Butterflies for JAI #295

Hello and welcome! In Melbourne we are famous for our "four seasons in one day" as the song goes...but currently we are having a series of warm and humid days - not what we are used to at all! And apparently we also have a snake epidemic.. and as some of you know I am really, really scared of snakes!! Yikes - maybe it is time to move?!

A big thank you to all of you who visited during the Blog Hop at Just Add Ink last week and left comments too  - so very appreciated!! This week we have a brand new challenge for you from Tina who has suggested this fun sketch for us all to use. The Design Team have created a fabulous array of cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and have a look.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

This is my first try at a watercolour wash using a Zig marker and an Aquapainter. I added water to the paper first and then some colour with the marker before quickly blending it with the aqua painter and a little more water. I am no expert - but with a little more practice I think I might just get the hang of this :-) It's always fun to try something new isn't it? (and if you have any hints they will always be welcome!) For the butterflies, I stamped them in the new Archival ink from SU and then used the Zigs to colour here too - directly on the Whisper White card without water - and then fussy cut them out so as to keep the contrast of the thick black outline. 

Card stock: Whisper White (thick)

Inks: Archival Black

Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, A Dozen Thoughts

Accessories: Aqua Painter, Metallic Sequins Assortment, Basic Rhinestones

Non SU: Watercolour paper (Spotlight), Zig clean color real brush markers (Cobalt Blue, Pink, Light Blue)

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 cards the team have made to inspire you this week and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this great sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Butterfly Thoughts

Today's card was inspired in part by the colours at Just Add Ink this week and also last week's challenge of using a Fancy Fold. I came across this fold - aptly called a "Gap " card and whilst it's name reminded me of the year often taken off by students between finishing at School and beginning at University…the style was one that I hoped would suit this otherwise very cleans and simple sympathy card for a friend.

 Yes, quite literally there is a GAP in the front of the card and in this case it is the navy and pink butterfly that holds it all together. A row of pink sequins and of pearls, a little draping gold cord and this clean, simple and full of bling card is ready to post.

Card stock: Whisper White (thick and usual),

Inks: Not Quite Navy, Pink Pirouette, Encore Gold (retired)

Stamps: A Dozen Thoughts, Floral Wings

Accessories: Metallic Sequins, Gold Cording Trim, Pink sequin trim, Basic Pearls

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope that you are inspired to try a different folding card again this week :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Tic Tac Toe PCCC #163

Welcome to Wednesday and that means it's time for a new sketch from The Paper Craft Crew. Wait - no that's not quite right!! Starting this week we will be introducing a NEW challenge once each month that ISN'T a sketch!!  So exciting!! Don't worry - there will still be plenty of sketches for you but also an opportunity for a little variety too. And this week we are kicking it all off with a Tic Tac Toe Challenge. The Team have created a lovely variety of cards to inspire you so do take a moment to pop over to have a look!

Here are the Tic Tac Toe choices:

Such a lot of variety here to choose from :-)

For my card I went with the Right hand side - but you'd already guessed that right? :-)
The base card is Island Indigo and then another layer of Indigo is embossed with the Boho Chic EF and then cut and popped up on dimensionals- leaving space for the white greeting panel to lay flat between the popped up layers. Such a simple design but looks really effectives especially in real life and hopefully will bring a little comfort to a friend who is grieving the sudden loss of her Dad.

Card stock: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Gold Foil

Inks: Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Island Indigo, Versamark

Stamps: Watercolor Wings, A Dozen Thoughts

Accessories: Big Shot, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Boho Chic EF, Gold EP, Gold Metallic Thread, Metal Rimmed Pearls, Metallic Sequins Assortment

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop over to The Paper Craft Crew and see what the Team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create for this week's Tic Tac Toe challenge!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

FMS Baby

Welcome to another hot Summer's day in Melbourne - last night we suffered through our hottest night on record - the lowest it got to was 28 degrees! (Celsius) And today will be 42 before the cool change arrives about 8pm. In the meantime it is quite windy outside too so our thoughts are with all those fighting the bush fires today in both South Australia and Victoria - a very difficult day ahead for them.

For us, it is a day of staying inside out of the heat - and so what better thing to do could there be than to make a card? None of course :-) So today I am using the great sketch this week by Narelle at Freshly Made Sketches 

And I've made a much needed baby card as I am about to become an Aunty again….and wanted to use the Pom Pom trim….:-)

I'm sure this would've been easier if I had stuck to pink as I struggled with this one but I think we got there in the end :-) 

Card stock: Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe, So Saffron, Whisper White

Designer Series paper: Lullaby

Inks: So Saffron, Calypso Coral

Stamps: Something For Baby, A Dozen thoughts

Accessories: Big Shot, Baby's Firsts Framlelits, Calypso coral Pom Pom trim

Talking of babies, in a bush in our yard in view of our back door, a Native Pigeon has been sitting on her nest and her chicks hatched yesterday - so not an easy day for them either. But she is being an awesome mother - I popped out to take a photo a moment ago and she was gone - soon to return with a cool worm or two for her hungry chicks when I'm sure she would rather be staying out of the sun. And yes - I have put a bowl of water out for her :-)

Here she is keeping her chicks safe despite the high wind:

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have time to check out the great inspiration by the Designers at Freshly Made Sketches and maybe you too might be the next to enter :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Feathers for the Paper Craft Crew

OOPS!! It's been a bit crazy here this week..I had a birthday on Wednesday ( lots of fun!) and have been a little busy and oops…am a bit late with my Paper Craft Crew challenge post! So here it is at last  - and I trust you have been able to enjoy all the other great cards from the Team this week :-)

This week's sketch:

Lots of interesting detail in this one :-)

And here is my card:

For my card I used the Four Feathers stamp set  - in Blackberry Bliss, Strawberry Slush and Lost Lagoon. Both the DSP's used here are from the Moonlight DSP stack  -such a handy little pack! The beautiful ribbon is the new Lost Lagoon Silky Taffeta and the sequins are from the In Colour  pack.

Card stock: Lost Lagoon, Strawberry Slush, Whisper white

DSP: Moonlight Stack

Inks: Versamark, Blackberry Bliss, Strawberry Slush, Lost Lagoon, Silver Encore

Stamps: Four Feathers, a Dozen Thoughts, Gorgeous Grunge

Access: Big Shot, Feathers Framelits, Lost Lagoon Ribbon, In Colour Sequins, Silver EP, Banner Punch

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I do hope you can drop over and check out all the great inspiration from the rest of the Team at The Paper Craft Crew

And I do hope to be back posting some new creations  again after the weekend.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Just feathers

Good evening and welcome to the end of another School Holiday period and the beginning of Daylight Savings! I so love the start of Daylight Savings as for me it heralds those long and warm summer evenings that we are all so looking forward to :-)
Today I wanted to create a thank you card and also have a play with my newish Four Feathers stamp set. As usual I had the card idea before I sat down to create it and in this case I think it turned out a little better than I had imagined it!

The card base is Bermuda Bay and I decided to keep the colour palate quite gender neutral for this one adding some Smoky Slate for the other feather and background. And just also to help highlight the feathers I've added some of the beautiful All is Calm Washi tape and topped the feathers' base with Coastal Cabana twine bow.

