JAI #127: COLOUR CHALLENGE

This week at Just Add Ink, Mae has challenged us to use Black & White PLUS ONE. 

Tangerine Tango is a colour that doesn't see much light of day at my place, so I challenged myself to use it for this challenge.  I came up with the idea for this project when I couldn't sleep one night this week, and it came out pretty much how I'd envisaged it.  Miriam Thomas shared on her blog how to make a box using four of Stampin' Up!'s Petite Pocket die cuts.  Perfect - I have barely used my Petite Pockets die (another of the many products I just HAD to have!).

I cut four Petite Pockets from Basic Black cardstock.  The next step was to emboss each one using Stampin' Up!'s Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, that had been inked with Versamark (I just rubbed the inkpad over the raised surface of the embossing folder before inserting the cardstock).  I then randomly sprinkled White and Tangerine Tango embossing powder over the dry-embossed card, and heat-embossed it.

Here's a close-up of how that turned out:

Here is the box, containing a flower arrangement made from embossed flowers (I was on a bit of an embossing kick with this one, wasn't I?):

I was really pleased to discover that the large flower from the Printed Petals stamp set fits perfectly inside the new Blossom punch.  I've hardly used that stamp set, but will now get some more mileage from it, because I do love a stamp that co-ordinates with a punch, y'know!  On Whisper White cardstock, I stamped five flowers in Versamark ink, and used Tangerine Tango embossing powder on three of them, and Black embossing powder on the other two.  The flower centres are also embossed (in the reverse colours); they're one of the smaller flowers from Printed Petals, that have been punched out using the 1" Circle punch.  I used Jet Black Staz-On ink to colour the skewers (messy, but I achieved the desired result).

Here are the 'ingredients' I used:

Stamps: Printed Petals

Card: Basic Black, Whisper White, Tangerine Tango

DSP: Basic Black and Tangerine Tango Patterns Designer Papers (tied around 'stems')

Ink: Versamark inkpad, Jet Black Staz-On inkpad

Other: White embossing powder, Tangerine Tango embossing powder, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Petite Pockets die, Basic Black satin ribbon, Tangerine Tango Scallop Dots ribbon, sticky strip, Blossom punch, 1" punch, Beautiful Wings embosslits

Make sure you visit the Just Add Ink website, to see the variety of projects that the Design Team have come up with - you'll love them!

STAMPIN' UP!'S FOX & FRIENDS : FOR DD #11 AND SC 049/12

I'm on a bit of a 'baby card' kick at the moment, and had an idea that works for two of my favourite challenges.

Dynamic Duos has this gorgeous, soft, colour combination as the challenge this week:

and Sunny Challenges & Creations' challenge is to use circles on a papercraft project:

Here's the card I made, combining these two challenges:

Stamps: Fox & Friends, A to Z, Confetti, Short & Sweet

Card: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze

Ink: Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze and Crumb Cake stampin' pads, Versamark inkpad

Other: 1 3/4" Circle punch, White embossing powder, sponge daubers, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Baja Breeze seam binding, Pink Pirouette taffeta ribbon, Whisper White taffeta ribbon, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, mini glue dots

My boys are back at school, after 2 weeks holiday (actually, the eldest had almost 4 weeks, since he went on a Central Australia trip with school in the week leading up to the holidays), so the house is very quiet today!  As much as I love the holidays, I do like to get back into a 'normal' routine - although soon you might have to remind me I said that, as we get busier and busier, leading into cricket pre-season!!



JAI #126 : STAMPIN' UP!'S VINTAGE VOGUE

Mae has a great sketch challenge for us, at Just Add Ink this week.

I don't often make square cards, but used this sketch to make a card for my sister-in-law who turned 50 recently.  I am blessed to have three wonderful sisters-in-law, who I love dearly.  Sharon, the recipient of this card, really saved my life when I was struggling desperately with being a new first-time Mum - something I will never forget.  I put a lot of love into this card!

There's a bit going on, but all the detail is thanks to Stampin' Up!'s beautiful Vintage Vogue stamp set.  I've stamped the vine image on the background paper, using Crumb Cake ink, and the small flower is stamped in Soft Suede ink.  The vine image was stamped again on the larger of the two Framelits dies, and the sentiment panel was created with a NEW stamp set that will be coming out in our Annual Catalogue in August.  Those of us who attended Stampin' Up! Convention in Canberra in May were lucky enough to receive the fabulous Memorable Moments stamp set, consisting of numbers 0 to 9 inclusive, along with a few greetings and a frame stamp that co-ordinates with the Labels Collection Framelits dies - woohoo!  LOVE any stamps that co-ordinate with a punch or die, and I have been longing for some number stamps.  This set will get a lot of use, I'm sure.

Now that I've completed the card, I can see the sentiments are a bit wonky - but, hey, that's the charm of hand-made cards, isn't it?!

The larger flower was inked up in Crumb Cake ink, and "rock and rolled" in Rich Razzleberry ink.  A smaller Soft Suede flower was cut out, added to the top, and secured with a glimmer brad. 

 

Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Memorable Moments (available 1st September)

Card: Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede

DSP: First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper, Rich Razzleberry Patterns Designer Series Paper

Ink: Crumb Cake stampin' pad and marker, Soft Suede and Rich Razzleberry stampin' pads

Other: Labels Collection Framelits dies, sponge daubers, Color Spritzer tool, Brights brads, Basic Glimmer brad, Basic Pearls, paper snips, Stampin' dimensionals, Lace Ribbon border punch, Crumb Cake seam binding, Soft Suede taffeta ribbon

Make sure you check out the samples made by my talented fellow Design Team members here.  We'd love to have you join in the challenge this week!



