JAI #309 Inspiration Background

Happy Friday to you and welcome! This week seems to have really flown and we've had the best Autumn weather - sunny and warm days and coolish nights. It is a beautiful time with colours of the tree's leaves all changing....and falling... walking through them is always such fun :-)

Also beautiful this week is our new challenge at Just Add Ink. Jodene has found a wonderful Inspiration photo for us all to use. You can take whatever inspires you from the photo - the chevrons, the colours or textures - to create your project. Our lovely team have all created such beautiful cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and take a look!

Here is the Photo:

And here is my card:

What first jumped out at me from the photo was the lovely chevrons and the softness of the wool. So I decided to try and capture that softness with a watercolour / stamped background. 

Starting with a sheet of water colour paper, I used an Aquapainter to thoroughly wet it. Next, stamped the chevrons quickly and used the water brush to blend and push the ink outwards before it had time to dry. If you wanted a bolder look you could easily add more colour with the brush at this point as the colours will always look lighter when dry.

After using a heat gun to dry the paper, I added some gold embossed Grunge. The top layer of the butterfly is cut from a second watercolored sample. It's a simple way of bringing the background to the front.

To twine or not to twine - I wasn't sure about the little bow...but it looks rather unexpected, so I kept it :-)

Card stock: Pool Party, Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Whisper White (thick), Water colour paper

Ink: Pool Party, Blushing Bride, Momento Tuxedo Black, Versamark

Stamps: Work of Art, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Bold Butterfly Framelits, Butterfly Thinlits, Gold EP, Metallic Sequins Assortment, Bakers Twine Combo Pack ( Mint Macaron - but it also works well with the Pool Party)

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop over to Just Add Ink and see the wonderful creations our team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create using this lovely photo too!

Happy stamping until next time :-)

Jan

Hello Poinsettia for PCCCS #167

Welcome and a happy Wednesday to you! This week at The Paper Craft Crew our challenge is something a little different  -  we have a Colour challenge for you as our monthly variation from the usual sketches. Pam has suggested these lovely bright colours for us to choose just three from to play with this week. The design team have created a great variety of cards to inspire you so I hope you can pop on over and have a look.

Here is my card:

I will say that this challenge was a hard one for me as these are not colours I usually use. So it really was an opportunity to move outside my comfort zone and grow a little. The colours are excellent for a Fall or Autumn theme for those in the Northern Hemisphere and here in Australia it is of course Spring so I decided to use that as my inspiration to put these colours to work :-) 

The flower is created using the new Poinsettia Punch and the co-ordinating stamp, Reason for the Season. A touch of the always Gorgeous Grunge and a strip of polka dot DSP and some rhinestones for bling and it all came together :-)

Card stock: Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White (thick)

Designer Series Paper: Brights Designer Series Paper Stack

Inks: Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Momento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Reason For The Season, Gorgeous Grunge, Four You (retired)

Accessories: Poinsettia Punch, Iced Rhinestones, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by today and I can hope you can take a moment and pop on over to The Paper Craft Crew and see what the rest of the design team have created to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this fresh colour combo too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Hello in Flowers JAI #283

Hello and welcome to another beautiful Friday! Spring has indeed sprung and today is headed to a lovely and warm 27 degrees with the possibility of a storm later. The garden is blooming despite the heat earlier in the week and the veggies are all growing well too :-)

And we have a fabulous new challenge for you at Just Add Ink. This week Narelle has a wonderful sketch for us to use. Our lovely and talented Team have created a beautiful array of creations to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and take a look.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

Yes, I did replace the horizontal panel with a stamped image but hopefully you can still see the horizontals here! The square panel was inspired by several cards by Angie Leach where she created a floral background using white embossing and sponging the  ink onto the petals and centres. It is such a quick, easy and subtle way of adding colour that has a softness to it. For my panel I kept the colours Angie used but included a variety of images in the larger piece this was eventually  cut from. And of course the rest of the card came together as per the sketch with a few additions of shiny Gold :-)

Card stock: Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Gold Foil

Inks: Versamark, Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo

Stamp: Garden in Bloom, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, Square Framelits, Greetings thinlits, Elegant Dots EF, Triple Banner Punch, Metallic Sequins Assortment, Gold Metallic Thread

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop on over to Just Add Ink and see the wonderful cards our Team have made to inspire you this week and I look forward to seeing what you create with this lovely sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

You're Sublime PCCCSC #161

Welcome to a chilly Wednesday in Melbourne. The cherry trees are in blossom, the pretty (but hay fever alerting ) native Wattle is out but not the sun - well it has been in hiding today anyway. Apparently it is on it's way and we will have a lovely and warm weekend. I can hardly wait :-)

In the mean time it is time for a new sketch from The Paper Craft Crew. The Team have created a great variety of cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and have a look.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

Yes, one for the kiddies this week!! I am compiling a package of cards for a friend's birthday and she will need a few for children so that was my starting point  - the oval reminded me of the cute submarine :-) Yellow, as the song goes too with a little grey definition to go with the silver details and a lot of fussy cutting - including all the little fishes and hearts which were water coloured onto Thick White card and cut out when dry…quite fiddly but worth it. The oval behind is water washed with Pool Party ink and the clear, bubble like sequins are from the fun Metallic Sequins Assortment :-)

Card stock: Pool Party, Lost Lagoon, Calypso Coral, Basic Black, Whisper White (thick), Silver Foil

Ink: Black Stazon, Pool Party, Crushed Curry, Basic Grey, Versamark

Stamps: You're Sublime, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, Deco Label Framelits, Star Framelits, Itty Bitty Punch Pack (star), Wide Oval Punch, White EP, Metallic Sequin Assortment

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop on over to The Paper Craft Crew and see all the fabulous cards the Team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this sketch this week!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Flower Patch JAI #277

It's Friday and we have a fantastic new challenge for you at Just Add Ink this week. Kim has suggested these lovely colours for us all to use:

Beautiful and fresh colours that are perfect for the first week of Spring we are about to see. A colour challenge is a great way to challenge yourself to use colours that maybe you wouldn't normally use or haven't used for a while and the Team have made some wonderful creations to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment and take a look.

Here is my card:

I hadn't used the lovely Mint Macaron much before so it was a great opportunity to become more familiar with this gorgeous new In Colour. I decided to use the Flower Patch stamp to make a Spring flavoured Birthday card - it is a little bright isn't it ?! And the flower centre is one of the new Iced Rhinestones soon to be available to order - I am addicted to them already!

Card stock: Calypso Coral, Mint Macaron, Very Vanilla

Inks: So Saffron, Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral

Stamps: Flower Patch, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, Flower Fair Framelits, Project Life Framelits, Mint Macaron Ribbon, Iced Rhinestones, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop over to Just Add Ink and see the wonderful cards that the Team have made to inspire you this week and I look forward to seeing what you will make with this colour combination too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Butterfly Blue Birthday

Happy Tuesday to you! I hope you are having a good start to the week. Today's card was made for a friend's recent birthday. She loves Clean and Simple and the colour blue so that was the starting point for her card.  

The Watercolor Wings butterfly was stamped in two colours - Soft Sky and Tempting Turquoise - full strength for the outside and stamped off for the inside.  A vellum die cut was overlaid for a little height and softness and I couldn't resist a little Silver Metallic thread over the sparkly Silver banner and using one of the new Iced Rhinestones for the butterfly centre:-)

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

Inks: Tempting Turquoise, Soft Sky, Pacific Point

Stamps: Watercolor Wings, Gorgeous Grunge, Tin of Cards

Accessories: Big Shot, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Triple Banner Punch,  Brights Seqins, Iced Rhinestones, Silver Metallic Thread

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Butterfly Greetings PCCCSC #152

It was a chilly start to the day here in Melbourne being a mere 2 degrees Celsius outside at 7am this morning but it is a small price to pay for the sunny day that followed. I don't mind the frosty Winter mornings so much if it means we have a sunny day. It's when it is freezing ALL DAY that it seems really miserable.

And being Wednesday, it is time for another sketch from The Paper Craft Crew. The Team have created a great variety of cards to inspire you and there is even some BLOG CANDY on offer for those living within the United States to win too!!

So without further ado, here is the Sketch:

Being a CAS girl at heart, I really enjoyed playing with this sketch :-) 

Whilst I was in the middle of making this card I had one of those fabulous Brown Boxes that signifies a Stampin Up order arrive which meant I had a difficult decision to make  -  continue making the card I had in mind or choose some new goodies to complete it with. Oh, it wasn't easy -  there is always an excitement around new products isn't there :-) In the end, I made a compromise - I continued with the idea I had started with and added the brand new "hello" from the Greeting Thinlits instead of a stamped greeting - so dilemma over lol! And instead of using a strip of DSP for the background as per the sketch, this time I used the single  broken line image from the Butterfly Basics set to stamp three lines for a similar effect. And you too, can flip over or leave out certain parts of the sketch - just as long as the sketch can be identified in your creation. Another element, the three dots on the side I have changed slightly too: I have used scattered rhinestones instead of lining them up exactly evenly.. it's all about using the sketch to spark your creativity :-)

