Colour Creations: Cherry Cobbler

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Welcome back to the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are featuring Cherry Cobbler, a deep red from the Regals colour family. With all the new Christmas offerings out recently, I'm sure we'll see more than a few Christmas cards tonight. Not from me though!

I'm pairing the new Tech Support stamp set with this fabulous, masculine colour combo from Brian King. Tech Support was one of my first purchases from the new Annual Catalogue. This next bit may sound strange, but it's not a stamp set that I like particularly much, and I'm struggling to create with it. However, I want Stampin' Up! to create more stamp sets for gamers and computer peeps, and they will only do this if there is demand for it. By buying this stamp set, I hope to show a level of demand, and if you want more sets like this, I hope that you will, too!

Now, on with the card!

I started by stamping the keys and cursor in Crumb Cake ink onto Crumb Cake card then embossed it with my Subtle 3DEF. I then layered some banners over the top.

I used the binary code stamp in my Stamparatus to create the background layer for my sentiment. I was aiming for it to mimic the 'thinking' symbol in the sentiment. By the way, thanks to a hint from our fabulous Colour Creations coordinator, Catherine Proctor, I watched a SU video on Facebook that talked about the inspiration for different sets. Tech Support was one of those sets, and I discovered that the binary code reads 'for you' in English. How cool - a lovely hidden message on my card!

For those not in the know, an ERROR 404 is a page not found error, so it's a cute play on words to change it to an age not found message. LOL! Maybe I am liking this stamp set, after all!

That's all from me for tonight, but we'd love for you to continue your way around our blog hop. The next stop is my fabulous friend, Kate Morgan, who I'm sure has something wonderful for you to see,

Catherine Proctor keeps the Colour Creation blog hops running smoothly, so if you run into any problems, just jump on over to her blog, where you'll find a list of all of tonight's participants.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Basic Gray

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Welcome back to the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are featuring Basic Gray, which is actually a very tricky colour to feature! It's usually more of a supporting colour. I had hoped that my new Tech Support stamp set might have arrived in time, as I thought it would work well with the dark gray, but sadly it did not.

I once again looked at Brian King for a colour combo. I really liked the pop of rich red with the grays. By using the about-to-retire Symbols Of Fortune SDSP, I also got a pop of Gold Foil.

I've wanted to try a Double Box Fancy Fold card for a while, and thought that this was a good opportunity. Basic Gray was used for the card base, while Merry Merlot was used for the smaller box part of the card.

The crane was roughly cut from the DSP and adhered to a price of Thick Whisper White card before being fussy cut. This extra layer helps to stop it from sagging when it's popped up on Dimensionals. One dragonfly got the same treatment, but as the other two were being adhered directly to the background they did not need the extra layer.

I don't know if you noticed, but the front of my card is back to front - in every other sample I've seen, the box is on the left, not right. I had to make it this way, as I made the back panel before I decorated the front, and glued it on upside down. Luckily it was easily fixed by rotating the card base, but I really should not attempt to make a card while watching a fascinating show on scammers!

Next up in tonight's Basic Gray Blog Hop is Kate Morgan, who was one of the talented card makers who inspired my Fancy Fold tonight!

If you find a broken link, or run into other difficulties, please pop on over to Catherine Proctor's blog. As always, she does a wonderful job of keeping all hoppers organised.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: So Saffron

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Thanks for joining me for So Saffron week of the Colour Creations Blog Hops. So Saffron is in the Subtles colour family, and is a lovely, soft yellow. Having said that, I paired it with black and white for a gorgeously bold card.

I used my retiring Blossoms In Bloom bundle for the card, cutting the top layer from Whisper White (with Adhesive Sheet attached) and the second layer from So Saffron. Black Mini Stampin' Dimensionals pop the two layers up over the Basic Black background.

The resting Tasteful Labels dies were used to crop the sentiment, with the gorgeous Glitter Organdy ribbon layered underneath. The Black version of the ribbon is retiring (sob!), but the White will carry over (yay!).

I used the top layer die again to crop a piece of So Saffron for the inside. Using Adhesive Sheets on these delicate die cuts makes them so much easier to adhere to the layer underneath!

That's all from me tonight, but please do continue on your way around our blog hop. Just keep jumping until you get back to where you started. The next stop along the way is my lovely friend, and fellow South Aussie, Andrea Sargent. I'm sure she'll have a visual treat for your eyes!

As always, if you run into problems with links, Cathy Proctor is the person to know! Pop on over to her blog to get yourself sorted out.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Old Olive

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Here we are, back again for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. Old Olive is the feature colour for this week's hop. I was a bit stumped on what to do for my card, so after a bit of a google search, I decided to CASE a card by Vicky Wright that used Forever Fern.

