JAI 715: Just Add Shading or Shadows

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Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week Nikki has challenged us to Just Add Shading or Shadows to our cards.

Hmm, this one required a bit of thought, but then I remembered that I had Sending Smiles stamps and dies. The 'Sending' die also has a coordinating shadow die. Bingo!

I started by stamping the flowers and leaves from Beautiful Friend ship on my card. These stamps are DistINKtive stamps, so I suppose that they also add the shading element to my card! I used Petunia Pop and Summer Splash ink, with a touch of Early Espresso for the stamens.

Here's a closer look at the shadow die. I like how it gives another layer to the sentiment to help it pop from the background.

I also added a little more stamping to the inside of the card. I love the flowers from this stamp set so much.

We'd love for you to play along with us this week. You just have to decide of you're adding shading or shadows to your card - or maybe both! You can see what the rest of the Design Team have created over on the Just Add Ink blog. You can also add your card to our Linky to enter the challenge. We'd love to see what you make.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 697: Just Add A Sketch

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Welcome to the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week Di has a sketch for us to use as inspiration for our cards.

I love that she's used hexagons, but they could easily be substituted for other shapes. I've gone for butterflies!

My card is made using a serviette that I liberated from a morning tea that I attended recently. It's far too pretty to wipe a dirty mouth or fingers on! I adhered a portion of the serviette to a piece of Whisper White cardstock for the background of my card.

I roughly cut some butterflies, adhered them to more cardstock and then fussy cut them once the glue dried. I love the slightly wrinkled effect of the glued serviette.

I used another portion of the serviette for the inside of my card. The flowers are just as pretty as the butterflies, so I definitely wanted to feature some.

We'd love to see what you do with Di's sketch. Pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll see what the rest of the Design Team have made with the sketch. You can add your card to our Linky when you're ready.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 461: Lighter Than Air Colours

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Thanks for joining me on a Monday for the CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. That's right, we are hopping a day late due to so many of the team having been to Melbourne for Stampin' Up!'s OnStage event over the weekend. They needed an extra day to recover, LOL!

This week we are asking you to CASE the colours from the Lighter Than Air DSP. It's a lovely set of soft, pastel colours to choose from.  I looked at which colour I used least, which was Bubble Bath, and built my card from there.

I didn't choose a card from the suite to CASE, I just used Bubble Bath, Pool Party and Lemon Lolly (another colour that I haven't used much) to do my own thing.

I used Sending Smiles for the flowers, and More Wishes for the sentiment. The circle die is from Everyday Details Dies, and the embossing folder is Layered Florals. A little piece of Lemon Lolly twine from the three pack that coordinates with the DSP finished off the front nicely.

Some more flowers, and sentiments from Biggest Wish finished off the inside. I adore how the sentiments from Biggest Wish and More Wishes can be mixed and matched!

We'd love to see what you do with the colours from the Lighter Than Air DSP. Will you CASE a card from the Catalogue, or go your own way, as I have? Just take a photo of your card and add it to our Facebook Group.

The next stop along the way is the lovely Monique Fielder, who has made a very clover and gorgeous card for you to see!

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Pumpkin Pie

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It's that time of the week again - Colour Creations Blog Hop time! This week it's Pumpkin Pie's turn to have the spotlight. It's a nice, bright orange that must be popular, as I think it's been around as long as I have!

Once again, I was very time poor, so I went for a simple design. The gorgeous flowers from Sending Smiles really don't need much else to go with them.

I do think that my Pumpkin Pie ink pad needs replacing, though!

I added some more of the flowers in the inside of my card. I stamped the smaller flower on a scrap of Whisper White card, cropped it using the matching dies, and glued it over the other flowers. I preferred this to the look of the flowers stamped over the top of each other.

Now you're off to see what my lovely friend, Di Furniss, has created. I'll bet that it's something fabulous!

If you run into any issues with broken links, just pop on over to Cathy Proctor's blog. She's the Blog Hop Hostess with the Mostess, and does a wonderful job of keeping us all organised.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Night Of Navy

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Welcome to Night Of Navy week of the Colour Creations Blog Hop. It's a lovely, deep blue that's been in the Stampin' Up! colour line up for as long as I can remember.

This card is a CASE of one by Akiko Sudano of Stampin' In The Meadows. I loved the colours and layout that she used, but I didn't have any of the products that she used, so I had to improvise.

I chose to use my Sending Smiles bundle. The Night Of Navy flowers aren't quite as dark as in the photo - they nearly look black here! I was running out of time and had to take my photo inside. School holidays are fabulous for losing track of time!

The Boho Blue layer on the front of the card was embossed using one of the folders from the Basics 3DEF pack. I used an offcut to finish off the inside, along with a flower left from the front. I can't believe that I resisted buying the Basics 3DEF pack for so long!

My lovely friend, Di Furniss, is the next stop in tonight's blog hop. I wonder what fabulousness she's created with Night Of Navy?

