You Are Simply Amazing JAI #401

Happy Friday everyone and welcome back! This weekend Melbourne is playing host to the Grand Prix.......whilst some families will love heading into the city to be surrounded by the fun and noise  others of us will be just as happy enjoying the weather and with some time crafting too:-)

It's time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink and this week we have a fun and fabulous sketch created for us by Tina. You can use it as is or feel free to flip it over or turn it around to suit your ideas. Our lovely and talented design team have created an awesome collection of cards to inspire you so I hope you have a moment to pop on over and take a look and hopefully join us.

With  Saleabration nearly over I thought it was time to re- look at some of my favourite stamps from the 2017-18 Annual Catalogue. So out came the Daisy Delight stamp but then I couldn't resist to add this lovely sentiment using this Saleabration stamp bundle for a lovely friend's birthday :-)

The daisy image is stamped and punched x3 using Pink Pirouette ink onto the same coloured card stock. There is some subtle sparkle from Wink of Stella applied to all the top petals but it's a bit hard to see in the photo. A gold faceted gem and iridescent sequins and this little sparkly number is ready for the post.

Card stock: Night of Navy, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Gold Glimmer
Inks: Pink Pirouette, Versamark, Pear Pizazz
Stamps: Daisy Delight, Amazing You (Saleabration)
Accessories: Big Shot, Celebrate You Thinlits, Layered Leaves Dynamic EF, White EP, Iridescent Sequins Assortment, Gold Faceted Gems

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 inspiration from the design team and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this fun sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Celebrate Amazing You for JAI #395

Another week has gone by and it's a happy Friday again :-) It's been very hot again in Melbourne and that has presented a few health challenges in our household but a cool change is on the way they tell us and it will be very welcome when it arrives over the weekend :-)

It's time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink and this week Kelly has given us this absolutely gorgeous Inspiration Photo to use in our projects this week. You can take whatever jumps out at you from the photo to work with - the pretty blossoms, trees, road, patterns or the colours. Our lovely design team have created a fabulous array of projects to inspire you so I hope you can pop on over and join us :-)

I really adore the colours in the photo - pinks are indeed my favourite colours!! But I wanted to also include a sense of the road and the masses of blossoms while trying to keep a little white space. It was also time to break out and try using some Stampin Blends...so many ideas :-)

So the background DSP has an array of dots for the blossoms, the white panel and it's gold edging is to represent the road. The flower was randomly stamped over the background and another coloured, fussy cut and layered to represent the blossoms.

A little Razzleberry card stock is added under the gold amazing, some Wink of Stella to the pretty bloom and a sprinkling of Glitter Enamel Dots and this card is finally ready to pop in the mail.

And yes, the YOU is die cut from the same designer series paper as the background :-)

Card Stock: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Gold Foil
Designer Series Paper: Painted With Love Specialty Paper
Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Rich Razzleberry
Stamps: Amazing You
Accessories: Big Shot, Celebrate You Thinlits, Stampin Blends- Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Glitter Enamel Dots, Wink of Stella

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop on over to Just Add Ink and be inspired by all the wonderful projects the team have created to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create inspired by this gorgeous photo.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Just Add Ink Blog Hop

Happy 2018 and welcome back! After a few weeks off from challenge duties it is so exciting to be getting back into routine. I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and a very happy start to the year and are ready to enjoy some crafting time!

To help inspire you for the first challenge of the year, our talented design team have a very special Blog Hop for you!! You may have just arrived from my lovely friend Patrice Easton and her gorgeous project. But if not, you can click the Next button below and hop around and see all the fabulous creations the team has for you. Clicking on the Blog Hop or JAI banner will take you back to the main challenge blog too. So its a good time to grab a cuppa, sit back and enjoy hopping!!

Can you guess what my "something new" is? No, it's not the stamp set actually, it's BRUSHO  - and yes, the stamp and die set here happen to be new too :-) 

I started by stamping in Archival Black and then clear embossing the flower image onto Shimmery White card stock - this is also new to me - and then sprinkled a mixture of Gamboge, Red and Yellow Brusho before adding a little starch spray and moving the colour around with cling wrap. When it was dry, the "celebrate" was die cut from the panel and whilst I had intended to add it back in for the Eclipse Technique on top of the layers of white,  the white version looked pretty good :-)

Also featuring Brusho is this Sympathy card using the Rose Wonder stamp set.

To create the leaves I sprinkled a mixture of Prussian Blue and Yellow Brusho and mixed them with an Aqua Painter. A copper foil overlay gives this the slightly masculine feel it needed for the intended recipient :-)

Thank you for stopping by and I look forward to seeing what "something new" you will choose to use for the first Just Add Ink challenge of the year.  Next you are off to see the lovely Tina Gillespie and her fabulous project that I am sure you will enjoy!

Card stock: Whisper White (thick and standard),  Shimmery White, Basic black,Copper Foil, 

Ink: Night of Navy, Versamark, Black Archival

Stamps: Rose Wonder, Amazing You (Saleabration item)

Accessories: Big Shot, Rose Garden thinlits, Celebrate Thinlits (Saleabration item), Brusho - Prussian Blue &Yellow, Red, Gamboge, Aqua Painter, Metallic Sequins Assortment, Silver Faceted Gems

Non SU: Watercolor paper (TH), Frosted Sequins (SSS)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan