JAI 589: Just Add Minimalist

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Welcome back to another Just Add Ink challenge. It's a bit trickier this week! Kelly has challenged us to be Minimalist with our card making this week!

There's a few different ways that you can approach Minimalist art, but I liked the idea of using the fewest details possible to 'tell the story'. I had the perfect stamp set in my collection - Eat Your Heart Out from Ink Road Stamps.

If you're a fan of this movie, you know who the characters are, just by the hair styles. See - I just need one detail to paint the picture. The text is hopefully superfluous, but it's there anyway.

Not adding any extra bits and pieces was one of the hardest things to do!

Classic line from a classic character!

Is you mind spinning over how to make a Minimalist card? Keep in mind that it's different from CAS. TO see what the rest of the Design Team have made, pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog. You can also link up your card where you're ready. See you there!

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Pear Pizzazz

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Hello, and welcome to Pear Pizzazz week of the Colour Creations blog hops. Pear Pizzazz is in the Subtle Family collection and is a bit of a so-so green. I don't love it, but I don't hate it, either. 

I decided to pull out my Plentiful Plants bundle to play with, and to use some of the plant stamps that hadn't seen ink yet. I paired it with Sweet Strawberry for the sentiments and the Stitched Greenery Die for the background.

I don't know what this plant is called in real life, but in my head it's become the Brian May plant. It reminds me so much of his hair, and that's all I can see now!

I actually created the inside of the card before I'd finished the front. In hindsight, I wish I'd stamped the Brian May plant again on the Whisper White base, as I did on the front, to extend the height of the plant. Next time!

Speaking of next, the next stop in our Blog Hop belongs to Michele Taylor. Jump on over to her blog to see what is sure to be a fabulous card.

And don't forget that Cathy Proctor is here to save the day if you run into any problems. She's got a list of all participants in case of an emergency 😉

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 354: Abstract Beauty Suite

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Hooray, it's time once again for the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. This week we have returned to the Mini Catalogue and are asking you to CASE a project from the Abstract Beauty Suite pages of the catalogue.

At the time I made my card I was waiting for the dies to arrive, so instead of waiting I decided to choose a card that didn't use the dies. I settled on the card below.

I really liked the strong diagonal line in this card, with the busier DSP at the bottom of the card. I didn't want to make a small card, so I had to translate the idea to a regular sized card. I also thought that it's been while since I've used my Sweet As A Peach stamp set (other than for the sentiments), so that's what I decided to use.

I chose my DSP for this card based on the original card - I tried to get a plainer pattern on top, with the busier pattern at the bottom. I used some retired ribbon to hide the join. A few rhinestones were added instead of the hearts on the original card.

I stamped the peaches using both Pale Papaya and Calypso Coral ink. I inked the whole stamp with Papaya ink and then sponged some Coral ink along the sides. It's subtle, but I was pleased with the effect!

The DSP panel I created for the front of the card was actually full sized before I cropped it. As you can see, I've used the left over frame on the inside of the card, along with another stamped peach.

It's very easy to join in with our challenge, you just need to upload a photo of your card into our Facebook Group. We'd love for you to play along.

But before you dash off, please do continue your way around our blog hop. The next stop is the very clever Julia Quinn, who has a sweet fancy fold card for you to see.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 588: Just Add Colour

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Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink Challenge. It's a Colour Challenge this week, suggested to us by Jan.

I really love the richer colours in this combo - don't you? When I think of Jade I think of lucky dragons, and so I decided to pull out my Uniquely Creative Lucky You stamp set and dies for my card.

There are lots of layers in this card! The bottom Misty Moonlight layer is DSP from the Pattern Party Host pack. The next DSP layer is Just Jade from the In Colour DSP pack. The sentiment strip is cut using a Suit & Tie Die. I added the Magenta Madness banner as I felt the top corner was a bit too empty.

My dragon was coloured using my Stampin' Blends in the three challenge colours, plus a little touch of Bronze. 

I stamped the dragon again on the inside in Just Jade, alongside a sentiment from Sweet As A Peach.

We'd love to see what you do with this week's colours - they really are a fabulous combo. When you've made your card, just pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog where you can add it to the challenge. Don't forget to check out the rest of the Design Team's cards, too.

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Pacific Point

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It's Wednesday, which is not only hump-day but also Colour Creations Day. I know which one sounds nicer! This week we are looking at Pacific Point, a nice, vibrant blue from the Brights colour family.

I decided to make a masculine card using Pacific Point this week. Nice and simple, no fuss, flowers or frills! The woodgrain DSP is from the Brights DSP pack, but I think it's from a retired pack.

I was watching the Fourth Ashes Test while I was making this card, so I decided to colour each of the polka dots in the Pattern Party DSP using my Pacific Point Stampin' Write Marker. You can see that I wasn't precise in my colouring, but that's the look I was going for.

Another little strip of the DSP was used to finish off the inside.

Thanks for stopping by, but please do continue your way around our Blog Hop tonight. The next stop is the wonderful Kate Morgan. I wonder what she's done with this bright blue?

As always, the equally wonderful Catherine Proctor keeps us all organised, so if you have a problem with a broken link, just pop on over to her blog. You'll find a list of all participants there.

Bye for now,

Tina

Just Us Girls 616

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I thought I'd have another go at the Just Us Girls challenge. This week it's a snowman photo. Hmm. A bit hard to get into that groove when it's been 30°C and humid for most of the week here in South Australia. But a snowman is just a shaped lump of ice, right? The only shaped lump of ice I want in summer is an icy pole! Or a popsicle, for the Americans reading my blog.

I used the same colour combo - Pool Party, Real Red and Smokey Slate - on my card. The icy poles are from the Sweet Ice Cream stamp set, as are the sentiments.

The paper is from the SAB DSP, Sunshine & Rainbows. I've used a side that's more neutral for this card.

Another icy pole finishes off the inside, and now I'm off to raid the freezer to see if I can dig one up to cool me down!

Bye for now,

Tina

Freshly Made Sketches 519

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Just a quick post today as I squeeze in at the last minute for the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

An interesting sketch indeed! I had coloured some WaffleFlower Tooth Fairy images using Copic markers a while ago, so I decided to use one on my card today.

The DSP in the background is JJ's Rainbows DSP, cropped with a Stitched Rectangles Die and adhered to a Gold Foil card base.

Another Stitched Rectangle was used for the sentiment panel. I know the sketch is a square, but the rectangle worked better for me. You can't see in the photo, but the wings, stars, moon and clouds all have a swish of Wink Of Stella. The sentiment is from the retired Ribbon Of Courage stamp set.

A fairy needs a fairy door, right? I left the inside blank of a sentiment so that the card could be used for a variety of reasons.

Bye for now,

Tina