STAMPIN' UP!'S BABY BUNDLE ... IN BLUE, AND PINK

I wanted to make some baby cards, but was a bit short on ideas, so thought I'd Google images using the stamp set I'd chosen.  I had a bit of a giggle when a few of the cards that came up were mine - it hadn't even occurred to me to look over cards I'd made, for inspiration! 

I really liked the way Janine Rawlins used the Baby Bundle stamp set on this card, so that was my starting point.  I stamped the cute little images on watercolour paper using Jet Black Staz-On ink.  The 'boy' card was coloured using Stampin' Up!'s Watercolour Wonder crayons, and the 'girl' card was coloured with inkpads and an aquapainter.

Stamps: Baby Bundle, Curly Cute

Card: Bashful Blue, Whisper White, watercolour paper

Ink: Jet Black Staz-on inkpad, Bashful Blue stampin' pad, Crumb Cake stampin' pad

Other: Pinking Hearts border punch, Bashful Blue satin ribbon, sponge dauber, Watercolour Wonder Crayons (Brights Collection), aquapainter, blender pen, mini glue dots

Stamps: Baby Bundle, Short & Sweet

Card: Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink, watercolour paper

Ink: Jet Black Staz-on inkpad, Whisper White craft stampin' pad, Crumb Cake stampin' pad, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose and Daffodil Delight stampin' pads

Other: Pretty in Pink scallop dots ribbon, Twitterpated buttons, aquapainter, mini glue dots, tab die (not SU!)

I had a lot of fun making these sweet cards (colouring is so therapeutic, isn't it?). 



SC 48/12: STAMPIN' UP!'S LANGUAGE OF FRIENDSHIP

I had a chance last night to make a card for this week's challenge at Sunny Challenges & Creations.  It has been weeks since I've played along, and I've missed taking part!

Vicky has come up with this sketch, with the added challenge of using Chocolate Chip and Old Olive:

I pulled out my hardly-used Language of Friendship stamp set for this one.  Whilst I do love any stamp sets that co-ordinate with punches, I have to say this one is a bit "off" in its measurements - if I want to punch the bird perfectly, the wing gets chopped off a bit, and if I want to punch the wing perfectly, the bird has a bigger border on one side than the other.  I know I could overcome this by stamping and punching the bird and wing separately, but I didn't actually think of that until I was typing this blog post .... so, forgive the oddly-punched bird!

Stamps: Language of Friendship, Trendy Trees

Card: Old Olive, Very Vanilla

DSP: Chocolate Chip and Old Olive Patterns Designer Series Paper, Jolly Holiday DSP (retired)

Ink: Old Olive and Chocolate Chip stampin' pads
Other: Labels Collection Framelits, Bird Builder punch, Decorative Label punch, Old Olive satin ribbon, Brights button, Lucky Limeade baker's twine, Basic Pearls, sponge daubers, mini glue dots



DD #10 : STAMPIN' UP!'S AWASH WITH FLOWERS

It has been a few weeks since I've played along at one of my favourite challenge sites, Dynamic Duos.  Time management hasn't been my forte lately (okay, ever), and I've not managed to juggle things as well as I had for a while there!  I'm pleased to say that I had a fairly productive time in my craft room yesterday, prepping for upcoming classes, and making a couple of much-needed cards.

Here's the yummy colour combo at Dynamic Duos this week:

I hadn't used Rich Razzleberry for a while until, funnily enough, I'd just made a card with it before seeing this challenge.  (You'll have to wait a week to see that one, though - keep an eye out!)  So, twice in one day I've rediscovered my love for this gorgeous colour.

Here's my card for this challenge:

Stamps: Awash With Flowers, Heard From the Heart

Card: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Old Olive textured

DSP: Rich Razzleberry Patterns Designer Series Paper

Ink: Versamark inkpad, Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive stampin' pads

Other: White embossing powder, Old Olive scallop dots ribbon, Brights glimmer brads, Beautiful Wings embosslits, Tasteful Trim Bigz XL die, Mat Pack and Paper piercer, White gel pen, stamp-a-ma-jig, mini glue dots, sponge dauber



JAI #125 : JUST ADD WINTER

The theme at Just Add Ink this week is WINTER, which is very apt as I type out this post on a miserably cold, very wet, Melbourne day!

My first thought was to make a snowy scene for a Christmas card, but I decided against that.  Christmas falls in Summer down here in the southern hemisphere (although Melbourne is generally a bit mild and showery on Christmas Day .... but you have to expect the unexpected with Melbourne's weather!).  I have instead created a little scene with Trendy Trees - one of my cute, neglected, stamp sets.  There's a light snowfall happening, courtesy of the Confetti stamp set, and I've used silver glass glitter to represent scattered snowflakes on the ground.

Stamps: Trendy Trees, Confetti, Sincere Salutations

Card: Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Ink: Whisper White craft stampin' pad, Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz, Wild Wasabi and Garden Green stampin' pads, Basic Black stampin' pad

Other: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Crumb Cake taffeta ribbon, Mat Pack and Paper Piercing tool, sponge dauber, XL Oval punch, Designer Frames embossing folder, Tombow liquid glue, Silver Glass Glitter, mini glue dots

Make sure you check out the rest of the Design Team's samples, for some winter inspiration.  We hope to see you playing along with us!