JAI #457 sketch

Hello Crafty Firends

Welcome to this week's Just Add Ink challenge #457. We have a fabulous sketch for you to play along with this week.

I normally like to flip the sketches that are in this orientation but decided not this time. Spice it up a little I reakon lol. I have used one of the stamp sets that was an all attendee giveaway at a recent 3 day Stampin' Up! event in New Zealand. Its called Daisy Lane and has a couple of different flower and leaf images to choose from. There are coordinating punches for two of the images in the Daisy Lane stamp set, but not the image I have used, these were fussy cut.

The decorative die cut strip that spans the width of the card is a border die from the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley. Before adhering to the card base, strips of coloured card stock were adhered to the backside of the die cut for a bit of interest.

The flowers have been stamped in Highland Heather and Bermuda Bay (first and second generation) and added them to the stitched circle with dimensionals. A few glitter enamel dots were added to finish the card.

That's all for today, crafty friends. Be sure to stop by all the Just Add Ink Design Team members blogs for more inspiration using this weeks sketch challenge.

We would love for you and your crafty friends to play along, if you have a blog you can add your creation 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 will upload it to our challenge entry blog for you.

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

Just Add Ink #449 - Add Colour

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to this week's Just Add Ink challenge. Jo has chosen a stunning colour combination for this week's theme - Lovely Lipstick, Gorgeous Grape and Bermuda Bay. 

I am a fan of all three colours individually but when it came to combining them I really struggled. My Lovely Lipstick ink pad was way too juicy for the stamps I originally chose to use for this challenge. After many binned attempts I decided to go with something completely different - lots of white space with dabs of colour.

I had some embossing paste left over from my recent Technique's workshop, and before it dried up on me like my last lot, I decided to emboss a heap of Whisper White card fronts. 

I have used the large Doily die cut from the Dear Doily Bundle to create a stencil for this card, spreading plain white embossing paste over the inner portion of the die cut. Once dry, I chopped the card front down and slipped in some striped Bermuda Bay DSP - lined with a strip of Gorgeous Grape before adhering to the card base.

A stitched die cut circle has been attached with foam strips over the embossing paste and then the floral cluster image from Climbing Roses and heat embossed sentiment added to the raised circle die cut with Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive.

While I had things out on my desk, I grabbed another embossed card front and added the pieces that didn't make it onto the first card. The brick wall stencil was used to create this card front, to which, strips of Bermuda Bay and Gorgeous Grape DSP have been added. I just adore these paper packs and really need to get more in case they don't make the next Annual Catalogue.

A few Gorgeous Grape Glitter Enamel Dots have been added to finish off the card. I am on a Birthday Card making mission this year, so have stamped the inside with a Birthday sentiment making this card 88/200. I am close to my target of 100 before June. I just need to be sure to send some before I donate them all lol.

That's all for today, crafty friends. Be sure to stop by all the Just Add Ink Design Team members blogs for more inspiration using this weeks Just Add Ink embossing challenge theme.

We would love for you and your crafty friends to play along, if you have a blog you can add your creation 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 will upload it to our challenge entry blog for you.

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

One Stamp At A Time - Bring On The Birthdays

Good Day Crafty Friends

Welcome to the One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop for March - BRING ON THE BIRTHDAYS. You are currently visiting Jackie Aitken in Perth, Western Australia.  This month the Design Team are sharing inspirational and creative projects with a Birthday Theme. Be sure to follow the hop all the way through as 22 amazingly talented Demonstrators from all over the world share inspiring idea's and birthday themed creations.

I have a few projects to share with you today, all created using the Sweetest Thing Bundle (item 150568) which can be found in the Occasions Catalogue on Pages 14 & 15. I have taken my inspiration from The How Sweet It Is DSP (item 148568) for this collection of cards.  I totally love the bright, bold colour palette and the fun patterns....those gummy bears and gumball machines are seriously too dang cute!

The first card features fussy cut DSP cupcakes with the greeting "treats" stamped in Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green and Grapefruit Grove inks. The coordinating framelits were used to die cut the greetings, which were then adhered to the card front with dimensionals.

For the next card, I've used more DSP images, this time replacing the cupcakes with Candy Jars. AND no fussy cutting required!!! The Jar of Sweets Framelits not only die cut the stamped images but also images on some sheets of the DSP.

The third card also features those super cute Candy Jar images, they are just too cute not to use and hey, someone has done all the work for me, all I had to do was put my arm to work on the Big Shot lol.  I have omitted the Heat Embossed sentiment for this card, opting to stamp the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Amazing Life Stamp Set (item 148750) onto a panel of whisper white card stock in Smoky Slate ink.

To create the two little Jar shaped cards I have taken a small note card and used one of the Jar of Sweets Framelits to partial die cut on the fold. Then, a fussy cut image from the DSP has been added to the front of the shaped card base then finished off with a heat embossed sentiment.

Two little note cards with sewn banners are the final two projects I have to share today. I totally love these sized note cards, which were inspired by fellow Artisan Design Team member, Lauren Alarid. Lauren frequently makes the most adorable note cards, which are little miniature works of art and places them in her daughters lunchbox. They are also the perfect size to attach to a bouquet of flowers, box of chocolates or bottle of wine. You can find Lauren's creations on her blog - Crafty Little Peach.

That is all from me today crafty friends. Thanks so much for stopping by and blog hopping with the One Stamp At A Time Team.  Up next in the Hop is Pam Staples with her gorgeous creations - Enjoy!

Until next time, stay awesome & stay crafty xx

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