You've Got This

Today I have a special card to share with you. Design, wise it is a Case of the card I shared yesterday  for Just Add Ink's colour challenge - you can see the original post here. Or just scroll down as it is the next one :-)
This card was made to surprise a special Uncle who is currently battling a serious medical condition and I was aiming for a mix of encouragement with a touch of humour. What do you think - was I successful?

The main changes...the colours - I swapped out the Delightful Dijon...for some Tangerine Tango and Tempting Turquoise. Still masculine and bright and cheery.
I also dropped the balloon numbers to 3 and changed the sentiment...the writing is on the wall. This so reminds me of a Pink Floyd song - I'm sure you can guess which one :-)

and the inside - keeping it simple.

Card stock: Basic Grey, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Soft Sky, Tempting Turquoise, Smoky Slate, Basic Grey, Tangerine Tango

Stamps: You've Got This, Balloon Celebrations

Accessories: Big shot, Brick Wall EF, Balloon Bouquet Punch, Basic rhinestones, Silver cording trim

Non -SU: Stacking Animals stamp set with matching Dies (Simon Says Stamps), Copics

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope that you can take encouragement from seeing that with a few simple changes,  you can create a card with a whole new look :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

You've Got A Birthday

It has been a lovely and warm 30 degrees today - it feels more like Summer than Spring and I am not complaining :-) The footy game is over - the local Melbourne team won and I admit if I had to pick a team it would've been purely based on that :-)

Today's card is for a lovely friend who had a birthday recently and she loves all things pink so I hope she likes this one.

The beautiful bloom is water coloured onto some Shimmery White card stock using an Aqua Painter. This card type gives a soft and subtle shimmer  that is really heard to see in the photos but us beautiful in real life - and being slightly thicker than water colour paper it also holds it's shape really well with the added water. I used Melon Mambo, Blackberry Bliss and some Meadow Moss for the leaves and kept the water to a minimum as I wanted the colours to stay nice and bright. And when dry  I added onto another layer of the Shimmery card to keep the sparkle going :-)

Card stock: Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Shimmery White

Designer Series Paper: Go Wild Stack

Inks: Melon Mambo, Blackberry Bliss, Meadow Moss, Versamark, Black Stazon

Stamps: You've Got This, Crazy About You

Accessories: Big Shot, Hello You Thinlits, White EP, Aqua Painter, Bright's Sequins Assortment

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you are enjoying your weekend too!!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

You've Got This JAI #278 Inspiration

It's here!!Yay!! The first week of Spring has arrived with a couple of truly gorgeous and sunny days. It is so lovely to wake up to sunshine even though it's been a little cooler today. The promise of a long hot summer ahead is sounding good - apparently this has been Melbourne's coldest Winter in 26 years so no wonder we've been complaining lol!

And we have a new challenge for you at Just Add Ink. This week Nikki  has suggested these fantastic photos for us to use as inspiration. Our talented Team have created truly wonderful cards to inspire you this week so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and see.

A floral sea of colour - exactly what we have to look forward to seeing in Spring and then Summer :-)

The smaller picture with it's layered beauties is what first jumped out at me and decided the stamp set I would use. What is the first thing that you see in these photos? With this challenge you can take as much as you like from them :-)

I started by water colouring the peonies in both Crushed Curry and Calypso Coral inks using an Aqua Painter on the Shimmery White Card stock. Its hard to see but the shimmer is quite gorgeous in real life. I used the same card for the top layer using So Saffron ink stamped off once to create a simple background and fill in the "sea" as per the photo.

Card stock: Calypso coral, Blackberry Bliss, Shimmery White, Gold Foil

Designer Series Paper: Moonlight Stack (Retired)

Inks: Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, Garden Green, So Saffron, Stazon Black

Stamps: You've Got This, Tin of Cards

Accessories: Big Shot, Triple Banner Punch, Basic Rhinestones

Non Stampin Up : Stitched Fishtail Dynamics Dies (MFT) 

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment and pop on over to Just Add Ink and see the fabulous creations the Team have made to inspire you and I look forward to seeing what you create with these photos too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Just Add a Sketch JAI #268

Such a beautiful day today - blue sky and sun and we're expecting a warm 16 degrees (Celsius)  - quite amazing for the end of June in Melbourne! But we will definitely enjoy it whilst it lasts :-)

Also ready for enjoyment is this week's challenge at Just Add Ink :-) The lovely Narelle has suggested a fabulous sketch for us to use. As always, the Team have created some incredibly amazing creations to inspire you so I do hope you can take a moment to pop on over and see them.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

Yes, I surprised myself with the colouring here too Lol!  For those who don't know,  colouring is something I am still trying to learn!!  And having returned my Blendies to get some new stamps, it was time to get out my Aqua Painter and water colour paper and go in search of a tutorial. I didn't have far to go - there are many wonderful colourists including several of our Just Add Ink Team :-) As I was looking for this image I came across a version by our Australian Artisan Teneale Williams and tried to emulate her shading. And having gone to the trouble of colouring the leaves I decided to cut them out and use them too :-)

Card stock: Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Basic Black, Water Colour Paper

Designer Series Paper: English Garden

Inks: Calypso Coral, Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry,Versamark 

Stamps: You've Got This, Flower Patch

Accessories: Big Shot, Boho Chick EF, Black EP, Gold Metallic thread, Metallic Sequins pack, Triple Banner Punch, PL Corner Rounder Punch

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you can take a moment to stop by Just Add Ink and see all the wonderful cards the Team have made with this sketch and I look forward to seeing what you will create this week too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

You've got this - SIP #1

And for my second post for today (yes, quite unusual I know!) is a card I made recently for a new friend's birthday and uses another new stamps set - You've Got This :-) Now I'm not the best colourist by any stretch but I decided to have a go on this set with an Aqua Painter onto some water colour paper and the colour ended up quite a lot brighter than I expected :-)

And I've found a new Challenge Blog! Stamps Ink Paper is hosting it's very first challenge and is the creation of Justin Krieger. Justin, is a fellow that I am indeed grateful to - as it was he that suggested some time ago  (maybe 2 years ago??) that I should enter some challenges. Of course I didn't think I would be good enough but ran the idea past a couple of my local stamping friends and they were very encouraging too and so I created this Blog - challenges are fabulous for pushing you to create a little outside of your usual "box' and help you grow and that certainly has been the case for me. As they say, the rest is history lol - and now honoured to be on two Design Teams, here I am at over 250 blog posts!! So I am excited for Justin and his Team of talented Designers in their new venture and wish them all the best of success!  And I encourage you to pop on over and check them out :-) 

They are beginning with this week's challenge : 

I have many favourite stamp sets that I can't choose between yet - so I chose the newest one with one of my favourite colours lately - Calypso Coral and lots of white space. My favourite style is I think Clean and Layered with Bling :-)

And so I couldn't go past the new Metallic Sequins pack and try out some white sequins! And lately i am also loving the trend of using stamped words like they are Dymo labels as you can "scatter" them a little too!

Card stock: Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Basic Black, Water Colour Paper,

Designer Series Paper: Go Wild Stack

Ink: Calypso Coral, Garden Green, Black Stazon, Versamark

Stamps: You've Got This, Floral Wings (Hostess)

Accessories: Big Shot, Hello You Thinlits, White EP, Aqua Painter, Metallic Sequin Assortment

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a moment to pop on over to Stamp Ink Paper and maybe you too will be inspire to enter :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan