Fern & Flora Flowers and Circles for JAI #792

We're almost through the coldest part of Winter here in Australia and the flowers in the garden are starting to grow again. Bulbs are starting to push up from the soil and the Wattle, a native tree is beginning to bloom. Spring is coming soon and I can't wait! I have not been very well this Winter and I am looking forward to warmer days.

This week at Just Add Ink we have Choose Two Challenge from Tristan. She would like you to Just Add Two or more of  Gingham, Circles, Flowers or Sequins. The design team have created cards with mixtures of combinations of these and we hope that you will enjoy playing along with us!

I have a special card for you today that I made for a lovely young person celebrating a special birthday. This is how the card appears when you bring it out of the envelope.
For the Challenge elements,  I have used Flowers and Circles for my Choose Two items.
This card design is from Sue Campfield and she calls this design a Tuck and Reveal Fun Fold Card. I am guessing the name is because you Tuck the left side of the card in behind, in this case, the back of the circles to close it and the Reveal comes later when you open it.
I followed along with Sue's fabulous Youtube demo of this card from her blog but changed the dimensions slightly, just to lengthen the card to suit the C6 Envelopes we use here in Australia. 

And here is the "Reveal!" When the card is opened, both the  3D tower and the raised square box element pop up. This design is perfect for a special occasion!

I chose to use the gorgeous Moonlit Flora DSP. The recipient is a lover of pink and I thought to mix the moody green with the little berry flowers paper with the pop of the berry diamonds for a contrast - and a berry surprise when opening!  And whilst there is a room to address and sign the card here, there is a place for a message on the back.

The recipient can display the card without the message needing to be obvious.

The design in the circle was inspired by the DSP itself. The stamped floral spray is coloured with Blends and has some berry stamped leaves behind it and then the layers of different green, die cut leaves. I adore the amount of texture that is in these leaves and flowers. As someone with vision impaired friends and as a volunteer who has held card making classes for vision impaired people, I am always on the lookout for products that you can touch and note the texture.  And these are some of the most detailed leaves I've found. I love the variety of the die cut leaves...some of them make me a little homesick for NZ too. 

So my card has Circles and Flowers - and almost gingham in the pink - added. Which items out of Gingham, Flowers, Circles or Sequins might you add for our Just Add Ink challenge this fortnight? 
You have until 7pm on Wednesday 26th August to enter your project and we'd love to see it!

Card stock: Secret Sea, Basic White, Silver Foil, Pretty Peacock, Granny Apple Green, Berry Burst.

DSP: Moonlit Flora 

Inks: Berry Burst, Momento Tuxedo Black, 

Blends: Berry Burst, Old Olive, Shaded Spruce

Stamps: Fern & Flora, Artistically Inked

Accessories: Die cutting machine, Spotlight On Nature Dies, Large Number Dies (retired), Fern & Flora, Silver ribbon, rhinestones.

Thanks for stopping by!

'Til next time,

Jan

 

Shopping for Cake for JAI #749

 

Happy Friday everyone and welcome to the first Friday in May! Here in Australia this coming weekend is our Federal Election but there will still be plenty of time for craft activities I hope and perhaps that will mean you can join in this challenge with us.

This week at Just Add Ink we have a fun Choose Two Challenge suggested by Nikki. She's asking that we choose between Circles, Cakes and Coffee. I hope that you can pop on over to JAI and see all the cards the design team have created to inspire you and we'd love you to join us.

I chose to use Cakes and Circles and you could say, paper plates for my card!

Yes! This is very Clean & Simple card in design but sometimes that is all you need.

The cute cake and sentiment are from the retiring Attention Shoppers Bundle and the Circles (or paper plates!) are from the Spotlight on Nature Dies. I love that these circle dies give you lots of choices of edge details - including these ones that do look perfect for a party! And there are also circles in the background DSP used. 

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope that you can pop on over to Just Add Ink and see all the cards the rest of the Design Team have created and then join us and show us which Two of Circles, Cake or Coffee that you have chosen to use for this challenge. I can't wait to see!

Card stock: Petunia Pop, Basic White

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Blends and Copics

Stamps: Attention Shoppers

Accessories: Die Cutting machine, Spotlight on nature Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Attention Shoppers Dies, White EP, Sequins.

'Til next time,

Jan

Spotlight on Nature JAI #739

Happy Friday and welcome! It's almost the last week of February and the end of summer here in Australia! Time is going so quickly this year and it is hard to believe it is nearly Autumn - and nearly Spring for those in the Northen Hemisphere. I hope that the year has been treating you sell so far.

This week at Just Add Ink ,we have a Choose Two Challenge from three options : Colouring, Thinking of you or Embossing suggested by Kerry. Our Design Team have made cards showing so many of the different options and funnily enough we also produced a bit of a similar colour theme despite this not being a colour challenge. 

Have a look at the JAI blog and see and we'd love you to join us too!

 For my card this week, I chose Colouring and Embossing.

The beautiful image is from the Spotlight on Nature stamp set and it is embossed with White EP on water colour paper. 

Then ink was blended onto the water colour paper in three different colours - Lemon Lime Twist, Coastal Cabana and Blueberry Bushel - in sections and wiped off the white embossed image. Then drops of water are flicked onto the image using a Water Pen and blotted off using paper towel.

Then the image is placed on some more Blueberry Bushel card stock dry embossed using an EF from my stash. It is so long retired that I can't recall it's name but it looks as though its a knitted background which is very current a the moment.

And this has it's corners rounded and then is added onto some Thick Basic White Cardstock.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set and is stamped in Blue Berry Bushel ink and then is Clear Embossed to help give it extra shine. The rounded corners on the sentiment strip and the Silver foil layer are created using Circle dies. Finally, some white twine and rhinestones are added too.

Thanks for stopping by this week. I hope that you are inspired to join in with us for this week's Just Add Ink challenge and I look forward to seeing what you Choose out of the Three options and what you decide to create!

'Til next time,

Jan

 

Party Cake for JAI #710

 

Happy Friday everyone and welcome to the last Friday of the School Holidays. Just in time for the weekend where it might not be a bad idea to spend it inside, crafting going by the cold Winter that we are having here in Melbourne.

This week's Challenge at Just Add Ink is to Just Add Party Fun! Parties have so many elements to them - from cool drinks to fun hats to themes and dresses and everything food orientated. So there are lots of things that you could think of for this one I am sure! I suggested this one so I hope that you like it. Our design team have created a fabulous array of cards to inspire you so we hope that you might join in this week!

For my card I turned to cake because you can't have a party without a cake! And the Something For Everyone Ephemera Pack delivered. 
It has several traditional party theme type images but I couldn't go past the cake wagon and the yummy looking piece of cake and the bunting.

The Icing Sentiment is from the Saying Something Ephemera pack. Being a circle, it helped with the layout of this card, leading me using the Spotlight On Nature Dies. Then the Friends For Life Bundle had just arrived with my latest order....so that was used as well!

Btw, I think that Watermelon Wonder is my new favourite colour Do you have one??

I also added a  touch of ribbon and a sprinkling of sequins and this card was ready. No stamping or colouring at all needed!

Yes, it's very girly and a bit sparkly but I think it also has a bit of a party feel too!

Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you will join us at Just Add Ink and share your idea of Party Fun with us this week!

Card stock: Basic White, Watermelon Wonder, Silver Glimmer

Ink: none!

Stamps....none too!

Accessories: Something for Everyone Ephemera Pack, Saying Something Ephemera Pack, Spotlight On Nature Dies, Friends for Life Dies, Metallic Sequins Assortment, Ribbon from my stash

'Til next time,

Jan

Blue Spotlight for JAI #706

 

Welcome everyone to the middle Friday in June. The days are getting darker and colder and Winter is definitely here with a chilly and damp week had by most in Australia. But what better excuse to spend time crafting than to say warm and dry? 😀

We have a new challenge week at Just Add Ink and that is this Photo Inspiration Challenge from Kerry.
Inspiration Challenges give you the opportunity to take what appeals to you from the images. The design team have given you a pretty and varied display of cards to help you find your way. I hope you can pop on over and join us!

In my card I was inspired to layer the blue and white parts from the Photo Challenge. 
This is my first play with beautiful Spotlight On Nature bundle from the new Stampin Up Catalogue. And I found it so pretty to colour and the photo doesn't quite do it justice on a cold and wet Melbourne day. 

The Z Fold seemed a good way to allow these images to shine in a way that fulfilled the blue and white challenge details. 
As this set doesn't come with DSP, the leaf stamp was used to provide the blue and background stamping.

And aren't these circle die edges so pretty!! 
I am not usually a shabby chic girl....but I could be tempted to have a dabble with such pretty details.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you can take a moment to pop on over to Just Add Ink and I look forward to seeing what you create for this challenge. 

'Til next time,

Jan