I kept my layout the same as Vicky's but changed a few other details, such as the DSP that I've used.

I really liked Vicky's arrangement of the Stitched Rectangle diecuts. The simplicity and symmetry is pleasing to me!

Once again, Peaceful Moments was my choice for the sentiments on my card.

That's all from me for tonight, but please do continue your way around our Blog Hop. The next stop along the way is my lovely friend, Kate Morgan, who is bound to have something gorgeous for you to see.

If you run into a problem like a broken or missing link, please pop on over to the fabulous Catherine Proctor's blog. She does such a wonderful job of keeping us all organised each week.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 583: Just Add A Sketch

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Hooray for Friday! It's been a long week in my household, as Hudson has been home sick with a cold. During the week Alex also got sick, so I'm pretty much expecting that all of us will come down with the bug. Not fun when the warmer, summery weather is just starting! The upside of staying home and cancelling appointments is more crafting time. Yay!

This week Kim has designed this fun Sketch for our Just Add Ink challenge. I do love a good sketch, and I knew the exact stamp set from my stash that would be perfect for the layout. It's called A Fox's Life, from the Colorado Craft Company.

Isn't it gorgeous???? If the artwork seems a little familiar, the artist, Anita Jeram, is also the illustrator of the Guess How Much I Love You books.

I stamped the image twice on watercolour paper, and then used the coordinating A Fox's Life Dies to crop one version. The other I watercoloured roughly as the background, starting with the moon. The rest of the sky uses Night Of Navy ink, I just faded out the colour as I got closer to the moon. A bit of Shimmer Paint flicked over to top to give the illusion of stars finished off the front.

You can see that I popped up the cropped section of the scene over the top of the background. I carefully coloured around the edge of the die cut, as I did not want a white halo surrounding the popped up section. This way it still gives dimension, but looks more natural.

I stamped the same image in Balmy Blue ink on the inside of my card. The inside sentiment is from Timeless Tulips, as the font is a pretty close match to the one used in the Fox's Life stamp set. A very happy coincidence!

That's all from me for tonight, but your job is just beginning! After you've checked out all the Design Team cards, you can get creating on your card. Once you've finished, just link it up over on the Just Add Ink blog. You must link it there to be in the running.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Mango Melody

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It's time for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop! This week it's Mango Melody's turn to feature on our cards. It's a lovely orange tome from the Brights colour family. I don't use orange a lot, but Mango Melody is my go-to when I do.

I was a bit stumped for ideas this week, so I went for a fairly classic card layout. The four squares are a great way to feature either a small image or die cut, and I chose to use my Pierced Blooms Dies. It's been a while since I played with them!

I used my Stitched Greenery Die on the background, but I think it would look just as good with just a white background. You can't see it, but I have added a swim of Wink Of Stella to the white centres of the flowers. Each square was popped up using Dimensionals.

One final flower completes the inside of the card. The flowers are double layered, as I thought that the single layer wasn't quite enough.

Thanks for joining me again - I do hope that you continue your way around our Blog Hop tonight. The teams has been fabulous each week, full or inspiration for the feature colour. The next blog in the hop tonight is my lovely friend, Theresa Gerrard. I'm sure she's got a stunner for us, waiting over on her blog!

Jump on over to Catherine Proctor's blog if you run into a problem - she's our fabulous hostess, and has a full list of all tonight's hoppers on her blog.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 573: Just Add A Sketch

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Welcome back to a new week of Just Add Ink, and a fresh challenge for you to sink your teeth into. This week Jan has designed a sketch for us to work with.

I like this one! The strip down the side adds a little touch of something extra to an already versatile sketch, don't you think? My son, Alex was invited to a birthday party, and so I used the sketch to create a fun card for the birthday boy.

I started with that cheeky strip down the side. I purchased the paper many, many years ago, and this was one of the last strips left from it. I don't have any information about which company made it, sorry! The rest of the card base was Basic Black card, embossed with the Subtle 3DEF folder. I popped it up over the strip of Lego paper.

The little figure was from a Kindred Stamps set, called Building Blocks. I coloured him with my Copic Markers and popped him up over the stamped Number Of Years numbers, finishing with a sentiment from Label Me Bold. Lots of retired products on this card!

I stamped the figure on the inside, but this time I gave him glasses. I did this because Alex wears glasses, but the birthday boy does not. It was probably too subtle a touch for either of them to notice, but it tickled my funny bone!

That's all from me for the new challenge, but please do pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you will find the rest of this week's Design team cards. They've done an amazing job with this sketch! You can also link up your card in our challenge. I can't wait to see what you create.

Bye for now,

Tina

Heart Of Christmas Week 11

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Welcome back to the eleventh week of Heart Of Christmas Blog Hops. I hoe you've been following along each week, as we've had plenty of gorgeous Christmas inspiration for you to see.

I was a little more organised this week, so I was able to get back to the Sheetload Of Cards templates. This week I used the April 2020 template.

I based this design completely around the Silver Foil layer that is peeking out from under the spotty layer. It's the purplish foil in the new silver pack, that I don't particularly like. This was a good way to use it up! I cropped the Gingerbread Dies bauble from the centre of the foil panel before I embossed it with the Subtle 3D folder.

The DSP that I've used is the Hostess Pack, called Pattern Party. I've just used B&W papers so that I can use whichever colours I like with it - in this case I chose Mint Macaron. The sentiments are from Christmas To Remember.

As always with the Sheetload cards, I made four to add to my stash.

That's all from me for tonight, but please do continue your way around our Blog Hop - there's lots of wonderful cards to see, starting with my lovely friend, Kate Morgan.

I'm once again hosting this week's Heart Of Christmas Blog Hop. Pop back to my blog if you have a problem along with way with links - you'll be able to pick up your trail again here.

Kate Morgan
Catherine Proctor
Christine Blain
Michele Taylor
Sharon Davern
Caroline Manwaring
Rachel Woollard
Andrea Sargent
Theresa Gerrard
Rosa Leyden
Ros Davidson

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 564: Just Choose Two

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Thanks for joining me for this week's Just Add Ink challenge. This week it's a Choose Two challenge, set by Di.

Hmm, what to choose? I bounced some ideas past my daughter, and she told me that I should do Sea and Trees (but not palm trees), as she thought it was the most challenging combo. Okay then!

In the end, I have all three elements on my card - it's a bit hard to leave the sky out of a scene like this! I started by using my Water Painters and Smokey Slate ink to create the land. I then used Just Jade and Evening Evergreen inks to create the tree tops. These were just a quick wiggle of the brush, getting a little larger at the bottom of the tree. Once is was all dry, I added some Soft Suede trunks.

The sky was a quick wash of Balmy Blue, and the sea is Blueberry Bushell. I then added some extra details to the rocks and trees. The final part was adding some foam to the sea using my scoring tool and some Frost White Shimmer Paint.

My sentiments are from a Uniquely Creative stamp set, called Sweet Sentiment Builder. I couldn't resist adding another little tree - you can see the effect of the wiggling Water Brush a bit more clearly.

That's all from me for tonight, but we hope that you will join us by creating a card for our challenge. Which two will you choose? You can see the cards that the rest of the Design team have created over on the Just Add Ink website. You can also link up your card on our blog.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 536: Just Add A Sketch

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Hello and hooray for Friday! Although, I'm a little sad that the school holidays are nearly over - I like my quiet, lazy days home with the kids! The new Just Add Ink challenge makes me happy, though!

This week Jan has designed this fun sketch for us. I like these really simple ones, as it gives us plenty of scope for playing.

My daughter was invited to a birthday party and needed a card for the Birthday Girl, who is a huge fan of a particular super hero. Easy-peasy when you have a pop-culture stamp collection like mine! I started by embossing a piece of Black Foil with a retired SU Cobwebs 3DEF. The bottom portion of the card was embossed with Subtle 3DEF.

The character is from a Kindred Stamps bonus digital file called You're Extra Super. I coloured him with my Copic markers and layered him on top of a Stitched Shapes Circle. The '16' was cut using the Playful Alphabet Dies. I wanted it to blend into the bottom of the card, but also to stand out, if that makes sense! I used Adhesive Foam to make it pop out, and then coloured the edges of the foam with my Copic marker to help it to blend.

To decorate the inside, I used a stamp from Ink Road Stamps, called Full Circle Vol 3: Heroes for the icon, and another Kindred Stamps set, called Justice Is Served for the sentiment. It's hard to see in the photo, but the black strip across the bottom is more of the Cobwebs-embossed Black Foil. It was too good to not use on the inside!

I hope that you have a great weekend, whatever you are doing! It's going to be wet and miserable here, so I'm hoping to get some quilting done. Before you go off and make some weekend plans, please head on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find the rest of this week's Design team cards. Hopefully you'll be able to make time to join in our challenge - we'd love to see what you create!

Bye for now,

Tina