JAI #600 - Inspiration Challenge

Welcome to this week's inspiration challenge with Just Add Ink; we have a very evocative image to get your creative juices flowing.

With the cooler Autumn temperatures finally arriving in my little neck of Aus, this pic makes me long to curl up with a chai latte, warm blanket and a good book. When I'm not in the craft room, that is! Here's the card this inspired:

I needed the DSP I was using to not be so vibrant so I painted it with some watered-down gesso, which not only achieved that but also gives it an almost flannel/fabric kind of effect, don't you think?

The leaves and wooden barrel were cut from watercolour card after I'd had a fun old time with oxide inks and sprays. The barrel was then run through Tim Holtz's mini lumber 3D embossing folder - just love these minis and how fabulous does it look? Quite realistic, in my humble opinion. 

Materials used:

• sentiment stamp & dies - Mini Buzzwords Seasons (Honey Bee Stamps)
• card - basic white, watercolour, lost lagoon, early espresso, SU retired DSP
• Tim Holtz products - Potted Bigz die, Funky Foliage dies, (many) distress oxide inks and sprays, ground espresso archival ink, Idea-ology hardware heads, walnut stain distress paint, mini lumber 3D embossing folder
• other - Big Shot, sponge dauber, Dimensionals, water spritzer, heat tool, paint brushes, white gesso, white embossing powder, blending brush, antique gold gilding wax, early espresso marker, stitched rectangle die

We would love you to join in the fun and create your own project inspired by the pic. My fellow design team members have plenty of goodies to share, so pop over to the Just Add Ink blog and have a look. 

Thanks for calling in.

Cheers

Kerry

Color Throwdown Featured Stamper

My card was lucky enough to be picked in challenge #661 at The Color Throwdown (this card), which means I was offered the opportunity to be Guest Star Stamper for today's new challenge. Now, you all know how much I love a colour challenge, so ...

I spent a joyous afternoon smooshing, sponging and die cutting - ending up with very inky fingers, lol. And even though it's spring here, I fully embraced the fall/autumn vibes for some speckly orange, brown and grey goodness. 

I began with some smoky slate card, cutting it into strips and sponging the edges before gluing them to another piece of card and running them through the embossing folder. After die cutting all the leaves and acorns and sponging the edges, I arranged them with my sentiment, adding the stringy bow made with bits pulled from burlap ribbon as a final touch. 

Materials used:

• stamps - Autumn Leaves (Poppystamps)
• card - early espresso, smoky slate, watercolour, very vanilla
• distress inks/sprays/oxides - carved pumpkin, frayed burlap, gathered twigs, rusty hinge, crackling campfire, vintage photo, dried marigold, pumice stone
• distress archival inks - vintage photo, ground espresso
• dies - Funky Foliage, Fall Foliage (both Tim Holtz/Sizzix)
• other - Ornate Frames thinlits (SU), Big Shot, sponge daubers, Dimensionals, craft foam, water spritzer, heat tool, burlap ribbon, Pinewood Planks embossing folder (SU), Stamparatus, mini glue dots

And there's still plenty of speckly goodness left for another day and another card! 

A big thank you to the folks at Color Throwdown for the opportunity to be Guest Star Stamper. I do hope you'll pop over to their blog to see the design team's beautiful samples and be inspired to join in.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kerry

Toadstools & Texture

I made this card back in early May (when it was autumn and not nearly spring, lol) and posted it to Instagram but it appears I completely forgot to post it here, so better late than never, I guess! It was me being inspired by a variety of cards I saw on Pinterest and having fun with various TH elements.

The woodgrain panel used for the base was one I had on hand from a play day, as were the pieces used to die cut the leaves and toadstool. The frame I cut from chipboard and applied crackle paste, painting it once it was dry and rubbing distress crayon into the cracks to highlight them. Script and splodge stamps were used on the background before lots of distressing and sponging of edges. So much fun to put together and one of my favourite cards. 

Materials used (as much as I can remember, anyway):

• stamps - maybe Gorgeous Grunge (SU) and Entomology (TH)?
• card - watercolour, early espresso, vellum, chipboard, woodgrain
• Tim Holtz dies - decor frames, funky foliage
• other - distressing tool, sponge daubers, Dimensionals, hello die, Big Shot
• lots of distress oxide inks including but not limited to - speckled egg, rustic wilderness, crackling campfire, vintage photo, weathered wood, walnut stain

There's more autumn-themed stuff coming in the next month or two as my design teams are based in the northern hemisphere, so get used to these colours!

Thanks for dropping by.

Cheers

Kerry