Butterfly Birthday JAI # 311

The weather continues to be mild for May - we've had the odd storm this week but temperatures are still around 20 degrees and we are looking forward to another sunny weekend.

And it's time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week Nikki has suggested we "Just Add...Masking." It's such a fun technique and so often helps us create a scene and add a little more or maybe use less of a detail. Our fabulous Team have created a beautiful array of examples to inspire you so I hope you can pop on over and take a look.

Can you see my masking element? Yes, I used the inside space of one of the Circle Framelits over the Happy Patterns Stencils. This limited the amount of colour applied to the background and gives it its shape. Sadly both these stencils and this pretty butterfly are both retiring in a few weeks so best to get in quick if you'd still like to get them. I've used this set a fair bit this year and it's one I will really miss but I know that means there will be other lovely toys to use soon too :-)

Card stock: Whisper White (standard and Thick), Silver Glimmer, Vellum

Designer Series Paper: Brights Stack

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Black Stazon (Vellum), Melon Mambo, Lost Lagoon, Soft Sky

Stamps: Floral Wings

Accessories: Big Shot, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Happy Patterns Stencils, Silver Bakers Twine, Triple Banner Punch, Basic Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop on over to see what the rest of the Team have come up with to inspire you at Just Add Ink and I look forward to seeing what you will create using the much loved Masking technique too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Give Thanks PCCC#171

It's Wednesday already and that means its time for a new challenge from The Paper Craft Crew. This is the third of our monthly "non sketch" challenges and this week we have a lovely THEME for you of Giving Thanks. Whilst there is a special holiday for this in the USA, thanks is something we all love to give and receive and the Team have made a great variety of cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment and pop on over and take a look :-)

Here is my card:

My starting point for this card was the stamp set and I decided to try a new colour combo. I haven't used this year's In Colours hardly at all (except for Watermelon Wonder) so it was time to use some Mint Macaron and Tip Top Taupe together and some Pink Pirrouette to keep it feminine :-) Hopefully you can just see the lightly stamped "so much" too.

Card stock: Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Go Wild Stack

Inks: Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe, Pink Pirouette,

Stamps: Floral Wings, Crazy About You

Accessories: Big Shot, Lots of Labels Framelits, Large Polka Dots EF, Expressions Wood Elements, Basic Pearls, Metallic Sequins, Gold cording Trim

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment and pop over to The Paper Craft Crew and see what the rest of the Team have made to inspire you this week and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this lovely theme 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

Floral Wings JAI # 273

It's Friday and that means it's time for a fun new challenge at Just Add Ink! The lovely Rochelle has suggested a fabulous colour challenge for us all to use. And the Team have used these colours brilliantly so I hope you can take a moment to check them out and be inspired :-)

Here are the Colours for this week's challenge:

So two bright and bold colours and two neutrals :-)

Blackberry Bliss and Bermuda is one of my favourite colour combos and it didn't take long to put them together on the Floral Wings butterfly :-) However the off-kilter panels were a bit tricky to layer evenly and took quite a few goes to get right.
The fantastic Brick Wall EF helps give the illusion of some climbing roses and adds a little subtle texture. With the addition of the simple scripted Birthday wishes and the now standard Silver Metallic Thread the collection of cards for my young Cousin is complete at last :-)

Card stock: Blackberry Bliss, Bermuda Bay, Smoky Slate, Whisper White

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Blackberry Bliss, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate

Stamps: Floral Wings, Silhouettes and Script

Accessories: Big Shot, Boho Blossoms and Brick Wall EF, Bold Butterfly Framelits, White Perfect Accents, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop over to Just Add Ink and see all the wonderful inspiration from the Team and I look forward to seeing what you will create with these colours this week too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Florals in Pink

Here we are back for a second post today- I know, pretty unusual lol - of a card I made last week for a new friend's birthday :-)
This too, like the one I shared yesterday, is a CASE of a beautiful card by Alison Barclay. I loved Alison's design and so only added a different base card colour and some bling and another change in colour combo of course!

Unfortunately, the winter light means the photo doesn't show how pretty this really is but you get an idea at least! The card base is Melon Mambo and there is a layer of gold glimmer underneath the raised white panel. The Pink roses are also all raised on dimensionals too for some added interest and there is a sprinkling of rhinestones too - I hope she likes it!

Card stock: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Gold Glimmer

Inks: Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Old Olive

Stamps: Floral Wings (Hostess)

Accessories: Big Shot, Bold Butterflies Framelits, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you are enjoying your Winter or Summer and getting creative.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Butterfly Floral Birthday

Happy Tuesday to you! I hope you are having a good week :-)
Today's card is for a young Cousin's recent birthday. Her favourite colour is "purple" and so I used some Blackberry Bliss and had my first play with the Floral Wings Hostess stamp set. Yay - it is a lovely elegant set and I can see it quickly becoming a favourite - especially as it goes with the Bold Butterfly framelits too :-)
Recently Alison Barclay made this gorgeous card for a sketch challenge which she won at  Just Add Ink with this set and I just loved her design so this is a CASE of Alison's card :-)

So what did I change apart from the colours? Not much at all as it was a fabulous design :-) I did change the base card to coloured and added a layer of gold glimmer paper under the raised white panel. Oh and I also raised the roses on top of the butterfly with dimensionals for some added drama. It's just a shame that the Blackberry doesn't look as good in the photos as in real life as this is a colour combo and layout I am sure to use again :-)

Card stock: Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White, Gold Glimmer

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Melon Mambo, Meadow Moss

Stamps: Floral Wings

Accessories: Big Shot, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you are enjoying the first week of the school holidays. One thing we are noticing is the great amount of families having fun at the Park where we have our dog walks - so nice to see! And it often results in requests for photos of our Sally (Black Lab) with them which she is only too happy to oblige of course - she sure loves the kids, the smaller the better. Maybe because she had pups she is particularly fond of toddlers - or maybe its just that they often have biscuits in their hands…:-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

You've got this - SIP #1

And for my second post for today (yes, quite unusual I know!) is a card I made recently for a new friend's birthday and uses another new stamps set - You've Got This :-) Now I'm not the best colourist by any stretch but I decided to have a go on this set with an Aqua Painter onto some water colour paper and the colour ended up quite a lot brighter than I expected :-)

And I've found a new Challenge Blog! Stamps Ink Paper is hosting it's very first challenge and is the creation of Justin Krieger. Justin, is a fellow that I am indeed grateful to - as it was he that suggested some time ago  (maybe 2 years ago??) that I should enter some challenges. Of course I didn't think I would be good enough but ran the idea past a couple of my local stamping friends and they were very encouraging too and so I created this Blog - challenges are fabulous for pushing you to create a little outside of your usual "box' and help you grow and that certainly has been the case for me. As they say, the rest is history lol - and now honoured to be on two Design Teams, here I am at over 250 blog posts!! So I am excited for Justin and his Team of talented Designers in their new venture and wish them all the best of success!  And I encourage you to pop on over and check them out :-) 

They are beginning with this week's challenge : 

I have many favourite stamp sets that I can't choose between yet - so I chose the newest one with one of my favourite colours lately - Calypso Coral and lots of white space. My favourite style is I think Clean and Layered with Bling :-)

And so I couldn't go past the new Metallic Sequins pack and try out some white sequins! And lately i am also loving the trend of using stamped words like they are Dymo labels as you can "scatter" them a little too!

Card stock: Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Basic Black, Water Colour Paper,

Designer Series Paper: Go Wild Stack

Ink: Calypso Coral, Garden Green, Black Stazon, Versamark

Stamps: You've Got This, Floral Wings (Hostess)

Accessories: Big Shot, Hello You Thinlits, White EP, Aqua Painter, Metallic Sequin Assortment

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a moment to pop on over to Stamp Ink Paper and maybe you too will be inspire to enter :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Watercolor Wings for PCCCSC #149

It is Wednesday already and apparently the big news here is a big Rugby League game in town tonight - State of Origin. It is between Queensland and New South Wales and the teams are decided by where the players originally hail from. It is a big North vs South kind of competition and I think its the best of three… NSW wear blue and the Queenslanders Maroon…..I don't mind the colours although I won't be watching the game tonight lol :-)

And we have a new sketch for you today at The Paper Craft Crew! The Team have created a great variety of cards to inspire you this week so I hope you can take a moment to check them out. Here is the sketch:

Here is my card - using a new stamp set :-)

Actually, this card uses three stamp sets :-) Watercolor Wings  (and yes, the stamp has an American "Origin"  so is spelt accordingly lol!) It is a 3 step stamp set and has a delicate water coloured look to it. The roses and leaves and greeting are both from different butterfly related sets too! I am loving this colour combo and will definitely use it again :-) For the butterfly colours I used Pool Party and Tip Top Taupe - to get two tones of the Pool Party, I stamped off onto scrap paper before stamping the solid image. And if you look closely you may see the little coils of the new Silver Metallic Thread peeking out from under the Blossom :-)

Card stock: Whisper White, Pool Party, Silver Glimmer

Designer Series Paper: Cherry On Top

Inks: Pool Party, Tip Top Taupe, Watermelon Wonder

Stamps: Watercolor Wings, Butterfly Basics, Floral Wings (Hostess),

Accessories: Big Shot, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Banner Framelits, Corner Rounder Punch, Silver Twine, Silver Metallic Thread, Blossom Accents

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment and head over to The Paper Craft Crew and see all the creations the Team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you create with this sketch this week.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan