Pink Wings for Jai #321

Hello and a very happy Friday to you! Here in Melbourne it is a Public Holiday as we have the Grand Final of the footy on Saturday and there will be a parade today. It basically will be a Melbourne vs Sydney kind of thing the way it's worked out - and the local team, the Western Bulldogs haven't made a Final match in 62 years so even though I don't follow the game...Like most locals, I'm hoping the "Dogs" get over the line as would be a once in a lifetime event for their fans :-) EDIT: Am pleased to be able to say they DID win - woo hoo :-)

So just in time for the long weekend is our new challenge at Just Add Ink this week. Nikki has suggested a fabulous and fun theme for us all to use - to Just Add WINGS!! Now there are all sorts of different wings - fixed, floating and coloured and colourful. Our wonderful team have all created a beautiful and wide variety of Winged ideas to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment and fly on over and take a look and join us :-)

For my wings, I went with a mix of stamped and water coloured ones I haven't played with butterflies in a while and decided to aim for a soft and pink and girly look for the layers. The base layer is stamped in Melon Mambo - stamped off x5 for the lightest shade and then one less each time for the rest. The next butterfly is water coloured and die cut from water colour paper. And the top layer is of course some shiny gold foil for a bit of bling :-)

And many thanks to Di Barnes for creating this lovely new watermark too :-)

Card stock: Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Whisper White, Gold Foil, Water color Paper

Designer Series Paper: Pop of Pink

Inks: Versamark, Melon Mambo, Smoky Slate

Stamps: Watercolor Wings, Timeless Textures, Sunshine Sayings

Accessories: Big Shot, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Butterflies Thinlits, Swirly Scribbles Thinlits, Gold EP,  Metallic Enamel Shapes, Black Metallic Thread

It's all go for us at the moment too as we have now found our new home - less than 5mins drive away and there is much to do and organise in the next 3 weeks.  I am really blessed by the many offers of help already - from neighbours to old and new friends it really is awesome!! 

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a moment to pop on over to Just Add Ink and see the rest of our lovely team's amazing cards and I look forward to seeing what you create with this fun theme this week too.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Watercolor Wings for JAI #297

It's Friday and that means it's time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week, Nikki  has suggested a beautiful colour combo for us all to use. The design team have all created gorgeous cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and have a look :-)

Here are the colours:

And here is my card:

The butterfly uses the lovely Watercolor Wings set and co-ordinating dies. I quickly stamped off the base butterfly image using Pool Party ink - and then discovered I hadn't quite stamped it all off. However, I like it - it almost looks hand painted don't you think? A happy accident :-)

I added a vellum butterfly - so it has an added layer and height whilst not taking away from the coloured one - and it's topped with some blushing bride enamel dots from the Love Blossoms embellishment kit. Love these - will probably need some more quite soon! The white happy is cut and layered x3  with the top layer receiving the now standard touch of Wink of Stella :-) And it might be easier to see in the next photo that there is some of the Botanical Gardens designer Vellum - one of the free Saleabration products - over the background too. It's so soft and pretty! This is another one in the post already....off to the  favourite SIL....yes, she is pretty special in her own right as well as being married to the 'favourite" brother ...one and only LOL! We have a lot of favourites in our family :-)

Card stock: Whisper White (thick), Blushing Bride, Pool Party, Vellum

DSP: Subtles Stack, Botanical Gardens Designer vellum stack (Saleabration)

Inks: Versamark, Blushing Bride, Pool Party, Pear Pizazz

Stamps: Watercolor Wings, Crazy About You

Accessories: Big Shot, Hello You thinlits, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Elegant Dots EF, White EP, Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit, Metallic Gold Thread, Fine tip Glue pen, dimensionals and Snail

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop over to Just Add Ink and see all the lovely cards the design team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create with these soft and beautiful colours!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

More Butterfly Colours

A very happy Monday to you! Today is a lovely warm 21 degrees - its so nice to see the sun and  the trees in blossom!
Today's card was made using the same design as my Just Add Ink card and is for a friend's birthday :-)

The base is Watermelon Wonder - my favourite of the new In Colours. And it is paired with some Pool Party and Basic Grey for a little contrast. I must admit I do like the "stripes" of colour to the side :-)

Card stock: Watermelon Wonder, Basic Grey, Whisper White (Thick), Basic Black
Designer Series paper: Neutrals and Subtle's Stacks
Inks: Watermelon Wonder, Pool Party, Versamark
Stamps: Watercolor Wings, Crazy About You
Accessories: Big Shot, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Triple Banner Punch, White EP, Blossom Accents, Metallic Silver Thread, Basic Rhinestones

Happy stamping until next time :-)

Jan

Just Add A Colour Combo JAI # 281

Happy Friday to you - the first three weeks of Spring have gone so fast!!  It is wonderful to watch the garden bursting into happy blooms and the summer veggies  planted last weekend are all growing well too :-)

And it's time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week Di  has asked us to Just Add Your Favourite Three Colours. So what are your favourite three colours? We would love to see!

