Just Add Ink #391 - Tree's, Twine or Tags

Hello Crafty Friends

Its almost Christmas!!! Only a few more sleeps now. I am so excited. I am one of those that stay up until midnight on Christmas Eve to open my presents. I have done it since I was a child, the suspense kills me, so I get it out of the way and get to sleep in on Christmas Day. Now, that's the best present anyone could ask for in my book.

Its challenge time over at Just Add Ink, and this week we have the final challenge for 2017!!! This week Kim has asked that we Just choose two from either Twine, Trees or Tags.

I chose to use all three elements for this challenge. Tags, with trees and twine. These were all very easy and fast to create. I love personalised tags with my Christmas wrapped gifts and this years theme is predominately pink - some of the gift wrapping has pink flamingos with santa hats! These tags will go nicely with the last minute gifts that will be purchased over the next few days.  Here is a picture of my Christmas Tree.

 Onto my challenge creations - I made four pink gift tags - two long or regular size and two small.

I love the tree image on the Merry Little Christmas DSP, and seeing its about to retire, I decided it was time to use the remainder of my stash. Combined with a few die cuts, some stamping and twine, these tags took less than an hour to make.

 

 

To a Powder Pink card base, a slightly smaller piece of DSP in Black and White Buffalo Check was adhered with tombow. The Powder Pink front has a stitched frame cut to reveal a piece of the tree DSP tucked behind. The sentiment from Happy Birthday Gorgeous was stamped in Momento Black ink, die cut and adhered over the dsp on the inside of the stitched frame. To finish it off, the To and From were stamped and Black and White Bakers twine added.

 

 

This tag has a Whisper White card base and a Powder Pink front. Again a stitched die frame was removed from the Powder Pink card stock and some DSP placed behind the reveal. The Merry Christmas sentiment from At Home with You stamp set was inked in Momento Black and die cut using Stitched Framed dies. Black card die cut trees were attached behind the sentiment and loops of silver twine added. To and From were stamped at the top and Black & White Bakers twine for hanging.

 

The two smaller tags use some of the off cuts. The heart tag was created by folding a piece of Powder Pink card in half, die cutting a shape from the front, adhering DSP in the reveal then stamping the sentiments and adhering the off cut heart with dimensionals. A small black card stock tree die cut was placed over a Black & White bakers twine which has been adhered in a heart shape. The fourth tag literally uses scraps left over from making the other three tags, adding a neutral twine bow to finish it off.

I hope you find time to play along with us this week, you can add your creation to the gallery here. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my crafty friends a very Merry Christmas. Make loads of memories and cherish those that you love. Stay safe out there and see you in the New Year.

And finally, a very special Merry Christmas to "Sally" & Jan - part of the Just Add Ink Design Team. (For those who do not know - Sally is Jan's special pooch) So from my boys to Sally, The JAI Design Team and all my crafty friends and their fur babies.............

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year

Lol - they don't look overly impressed, may have something to do with the treat in Mums hand that is not being given to them or the fact they have these foreign things around there necks...don't worry I only put them on for the photo and they get to destroy them on Christmas Day xx

 

Stay Crafty

 

 

Just Add Ink #389 - Hometown Greetings

Hello Crafty Friends

Hope your Friday is going great. Its been another exceptionally busy week in our household - prepping for Christmas, planning activities for Mum's visit in a few weeks time and my daughter graduated Year 12 - High School, on Wednesday night. Such a proud Mumma Bear. Not going to lie, I did shed a few tears as she walked the stage to receive her certificates, looking beautiful in her graduation gown and sash.

 

On top of my already hectic schedule, Hubby asked if we could send cards to the Boutique Builders we subcontract to. Compared to the larger, commercialised building companies we deal with, these bespoke Builders not only are amazing to work for, but they care about what they do, how they do it, while maintaining a high level of craftsmanship and value for money.

 

This week over at Just Add Ink, the amazingly talented Kelly has provided us this Inspiration Picture for Challenge #389. A stunning array of naturally wrapped gifts. So pretty and I bet it smells divine. I thought I would use this weeks challenge to create one of the Thank You cards for our Boutique Builders.

 

I really wanted to replicate the gorgeous presents in the picture for my Christmas Day Table setting, but the greenery will have gone yuck by the 25th - boooo, I so adore the brown paper wrapping, twine and greenery combination.

 

 

Stamps: Pop of Paradise

Card/Dsp: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Black, Old Olive, Merry Little Christmas DSP

Other: White Craft Ink, Neutral Twine, Botanicals Builder Everyday Jar Framelits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Hometown Greetings Edgelits

 

Be sure to check out the amazing creations the Design Team have shared to inspired you and or join us and play along, you can submit your entries here.  Hope you have an amazing weekend, until next time, stay crafty 

 

 

 

 

Colour INKspiration #22 & #23

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to the Colour INKspiration Blog Hop #22 and #23. You are visiting Jackie. If you are following the blog hop you would have arrived here from fellow West Australian, the super creative, Nicole Wilson. Wasn't her framed art absolutely beautiful!  Joining us for this Blog Hop is guest designer Libby Dyson.

The Colour INKspiration Team have two stunning challenges to play along with this fortnight. Both are stunning inspiration pictures with a gorgeous collection of colours. You can choose to play along with just one or both challenges.
 

Here is my card for this yummy collection of colours. I adore this picture and the colours,  Christmassy with a lovely seaside theme. However, as you can see I didn't take any of those directions with creation. I wanted a CAS card with a slight Scandi feel. I adore this elongated style of card at the moment, and tend to make one in this size more frequently than not.

 

Card Base is Sahara Sand. Matt layers are Pear Pizzaz. The Whisper White back ground was stamped with the Post Script background stamp (stamped off as full strength was just too harsh). The deer from Merry Patterns was also stamped in Soft Suede and cut using the Stitched layers Thinlits. Marina Mist ink was used to stamp the flowers from Hello Friend stamp set and the sentiment from Colour Me Happy.

 

 

 

 

The second fabulous colour inspiration is a lovely rustic colour theme for Christmas. Such a classic and timeless colour palette for the Festive Season. I may have to adopt this for next years decorations.

 

Again, I didn't make a Christmas card lol I just wasn't feeling florally or santa-ish in the craft room during this creative session, so went with another simple card that would help me chew through my ever growing stash of DSP.

The card base is Crumb cake with a layer of whisper white and then Real Red card. Next, a layer of the funky black and white tartan looking check from the Merry Little Christmas DSP. A Silver Foil card banner was tucked underneath the Whisper White and Crumb Cake Stitched circle elements.

 

 

I have used the lanterns image from the Colour Me Happy stamp set and coloured with a Real Red Marker. The sentiment (one of my favourites at the moment) was inked in black Momento and adhered with mini dimensionals.

 

 

 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.

Hope you join us and play along.  Up next in the blog hop is fabulously talented Monique Fielder with her creative idea for Christmas Gift giving. Enjoy!

 

 

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog today. Until next time, stay crafty

 

 

Joy of Sets #007 - Letter W

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Hope you are having a fabulous day and have managed to squeeze in some crafting time for yourself.  It's challenge time over at Joy Of Sets. This weeks challenge letter is "W".

Not familiar with JOS blog challenges?  Fiona Whitehead runs a fabulous Facebook group page called Joy Of Sets. It's an inspiring group where Stampin' Up! Demonstrators and non Demonstrators share their creations using both retired and current Stampin' Up! Products.  You can also enter the monthly colour challenge just by submitting a picture of a card you have created using that's months chosen colour, directly to the FB group page - no blog needed.

Alongside the FB group page, Fiona has started a fortnightly blog challenge - Joy of Sets Challenge Blog. Each fortnight a different letter is chosen and participants are required to enter a card, which has the challenge letter in the stamp sets title eg this fortnight we are working with W - I chose to use Watercolour Wings. 

To a Thick Whisper White 5"x5" card base, I added a strip of Merry Little Christmas DSP. Then to a Whisper White card front that had been embossed with the Softly Falling Embossing Folder, a strip of black card was added behind the card front before attaching to the base.

Two layers of Whisper White card were used as the base for layered butterfly cluster - the top layer has splatters of Powder Pink ink, created using the gorgeous grunge stamp set. Bakers twine was wrapped around the top before adhering to the card front with dimensionals.

 

Using the Watercolour Wings stamp set, the butterfly was inked in Powder Pink and Momento black. Old Olive card was used to cut the leaves using the Botanicals Builder Thinlits. The frames behind the butterfly were created using the squares from the Stitched Shapes Framelits.

A few banners of card were tucked behind the butterfly cluster and sentiment, to tie the cards overall colour combination together. The sentiment from Floral Phrases was stamped in Old Olive to coordinate with the ribbon tucked under the sentiment. A few rhinestones were added to finish it off.

 

Hope you are inspired to play along. Pull out a current or retired stamp set that has the letter "w" in its title and share with us here. Thanks for stopping by today.

 

Until next time, stay awesome