Card stock: Bermuda Bay, Whisper White

Inks: Bermuda Bay, Smoky Slate

Stamps: Four Feathers, A Dozen Thoughts, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, Feathers Framelits, All Is Calm Designer Washi Tape, Coastal Cabana Twine, Silver Sequins (Non-SU)

Thanks for taking the time to stop by today and I hope that you are having a great week whatever you have planned and whatever the weather in your part of the world!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

First Feathers for FMS

Good morning and welcome! Today has the promise of being a wonderful Spring Day - you know the type, a cool night but a beautifully clear and warm sunny day :-) We are expecting a lovely 24 degrees Celsius - the warmest since Winter  - and it is time to get into the garden and get the summer veggies planted - am so looking forward to doing that later this afternoon with a couple of good friends who are popping over to help :-)

For today's card I was inspired to use the new Four Feathers stamp set after going to the Nutcracker Ballet on Thursday evening! The last time I saw this Ballet was for my 10th Birthday present  ( so a little while ago) from my lovely Uncle and Godfather who knew I had been studying the music and the ballet at school. I was treated like a Princess for the evening and I have never forgotten it :-)
And this time, I went with some lovely friends and we too had a great night :-) As soon as I saw the wonderful costumes of the Flowers -  a beautiful mix of white, pale to dark crimson pinks and silver and sequins - I knew I wanted to make a card using the feathers to try and capture the magic of the night :-)

And the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches helped my tie all the ideas together - here it is:

And here is my card:

I see I have mixed up the height of the side pieces of the sketch - oh dear!

To create the richness of colour of the feathers I embossed them all - the silver and Cherry on white card stock and the black on vellum to give it a soft feel :-) And for the Cherry embossed one I also sponged it with pinks to try and create an ombre type feel - Pink Pirouette at the bottom to Cherry Cobbler at the top.

And the background is stamped randomly using my favourite background stamp (of all time!) Gorgeous Grunge using the Encore Silver ink.

This was my first play with this stamp and it was such fun to do and so easy to cut out using the matching framelits. I can already see this stamp that I initially wasn't that excited about is going to become a favourite :-)

Card stock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Vellum, Silver Glimmer

Ink: Versamark, Encore Silver, Pink Pirouette, Strawberry Slush, Cherry Cobbler

Stamps: Four Feathers, Gorgeous Grunge, A Dozen Thoughts

Accessories: Big Shot, Feather's Framelits, Square Framelits, Cherry Cobbler EP, Silver EP, Black EP, Basic rhinestones

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you have time to check out the great cards by the Freshly Made Sketches team and maybe you too may be inspired to enter and join in the fun!

Also don't forget to pop back later today as I will be posting as part of the Creative Blog Hop and have a lovely friend to introduce to you whose work you will really want to check out :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

  

More Sea Street

There is no doubt about it - Winter has arrived with a bang! After months of being told "such warm weather for Autumn ( and winter) it is a grey, cold and very damp day outside today - and 50cm of snow forecast for the nearest ski slopes over the next couple of days. So it seemed a good time to make a summery card - as we need more summer obviously :-)

And this week's sketch is such a fun one at The Paper Craft Crew  it was perfect to get out my new favourite stamp set for boys…"Sea Street"! The Design Team have come up with some great ideas to inspire you again this week so I do hope you have a couple of minutes to have a look too.

So here is the sketch:

And here is my card :-)

So fun to create the frames with the Frameilits :-)

For the card base I used some Real Red card stock and added the lovely waves from the Maritime DSP to the dark blue layer. And yes, both the circle and Square framelits came in handy to create this week's shapes :-)

Card stock: Real Red, Midnight Muse (retired), Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Maritime

Inks: Midnight Muse, Coastal Cabana, Real Red

Stamps: Sea Street, A Dozen Thoughts

Accessories: Real Red Grosgrain ribbon, Big Shot, Circle and Square Frameits, Label Card Framelits, Decorative Dots EF, Hexagon Punch, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I do hope you can check out all the fabulous Design Team cards at The Paper Craft Crew this week and hopefully you too will be inspired to enter!

Happy stamping until next time :-)

Jan

Just Add Ink #216

Welcome everyone to a wonderful Friday! Today's is a very special post as I have been invited to share as a Guest Designer this week at Just Add Ink and I am super excited as they are such a talented team and I love to play along with their challenges :-)
And the challenge this week is to "Just Add Water Colour" - so fabulous as water colouring is so "in"  at the moment! I hope you have time to pop over and check out all the wonderful inspiration they have for you :-)

In the meantime here is my card :

The main water colouring is in the background  - although I did use an Aqua Painter to colour the Lobster too!

For the background I used some Water colour paper and gave it a soft wash of colour with Pool Party and Coastal Cabana inks - adding water and ink with a paint brush to get the right amount of colour and blending. Then, whilst the paper was still wet I sprinkled on a small amount of salt - Rock Salt in this case as it has larger granules than the Table variety - and allowed to dry naturally. Less is more when it comes to the salt as otherwise you may find you have more "bubbles" than water as in this my first attempt :-) 

When the (second version) paper was dry I stamped it with the plant image from By the Tide and then cut it out with the Square Framelits.

Card stock: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Water Colour Paper

Inks: Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Real Red, Island Indigo, Smoky Slate

Stamps: By the Tide, A Dozen Thoughts

Accessories: Big Shot, Square Framelits, Decorative Dots EF, Silver Basic Buttons, Burlap Ribbon, Hemp Twine, Aqua Painter, Basic Rhinestones, Paint brush, Rock Salt

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you have time to check out the amazing cards the Design Team at Just Add Ink have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you create for this challenge too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Happy day for the Paper Craft Crew

Welcome to another mild Autumn day in Melbourne! A sprinkling of rain but at least its not cold :-) I have had a lovely day as a good friend that attended our Convention last week popped in with the new Catalogue for me to see - and all her amazing swaps! Such fun!! And now being Wednesday, it is time for another sketch from the Paper Craft Crew.

An interesting sketch this week!! And if you are wondering how to incorporate all those chevrons…you are not alone :-) So it is a good challenge for me too! 

I decided to change the heart shape to a circle which led to the making of a square card :-)

For the card base I used some Whisper White card and the DSP is from the soon retiring I Am Me pack  which I will miss! This is added to a piece of Calypso coral embossed with my favourite Decorative dots EF - so glad this is coming back soon!!

I embossed the spray image from Happy Watercolor with Black EP before getting out my little paint brush and using some more water colouring ideas from the recent Online Card Class and used both Calypso Coral and Strawberry Slush inks - and some Pacific Point on the butterfly. Embossing the images really does make it easier for the water (and colour) to stay where you want it :-)

For the greeting I used a stamp from A Dozen Thoughts and stamped directly onto the Calypso coral card, cutting it out with the fun Word bubble Framelits. The chevrons are punched with Chevron Border punch and then their wings were trimmed down a little :-) And then it was time for some Bling!

Card stock: Whisper White, Calypso Coral

Designer Series Paper: I Am Me

Inks: Calypso Coral, Strawberry Slush, Versamark, Black Stazon

Stamps: Happy Watercolor, A Dozen Thoughts, Papillon Potpourri

Accessories: BS, Decorative Dots EF, Circle Framelits, Word Bubble Framelits, Black Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Paint brush, Chevron Border Punch, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you have time to check out all the great cards the Design Team members have for you this week at the Paper Craft Crew.

As for me…well, my good friend has been kind enough to lend me her copy of the Catalogue overnight so I'd better go get reading :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Hello more water colouring

Hello everyone, what a wet morning we woke up to today! Quite a shock to the system after the mild Autumn weather we have been enjoying…but it had to come to an end of course!
So it was a great opportunity to practise some water colouring techniques from the Online Water Color classes last week. These classes simply involve watching videos of the techniques (so is not hard!) and a PDF Tutorial is also available for each technique too.

So here is some of my "home work" - another background and also colouring of a stamped image.

I won't go into detail about the techniques used as they are based on the Class tutorials but I am happy to share how I pulled it all together :-)

The card base is Strawberry Slush and for the background I used Strawberry Slush, So Saffron and Crisp Cantaloupe inks.

And the flower spray is from the Happy Watercolor set and I decided to emboss it with Black embossing powder to make it easier to colour.  The flower colours are a mixture of the Strawberry and Calypso Coral and some Gumball Green used for the stems. For consistency both the little butterfly and the greeting are also embossed in Black :-)

Lots of Corner Rounder-ing here :-) here and a few sparkles of Rhinestone bling complete this real "girly" card :-)

Card stock: Strawberry Slush, Water colour Paper

Inks: Strawberry Slush, So Saffron, Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Pacific Point, Versamark

Stamps: Happy Watercolor, A Dozen Thoughts, Papillon Potpourri, 

Accessories: Big Shot, Decorative Dots EF, Black Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Corner Rounder Punch, Linen Thread, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks so much for stop pig by today, I hope you have a wonderful week - and don't forget to stop by on Friday for a special post :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Butterflies for Can You Case It

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mothers today! I hope you are having a wonderful day being spoilt by old and young :-) So special to be able to celebrate with your Mum and thank her for all that she does and has done!
And I also have a card for you today for Can You Case It's challenge this week to make a Single Layer card.

Whilst I am loving the"clean and simple"style these days I usually still like to add a layer or two of colour so this was a good challenge for me :-)

So I couldn't help myself  - the butterfly is stamped twice and popped up but it still fits the brief of a single Card Layer :-)

The card base is of course white and I started by first embossing a butterfly on this base with Gold Embossing Powder and colouring it in Strawberry Slush ink with a Blender pen. Then I repeated that on a scrap piece of White to add on a dimensional.

And Gorgeous Grunge came to the rescue for the background again! I stamped the lines images in Sahara Sand and the Dots in Coastal Cabana ink creating a little ink frame :-)

For the Greeting I used "A Dozen Thoughts" in Strawberry Slush and then it was time to add the second butterfly and some embellishments…

I started with the largest of the Vintage Faceted buttons in the corner of the 'frame" and added a White Bakers Twine bow to it and then added a couple of sequins from the Sequin Trim and trimmed down a little Gold Foil chevron to help the little greeting stand out and blend in with the gold embossing on the butterfly :-)

Card stock: Whisper White, Gold Foil Specialty

Inks: Sahara Sand, Coastal Cabana, Strawberry Slush, Versamark

Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Gorgeous Grunge, A Dozen thoughts

Accessories: Gold EP, Blender Pens, Vintage Faceted designer button, Whisper White Bakers Twine, Gold Sequin Trim, Chevron Punch

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have time to pop over to Can You Case It and see the cards the talented Design Team has come up with this week and maybe you too might be inspired to join in too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

A"Pearler" for the Paper Craft Crew

Today has been a bit of a busy day for me, running around to various appointments but at least the sun has been shining and the rain has been banished for one day anyhow! I must make it sound like it is always raining in Melbourne but actually, we have just had one of the driest Summers on record! But maybe that's why when it does rain everyone notices it and after a day or so of it we have had enough thanks :-)
And so my card for this week's sketch at the Paper Craft Crew has an Underwater theme LOL!

The Design Team have come up with some great samples to inspire you so do take some time and pop over and have a look if you can :-) Here's my take on the sketch:

My inspiration also came from The Stamp Review Crew blog hop this week where they featured the By the Tide stamp set with some amazing creations! So I decided to feature the Sea horse - one little fellow I haven't used that often, and the shell.

For the card base I used some Bermuda Bay and used the same colour for the square Frame. The frame was easily created with the Square Framelits and I cut the stamped card behind with the larger of the two squares.

Next I passed half the Whisper White piece through the Big Shot with the Decorative Dots EF - I love this folder, it looks like bubbles and am so glad it is going to become available again soon! Then I stamped a piece of Crumb Cake with some Gorgeous Grunge in Baked Brown Sugar and added the Burlap ribbon over the top. The Burlap is so wide I decided to add some White Bakers Twine over the top too!

