enter the challenge.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 614: Just Add Under The Sea

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Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink Challenge. This week Kerry has suggested a cracker of a theme!

Under the sea! What comes to your mind when you hear 'under the sea'? For me, it's a song that I sang many, many years ago in my primary school choir. Luckily, I had the perfect stamp set to go with the memories!

These stamps are from a Kindred Stamps set, called Top Of The Charts. I had a fun time colouring these four rockers, singing along as I did.

The background was paper from the Whale Of A Time pack - isn't it the perfect choice? Love it! I pulled out my old typewriter to create the sentiment for my card.

A huge thanks to my friend, Caroline, who stamped the octopus from Sea Of Textures for the inside of my card, so that I could finish my card off on theme. In case you're thinking that the lyrics are wrong - this is how the final chorus ends. 😊

That's all from me for tonight, but jump on over to the Just Add Ink blog to see the rest of this week's Design Team cards. I hope your mind is full of ideas. I can't wait to see your card!

Bye for now,

Tina

FMS 544

 Hi!

I had a bit of time up my sleeve this weekend, so I thought that I'd play along with Freshly Made Sketches. Here's their current sketch.

EDIT: How exciting, my card was selected by Jen B as a Princess of Clean!

I play the Bass Clarinet in a concert band, and we have been learning some of the movements from The Lord Of The Rings: Symphony No 1, so naturally I have been reading the books, which lead to watching the movies. Of course, I have to colour while watching, which lead to this card!

The wizard is from Size Doesn't Matter, by Kindred Stamps. The little traveller is also a Kindred Stamps image, but from a set called The Journey Prequel, as is the sentiment. Both were coloured with my Copic markers.

The mountains are a Hello Sweetums Die, called Mountains Of Fun. I coloured behind them using some Wild Honey Distress Oxide and a blending brush.

On the inside I used a third Kindred Stamps set, called Forrest Elves. This time the Distress Oxide used was Salty Ocean.

Now I'm off to play, read, watch and colour some more! 

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 612: Just Choose Two

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink Challenge. I hope that you find time to play along with us, as it's a fun one!

This week, Kim has challenged us to Choose Two of Fur, Clouds or Stitching to add to our cards. Hmm, what a choice! I went for Fur and Clouds.

I also decided to make a fancy fold, so that the castle sat back from the front of the card. This fold is called a Reverse Centre Step card. I love the dimension that it gives my scene. The castle is a digi stamp from Kindred Stamps, called Little Town Life Bonus. As you can imagine, it coordinates with the fur element of my card - the beast on the front. He's from a physical stamp set, called Little Town Life.

The clouds were created using a template cut from the Rainbow Builder Dies and a Blending Brush with my Balmy Blue ink. The grass is a Hello Sweetums Die, called Grass Is Greener.

The images on my card were all coloured using my Copic markers. It's such a relaxing way to unwind from a busy day.

Now it's your turn! Stop on by the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find the rest of this week's Design Team cards. You'll also find our linky for when you've made your card. Which two will you choose?

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 554: Just Add G

 Hi!

Yay, here's to Friday and a new Just Add Ink challenge! This week it's one of my Alphabet challenges, and we have been given G to play with.

What does that mean? Just that you make a card with something G related - a colour, stamp set, theme, technique, whatever you can think of! Just make sure that you tell us what it is if it isn't very obvious.

I recently purchased a stamp set called Little Town Life from Kindred Stamps, and one of the featured characters suited this challenge perfectly! I have had his very catchy theme song stuck in my head all week - I just may have to watch the movie on the weekend to get rid of that ear worm. He may think that he's everyone's favourite guy, but he is a little full of himself!

The scene behind this grandiose gentleman was created using dies from Hello Sweetums, called Mountains Of Fun and Grass Is Greener. The clouds were from the retired Wiggly Bugs Dies. I chose the greens and grey to go with the G theme of the challenge.

The inside of the card contains another big clue to the name of the guy on the front! Hmmm, can you think of many movies with talking and singing clocks? LOL!

That's all from me for now. Hopefully your mind is whirling with ideas for our Just Add G challenge. I can't wait to see what you make. You can find the rest of this week's Design team cards over on the Just Add Ink blog, where you can also link up your card.

Bye for now,

Tina