JAI #223 : SKETCH CHALLENGE

This week at Just Add Ink, Tina has come up with a sketch challenge for us.

 I'm ALWAYS challenged by anything circular in design, so this was a good one to stretch me out of my comfort zone!

With a nephew's birthday coming up, and a desire to use my yummy new Typeset Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!, I took this opportunity to make a masculine birthday card.  Although it doesn't show very clearly in the photo, I did cut my DSP into sections (it's adhered to Very Vanilla card).

Stamps: Amazing Birthday, Perfect Pennants, Starburst Sayings

Card: Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Very Vanilla

DSP: Typeset Designer Series Paper

Ink: Bermuda Bay stampin' pad and marker, Basic Black marker, Memento Tuxedo Black inkpad

Other: Circles Collection framelits, Starburst framelits, Brights candy dot, Candy Dots brad bases, Banners framelits, Silver baker's twine, Paper-piercing tool and Stampin' pierce mat, paper snips

 

 

Make sure you check out the rest of the Design Team's creations.  We'd love for you to play along with us this week.

 

 

 



JAI #211: STAMPIN' UP! PERFECT PENNANTS KALEIDOSCOPE BIRTHDAY CARD!

This week at Just Add Ink, Paula has come up with a fabulous sketch for us to use on our cards or scrapbook pages.  It's a fabulous, versatile, sketch that I can see myself using over and over again.  (In fact, I think I already make a lot of cards with a similar layout!  Love it.)

 

 

 I am a compulsive purchaser of Stampin' Up! products, and had an unopened packet of Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper crying out to be used.  I decided to make a bright, cheery card that I think would really suit a teenage girl.  As it turned out, it did get the tick of approval from my 18-yr-old son and his sweet girlfriend who will be 18 in a few months.

 

One of my favourite features of this card is the heart I stamped, in Strawberry Slush ink, behind the sentiment.  Simple, but it makes me happy!  There's a good demonstration, on my card, of how well SU! co-ordinates its products.  I stamped the heart  (from Perfect Pennants) two more times in Strawberry Slush ink, on Whisper White card.  I used the little heart die from the Circles Card thinlits set to cut out the hearts.  They were then layered onto Silver Glimmer hearts cut using one of the heart shaped dies from the Hearts A Flutter framelits collection.  Great match, don't you think?

 

The three black embellishments in the top left of the card are Basic Large Rhinestones, coloured with a black Sharpie pen.

 

 

 

 

Stamps: Perfect Pennants

Card: Strawberry Slush, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Silver Glimmer Paper

DSP: Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper

Ink: Strawberry Slush stampin' pad, Jet Black Staz-on inkpad, Black Sharpie pen

Other: Circles framelits, Starburst framelits, Circles Card Thinlits, Hearts A Flutter framelits, Adorning Accents edgelits, Strawberry Slush stretch ruffle trim, Basic Large Rhinestones, stampin' dimensionals, sticky strip

It took almost all my strength to refrain from sponging the edges of my paper and cardstock on this card!  Right outside my comfort zone, but I wanted a clean, crisp look.  I love how it turned out.

Make sure you check out the rest of the Just Add Ink Design Team's samples.  We'd love to see your papercraft creation using this sketch, too.

JAI #205: JUST ADD A SUNBURST

The Just Add Ink challenge this week, courtesy of Tina, is to add a SUNBURST to our papercraft project.  I had to think long and hard about this one!!  I ended up making a rustic (naïve?) sun using twine and ribbon.  I've deliberately cut the ribbon a little "untidily" for this look, which was rather liberating, given that normally I need everything to be "just so"!!

 

Stamps: Perfect Pennants

Card: Naturals White, Summer Starfruit, Chocolate Chip

DSP: Soho Subway Designer Series Paper

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Summer Starfruit and Crumb Cake stampin' pads

Other: Scallops embossing folder, Early Espresso stitched grosgrain ribbon, Banners Framelits, Summer Starfruit 1 1/4" Striped grosgrain ribbon, Summer Starfruit Baker's Twine from Sweet Sorbet Accessories Pack, Neutrals button, Hung Up cute clip, sponge dauber, 1 3/4" Circle punch, Tombow liquid glue, sticky strip

 

 

 

Be sure to check out the rest of the creations from the Just Add Ink Design Team.  We hope you'll play along with us this week!

 

 

 



STAMPIN' UP! ON FILM FRAMELITS

I had a bit of fun this week making a birthday card for my brother-in-law.  There's no danger of him visiting my blog, so I can share it with you while it's on its way to him in the mail.

The new On Film Framelits dies from Stampin' Up! are just so cute.  I've already shared a card or two using the smaller polaroid frame.  This card showcases the larger of the two frames in the set, along with the great little camera die - how cool does it look in the silver foil paper?!  The framelit cuts and embosses the camera shape at the same time.  Although it's not super-clear in my photo, I die-cut two cameras in Early Espresso, and placed them along the bottom of the card, sandwiching a Marina Mist camera.

 

Stamps: Simply Stars, Gorgeous Grunge, Perfect Pennants, Sketched Birthday, Happy Day

Card: Marina Mist, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Silver Foil paper

Ink: Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Early Espresso stampin' pads

Other: On Film framelits, Bitty Banners framelits, Subtles and Neutrals candy dots, Candy Dot base, sponge daubers, Natural Chevron ribbon, glue dots