The shell itself is quite shiny - I embossed the image with White Embossing Powder onto white card stock and then coloured over it with a Crumb Cake marker. I love how it turned out - Like a shell in the sand :-)

Inside the frame I first stamped the "splatter" image from Gorgeous Grunge in Pool Party ink. I wanted this really subtle so I stamped off twice beforehand. Then I used a sponge to add more Pool Party ink to cover the entire panel. Next I stamped the plant image in Baked Brown Sugar, and finally the greeting in Real Red over the top.

The cute little Sea horse is stamped in Real Red and then coloured using a Crisp Cantaloupe marker and  then it was time for all the  pearls! The sketch called for the three large ones on the ribbon and I used more pearls inside the frame for the same reason. Then it was hard to stop really :-) Of course the Sea horses needed some eyes and then the shell couldn't be left out now could it :-) Such a fun card to make!

Card stock: Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Inks: Pool Party, Baked Brown Sugar, Real Red, Crisp Cantaloupe, Versamark

Stamps: By the Tide, A Dozen thoughts, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, Decorative Dots EF, Square Framelits, White EP, Burlap Ribbon, Whisper White Bakers Twine, Basic Pearls

Thank you so much for popping by today and I do hope you have time to check out the rest of the Design Team cards for the Paper Craft Crew this week and I can't wait to see what you will be inspired to create!

Happy Stamping until next time,

Jan

Oh happy day for the Paper Craft Crew

Welcome to another fabulous Wednesday - it was a crisp Autumn morning here in Melbourne but we've had a lovely sunny day and now its time for another sketch from the Paper Craft Crew - and what a fun sketch it is too!

When I saw this sketch I knew I wanted to use the Starburst Sayings stamp set for the main image instead of a heart and the rest just kind of flowed from there :-)

The card base is Calypso Coral with a little layer of Pool Party card under the Whisper White too. For the background there is a little random stamping of Gorgeous Grunge just to soften the otherwise all white background. Then everything is added on Dimensionals - from the Pool Party Chevrons to the greetings and arrows :-)

To align the Chevrons too I used the squares on my Grid Paper - makes it much easier to get the distance between them even :-) And to make the banner for the Wish Big - I simply cut it out with the Itty Bitty Banners Framelits and straightened one end!

Card stock: Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Whisper White

Ink: Calypso Coral, Pool Party

Stamps: Starburst Sayings, Peachy Keen, A Dozen Thoughts, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, Starburst Framelits, Itty Bitty Banners Framelits, Chevron Punch, On Film Framelits ( arrow), Vintage Faceted designer button, Whisper White Bakers Twine and orange sequins ( Non - SU)

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you might have time to visit the Paper Craft Crew to see the amazing cards the designers have come up with to inspire you and maybe you might like to join in too :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Fish Big for CYCI

A very Happy Easter to you wherever you are in the world today and whatever you are doing! It is such a special time of year and one of my favourite times :-)

Today's card is inspired by the the great team at Can you Case it.

I've had the idea for this card for a few days and finally got some time to sit down and put it together. I think I had fish and Good Friday on my mind too!!

For the Chevrons I've used the Positively Chevron stamp in two ways - ideally I had wanted to run the bottom half of the white page thru the Big Shot with the Embossing Folder too but the folder is too large to go through on its side so stamping has to suffice to give the wave effects of the sea :-)

The base card is Island Indigo and then I used 2 pieces of Whisper white - the bottom piece I stamped the chevrons directly in Island Indigo ink and then for the top piece I sponged Pool Party ink onto the stamp and stamped to give a much lighter and softer look and added with dimensionals.

I wanted to give the idea of movement so added the On Film piece on an angle on dimensionals and stamped the Fish from By the Tide in Calypso Coral ink and then coloured with some Crisp Cantaloupe using a Blender Pen.

