Sunflower 3D Birthday for Colour INKspiration #195

 

Happy Sunday everyone and welcome!
It's been quite a while since I've had the time to join in a challenge but this week's Colour INKspiration Combo is just my sort of style - a pop of colour amongst not too many others - and piqued my interest! 

Add to that the wonderful Sunflower 3D embossing folder just arrived into my craft space and I couldn't think of a better way to use it than to take a leap and enter this fun challenge that I've been watching from afar for what I think may be my first time!!

So without further ado, here is my first card...that's right! I got a bit carried away and managed to create two different looks!

I was inspired by the joyful, Sharon Armstrong whose You Tube posts always make me smile because she is so excited about what she does. She showed 10 or so ways of how to use this beautiful EF and this was one of them: 

The image is embossed onto Crushed Curry card stock and then wiped over with White Craft Ink. That is it. Simple and very effective!

I've added some leaf dies from both he Friends of Life and Memorable Blooms dies and a combination of shiny, silver ribbons, black twine and of course some bling - this time in the form of rhinestones.

The detail in the EF is absolutely incredible! And if you are a sunflower lover like me, then you will want to get your hands on this ASAP before it is sold out.

I did have another play....I was having so much fun!

For this version, I first swiped a Crushed Curry ink pad over the same colour card stock for a tone on tone look. Then....well it looked a bit flat still. So I added some Versamark ink over the top and some Clear EP and Boom! It looks a bit more Pumpkin Pie now than Curry but it is also super shiny....

I added the same details as with my first card as I already had these dies out on my craft desk. I originally was going to place what became a pile of ribbons and dies in a different place but I didn't want to obstruct the view of the three main sunflowers.

So which version do you prefer??
I think I prefer the subtle white version. The dramatic version does make me think of one of our hot, 40 degree summer days.  Maybe because we are still in early Spring here in Australia is why I am not quite so keen to look that far ahead yet!

But I am planning to get my first Sunflower seeds into the garden by October 1st this year. A mix of the big giant ones and some dwarves too. So I hope the Sunflower EF stays around too.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope that you are enjoying the challenge too!

You can find the Colour Inkspiration Challenges and details on how to enter them on Facebook, here.

Card stock: Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Basic White

Stamps: Friends For Life (sentiment).

Inks: White Craft, Versamark

Accessories: Die Cutting Machine, Sunflower 3D EF, Friends for Life Dies, Memorable Blooms Dies, Silver Ribbons - x 2, Black Twine (Bakers Twine Essentials Pack), Basic Rhinestones, White EP. Clear EP.

'Til next time,

Jan

Inspired Imperfections for JAI #769

Happy Friday and welcome back! It's the first weekend of School Holidays here in Victoria and Spring has sprung with lots of trees in bloom and the usual suspects of daffodils and jonquils are all enjoying the increased light and occasional increase in temperatures. 

This week at Just Add Ink we have a Choose Two Challenge for you from Di Barnes. She would like us to Choose Two out of Numbers, Words or Neutral Colours.  The design team as always have created an array of cards for you featuring all different ways to use two of these three options. We would love you to join us! Don't forget to let us know which two options you have chosen in your post!

For my card, I chose Words and Neutral colours. Which for me was Basic White and Basic Black, Crumb Cake and a touch of gold for a warmer lift. Neutrals are not my go to colours - I prefer bright colours, so this was a true challenge for me.

The beautiful Inspired Imperfections bundle seemed perfect for this challenge as has a number of images and die cut embellishments to help make a thank you car a bit special.

The vase itself is embossed using Black EP and the little flower with Gold EP - both give an extra textural touch. The greeting is from the retired Memorial Blooms bundle and is embossed with White EP.

This card is designed to be simple to create, but elegant and so I also created another card using slightly more colourful colours - Secret Sea and Cloud Cover but you will need to come back to see that later as it didn't quite fit the perimeters of this challenge!

Thanks for popping by today! I hope that you can pop on over to Just Add Ink and see all the cards the design team have created to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create for this challenge!

'Til next time,

Jan

 

Friends For Life for... Just Add Ink #767

 

Happy Friday and welcome back! Winter is finally over and it's officially Spring - not that Melbourne's weather seems to have gotten the memo yet. It's remained cold and often wet - perfect weather to spend in the craft room.

It's a new challenge week at Just Add Ink  and we have this Inspiration Photo from Kim for you. The design team  -and guest designer, Deb - have all taken this photo in various ways and so I hope that you can pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog and hopefully join us.

I will say that I found this challenge really hard. I don't really have any car stamps in my collection. 

So after trying another idea for a few days, I looked through my DSP...and found piece from the (retired0 Full of Life pack. The grid on the paper is not too dissimilar to the cars parked in the photo...

I decided to follow through with the rest of the suite - using both the matching stamp set and dies and a scattering of copper sequins for a change.

Thanks for popping by today! I hope that you can take a moment to hop on over to Just Add Ink and see all the other cards from the designers and I look forward to seeing what you will create too!

Card stock: Basic White, Basic Black,

DSP: Full of Life (retired)

Stamps: Friends for Life

Accessories: Die Cutting Machine, Friends for Life Dies, White Twine, Metallic sequin assortment.

'Til next time,

Jan