JAI #664 - Colour Combo

Hidden deep in my Pinterest boards is a beautiful card by Daria Ermolaeva that gave me inspiration for this week's Just Add Ink colour combo.

Such soft, pretty colours - you can see why I couldn't resist playing along.

I did a little ink smooshing on my watercolour card using pool party, then some partial script stamping in the same colour. My leaves were stamped with lost lagoon and clear embossed before being coloured with both teals, then die cut and given some script stamping too. The butterfly was stamped in grey and coloured with lagoon and freesia inks but wasn't quite vibrant enough, so I applied some micro glaze to seal the inks, then went over the freesia with the matching alcohol marker. My finishing touches were some light stamping in a woodgrain pattern for my card base and white paint splatters. I didn't add a sentiment as I like to have cards on hand that are suitable for multiple occasions - this one ended up being a get well card.

Materials used:

• stamps - Butterfly Brilliance, Hardwood (SU), Leaf Canopy (Altenew), Create Happiness - Elements (Stamperia)
• card - pool party, watercolour
• other - water spritzer, MISTI, waterbrush, picket fence distress paint, paintbrush, Leaf Canopy die, Big Shot, Dimensionals, craft foam, sponge dauber, light fresh freesia Blends marker

Do head over to the JAI blog to see more of this gorgeous colour combo, and thanks for calling in.

Cheers

Kerry

JAI #630 - Just Add Inspiration

This week at Just Add Ink we have a wonderful inspiration board to help get your creative juices flowing. 

Soooooo many possibilities! 

I took inspiration from the colours, patterns (polka dots, gingham), enamel jug and food/baking themes for a shabby/vintage card.

I did a little layering, fussy cutting another cupcake, cup and flowers and leaving the jug in the background (not that you can really tell in this photo, lol). 

Then I figured if I was going to give this card with a gift of home baked goodies, I'd need a gift bag to go with it, right?

Et, voila! 

My shabby heart was very happy - and now my shabby tummy was very hungry! LOL! Tea and cupcakes, anyone?

Materials used:

• stamps - Create Happiness - Elements (Stamperia)
• card - crumb cake, basic white, garden green, Sweet Treats junk journal papers (The Journal Boat)
• other - vintage buttons (SU retired), linen thread, sewing machine, sponge dauber, distressing tool, craft foam, crochet trim lace (SU retired), smoky slate and crumb cake inks (SU), Dimensionals

As always there are more samples on the JAI blog to inspire you, so do follow the link and take a look. We'd love to see your creations in our gallery.

Thanks for dropping by.

Cheers

Kerry

Great Adventure

I really liked the colours for this week's Color Throwdown challenge, so I sat at my craft desk yesterday to see what I could come up with. I was in the mood for mixed media and had a very happy time with inks, stencils, texture paste, stamps and dies.

I picked salvaged patina as my aqua blue, frayed burlap for my kraft and of course antique linen for the cream. Here's the result:

I used just a thin layer of texture paste and love how it gives such a subtle result while still making me want to touch it, lol. 

Materials used:

• stamps - Create Happiness - Elements (Stamperia), Tiny Text (Tim Holtz)
• card - crumb cake, very vanilla, watercolour
• distress sprays/oxides/archival inks - salvaged patina, frayed burlap, antique linen
• stencil - Create Happiness - Compass (Stamperia)
• dies - Silhouette Birds (Tim Holtz), branch
• other - blending brush, sponge daubers, picket fence distress paint, paintbrush, heat tool, water spritzer, matte texture paste, Dimensionals, craft foam, small pearl, distress micro glaze

Thanks for dropping by.

Cheers

Kerry

JAI #615 - Just Add Inspiration

Although it's not my week for a Just Add Ink project, a glance at the inspiration picture set off a design idea in my head and of course I had to sit at my craft desk and create. Here's the pic:

The combination of black, white and brown, along with those lovely pops of bright green foliage, are what inspired me. 

My card echoes the clean, straight lines as well as rectangular and square shapes from the picture, and for the touch of whimsy instead of the hats on the wall I used my bird. The white rub-on I used was cut to give the shape of a wing. I die-cut two of the slides and attached them using mounting strips to give dimension so I'd have a little 'pocket' to tuck the leaves and moss into.

This is a card that can be used for many occasions so I've left off a sentiment for now.

As luck would have it, these are the exact same colours in this week's Color Throwdown challenge, so I'm entering that.

Materials used:

• stamps - Create Happiness Elements (Stamperia)
• card - basic black, basic white, granny apple green (SU), distress black/kraft (TH)
• dies - Specimen, Silhouette Birds, Funky Florals #3 (all Tim Holtz)
• other - rhinestone, craft moss, Dimensionals, mounting strips, blending brush, sponge dauber, Create Happiness - Writing, white rub on (Stamperia)

What does the inspiration picture bring to your mind? We'd love to see you create a project and share it in our gallery. Pop on over to the JAI blog to see what my team mates came up with.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kerry