Stippled Blossoms

Good Morning!....I actually managed to write another post just for fun...whoohoo! This time l have a rather simple layout using Stippled Blossoms, Sassy Salutations and a heap of left over strips of Basic Black card stock.

I think the Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Black and Gold combination is rather striking and definitely one l will revisit.

"Thanks for stopping by & happy Sunday"

All Products Used Are Stampin-Up Unless Noted.

(Gold dots-Liquid Pearls)

Swallowtail Rainbow...

Hello!....Hope you are all enjoying the start to the weekend. Thought l would pop in and share a card that's not a DT submission, I've been a little slack with that lately and thought it needed rectifying...:0)

I used the beautiful, but oh so huge Swallowtail stamp from SU and inked it up by creating a rainbow inkpad  using my Brights reinkers and some cut"n"dry foam (Ranger Industries). I love the idea of being able to create an inkpad in any colour combo l like and especially love using the brights pack for this. I have been using this inkpad for about 3 months now and just pop it into a ziplock bag when I'm done, ready for next time.

"Thanks for stopping by & have a lovely weekend"

All Supplies used are Stampin-Up Unless Noted

Just Add Ink #166

Hiya!....This week we have a lovely colour challenge over at Just Add Ink compliments of Delys. I had fun with these colours and inking up my Fine Feathers set from Stampin-Up. I'm really loving the feather trend that's emerging lately and thought this was the perfect challenge to play with them.

I used the "Baby Wipe" technique to create a multi tone look for the feathers and greeting, l love using this technique, you can create such lovely colour palettes with it.

While l still had ink left over, l thought l would stamp a couple more and mounted them on different coloured base panels.

The Design Team have come up with lot's of lovely inspiration with these colours, so don't forget to check them out.

"Thanks for stopping by & enjoy your day"

All Products used are Stampin-Up

Just Add Ink #165

Whoohoo!......It's Friday and that means it's Just Add Ink challenge time again and this weeks challenge was set by Christine and she wants us to "JUST ADD WOODGRAIN"....pretty easy isn't it!

With all of the wonderful Woodgrain products around these days, it took me a little while to decide what to use. I eventually opted to christen a sheet of my Woodgrain specialty DSP from the Natural Composition pack.

I wanted to keep this card really crisp and clean, no shading etc and cut the lovely white Daisy's from the Blossom Party Die and the leaves from the Secret Garden Framelits.

To create a realistic looking mason jar, l stamped the image from Perfectly Preserved onto Window sheet using Staz-On and fussy cut around it close to the lines.

I'm really happy with the finished look, but l must share a little mishap. While l was heat setting the Crystal effects on the flower centres, l was sidetracked by a cheeky Mr 4 arriving unexpectedly and held the heat gun a little close to the window sheet, causing a slight dimple on the edge of the jar. But l think it adds to the look of originality, as some of the vintage Mason jars l have are rippled anyway, so l left it as is...:0)

Don't forget to go see the rest of the Design Teams samples.....they are really beautiful!

"Thanks for stopping by & Have a great day"

All Products Used are Stampin-Up

Just Add Ink #164...

It's that time of the week already and this week we have a great "Sketch" challenge for you at Just Add Ink, provided by Mae. I actually have two cards to share using this sketch, l made the Doily one first, then decided to use it a second time to create a fun Birthday card for a child.

And here's my second slightly "Brighter" card.......

Don't forget to check out the design teams lovely samples for more ideas on how to use this sketch.

"Thanks for stopping by & enjoy your day"

All Products Used Are Stampin-Up

Just Add Ink #163

Hey stampers, it's time for this weeks Just Add Ink challenge and we want you to Just Add a "Fun Background". This can be absolutely anything you like as long as you have fun with it! The Design Team girls have some great examples of "Fun Backgrounds" to give you an idea. There are so many great techniques and ways to add a little interest to your project, so have fun and share what you create, we love to see your projects too!

For my "Fun Background" l pulled out my re-inkers in Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Melon Mambo and Tempting Turquoise and my Aqua Painter. Then pretty much dipped and flicked.

I put a few drops of each colour in a paint palette and put a small amount of water in my Aqua pen, dipped it into one ink colour, applied a little pressure to the pen and just dripped and flicked randomly on my cardstock and then rinsed the pen tip and repeated with the other colours until l was happy with the look.

I first saw this technique when we used it to add some splotches to a scrap page at Convention last year and thought this was the perfect challenge to explore it further. It's heaps of fun and gives a very different result each time.

"Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend"

Supplies:

Daffodil Delight-Melon Mambo-Old Olive & Tempting Turquoise Re-inkers & Cardstocks

Curly Cute Stamp set & Basic Black Ink-Daffodil Delight Satin Ribbon-Elegant & Bitty Butterfly Punches.

Enamel Accents (Ranger)

All Supplies are Stampin-Up Unless Noted.

Water Colour DSP & Ink Swipe Technique-part2

As promised, I'm back to share what l created using the ink swipe technique from my previous post. I must warn you, this post is once again photo heavy.

Using the piece of card l created with the water colour effect, l made 4 cards inspired by a technique called Patchwork Paper by Jennifer McGuire during the Pattern Play Class.

You can see in the photo below how l cut 1/2" strips of  card stock and adhered it to a piece of Whisper White on the diagonal and cut and die cut pieces from that to create a patchwork effect.

Lot's of fun and definitely one of my fave techniques from class. But l guess rather than make more of my own DSP, l need to dig into my yummy stash of 6"x6" paper pads waiting to be devoured.

And finally a group shot, l think these would make such a lovely gift set with some stamped envelopes and maybe a cute gift box to gift them in.

"Thanks for stopping by"

All Products used are Stampin-Up

(With the exception of Purple E/P on brad)

Colours and images are referenced in my previous post.

Just Add Ink #162

Good Morning!.....It's time for this weeks Just Add Ink challenge and this week we want you to Just Add a "Technique" you haven't tried before. 

If you are anything like me, there are no doubt heaps that you want to try, but just never got around to doing. Well,  this is the perfect opportunity and it can be anything you want!

I went with "Teflon Craft Sheet Ink Swiping & Stamping", l have actually tried the ink on Craft sheet bit before, but used it to create a background on card stock. This one is a little different, l used Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant and Always Artichoke and swiped a patch of each on my sheet keeping them separate and lightly misted with water...(Very lightly).

I then used my Secret Garden stamp set and inked them up from my sheet, really simple and fun!

I love the effect of water colour that it gives and can imagine it in many colour combinations. I had heaps of ink left on my sheet after stamping this and grabbed some more card to create an all over DSP look.

I will be back shortly to show you how l used my water colour DSP and combined it with some techniques from the recent Pattern Play class l enrolled in at Online Classes.

The Design Team have used some very cool techniques to get you motivated, so don't forget to stop by their blogs and check them out too.

"Thanks for stopping by & have a great day"

All Products Used Are Stampin-Up.