JAI 618: Just Add Colour

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Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week Jo has provided us with a fabulous colour combo to inspire our creativity.

For me, these colours made me think of a picnic in the country - I think it's the combination of green and blue. To make my idea come to life, I pulled out some retired stamp sets and paper to make my card.

I started my card by stamping the blueberries and leaves from Berry Blessings. Pacific Point and Old Olive are a great choice for the berries, don't you think? I used the plaid Pacific Point DSP from the Berry Delightful pack to add to my country picnic feel.

Crumb Cake was used in small quantities, for matting the layers and stamping the sentiment, which is from Sweet Strawberry.

I made the card quite large - it's five inches square - which leaves a lot of room for additional stamping on the inside. I used the same DSP to frame the writing panel.

That's all from me, but your job is just starting! Pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find the rest of this week's Design Team cards for your inspiration. You'll also find our linky for when you've made your card and are ready to enter the challenge.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Pear Pizzazz

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Hello, and welcome to Pear Pizzazz week of the Colour Creations blog hops. Pear Pizzazz is in the Subtle Family collection and is a bit of a so-so green. I don't love it, but I don't hate it, either. 

I decided to pull out my Plentiful Plants bundle to play with, and to use some of the plant stamps that hadn't seen ink yet. I paired it with Sweet Strawberry for the sentiments and the Stitched Greenery Die for the background.

I don't know what this plant is called in real life, but in my head it's become the Brian May plant. It reminds me so much of his hair, and that's all I can see now!

I actually created the inside of the card before I'd finished the front. In hindsight, I wish I'd stamped the Brian May plant again on the Whisper White base, as I did on the front, to extend the height of the plant. Next time!

Speaking of next, the next stop in our Blog Hop belongs to Michele Taylor. Jump on over to her blog to see what is sure to be a fabulous card.

And don't forget that Cathy Proctor is here to save the day if you run into any problems. She's got a list of all participants in case of an emergency 😉

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 353: CASE The SAB Catalogue

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Thanks for once again joining me for the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. This week we are asking you to CASE a project from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue.

After a bit of a flick though the catalogue, I settled upon this daffodil card from page 5. I really loved the fancy border top and bottom and the layering in the card.

Apart from the Basic Borders Dies, I don't actually own any of the products used to create the catalogue card, so I had to think about suitable substitutes.

I thought that the Hand-Penned Petals set was a good substitute, although it works better on a landscape card.

I used the Host DSP, Pattern Party on my card. The striped piece was coloured with Gorgeous Grape ink using a Blending Brush.

I used one of the DP offcuts on the inside of my card. After I'd glued it down I did think that I probably should have coloured it purple, too. Oh well!

Our challenge is run in our Facebook group. After you've finished hopping and you've made your card, jump on over to the group where you can upload a photo of your card. Get it in before next Sunday evening to be in the running. Can't wait to see what you make!

The next stop on our Blog Hop tonight is the lovely Julia Quinn. You certainly don't want to miss out on the gorgeousness to be found on her blog.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Just Jade

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Hooray, It's time for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are playing with Just Jade, which is one of the 2020-22 In Colours. It's a lovely green, and it's one that I quite like.

I was once again a bit time poor this week, so I googled Just Jade cards for inspiration, and decided to CASE one I found that was made by Kayla Renee, of Stampin With Kayla. Her card was very pretty, and quite simple, so it was definitely a winner for me!

I pretty much only changed the sentiment part of the card, by using the Black Glittered Organdy ribbon, Sweet Strawberry and the Tasteful Labels Dies. The Matte Black Dots and Just Jade Enamel Dot were another addition on my version.

That's all from me for tonight, but there's still plenty of inspiration left to be seen! Please continue your way around our Blog Hop by jumping on over to the lovely Caroline Manwaring's blog. She always has something delightful to see!

As always, our fabulous host is Catherine Proctor. If something goes awry, please head on over to her blog where you'll find a complete list of all Hoppers. You can pick up your trail there!

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 578: Just Add A Sketch

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Thanks for joining me again for the new Just Add Ink challenge. I had a week off last week, so it's great to be playing again with the Design team.

Narelle designed this sketch for us to use, and I really like it! The circles could be any shape you desire, and after a little pottering in my garden I found some inspiration.

I am not much of a green thumb - I kill a lot of what I try to grow. For some reason, the strawberry plant that I planted last year has made it to this year, and actually looks like it's doing ok! I lost my first ripe strawberry to a millipede, but the second was delicious. And just look at all these berries waiting to ripen. Yum!

Hopefully my strawberries look as yummy as the ones on my card! I stamped them in Real Red and Shaded Spruce and used the coordinating punch to crop them.

The sentiment label is from the Tasteful Labels Dies, and the paper is from the Pattern Party Hostess DSP. I wasn't confident with the choice of DSP, but the more I look at the finished card, the more I like it.

I couldn't resist adding a couple more juicy strawberries to the inside of my card. Now I just have to sit back and wait for my real strawberries to ripen.

We'd love for you to play along with us this week (and every week)! Just jump on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find lots more Design Team inspiration. You can also link up your card to enter the challenge. I can't wait to see what you create!

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Highland Heather

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Well, aren't we tearing though the colour range? We are already up to Highland Heather, a lovely, soft purple. It's a colour that I really like, but perhaps part of that is because my beautiful mother's name is Heather. I decided to make a whimsical card with the pretty purple.

I started with a cloud template cut from a piece of Window Sheet. I used a long-retired die, but there is a similar cloud die in the Basic Borders Dies. A Blending Brush was used with the template to create the cloudy sky background. I think the whimsy comes from using purple instead of the expected blue.

My Brilliant Wings Dies butterfly is a double layer of Silver Foil and Whisper White card. I only used glue on the body of the butterfly layers, so that the wings could be raised. It adds lovely dimension and movement to the card.

To make the inside complement the front, I added a few more layers of clouds, and a much smaller Silver Foil butterfly. The sentiments are both from Sweet Strawberry, with the one on the front cropped using a Tasteful Labels Die.

Please continue your way around our Blog Hop by jumping on over to Caroline Manwaring's blog. I'm sure she's made a gorgeous card with Highland Heather.

Catherine Proctor is our wonderful host this week, so please go to her blog if you find a missing or broken link.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 572: Just Add Inspiration

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Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week Nikki has found a glorious photo to inspire our creativity.

Doesn't it make you so happy that Spring has finally arrived? I certainly love the warmer weather! This photo gave me a great excuse to play with two new purchases that I had yet to use. They worked so well with my favourite Pierced Blooms Dies.

The first new product is an embossing folder from Altenew, called Cloudy Day. The layers of clouds are wonderful! I used my chalk marker to highlight the top edges of the clouds to give a little more definition.

The second new product is the Uniquely Creative Stitched Sun die. It's so happy and cheerful!! I heat embossed the sentiment from Sweet Strawberry and cropped it with a circle punch before popping it on top of the sun. 

I added an extra flower to the inside of my card. I had thought about using the stem die for the flowers, but it would have been way too fiddly, so I used the leaf die instead. I like the effect, even if I'm not sure that the extra leaves are correct. But who cares, really? It's a fun, happy card and the friend I gave it to was delighted to receive it - and that's all that matters.

That's it from me for now, but please pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find the rest of this week's Design team cards. We have some new members on the Team, so please go and give them a warm welcome. Sadly, we are also farewelling one of our wonderful long-term members of the DT. While on the blog, you can also link up your card for our challenge. I can't wait to see what you make.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Cajun Craze

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Thanks for joining me for the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are making Cajun Craze the star of the show. It's a terracotta colour, which I don't use much. It's one of those colours that I don't reach for, but definitely has a space in the SU colour range. 

I was recently convinced that I *had* to have the Stitched Greenery die, and now that I've used it, I think it was a good decision! It really adds an oomph to my Very Vanilla background.

I used Forever Fern on my main panel - don't the leaves look great in Cajun Craze? The sentiment is from Sweet Strawberry, and I snuck in the retired Stitched Shapes dies as a matt for the panel.

I used the same two stamp sets to complete the inside of my card. I was quite pleased with how my card turned out, even though I find Cajun Craze a bit of a tricky colour.

Next up on our Cajun Craze Blog Hop is the AWH Team leader, Claire Daly.

If you find a broken link along the way, you can view the full list of participants on Catherine Proctor’s blog. Just remember which blog you need to visit next, and click their name on her full list.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 321: Mini Project, Masculine Twist

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Thanks for joining me for the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. It's a fun challenge this week. Actually, all our challenges are fun (I think!) but this one was extra fun for me.

We are tasking you to find a project in the Mini Catalogue and give it a masculine twist. I like to really challenge myself, so I decided to look for a very feminine card to twist.

Smoochy, lipstick lips are super feminine, right?

My first thought was to replace the lips with a bow tie, and the rest of the card was built around that! The bow tie, from Handsomely Suited, was coloured with my Night Of Navy Blends and then cropped with the matching Suit & Tie Dies. My sentiment is from Sweet Strawberry, and I've just noticed that it has a mix of fonts, just like the catalogue card I am CASEing.

The DSP is from the In Good Taste pack, which carried over from the previous Annual Catalogue. I layered it on a discarded piece of Whisper White that had beens tamped with the Birch stamp and cropped with a Stitched Rectangles Die. I had made it for a different card and didn't end up using it, but it worked perfectly on this card. I tied a reef knot in my twine, instead of the bow on the original card.

My DSP offcut from the front of the card and a tie were the perfect additions to the inside of the card.

That's all from me for tonight, but your job is just beginning! We'd love to see how you turn a non-masculine card into a masculine card. All you need to do is make the card and post a photo in our Facebook group.

Don't race off too quickly, though! You will want to finish our blog hop first! Please pop on over to Peta's blog, where she has a stunner of a card made using a popular stamp set for masculine cards.

Bye for now,

Tina