JAI #242: Just Add Inspiration

Hi!

Apologies for the blog absence, both Hudson and I have been sick, so blogging had to take a back seat.  We are on the mend now though, just in time for the new Just Add Ink challenge.

This week Trish has challenged us to use this inspiration picture to shape our creations.

Isn't it pretty? I love the watercolour look on the left side, but I ended up taking my inspiration from the flowers on the right side.

This card was made for a very special lady who turned 60 recently.  I know she loves having flowers in the house, so I decided to make her a card full of daisies.

It was a big hit! The flowers were super easy to create using my Flower Patch stamp set and the matching Flower Fair framelits.

I even added some daisies to the back of the card. I think that there can't be many people who don't smile when they see daisies, they are such a cheerful flower.

So, what direction will this inspiration picture send you in?  I can't wait to see over at the Just Add Ink blog.

Bye for now,

Tina

World Map Birthday Card

Hi!

A bit of a break from the Christmas cards tonight.  Instead I have a card made for my uncle, who has done a bit of travelling lately.

I recently purchased the World Map stamp set, and this was my first play with it.  I stamped it on watercolour paper with Stazon ink and then watercoloured it.  I coloured the oceans in Marina Mist, trying to make it darker around the edges than the middle of the ocean.

For the land areas I coloured the whole thing first with Summer Starfruit and then coloured around the edges and anywhere else I thought should be green with Wild Wasabi.  I was going for an atlas looking map and I think I got pretty close!

I finished off the inside with the compass stamp from The Open Sea, a great companion set to the World Map!

Have a great week,

Bye for now,

Tina

Epic Day Male Card

Hi!

On Monday I showed you a card I'd made as a sample for a Masculine Cards class that I'd run recently.  Here is one of the other cards we made at that class.

This card showed a great way to use up the multitued of little scraps of patterned paper you always seem to end up with.  I just cut them to the same height and adhered them to a piece of backing cardstock. The widths don't matter, in fact I think different widths look better than uniform widths.

A bit tricky to see, but I scored some lines between the sentiment and the DSP panel.  Scor
ing is a great way to add some interest to a card.

We used the Soda Pop Tops (now retired) to add a feature to the card.  We stamped the compass from The Open Sea to go into the Soda Pop Top and then covered it with a layer of Crystal Effects.  In hindsight I would have stamped it in a darker ink.

Bye for now,

Tina

Epic Day Father's Day Card

Hi!

Today I have a card for you that I made for a party I did recently.  The request from the hostess was male cards, and as Father's Day was only a week away at that time I decided to do a Father's Day card with the group.

The card was CASEd from this card. I really loved the card, and it was easy to change it to be a Father's Day card.

Some of the Epic Day DSP that I punched with the Hexagon Punch wasn't quite grungy enough, so I stamped over the top with the medium splotches stamp from Gorgeous Grunge.

I don't have any Father's Day stamps except the one from Teeny Tiny Sentiments, which is cute but not the right look or size for this card. MDS to the rescue!  I searched the stamps in My Digital Studio and found the one I used.  I just sized it to requirements and printed it onto some Crumb Cake cardstock.  Easy!

Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, ABC-123 Sketch Alphabet and Numbers
Ink: Crumb Cake, Baked Brown Sugar
DSP/Cardstock: Epic Day DSP, Crumb Cake
Other: Hexagon Punch, Paper Snips, Sponge Daubers, Dimensionals, My Digital Studio

I'll be back later in the week with another Father's Day card.

Bye for now,

Tina

Epic Day This And That Journal: This Is 38

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I was pretty excited when Stampin' Up! released the Epic Day Smash Album.  I bought one as soon as I could, and then thought "OK, now what am I going to do with it?" There was a part of me thinking it was too pretty to use, but I squashed her back in her box.  I had a few ideas, but in the end I decided to use it as a kind of diary for a year of my life.

I sat down last week to decorate the front.  And then I got a blank. I ended up starting with the numbers.  I turned 38 last week, so it was a good starting point. I wanted them to stand out, so I covered them with some of the brighter paper from the Epic Day DSP pack.

I love the coordinating Hexagon punch for stress free creating! I simply punched a few, sponged them and adhered them onto the cover.  I had previously stamped Off The Grid over the cover, and also Flowering Flourishes.

I used Notable Alphabet to stamp the rest of the title. I chose the title "This Is 38" as I want this book to be a keepsake of my life this year, so my family can look back and know what I was like at 38.  I will aim to keep it about me - not the kids, not Rob, just me.  It will be a challenge, as most mums love talking about their kids and family!

This is the inside of the front cover.  I took a selfie photo on my birthday so when I print it, it will go here and I will write some bits about myself.  I'm really looking forward to completing this album all about me!

Bye for now,

Tina

Wildflower Meadow in Pool Party

Hi!

Wildflower Meadow and it's coordinating embossing folder weren't items from the new catalogue that initially got my attention.  Upon closer examination I realised just how versatile the pair could be.

For this card I kept the stamping and embossing fairly simple. Pool Party ink on Pool Party DSP gives a lovely, subtle background which I enhanced by embossing over the stamping.

Pearls for the centre of the flowers add a lovely finishing touch.

Bye for now,

Tina

Epic Day Washi Tape Birthday Card

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One of the products I was most excited about in the new catalogue was the washi tape.  I've seen lots of it used on cards and layouts on the internet but hadn't used any myself.  It's one of those things that I knew I'd love and become addicted to.  Now that Stampin' Up! have added it to their range I can indulge to my heart's desire.

This card was one I made for a few classes I ran last month.  I thought it was a great way to show how washi tape can be used on a card. I used the Epic Day Washi Tape with the Epic Day DSP.

I love the way the tape is translucent so you can see some of the DSP and stamping underneath the tape.

We used some more of the tape on the inside of the card.  It's such a cheap way to decorate a project.  For $8.95 you get 3 rolls of tape, each 4.6 meters long.  That's nearly 14 meters of tape!  I have the more feminine Gingham Garden Washi Tape on it's way to me and I can't wait to play with that too.

Stamps: Clockworks, Just Believe, French Foliage (retired), For My Family (retired)
Ink: Basic Grey
DSP/Cardstock: Epic Day This and That DSP, Very Vanilla, Basic Grey
Other: Epic Day This And That Designer Washi Tape

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI Scrapbooking Challenge #19: Just Add Monochrome

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It's the start of another month (we are past half way this year!!!) so it's time for another Just Add Ink Scrapbooking Challenge.

This month Ruthy has challenged us to go monochromatic on our layouts. In case you're not sure, this means that you need to stick to one colour on your layout.  You can use shades of that colour, but it needs to be predominantly one colour. I chose Pool Party for my colour.

I've had this photo on my desk for months waiting to be scrapped, and this was the perfect opportunity.  Black and white photos are great for monochromatic layouts as they can look more dramatic on the page. Doesn't it look like Rob and Hudson are sharing a joke?

The base page was a sheet of DSP from the Epic Day pack.  It has the distressing around the edge already so I used some Linen Thread to create the bunting as it matched the colour of the distressing.

The journalling was hidden on a tag under the main photo. I used the new This and That Rotary Stamp to add the date to the tag - it's a great stamp for your scrapbooking.

I used the smile stamp from the Happy Day stamp set as the main title of my page.  I liked how the DSP had lots of descriptive words printed on it, so I picked some of the most appropriate words and outlined them with my Pool Party marker.

Stamps: Happy Day, Itty Bitty Sentiments, Remember This And That Rotary Stamp
Ink: Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Basic Grey
DSP/Cardstock: This And That Epic Day DSP, Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Other: Big Shot, Two Tags Bigz Die (retired), Mini Library Clips (retired), Linen Thread, Pool Party Brads (retired), Pool Party Button (retired SAB), Ticket Duo Punch, Small Oval Punch (retired), Dimensionals, Stapler

I hope you can play along with us this month at Just Add Ink.  What colour will you choose?

Bye for now,

Tina