Sprinkles of Life JAI #290

It's Friday and the week has really flown by!! There has been some very hot weather, and some very cold….visiting family from Queensland and thankfully, Sally is now back on all 4 legs and doing all she should. The veggie garden is also doing really well - the first of the cucumber are nearly ready and the tomatoes won't be long behind them  :-)

And Friday means it's time for a brand new challenge at Just Add Ink. And this week it's a colour challenge suggested by me! The lovely ladies that make up our fabulous Team have created really beautiful projects to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and have a look.

Here are the colours:

Yes - rather bright, bold and beautiful don't you think :-)

Here is my card:

For my card I started by choosing a stamp set - this time the fun Sprinkles of Life that has been sitting quietly on the shelf for way too long. It has so many images and greetings to choose from and already I can see this card being made again - with apples or cherries instead of flowers :-) The greeting thinlits add another layer of texture and height -and are on dimensionals too. The "Thanks" on the actual stamp was masked using a Post It note so as to only stamp the last two words.

Card stock: Whisper White (Thick and standard), Sahara Sand, Watermelon Wonder

Designer Series Paper: Regals Stack

Inks: Garden Green, Watermelon Wonder, Crushed Curry

Stamps: Sprinkles of Life

Accessories: Big Shot, Greetings Thinlits, Large Polka Dot EF, Tree Builder Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Hello Honey Twine (Retired)

Non SU: Dynamics Stitched Circle Dies (My Favourite Things)

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment and pop over to Just Add Ink and see all the wonderful creations the  Team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will make with these bright and cheery colours this week!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

JAI #289 Just Add Music

It's Friday and that means it's time for a brand new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week Patrice has suggested a fun challenge for us all - to Just add…Music!
Such a lot of scope for your interpretation and the design team have all come up with amazing cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and have a look!

Here is my card:

 The red, white and blue colours were not intended - I started with the beautiful DSP which features the sheet music of Silent Night and backed it with the red foil and when looking for another colour for the banner, the blue DSP jumped out at me. I did have the news on whilst crafting and saw all the iconic buildings of the world lit up in these colours - and so it seems this beautiful response to the week's sadness in Paris has somehow influenced my crafting! Whilst my blue is not the same as the flag this thought did prompt me to add the Noel die cut. And suddenly we have a rare "no stamping" card. Got to love that even if I do say so myself :-)

Card stock: Real Red, Very Vanilla, Red Foil

Designer Series Paper: Home For Christmas, Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum

Accessories: Big Shot, Star Framelits, Wonderful Wreath Framelits, Triple Banner Punch, Snowflake Elements, Gold Cording Trim, Metallic Sequins Assortment,

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop on over to Just Add Ink and see all the fabulous creations from the design team to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this very fun musical theme!

Happy stamping until next time, 

Jan

Give Thanks PCCC#171

It's Wednesday already and that means its time for a new challenge from The Paper Craft Crew. This is the third of our monthly "non sketch" challenges and this week we have a lovely THEME for you of Giving Thanks. Whilst there is a special holiday for this in the USA, thanks is something we all love to give and receive and the Team have made a great variety of cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment and pop on over and take a look :-)

Here is my card:

My starting point for this card was the stamp set and I decided to try a new colour combo. I haven't used this year's In Colours hardly at all (except for Watermelon Wonder) so it was time to use some Mint Macaron and Tip Top Taupe together and some Pink Pirrouette to keep it feminine :-) Hopefully you can just see the lightly stamped "so much" too.

Card stock: Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Go Wild Stack

Inks: Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe, Pink Pirouette,

Stamps: Floral Wings, Crazy About You

Accessories: Big Shot, Lots of Labels Framelits, Large Polka Dots EF, Expressions Wood Elements, Basic Pearls, Metallic Sequins, Gold cording Trim

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment and pop over to The Paper Craft Crew and see what the rest of the Team have made to inspire you this week and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this lovely theme too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

On Stage Melbourne - and Swaps

I was so looking forward to going to Onstage in Melbourne and then mid week we had a disaster and I wasn't sure if I would be able to go! 

Sally the Lab was just over 2 weeks post surgery to fix a dislocating knee and all was going well. She had her clips out on Wednesday and then Thursday morning as she was coming in from outside - crash!! She fell on her way up the 4 stairs!! She never made a sound and picked herself up but was shaking by the time I reached her. Poor girl - the tibia felt like it might be broken so off to Hallam we went. X-rays sadly revealed she had pulled the pins holding the plate off her tibia but not broken the leg thankfully and as her Specialist wasn't in that day, she stayed  overnight for more surgery in the morning. In the end, this last part was a good thing - not only would she have the surgeon that knew her best (and has a soft spot for her) but she would stay the night of surgery as usual which meant that I could attend the morning sessions of On Stage at least - a big yay :-)

On Stage was also my first opportunity to meet up with some of our very lovely Just Add Ink team members! For me that was the best part of all :-) These lovely ladies so warmly welcomed me onto the Team in February and it has been wonderful getting to know them and so lovely to be able to spend half a day sharing and crafting together! So looking forward to the next time already :-)

And I made a few (20 ) swaps to celebrate the occasion - with a lot of help from my good friend Katerina who came over and was on Big Shot duty. And yes this was the day before Sally had her fall so they nearly didn't get used but all worked for the best.

This bundle is my favourite from the Holiday Catalogue if you hadn't guessed :-)

Such a shame to hear it will be retiring at the end of the Holiday Catalogue so if you want it I suggest you get it quick as it has been popular!

The sky is some Night of Navy card with the Gently Falling EF and just adding a little white on each of the dots with the Gel Pen. There is some gold glimmer behind the houses windows and I am also grateful for my newish MISTI! Only one stamped image here but line it up and off you go - all 20 done perfectly in record time :-)

Card stock: Night of Navy, Whisper White (thick), Silver Foil, gold Glimmer (behind windows)

Ink: Night of Navy

Stamp: Jingle All The Way'

Accessories: Big Shot, Sleigh Ride Thinits, Star Framelits,Gently Falling EF, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, White Gel Pen, Silver Cording Trim

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope that you are excited for Christmas crafting!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

P.S. For those I know will be asking: Sally is doing really well now thank you - not too much walking yet as per restrictions but keen for more and happy :-)

Follow Your Dreams JAI #288

Wow this week has really flown! This Saturday is the Stampin Up On Stage event here in Melbourne and I am really looking forward to catching up with some of our Just Add Ink team members that are coming for it too. My lovely friend Katerina popped by on Wednesday to help me with my swaps which are all ready early - really love that - thanks K :-)

And also lovely is our new challenge at Just Add Ink this week :-) The lovely Narelle has suggested a fabulous sketch for us all to use. Very clean and open to interpretation and the Team have created wonderful samples to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and take a look.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

This is for a friend's daughter's 13th birthday and pink was definitely the order of the day -  and I'm not quite sure how the numbers ended up on the INSIDE for this significant birthday but they did :-) 

The fun caravan was coloured with an Aqua Painter on water colour paper and then fussy cute out. The layering was so easy with lots of framelits and you may be able to see that the white panel is raised on dimensionals to be a little higher than the DSP strip - polka dots on polka dots - this was such a fun card to make!

Card stock: Whisper White (Thick), Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Water Colour Paper, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer

Designer Series Paper: Brights Stack

Inks: Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo, Basic Grey

Stamps: You're Sublime

Accessories: Big shot, Stars Framelits, Hearts Framelits, Large Polka Dots EF, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Triple Banner Punch, Silver Cording Trim, Basic rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop on over to Just Add Ink and see all the wonderful creations the Team have made to inspire you this week and I look forward to seeing what you will make with this fabulous sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Just For You #JAI 287 Inspiration

It's Friday all so quickly and our household is starting to return to normal routine after a busy week and a half :-)
And it's time for a new fun challenge at Just Add Ink where Jodene has found these wonderful photos for us all to use. The Team have been busy and made fabulous creations to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and have a look.

Here are this week's photos:

And here is my Mini Treat Bag:

I don't really have any leaf stamps at the moment but this colourful DSP has several of the leaf colours in the photos and then I took inspiration from the lovely yellow flower for the tag and the inside. 

I very nearly used the poinsettia for the tag but it is a nice surprise as you open the bag too :-)

The Tag greeting and bow are from the Mini Treat Bag Framelits and I used the Hello You Thinlits for the inside card. Again keeping it simple so the poinsettia and DSP can be the stars.

Card stock: Daffodil Delight, Tangelo Twist, Old Olive,

Designer Series Paper: Into The Woods

Inks: Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Tangelo Twist, Old Olive

Stamps: Flower Patch, Reason For The Season, Crazy About You

Accessories: Big Shot, Mini Treat Bag Framelit, Flower Fair Framelits, Hello You Thinlits, Poinsettia Punch, Triple Banner Punch, Iced Rhinestones, Basic Rhinestones, Gold Cording Trim

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment and pop on over to Just Add Ink and be inspired by all the wonderful creations the Team have made for you this week and I look forward to seeing what you create with these photos too!

Baby Love PCCCSC #169

Well this week is going so fast and it's been a week of firsts - the All Blacks became the only Team to ever win the rugby World Cup back to back, and Michelle Payne also created history yesterday by being the first woman ever to win the Melbourne Cup (Horserace that stops the nation) ! If we were going for three firsts I guess we are still waiting but Sally the Lab is making a pretty good recovery  from her knee surgery last week - walking mainly on all 4 legs already and keen for longer than the 5-10 min outings she is currently allowed so that is great too.

And being Wednesday it is also time for a new sketch at The Paper Craft Crew! The Team have created a great variety of cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment and pop on over to see.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

And the first thing you might notice is the lovely wooden J tag - a birthday gift from a very lovely friend that you will be seeing more of :-)
I did leave out the element to the side from the sketch as the DSP here is quite busy and I changed the bow to be some ribbon behind this row of stars that were created using the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits's accessories. There is some Lost Lagoon ribbon added underneath for some softness :-)
Whilst this DSP is retired this is for some lovely friends who have just announced they are expecting baby boy number 2 and these colours are what they have used to decorate their nursery so I couldn't resist using it.

Card stock: Soft Sky, Whisper White, Hello Honey, Sahara Sand
Designer Series Paper: Sweet Dreams (Retired)
Inks: Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey
Stamps: Made With Love
Accessories: Big Shot, Baby's First's Framelits, Mini Treat Bag Framelits, Lost Lagoon ribbon
Non SU: Stitched Rectangle Dynamics Dies (MFT), Stitched Circles Dynamic Dies (MFT)

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to stop by the Paper Craft Crew and see all the fabulous cards the Team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan