Just Add Ink #378 - Add Texture

Hello Crafty Friends,

Happy Friday! It's challenge time at Just Add Ink. This week we are playing along with texture. 

So many choices to chose from: Embossing, Debossing, Embossing Paste, Scoring, Fabrics, Ribbons, the list goes on. For my card I chose to add a slight touch of texture in the form of feathers

The card base is a piece of Foil Frenzy DSP, in Berry Burst. It's reasonably thick and makes a great base, especially with layers inside and out. 

On a piece of Shimmery White card, I splashed some Powder Pink ink (say that ten times really fast)with an Aqua Painter.  Then, heat embossed gold splatters, created using a small stamp from Timeless Textures. 

Using the Fabulous Flamingo stamp set, I inked the Flamingo in Melon Mambo - stamping off first for the interior stamp to ensure the outline stamped darker.  I attached the feather using strips of double sided adhesive. 

The sentiment from the same stamp set was heat embossed in gold on Berry Burst card. Strips of gold glimmer card were tucked underneath the sentiment, adhered with tombow. 

A layer of Berry Burst has been adhered to the card front on an angle and then the Shimmery White card front adhered on opposing angle. The sentiment strip was adhered with dimensionals. 

It's so sparkly, fluffy,  pink and gold, I just know the lass it's been made for will adore it. 

My fellow Design Team members have created some stunning cards using texture for this weeks challenge. Be sure to check them out here . We would love for you to join us and play along. You have until Wednesday to create and submit your card. 

Until next time, stay crafty 

 

 

Falling Flowers Birthday

Hello Crafty Creators,

Hope you are having a fabulous day. Do you go through fads with colour combinations? I certainly do! This weeks colour crush is Powder Pink, Tempting Turquoise and Lemon Lime Twist.

This card uses these colours along with some black and white but looks great with other neutrals such as Sahara Sand and Crumb Cake. 

On Whisper White card, I stamped the images from the Falling Flowers stamp set, in Black Momento ink and then using a "swoosh" stamp from the timeless textures stamp set, inked in Powder Pink, Tempting Turquoise & Lemon Lime Twist inks, randomly Stamp over the black images. 

I added a few flowers using a small stamp inked with Black Momento ink to fill in a bit more of the white space. 

The sentiment hugs and kisses was heat embossed in white on black card - I just repeated the single sentiment across the width of the cardstock to look like one long sentiment. 

The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set, this was also heat embossed in white onto Powder Pink card with a strip of Lemon Lime Twist card behind the sentiments. 

 

The card front was mounted to a layer of Lemon Lime Twist before adhering to the Powder Pink card base. A few rhinestones and its finished.

 

Until next time, stay awesome

 

More Swaps Birthday Blooms

Hello Hello

 

Welcome to my blog crafty friends.

 

I made and took a few different designs to swap at the SU April 2017 Perth Convention. I adore the Birthday Blooms stamp set and couldn't resist making a few different cards using the same stamp. To not complicate things too much for my first Onstage swapping experience I also decided to make quite a few of the cards using the Mediterranean Moments stamp set and neutral coloured cardstock.

 

 

Plus I also made 10 of these Poppin Box Cards.

 

Here is a close up of three of the cards I haven't shown on my blog previously and were only designed a few weeks prior to Onstage (the Med Moments cards I designed a few months ago and details for those cards can be found in an earlier post)

 

 

This card has a Whisper White Card base and then a layer of black and a layer of pink pirouette card stock. I have used the Happy Hearts TIEF and the Hello sentiment from Pop of Paradise. I have stamped the Birthday Blooms image using Archival Black Ink onto Shimmery White card and then water coloured using an Aqua Painter with Pink Pirouette, Old Olive and Cucumber Crush inks. I added a leaf die cut in Pink Pirouette using the Botanical Builders Framelits.

 

 

I did a few in Island Indigo and Wisteria Wonder because well not everyone loves pink like I do. The Layering Squares Framelits were used to cut the frame in Wisteria Wonder and the hole in the Whisper White card front. I adhered this with foam strips to a layer of Island Indigo that was attached to a Whisper White card base. The Birthday Blooms flower image was stamped in Archival Black ink and water coloured using an Aqua Painter with Island Indigo, Wisteria Wonder and Old Olive inks. The sentiment Best Wishes is from the Bloom & Wishes stamp set and the background splashes in Island Indigo ink are made using the Timeless Textures stamps.

And then I just couldn't stop using this stamp set so made these So Saffron ones with some added stitching from the trusty sewing machine

 

I have used So Saffron, Whisper White and Sahara Sand card stock. The Sahara Sand layer was sewed using white cotton and then embossed using the Hexagons TIEF. I then sewed the doily before adding the Birthday Blooms image which was water coloured and fussy cut. I coloured using So Saffron, Daffodil Delight and Crumb Cake inks. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp set and was heat embossed in white powder on black card stock and tucked under the flower image.

 

And these are the swaps I brought home!

 

Omg!!!!! Cards, Card Fronts, Bookmarks, Gift Tags, Magnets, Keychains, Bags of Lollies, Chocolates, Tea Bags, Coffee, Mints, Badge, Affirmation Bottle, Scissor Charms, Tea Light Candles, Easter Eggs & Chapstick!!!! The diversity was astonishing and the talent displayed in all the creations I revived was absolutely amazing!