You're Sublime PCC#184

Happy Wednesday to you and welcome to another hot Autumn day in Melbourne!  At 35 degrees (Celsius) it was even 5 above the forecast temp for today and although the sun has long gone down it is still quite warm - good for the new veggies I recently planted in the garden but a bit hot for sleeping.

Today's card is for The Paper Craft Crew and sadly will be my last as part of the team of lovely ladies there. I am very grateful to Pam for giving me my first post on a Design Team and it has been a great time of growth - my cards have changed so much over the years. I hope to use the time to take a bit of a break and then to start entering the odd challenge again - something I haven't been able to do for a while and so I hope to still see you around :-)

Here is this week's sketch:

And here is my card:

This card is for a special young Teen who loves Purple - and what better colour to compliment purple than pink :-)

The purple caravan is coloured on Water colour paper using Zig markers and an Aqua painter. I find this helps me get a more vibrant image than using ink pads alone and is so much fun! The sentiment is white embossed and the stars and stripes and polka dot elements aim to keep it young and fresh. Did I succeed? 

Card stock: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Lost Lagoon, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer, Water Colour Paper

Designer Series Paper: Brights and Regals Stacks

Inks: Black Stazon, Versamark

Stamps: You're Sublime, Sky is the Limit

Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Framelits, Star Framelits, Large Polka Dots EF, Itty Bitty Punch Pack (Star), White EP, Brights Sequins Assortment,

Non SU : Zig Real Brush Markers

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop on over to The Paper Craft Crew and see all the lovely cards the rest of the Team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will make with this fun sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Follow Your Dreams JAI #288

Wow this week has really flown! This Saturday is the Stampin Up On Stage event here in Melbourne and I am really looking forward to catching up with some of our Just Add Ink team members that are coming for it too. My lovely friend Katerina popped by on Wednesday to help me with my swaps which are all ready early - really love that - thanks K :-)

And also lovely is our new challenge at Just Add Ink this week :-) The lovely Narelle has suggested a fabulous sketch for us all to use. Very clean and open to interpretation and the Team have created wonderful samples to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and take a look.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

This is for a friend's daughter's 13th birthday and pink was definitely the order of the day -  and I'm not quite sure how the numbers ended up on the INSIDE for this significant birthday but they did :-) 

The fun caravan was coloured with an Aqua Painter on water colour paper and then fussy cute out. The layering was so easy with lots of framelits and you may be able to see that the white panel is raised on dimensionals to be a little higher than the DSP strip - polka dots on polka dots - this was such a fun card to make!

Card stock: Whisper White (Thick), Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Water Colour Paper, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer

Designer Series Paper: Brights Stack

Inks: Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo, Basic Grey

Stamps: You're Sublime

Accessories: Big shot, Stars Framelits, Hearts Framelits, Large Polka Dots EF, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Triple Banner Punch, Silver Cording Trim, 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 creations the Team have made to inspire you this week and I look forward to seeing what you will make with this fabulous sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

You're Sublime PCCCSC #161

Welcome to a chilly Wednesday in Melbourne. The cherry trees are in blossom, the pretty (but hay fever alerting ) native Wattle is out but not the sun - well it has been in hiding today anyway. Apparently it is on it's way and we will have a lovely and warm weekend. I can hardly wait :-)

In the mean time it is time for a new sketch from The Paper Craft Crew. The Team have created a great variety of cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and have a look.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

Yes, one for the kiddies this week!! I am compiling a package of cards for a friend's birthday and she will need a few for children so that was my starting point  - the oval reminded me of the cute submarine :-) Yellow, as the song goes too with a little grey definition to go with the silver details and a lot of fussy cutting - including all the little fishes and hearts which were water coloured onto Thick White card and cut out when dry…quite fiddly but worth it. The oval behind is water washed with Pool Party ink and the clear, bubble like sequins are from the fun Metallic Sequins Assortment :-)

Card stock: Pool Party, Lost Lagoon, Calypso Coral, Basic Black, Whisper White (thick), Silver Foil

Ink: Black Stazon, Pool Party, Crushed Curry, Basic Grey, Versamark

Stamps: You're Sublime, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, Deco Label Framelits, Star Framelits, Itty Bitty Punch Pack (star), Wide Oval Punch, White EP, Metallic Sequin Assortment

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop on over to The Paper Craft Crew and see all the fabulous cards the Team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this sketch this week!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Sublime Thanks JAI #275

Happy Friday to you! What plans do you have for the weekend? Some crafting? Maybe some Spring cleaning? Well, I hope to do a little of both of those as well as cheer on the All Blacks to victory against the Wallabies in Auckland. Yes, you can take the Kiwi out of New Zealand but you can't take away the rugby team lol :-)

And with a new week we have a new challenge for you at Just Add Ink! Kim has a suggested a fabulous sketch for us all to use and our talented Team have created wonderful cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment and have a look.