If you come across a problem with links while you're hopping, just pop on over to the wonderful Cathy Proctor's blog. She will have a list of all of tonight's participants to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Mossy Meadow

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Thanks for joining me for the first Colour Creations Blog Hop of 2024. This week we are featuring Mossy Meadow, a dark green from the Neutrals family. I find Mossy Meadow to be a very heavy colour, so it's not one I use often. I've paired it with Flirty Flamingo tonight to brighten up my card.

The layout and colour scheme of my card was inspired by a card that Teneale Williams made using Whimsy Wishes. I've used some Hello, Irresistible DSP as the feature panel on my card. It's my favourite paper in the pack, I think.

I used one of the smaller sentiments from Sending Smiles on my card. It fits in the coordinating label so well.

I fussy cut one of the blooms from the DSP to finish off the inside of my card. I didn't stamp a sentiment so that I had plenty of room to write my message to the recipient.

There's lots more Mossy Meadow inspiration to be found, so please keep on hopping around the linked blogs until you get back to where you started. The next stop on this hop is the lovely Rosa Leyden.

Cathy Proctor, as always, has done a wonderful job of getting us all organised. If you run into problems with links, please pop on over to her blog where you'll find a list of all tonight's participants to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 447: CASE A Kit

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Welcome back! Have you missed me? It's been a while since I've been able to play along with the rest of the Crew for the CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hops. I've missed you all! Funnily enough, as life is usually cranking up for the Christmas period, my life is starting to slow down a little. It's been a crazy couple of months!

This week we are asking you to CASE a project from one of the current kits on offer. I'm usually a sucker for the kits, and I have many in my collection. Despite this, I went for a kit that I don't own. It's one I've thought of buying many times, as I love the designs, it's just never quite found it's way into my shopping cart.

I love the geometric designs of the papers, and the way that the laser cut piece over the top enhances the design. I also loved the angular bottom on the main panel. I really need to buy this kit! LOL

I used some DSP from the Les Shoppes DSP as the basis for my card. I matted it with some Calypso Coral card, and mounted it on a Misty Moonlight base.

My Sending Smiles bundle took care of the sentiment for me. I'm not convinced that Calypso Coral was the correct choice for the top layer of the sentiment - I may go back later and change it to white.

I left the inside black for now, as the front is quite all-purpose. I can add something in later when I know who will receive this card and why. If you look closely, you can see a decorative border on the Calypso Coral card - this was in my scraps pile, so I made good use of it!

As always, we'd love for you to join us in this challenge. Just choose a kit you like, CASE one of the projects from the kit, and add a photo to our Facebook Group before the challenge ends next Sunday. It's that easy!

Please do keep hopping around the Crew blogs tonight. There's lots more to see, starting with the lovely Peta Stephen. I adore her elegant Christmas card!

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Garden Green

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Welcome to Garden Green week of the Colour Creations Blog Hops. I'm not a big green user, but Garden Green is one of the greens that I reach for most often.

I decided to use my Sending Smiles bundle this week. The flower stamp that I've used makes me think of lavender. I think it's meant to be wisteria, but the lovely watercolourish look of the stamped image allows for a bit of stretching of the imagination. Do you agree?

I used the smaller label in the Sending Smiles Dies to crop the sentiment. I actually cropped it twice, so that the label was smaller than intended. I didn't like all of the space on either side of the 'Birthday Wishes' sentiment.

I left the inside sentiment-free for now, as none of the other sentiments in the set really suited. I think it's fine with just the extra sprigs of lavender.

we'd love for you to stop by all of the blogs in tonight's Garden Green blog hop. It's always fun seeing what others have done with the feature colour. The next stop tonight is our lovely Hostess, Cathy Proctor.

Cathy will also have a list of all of tonight's hoppers on her blog to assist you if you run into any difficulties with links.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Cherry Cobbler

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Hello, and thanks for joining me for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week it's Cherry Cobbler's chance to shine!

I struggled with ideas for this card, and ended up just seeing what happened when I played with my Sending Smiles bundle. I ended up really liking the card! I offset the main art panel, and I think it worked nicely. It allowed me to overhang one of the flowers on the left by quite a bit.

My inkpad clearly needs to be reinked, but I liked the effect of the slightly softer flowers, so I kept on going with the inkpad as it was. I think it goes in nicely with the tone-on-tone DSP in the background, which is from a retired Regals DSP pack. For a little extra oomph, I swished the Crushed Curry flower centres with a swipe of Wink Of Stella.

A few more blooms finished off the inside nicely!

Please keep making your way around tonight's blog hop. The next stop along the way is my lovely friend and fellow South Aussie, Andrea Sargent.

The wonderful Cathy Proctor is hosting this week's blog hop, so jump Inver to her blog if you run into any issues with links. She will have a list of all of tonight's participants to help get you back on track.

Bye for now,

Tina