JAI #692 Enjoy the Rhythm and Brusho

 

Happy Friyay everyone and welcome to...March and Autumn. And, if you're in Melbourne this coming weekend you will likely be looking for an escape from the heat so what better thing to do than hit the craft room and use our latest Just Add Ink challenge for inspiration!

This week at Just Add Ink challenges we have a very cook Sketch Challenge from the lovely Tina!

Sketch challenges are great as they provide the layout for your project and then you only need to find a stamp set and colours. Many of the design team also tweaked the sketch including by flipping it on it's side too. I hope you can pop over to the blog and be sinspired to join us!

For my card I was in need of a Teenage boy themed birthday so I started by clear embossing some musical notes (all part of the Enjoy The Rhythm set) onto some water colour paper. Then I sprinkled some Brusho on either side of it and gently sprayed with water. You have to be quite careful that the water doesn't move the crystals too much but they give such a bold intensity and you can always add more til you have the layers just right and achieve the texture that you want. I find having a paper towel on hand really helps too.

Then I added some layers across the centre: metallic silver, embossed musical notes and even some ribbon. 

The drumkit from the stamp set forms the focal image and then all that was needed was a rather Charming Sentiment. 😀

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope that you are able to pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog and that you'll join us in this challenge. I hope that you have as much fun as I did creating and I look forward to seeing your completed projects!

"Til next time,

Jan

Happy New Year 2019!!!!

A very Happy New Year to you and welcome back! I hope that you had a beautiful Christmas and a wonderful start to 2019 so far! Here we are in the midst of Summer - so that means school holidays and long hot days and occasional early morning trips to the beach. And currently, Melbourne is in the midst of a heat wave as we host the Australian Open (Tennis).
So before we get back into the fun Just Add Ink challenge routine (which starts with a fab Blog Hop this Friday!) I thought I'd share the last of the Christmas and New Year cards I made this Season. I purchased the Dashing Deer set only in December and surprised myself by how handy it turned out to be 😀

For the very last (but possibly my favourite) of the Christmas card designs, is this one. Very clean and simple and lets the metallic infused DSP and embossed sentiment be the bling.

Same idea but different, was the first of the Happy New Year cards. Traditionally, I don't make these but did find I needed a few this year.

To centre the numbers, I used my grid paper and measured but found using some twine as a "level" really helped too 😊

I also wanted to create some New Year cards with a fireworks theme so for these, I turned to Brusho.
Sprinkling a little of the crystals and then hitting them with a spray of water created great effects.

The colours move and partially blend and raising the numbers on white die cuts helps them be distinctive.

I love how unpredictable each Brusho attempt is - you never quite know how it is going to work out. This one has a real sense of movement and I teamed it with a black sentiment to add to a masculine look.

Well, I hope you have enjoyed seeing the last of the Seasonal cards for 2018 and I and look forward to sharing some new creations and challenges with you soon.

Happy stamping til next time,

Jan

An Epic Head Phone Adventure for JAI # 397

It's Friday again at last and what a busy week it has been!! So we are looking forward to the weekend and spending some time in between the garden and the craft room. The Summer veggies have finished and despite it being February, the weather seems a lot more like Autumn already with some crisp mornings....so what veggies should we be planting next?? That is one of the big decisions for the weekend so it should be fun :-)

This week at Just Add Ink we have one of Tina's popular letter challenges - to "Just Add....H". That can be anything starting with the letter "H" as the main focus of your project. Our lovely design team have had such fun with this one and you will be blown away with the many ways they've added "H" this week so I hope you can pop on over and be inspired to join us!

This is the second of two cards I made for this week :-) The Head phones were Heat embossed in Clear and then it was time to play with Brusho looking for a vibrant kind of retro rainbow fit for a teen and music enthusiast...it didn't quite turn out as Austin Powers as I first had in mind but that is probably just as well LOL :-)

Placing the layers to either side of the base card and adding some black sequin "chains" keeps it masculine whilst adding a touch of bling. 

And here is the other"H" themed card for this week - a little more feminine and features a shaker of "hugs".  The stamped background uses images from the Lovely Inside and Outside bundle and the sequins with the clear background add a fun and rather unexpected element.

Card stock: Whisper White (thick and standard), Real Red, Bermuda Bay, Gold Foil, Window Sheet

Inks: Versamark, Momento Tuxedo Black, Dapper Denim, Pool Party, Lemon Lime Twist, Powder Pink, Melon Mambo

Stamps: Epic Celebrations, Lovely Inside and Out

Accessories: Big Shot, Brusho, White EP, Clear EP, Black Sequin Trim, Metallic Sequins Assortment, Lovely Words Thinlits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Irridescent Sequins and Brights Sequins Assortments.

Non SU: Water color paper (Tim Holtz)

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop on over to Just Add Ink and see what all the team have to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what "H" element you will choose to headline your project this week :-)

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