Miss You - Just Add Ink Challenge #773

Welcome/welcome back! We have a sketch challenge for you this week at Just Add Ink and we're looking forward to seeing how you interpret and create with it.

I've gone shabby/vintage for my card.

I cut three envelopes from white card and inked them up. The 'postage stamps' were stamped and die cut and the cancellation lines added once adhered. I joined them with some seam binding ribbon, added some dried flowers and secured them with the bow. The background was stamped and clear embossed then I blended ink over it and spritzed with water until it I had a soft, watercolour effect. That piece got some ink blending on the edges too. The sentiment has multiple layers, the top one swiped a few times with an ink pad to get just the right depth of colour I wanted, then attached to a vellum shadow. Once everything was assembled I added groups of pearls.

Materials used:

• stamps - Vintage Flora, Postmarked (Honey Bee)
• dies - envelope, stitched rectangle
• Altenew inks - sand dunes, rocky shore, mocha
• Catherine Pooler inks - serenade 
• other - Big Shot, blending brushes, clear embossing powder, heat tool, MISTI, seam binding, dried flowers, adhesive pearls

Check out more samples from the design team to inspire you over on the Just Add Ink blog and thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kerry

Shabby Vintage for Two Challenges

Two challenges made me swoon this week:

 

I simply adore the colour combo the Color Throwdown people are offering and you know already that I love to dabble in a bit of shabby/vintage every now and then, so it's really a no-brainer that I'd want to play along. In a further stroke of kismet, I knew I had some shabby/vintage-vibe papers and embellishments in exactly the challenge colours - it was absolutely meant to be, lol. Here's my card:

Once I'd decided on which pieces to use and their layout, I sponged all edges and distressed a little. I stamped images and text on the tags then added some light background script stamping on the clock and flowers as well as randomly on the background paper. All the pieces are layered and I sewed around the border - plus, of course you knew there'd be ink splatters. As I'd used materials from a collection called Grandma's Attic, I thought 'Hugs' was a most appropriate sentiment because that's what grandma's give - this nana certainly does! 

Materials used:

• stamps - Postmarked (Honey Bee Stamps)
• papers and ephemera - Grandma's Attic collection (Mintay)
• distress oxide inks - antique linen, vintage photo, brushed corduroy
• other - Dimensionals, craft foam, sponge daubers, white bakers twine, sewing machine and thread, hugs and shadow dies, Sidekick, soft sky card (long retired SU), vellum, white ink (Kuresake), fan brush

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kerry

With Love and Hugs - Just Add Ink Challenge #704

Welcome back to another Just Add Ink challenge and we've a beautiful colour combo for you to play with. Don't forget you can add neutrals in black, grey, brown, white and vanilla as accents if you wish.

These colours are so soft and feminine and I immediately wanted to go with a shabby/vintage look for my card.

I began with die cutting the flower and leaves, colouring all the layers with different intensities of flirty flamingo and basic beige inks. The bird was next, coloured using lemon lolly and some greys. I very lightly tinted the mini postcard die with more beige and stamped in grey archival ink. The two small postage stamps have freesia backgrounds and some beige and grape inks on the stamped images. For my background I stamped with Versamark and embossed with white, then did a watercolour wash using the two purples. After everything was assembled, the finishing touch was some white paint splatters.

Materials used:

• stamps - Postage Collage (Waffle Flower); Vintage Flora, Blooming View and Postmarked (Honey Bee Stamps)
• card - Distress watercolour (Tim Holtz); basic white, fresh freesia and basic beige (Stampin Up)
• dies - Bloom colorize (TH), Layered Chickadee (Simon Says Stamp), Postage Collage (WF), Nesting Postage (Hero Arts), Mini Postcard and Blooming View (HB)
• inks - lemon lolly, flirty flamingo, fresh freesia, gorgeous grape, basic beige, smoky slate, basic grey (all SU), hickory smoke and black soot archival (TH), Versamark
• other - water brushes, blending brushes, Big Shot, MISTI, Dimensionals, postage collage stencil (WF), white embossing powder, heat tool, blender pen, black rhinestone, distressing tool, craft foam, picket fence distress paint, splatter brush, distressed tile 3D embossing folder (SU)

We'd love these colours to inspire you to create and share, just head over to the Just Add Ink blog to join the linky. While you're there, take a look at the beautiful samples my fellow team mates have made.

Thanks for calling in.

Cheers

Kerry

Submitted to the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge Lots of Texture (dry embossing, heat embossing, layering dies, layers) and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge Anything Goes

The Card Concept Challenge #189

It's the second challenge of the month over at The Card Concept, so you know what that means - double the inspiration! Here are the two images to choose from:

 

I love option b, which to me has a country farmhouse kind of vibe, so I've taken that together with the hearts and ticking from the fabric as inspiration for my shabby/rustic card.

Love those cork hearts! The cork-look paper has two layers of card behind it to give this embellishment plenty of dimension, which may be difficult to see in the photo. The floral paper, once the edges had been sponged and distressed, was machine stitched - which had the added bonus of anchoring the very narrow strip of beige striped paper over the lace. 

Materials used:

• card - kraft heavystock (Ranger), Golden Days papers (Mintay)
• other - heart punch (SU), button (Buttons Galore), white bakers twine, sewing machine and thread, sponge dauber, vintage photo distress oxide, mini glue dot, lace (Stamperia), Dimensionals, craft foam

Do head over to the Card Concept blog to see the beautiful cards my fellow team-mates have created, and of course we'd love you to be inspired and add your own creation to our gallery.

Thanks for stopping by.

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

Smile

Love the colours in the Hand Stamped Sentiments swatch this week so sat down and made a vintage/shabby card. 

I've gone with soft versions of highland heather and coastal cabana and just put pops of orchid oasis in (flower centres, corsages) as it's darker than the other colours and I didn't want it to overwhelm them. There are speckles of coastal cabana on both the tag and background paper as well. 

Materials used:

• stamps - Entomology (Tim Holtz)
• card - very vanilla (SU), sweet vintage digital junk journal (Etsy)
• distress oxide ink and spray - antique linen
• other - tag die, Big Shot, lace (SU), Bouquet flowers (TH), orchid oasis decorative dots, sponge dauber, craft foam, Dimensionals, distress tool, highland heather and orchid oasis Blends markers, BG34 Copic marker, mini paper dolls (TH), frosted crystal embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool

Thanks for dropping by.

Cheers

Kerry 

JAI #595 - Inspiration

Welcome! Over at Just Add Ink this week we have this beautiful inspiration pic:

I was inspired by the flowers and textured background for my shabby/vintage mixed media card.

For the bricks I coloured some grit paste with ink to match the paper and applied it through a stencil, sponging and distressing once it was all dry. The frame was painted then sanded back in some places to reveal small metallic touches to accentuate the aged look. The writing on the sentiment is a bit small, so here's a close up:

Materials used:

• card - crumb cake, House of Roses patterned papers (Stamperia) 
• Tim Holtz products - evergreen bough distress oxide ink, Bricked mini stencil, grit paste, Transparent Wings, Bouquet flowers, Idea-ology metal ornate plates, Funky Florals 3 dies, distress crayons
• other - blending brush, paper flowers and buds, distressing tool, mounting tape, mini glue dots, glue, snail adhesive

Hopefully you'll feel inspired to create and share, and remember there's plenty more to inspire you over on the Just Add Ink blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kerry

JAI #573 - Just Add a Sketch

Howdy! Welcome to my first posting as a newly-fledged member of the Just Add Ink design team. I'm excited to be creating alongside these talented ladies.

This week we have a sketch for you. Remember you can flip it, turn it or even reverse it to suit your needs, as long as the sketch is recognisable in the end result.

On my shabby/vintage card I've used a lacey die for my edging feature and a frame for my focal point. 

As I tend to be all about dimension, I cut three of the frames and stuck them together before stamping and embossing with a wood grain effect. The background paper was given a light coat of white ink just to fade it a touch so it didn't compete with my focal feature and the edges were heavily sponged (which draws the eye in) and distressed. Too much fun!

Materials used:

• stamps - Tiny Text, Entomology, Attic Treasures (Tim Holtz), Hardwood (SU)
• card - watercolour, basic white, crumb cake, Rose Avenue dsp (Kaisercraft)
• distress oxide inks - kitsch flamingo, spun sugar, vintage photo, old paper, tumbled glass
• Tim Holtz dies - Crochet, Bloom Colorize, Decor Frames
• other - leaf punch and embosser, antique linen embossing glaze (TH), heat tool, Big Shot, MISTI, blending brushes, distressing tool, Dimensionals, stitched rectangle die (Paper Rose), picket fence distress ink, vintage photo archival ink, aquapainter

I do hope you'll head over to the JAI blog to see how my team mates interpreted the sketch and, of course, we'd love for you to join in the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kerry