JAI 638: Just Choose Two

 Hi!

Welcome back to my blog for the new Just Add Ink challenge. I love Fridays and the new challenge! This week Di has challenged us to a Choose Two project.

The choices are Candles, Cake or Celebration. As soon as I saw this challenge, I knew the exact stamp I wanted to use - the 'CEL-E-BRATE' stamp I used for my background. It's from a retired Kindred Stamps set, called Time Traveller.

I stamped it down my card using my Stamparatus and the step-stamping technique. The celebrate die cut is from a retired Stampin' Up! die set, called Celebrate You. I was so excited about the 'celebrate' elements of my card, I nearly forgot to choose the second. A few candles, from Ink Road Stamp's Belated stamp set, fit the bill!

My robot (hopefully you can hear him saying celebrate in his particular voice!), is from another Kindred Stamps set, called It's About Time. I struggled with which colours to use on him, but finally settled on red and grey.

I decided to go with another villain from the series on the inside, despite this image not looking very villainous! She goes well with the sentiment, and both are from the Time Traveler set. I'm sure the someone who loves this fandom will love the card!

That's all from me for this week's challenge, but your job is just beginning! Jump on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find lots more inspiration from the Design Team. Then you can choose your two elements, and get stamping! Link your card over on the JAI blog when you're done. 

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #417: Just Add T

Hi!

Hooray for Friday - it's challenge time!

This week at Just Add Ink it's one of my alphabet challenges, and the letter T has been chosen.

I actually made this card a few months ago when I received a new Kindred stamp set called Time Traveller. My husband and kids are big fans of this show, so I just had to buy the stamp set. I'm not such a huge fan, but it is a show I enjoy watching when Rob puts it on. I certainly loved watching it as a kid!

How cool is the background on this card? I love how, if you squint a little, it could represent the phone box flying through time and space. I used some retired Year Of Cheer SDSP, which I found on my desk while tidying up. It was the perfect size for the card. After trimming the piece to go under the phone box, I took the remaining piece and rubbed my Night Of Navy ink pad all over it. I used a tissue to wipe the ink from the embossed areas and then repeated until I got the depth of colour I was after. I love that some bits are still a bit splotchy - it adds to the time/space feel.

The colouring on the blue phone box was inspired by this stunning card. I loved the dimension she achieved, so I hoped to emulate it, and I was pleased with my efforts. I used the following Blends: Night Of Navy (Light and Dark), Daffodil Delight (Light and Dark) and Pumpkin Pie (Light). I still need practice on the smaller sections, but overall not too bad!

I made the claim on the outside that the card was bigger on the inside, so I had to follow through! I made it bigger by adding a pop up element. I simply cut an extra strip to add to the back of the center robot so that it pops up when the card is opened. The other two were adhered flat to the card base. The three were coloured with the following Blends: Smoky Slate (Light and Dark), Bronze and Ivory.

So, there you have it - my Telephone box card for our Just Add T challenge. You can find out what T elements the rest of the team have used over at the Just Add Ink blog. It's a fun week to get involved!

Bye for now,

Tina