Just Add Ink #210: Just Add Easter Boxes, Bags and Baskets

Hi!

I'm a bit excited about today.  As well as being Friday, it's the last day of school for the term.  Yay!  I love the school holidays as we tend to spend a lot of time chilling at home.  After an 11 week term, the kids and I are well and truly ready for a break!  Before that though, it's time for another Just Add Ink Challenge.

This week Kim has challenged us to make an Easter Box, Bag or Basket.  I'm a bit partial to my 3D items, so I had a blast with this challenge.

I found the template for this cute little Easter Box on Kate Morgan's blog.  It's such a fabulous tutorial.

Once the box is sealed up, you open it up by pulling on the tab at the back.

Hopefully you can see the perforations around the top of the box, made using the Perforating Blade for the Trimmer.

I hope you have fun playing along with us this week at Just Add Ink. Will you make a box, bag or basket?

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #169: Just Add Inspiration

Hi!

It's the end of a rather wet week in Adelaide, and therefore time for another Just Add Ink challenge.

This week Delys has challenged us to use this picture to inspire our projects.

Isn't it a great picture? The Design Team have come up with lots of different ways to interpret it.  After a few failed attempts at getting the colour gradient effect with a brayer I abandoned the idea and instead went with some simple colour blocking.

I tried to go with the layers of colour in the top half of the photo. I used Pool Party, Calypso Coral and Island Indigo. As you can see I framed the sentiment in the bold black.

It's probably a bit hard to see in the photo, but the whole colour blocked panel is raised up from the base card, where I stamped the sentiment. It's a great way to give a bit more emphasis to the sentiment.

Stamps: Feel Goods
Ink: Island Indigo
Cardstock: Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Basic Black, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Window Frames Framelits, Dimensionals

How will this picture inspire you?  See you over at Just Add Ink!

Bye for now,

Tina

Two By Two

Hi!

Is colouring stamped images something you enjoy doing? I certainly do, and find it very relaxing.  Last week my 2 eldest children had a friend each to sleep over at our house, and so while they were watching a movie together I sat at the kitchen table with my markers and blender pen and coloured this cute Noah's Ark image.

Isn't it a gorgeous image?  It's the new Two By Two stamp and is found in the Annual Catalogue.  As soon as I saw it I just HAD to have it!  The image sat coloured on my desk for a week before I turned it onto a card.

I used my new Window Frame Framelits to cut out the image and the matt, and also my new paper piercing tools to help create the faux stitching around the image and outside of the card.

Some embossed polka dots on the inside to match the outside.  I don't have anyone to give this card to just yet, so it will just have to wait in my stash for a special occasion.

Stamps: Two By Two, A Word For You
Ink: Black Stazon, Chocolate Chip, Pacific Point, Marina Mist, So Saffron, More Mustard, Soft Suede, Basic Grey, Daffodil Delight, Rose Red, White Signo Gel Pen
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Whisper White, Watercolour Paper
Other: Big Shot, Window Frames Framelits, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Basic Jewels Rhinestones, Paper Piercer, Mat and Templates, Chocolate Chip Scallop Edge Ribbon, Dimensionals, Blender Pen

Bye for now,

Tina

Just Add Ink #136: Just Add Kids!

Hi!

It's Friday!!!!  Delys has come up with a fab challenge for us at Just Add Ink this week - Just Add Kids!  It's especially good timing for myself and Christine, as our youngest boys both had birthdays this week so we were able to kill two birds with the one stone.  Brilliant!

My little man Hudson is severely vision impaired and so I incorporated a lot of textures and contrasts into this card for him.  Basic Black and Daffodil Delight provide a strong contrast in colour for him. The bottom Daffodil layer has been embossed using the Chevron embossing folder for a bit of texture.  The 5 is cut from chipboard so it is raised from the card.  I painted it with crackle paint for a bit of added texture for his little fingers to find!

I pierced around the two Window Frame Framelits, although in hindsight I should have pierced from the back so he could feel the bumps more.  The truck is in two layers, popped up on Dimensionals, and the wheels have been covered in Crystal Effects for a bit more texture.  The card took a long time to make, but I'm very pleased with the outcome!

Another truck on the inside.  Yellow doesn't have much contrast on white, so I stuck with black and white for the inside.

I hope you can play along with us at Just Add Ink this week.  If you don't have a kid's birthday coming up, make a card anyway - they're always handy cards to have in the stash for when your children forget to give you the birthday invitation until the night before the party (or even worse, on the day of the party!).

Stamps: I Dig You, Happiest Birthday Wishes (retired Hostess), It's Your Day (retired)
Ink: Black Stazon, Daffodil Delight
DSP/Cardstock: Polka Dot Parade DSP, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Chevron Embossing Folder, Window Frames Framelits, Typeset Alphabet Dies, Piercing Tool, Piercing Mat, Festive Paper Piercing Pack, Paper Snips, Dimensionals, Crystal Effects, Crackle Paint (non SU)

Bye for now,

Tina