JAI #277: STAMPIN' UP! KINDA ECLECTIC

Kim has come up with a beautiful colour challenge for us, at Just Add Ink:

I was a little bit concerned about the "So Saffron" element, as it is one of my least-used colours.  However, once I decided to use my very neglected Kinda Eclectic stamp set, the colours went together just beautifully.  I've used Crumb Cake for my card base and sentiment, and to sponge around the edges of each piece of paper on my card.

 

I love how this card turned out!  I hope you do, too.

 

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  Be sure to check out the rest of the Just Add Ink Design Team's cards using this gorgeous colour combination.

 

Listed below are all the Stampin' Up! products I used to make this card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to buy them for yourself, just click on one of the thumbnail images to be taken direct to my online store.

 

 

 

 

Product List

Kinda Eclectic Wood-Mount Stamp Set [135347] $49.00	Petite Pairs Clear Stamp Set [122497] $40.00	Clear Block B [117147] $10.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $12.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $15.00
Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper Stack [138442] $14.00	So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [126957] $11.50	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [126983] $11.50	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [138326] $11.50	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [126975] $11.50
Calypso Coral 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon [134569] $12.25	Bitty Butterfly Punch [129406] $28.00	Elegant Butterfly Punch [127526] $28.00	Big Shot [113439] $169.00	Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies [138281] $45.00
Tags & Labels Framelits Dies [138282] $45.00	Subtles Candy Dots [130933] $10.50	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.00	Glue Dots [103683] $9.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.00

JAI #212: STAMPIN' UP! EVERYTHING ELEANOR

Our challenge at Just Add Ink this week is my favourite kind - a colour challenge.  Delys chose this awesome colour combination for us to use on a card or other papercraft project:

I decided that I wanted my card to be mainly about the neutrals, with pops of gorgeous, vibrant,  Bermuda Bay.

On my Very Vanilla panel, I used Crumb Cake ink to stamp (second-generation, or "stamped off") Dictionary, and the flourish from Everything Eleanor.  I then used a die-cut Hexagon Hive piece of card as a stencil, and lightly sponged hexagons over the top of my stamped images.

Stamps: Dictionary, Everything Eleanor, Petite Pairs

Card: Crumb Cake, Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla, Bermuda Bay

Ink: Crumb Cake, Baked Brown Sugar and Bermuda Bay stampin' pads

Other: Large Oval punch, paper snips, Blender Pen. Baked Brown Sugar stretch ruffle trim, Bermuda Bay 1/8" taffeta ribbon, Large Scallop thinlits die, Delicate Designs embossing folder, sponge dauber, Basic Pearls, Itty Bitty Shapes punch, sticky strip

 

 

The rest of the Design Team have come up with some gorgeous creations using this colour scheme - you can check them out here.  Won't you play along with us, too?  We'd love to see what you make.

 

 

 



STAMPIN' UP! SECRET GARDEN FOR SUO #95

There's a new challenge up at SUO Challenges, and it's "featuring flowers".  It is a bit hard to narrow down the choices, when it comes to floral offerings from Stampin' Up!  I do, however, love flower stamps that have matching framelits, so I have used the Secret Garden bundle for this challenge.

 When making this card for my dear friend, I drew inspiration from a card (I'd seen a while ago) made by Jodi Collins.  Now that I've gone back to Jodi's blog, I can't for the life of me find the card that sparked this idea, but I feel I need to give her some credit!

Stamps: Secret Garden, Petite Pairs

Card: Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White

DSP: Naturals Composition Specialty Designer Series Paper

Ink: Wisteria Wonder and Pear Pizzazz stampin' pads, Jet Black Staz-On inkpad

Other: Secret Garden framelits, Neutrals and Subtles Candy Dots, Blender pen, Wisteria Wonder chevron ribbon, Tea Lace paper doilies, glue dots

 

 

 



JAI #206: JUST ADD ... SALE-A-BRATION

This week at Just Add Ink, our challenge is to use Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration products on a papercraft project.  There are so many gorgeous products to choose from this year.

I have chosen to use the delicious Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper, and You're Lovely stamp set, along with the Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack.  Each of these items can be earned for FREE with a qualifying order before the end of March.

Stamps: You're Lovely, Petite Pairs

Card: Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White, Basic Black

DSP: Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper

Ink: Basic Black craft stampin' pad (retired), Crisp Cantaloupe stampin' pad and marker, Pistachio Pudding marker, Basic Black marker

Other: Clear stampin' emboss powder, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, paper-piercing tool, Large Scallop edgelits, Delicate Designs embossing folder, Crisp Cantaloupe baker's twine (from Sweet Sorbet accessory pack, Deco Labels framelits, Beautiful Wings embosslits, Basic Rhinestone, multipurpose liquid glue, glue dots, sponge dauber

 

 

Be sure to check out the rest of the Just Add Ink Design Team's samples.  We hope to see you playing along with our challenge this week!

 

 



STAMPIN' UP! STIPPLED BLOSSOMS - CLASS CARDS PART 2

Welcome back to the second instalment in my two-part "series" of Stippled Blossoms cards, showing what we made in classes this month.

This card is my personal favourite, of all four we made - and it was a hit with my class attendees.  Stippled Blossoms works so well with a range of colours; and in neutrals, it's stunning.  Even though I designed this card as a sympathy card, I think it would work just as well as a wedding or engagement card, or even a 'get well' or 'thinking of you' card.

Stamps: Stippled Blossoms, Itty Bitties, Petite Pairs

Card: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake

Ink: Crumb Cake and Soft Suede stampin' pads

Other: Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, 1 3/8" Circle punch, Itty Bitty Shapes circle punch, Designer Builder Brads, Stamp-a-ma-jig, 7/8" Cotton Ribbon

Lastly, we made a card in blues, using two retiring colours - Not Quite Navy, and Baja Breeze.

 

Stamps: Stippled Blossoms, Blooming With Kindness

Card: Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Baja Breeze

Ink: Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze and Old Olive stampin' pads

Other: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Apothecary Accents framelits, Essentials Paper-Piercing pack, Stampin' Pierce Mat and Paper-Piercing tool, Lacy Brocade embossing folder, Silver Mini Brads, sponge dauber, Whisper White 1/4" stitched grosgrain ribbon, glue dots, stampin' dimensionals

 

 

 

JAI # 161 : STAMPIN' UP! SYMPATHY CARD

This week at Just Add Ink, we have an unusual (but gorgeous) colour challenge for you - Mae chose it from Stampin' Up!'s Color Coach, which is an awesome tool to have.

I chose to use a gorgeous sheet of paper from Stampin' Up!'s Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack, as the basis of my card.  Isn't Midnight Muse just a beautiful, dramatic blue?

Stamps: Petite Pairs

Card: Very Vanilla, More Mustard, Midnight Muse, Rich Razzleberry

DSP: Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack

Ink: More Mustard and Rich Razzleberry stampin' pads, Midnight Muse stampin' pad and marker

Other: Stampin' Pierce Mat and Paper-Piercing Tool, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Midnight Muse stitched satin ribbon, Circles #2 Bigz die, Delicate Doilies Large Sizzlits die, Beautiful Wings embosslits, Basic Pearls, sponge daubers, glue dots

 

 

The rest of the Just Add Ink design team have come up with some awesome projects using this colour combo - be sure to check them out.  We hope you're inspired to play along in this week's challenge!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



JAI #160 : STAMPIN' UP!'S SCENTSATIONAL SEASON

This week at Just Add Ink, we have a fabulous image provided by Trish, to inspire a card/other papercraft creation. 

 

Be still, my (neutrals-loving!) beating heart!!  This photo collage evokes thoughts of snuggly textured blankets, hot chocolate, and gorgeous earthy colours.  To that end, this is what I came up with:

Stamps: Scentsational Season, Petite Pairs

Card: Crumb Cake, Naturals Ivory, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla

DSP: Soft Suede and Crumb Cake Patterns Designer Series Papers

Ink: Crumb Cake and Early Espresso stampin' pads

Other: Top Note Bigz die, Square Lattice embossing folder, Holiday Collection framelits, Natural Trim ribbon, Naturals Designer Buttons, Neutrals brad, Linen Thread, 1" Square punch, Postage Stamp punch, sponge dauber, stampin' dimensionals, glue dots

 

 

Be sure to check out the rest of the Design Team's creations ... everyone has interpreted this challenge differently, and there are some fabulous ideas from the team.  We hope you'll play along with us!

