JAI #153: Just Add Colour

Hi!

Yes, it's Friday and the weeks are flying past at a rapid rate! We had a fabulous response to the Hearts challenge last week, which was amazing.  Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with this week with the colours Nikki chose for the new Just Add Ink challenge.

I thought the colours lent themselves well to a masculine card. I struggled a bit with ideas before deciding on a squares pattern.

I embossed some cardstock with the Stripes Embossing Folder and then punched them with the 1 inch square punch.  I cut a bit off the end of the card to fit the squares a bit better, so it's an odd sized card but better that than a weird bit on the end!

Hopefully you can see that I alternated the direction of the stripes. The Midnight Muse stripes go horizontally and the So Saffron stripes go vertically.

I kept the checkerboard type look going on the inside with my stamping.

So, what will you do with the colours? Head on over to the Just Add Ink blog to be inspired by the rest of the Design Team.

Stamps: Sassy Salutations, Clockworks, Topsy-Turvy Celebration
Ink: Midnight Muse, So Saffron
Cardstock: Midnight Muse, So Saffron, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Stripes Embossing Folder, Whisper White Brads, Dimensionals

Bye for now,

Tina

A Well Worn Need For Speed

Hi!

Today I have a male card for you, made to give to a mate of Rob's for his birthday.

Would you believe that the card is actually a CASE of the Pony Party card on page 55 of the Idea Book and Catalogue? Fellow JAI Design Team member Chantell Randall challenged us to CASE the card, and as I needed a male card I made this one.  You can see lots of different elements from the card - the ribbon, flagged sentiment, embossed section of the base card, turned over corner on the main panel, double layered panel behind it.  I just changed a few little things to make it a male card.  it was lots of fun to play along with some of the other girls on the DT.

Why don't you challenge yourself to CASE a card from the IB&C. There's plenty of ideas to choose from!

Stamps: Need For Speed, Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess)
Ink: Early Espresso
DSP/Cardstock: Well Worn DSP, River Rock, Early Espresso
Other: Big Shot, Stripes Embossing Folder, Artichoke Denim Ribbon, Silver Mini Brads, Paper Snips, Dimensionals, Disterssing Tool

Bye for now,

Tina

Just Add Ink #93

Hi!

I managed to find some time over the weekend to have a go at the current Just Add Ink challenge.  It's another colour combination this week: Pool Party, Certainly Celery, Whisper White and Melon Mambo.

I white embossed the flower stamp on the Pool Party DSP and then used my blender pen to lightly colour the flowers.  It's a subtle effect, but quite pretty.  I snuck a little Certainly Celery at the top and bottom of the card by using my Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch to create a subtle little scalloped border.

I also stamped the same flower on the inside of the card, along with the sentiment.

Stamps: Simply Soft (Hostess), Curly Cute, Happiest Birthday Wishes (Hostess)
Ink: Versamark, Pool Party
DSP/Cardstock: Pool Party Patterns Stack DSP, Pool Party, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Melon Mambo
Other: Big Shot, Stripes Embossing Folder, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Whisper White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Blender Pen, Paper Snips, Dimensionals

Catch you later,

Tina