The little greeting is from A Dozen thoughts and as usual I used my Hexagon Punch to flag the banner ends - love how easy that makes it! The little button is made from Simply Pressed Clay and is quite sparkly in real life as I sprinkled some Dazzling Diamonds into the mould before adding the clay. It is coloured using some Island Indigo ink and another Blender Pen :-) And finally just a few silver sequins for bubbles.

Card stock: Island Indigo, Whisper White

Inks: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe

Stamps: Positively Chevron, By the Tide, A Dozen Thoughts

Accessories: Big Shot, On Film Framelits, Hexagon punch, Simply Pressed Clay, Blender Pens, Whisper White Bakers Twine, Silver Sequins (Non- SU)

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you and for family have a very happy Easter and maybe you might have time to see what the fabulous Team at Can You Case It have made to inspire you and see if you can CASE it too :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Just Because for Just Add Ink

It has been a strange day today - warm overnight and quite humid and then as the afternoon came so did the rain! So it was a good opportunity to create a card for the lovely colour combo at Just Add Ink this week.

What a fabulous combination! Calypso Coral is my favourite colour of late so I decided to make it the hero in my almost one layer card.

For the background I turned to my favourite background stamp - Gorgeous Grunge and stamped the lines stamps to form a frame in Smoky slate and I wonder if it was the fact that it was raining outside that helped with the dotted images in the middle??

The largest butterfly from Papillon Potpourri was stamped in Versamark and then Smoky Slate before being Clear Embossed to enable colouring with an Aqua painter - and yes, I'm loving adding extra colour to the butterflies lately!! I then stamped and coloured the butterfly on the base card stock as well so as to be able to see the Antennae and added the brighter version on a dimensional.

For the Sentiment I used the lovely scripted words from A Dozen Thoughts and added a Navy Bakers Twine bow onto a Vintage Faceted button for a little touch of bling :-) 

Card stock: Whisper White, Smoky Slate

Inks: Smoky Slate, Pacific Point, Calypso Coral, Versamark

Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Papillon Potpourri, A Dozen Thoughts

Accessories: Aqua Painter, Clear Embossing Powder, Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons, Not Quite Navy Bakers Twine, Hexagon punch

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you can take time to check out the lovely cards the Design Team at Just Add Ink this week and maybe you are inspired to enter the Challenge too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Baby Boy for Paper Craft Crew

Well its another warm Wednesday in Melbourne - I'm sure it can't last much longer but will enjoy the warmth while we can :-) And so it is time for a new sketch at the Paper Craft Crew.

There are lots of elements to the sketch this week and I think I used most of them :-)

Originally I had the idea of the T-shirts hanging on a washing line in front of a fence….so I modified that a little here. The fence was in fact quite labour intensive(pun intended LOL!) - the Hardwood stamp was stamped twice onto two sheets of card as on the stamp, the fence would've been on its's side. I then cut the planks out individually and sponged the edges before adding to a piece of Smoky Slate card leaving a little Slate showing between each plank.

The pretty little T-shirt wheel was inked up in Island Indigo ink and then I coloured in using a Blender pen and some Pool Party ink - and a Real Red marker for the little heart. After cutting out is layered onto the Oval after adding some Gorgeous Grunge.

I cut a banner using the beautiful Sweet Sorbet DSP from Saleabration and layered onto some more Pool Party card stock. And used the greeting from A Dozen Thoughts for the "announcement." And  a few little blue sequins to add to the celebratory theme.

Card stock: Pool Party, Smoky Slate, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Sweet Sorbet *

Inks: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Smoky Slate

Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, A Dozen thoughts, Banner Blast*, Baby T'ees Jumbo Wheel

Accessories: Big Shot, Oval Framelits, Hexagon Punch ( for flag ends), Sweet Sorbet Accessories Pack ( Pool Party Twine),Banner Punch Non -SU sequins

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you can take the time to see what the Design Team have created to inspire you this week at the Paper Craft Crew and I look forward to seeing what you will create!

Happy stamping,

Jan