JAI #214: STAMPIN' UP! RETRO FRESH REV UP THE FUN!

At Just Add Ink this week, we have a sketch (provided by Kim) to get your creative juices flowing.

We'd love to see a card, or scrapbook page, you've created using this sketch as your starting point:

 

This sketch was a real challenge for me, as I find it hard to "do" tilted panels!!  I took a bit of liberty with the angle of the top corner panel.  Here's the card I came up with:

 

 

 

Stamps: Rev Up The Fun, Express Yourself, Gorgeous Grunge

Card: Baked Brown Sugar, Tangerine Tango, Coastal Cabana, Very Vanilla

DSP: Retro Fresh Designer Series Paper

Ink Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana and Crumb Cake stampin' pads, Baked Brown Sugar marker

Other: Burlap ribbon, Neutrals Candy Dots, 1/2" Circle punch, Modern Label punch, Essentials paper-piercing pack and paper-piercing tool, Brushed Bronze designer button, sticky strip, sponge dauber, stampin' dimensionals

 

 

Make sure you check out the rest of the Design Team's samples; they're fabulous!

 

 

 



STAMPIN' UP!'S REV UP THE FUN : JACK IS 18!!

This time 18 years ago, I became a Mama for the first time.  Wow - where have those years gone??!!  (The lament of every mother, I'm sure.)

Because I am ridiculously detail-oriented (sounds much nicer than  "anal", don't you think?), I have scheduled this post for the exact time Jack was forced into the world!  He was almost 2 weeks overdue, and still had to be induced .... a cautiousness (reluctance?) that remains in his personality.

It's rather customary for me to make Jack a cricket-themed birthday card, but this time I'm getting some more use out of the fabulous Rev Up the Fun stamp set, as he'll be sitting his driver's licence test next week.  The car he'll be driving looks nothing like the one on the card, but he likes turquoise, so the appealing colour will just have to be enough for him!

Stamps: Rev Up the Fun, Gorgeous Grunge, Off the Grid, Express Yourself, Memorable Moments

Card: Early Espresso, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Silver Foil paper

Ink: Early Espresso, Tempting Turquoise and Crumb Cake stampin' pads, Versamark inkpad

Other: Silver and Tempting Turquoise stampin' emboss powders, Metallic brads, 1/2" Circle punch, Tasteful Trim XL Bigz die, Neutrals candy dots, sponge dauber, 1 1/4" Circle punch, 1 3/8" Circle punch, 1 1/2" Circle punch (not SU!), Label Bracket punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, stampin' dimensionals, multipurpose liquid glue

 

 

 

 

Here's a photo of the birthday boy, at a family celebration a few days early ... his "baby", Cricket the dog, had to get in on the action (hopefully Ethan won't notice that he's been cropped out of this pic!):

 

 

 

 

 

 



SC 91/13: REV UP THE FUN 18th BIRTHDAY CARD

I have not been able to create "just for fun" very much lately, and I miss it.  I checked out the current challenge at Sunny Challenges & Creations, and was inspired to make a birthday card for a special young man who is celebrating his birthday this week.

Here's the sketch to use as the basis for a card:

My Stampin' Up! Color Coach suggested I use Midnight Muse, Cherry Cobbler and Pool Party together.  Here's what I came up with:

Stamps: Rev Up the Fun, Memorable Moments, Gorgeous Grunge, Express Yourself

Card: Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party Core'dinations

DSP: Midnight Muse Patterns Designer Series Paper (retired)

Ink: Midnight Muse, Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party and Crumb Cake stampin' pads, Jet Black Staz-On inkpad, Versamark inkpad

Other: Cherry Cobbler stampin' emboss powder, Deco Labels framelits, Regals candy dots, Itty Bitty shapes punch, 1 1/4" Circle punch, 1 3/8" Circle punch, 1 1/2" Circle punch (not SU!), Chevron embossing folder, sanding block, sponge dauber, Stamp-a-ma-jig

 

 



JAI #188 : JUST ADD GRUNGE

This week at Just Add Ink, our challenge (courtesy of Paula) is to "just add grunge" to your papercraft project.

This challenge was a great prompt for me to get an 18th birthday card made.  My eldest son and most of his friends turn 18 this year, and are going for their driver's licences.  This card is for one of Jack's friends. 

Stampin' Up!'s Gorgeous Grunge stamp set, and some distressing and sponging of the card edges, adds just the right amount of 'grunge' :

Stamps: Rev Up the Fun, World Map, Gorgeous Grunge, Four You, Memorable Moments

Card: Basic Gray, Island Indio, Smoky Slate, Whisper White

Ink: Versamark inkpad, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray and Island Indigo stampin' pads

Other: Silver stampin' emboss powder, Regals candy dots, Stamp-a-ma-jig, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, 1 1/2" circle punch (not SU!), Smoky Slate and Island Indigo Chevron ribbons, Stampin' Distress tool, glue dots

 

 

Make sure you check out the rest of the Just Add Ink Design Team samples - LOVE their takes on "grunge".  We hope you'll play along with us this week!

 

 



STAMPIN' UP!'S REV UP THE FUN

I had a card to make for a special young man's birthday this past week (well, I should've made it a couple of weeks ago but, thankfully, family are forgiving).  It was a great chance for me to ink up my new Rev Up the Fun stamp set.  Here's what I came up with, taking the colours from the Epic Day This & That Designer Series Papers:

Stamps: Rev Up the Fun, Memorable Moments, Off the Grid, Four You

Card: Basic Gray, Whisper White

DSP: Epic Day This & That Designer Series Paper

Ink: Basic Gray, Sahara Sand and Calypso Coral stampin' pads

Other: 1/2" Circle punch, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" Circle punches, 1 1/2" Circle punch (not SU!), Stamp-a-ma-jig, sponge daubers, Brights Candy Dots, Season of Style washi tape, Epic Day This & That washi tape