Hello Friend for JAI #362

Happy Friday and welcome :-) It is the first week of Winter here in Melbourne and it has really arrived with a vengeance - even the ski fields have decided to open early!! That is great news if you want to go skiing....however it's also a good excuse for many of us to spend time in the craft room :-)

So just in time to inspire your weekend crafting we have a fun new challenge for you at Just Add Ink! This week we have a gorgeous colour combination for you from Nikki. It is so fresh and crisp - perfect for Summer ice creams and beach scenes and also just as lovely to brighten a chilly, Wintery day too. The design team have created such amazing cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and take a look and join us.

For my card I looked through my stamps to see what I could find that hadn't seen much love for a while. I started with Sunshine Wishes and then moved to the Swirly Bird set. Finishing with something new - the new Lovely Word Framelits. These are a favourite already from the new Catalogue that went live yesterday and am sure will be a favourite of many of you too :-)

I used a water colour "smooshing" technique for the background and then stamped the swirls from Swirly Bird and flicked some Clear Wink of Stella over it before stamping the flowers and leaves. To get the soft look to the flowers, I stamped them off onto scrap paper and intended this to be a little uneven - it then gives a faux water coloured effect without the water.

Now you may notice my photos are looking a little different - I've bought a new camera! All the previous shots have been thanks to my phone so I am on a rather steep learning curve. I did own a camera before we had mobile phones...but now I'm just showing my age LOL! So please be patient as I experiment a little with the angles, focusing distances and light etc as it now involves a little more grey cell work. Hopefully looking in focus at least by next week. Ideally, they will look more like they do in real life :-)

Card stock: Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Silver Glimmer, Whisper White
Inks: Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Perfect Peach, Versamark
Stamps: Swirly Bird, Sunshine Wishes
Accessories: Big Shot, Swirly Scribbles Thinlits, Lovely Word Thinlits, White EP, Metallic Sequins Assortment, Clear Wink of Stella
Non SU: Water Colour Card Stock - Tim Holtz

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 lovely inspiration the team have made for you and I look forward to seeing what you will create for this beautiful colour challenge too.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan