Just Add Ink #424 - Texture - Signs of Santa

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to this weeks Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Texture.

I wanted to ink up a new stamp set that just arrived in Crafty HQ - Signs of Santa. I love Christmas but not a huge fan of traditional colours and thought lets see what this stamp set looks like coloured with a palette more up my alley - highland heather, coastal cabana and granny apple green.

Look at those busy little elves. The background has been sponged using Flirty Flamingo and Melon Mambo inks and once dry, whie shimmer paint was dabbed using a scrunched up piece of plastic. The shimmer paint looks ah-mazing in real life, catching the light, it has a striking pearly but opaque glimmer. 

The snowy ground is a piece of whisper white card that I have cut with scissors in a curvy hill shape. The texture is a thick layer of dazzling diamonds applied with Tombow Multipurpose Adhesive.  Left to dry overnight, the cardstock becomes hard and the dazzling diamonds firmly stuck leaving a sparkling, textural layer of glitteryness.

For a tad more texture, a few white glimmer card die cut snowflakes were added. These were created using the Seasonal Layers Thinlits. All the images were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured using Stampin' Blends. To finish the card, the sentiment from First Frost was stamped in the centre.

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.

Until next time, stay awesome, stay organised and stay crafty

Just Add Ink #422 - Embossing - First Frost

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Hope you have had a great week. Its challenge time over at Just Add Ink, and this week, Rochelle has challenged us to Just Add Embossing. This could be Heat Embossing, Embossing Paste or Embossing Folders.

I chose to use Heat Embossing and a couple of different Embossing Folders - I have run out of Embossing Paste! Bugga it! Lol I probably would have added a teeny weeny bit of that too if I still had some.

I have used a stunning stamp set from the new HOLIDAY CATALOGUE, called First Frost. The floral images were stamped and sponged and then with a paint brush, I have painted Tombow and then applied Dazzling Diamonds. 

The three panels that the stamped images rest on, have been embossed using two folders - Subtle and Tufted. The other Embossed element in my card is the sentiment, which has been stamped in Soft Sea Foam and then Clear Heat Embossed.

The Soft Sea Foam foliage has been adhered with Tombow and the Flowers over the top with mini dimensionals.

Be sure to stop by all the Just Add Ink Design Team members blogs for more inspiration using this weeks challenge colours. 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.

Until next time, stay awesome, stay organised and stay crafty