Just Add Ink Convention Swap

Recently on the Gold Coast was the Annual Stampin Up! Inspire Create Share event. Most of the lovely Just Add Team were able to attend and enjoyed a lovely time of catching up and sharing with each other. These are a wonderfully talented group of ladies and generous too because even those of us who were unable to attend were still able to take part in an organised Swap for the occasion :-)

So here is the card I made to swap:

The inspiration for the colours and Bokeh background came from a previous colour challenge and the butterfly shaker element was added to take it up a step. One tip I can share with you is that I found it best to wait approximately 24 hours for all the layers of ink in the Bokeh background to dry - otherwise the Shaker Frames adhesive will not stick to it :-).

And some stamping on the inside too :-)

Card stock: Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer

Inks: Blackberry Bliss, Smoky Slate, Melon Mambo, Craft White

Stamps: Crazy for You

Accessories: Big Shot, Hello You thinlits, Frosted Sequins (retired), In colour Sequins, Silver Twine, Shaker Frames Adhesive, Window Sheet

And it was such a delight to receive a very happy package in return late last week and see all the wonderful creations the rest of the Team had made. Such lovely ladies and oh so talented too :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

You Rock Just Add Ink Inspiration

This week has seemed to fly by with family birthdays and other activities and now it's Friday and time for a fun challenge at  Just Add Ink. This week Trish has suggested this beautiful "Just Add Inspiration" theme for us all. Such gorgeous colours and details! I hope you can take a moment and pop over to see all the wonderful cards the Team have made to inspire you this week :-)

The first thing I saw in these photos was the delightful chair and it brought to mind the now retiring stamp set You Rock that I haven't used in a while...

There is a layer of vellum over the stamped leaves and the chair is coloured with a Blender Pen (am missing those Blendies!) before being added. And the flower cushion is actually cut from a piece of the Painted Blooms DSP as I don't have this stamp set - yet :-)

Card stock: Marina Mist, Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White, Vellum

Designer Series Paper: Painted Blooms

Inks: Baked Brown Sugar, Marina Mist

Stamps: You Rock, Kinda Eclectic, Crazy For You

Accessories: Big Shot, Hello You Thinlits, Baked Brown Sugar Twine, and non SU Blue sequin.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to see all the the wonderful creations the Team at Just Add Ink have made to inspire you this week and I look forward to seeing what you will create this week too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Just Add a Photo Inspiration

It is incredible how quickly the night and morning temperatures have dropped - it is only the first week of Autumn and yet the change of Season seems definite.  I hope it is the same for those waiting for Spring :-)

This week at Just Add Ink we have a wonderful Inspiration Photo Challenge for you chosen by Nikki. Aren't they just just fabulous :-) From the photos below you can choose as much as you like to include in your project and the Team have come up with some awesome ideas to inspire you so I hope you can pop on over and have a look :-)

For me there is a lot to love about these photos : a fabulous colour combo and I just adore the butterflies arriving over the pool of water.

So in theory this should have been an easy challenge for me but in actual fact it wasn't - I found I was wanting to include all the elements - particularly the beautifull butterfly, and the silver circles. But it's just this sort of challenge we all love really isn't - one that stretches us a little out of our comfort zone:-)

And so initially  I decided to make a circle Easel card -  silver and white with a pink/black butterfly 

and included the lovely Silver Vellum as a background….

 And although the butterfly is the hero as it is supposed to be…

it all looked a little washed out to me.

So I changed it up a bit…

And pulled it together  - literally :-0 - into a stand up circle card.

I think I like this better but what about you?

Card stock: Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Whisper White,  Silver Foil Specialty

Designer Series Paper: Silver Vellum specialty

Inks: Versamark, Melon Mambo Blendabilities Markers

Stamps: Crazy for You

Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Framelits, Hello You Thinlits, 1/3/8 Circle punch, Decorative Dots EF, Silver EP, Silver Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a moment to pop on over to Just Add Ink and see all the wonderful creations the Team have made to inspire you this week. And I look forward to seeing what you will create for this fabulous Inspiration Photo challenge :-) 

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Crazy For Birthdays

After a bit of a rush this morning to get there am now resting after having a surgical procedure at the Dental Hospital…a huge thank you to my good friend Bernie who played Taxi and stayed for a coffee afterwards -  it was good to have a bit of time to catch up too as it's been a couple of weeks since we've seen each other. We never seem to run out of things to talk about - just one of the signs of a good friendship I think :-) And yes - we are having a Stamp and Chat night tomorrow and it was Bernie that introduced me to stamping. We started off as work colleagues 15years ago….where has the time gone?!

Talking of time…it's Wednesday and so time for another sketch from The Paper Craft Crew! The Team has a new member this week  - Crystal aka Super Stamp Girl - so I hope you can take a moment and pop over to see all the wonderful creations from the Team and give Crystal a warm welcome too :-)

When I first saw this it just screamed "star shaker " to me so I couldn't help but listen :-)

So to create the shaker element I used our Shaker Frames - they are a good height and width to keep all the bits and pieces inside and if you snip a side it is quite easy to shape them any way you  like. So I first put my DSP layer onto the front of the card and cut the top star with the Star Framelits. The Navy layer underneath is cut with the next larger size star enabling the Frame adhesive to be hidden. And the Window sheet is just behind the Gold star frame - gives plenty of room to fill and shake and as this will be heading off to my turning 7 years old Nephew….it will get a bit of shaking for sure :-)

And thanks to the fabulous Hello You Thinlit dies there is very little stamping on this card too!

Card stock: Night of Navy, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Gold Foil Specialty

Designer Series Paper: Birthday Bash Specialty

Inks: Versamark

Stamps: Crazy For You

Accessories: Big Shot, Star Framelits, Hello You Thinlits, Itty Bitty Punch pack, 13/4" Circle Punch, Hexagon Punch - for banner ends, Gold Embossing Powder, Basics Hodgepodge Clips

Thanks for stopping by today and I do hope you can take a moment and pop on over to The Paper Craft Crew and check out what the rest of the Team has made to inspire you. And I look forward to seeing what you create with this sketch too :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Thank You - again :-)

It's been a wet start to the first day of February but the sun is trying to break through the clouds and we are having a lovely relaxing Sunday! For those following the surgical exploits of Sally (the Lab) the saga continues…and she had hopefully her last procedure on Friday. A pin in her leg was looking like it might come through the skin and so it was removed before it could cause any problems. It was a small procedure compared to the "never been done before" last op to remove an unusual mass and going by how keen she was for a walk this morning I am so glad we did it! She is as happy as ever and walking at least as well as before the op already - it will be tricky holding her back for the next week or so!

So after taking her in on Friday morning I thought it was time to make a couple of cards to say "thank you" both to the surgeon and his wonderful team and to one of the nurses who has in particular gone out of her way to spoil Sally too. 

And there is of course no other stamp set more suitable than the retired D is For Dog for a black Lab :-)

So a simple sketch but a little "modernising" of the retired stamp with the Large Polka Dots EF and the wonderful Hello You Framelits.

And although the word framelit is actually "thanks," I wanted something a little more formal for this occasion and so cut off the "s" and stamped the word "You" instead. 

Tip: to get the lighter versions of the dog, I used a Stamp-a ma-jig and stamped off once and then twice to get the right shades.

Card stock:Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White, Gold Foil Specialty

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Real Red

Stamps: D is for Dog (retired), Crazy For You

Accessories: Big Shot, Hello You Framelits, Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, Basic Rhinestones, Stamp-a-ma-jig.

To go with the card I also stopped by Arnolds - one of the best cake shops in Melbourne and picked up a freshly made and full of cream, custard and everything else  decadent little wonder  - though I probably should've brought it out of the fridge for the photo :-)

And next is the card for the special Nurse that has done what I never thought possible - and made friend's with Sally. Poor Sally is really scared at Vet's but she always gets very well treated here and it's the one place she doesn't tremble with fear in the waiting room!

And so still D is for Dog but this time used the fun Balloon Framelits :-)

Card stock: Real Red, Whisper White, Silver Foil Specialty

Designer Series Paper: Best Year Ever (Saleabration)

Inks: Real Red, Momento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: D is For Dog ( Retired), Crazy for You, Celebrate Today

Accessories: Big Shot, Hello You Thinlits, Balloon Framelits, White Cotton Twine ( Saleabration), Basic Rhinestones

And here she is looking a little sleepy still from her previous op - the little cute dressing from her favourite nurse of course :-) Now you can see why D is for Dog was the obvious stamp choice too!!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan