Thank you Just Add Ink + Explosive Box

Before I show you my new 3D project I will thank the ladies from JUST ADD INK for picking me as a top 5 again. I really cant believe that I was a top pick again as I went though every ones item and I must say there was fantastic entries this week, I didn't think I had a chance. So thank you ladies.This is my first ( well second first time the top didn't fit at all) for a explosion box I have used the instructions from splitcoast resource pages. I don't know if their instructions are wrong or I was doing something wrong but I could not get the lid to fit so made it slightly bigger. If anyone out there has done it and had the same problem please tell me.
I have used the Fifth Ave stamp set I love these stamps they are so versatile to use in different ways. The flowers inside are made to float by acetate and have micro glass beads in the centers.

I must say I love making the explosive box and will have to make more. I think this would have looked better if I had stamped the inside instead of outside.So I better go family in town and have a Army Parade to attend.

Card stock: Kraft, bashful blue,

Ink:really rust, bashful blue, sage shadow, choc chip

accessories: glass beads, acetate

real red butterfly

At just add ink this week their challenge is DIMENSION anything 3D so I thought I would make this little draw and easel card, I love making these little gifts. They are great to give away add so chocolates a small present etc. I love giving them to new mums in the draw put a baby hat or booties something small but makes the mum feel so special to receive a gift in a lovely package that they can display in the hospital.I had ideas of lots of colours when I started this project but ended up been monochromatic of real red and whisper white, nothing else looked right when I add it in. I love how it has ended up looking. If you would love to learn how to make these then please contact me and I can arrange a card class.

Ingredients

Card stock: Real red, whisper white

Ink: real red, basic black

DSP: Pink Flamingo

Accessories: scallop punch, circle scissors, designer brads filigree

Inkspirations Colour Challenge

I had a get together with my upline Shelly in the weekend and we tried to do two card challenges it was a lack of Mojo day, just could not get the brain thinking. But I did make two cards to following Inkspirations colour challenge.

The first one uses the new Sale-A-Bration stamps Good Neighbors which you can earn for free if you spend $120 so if you would like to earn free stamps just let me know.I have tried to give the card a homely feel to it like a old quilt.

The second one uses the Butterfly Prints from the current summer mini.

Ingredients

Stamps: Butterfly Prints, Good Neighbours, polka dot, vintage labels

Ink;mellow moss, brocade blue, ruby red, very vanilla

Accessories: large oval, wide oval, small oval, crimper

Happy Love day

Today is Valentine Day but in my house we have never really celebrated it as it falls on my parents wedding anniversary, yes over 35 yrs ( sorry mum and dad cant remember how many years) they got married on Feb 14. How romantic can you be, but the story goes they didn't realize till many months later. So this card is for them. Yes I was bad again and didn't send one out as card maker that is our curse forgetting to send the cards.It is a very simple but effective card I have punched out the hearts with the Heart to Heart.

So I thought I would give a tutorial on this card.

Step 1: Cut a piece of A4 card in half then fold in half using your bone folder.

Step 2: take a piece of very vanilla card stock 11.4cm or 4 1/2" by 6.4cm or 2 1/2" and punch out two sets of hearts from it.

Step 3: grab any left over ribbon that you those little bits to big to throw away but to small to tie a bow with. And layer these across the punched out are adhere them in place.

step 4: adhere this layer onto 11.9am or4 11/16" by 6.9cm2 11/16" I have chosen Riding Hood Red but chose colours that are in your ribbons.

Step 5: adhere this onto 12.4cm or 4 7/8" by 7.4cm or 2 7/8" I have used So Saffron again you chose what colour is in your ribbons.

Step 6: adhere this to the Kraft base.

Step 7: stamp the words thinking of you from the bird on the branch pg 77 in basic black.

Ingredients

Stamp: Bird on Branch

Card stock : Kraft, So saffron, RHR, VV

Accessories: Heart to heart punch, assorted left over ribbon.

So happy Anniversary Mum and Dad.

take care

another challenge another day

Just a quick post today this is the only morning I am having off from the kids this week so want to make the most of it.When I saw the sketch at Just Add Ink I loved it straight away so out came the scissor cutters to get those perfect matching circles, you got to love this tool that stampin' Up! has brought out in its current mini. The background to the flowers is watercolour paper and has had a waterwash effect done with reinkers, if you would love to learn this technique then please contact me.