I love the idea of this challenge - and so fun - use your favourites!! And then I realised I had too many favourite colours lol! I love pinks and corals and blues but thought might be a little bright all together! So I chose a favourite butterfly combo: Soft Sky, Tempting Turquoise and Silver. Silver is one of my all time faves and the Turquoise is a new but growing one :-)

This DSP is from the Neutral Stack and has a real but subtle shine to the silver stripes that is beautiful! The background is created with the long" dotty" stamp in the set stamped repeatedly in Soft Sky with a little masking for shaping.

Card stock: Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White (Thick), Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer, Basic Black

Designer Series Paper: Neutral's Stack (Silver), Subtle's Stack (Soft Sky) 

Inks: Soft Sky, Tempting Turquoise, Versamark

Stamps: Watercolor Wngs, Crazy About You

Accessories: Big Shot, Bold Butterfly Framelits, White EP, Triple Banner Punch, Iced Rhinestones, Basic Rhinestones, Silver Metallic Thread

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment and pop on over to Just Add Ink and see all the wonderful creations the Team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create with your Favourite Three Colours this week too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Tic Tac Toe PCCC #163

Welcome to Wednesday and that means it's time for a new sketch from The Paper Craft Crew. Wait - no that's not quite right!! Starting this week we will be introducing a NEW challenge once each month that ISN'T a sketch!!  So exciting!! Don't worry - there will still be plenty of sketches for you but also an opportunity for a little variety too. And this week we are kicking it all off with a Tic Tac Toe Challenge. The Team have created a lovely variety of cards to inspire you so do take a moment to pop over to have a look!

Here are the Tic Tac Toe choices:

Such a lot of variety here to choose from :-)

For my card I went with the Right hand side - but you'd already guessed that right? :-)
The base card is Island Indigo and then another layer of Indigo is embossed with the Boho Chic EF and then cut and popped up on dimensionals- leaving space for the white greeting panel to lay flat between the popped up layers. Such a simple design but looks really effectives especially in real life and hopefully will bring a little comfort to a friend who is grieving the sudden loss of her Dad.

Card stock: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Gold Foil

Inks: Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Island Indigo, Versamark

Stamps: Watercolor Wings, A Dozen Thoughts

Accessories: Big Shot, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Boho Chic EF, Gold EP, Gold Metallic Thread, Metal Rimmed Pearls, Metallic Sequins Assortment

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop over to The Paper Craft Crew and see what the Team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create for this week's Tic Tac Toe challenge!

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

Happy Butterfly Day

Happy Tuesday to you! Today's card was made for a very lovely lady who had a birthday recently. I know she loves butterflies so that was a great starting point for her card :-)

The butterfly is stamped in only two colours ( although it is a 3 step stamp). The base layer is Blushing Bride, then Watermelon Wonder for the Edges and Watermelon again, stamped off once for the centre. Of course it wouldn't be finished without some bling -  the gold foil butterfly, gold metallic thread and topped with one of the lovely Metal Rimmed Pearls :-)

Card stock: Watermelon Wonder, Whisper White, Gold Foil

Designer Series Paper: Subtles Stack (Pool Party)

Inks: Blushing Bride, Water Melon Wonder, Versamark

Stamps : Watercolor Wings, Crazy About You

Accessories: Big Shot, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Hello You Thinlits, Large Polka Dots EF, Gold EP, Triple Banner Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Metal Rimmed Pearls, Metallic Gold Thread, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful Tuesday :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Hello Butterflies JAI # 272

We have had some beautiful sunny days this week and even though they've come with cool nights it is much preferable to the grey and cloud filled days that we often see in July. Sally the Lab has been demanding to go for her walks in contrast to heading back to bed if its overcast - such a funny girl :-)

And we have a fabulous and fun challenge at Just Add Ink this week too! The lovely Di has suggested we "Just Add Butterflies" and so I am sure this will be a popular one! Do take some time to pop on over and see what the Team have made to inspire you as the creations this week are AMAZING!!

Here is my card :-)

The beautiful Watercolor Wings butterfly is intended to be the focus so I really wanted the background to be subtle. The butterfly colours are simply Tempting Turquoise - stamped off for the first time and then used again at full strength for the centre and Night of Navy. The curved dotty portion is one of the best things about working with photo polymer stamps - they are flexible and easily bend to create shapes if you are gentle with them :-) And I couldn't resist using some more Metallic Thread - how did we ever manage without it?? :-) 

Card stock: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer

Inks: Night of Navy, Tempting Turquoise,  Smoky Slate

Stamps: Watercolor Wings, Watercolor Wash

Accessories: Bold Butterfly Framelits, Greetings Thinlits, Metal rimmed Pearls, Silver Metallic Thread, Basic Rhinestones

Non SU: Stitched Die (My Favourite Things), Blue Sequin 

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 creations the Team have made to inspire you and I so look forward to seeing what you will create with butterflies this week too :-)

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