Bike Ride for JAI #415

Hello there and welcome! It's been a cold and foggy old week here in Melbourne and we are hoping for a little sunshine in the days to come. It's certainly made the dog walks and training interesting :-)

This week at Just Add Ink we have this gorgeous Inspiration Photo suggested by Rachael to get your crafting juices flowing. As always our lovely design team have created amazing projects to inspire you so I hope that you can take a moment to pop on over and maybe join us.

For my card, I went rather literal, recreating the pink bicycle and the white brick background. For the base layer, I first water coloured using Smoky Slate ink with an Aqua Painter and then added some Shimmery Embossing Paste via a stencil.

The square panel also has a water colour background for the little pink bike with it's basket full of flowers. Of course, I couldn't help but add a little puppy to say hello to it's friend :-)

Card stock: Berry Burst, Whisper White, Basic Black
Inks: Smoky Slate, Balmy Blue, Momento Tuxedo Black, Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Versamark, Berry Burst, Granny Apple Green
Stamps: Bike Ride, Oh So Eclectic
Accessories: Big Shot, Build a Bike Framelits, Shimmery White Embossing Paste, White EP, HappyPatterns Stencils, Metallic Sequin Assortment
Non SU: Stitched Square Framelits (SSS)

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 gorgeous inspiration from the rest of the team and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this fun Photo Inspiration too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Bike Ride For JAI #406

Happy Friday and welcome back :-) It's been a busy time in our household. With a young foster dog around there is always something happening - lots of fun and games and walks. Honey is a total delight and it has been really lovely to see her relax as she settles in ...and  Yes, I'm tempted to "fail" as a foster mum....:-)

It's also time for our new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week, Tina has created a fabulous clean and fun sketch for us all to use in our crafting. You can use the sketch as it is or flip it around. Our lovely design team have created such wonderful cards to inspire you so I hope you have a moment to pop on over and see and come join us.

Those middle panel took me a few goes to cut right....it doesn't look that tricky, but trust me, it is a little more challenging than it looks! But that's all part of what makes it a challenge right :-)

I needed a special "thank you" card and to compliment the images from Bike Ride, I've add a sentiment, from the now long retired,  Beautiful Ride stamp set that featured a VW.

The background is water coloured using Ink pads and an Aqua Painter and some flicks of colour are added by using the lid of the Aqua Painter. And I was inspired by the talented Louise Sharp, to use the basket of flowers for my circle element.

The puppy (yes, coloured for Sally of course) is sitting on a Silver Foil die cut seat and some Basic Rhinestones on the background and flower centre adds some bling and sparkle.

Card Stock: Bermuda Bay, Basic black, Whisper White, Silver Foil

Inks: Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Momento Tuxedo Black, Melon Mambo, Lemon Lime Twist, Crumb Cake

Stamps: Bike Ride, Beautiful Ride ( Retired)

Accessories: Big Shot, Build A Bike Framelits, Aqua Painter, Basic Rhinestones

Non SU: Watercolor Paper (Ranger/ TH)

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope that you can take a moment to pop on over to Just Add Ink and join us - I so look forward to seeing what you will create with this fun sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan