Hello and welcome to a new team project share for this week's Just Add Ink challenge, which is to just add wildlife to a project. This is also my first project using new Mini Catalogue goodies, and it's my first Christmas card for 2023. Yay!
I LOVE polar bears so I couldn't resist the super cute hand drawn images in the Beary Christmas paper pack, which of course conveniently fit the wildlife challenge theme. Here's how my card turned out.
Aren't those polar bears so cute and the Beary Christmas paper really is the star here. The main images were fussy cut from one sheet, and the background is from another sheet. (top left and bottom left). The striped paper is from the Countryside Inn pack from the 23-24 Annual Catalogue - it coordinates so well though.
Let's talk about that fun and easy fancy fold too though - a faux centre step card. This fold was shared by Simone Bartrum at the Creative Connections event in Ballarat that I went to in July and I thought it was such a great idea.
I've loved and made many centre step card and tutorials over the years, but this is such an easy way to achieve a very similar result with a few scores and a separate piece to create the taller layer... and no fancy cutting.
The only stamping is the sentiments on the front and back. These are from last year's Christmas Scottie stamp set which retired but it's currently on the Online store Clearance Rack for 30% off its original price.
No polar bear goes to waste either, as the partial bear on the card back was at the edge of the paper.
Here's how the card looks flat. We're making this fold at my next class so I'll share more specifics about it later.
And here's how it looks from the side.
So there you go. That's my take on Just Add Wildlife! What do you think? The team have lots more wildlife ideas to share with you on the Just Add Ink blog so do check them out, then make your own too. Available from 6 September 2023 to 2 January 2024
Hello and welcome to a new Just Add Ink team share for this week's challenge suggested by Lou, who asked us to include two of three challenge element options on our project. I created a fun, whimsical birthday card with the using one of the very cute animal illustrations on the Zoo Crew paper. Here's how it turned out.
I started by fussy cutting the and tree images from the Zoo Crew paper pack. It includes so many different animals doing fun, human activities The paper is partially coloured - the lion is mostly black and white - so I chose to colour it fully with Stampin Blends (Pecan Pie and Ivory).
I then arranged the pieces onto a stitched circle (Stylish Shapes dies) lightly blended with Tahitian Tide ink to create a scene.
The circle piece is mounted onto some Crumb Cake card embossed with the retired Timber 3d embossing folder (challenge element 1... although I think the trees count too), and stitched banners (also from Stylish Shapes).
The sentiments are from the Wanted to Say die set (Happy - which is stacked and adhered together with Adhesive Sheets) and my well used Sending Smiles stamp set. The sentiment is the only stamping on this card! The Linen Thread (coloured with Black Stampin Blends marker) is my second challenge element.
The black and white print paper is
also from the Zoo Crew pack. Each of the papers has a black and white
print on one side and animals on the other side. You'll in find this paper in the 23-24 Annual Catalogue and in my online store. There's also a coordinating stamp and die set called Zany Zoo, which includes some of the images in the paper. Click on the pics to see larger images, or check out in my store.
So that's my Choose Two challenge card. I hope you've enjoyed seeing it, and that it gives you some ideas to try. You'll find more challenge ideas by the Design Team in this Just Add Ink blog post. We'd love to see what you make for the challenge too.
Thanks very much for visiting me today and do come back soon for more ideas.
Until next time, happy stamping.
Di
Hello and welcome to my challenge project share for this week's Just Add Ink challenge. It's an image challenge with a fun snowy winter scene. I was of course drawn to the colours - any opportunity to use Coastal Cabana - and set about creating a card with a bright birthday vibe with a colour blocked background, using my new Circle Sayings stamp set and circle punch bundle. Here's how it turned out.
The simple colour blocked background is made with different colours and sized stitched, rounded rectangle shapes from the Nested Essentials die set. I chose Coastal Cabana, Tahitian Tide, Bubble Bath cardstock and a dotty print (a nod to the snow in the challenge image) from the Zoo Crew paper pack.
You could recreate this with many colours and shapes. I do like the stitched-pierced detail on these.
The cupcake and sentiment are separate images from Circle Sayings, and are stamped in Memento Black ink onto Basic White. I coloured the cupcake with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers (Pool Party, Tahitian Tide, Bubble Bath and light Petal Pink) and fussy cut the cupcake. There are lots of other images to choose from in Circle Sayings. Check out the pic further down this post
I punched out the stamped layer with the 2-3/8 inch circle punch in the bundle, then layered it onto one of the stitched Stylish Shapes circles. I love when you find good layering options! PS. The lovely stitched effect is hard to see in the pic but it definitely adds a nice detail.
Tip: To give the cupcake a curved effect I added two layers of Dimensionals up the centre of the image and glue dots on the left and right edges. This is something I picked up at a recent SU event in Ballarat. Thanks, Simone!
