JAI 701: Just Add Inspiration

 Hi!

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

Isn't it fab? The chairs look very comfy, and the floral decorations are gorgeous. I thought about stamps that I had that featured chairs, and settled on I Heart Books, by Three Room Studio.

I don't know that I'd be able to sit/lay like that and read anymore, but definitely when I was a teen! I coloured the image with my Stampin' Blends, using colours from the image. I couldn't resist adding a pink streak to her blonde hair. 

The sentiment is from a Clearly Besotted set, called Bedtime Story. Unsurprisingly to those who know me, I have quite a collection of book/reading themed stamps!

Haha, I could't resist adding this 'Ssshhh' stamp to the inside, along with a pile of books. Both are from another Three Room Studio set, called One More Chapter. When you're that involved in a book, the last thing you want is to be interrupted!

We'd love for you to play along this week. The Design Team have been fabulously creative in how they've taken inspiration from the challenge photo. What do you see in it? We'd love to know, and you can show us by adding your card to our Linky on the Just Add Ink blog.

Bye for now,

Tina

One More Chapter

 Hi!

Are you a big reader? I sure am, so when I can combine my love of reading with my love of stamping, I am in total heaven! I found a stamp company that made a couple of stamp sets with book quotes and images. The company is called Three Room Studio, and they are based in Canada. They are running a weekly challenge, and I finally had a little time up my sleeve to be able to enter.

Such a cool sketch - there's a lot that could be done with those squares/diamonds. I went fairly literal, although I did change the orientation of my card, as my squares were too big for a landscape card. I used two TRS stamps: One More Chapter and I Heart Books.

My Stamparatus was absolutely invaluable for stamping the background. I lined the cup, open book and glasses up on the plates and started stamping! The ability to move the plate along the hinge was absolutely essential in doing this. Luckily, too, each of the images was the perfect size for hinge step stamping!

This sentiment is soooo me! It's actually one stamp, so I masked it off and stamped each line separately on the squares. I then chose an image that I felt suited each part of the sentiment to go with it. Instead of the banner in the sketch I added a length of ribbon. I had intended to pop up each of the squares, but after I'd laid them out, adhered the ribbon under the middle square and then popped the square up, I liked the look of the ribbon laying over the top of the other two. So, flat to the card they stayed!

While I had the Stamparatus all set up with the image stamps, I decided I'd stamp a row across the bottom of my inside. I added the cute little heart to just one cup for a touch of whimsy. Of course, I then had to go back and carefully add a few hearts to the front of the card!

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #506: Just Add Inspiration

Hi!

Welcome back to this week's Just Add Ink challenge. This week Nikki has found a gorgeous Inspiration Photo to kick start our creativity. The colours are amazing!

I am beyond excited about tonight's card, as it features some stamps from a company that I only recently found. They are a Canadian company, called Three Room Studio. I ordered the stamps just before the world went a little crazy with COVID, and they took 2 months to arrive - I had nearly given up on ever getting them. But good things come to those who wait, and they finally showed up in my letterbox.

The image comes from a stamp set called I Heart Books - which is the story of my life! The sentiments are from the One More Chapter stamp set. Oh, I can sooo relate to that too! I am a huge reader, and so these stamps called to me! I coloured her with my watercolour pencils, as always blending with my Wink Of Stella. I've used softer versions of colours from the Inspiration photo, blue, purple and yellow.

I had a bit of fun playing with her hair. I coloured it in Daffodil Delight and then used my Early Espresso pencil to add shadows. I couldn't resist adding a Melon Mambo fringe, just for fun.

The inside sentiment is another big reason why I purchased the stamps. I'm totally happy when reading books and drinking tea! As a bonus, the set has the same sentiment, with with coffee. I'm sure you'll be seeing more cards made with these stamps in the future!

Pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you can find the rest of this week's Design Team cards. Once you've worked out what grabs your attention in this week's Inspiration Challenge, you can add your card to the linky there too.

Bye for now,

Tina