Swirly Bird Birthday

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads today - I hope you have a fun and relaxing day!!
The sun is shining and it does feel like Spring has arrived - the bulbs and blossoms are starting to bloom - so exciting to see the bursts of colour and feel the promise of warmer weather!

So inspired by Spring, and also how at Just Add Ink, the colour challenges lately have all included some of this years' new In Colours,  I thought I'd jump in at the deep end and try using them all together. There was some debate, I remember as to whether they were designed to work together or not so it was with some trepidation....but I love how bright and cheery it turned out :-)

The other idea I wanted to try, was to pop up the "wave" diecut in place so it appears to be floating - similar to the Sea Shaker card I made for this week's challenge that you can see here but without the shaker part.

So I started by stamping the swirls - the Peach solid "blob" is stamped off once and then the swirl at full strength.  Then die cut the panel and held it in place with some Washi tape before popping up the whole panel with dimensionals onto the base card. The wave cut has some chopped dimensionals supporting it too. Then it was just a case of adding some more details to pop up and complete the happy scene.  

Card stock: Whisper White (thick for the base and top panel, and standard for the other details), Flirty Flamingo, Basic Black

Ink: Versamark, Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach, Emerald Envy, Dapper Denim

Stamps: Swirly Bird, Sunshine Wishes

Accessories: Big Shot, Swirly Scribbles Thinlits, White EP, In Colours Enamel Shapes, Dimensionals

Thanks for taking the time to stop by today!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Swirly Inspiration for JAI #314

Happy Winter friends - or Summer if you happen to be in the Northern Hemisphere :-) Here in Melbourne we have had a week of crisp and chilly mornings and beautiful sunny days. Surely the best we could hope for!!

And it's time for a brand new challenge at Just Add Ink! This week, Di has found a fabulous photo for us all to use. You can take whatever inspires you from the photo - the fruit themselves, the shapes, or the colours. Our lovely team have all made stunning creations to inspire you so I hope you can pop on over and take a look :-)

Here is the photo:

And here is my card:

Yes, I must confess I am totally addicted to Swirly....and it does represent the fruit quite well from the  pic don't you think?? This did come together quite quickly in the end. Initially I was a bit thrown by the colours (and missed seeing the green) and I did start with another stamp set....but after a bit of a struggle I saw Swirly sitting there and an idea quickly formed - one of those lovely moments :-) The design was centred around the main flower of course and a little overlap of the swirls. The Blackberry and Daffodil ones have stamped and die cut centres and the green are left plain to represent leaves. Then all it needed was a greeting and some of the now ever present Wink of Stella :-)

Card stock: Whisper White (Thick for the base, and standard), Blackberry Bliss, Crushed Curry
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Blackberry Bliss, Emerald Envy ( a new favourite too!), Versa mark
Stamps: Swirly Bird, Suite Sayings
Accessories: Big Shot, Swirly Scribbles Thinlits, White EP, Triple Banner Punch, Basic Rhinestones

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 wonderful cards our fabulous team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this fun photo challenge too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Swirly Birthday - Sneak Peek

Hello and welcome to a wet and wintery Thursday here in Melbourne! We had a quick dog walk in the rain this morning - truly the first time I've had to find wet weather gear in months so we do really need it.  And the car said 11.5 degrees Celsius - yes, Winter is indeed coming after our warm Autumn! The snow fields that are a few hours north got a good dumping of snow...all good for those who want to go skiing in a few weeks when the Ski fields open.  I'll happily stay warm and dry inside though  :-)

Today's card was for a lovely friend's recent birthday. Her style of card making often involves beautiful layering and as this was also my first play with the new Swirly Bird stamp set I decided to create a layered flower for her.  I've also used a couple of the new In colours - Emerald Envy is such a lovely and warm green - and Sweet Sugarplum for the flower centre. It is teamed here in a girly combo with Melon Mambo and Pink Pirouette. I hope she likes it :-)

The inside is quite clean and simple so there was room to write :-)

And it's hard to see but there is some sparkly Wink of Stella on the coloured card stock floral layers. The background is water coloured using a lot of water and a little Pacific Point ink. I find adding a layer of thick white card stock under the water colour paper helps with reducing the warping effect. It also gives it the additional height without needing to use dimensionals - which is especially good if it needs to go through the post :-)

Card stock: Melon Mambo, Sweet Sugarplum, Whisper White - standard and thick, Water Colour Paper
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Sweet Sugarplum, Black Stazon, Emerald Envy, Pacific Point
Stamps: Swirly Bird, Suite Sayings, Birthday Blooms
Accessories: Big Shot, Swirly Scribbles Thinlits, Basic Rhinestones, Aqua Painter, Clear Wink of Stella

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Watercolour Sneak Peek

Hello and welcome! It's Monday and the start of a new week and today I have another card made with the same design I used for this week's Just Add Ink colour challenge. You can see that post here or just scroll down as it's the next one. Today's card is for close friends whose mother passed away recently.

Pink is a family favourite colour so it was always going to be pink - and the Scribble Thinlits in gold foil help give the illusion of a basket of flowers - or that's what I was going for :-) The blooms are coloured using an Aqua painter and ink pads and I felt to just keep it simple and so added some Sahara Sand DSP and a small strip of Gold Washi tape along the side. The main panel is then added on dimensionals.

Of course, couldn't not add a little Wink of Stella :-)

The clear "bubbles" is something I learned recently from the lovely Tina at JAI. It is simply the White Perfect accents with the sticker removed. These will get a lot more use from me now!! The sticker has the colour as well as adhesive but a little glue works just fine :-)

Card stock: Sahara Sand, Whisper White (Thick), Water colour Paper, Gold Foil
Designer Series Paper: Neutrals Stack
Inks: Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzaz, Garden Green, Daffodil Delight, Black Stazon, Versamark
Stamps: Birthday Blooms, Rose Wonder
Accessories: Big Shot, Swirly Scribbles Thinlits, Gold EP, Gold Washi Tape (Saleabration), White Perfect Accents,

Thanks for stopping by today and I look forward to sharing another sneak peek of these fun dies and also the stamp set that goes with it in coming days.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Happy New Baby JAI #312

Hello and welcome! This week has gone really fast...Already we are half way through May and whilst we can certainly tell the sun is lower in the sky it still has a little more warmth in it than we expect for this time of year. Not that we could ever complain about that :-)

And it's time for a new fun challenge at Just Add Ink. This week Patrice has put together a really soft and beautiful colour combo for us all to use. Our talented team have all created gorgeous cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and take a look.

Here are the colours:

And here is my card:

This baby card is for some lovely friends who have just welcomed their second beautiful boy. 

And yes, there is a new sneak peek of the new Swirly Scribble dies! These will be available to order June 1st and I can see they are going to be so useful already! Here, 3 are layered on top of each other to make a frame around the water coloured deer. 

The little deer is stamped in Versamark and Pacific Point and then embossed with Clear EP so I could colour it using an Aqua Painter and some Marina Mist and Bermuda Bay inks. The sentiment is white embossed and layered over the top. And the fourth colour you can see in the DSP and Twine - to get the Mint twine, I simply unraveled some of the Mint Macaron and Black Combo Bakers Twine.

Of course, a box was needed to go with the gift - and btw Pumpkin Patch gift cards don't expire - so is really handy if the recipient has plenty of new baby boy clothes already ;-)

To create the box I used the same DSP as on the card and found on Pinterest, a square shaped box by Michelle Long. I adjusted the measurements as I needed a larger size - 11cm square. I will come back during the week with a tutorial.

Here it is closed - I used a vellum belly band just like Michelle did - using the Scallop Tag Topper punch on both ends of the vellum  trip and tied it together using the Mint Macaron lace ribbon. Then it just needed a little tag :-)

Another little "deer" and a few touches of silver, sparkle, vellum and pearls :-)

Card stock: Mint Macaron, Pacific Point, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer, Water Colour Paper, Vellum

Designer Series Paper: Silver Fancy Foil Vellum, Birthday Bouquet 

Inks: Versamark, Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay, Marina Mist

Stamps: Made With Love, Hello (Saleabration)

Accessories: Big Shot, Swirly Scribbles Thinlits, Envelope Punch Board, Triple Banner Punch, Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, Aqua Painter, Basic Pearls, Mint Macaron Lace Trim, Silver Sequin Trim, White EP, Clear EP

Non SU: Stitched Circle Dies - Simon Says Stamps, White tissue paper- $2 Store.

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 from the rest of the team and I look forward to seeing what you will create with these gorgeous colours this week.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan