Wednesday, June 2, 2010

JUST ADD INK CHALLENGE #19

There are many things on my stamping "to do" list this week ... one that I'm able to now cross off is my entry for Just Add Ink #19.  Take a look at this scrumptious colour combo, to be included in a papercraft project:



JAI#19 colour combo



I LOVE the rich colours, and had pretty much decided to make a card with a lot of clean, white space, and just accents of these colours.  What I came up with was something entirely different!  I changed my mind when I discovered that I have Elegant Eggplant TEXTURED cardstock ... one of the great things about being a hoarder is that I am often surprised to find that I own so many (ha ha) beautiful things! 

I broke out my Friends 24-7 stamp set, because it has not been used for quite a while.  I created a background on the textured card, by repeatedly stamping the damask image in Versamark ink (and swiping the inkpad around the card edges).  After stamping the same image on Whisper White card, using Elegant Eggplant ink, I punched out a portion using the Full Heart punch.  (Of course I had to add a bit of sponging around the edges of the heart.)  The floral image in the Build-A-Brad is punched also from the damask pattern; I didn't add the epoxy sticker to finish off the brad, as I wanted it to have the same "wallpapery" look as the card.

Here's what it all looked like in the end (as you can see, not much white space after all!):



JAI #19

Stamps: Friends 24-7, Short & Sweet

Card: Elegant Eggplant textured, Melon Mambo, Whisper White and Taken With Teal

Ink: Elegant Eggplant stampin' pad, Versamark inkpad

Other: White embossing powder, Word Window Punch, Full Heart Punch, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Build-A-Brad, 1/2" circle punch, dimensionals

 

14 comments:

  1. Wow! love what you have done with the challenge, Christine! I loove the Elegant Eggplant cardbase and the heart shape is fantastic.The brad is a nice touch. Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog :) And congratulations on your win on the previous challenge.

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  2. Gorgeous Christine! Love the heart and the embossed WW

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  3. Love this Christine - so much less over the top than my loud entry, lol! Just gorgeous!

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  4. Very pretty Christine. Like how you punched the heart with the flourish stamped on it.

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  5. This is beautiful, Christine! Thanks for playing.

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  6. This is gorgeous, the heart is my favourite.
    Rach:)

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  7. *sigh* I just love this. There are so many dimensions to it! Beautiful. :-)

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  8. So lovely. How do you keep coming up with all those lovely extra 'touches'? That heart is a brilliant idea...can I 'borrow' it? :)

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  9. Lovely ideas Christine. It's so refreshing to also see this set used with bright colours rather than soft ones....

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  10. Oh Christine I love your heart. I was sitting thee thinking that this isn't in the cattie, then realised you made it yourself. It is beautiful.

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  11. Something so soothing about this card for me - really stunning!

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  12. Love the combo of the heart punch with that beautiful damask and sponging. Your card comes together so well. Doesn't the greeting look great embossed in white.

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  13. Wow this is a stunner!!! I thought I didn't like eggplant but you just changed that!

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  14. Christine, this is "Gleetastic" This is sooooo not a colour combo that I would use(didn't even attempt it for the challenge)You have most definitely changed my mind. Love,love,love that stampset(must get me that one!) The heart is beautiful. TFS. Cheers Donna Zammit

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