Social Stamping - Families

Hello and welcome! We are hopping again over at Social Stamping where the lovely Kelly has set the theme of "Family." With everyone keeping Social Distancing regulations most of us are missing family catch ups and hugs. Tomorrow in Australia and New Zealand it is Mother's Day - one of the biggest family days of the years so instead of catching up in person maybe we can send some handmade love in the form of a card instead. No, it will never be the same but it is a good start.

You may have arrived here from the lovey Liz Gross and her stunning projects or you can start the hop here by clicking the Next button at the bottom of each blog post.

For my card I have not made a Mother's Day card,  instead I've made a card for one of my sisters. She has a beautiful garden full of flowers she can pick throughout the Summer months and so hopefully she will like this.

I am more of a Clean and Simple style lover rather than ornate and vintage so I tried to create a white on white look with the different frames around the bouquet to keep it fresh. Blends were used for colouring and a good splash of Wink Of Stella sparkle is one of the  finishing touches.

The sentiment panel was cut with the Stitched Rectangles - a set that compliments these ornate dies and it's trimmed down further by using the side of a longer rectangle to continue the stitched effect.
I've already decided I need to CASE myself here and just swap the Blue and Petal Pink flowers around -it is a good when just occasionally you can inspire yourself. 😁

Next you're off to see the fabulous projects that Michelle Strazds has created for you. Enjoy your hopping around the different blogs and I hope this encourages you to make a card for family members too!

Card stock: Whisper White (thick and standard) Basic Black

Designer Series Paper: Ornate Garden Specialty

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Versamark

Blends: Balmy Blue, Daffodil Delight, Lovely Lipstick, Old Olive, Calypso Coral (light), Petal Pink (dark)
Accessories: Die cutting machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Ornate Layers Dies, White EP

Til next time,
Jan

#JAI 504 Dressed To Impress in Pyjamas

 Happy Friday everyone and welcome! It is mid Autumn here in Australasia and whilst the trees are as colourful as ever and the weather variable that is about all that is going ahead as expected for this time of year. There have been some good things come out of this and appreciating the little things such as a handmade card or a day full of sunshine are amongst them.

It's time for a new Challenge week at Just Add Ink and so we have this pretty and feminine Colour Challenge from Tina to spark your crafting interest.  It's just in time for Mother's Day here in Australia and New Zealand, too!

 Our lovely design team have created a gorgeous array of creations to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and take a peek as we'd love you to join in the challenge with us!

This week I decided to play a little more with the fab elements of the Dressed to Impress stamp set as the perfume bottle and shoes in that set caught my eye early on....but the shoes didn't quite make it to this card. I currently have a "pop up " craft space as I'm not at home and to my horror found I was missing Basic Grey and Rococo Rose card stock and the latter ink pad too so I improvised! You can do the same if you don't have the exact colours, just use the closest that you have.

I did have Blendabilities Pens in both of these colours so for the Perfume bottle I mimicked the stamp image and scribbled over the bottle. To create the Basic Grey circle, I coloured over the top of the lighter Smoky Slate card. In real life you can hardly tell it isn't factory made but the camera is a little less forgiving.

The sentiment is from the current Share Sunshine PDF which is part of Stampin Up's Covid 19 Giveback download. I simply coloured over it with a Blend and voila, an individualised version!

Thanks for popping by today and I look forward to seeing how you used these pretty colours in the Just Add Ink gallery this week.

Card stock: Whisper White (Thick and Standard), Smoky Slate, Blushing Bride Glimmer

Inks: Smoky Slate, Momento Tuxedo Black.

Blends: Rococo Rose, Smoky Slate, Light Basic Black 

Stamps: Dressed to Impress, Share Sunshine

Accessories: Die cutting machine, Stiched Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, White Crinkled Seam Binding, Metallic Sequins (retired)

Til next time,

Jan

Social Stamping - Birthdays in Isolation

Hello and welcome! We are hopping over at Social Stamping and this week the lovely Kelly has set the theme as "Birthdays in Isolation". The timing couldn't be better with Stampin Up releasing a digital download stamp for all your Isolation needs!

With Social distancing restrictions currently across every state and territory in Australia and indeed around the world, birthdays are being celebrated differently than we have ever known them. We can't  give a birthday hug let alone have a special party. This is Kelly's birthday month - and today also happens to be one of lovely sister's birthdays in NZ too so this theme has come just in time to help us all celebrate whilst social distancing.

You may have arrived here from the lovely Sheila Pybus blog and her gorgeous project and you can also hop around all the different posts by clicking on the Next button on the bottom of each blog.

For my card this week I used DSP and images from the All Dressed Up bundle to compliment the sentiment which is from the Share Sunshine Digital Download. 

The flowers are coloured using Blends and then die cut - I don't mind fussy cutting but it is much quicker to build a spray of florals if you don't need to 😀The Sentiment and backing panel are both cut with the same Stitched Rectangle die and slight trimming of the stitching enables the main panel and not the backing to be the focus.

Thanks so much for popping by and Next you're off to see the stunning project that Andrea Sargent has made! Enjoy your hopping around blog land.😊

Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Vellum

DSP: 6x6 Sampler

Stamps: Dressed to Impress, Share Sunshine

Inks: Blends -Mint Macaron, Rich Razzleberry Rococo Rose

Accessories: All Dressed Up Dies, Wink of Stella, Stitched Rectangle Dies, 3D Lace EF

JAI #503 Blooming Wonderful

Hello, happy Friday everyone and welcome! It's been another week in Stage 3 Isolation here in Victoria. The weather seems determined to deliver Winter-like conditions for the first day of May and so staying at home doesn't seem all that bad. It is a perfect excuse if needed to play along with our challenge if you are looking for one!

It's the start of a new challenge week at Just Add Ink and Nikki  has provided us with this fun Choose Two of - Stencils, Pencils or Patterned Paper. Try saying that a few times and see what a fabulous tongue twister it is!! The design team have created a beautiful array of designs to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and hopefully join us!

It was an easy choice for me as I have my Stencils still in storage but thankfully have both my Watercolor Pencils and some Patterned paper. So I used these to make a pink inspired birthday card.

An Easel card is great - has a bit of Wow when it stands up but still folds flat for posting which is important as all cards are being mailed rather than delivered these days.

I stamped the floral image on Whisper White card stock and coloured with Pencils before running over quickly with an Aqua Painter and then going back over areas to highlight with the pencil - if it dries before you're done, touching the pencil tip to the Aqua Painter tip will be enough to activate it.

Card stock: Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Vellum, Whisper White

DSP: Honey Bee Specialty

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Pencils: Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive

Stamps: Bloom and Grow

Accessories: Die Cutting Machine, White EP, Aqua Painter, Painted Poppies Sequins, Irridescent Sequins, Wink of Stella

Til next time,

Jan

Social Stamping War- Peace

Hello and welcome! We are blog hopping over at Social Stamping and this week Kelly has set the theme as "War & Peace" as today is ANZAC Day here in Australia and NZ. 

Kelly and I are on a design team together and when she kindly offered to blog host I was really thrilled to be asked and to be able to share with you in this awesome concept! It's such a great way to keep us connected, sharing and in these different and rather uncertain times it is a blessing to be able to have something to look forward to each week!!

You may have arrived here from the lovely Julia Quinn and her gorgeous project and you can also hop around all the different posts by clicking on the Next button at the bottom of the page on each blog.

For my "War & Peace" project I have chosen to focus on ANZAC Day and in particular, poppies. I grew up in NZ,  where it is also called poppy day and have memories of wearing poppies each year to thank both my grandfathers as well as all those who served for our countries. Of course I've used the gorgeous Painted Poppies set, which is just perfect for today....and  created a Twisted Easel card. It stands up for impact but folds flat for easy mailing.

Thanks so much for popping by and next you're off to see the stunning projects the lovely Sheila Pybus has made! Enjoy your hopping around blog land 😊

Card Stock : Poppy Parade, Real Red, Basic Black, Old Olive, Whisper White

DSP: Sampler Pack (SAB)

Inks: Versamark

Stamps: Peaceful Moments. Lined Alphabet

Accessories: Big Shot, Poppy Moments Dies, Layering Alphabet Dies, White EP, Black EP, Peaceful Poppies Sequins.

Til next time,

Jan

JAI #502 Happy Tails Thank You

Happy Friday everyone and welcome back! It's been a little while since I've been able to play along with the challenges at Just Add Ink but I'm pleased to be back on board and hope you enjoy sharing your creations too!

This week we have a fun and rather cute sketch from Tina! So I hope that you can pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog and see all the fabulous cards the team have created to inspire you and we'd love to have you join us.

You'd be forgiven if you thought the only stamp set I had was Happy Tails...but lately, dog related thank you's have been often needed and so here we go again. 

I hear that this stamp set is soon to retire but as I'm sure you've guessed, that as a Lab owner, it is one that I will hold onto forever - after all, I still have D is for Dog from many years ago, too! 😊

Here, it's paired with DSP from a 6x6" Sampler pack, some Gold Foil and Crinkled Seam Binding and I kept it very CAS to fulfil the sketch elements. I will miss Lovely Lipstick as an In Colour too...

Card Stock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Gold Foil

DSP:6x6 Sampler (SAB)

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Versamark

Stamps: Happy Tails

Accessories: Dog Builder Punch, White EP, White Crinkled Seam Binding, Peaceful Poppies Sequins

I hope you're all keeping safe and well in these strange times when we are all spending more time at home, and hopefully, having a challenge to create along with will help keep you busy and be something positive to look back on in the months to come. Whatever your reason, I hope you are inspired to share your project with us at Just Add Ink this week and I look forward very much to seeing what it is!

Til next time,

Jan

JAI #494 Thank you Poppies

Happy Friday everyone and welcome! The year is speeding on and it's hard to believe that February is nearly behind us already. Although with a Leap Year upon us we do have an extra day to use this weekend.

At Just Add Ink this week we have a soft and pretty colour combo from Di for us all to use in our craft projects. Our design team had a lot of fun with this that you can see by all the different themes and images we have to give you inspiration and we would love you to join us.

I found these colours perfect for a floral "thank you"card and used Blends to colour the blooms and then stamped and die cut the leaf images. The grungy background is created by using another of the stamps in the Painted Poppies stamp set. So lovely that this set has a mixture of focal images and some grungy background texture additions too!

Card stock: Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Soft Sea Foam, Basic Black

Ink: Smoky Slate, Soft Sea Foam, Momento Tuxedo Black, Versamark

Stamps: Painted Poppies, Peaceful Moments

Accessories: Big Shot, Blends (Petal Pink), Wink of Stella, White EP, Metallic Sequins

Thanks for popping by today and I hope you will take a moment to pop on over to Just Add Ink and I look forward to seeing what you will create with these soft colours too.

 Until next time,

Jan