JAI 670: Just Add Wildlife

 Hi!

Welcome to the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have a theme challenge for you, suggested to us by Fiona. She's like us to Just Add Wildlife to our cards this week.

I was a bit stumped for a while, but then my new pack of Beary Christmas DSP arrived, and I was back on track! I instantly loved the sheet of paper that has the full page scene of the polar bears on icebergs - the challenge was how to make it work on a card without chopping the bears in half or wasting too much. I think I succeeded!

I loved this polar bear straight away, sitting on the ice and gazing at the sky. He was a great choice for the front of the card.

To give him something a little more exciting than just the sky to gaze at, I used my Tim Holtz Moon Masks to create a moon for him. The sentiment is a partial image from another new purchase, the Joy To You stamp set from the new Mini Catalogue. I think it works brilliantly with the scene that I created.

Below the polar bear on the front was this little grouping. It's so sweet! I fussy cut around the family and then lightly inked the cardstock underneath, before gluing it over the top. I don't like wasting anything, so this was a great choice for the inside of my card.

What do you think of when you see 'wildlife'? You can see what the Design Team have made over on the Just Add Ink blog, where you can also link up your card for the challenge. I'm keen o see what you make!

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 627: Just Choose Two

 Hi!

Yay! Friday means that it's time for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week it's a Choose Two challenge, and I was the one who suggested the three options.

You can choose two of day, night or silhouette to add to your card. Which two will you choose? I went for night and silhouette.

My card is a tri-fold opening card. I cropped the front window using my Stitched Rectangle Dies, added two thin strips of cardstock to create the window panes, and then added another cropped black panel to the back to hide the ends of the strips. The black cat silhouette was adhered, and then a window sill, cut using the Hearth & Home Framelits, was adhered over the top. I'd heat embossed the sentiment, from Bedtime Story by Clearly besotted, on the piece first.

On the next section, you can see the scene I created for the cat to gaze at. I started by stamping the Lovely As A Tree large tree at the bottom, making sure that it came up high enough to overlap the moon. The moon is from the Tim Holtz Moon Mask pack. I laid the solid mask over the stamped card, used a Blending Brush to apply some Balmy Blue ink, and then went around the edges with some Night Of Navy ink. I then splattered some Frost White Shimmer Paint over the top. Once it was dry I laid the detail mask over the moon and blended some Sahara Sand ink over the top. The moon really looks like it's glowing!

Another cat silhouette and sentiment from Bedtime Story finished off the inside of the card.

Which two will you choose to go on your card this week? I think that day and night would be tricky, but I'd love to see it done. Maybe it will be your card! You can see the rest of this week's Design Team cards over on the Just Add Ink blog. You can also link up your card for the challenge there. I can't wait to see what you make.

Bye for now,

Tina