JAI #456:Just Add Inspiration

Hi!

Yay for Friday! It's been a long, wet miserable week here in Adelaide, and I'm ready for the weekend. Perhaps I can convince the family to snuggle on the lounge and watch a movie. Sounds like a good plan to me! Anyway, this week Nikki has given us our Just Add Ink challenge. It's this gorgeous Inspiration challenge.

Aren't those white on white daisies beautiful? Wouldn't that be a nice bouquet to receive on Mother's Day? Funnily enough, I didn't even think of doing a Mother's Day card for this challenge until just now. Too late for that now!

I made a thank you note card instead that is a little farewell to Lemon Lime Twist. Sob! It's a colour I've really come to love and will miss a lot, especially in gingham. I may have to put aside a little secret stash so that I can continue to enjoy it.

The daisy was made using two layers of the punched shape. I usually use three, but this time two worked nicely. I would have loved to have the new Medium Daisy punch to add another couple of layers, but alas, it's not available until June.

On the inside (and on the envelope too, even though it's not shown) I stamped the daisy twice to get the same look as the daisy on the front. Thankfully the stamp is photopolymer, so it's not too difficult to line up and stamp a second time.

Thanks for stopping by this week. Don't forget to also stop by the Just Add Ink blog, where you can see the rest of the Design Team cards, and also link up your card for the challenge.

Bye for now,

Tina

Glad Wrapped Olive

Hi!

Welcome to the new Colour Creations Blog Share. But first - how did back to school day go? Or have your kids got another day off? My oldest two went back today, high school for the first time for Ada. They had a great day. Unfortunately we are still waiting on paperwork to allow Hudson to return to school, but I'm hopeful it will be later this week.

On to today's card. I used an old, but new to me, technique on this card. I host a monthly ATC swap and wanted to try out the technique before I used it, just in case it turned out to be trickier than I thought. Thankfully, it was very easy!

The technique is called the Glad Wrap Technique, or if you're in the US it might be the Saran Wrap Technique. You basically take a scrunched up piece of soft plastic, ink it up and pounce it all over your cardstock to create a textured look. You can use just one colour, as I have, or several different colours. It's very retro - it reminds me of the finish people used to apply to painted walls. I can't recall what it was called! For my card I used Old Olive ink on a piece of Soft Sea Foam cardstock.

Here's a closer look - doesn't it look soooo textured? I still feel surprised when I run my fingers over it and it's smooth!

The stamped image is a new Hostess set from the Occasions Catalogue called Just Because. It's grout some great floral images that are fabulous for colouring. I used my Old Olive and Crumb Cake Blends to colour this image.

I made a small test piece of my Glad Wrap technique and so rather than waste it, I used it on the inside of the card. I also used a small strip of the same Wood Textures DSP that I used on the front. No inside sentiment yet - I'll stamp something when I know what I'm going to use this card for.

As ever, this week's cards can be found over on Catherine's blog. There's always such a wonderful variety of cards made using the focus colour. I love checking out the cards each week.

Bye for now,

Tina