JAI 778: Just Add Colour & Inspiration

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the second Just Add Ink challenge of the year. I can't believe that January is nearly gone!

Hasn't Nikki put together a fabulous mood board to inspire our creativity? You can choose to be guided by the image, the colours or both. I went with both!

My first thought was of the long-retired Waves Of The Ocean DSP. The piece I used on my card was a scrap in my pack that was the exact look I was going for. I paired it with an Ink Road Stamps set, called Samantha.

I coloured the mermaid in with my Stampin' Blends, and then used some Copper Metallic Enamel Effects on her crown. I also used it around the sentiment to help draw the eye across the card. I haven't played much with the Enamel Effects bottles, and now I'm wondering why? They are so much fun to use!

We'd love to see what you come up with for this fortnight's challenge. You can see what the rest of the Design Team made over on the Just Add Ink blog. You'll also find our Linky, where you can add your card to the challenge gallery.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 605: Just Add Inspiration

 Hi!

Woo Hoo! Friday once again, which means that it's Just Add Ink time! This week we have a gorgeous Inspiration Photo as the basis of our challenge, which was suggested by Kim.

Hmm, what do you see in this photo? I straight away thought of the Expressions In Ink SDSP and Waves Of The Ocean DSP. Both have now retired, but I thought that I could use the different colours and papers to make an abstract version of the scene.

I was quite please with how it turned out! I used the stitched rectangle die in the Ornate Layers dies to crop the papers - the top three are the Expressions papers, and the lower three are from the Waves pack. I tried to match up with the Inspiration Photo, but wasn't strict with placement.

The mermaid is from an Ink Road stamp set, she's Inked Girl Samantha. I quickly coloured her with Stampin' Blends in colours taken from the DSP packs. The Gold Foil 'dream' die cut is from a long-retired set, called Chase Your Dreams Framelits.

A left over strip of DSP and a sentiment from Light The Candles finished off the inside. 

I can't wait to see what you make from the Inspiration Photo. The Design team have had a lot of fun with it. You can see their cards over on the Just Add Ink blog, where you can also link up your card in our challenge. See you there!

Bye for now,

Tina