Turtle Thinking of You JAI #417

It's mid winter and not surprisingly, it's chilly! So it's nice that at least we are a couple of weeks past the Shortest Day and are starting to see the effects of the days getting slowly but surely, longer.

The time has also come for a new challenge at Just Add Ink and this week we have another of Tina's fun letter challenges. This time it is the letter "T". So we would love to see anything that starts with the letter "T" as the main focus of your projects. Our "t"riffic design team have all created top designs to tempt you to join us....so we'd love you to :-)

For my card I created a rather cute Thinking of You card featuring Turtles :-) I'm sure the little one is not as heavy as is made out lol!

The background uses Distress Inks to make the mountain scene and Copics to colour the little Turtles which are from set I've enjoyed for a while now called Stacking Animals.
The sentiment comes from a lovely bundle created by the talented Laura Bassen, called You Matter and I've layered the You several times to add to the necessary 3D feel.

Card stock: Whisper White (thick), Mango Melody
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Big Shot
Non SU: Water color card stock (TH), Copics G05, G07, G28
Distress Inks: Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, Blueprint Sketch, Twisted Citron, Cracked Pistachio, SSS Crystal Reflections sequins

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a moment to pop on over to Just Add Ink and be inspired by our lovely team to join us and I look forward to see what "T" items you will tick off on your creations this week!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

You Are Pretty Amazing for JAI #350

Happy Friday to you and welcome :-) Another week of beautiful weather, warm and sunny days and slightly cooler nights. This settled weather is out of character for Melbourne - better known for it's four seasons in one day - but we will happily enjoy it whilst it lasts :-)

It's time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink and this week we have a fabulous and very versatile sketch designed for us by Chantell. The design team really enjoyed using it and have created amazing and very varied cards so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and take a peek and join in with us :-)

For my card, I've taken elements from here and there to combine into this colourful little number.
The bloom is from the Stylish Stems framelits (trimmed), the sentiment is from a SSS set called You Matter.  I love the encouraging sentiments and it was designed by one of my favourite stampers, Laura Bassen so has been on my wish list for a while :-) And the sparkly "you" is cut from the Bermuda Bay glimmer paper available during Saleabration.
Both the bloom and die cut sentiment have 3 layers of white underneath to give them a little extra dimension and height amongst the background colours.

Card stock: Whisper White (thick), Basic Black, Sliver Glimmer, Bermuda Glimmer (Saleabration)
Designer Series Paper: Irresistibly Floral
Inks: Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Versamark
Accessories: Big Shot, Stylish Stems, White EP, Sponge Brayers
Non SU: You Matter bundle (Simon Says Stamps), Crystal Reflections Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

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 design team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this fabulously versatile sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan