STAMPIN' UP! SERENE SILHOUETTES FOR JAI #282

Narelle has come up with these gorgeous inspiration pics, for our Just Add Ink challenge this week:

 

I was inspired mainly by the colours, but also the circular shapes, stripes, and touch of silver.

 

Instead of wide stripes, as in the photo, I opted to repeatedly stamp the line of hearts from Chalk Lines, over my Watercolor Wash background stamped in Smoky Slate.

 

Here's what I came up with this week:

 

 

All of the Stampin' Up! products I have used are listed below; if you click on any of the thumbnail images, you'll be taken direct to my online store.

Make sure you check out the rest of the Design Team's creations, here.

 

 

Product List

Serene Silhouettes Clear Stamp Set [127324] $34.00	Clear Block C [118486] $12.00	Watercolor Wash Wood-Mount Background Stamp Set [138704] $35.00	Chalk Lines Photopolymer Stamp Set [135005] $28.00	Clear Block I [118488] $20.00
Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] $12.25	Pink Pirouette A4 Card Stock [116203] $12.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $12.25	Silver Glimmer Paper [135314] $8.75
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] $11.50	Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin' Pad [126956] $11.50	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [126948] $11.50	1-3/8" Circle Punch [119860] $28.00	Melon Mambo 1/4" Cotton Ribbon [134566] $10.50
Big Shot [113439] $169.00	Greetings Thinlits Dies [138275] $25.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246] $8.75	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $12.00	Glue Dots [103683] $9.00
Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.00

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!

SC 060/12: SKETCH CHALLENGE, WITH EMBOSSING

The challenge this week, at Sunny Challenges & Creations, is to create a papercraft project based on the sketch below.  The second component of the challenge is to use embossing on your project.

I have had a lovely time playing with some new products, as well as showing some love to an 'old favourite' stamp set that I haven't used for a while.  On my card, I have used dry-embossing (using the new Woodgrain embossing folder with Core'dinations cardstock), and heat-embossing (using the new Early Espresso embossing powder on the tree).  So, I've got the "embossing" component covered!

Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Itty Bitty Banners, French Foliage

Card: Naturals White, Raspberry Ripple, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso Core'dinations cardstock

Ink: Versamark inkpad, Early Espresso stampin' pad and marker, Crumb Cake stampin' pad, Raspberry Ripple stampin' pad and marker

Other: Early Espresso embossing powder, Raspberry Ripple stitched satin ribbon, Labels Collection Framelits, Bitty Banners Framelits, Woodgrain embossing folder, Dotted Scallop Ribbon border punch, Linen Thread and needle, Festive Paper-Piercing pack, sponge dauber, mini glue dots, stampin' dimensionals, paper snips

 

 

We'd love to have you play along with us at Sunny Challenges & Creations this week.  Make sure you check out the rest of the Design Team's samples, for inspiration!

 

 

 



SC 58/12: A BLACK & WHITE CHALLENGE

This week at Sunny Challenges & Creations, we have a sketch AND colour challenge for you.

I have never felt very comfortable making cards in just Black and White - I am always tempted to inject some colour.  However, I've stuck with the brief, and found that it's not quite as difficult as I'd made it in my own mind!

I have had a play with a gorgeous new stamp set from Stampin' Up! - it's called Serene Silhouettes.  I white-embossed, on Basic Black card, the circular image.  A second stamp from the set was used to stamp on the striped paper, in Basic Black ink.

Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Card: Basic Black, Whisper White

DSP: Basic Black Patterns Designer Series Paper

Ink: Versamark inkpad, Basic Black stampin' pad, Jet Black Staz-On inkpad

Other: White embossing powder, 1 3/4" Circle punch, Perfect Pennants Bigz die, Beautiful Wings embosslits die, Basic Black scallop dots ribbon, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, sponge dauber, Basic Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

 

 

Please visit the Sunny Challenges & Creations site, to be inspired by the rest of the Design Team's samples, and to join in the fun!