Another new thing to my tools is the crimper which is so great giving texture feel to the card.

I will be back later to show what I did in the weekend with a lovely lady at a one on one class.

Ingredients.

Cardstock: more mustard, Choc Chip, Tangerine Tango, Watercolour Paper

Stamp: Close as a Memory

Ink: Stazon black, Choc Chip

DSP: Haiku

Two Challenges in one

Well Makeesha challenge this week was a picture that had a earthy feel to it, at the moment in Dunedin it has been very dry and the boys have been playing in the dirt with their cars, so I thought I would go with a vintage dirty look for it.

And as you know I love making flowers, I have seen a lot made with pages from books, I just cant use pages from a real book it goes against all I was taught as a child, didn't help that my dad for many years was my teacher. So after thinking about it for a while I thought make your own pages so I have used the Blossom stamp from bloomin beauty stamp all over copy paper then sponged on choc chip ink to give it a vintage look. I have also sponged the back of them so there isn't a strong contrast between the front and back. These flowers are really easy to make just follow all the instructions below for my other flowers but just don't cut to the middle or spritz them with water.Next I had to come up with a design splitcoast card sketch 265 this week fit my idea of making the flower again the centre of attention. All the edges of the DSP has been sponged with choc chip and the spotty one has had ink sponged lightly all over it. it has all been layered on Kraft card. You cant tell in the picture but the bottom layer has been adhered by dimensionals, to raise that layer to give interest.
Ingredients
Stamps: Bloomin Beauty pg 79 $55.95, Bitty birthday pg 44 $28.95
Ink: Choc Chip, Basic Black
Card Stock: Kraft
DSP: Urban Oasis
Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, Clear Rhinestone Brads,

hello just add ink

Well I finally got around to adding my card entry for Just add Ink next challenge. We had a very busy weekend at the masters games that were been held in Dunedin.


Like I said I only have two hearts in my whole stamp collection, I am thinking I will have to get more. So I tried to think out of the normal way of using it and I have seen people make flowers using the full heart punch so after playing around for a bit it just all fell together. I wanted the background not to take the focus away from the simple flower so I have use DSP from Holiday Treasure, which I love as Xmas paper just for this fact that one side is very Christmas and the other just a basic paper design, so can be used outside Xmas time.
Now if you look very careful the love hearts stand out a bit more then the riding hood red boarders this is because they are real red, I wanted them to be the focus so they pop of the darker red.

I thought I would give a tutorial on this card as it a simple design that you can add your own stamps and change it, Petal Pizzazz would work perfectly with it.

Step 1: Take a sheet of A4 Kraft Cardstock and cut in half and fold in half to get the base card.

Step 2: take a peice of A4 Ridding Hood Red and cut in half then with the long side at the top cut 10.4 cm or 4". This peice should be the same width as the bas card there will only be the top and bottom showing a slight edge.

Step 3: Take DSP and cut to 9.6cm or 3 6/8 by 14.9 or 5 7/8. Adhere this to the Riding Hood Red leave the smae amount of red top and bottom.

Step 4: With the left over Riding Hood Red Cut a peice 7.1cm or 2 13/16 by 13 cm or 5 1/8.

Step 5: Cut a peice of Whisper Whit to 13cm or 5 1/8 by 6.3cm or 2". Stamp onto it one of the sayings I personal like the "always on my mind-forever in my heart" as it had a love feel about it but there is a general happy birthday and two others it is a great set.

Step 6: On a scarp peice of WW stamp 6 of the love hearts from Hello Again stamp set and cut out.

Step 7: Get them into the right position before peeling off the backs of the dimensional to make sure the words arent covered.

Step 8: Adhere the WW to the RHR again leave a same size border top and bottom.

Step 9: Take your ribbon and wrap around the largest RHR peice I have put it in the middle.

Step 10: With your White Gel Pen add dashes along the top and bottom of both peices.

Step 11:Add Dimensionals to the panel and adhere to the DSP.

Step 12: Finally touch Add a large half Peral to the center of flower and three middle size ones to the bottom right under the image panel.

Ingredients

Stamps: Hello again from current mini pg 14 $25.95, Stem sayings main Catty pg 96 $46.95
Card stock: Riding hood Red, Whisper white, Kraft
Ink: Real red, Old olive
Accessories: pearls, white gel pen, Dimensionals, Riding hood Ribbon