Inside is another cupcake and die cut sentiment from the Wanted to Say die set. This has a lovely two layer effect. I'd initially thought I'd use it on the front but didn't in the end. So waste not want not. It's Melon Mambo - a lovely bright pink - but does not look like it in the pic. You could easily use this as a card front for a nice clean and simple look.
So that's my challenge card. How well do you think I used the challenge image? Let me know if my project gave you some ideas to try. Shop the supply list my store for what you need to make your own version.
When you're finished, head to the Just Add Ink blog to see all our team projects together, and lots more ways to use the challenge image. I'm sure you'll see ideas you want to try, and we'd love you to play along with the challenge.
Thanks very much for visiting me today and do come back soon for more ideas.
Until next time, happy stamping.
Di
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Hello and welcome to a new card share, this time for Just Add Ink challenge 664, a colour challenge suggested by me, featuring Fresh Freesia, Pool Party, and Lost Lagoon. I chose to create a sweet leafy, birdie card using two new stamp sets that work so beautifully together - Bird's Eye View and Layering Leaves. Here's how it turned out.
I started by creating a random stamped background in Lost Lagoon ink using one of the leaf sprig stamps from Layering Leaves, colouring the leaves with Stampin' Blends (Light Lost Lagoon, Dark and Light Pool Party). I lightly blended some Pool Party ink around the edge using a Blending Brush.
The card is a little taller than a regular card (about 18cm tall or just over 7 inches) to show off more the leafy panel than a regular card would allow.
I stamped two birdies (from Bird's Eye View), two different leaf images (Layering Leaves) in Basic Gray ink (softer than black) and coloured them with Stampin' Blends markers in Fresh Freesia, Lost Lagoon and Pool Party. I did think my usual 'but owls aren't purple and green' but decided it's just fun!
I also stamped the 'for you' sentiment from Layering Leaves in Lost Lagoon. This set has such a fab set of sentiments for all sorts of occasions in beautiful fonts so do check it out below and in my store.
The owls and sentiment are fussy cut with but happily the leaves are punched out using the Bough punch. So much easier.
Everything is mounted onto a banner from the Essential Labels die set, some vellum. Then the whole piece is mounted on top of three long hexagon die shapes (also Essential Labels dies - a must have in my book as the stitched looks add so much easy details and there are so many useful options and the shapes to add interest. Check out the pic below and here on the card supply list.
Inside there's a simple Pool Party panel over the Lost Lagoon base, and I couldn't resist another birdie and leaf.
So what do you think about the colour combination, and what I did with it? I really like the colours and I think when you see how all the team used it in their challenge projects - head to the Just Add Ink blog - you'll love it too.
I hope you enjoyed seeing my pretty, purple birdies today and that they inspire you to create some of your own, or a leafy background. Whatever you do, I hope you have fun with it.
Until next time, happy stamping.
Di
L-R clockwise: Bird's Eye View, Layering Leaves, Essential Labels, Bough punch. See these and all supplies used on the card in the full supply list in my store.
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Hello and welcome to a new project share for this week's Just Add Ink sketch challenge suggested by Lou from our design team. She based the sketch a sample card in the 23-24 Annual Catalogue (on page 65 to be precise). Don't you love how inspiration grows as it's shared!
I chose to show some love to the Artistically Inked stamp set and coordinating Artistic dies to make a pretty, pastel floral card in Fresh Freesia, Bubble Bath and white. Here's how it turned out.
The challenge sketch made me think of this simple card base design where a cut is made on the right and left of the front, then the cut section is adhered to the inside of the card. This design name
currently escapes me so please leave me a comment if you know what it's
called.
I started by creating a soft, stamped background using a few of the stamps in the Artistically Inked stamp set. Then I added texture to the panel using the floral folder in the Basics 3d embossing folder. I adhered the whole panel to my Fresh Freesia card base and then cut the slits in the front.I love how much this folder adds to the tactile feel and look of the card.
The beautiful Artistic floral die cut is a layer of Fresh Freesia and white card with some hand cut vellum adhered behind. The vellum softens but doesn't obscure the stamped panel.
 I chose a birthday sentiment from Go To Greetings, mounted on layers
of stitched banners from my favourite Stylish Shapes dies. Some pretty
Iridescent Rhinestones and Loose Silver Sequins add the finishing touch.
Here's how the card looks flat.
When open you can see how the side split works. I just cut 2.5cm / 1 inch from each side. A simple white panel in the centre and leafy die also from the Artistic dies finishes it off.
So that's my sketch challenge card. What do you think? I really like how the side panels make the card look 'normal' on the front but take the theme inside too and hope you'll try it yourself.
Head to the Just Add Ink blog to see all our team sketch challenge projects, and pop to my store to get what you need to make your own version.
Thanks for visiting today and remember to tell me what this cut card front design is called.
Until next time, happy stamping.
Di
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