Wednesday 18 December 2013

Summer Birthday and JAI #195

These last couple of weeks I have been focused on finsihing Christmas cards and have missed being able to take part in many card Challenges! But they are all done now - all 57 of them, phew! So now it's time for a card inspired by the Colour Challenge this week at Just Add Ink.


My first challenge was that I don't actually have any Soft Sky or Blushing Bride in ink or card stock - so I have used Pool Party instead of the Sky :-) 
And here too is a first look at some of the upcoming Salebration free items!!


The card base is Whisper White, the next layer of white is stamped with Positively Chevron in Calypso Coral ink and then partially covered with the same colour card using the Decorative Dots EF. This is then added with some dimensionals to the Pool Party layer.



The greeting is from the fun Saleabration set See Ya Later and is cut out and layered using the Oval Framelits. The butterflies are from the familiar Papillon Potpourri set and the button is made from Simply Pressed Clay using the button molds filled with Dazzling Diamonds.

Card Stock: Whisper White, Calypso Coral So Safron, Pool Party
Ink: Calypso Coral, Pool Party, So Safron
Stamps: See Ya Later *, Papillon Potpourri, Positively Chevron
Accessories: Big Shot, Oval Framelits, Decorative Dots EF*, Elegant and Bitty Butterfly punches, Basic Rhinestones, Simply Pressed Clay, Bakers Twine

* Saleabration item

So fabulous to have all the Christmas cards done in time for posting (via the Post office ) and look forward to sharing in some more challenges soon.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan 







15 comments:

  1. You did very well with using Pool Party - I must admit I had to go looking at what colours I had too and used my Stampin' Markers to get the desired colour pallete! I love the chevron up the side and the twine with the button and using the butterflies added a soft touch. A beautiful card Jan. Thank you for playing along with us at Just Add Ink. Louise xx

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    1. Thank you so much Louise :-) it's always fun to play along with the great team at JAI

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  2. Such a beautiful, bright, happy card Jan! Thanks for playing along with us at Just Add Ink this week.

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  3. This is a fabulous card Jan. Love your mix of dotty embossing, chevrons and butterflies. You did a great job working with limited supplies. Thanks for joining us at Just Add Ink this week.

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    1. Thanks so much Kim :-) yes, it was a bit tricky without 2 of the colours! But am glad I gave it a go

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  4. Love the bold use of the colours Jan! Such a bright & cheery card. Thanks for playing at Just Add Ink.

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  5. What a great card Jan! You may not have had every colour, but you made up for it with the sneak peek of many other NEW products, lol
    Thanks for playing at JAI

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    1. Thank you so much Paula :-) always fun to play with new things :-)

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  6. A big thank you to all the Team at JAI for the Honourable Mention this week!! You are all so encouraging, thank you!

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  7. Wow!!! This card spells summer!! Bright and fun!!! Love it, Jan!!! And that embossing folder sure looks cool!! -Katerina

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    1. Thank you so much Katerina! I 'm so glad you like the sneak peaks too :-)

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