Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Just add your favourite animal


 The Just Add Ink challenge is to add my favourite animal. Well that’s a hard task for someone who’s an animal lover like me. 

I love fancy fold cards and found the Triple Floating Diamond card tutorials on YouTube. I made a prototype out of plain paper first but it’s not a hard card to make so I really didn’t have to. 

I grew up on a small farm and every spring we had plenty of baby animals but by far my favourite were the lambs. 

So sheep it is!  I used a Sale a Bration set from SU Counting Sheep. 




These sheep make me smile.  I also used this fancy fold  with the Flowing Flowers set.  I used our little bird Tinsel as my inspiration with her many colours.



Tinsel

While I’m on the subject of animals. My friend recently lost both her elderly cats so I made her a sympathy card. 

She then asked me to make a thank you card for her vet. 






Tuesday, September 28, 2021

A sketch of inspiration

 This week I wanted to make a card for someone I’ve never met and was lacking inspiration. So I turned to trusty Just Add Ink. This weeks JAI challenge #573 is Just Add a sketch. 

I decided to turn the sketch around because I thought it suited the card better.


This donkey looks so happy. 






Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Just Add Colour….



This weeks  Just Add Ink  challenge is add colour. Polished Pink, Pale Papaya and Basic Black. I don’t have those colours but that has never stoped me when a card idea comes along. Using this colour combo as inspiration I decided to make a sunset card for someone in love.  Not a conventional wedding card, but perfect for someone who loves flamingos.

I used Mellon Mumbo, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black.


Friday, July 2, 2021

Shake it up baby now!





I absolutely love shaker cards so when I saw this weeks  JAI challenge # 561 Just Add Shaker I couldn’t resist Normally I do a shaker card with a large area for the shaker area but this time I decided to do something a little different. I used Stampin Up’s Hey chick stamp set. These chickens seem so cheeky and make me smile whenever I make a card with them.

I thought it would be fun to look into their tummies to see the bird food they’re pecking at.






Monday, June 14, 2021

Sketch! JAI challenge # 558


 

I’m just about to finish my holiday  (Staycation), so I’m getting in some more carding. 

I’ve enjoyed another Just Add Ink challenge. This time it’s a sketch change. I love the Pretty Perennials stamp set from Stampin Up, So I combined the two. 






Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Just Add Inspiration. JAI Challenge #557



 I’m on holiday this week so to the craft table I go!  

I wanted to make a house warming card for a friend and started to play around with the Stampin Up,  Forever Fern stamp set. 

This weeks Just Add Ink challenge is perfect “Inspiration” for this card. 


Here’s what I came up with.

I pinched a gold ring from gold card.  I’ve just been given the gold leaf so had a little fun with that.  I ended up covered in it, I had so much fun!  I couldn’t believe when I went into my friends house and my card matched her colour scheme.




Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Steampunk .... Steam what??

 This weeks Just Add Ink challenge #546 is Just Add Steampunk.

I have to be honest I had no idea what steampunk was and had to Google it!  At first I was thinking Oh no way,  then I decided well it is a challenge and challenges are meant to take you out of your comfort zone now and again.  I'm still not sure if my card is Steampunk but here it is anyway.  I really like how it turned out.



I added Champagne coloured gemstones in the centre of each flower

I Didn't have anything much cog related so I found some images and used my Brother Scan and Cut machine (which I'm still working out how to use) to make the cogs I added.