A Beautiful Ride in Red

Hi!

I recently purchased the It's My Party DSP Stack. There a lots of bright colours and patterns in the DSP - perfect for happy, celebratory cards. Many of this flip sides have more subdued patterns though, and it's some of these subdued patterns I've used today on my card.

This card took a while to come together. I originally had it in a landscape orientation with the car looking like it was 'driving' along the Basic Black strip. It just wasn't working though. Rob had the idea of switching the orientation to portrait, which I obviously thought worked much better.

The VW was stamped and watercoloured on Shimmer Paper. It's really pretty paper, and handles the water very well. I used Real Red on the car, with a Soft Sky wash over the windows and Sahara Sand on the tires and metal bits of the car.

I used a second strip of the Basic Black DSP in the middle, with another Real Red banner.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #300: Just Add A Sketch

Hi!

WOW, what an exciting milestone for Just Add Ink - this week marks our 300th Challenge. So many fabulous cards, Design Team members, and most importantly - you, the challenge entrants! We wouldn't have made it this far without the gorgeous cards you enter into our challenge week after week, so thank you.

As an extra special thank you, we are giving away some prizes to the people who are voted our Winner and two Honorable Mentions. Make sure you read the rules carefully on the Just Add Ink blog to ensure you are eligible for the prizes.

So, let's get to the challenge! This week Kim has designed a sketch for us all to interpret how we will.

I quite enjoyed this sketch, and thought the bold stripe across the bottom was the perfect opportunity to break out some of my new Sale-A-Bration Glitter Tape. It's so cool - all the fun of glitter without the mess!

I did stuff up a little and put the banner the wrong way around on my card. Whoops! Just goes to show that I should refer to the sketch while I'm creating and not after!

The balloons and sentiment are from a new Occasions Catalogue stamp set called Balloon Celebration. The matching punch is super cool and makes cropping the balloon shapes super easy.

Well, there you have it, my card in the 300th Challenge. I just had a quick look at my computer archives and I think I started on the Design Team way back in late 2012, at around the 144th challenge. I can't believe it's been that long! Time certainly does fly when you're having fun.

See you over at Just Add Ink.

Bye for now,

Tina

PLxSU: January 2016

Hi!

Are you a Project Lifer? Have you heard about it, but not sure what it is? Are you wanting to know what all the fuss is about? Why don't you come along to one of my new Project Life by Stampin' Up! classes and find out all about it? For the past few years I have been completing a double page layout each month that is a look into the everyday things we did that month.

Now I really should confess that I often don't complete my pages in a timely manner - in fact I only finished 2014 over the weekend! I haven't even started 2015 yet, although I have sorted the photos ready to print. Does this sound like you? If so, my monthly class is perfect for you. Each month we will complete the previous month's layout. I ran the first class yesterday, where we completed January's double page.

It really is so easy - choose 10-14 photos, print them (you can do this for a small fee at the class), pop them in the pockets and then complete a title and journalling card.  Done! The actual scrapbooking isn't the difficult part at all, the hard part is often making the time to do it. Another reason why my class is a great solution - by having a set time each month to get it done, it will be easy to keep on top of it and stay up to date. Plus, you get to make a mess at my house, and not yours!

You can find more information about the classes here, which just takes you to the Project Life tab at the top of my blog. If you're super keen, but the times I have listed don't suit please get in touch, as I'm sure I can come up with a solution.

Bye for now,

Tina

Watercolour Wings On A Brick Wall

Hi!

Today's card is an older one that's been sitting patiently in my "To Blog" file on my computer waiting for it's own blog post. I've been doing a fair bit of Project Life scrapbooking lately and haven't made many cards, so this card is getting it's turn today.

I'm pretty sure this card was a CASE of some sort. I don't think I copied directly, more made this using another card as inspiration, but I really can't recall. Do you think I can find the card I CASEd though? Sigh. If you think it's yours, please let me know so I can give credit.

The Crumb Cake background was embossed with the Brick Wall TIEF and then lightly sponged in Crumb Cake ink to give the bricks a bit of definition. The ferns were then stamped over the top. The smaller butterfly was cut from Silver Foil paper - so pretty!

The inside, as usual, got a similar treatment as the outside. I think it's so important to 'do' the inside as well as the outside - it really is a lovely finishing touch to a card.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI #299: Just Add Inspiration

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Oh my! I just realised that Just Add Ink is only one challenge away from our 300th challenge! How exciting! But first we have our 299th challenge, which is a gorgeous Inspiration photo chosen by Jan.

Mmmmm, don't those drinks look amazingly yummy? They look like they'd be very refreshing on a hot summer day. My first thoughts when looking at the picture were vellum and a watercolour wash, so that's what I went with for my card.

I selected one of the UV Resist cards from the Memories In The Making Project Life Collection, which is a Sale-A-Bration choice. The little tear droppish shapes reminded me of watermelon pips, so I thought it worked well with the inspiration photo. I used Watermelon Wonder ink and an Aqua Painter to create the wash background.

This was the Valentine's card I made for Rob. He hadn't seen the inspiration photo, but when I gave it to him he said that it made him think of watermelon and Dr Who. I was pleased he said watermelon, but then my brain registered the Dr Who bit. Huh? He explained that the early TARDIS had a circular motif on the walls! I used the Large Polka Dot TIEF on my background. It's funny how these things work out!

I don't often make Valentine's cards, as it's not something Rob and I celebrate. I was pleased to note that Rob had it on his bedside table, so he obviously liked getting it!

What inspiration do you take from the photo? The Design Team had a lot of fun with it. You can see their work on the JAI Blog.  I hope you can share your card with us at Just Add Ink.

Bye for now,

Tina

A Nice Cuppa CASE

Hi!

Today's card is a CASE of this card by Patsy Waggoner.

I loved Patsy's card, but as this was for a class, I also wanted to showcase the coordinating Have A Cuppa DSP Stack. Hence, I changed all the colours to suit the DSP, but kept most of the layout elements the same as Patsy's card.

Here's I've use Bermuda Bay, Wisteria Wonder and Melon Mambo on Whisper White. The sentiment is from Sky Is The Limit, which retired from the SAB line up on Monday.

I finished my card off with another teacup on the inside.  I like the way the DSP heart ties it in with the front of the card, plus it's just a bit cute.

Bye for now,

Tina

Perfectly Artistic Large Numbers

Hi!

Just popping by to remind you that three of the current Sale-A-Bration items will no longer be available after today.You'll find them at the back of the SAB catalogue - Sky Is The Limit, Hello, and the Perfectly Artistic DSP. As you can probably tell from the blog post heading, today's card features the Perfectly Artistic DSP.

I really like that the DSP has two different patterns - a marbled look and a water colour look. On this card I used the Melon Mambo water colour pattern. I love that it has subtle (and not so subtle in places) variations in colour.

I've paired it with some Newsprint DSP, which I've stamped on using the flower stamps from the Number Of Years stamp set. Stamping on DSP gives a great effect, I really should do it more often!

Here on the inside is the only thing I'd change about this card. I think I stamped the 'Happy' and 'Birthday' too far apart.  What do you think?

Bye for now,

Tina