JAI 762: Just Add Inspiration

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week it's an Inspiration Challenge, suggested to us by Kim.

Hmm, this one stumped me for a while. Then I thought that the cup had coffee in it, which led me directly to my pop culture collection of stamps.

There's only one thing I think of when I think of coffee! And if you didn't read at least the first part of the sentiment in *that* voice then we can no longer be friends.... joke!! I took the brown and black from the Inspiration Photo, but otherwise, it's all about the coffee.

I did include a cup on the inside!

We'd love to see what you create using our photo as inspiration. Jump on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you can see what the rest of the Design Team have made. It's always interesting to see what catches everyone's eye in the photos. When you're done, you can add your card to our challenge using Linky.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 678: Just Choose Two

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we are doing a Choose Two challenge, suggested to us by Nikki.

Nikki is asking us to Choose Two of Brights, Foliage or Friend to add to our cards. On the Design Team, we are given the list of challenges well in advance (thanks, Kim!), so it was very coincidental that one of this week's choices was Friend, after the recent shock death of Matthew Perry. Friends was a show I watched and loved as a young adult, so I just had to include a Friend on my card.

The stamps that I've used are all from Ink Road Stamps, starting with The One With All The Stamps Icons Vol 2. I used this stamp for the minimalist hair. It's funny how, with so little detail, you know that it's Chandler/Matthew.

The sentiment is from The One With All The Stamps. What more needs to be said? To incorporate the second of my Choose Two elements, I used my Stitched Greenery Die on the Soft Sea Foam background. Nice and subtle!

I thought that this sentiment, from The One Where It's Your Birthday, worked well from the inside. The original quote was when Rachel moved out of Monica's apartment to make room for Chandler, I though that is was more than suitable for this card. I also could't resist adding Chick and Duck, from The One With All The Stamps Icons. I have no idea who will get this card, but it was therapeutic to make it!

We'd love to see which Two you will choose from the three options in this week's challenge. To see what the other Design Team members have chosen, just pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog. You will also find our Linky when you're ready to enter your card in the challenge.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 622: Just Choose Two

 Hi!

Hooray for Friday and a new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have a Choose Two challenge for you, suggested by Nikki.

If you're new to our challenges, a Choose Two challenge is just that: choose two of the three options and make a card using them. This time it's Friend, Foliage or Masking. One of the two was a no-brainer for me, I was just left to choose between masking and foliage.

Masking won, as it made more sense for the friend on my card! I used a Hefty Doodle Cityscape stencil to mask off the bottom of my card. I used some Wild Honey Distress Oxide on the Basic Balck cardstock. My aim was to get a yellow glow of lights, but the cardstock just soaked up the ink and made it more green than I wanted. Oh well!! I flicked some Frost White shimmer paint over the top, before removing the mask, to look like a starry sky.

My friend comes from a Kindred Stamps set, called The One With The Friend. I coloured him with my Copic markers and popped him up over a die cut layer. The die I used was Cityscape, from Mama Elephant. Finally, the sentiment is from an Ink Road Stamps set, called The One Where It's Your Birthday.

I used the same Mama Elephant Die, Distress Oxide and Ink Road Stamps set to finish off the inside. The inking behind the city was what I was going for on the front, it was just a bit too ambitious on black cardstock!

That's all from me for this week's challenge, but we'd love for you to play along with us. Which two will you choose? You can see the rest of this week's Design Team cards over on the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll also find our Linky for the challenge.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 607: Just Choose Two

 Hi!

Ahh, I always get to this part of the week with a big sigh. It's Friday, and it's a long weekend, and I'm looking forward to the downtime! What better way to start the weekend with the new Just Add Ink challenge?

This week it's a Choose Two, between coffee, tea and friend. Di suggested this challenge, and the Design Team have certainly had fun with it! After much thought and flicking through my stamp collection, I decided to go with coffee and a Friend.

Hehe, I couldn't resist pulling out my Kindred Stamps set, The One With The Friend. Perfect for this challenge, don't you think? The waitress was the only choice of Friend for my card that could possibly be made.

I paired her with some Ink Road Stamps (The One Where It's Your Birthday) for the background, and framed her with the Friendly Frame diecut, also from Ink Road. I created the background by putting the coffee cup and sentiment on the one block and then stamping them all over the cardstock using Versamark ink. I mostly eyeballed it, but to keep it even, I lined up the coffee cup under the word 'your'. It worked out pretty well!

The coffee mug is from the Kindred Stamps set, and I used it again on the inside. It was coloured with my Copic markers, as was the Friend on the front.

That's all from me for this week's challenge, 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. Then you can link up your card, after you've made the difficult choice - which two of tea, coffee or friend will you select?

Bye for now,

Tina