It's here!!Yay!! The first week of Spring has arrived with a couple of truly gorgeous and sunny days. It is so lovely to wake up to sunshine even though it's been a little cooler today. The promise of a long hot summer ahead is sounding good - apparently this has been Melbourne's coldest Winter in 26 years so no wonder we've been complaining lol!
And we have a new challenge for you at Just Add Ink. This week Nikki has suggested these fantastic photos for us to use as inspiration. Our talented Team have created truly wonderful cards to inspire you this week so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and see.
A floral sea of colour - exactly what we have to look forward to seeing in Spring and then Summer :-)
The smaller picture with it's layered beauties is what first jumped out at me and decided the stamp set I would use. What is the first thing that you see in these photos? With this challenge you can take as much as you like from them :-)
I started by water colouring the peonies in both Crushed Curry and Calypso Coral inks using an Aqua Painter on the Shimmery White Card stock. Its hard to see but the shimmer is quite gorgeous in real life. I used the same card for the top layer using So Saffron ink stamped off once to create a simple background and fill in the "sea" as per the photo.
Card stock: Calypso coral, Blackberry Bliss, Shimmery White, Gold Foil
Designer Series Paper: Moonlight Stack (Retired)
Inks: Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, Garden Green, So Saffron, Stazon Black
Stamps: You've Got This, Tin of Cards
Accessories: Big Shot, Triple Banner Punch, Basic Rhinestones
Non Stampin Up : Stitched Fishtail Dynamics Dies (MFT)
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment and pop on over to Just Add Ink and see the fabulous creations the Team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you create with these photos too!
Happy stamping until next time,
Jan
I love those beautiful popped up blooms Jan. Such a pretty use of the inspiration...Really lovely! xx
ReplyDeleteThank ou so much Nikki :-)
DeleteJan I love your idea of highlighting a couple of blooms above a field of flowers. Your colouring is beautiful I love how intense they are! x
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Kim :-) The thick card stock makes vibrancy easier as of course it takes more water to dilute the colours - all trial and often errors for me x
DeleteVery lovely Jan! Spring inspired. Here we are still in (late) summer and it has actually been too hot and too humid lately but we are not complaining and not thinking of the snow in a few months!
ReplyDeleteYour flowers really pop on the background. TFS
Hi there Louise - you have such fantastic extremes of weather :-) I hope you are enjoying the autumnal colour changes and that Rusty is doing well too. Sally certainly has a real Spring in her step of late and has already started her sun baking whenever she can. Take care xo
DeleteThis is just gorgeous Jan! Great use of the inspiration piece, your flowers are beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteThank you xo much Jodene!
DeleteCanberra had it's coldest Winter in 15 years, and the wettest in 10! I'm so glad to have warmer days.
ReplyDeleteTotally beautiful card, Jan. As always! Love those two big blooms. xxx
Cold AND wet records - not fun at all :-( Of the 4 times I've been to Canberra the first 2 were in Winter and decided never again....of course the next time there was a 4 day 40 plus heatwave - serves me right lol! Am sure Spring will be gorgeous - and thank you xxx
DeleteJan, those flowers are beautiful and love how you stamped them in the background too, that's such a cool idea!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Shona :-)
ReplyDeleteLovely card Jan! Love the way you used the flower to create your own background/dsp. It looks gorgeous & perfectly sets off those lovely flowers. Love the stitched banner. -Katerina
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