Card stock: Whisper White, Watermelon Wonder, Tip Top Taupe

Inks: Pool Party, Blushing Bride, Tip Top Taupe

Stamps: Butterfly Basics, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, Butterfly Thinlits, Greetings Thinlits, Blossom Accents, Silver Metallic Thread, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop on over to The Paper Craft Crew and see the great variety of cards the Team have made to inspire you this week and don't forget there is some Blog Candy on offer (by random draw) for those who enter from the United States too so I look forward to seeing your creations in the Gallery this week :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Starburst Wedding PCCCSC #146

Well, the last few days have flown past pretty quickly for me - yesterday was my first full day out of bed after being really unwell after a seemingly "dodgy"Calamari Salad that I had when out with a friend just before the weekend.  Incredibly high temperatures and the usual gastro symptoms….we've all been there I'm sure!  And now nearly a week later am still rather tentative with food which is not going to be that helpful later as I am supposed to be going out for dinner before a little show :-) Evening nights out are a bit of a rarity of late but this is one night we have been looking forward to for a while now. I've been a fan of Neil Finn (Crowded House and Split Enz) for longer than I can remember…(cue the rolling eyes of the siblings about now :-)) and tonight is a small venue solo show which will be something a little different and special. I am going with some friends for dinner beforehand and will catch up with others at the show itself. So it should be a lovely night!

And in the meantime, I have what you really want to hear about - this week's sketch from 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 and take a look and be inspired.

And here's my take on it:

 The Starburst Sayings image was the first thought that came on seeing the sketch this week and I've long learned the value in going with that first idea. It's been a little while since I've played with this set and am still getting used to the idea of it Retiring so it seemed the perfect time to use it with a new colour combo. Fabulous white and silver and the new Mint Macaron - one of the new In Colours that is coming in the new Catalogue available next week.

Card stock: Mint Macaron, Whisper White

Inks: Versamark, Mint Macaron, Silver Encore

Stamps: Starburst Sayings, Gorgeous Grunge, Papillon Potpourri, Hearts a Flutter

Accessories: Big Shot, Starburst Framelits, Hearts a Flutter Framelits, Mint Macaron Lace Trim, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment and pop over to The Paper Craft Crew and be inspired to enter this week's challenge too :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Paper Craft Crew #146 and an 80th Birthday

On Monday I had the great honour of being invited out for dinner to celebrate a lovely friend's 80th birthday. I haven't come to know and respect this lovely lady over the last six months and so it was a great honour to be among the seemingly small number invited. It was a lovely and relaxed evening and it turned out that the one couple on the table I hadn't met before was also from New Zealand originally and funnily enough we had friends in common! Some of my Aussie friends just laughed at this - like New Zealand is that small!! (well, about the same population as Melbourne!) but it did make the night for us both - an unexpected joy :-)

And of course, a special birthday needed a special card, so I used this week's sketch at The Paper Craft Crew. The Team have created a great collection of cards to inspire you this week so I do hope you have a moment to pop over and check them out.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card :-)

To fit in the silver 80 I needed to move the vertical panel to a straight position and it seemed the perfect occasion to use the Painted Blooms DSP too :-) And the banner ends were made with a fabulous new punch in the upcoming Stampin Up! new Catalogue that is due on June 2 called the Triple Banner punch - able to punch three different sizes of banners and one I can see I will use often :-)

Card stock: Pacific Point, Rose Red, Silver Foil Specialty

Designer Series Paper: Painted Blooms

Inks: Pacific Point

Stamps: Four You, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, Butterfly thinlits, Timeless Type Alphabet (Retired), White Organza Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones, Triple Banner Punch.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment and visit the Paper Craft Crew and see the fabulous cards the Team have to inspire you this week and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this sketch this week.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Just Add a Colour Challenge

Welcome to another fabulous Melbourne Friday - yes, a coolish night but a gorgeous day ahead and that is what we love about Autumn - warm days but cool enough at night to sleep well :-) And with no fallen leaves yet,  it must still be early in the season despite the way it feels. And as a friend in Canada reminded me the other day - who is still experiencing snow and barely above freezing temperatures - it could be a whole lot worse so we are not going to complain :-)

 This week at  Just Add Ink we have a gorgeous colour challenge for you chosen by Kim. Such vibrant and earthy colours -  great Autumnal (or Spring-ish ) tones don't you think?
And the Team have created a fabulous variety of projects with these awesome colours so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and be inspired :-)

And here is what I've made:

This card is for a friend preparing to have an operation this week - and not surprisingly - he is not looking forward to being out of action for a little while. These things always seem so much worse when we have to wait for them too don't they -  more time to think about it which is not always helpful! So this phrase from Really Good Greetings seemed the perfect choice as a little encouragement :-) And whilst the butterfly and the touches of bling aren't too masculine (and I did hold off from scattering a few extra) ) I know his wife will appreciate them ;-)

Card stock: Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Tangelo Twist, Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White

Inks: Mossy Meadow, Tangelo Twist, Old Olive Blendabilities Markers

Stamps: Really Good Greetings, Starburst Sayings, Butterfly Basics, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, On Film Framelits, Starburst Framelits, Butterfly Framelits, Basic rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a moment to pop on over to see what the Team at Just Add Ink have created to inspire you this week and I look forward to seeing what you will make for this challenge too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Just Add A Sketch

Welcome to the last Friday in Summer - already!! It seems as though it hasn't been as hot a Summer as usual so maybe that's why it seems to have gone so quickly? Can hardly believe that the evenings are indeed getting a little shorter even though we still have Daylight Savings time for another month.

And this week at Just Add Ink  we have a great sketch for you by Kim. The Team have come up with some fabulous ideas to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment and pop over and take a look.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

The big and bold "@" teamed with the Back To Black DSP make for a card that hopefully will appeal to a Teen male  - that was the look I was going for anyway :-) A few splashes of silver Grunge and sequins and the card is done. The angled piece did take a bit of measuring but is well worth the effort as the sharp angles work so well with the circles.

Card stock: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Back to Black

Inks: Real Red, Silver Encore

Stamps: # Hello, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, Circle and Starburst Framelits, Frosted Sequins

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a moment to pop over to Just Add Ink and see the fabulous ideas the Team have created to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will make with this fun sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Rev Up for a Sketch

Welcome to a hot Sunday evening in Melbourne!! Yes, I know there are some people who are experiencing major snow falls….and that's something I sure wouldn't want to be in. But let me tell that you that the car at one point today was reading 39.5 degrees Celsius and when the car stopped it felt like we were melting!! Thank goodness we came home to Air Con and it meant I had the best excuse to make a card as it was too hot to move too much :-)

I needed a masculine "Thank You" card and with a stamp set in mind to use, found the perfect sketch to inspire me by Kim at Freshly Made Sketches :-)

I have some DSP on my table from the last card I made and it will suit this sketch and my theme perfectly - don't you just love it when that happens :-)

Yes, a retired favourite stamp set but what else do you give a professed "car enthusiast" aka Rev head??

To help this be slightly less retired looking I added the fresh "Back to Black" DSP and the teamed it with the Large Polka Dots EF. The randomly placed "black dots" are Basic Pearls coloured with a black Permanent marker. In the past I have teamed this stamp with Gorgeous Grunge and simply couldn't resist doing it again.

And the greeting itself is also covered in Crystal Effects - as is the little heart  to give it a little shine :-)

Card stock: Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black, 

Designer Series Paper: Back to Black

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Smoky Slate, Real Red

Stamps: Rev Up The Fun, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, Large Polka Dot EF, Crystal Effects, Owl Punch (heart), Basic Pearls, Black Permanent Marker, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a moment to go and check out all the fabulous cards by the Freshly Made Sketches Design Team and maybe you might be the next to enter the challenge.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Guest Designer for Just Add Ink!

Yes,  I am Sooo excited to share with you that I have been invited to be a Guest Designer for Just Add Ink for the next little while!! Just Add Ink was the first challenge blog that I saw when I first started card making back in 2007. I was in awe of the wonderful cards people made for their challenges let alone what the Design Team made!!! Then a year or so ago I started entering challenges after the encouragement of some wonderful friends - and JAI was one of those…and now what seems like such a short time later here we are: as Guest Designer!! I have to pinch myself to make sure it's real :-) Such a fantastic Team of beautiful people as well as inspirational crafters and I am indeed honoured.

So this week at Just Add Ink we have a wonderful sketch by Tina for you and the Team have come up with some amazing ideas to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and have a look.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

OOPS!

Here is another look at it with the twine and bow that I somehow missed seeing originally!

For this card I created a Bokeh background using a technique I saw in a video by Dawn Olchefske. Bokeh is a technique often used in photography to blur the image and makes an interesting effect for a card background :-) You can create this effect in many ways - by water colouring or sponging ink on the white card stock to create your coloured background. And when it is dry apply white Craft ink in circles one the top - for this I used the Circle Framelits to cut a stencil with different sizes of circles .out of Window Sheet And once the white ink was dry I used a hexagon punch as well as circle framelits again for the central layered image.

