JAI #517: Just Add A Sketch

Hi!

Welcome back for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week Kim has designed a very cool sketch to guide our creativity.

My husband, Rob, recently celebrated a birthday, and so naturally I made him a card. When I looked at the sketch I thought that perhaps it looked a bit like a panel in a comic book. He loves his comics, especially the classic superheroes, so I thought it was worth a try. I loved the results, and so did he!

I used a retired Kindred Stamps set, called Justice Is Served for the two characters. For the top panel, I hand drew the building to make it look as it he is ready to take off in flight. I used my Copics to colour the scene, including using the chisel tip to create the look of bricks. The bird is from Beautiful Moments, masked so I just got one, and the plane from the retired In The City stamp set.

The background of the bottom section was created with the use of the Heffy Doodle Cityscape Stencil. I traced the outline with a Copic Multiliner, and then coloured it with my markers. I'd draw in the black dividing lines before I started, and my final step was to colour them with a black Copic marker.

The sentiment on the front was more suited to one of the characters than the other, so I had to include one for the other character on the inside. I had a lot of fun making this card, and I was so pleased that Rob loved it.

Please pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you can find the rest of this week's Design team cards. As always, it's a stunning gallery!

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #397: Just Add H

Hi!

Ooops! I'm a bit late with my Just Add Ink post today. Not sure what went wrong, but better late than never! This week we have one of my Alphabet challenges.

You can add anything that's 'H' related to your card - it could be a colour, a theme, a stamp set or even a technique. Just make sure you specify what your H is in your post.

My H this week is houses on a housewarming card. I really love the In The City Hostess stamp set, but don't really use it much. I thought it was perfect for this challenge.

I used my Stamparatus to stamp the houses and trees, but everything else was free hand. There's no way I could have got the spacing so uniform without it. Can you see that I also stamped some suns and clouds on the Daffodil Delight base of the card? It looked a little plain without them.

I alos made a little scene on the inside of the card. It's a bit strange stamping the clouds blue, but I think it would look even stranger to leave them as just an outline. What do you think?

You can join in the fun over at the Just Add Ink blog. Don't have a blog? Just email your cards and we can put them on our special challenge entries blog. You could also use a photo hosting site, just as long as your post is public so that we can see it.

Bye for now,

Tina