Here is the sketch:

So lovely and clean and plenty of room for interpretation :-)

Here's my card:

Yes, I know the twine has become ribbon :-) It was simply that there is no Melon Mambo twine (yet!) and the polka dots here do seem to compliment the coloured image don't you think? I've stamped the cute wheelbarrow onto the new Thick Whisper White card stock instead of using watercolour paper and I love the result! Some more of the Thick card was used for the embossed layer - and when compared with normal white card, this has a lot more definition to the embossing which with this clean design makes quite a difference although does make it a little tricky to decide where to put those pretty rhinestones :-)

Card stock: Melon Mambo, Thick Whisper White

Inks: Black Stazon, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral, Cucumber Crush, Basic Grey

Stamps: You're Sublime

Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Framelits, Boho Blossoms EF, Aqua Painter, Basic Rhinestones, Meleon Mambo ribbon (retired).

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop 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 this versatile sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Follow Your Dreams for JAI #271

Friday has come around super quick this week and I am looking forward to having some crafting time this weekend :-)

And if you are looking for some inspiration for your crafting this weekend we have a fantastic new  challenge for you at Just Add Ink.  Narelle has suggested this fabulous sketch for us to use :-) The Team have created some amazing cards to inspire you this week so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and take a peek!

Here is the sketch:

A couple of layers and lots of room for interpretation - I love it, don't you too?

Yes, I''m working my way through the images of this cute stamp set and becoming friends with my Aqua Painter along the way :-)  My other best friend I'm discovering,  is a paper towel to dab with if there is too much colour or water and also you can use your brush tip to add OR REMOVE water and ink :-) That last part especially, was news to me and really does make it a lot less scary knowing that if you make a little mistake you can often improve on it. So I coloured the caravan initially using Melon Mambo and Mint Macaron inks - and it looked so pretty until I went to pair it with the fun Pool Party DSP….so went back to square one and coloured again with Pool Party  - I'm not sure if the roof shading is quite right??  and this will form part of a package of cards for a young Cousin with a birthday coming up soon - I hope she likes it (and there's no risk of her seeing this, phew! )

Card stock: Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Pool Party, Whisper White and Watercolour Paper

Designer Series Paper: Neutrals Stack, Schoolhouse

Inks: Melon Mambo, Pool Party, Basic Grey, Black Stazon, 

Stamps: You're Sublime

Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Framelits, Banner Framelits, Large Polka Dots EF, Aqua Painter, White Bakers Twine, Metallic Sequins Pack

I hope you can take a moment to pop on over to Just Add Ink and see all the wonderful creations to inspire you and I look forward to see what you create with this sketch too :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Toadally Awesome for PCCCSC 153

The "chill factor" has certainly lived up to expectations the last few days. We've had our two coldest day in 20 years !And we  hope to see the sun sometime before we forget what it looks like….ok, not quite THAT bad :-) But there's been plenty of cloud and rain and some hail too….so I've looked it up - just under 7 weeks till Spring  - and yes, I will be counting :-)

And now it's time for a new sketch from The Paper Craft Crew. The Design Team have created a great variety of cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and take a look.

Here is the sketch:

Lots of layers, which I know some love but I found this one a little scary. But that's what a challenge is about - pushing the boundaries of our comfort zones so we grow isn't it :-)

Here is my card:

Of course this colour can be a bit scary too but it does make a cute frog / toad :-) I swapped the card stock and DSP from the sketch around  and used the new Silver Metallic thread instead of ribbon which enabled the card to have a clean look along with the crisp colours. As for the colouring….I am becoming friends with my Aqua Painter - it's all quite new to me but am enjoying learning!

Card stock: Cucumber Crush, Whisper White

DSP: Cherry On Top Stack

Inks: Cucumber Crush, Momento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: You're Sublime, Petite Petals

Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Framelits, Large Polka Dots EF, 3/4" Circle Punch, Triple Banner Punch, Petite Petals Punch, Angled Tag Topper Punch (Retired), Aqua Painter, Silver Metallic Thread, Basic Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and see the inspiration from the Team at The Paper Craft Crew and I look forward to seeing what you will create with this sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan