Amazing You for JAI #424

Hello and welcome 😊The days are flying by in our household with a new puppy to get to know and grow to love. Sally (Junior), a 15 month old black Labrador was chosen for us 2 weeks ago as a Companion Dog by Guide Dogs Victoria. She has taken no time at all to realise that I need her help occasionally and soon she will be ale able to accompany me when needed in public. Such as for On Stage local - here in Melbourne in November 😊Spring is only a day away, and thanks to young Sally, a new lease on life is coming for me too!

And it's also time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink! This week, Di has suggested that we Just Add....Texture to our projects. There are many ways to add texture - embossing paste, glitter, die cuts and layers. Our lovely design team have created fabulous projects to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and see and we'd love you to join us!

For my card this week, I went with layers, die cuts and embossing. The floral image from Beautiful Day was water coloured x3 and fussy cut and layered with dimensionals.

Underneath the flower,  are several more layers - some pretty metallic DSP,  the diamond panel die cut from the Eclectic layers and some Gold Foil and Organza ribbon.

Adding to the texture this week, is the Subtle embossing folder - so subtle in fact that it's very hard to see! And some black layers underneath the amazing die cut as well as the white embossed You finish the textural details.

Card stock: Basic Black, Lovely Lipstick, Gold foil,
Designer Series Paper: Springtime Foils (Saleabration 2018)
Inks: Lovely Lipstick, Pear Pizazz, Garden Green, Black Stazon
Stamps: Beautiful Day, Amazing You (Saleabration 2018)
Accessories: Big Shot, Celebrate You Thinlits, White EP, White Organza Ribbon, Gold Faceted Gems

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a moment to pop on over to Just Add Ink and see what our fabulous design team have created to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create for this fun challenge!

So Sally is the name she came with from Guide Dogs....of course it is also the name of my previously much loved black Lab that passed away in March. We won't change her name as having come from GD's her name was always going to be special...so we decided to change her collar and lead colour from red to Pink. The harness came first - and we couldn't not choose Melon Mambo, and finding a collar to match was easy. It is covered in diamantes which for some reason means the song "Lucy in the sky with diamonds" just won't go away" She could be a Lucy I guess, but Sally Jr has so many similarities to her namesake that it just seems meant to be 😊

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Petals Birthday for JAI #423

Happy Friday and welcome back!  It's been a rather busy fortnight with Honey the sweet foster dog heading off to her lovely forever home and my new Companion Dog has arrived from Guide Dogs. She is a 15 month old black lab called Sally. Quite incredible  - especially the name - as her much loved predecessor was also a black Lab called Sally!! Sally (Junior) is settling in and we are looking forward to happy days ahead 😊

It's also time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week we have a beautiful colour combination suggested by Kim to help kick start your projects. Our talented and lovely design team as always, have created a wonderful array of projects to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and we'd love you to join us.

 For my card, whilst these colours could indeed be used for a masculine card, I decided to go feminine and floral. The pretty image from Petal Palette is embossed in Silver and then coloured  using an Aqua Painter and ink pads. The other elements are also all from the same Bundle. It's a bit hard to see in the photo but the grey leaves have also had a generous dose of Wink of Stella and are so sparkly in real life.

Card stock: Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede, Silver Foil, Basic Grey, Whisper White
Inks: Bermuda Bay, Basic Grey, Versamark
Stamps: Petal Palette, Sunshine Wishes
Accessories: Big Shot, Silver Embossing Powder, Metallic Sequins, Petal Framelits

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you can take a moment to pop on over to Just Add Ink and I look forward to seeing how you use this fun and pretty colour combo in your projects this week.

Of course, this post wouldn't be complete without a photo or two to welcome young Sally....here we are on meeting at Guide Dogs.

Yes, rawhide bones are what she is used to...and no, we couldn't find a bigger one 😀

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Pet Sympathy for JAI #421

Happy Friday everyone and welcome back :-) It's been a busy and rather chilly week here in Melbourne but we are over half way through Winter now so the days are getter longer again.

It's time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink and this week we have a fabulous clean and simple and ever so versatile sketch for you to use from Narelle. Our design team have created a fabulous array of cards to inspire you so we hope that you will pop on over and take a look and join us :-)

For my card, I created a pet sympathy card for a lovely friend. I moved the Sentiment Panel to the bottom of the circle and it just needed a little heart 😊
The gorgeous images are all from a Whimsy stamp set called Fill My Heart and I added some shading underneath it with a Watercolor Pencili. The paw print stamp used for the background is also part of the same set.

Our pets are part of our families and give so much more than they receive so when their time comes to say goodbye it is as heart wrenching as losing any human. When a lovely friend shared her loss this lovely stamp set came to mind and I hope it will bring some comfort.
On a happier note...a family is coming to meet Honey, the very sweet young Lab/Kelpie I've been fostering this weekend so fingers crossed all goes well and she is settled soon. 😊

Card stock: Not Quite Navy, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Real Red
Inks: Early Espresso, Versamark
Accessories: Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, White EP, Heart Punch (retired), Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope that you can take a moment to pop on over to Just Add Ink and see all the fabulous inspiration from the design team and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this great versatile sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Rainbow Happy Birthday for JAI #420

Happy Friday everyone and welcome! Winter is officially 2/3 down and only one month to go - Hip hip hooray!! Slowly but surely, the days are getting longer again and it won't be too long now til we will be welcoming Spring :-)

Yes, it's time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink and this week we have this fabulous and vibrant Inspiration Photo from Nikki for us all to use in our projects. Yet again, our design team have created absolutely gorgeous projects to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and take a look and we'd love you to join us.

Of course, I absolutely adore the vibrancy of this image and the circular shape was something that stood out to me too so that was what inspired my card.
Using one of the lovely Pattern Party masks, I inked up spatula after spatula of Embossing Paste with different re-inkers and had fun spreading the love - and paste - around :-)

To complete the card, I used the Happy Birthday thinlits with a mixture of Whisper White and Melon Mambo card. Then this was layered over a vellum circle to continue the theme and all was smothered in Fine Tip Glue Pen for some shine and dimension.

A sprinkling of sequins of different sizes and this bright and happy, no stamping needed card is ready to go in the mail!

Card stock: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Vellum
Inks(re-inkers): Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Lemon Lime Twist, Bermuda Bay, Blackberry Bliss,
Accessories: Big Shot, Happy Birthday Thinlits,  Stitched Shapes Framelits, Fine Tip Glue Pen, Embossing Paste, Pattern Party Decorative Masks, Fine Tip Glue Pen,
Non SU: Crystal Reflections Sequins (SSS), Water colour Card Stock (TH/ Ranger)

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 inspiration from our lovely design team and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this beautiful Inspiration Photo too.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan