JAI 688: Just Choose Two

 Hi!

Welcome to another week of Just Add Ink challenges. This week we have a fabulous Choose Two challenge for you, suggested to us by Lou.

We'd like you to Choose Two of Sequins, Stars or Stitching to add to your card. I immediately thought of my Stitched Stars dies, which meant that I got my two in one go!

I've been doing a bit of rearranging in my craft space and picked up the Showtime Limited Edition kit from Kindred Stamps. I thought that this little piggy was the perfect choice to go with sequins, stars and stitching. I coloured her with my Comic markers and popped her up over the foil Stitched Stars die cuts on top of some Expressions In Ink SDSP.

I love the swirly star die cut on the front of the card, especially as you end up with five stars that can be used to decorate there rest of your card. I used three on the front and the final two to jazz up the inside of my card.

We'd love to see which two elements you choose from our challenge this week. You can see what the Design Team chose over on the Just Add Ink blog. You can also find our Linky when you're ready to enter your card in the challenge.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 599: Just Add Your Favourite Animal

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Here we are once again on a Friday, ready for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week Tristan has challenged us to add our favourite animal to our projects.

Hmm, what's your favourite animal? I'm not really sure that I have a favourite, so I decided to go in a bit of a lateral direction for my card!

Hehe, are you old enough to remember this animal? I recently purchased the Kindred Stamps Showtime box, which featured a motley group of friends who love putting on shows. This dude is the drummer, and he loves bursting through walls.

I popped him up on a wobble spring to add to the movement in the card. To create the opening in the wall, I used a circle die to cut an opening and then tore little sections away from the circle. I folded them back on themselves to keep the brick paper exposed rather than the pattern on the back of the paper.

The inside features another character, and animal, from the Showtime box. I gave this card to my oldest son for his birthday. He's just turned 19 and is being left at home on his own for the first time, as we take the younger two away for a long weekend. He has to work, which is why he's not coming. So the sentiment on the front is a play on this - I've told him 'no wild parties' while we are away. Thankfully, he's not the type anyway!

That's all from me, but please jump on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find the rest of this week's favourite animal cards. You can also link up your card when you've decided which animal is your favourite.

Bye for now,

Tina

Just Us Girls 615

 Hi!

I'm sneaking in another challenge entry. Once again I found time to make a card while watching the Ashes cricket. Now that it's all over I may actually have to take down my Christmas decorations! 

A google search for card challenges led me to Just Us Girls and their colour challenge. Blue, Silver and White is definitely a 'me' combo!

I still had my Kindred Stamps Showtime and Showtime Sentiments stamp sets out, and would you know it - one of the characters is blue! I coloured him with my Copics - I think B95 anda B97, with a random yellow for the feet.

I grabbed some You're A Peach DSP for the striped background. Hehe, I thought that the subtle Stars and Stripes look would be good for him - not that he's subtle!

And of course, I couldn't resist adding a few more Silver Foil stars on the inside.

Bye for now,

Tina

Freshly Made Sketches 518

 Hi!

Once again this week, I found time to play along with Freshly Made Sketches. I like to colour and create while I'm watching the cricket.

Their sketch this week is very simple and gives a lot of scope for interpretation. I recently received my Showtime Limited Edition Box from Kindred Stamps, and I decided to have a play with it.

My husband, who is a big user of memes, particularly wanted me to make a card using this tea-drinking froggy image. It tickles his funny bone, and mine. After I stamped him I masked him off so that I could stamp the stump from Foxy Friends.  Doesn't he look cute, perched up there?

I coloured the frog and his tea with my Copic markers.

The teacup on the inside is from a Three Room Studio stamp, called One More Chapter. Don't you love the punchline from the Showtime Sentiments stamp set? Hopefully the person that receives this card will know the meme!

Bye for now,

Tina