Just Add Ink #428 - Colour Combo

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Hope you are having a fabulous day. Welcome to Just Add Ink Challenge #428. This week we have a super fun, bright and cheerful colour combination to play along with: Pool Party, Lemon Lime Twist and Calypso Coral.

I have a stack of the Wood Textures DSP Pack left so thought I better start using some instead of admiring it from desk. I personally love it with any floral images and really wanted to give the First Frost stamp set a whirl in these colours.

I created a Folder Card - the Folder acts as an envelope/holder, the actual card slides out and is perfect for holding gift cards.

The floral images from First Frost have been inked in Pool Party and Calypso Coral with the leaves stamped in Lemon Lime Twist. To eliminate the bulk, no dimensionals have been used - just Tombow.

To finish the card, a few iridescent sequins have been added to the card front and some Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon to the Folder panel.

Be sure to stop by all the Just Add Ink Design Team members blogs for more inspiration with this weeks Just Add Texture challenge . We would love for you and your crafty friends to play along, if you have a blog you can add your card to the Just Add Ink gallery here. Don't have your own blog? No problem! Just send us an email to just-add-ink@hotmail.com with a photo attachment. We'll upload it to our challenge entry blog.

A product list has been provided below with all the items I have used to create this card. Click on the product images below to be taken to my Online Store.

Product List

First Frost Clear-Mount Stamp Set [148420] $38.00	Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack [144177] $19.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon [146912] $13.00
Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [147145] $13.00	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $13.00	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101] $13.00	Iridescent Sequin Assortment [144212] $8.75
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $7.00

Thanks for stopping by today. Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty 

Colour INKspiration #42 - Blk, White, Mint & Copper Foil

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to Colour INKspiration Challenge #42. You are currently visiting Jackie Aitken in Western Australia. If you are following the Blog Hop you may have arrived here having visited super creative, Tanya Bell.

Stampin' Up! ® has just had a major colour revamp so to start off the new catalogue year at Colour INKspiration we've decided to feature a Colour Collection for the first challenge each month (2nd Wednesday) until we have showcased them all! The second challenge in the month (4th Wednesday) will be a Pinterest inspired pic as per usual just to mix it up a bit. 

This challenge we are playing with a stunning Pinterest inspired pic which features this gorgeous colour combination: Mint Macaron, Black, White and Copper Foil.

I have created an Envelope Tri-Fold card using some of the Black and White patterned papers from the Tropical Escape DSP Pack.

The Envelope Card Base has been created from Mint Macaroon card stock using an Envelope Punch Board. The Whisper White Tri-Fold insert has been decorated Copper Foil and Mint Macaroon card stock along with stamped images created using the First Frost stamp set.

I would love to have put a few copper foil die cuts onto a few panels but I only had a few strips left and used them to line the first and second panels of Tropical Escape DSP.

All images and sentiments have been stamped in Black or Mint Macaron inks. The sentiment on the front of the closed envelope has been created using the Floral Frames stamp set and coordinating dies.

INKspired to join the challenge? It's so easy. Firstly, get some INKspiration by hopping around to see what all of the Colour INKspiration Crew have to show you. Then you have 12 days from today to make and upload your creation to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group. You don't have to have a blog to participate but if you do you can link back to your post. Make sure you use all of the challenge colours. Not a member of the Facebook group yet? Just click here and ask to join Colour INKspiration, add the group to your favourites and share it with your crafty friends so they can join in the fun too. We can't wait to see what you create with these gorgeous colours.

Up next in this fortnights Colour INKspiration Blog Hop is  Rachel Palmieri, with her stunning creation. 

Thanks for stopping by today, we appreciate the time you have invested to hop with us today.

Below is a list of products I have used to create this card. Click on the product images to be taken to my Online Store - Australian residents.

Product List

First Frost Clear-Mount Bundle [149943] $85.50	Floral Frames Clear-Mount Bundle [148406] $75.50	Foliage Frame Framelits Dies [146353] $47.00	Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock [138344] $14.75	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00
Tropical Escape 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [146916] $19.25	Copper Foil Sheets [142020] $7.00	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [147106] $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $7.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $6.00

Signs of Santa Shadow Box Card - AddINKtive Designs

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Hope you had a great weekend. We had some super stunning Spring weather in Perth, which saw the family get out and about down the beach and completing a few chores around the house, like cleaning the pool area, weeding the gardens and water blasting the cobbled driveway....and spiderwebs and fence and I love that thing lol. I would water blast everything if it wasn't so noisy!

With temperatures climbing above the mid 20's it was a reminder that Summer is just around the corner, as is Christmas! Today's card is another for my Christmas Card stash, the first of hopefully many fancy folds.

I LOVE shadow box cards. I love creating them and love seeing the recipients face when they receive them. They are super fun and easy to make, and because they are a little different, they are often put on display and therefore admired by many.

The tutorial for the Shadow Box card can be found at AddINKtive Designs here. This will give you the basic dimensionals and instructions on how to construct the Shadow Box card, the decoration is entirely up to you. 

The So Santa stamp set with the Surfing Santa image is so dang cute, I cant stop using him lol. I thought he would look great teamed with a sponged background and some tropical foliage.

The sponged background was masked and created with Pineapple Punch, Grapefruit Grove and Tempting Turquoise inks. The water image stamp from High tide stamp set has been inked with Coastal Cabana to create the water section, and the Waterfront stamp set has been used to create the Island and Palm Tree's in the background.

The Sahara Sand insert that holds Santa has been ripped along the top edge, sponged with Soft Suede ink and stamped with the sandy image from Magical Mermaid stamp set before adhering to the inside of the Shadow Box.

The Tropical Chic stamp set has been used to create the Frangipani and leaves along with the coordinating dies. These elements have been adhered to the outside of the Shadow Box with Tombow.

To finish the card, I added a little sign with the HO HO HO sentiment, linen twine and the Pinewood Planks embossing folder.  I have a large panel on the back of the Shadow Box Card to write a lengthy message, and the other wonderful thing about these cards, is that it folds flat for posting, which is great when posting International.

Below is a list of the products I have used to create this card. Simply click on the product images to be taken to my Online Store - for Australian residents only.

Product List

So Santa Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147821] $40.00	Waterfront Photopolymer Stamp Set [146386] $30.00	High Tide Photopolymer Stamp Set [143006] $45.00	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $14.75	Tropical Chic Clear-Mount Bundle [148399] $76.50
Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad [147141] $13.00	Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad [147142] $13.00	Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad [126952] $11.50	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Linen Thread [104199] $8.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $7.00

Thanks for stopping by today. I appreciate the time you have taken to visit. Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty x