JAI 614: Just Add Under The Sea

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink Challenge. This week Kerry has suggested a cracker of a theme!

Under the sea! What comes to your mind when you hear 'under the sea'? For me, it's a song that I sang many, many years ago in my primary school choir. Luckily, I had the perfect stamp set to go with the memories!

These stamps are from a Kindred Stamps set, called Top Of The Charts. I had a fun time colouring these four rockers, singing along as I did.

The background was paper from the Whale Of A Time pack - isn't it the perfect choice? Love it! I pulled out my old typewriter to create the sentiment for my card.

A huge thanks to my friend, Caroline, who stamped the octopus from Sea Of Textures for the inside of my card, so that I could finish my card off on theme. In case you're thinking that the lyrics are wrong - this is how the final chorus ends. 😊

That's all from me for tonight, but jump on over to the Just Add Ink blog to see the rest of this week's Design Team cards. I hope your mind is full of ideas. I can't wait to see your card!

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 314: Favourite Retiring Punch

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Welcome back to me log for the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. Do you like CASEing projects from Stampin' Up! catalogues? If so, this is the challenge for you! Each week we are set a challenge to CASE some aspect of the catalogue. This week we are farewelling our Favourite Retiring Punch.

I had a hard time choosing  a punch this week, but I ended up going for my 2" Circle punch. It's one that I use a lot, and will stay in my collection even though it's retiring from the SU range. It's a convenient punch to own!

Flipping through the catalogue, I found the High Tide card above that uses circles so nicely! I love how different parts of the scene are in the different circles. I found a few images from the retiring stamp set, Seaside View, floating around on my stamp desk, so I decided to see how they'd go using the technique.

I started by colouring the whole image with my Stampin' Blends. I then took my 2"Circle punch and cropped the middle section of the image. I then used the same punch to crop the rest of the image on both sides of the middle These were then layered over layers of Grey Granite and Basic Black cardstock cropped using my Stitched Nested Labels Dies, which are also retiring.

Here you can see how I popped the middle circle up on Dimensionals, while the two outside pieces are flat. Another retiring punch, Classic Label, cropped the sentiment from the retiring Seaside Notions stamp set. The final piece of the card was the DSP from the Whale Of A Time pack which, you guessed it, is also retiring.

For the inside, I sponged a little Pacific Point ink into the corner and then layered another image from the Seaside View set over the top. I didn't stamp a sentiment on the inside, as I think the card is more versatile without an inside sentiment. It could be a retirement card, birthday card, or just a congrats card as it is.

That's all from me tonight, but the fun is just starting for you. Which retiring punch is your favourite? Is there one that you can't bear to let go of? We'd love to see the card you make using it. Just add your photo to our Facebook group before next Sunday night and you're all set!

In the meantime, though, please do continue on with the Blog Hop, as there's still lots to see. Next up is the lovely and talented Julia. She's got a pair of super sweet cards for you.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC #295: CASE The Inside AC Cover

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Thanks for joining me on a hot and thundery Sunday evening for the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. Was it hot and thundery where you were? It certainly was here in Adelaide!

This week for our challenge, we are CASEing these In Colour cards from the inside cover and page 1 of the Annual Catalogue. 

I quite liked the split in this card, with the sentiment stamped in the gap, so that's what I took from the sample card to make mine.

I've only recently purchased the Whale Of A Time DSP, so this was a good excuse to play with it again.I chose the seahorse paper, as it was a pretty, all-over pattern like the floral on the original card. However, I decided to split my paper horizontally rather than on the diagonal. I adhered the DSP to some pieces of Thick Whisper White, leaving a small border as there was a similar border on the original.

The sentiment from Seaside Notions was heat embossed in White on the card base. I felt that the card was too plain, so I also heat embossed a seahorse from the same stamp set on Watercolour Paper and coloured it with Just Jade ink.

I used the left over piece of DSP on the inside of the card. I normally wouldn't use such a big piece, but I didn't want to lose the Seahorses by cutting it in half. I will just have to write my message a little smaller!

We'd love to see which of the five cards inspires you to CASE it. Will you CASE the whole card, or just elements of it? When you've made your card, please post it in our Facebook group. We'd all love to see it.

For now though, please do continue on with the Blog Hop. Next up is my lovely friend, Rachel. Her lovely projects are what convinced me that I had to have the Whale Of A Time DSP!

Bye for now,

Tina

AWH Creative Showcase: 5 Supplies

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Thanks for joining me for the November Art With Heart Creative Showcase. This month we have been challenged to make a project using only 5 supplies. We decided that things like adhesives, snips, clear blocks, trimmers, etc did not count in our limit, but other things like DSP, ink, stamp sets, etc do count!

I decided to use the opportunity to crack open one of the DSP packs that I purchased in the recent DSP sale - Whale Of A Time DSP. I was really attracted to the scenes in the DSP, so that's the direction I went on my card. I actually came in 'under budget' on my supply list - I only used 4! They were the Whale Of A Time DSP, Thick Whisper White cardstock, Seaside Notions and my Pacific Point ink pad.

I started by trimming the DSP to size and adhering it to a Thick WW card base. I trimmed an inch off either side of the DSP, as I wanted the beam of light at the top of the paper to stay in the middle of the card. Normally, I'd use a darker card base that coordinated with the DSP, but that would have been an extra item on my 5 supplies list. By making the DSP edge to edge, it doesn't matter what colour the base is!

The fish were roughly cut from another sheet of the DSP and glued to some scraps of Thick WW, before being fussy cut and popped up on the front. I had planned to stamp the sentiments on WW, but they would have been a bit too glaring white. Instead, I stamped them on the water section of one of the pieces cropped from the sides of the DSP I used on the front. This way, they match perfectly! So that they matched the fish with the darker blue border, I glued the fussy cut sentiments to the dark blue part of the DSP that the fish came from. It's the sheet with the fish swimming around the edge. I then fussy cut them again to give the blue border.

Before I move on - did you catch the pun in the sentiment? Birthday 'fishes' to you! LOL!

I had one last strip of DSP that I trimmed from the piece I used on the front of the card. I cut it in half and adhered one piece on either side of the inside, with a piece of Thick WW adhered over the top. It's a cool way to use a scrap, don't you think? I couldn't resist adding another little fishie!

It was a bit harder than I thought, making a card with limited supplies! I tend to make things up as I go along, but limited supplies requires a little more planning and thought. It was certainly fun to try though. I hope you're keen to see what the rest of the ladies participating in the Creative Showcase tonight have made. Pop on over to Rachel's blog, where you'll find the rest of this month's links.

Bye for now,

Tina