 

 

 

 



STB #1 : STAMPIN' UP!'S PLEASANT POPPIES BIRTHDAY

The irrepressible Queen of challenge blogs, Lesley Croghan, has created a fabulous new challenge site called Seize The Birthday.  This site is a great starting point for those of us keen to build up a stash of birthday cards.  Lesley has come up with a sketch, that will be current for two weeks, but there's a twist - in the first week, the sketch is to be used to create a feminine birthday card, and in the second week, we can use the same sketch to design a masculine birthday card.  What a great idea!

This sketch was exactly what I needed, to inspire me to get back into creating after having done very little over the Christmas/New Year period.  Here's the sketch:

I inked up, for the first time, my Pleasant Poppies stamp, and paired the stamped image with a couple of panels of Christmas paper!  I always over-purchase Christmas DSP, and don't use it all, so I was really pleased that it worked with the colours on my card.

 Stamps: Pleasant Poppies, Petite Pairs

Card: Natural Composition Specialty Designer Series Paper, Watercolour Paper, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla

DSP:  Snow Festival and Be of Good Cheer Designer Series Papers

Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler and Real Red stampin' pads, Basic Black craft stampin' pad, Old Olive marker

Other: Clear embossing powder, blender pens, Labels Collection framelits die, Large Oval punch, Beautiful Wings embosslits, sponge daubers, Victoria Crochet trim, Very Vanilla 1/8" Taffeta ribbon, Linen Thread, Naturals Designer Button, stampin' dimensionals, glue dots

I'm really looking forward to trying a masculine card with this sketch, too - thanks, Lesley, for the inspiration!

JAI #146 : STAMPIN' UP!'S NATURAL COMPOSITION DSP - COLOURED

I've scheduled this post to publish while I am out of the country for a few days - hopefully I will return home to see that it has gone smoothly!

Kim has come up with a really lovely colour combination for this week's Just Add Ink challenge:

I have once again had a play with Stampin' Up!'s Natural Composition Designer Series Paper.  It is a gorgeous, heavyweight, paper with clear-embossed designs on kraft-coloured backgrounds.  For this week's challenge, I cut a panel of the floral DSP from the pack, and used my Pretty in Pink marker to colour a few of the flowers.  Here's a close-up:

 

 

After colouring the petals with my marker, I added some white dots to the flower centres, using a gel pen.  Clear Itty Bitty Buttons were then adhered to the flower centres.  Here is the card in its entirety:

 

 

 

Stamps: Petite Pairs

Card: Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink, Whisper White

DSP: Natural Composition Designer Series Paper

Ink: Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake stampin' pads, Pretty in Pink marker, Signo White gel pen

Other: Dotted Scallop Ribbon border punch, Pool Party seam binding, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, Itty Bitty Buttons, glue dots, edge distressing tool, sponge dauber

 

 

 

The rest of the Just Add Ink Design Team have come up with some gorgeous cards using this colour combination - be sure to check them out.  We hope you'll be inspired to play along with us!

 

 

 



JAI #141 : A COLOUR CHALLENGE

This week at Just Add Ink, we have a gorgeous colour challenge for you.   Kathy came up with the suggestion of using these colours together:

 

 

I LOVE this colour combo, and have used it before - but not for quite some time.  You will be "wowed" by the rest of the Design Team's creations - and we look forward to seeing yours!

 

 

Here is my card, using Stampin' Up!'s Serene Silhouettes stamp set .... love.  The embossed panel below the flowers was created by rubbing my Crumb Cake inkpad directly onto the inside of the Lacy Brocade embossing folder.  I ran it through my Big Shot, with a piece of Wisteria Wonder Designer Series Paper inside.  To soften the brown tones of the Crumb Cake, I spritzed the panel with Frost White shimmer spray (shimmer paint mixed with Isocol).  Isn't it pretty??

 

 

 

 

 

You can see the shimmer a little better in this pic:

 

 

 

Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Petite Pairs

Card: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Wisteria Wonder

DSP: Wisteria Wonder Patterns Designer Series Paper

Ink: Crumb Cake stampin' pad and marker, Wisteria Wonder stampin' pad and marker

Other: Boho Blossoms punch, Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon, Victoria Crochet Trim, Crumb Cake seam binding, Designer Printed brad, Basic Pearls, Large Oval punch, Scallop Oval punch, Scallop Trim border punch, sponge daubers, Lacy Brocade embossing folder, Frost White shimmer paint (mixed with Isocol to make shimmer spray), glue dots, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

 

 

Be sure to visit Just Add Ink to see what the rest of the Design Team have done with these gorgeous colours.  We'd love to have you play along with us!