Wedding Cake for JAI# 456

Happy Friday folks and welcome back! It's a chilly, grey old day here in Melbourne. Perfect thought for anyone needing an excuse to stay inside and get creative. 😊

It's time for our new challenge at Just Add Ink and this fabulous white and pretty Inspiration Photo was suggested by Nikki for us to use in our projects this week. Perfect for Weddings or whatever white or floral project you have to do. The design team have all created such amazing cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and take a peek and we'd love you to join us.

So I was inspired by the round shape of the flowers and the gold and white colour palette. I actually had in mind a huge layered wedding cake with this image at the top. But I couldn't quite find circles big enough...so I went with smaller ones lol. In the end there is quite a few stamps and dies used here which kinda shows how many different versions of this card I tried! Mostly, it's about creating an idea I have in mind but sometimes the process itself is what produces the card even after all these years.

White on white seems to be a current design trend and I decided to add the gold from the Photo flower centres and layers of texture to complete this wedding card. 

Card stock: Whisper White (thick and standard), Gold Foil and Glimmer

Ink: Versamark

Stamps: Piece of Cake, Painted Glass

Accessories: Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Framelits, Stitched shapes and Layering Circles Framelits,  Well Written Framelits, Wonderful Floral Framelits, Gold EP,  Tufted EF, White Organza Ribbon, Gold Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope that you can take a moment to pop on over to Just Add Ink and see all the gorgeous inspiration from the team and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this pretty Photo Inspiration pic too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Painted Glass for JAI #429

Hello and happy Friday to you! It's now October and half way through Spring already!! Just where does the time go I wonder as I'm sure the days are coming along quicker than they used to! 😀

But first and foremost, it is time for our new challenge at Just Add Ink. Where Di has suggested that we add Vellum as the main focus of our projects this week. Vellum is such a versatile medium - you can use it soften bright colours under it, colour on it to produce a translucent effect and it layers ever so beautifully too! As always, our lovely design team have created a wide variety of gorgeous cards to inspire you so I hope that you can take a moment to pop on over and join us 😊

Vellum can be a little difficult to photograph but hopefully you can see here that I decided to colour on it using a mixture of Stampin Blends and Copic markers.  The lovely Painted Glass Suite includes a pack of images and patterns on vellum card stock and that is what I have used here. Seeing as it is such a pretty scene, I used all the window framelits in the set to literally frame it too.

And to finish the card, a rose was stamped and coloured and added on top with the sentiment and a sprinkle of sequins.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope that you can pop on over to Just Add Ink and see all the inspiration from our lovely team and I look forward to seeing what you will create with Vellum this week too.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Painted Glass Butterfly for JAI #416

Happy Friday and welcome! It's mid Winter and chilly as it should be but we've still been going to dog training with Honey the wonder Foster dog :-) She's now graduated to Level 3 (out of 4) at dog training and we are considering enrolling her in an Agility course as she really would love the combination of exercising body and mind. Hopefully her forever family will come forward soon as it would be a great way of them bonding with her....tho yes, I will miss her of course!

This week at Just Add Ink we have this lovely classical sketch from Patrice to help you get started with your weekend crafting. You can use it as it is or flip it around and even change the square shape to another to suit your project. As always, our lovely and talented design team have all created some fabulous cards to inspire you. So I hope you can take a moment and pop on over and hopefully join us :-)

For my card I changed the square to a circle but otherwise kept pretty close to the sketch.
Using the Painted Glass bundle, the circular  image is stamped onto Balmy Blue card stock and die cut. The White die cut is two of the half circles put together and I've coloured the butterfly using a mix of Blends and where I didn't have the colours I was after, Copics. A strip of Not Quite Navy anchors the ribbon and silver sequin trim.

Card stock: Whisper White (Thick and standard), Balmy Blue, Not Quite Navy
Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Not Quite Navy, Balmy Blue
Stamps: Painted Glass
Accessories: Big Shot, Stained Glass Thinlits, Lemon Lime Twist Cotton Ribbon, Silver Sequin Trim, Ombre Sparkly Candy Dots (retired).

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 lovely inspiration our team have created for you and I so look forward to seeing what you will create with this fun, clean and elegant sketch!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Painted Petals for JAI #411

Happy Friday and welcome to Winter down under or a very happy start to Summer to you if you are popping in from the Northern Hemisphere. Here in Melbourne, it has been a chilly, windy and a little damp start to Winter. We are really glad our gas central heating is back in action having gone on the blink for the last few weeks. Winter...shorter, cooler and flu and cold ridden days...yes, bring on Spring please :-)

But there are happy things happening this week too - a new Catalogue is open for orders from Stampin Up and at Just Add Ink this week we have a new sketch for you - the first ever from me (with the help of the lovely Narelle to bring it to life). The design team have created a wonderful array of cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and take a peek and join us :-)

Initially, when designing the sketch I was thinking of these leaves from Petal Palate to place above the square so a little fussy cutting later and here they are!! The delicate frame is cut from Sparkle Glimmer Paper and there is a light pink water colour wash added behind the roses.

Maybe you can see that better in this photo.

The frame and sweet roses are from the new Painted Glass Bundle, now available to order and the hugs is from the now retired Lovely Words Thinlits which I'll be keeping along with the Pink Pirouette card stock that goes so well with Melon Mambo :-)

Card stock: Whisper White (thick and standard), Pink Pirouette, Sparkle Glimmer, Gold Foil

Inks: Melon Mambo, Garden Green, Black Stazon

Stamps: Petal Palatte, Painted Glass

Accessories: Big Shot, Stained Glass Thinlits, Lovely Words Thinlits, Metallic Sequins, Aqua Painter

Non SU: Distress Watercolor Card stock (TH/ Ranger)

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope that you can take a moment to pop on over to Just Add Ink and see all the fabulous inspiration our lovely design team have created for you and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this clean and versatile sketch too.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan