Blackberry Bliss and a Silver Lining

Hi!


Today's card has four retiring products - the gorgeous Shine On Specialty DSP and the colours Blackberry Bliss and Mossy Meadow. Not so obvious on this card is the Banner punch.

I love the Silver Foil rain drop accents in the heavy weight Kraft cardstock. They are so pretty! The rich Blackberry Bliss was the perfect colour to team with the Kraft and Silver.

This card was made as a class sample. Silly me forgot to remind my ladies to slip the sentiment piece into the back of the Banner punch to create the flagged ends. Lucky I had plenty of thin strips of Whisper White scraps ready to use as replacements!

The row of flowers is so cute, don't you think? Hopefully this is a card that will cheer up the recipient.


Bye for now,


Tina

Sprinkles Of Life Flower Basket

Hi!

Today I have a card for you that is a CASE of a card by one of the Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team members, Kaitlyn Zumbach. Her simple little card caught my eye while surfing the internet one evening. You can see Kaitlyn's card here.

I made a few changes, including making the card square and making the card base Whisper White.  I also used Dazzling Details on the flowers instead of pearls.  I used Hello Honey for the yellow flowers, but I think I actually prefer Kaitlyn's, as she used So Saffron.

I really love the leaves stamped behind the flowers.  The flowers would still look good without it, but the stamping adds a little something to the final image.

I used the same sentiment as Kaitlyn, but on the inside instead of the outside. Did you notice my little oopsie on the bottom of the card? It got dropped into the Mint Macaron inkpad.  I think I might need to trim it off before I send the card - luckily it's just a thin little strip so hopefully it won't be noticeable!

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #282: Just Add Inspiration

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It's school holidays here and I've had a lovely week home with my children.  The older two got a bit of a taste of freedom/independence on Wednesday when I allowed them to walk to our local library on their own.  It's about a 10 minute walk along a main road so I was hoping it was fairly low risk.  Three and a half hours later they returned, happy after an afternoon spent playing Lego and Minecraft and browsing the bookshelves. One relieved mummy here!

Anyway, on with today's Just Add Ink challenge.  This week Narelle has put together a gorgeous inspiration photo board for you.

Isn't it fabulous? There's so much you could do with these pictures!

I decided to go with the pot of flowers sitting on top of the books on the chair in the right side picture. I stamped the leaves from Sprinkles of Life first so that I'd get a few leaves sticking out the sides of the flowers.  A few tiny pearls complete the flowers.

The background DSP is one of the Silver sheets from the Neutrals Stack.  Did you know that instead of Whisper White and Very Vanilla the Neutrals Stack has Silver and Gold?  Such a great idea!

I had a few extra flowers left over from the front of the card so I added them to the inside to finish it off.  I hate waste!

The rest of the Design Team have come up with some fabulous cards for this week's challenge.  You can see them over on the Just Add Ink blog. We hope you can join in the fun this week.

Bye for now,

Tina

Lighthearted Leaves Birthday Card

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When I first saw the new Holiday Catalogue the Lighthearted Leaves stamp set caught my eye.  Not so much for the sentiments (although I love the believe one!), but for the leave stamps themselves.  Today's card was one of the first I made when I received the set.

I've paired the stamp set with some other Holiday Catalogue items, such as the Merry Moments DSP Stack and the Woodland TIEF.

I made this card as a class sample.  My ladies had a bit of fun with the card, and a few played with the layout.  Some centered the squares or the circle, some centered both. Some switched the sentiment and made a Christmas card.  They all looked great!

Which stamp sets from the Holiday Catalogue caught your eye?

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #271: Just Add A Sketch

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Wow, three posts this week! Hopefully I can keep up the pace! Today's post is the new Just Add Ink Challenge, which is a fantastic sketch designed by Narelle.

I decided to break out my new Sprinkles of Life stamp set for this card.

I've teamed it with the new Cherry On Top DSP Stack.  The combination is fabulous for a cute kid's birthday card.

It's been a while since I used the Floral Frames Framelits, so I decided to dust them off for this card.  The whimsical shape is another great addition to a kid's card.

I love this sentiment for the inside, and it just calls for at least a double scoop on the cone.

What will you do with the sketch? I'll see you over at the Just Add Ink blog.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #268: Just Add A Sketch

Hi!

Are you ready for some fabulous Just Add Ink inspiraiton?  I am!  This week Narelle has designed an awesome sketch to guide our creativity.

Lots and lots of possibilities with this sketch.  I decided to make a colourful kids' card using the new Cherry On Top DSP Stack.

I didn't want the fabulous patterns competing with each other so I stuck to a fairly neutral pattern for the background and stepped it up on the next layer.

I used my Bermuda Bay Stampin' Write marker to only ink up the 'happy' bits of the stamp from Amazing Birthday.  The birthday on the flag came from Remembering Your Birthday.

I really love the fun colours in the Cherry On Top DSP stack. They are so perfect for kid's cards.

Why don't you pop on over to have a look at the rest of the Design Team at the Just Add Ink blog before you play along with us?

Bye for now,

Tina