Card stock: Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Window sheets (For stencil for background)

Inks" Calypso Coral, Crushed curry, Coastal Cabana, Craft White, Momento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Perfect Pennants, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Framelits, Basic Rhinestones, Hexagon Punch, Window Sheet

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

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Silver Anniversary

Wow - where has the time gone? I can assure you I have been busy in the wings with a few little projects - some that I am looking forward to sharing with you shortly and others that are waiting for the (sometimes very snail like Postal services to deliver :-). Maybe the last few days of quite heavy rain makes everything seem to slow down? Though I think you would agree that 23 degrees (Celsius ) and a little rain is a lot better than snow  - like some of our good friends in the Northern Hemisphere are contending with so I am not going to complain! Besides, rain is of course very helpful in keeping the Bushfire risk down here this Summer :-) Do you get the feeling I am trying to convince myself the rain is good? Yes, I think so too!! Growing up in Nelson, the Sunshine capital of New Zealand has made anything over 2-3 days of rain seem an age…hence moving to "four seasons in one day" Melbourne lol!

But getting back on track :-)….it is Wednesday and so is time for another sketch from The Paper Craft Crew. Such a great sketch - and open to many interpretations  - so I hope you have a moment to check out the fabulous inspiration from the Team this week :-)

And my card  - it's a special one for my lovely friends Katerina and Vince who are celebrating a special Anniversary this week. Congratulations on 25 years of marriage - such a fabulous achievement along with raising your beautiful family!! May you enjoy many more wonderful years together :-)

When I saw this sketch it seemed perfect to try out the new Balloon Framelits and the co-ordinating stamp, Celebrate Today. And for the background I used some of Katerina's favourite sets - Gorgeous Grunge and Work of Art. One of the great things about creating your own cards for the special friends and family in our lives is that we can customise them to the likes of the recipients.  So hopefully the bling and and full background (no not quite CAS here!) will appeal :-)

25 years - according the the Traditional Gift List -  is Silver and so that is used for both the balloon (embossed) and in the Silver Glimmer paper. Lots of sparkle and shine! The banner on the balloon is a slight deviation from the sketch but it seemed the best way to add the "Anniversary" on top of the Silver and the banner just manages to fit within the balloon :-)  I was happily surprised at how well this new set is working with the older Teeny Tiny Sentiments and may well give that set another lease of life too :-)

Card stock: Real Red, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer

Designer Series paper: Back to Black

Inks: Blushing Bride, Real Red, Versamark

Stamps: Work of Art, Gorgeous Grunge, Celebrate Today, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Accessories: Big Shot, Balloon Framelits, Itty Bitty Banner Framelits, Timeless Type alphabet (retired), Heart Framelits, Hexagon Punch, Silver Twine, Basic rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop over and see all the great inspiration from the Team at The Paper Craft Crew this week. And I look forward to seeing what you will create for this challenge too :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Happy New Year's Eve!

Today in Melbourne has been a beautiful warm but not too hot day - perfect really for the end of the year! The day started with some early morning baking - ok after a quick trip to the supermarket when we realised we were out of brown sugar!! And then we had a lovely morning tea/ lunch with some good friends while our dogs enjoyed a social time as well. Dear Sally is still not allowed to play with her best friend Monty as she is still recovering from surgery a month ago to remove a tumour from a leg but she is otherwise well and happy and she spent the morning teasing him and tempting him to start some vigorous play as I think she knows it's not on and brings them both immediate attention from respective "parents"…just like human kids :-) And as is was also Monty's teenage "brother's"  birthday today it was the perfect inspiration behind this week's card for The Paper Craft Crew :-)

A great sketch this week especially for a teenager! The Team have created some great and varied cards for the sketch so I hope you have a moment to check them out. Here is the sketch:

And here is the Teen boy card :-)

Ok so the flower probably isn't so appropriate here but it IS red :-)

But I am pleased to say the Birthday boy did like his card and was quite keen to see how it all was put together too - an engineer at heart possibly :-)

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

Inks: Real Red, Encore Gold, Momento Tuxedo Black, Versamark

Stamps: Really Good Greetings, Amazing Birthday, # Hello, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, on Film Framelits, Square Framelits, White EP, 11/4 Circle Punch,

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you have a moment to check out all the great cards this week by the Team at The Paper Craft Crew. And I wish you all a wonderful start to the New Year and may 2015 be a special year for you and all your families!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan