autumn card

i am loving the colour challenge over at just add ink this week 

soooo not my colours but i love a challenge :)

 

with all those autumnly colours i thought why not a autumn card 

using a leaf die i have had sitting around for just such an occasion

i placed them in a card in a box to get a 3d effect

 i sponged the outside using a stencil from the sheet of card that i cut the leaves from 

to make the coloured card i inked up a glass mat with the challenge colours,

spritzed it with water to smoosh it all together

and then laid the paper on top of it.

i dried it quickly with a heat gun

and then die cut what i needed out of the sheets

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luscious lady

here is my luscious lady for this weeks challenge over at just add ink

the challenge this week was all about colour

and for the challenge at simon says

who wanted a special lady

my lady was made using a couple of large circles for the dress, arms, face and hair.

her sunnies were double punched from smaller circles

lips from a label punch with a circle

the pattern on the dress is from 

the printed petals stamp set

the dress is what we call a "design feature"

aka a stuff-up lol

i was trying to do some water colouring-spritzing the water colur paper and then stamping the image on to get a watercolour effect...well...it was working just fine until a small child bumped into me and made me drop the stamp wrongly...lololol...so rather than bin it i decided to use it for other things...keep watching over the next few days to see what else i made with my "design features" and the real thing...

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just add ink #252 just add sketch

my final week here at just add ink 

hope i have inspired some of you to take out your punches and use them :)

this week's inspiration is a sketch

quite unusual i must say

initially i was inspired to do an invader zim card

but figured he may be a bit too obscure for most of you lol

so went with my second inspiration of a fishing card

 here is my take on this week's sketch

 i used a variety of oval and circle punches to make this card.

i also went through all my blue and green leftover pieces of card and used them to get all the different colours

 the fishlips are the heart punch and the eye is the ornament punch

 inside i kept the theme going with the leftover punched out bits and using the same sentiment.

 my fish hook is a paperclip and i added some sequins to add some bling

here you can see the many many layers i have made!!!

thanks for joining me this month at just add ink

i have loved being part of the team :)

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just add ink #251 just add thank you

the just add ink challenge for this week is 

thank you

i immediately saw this as an opportunity to make a card i have been meaning to make for some time but never had the chance to do so

people often ask me where i get my inspiration for my punch art and i sometimes say the stamps from stampin up are really fun to transform

here is one of my all time favourites

a little smile

as a punch art card

 the hedgehogs are made using the owl punch and i have frayed a ribbon for the spikes

i got to use my awesome fringe scissors for the grass and cut the thank you out by freehand

inside i stamped the hedgehogs and their banner and coloured them in with markers

aren't they just the cutest??!!!

enjoy!!

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just add ink #250 just add inspiration

another awesome challenge from the just add ink team

this time it was an inspiration challenge

 when i saw this all i could think of was a high tea with friends and copious amounts of tea and biscuits and china tea cups

 this is what i came up with

a card in a box using the from my heart stamp set from stampin up

i have also used some beautiful pink ribbons and lace and the gorgeous rosettes

punches used include the small butterfly and a border punch

 the cups were stamped in black and pink pirouette ink and fussy cut

 i cut around the from my heart stamp and utilised different aspects of it in different ways for the inside of the card in a box

 the front of the card with some bling and pearls

 the view from up top so you can see the mechanics of it

 the back of the card where you can write your greeting

a view from the side using spots from the kinda eclectic stamp set

hope this inspires you this week

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just add ink #249 just add sketch

wow!

this is pretty cool!

a guest designer for february at just add ink!!

welcome welcome welcome

here is the sketch and inspiration for this weeks challenge

here is my take on this months sketch

i love a bit of colour in my cards

(actually it should really be LOVE!!)

so i couldn't resist adding a bit to this sketch

even though i tried to be more subtle by using watercolour pencils 

 to make my card i used a hexagon punch as a stencil and drew the shapes onto watercolour paper.

then i coloured them in with watercolour pencils-a different colour per hexagon

and used an aqua painter to blend them together.

to make the lines i used stampin up's rows of tiny pearls

the butterfly was made using the swallowtail stamp and stamping with versamark onto vellum and then embossing with white embossing powder.

all i did next was punch out the middle of the butterfly, added some glitter, bling and silver cord

hope you like

and see you next week!!!!

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just add ink #248 just add colour

woohoo!!

a colour combo from the ladies at just add ink

am loving these colours!

it was wet and wild here yesterday so i got the chance to blob out in the craft room and get my mojo on

i had been to the library and gotten some crafty books out for some inspiration and had been meaning to make some of the stuff inside them

this challenge was perfect for one of them

 here is the plain outside of the card

 inside though it is a variety of card stock and papers making a paris scene using a pop up idea

i have the eiffel tower, arc de triomph amongst the buildings plus a hot air balloon in the sky

 here are the mechanics of it all using leftover strips of dsp to make them pop out

 the book i got the idea from and instructions below

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ta da!!

...and just like that life is back to normal

i know it has been a long time between posts but moving countries and technology have been leading me on a merry little dance

but i am back!!

you missed me riiiight?!!

so what better that to restart my blogging by participating in a just add ink challenge

the challenge this week was a sketch and this what i came up with

this is the front

 and here is the inside

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a frozen olaf

if you are a mother of little girls 

then you are like me 

and know all the words to "let it go" 

my kids (yes even the man-cub) 

have enjoyed frozen 

and love watching snippets of it on you tube

especially olaf

he is the best :)

 here is my ode to olaf.

i have done a shaker card 

with seed beads, snow flakes 

and sequins in the middle

 olaf is made using a variety of circles and ovals 

with the bird punch for his arms

 around the edges i have 

used some snowflake chain i had 

plus some buttons from my stash.

 the top i used some white ribbon with a heart charm and bakers twine 

and used an itty bitty banner framelit 

with a hand written sentiment 

(because i didn't have one small enough to fit in it that i liked lol)

 i embossed the window sheet 

with a snow flake design 

and used the leftovers as embellishments 

for the corners 

and added some pearls and diamantes to them

here's the shaker element of the card 

with an embossed cover and seed beads, 

sequins and snowflakes inside 

and in a large scallop circle shape

the idea for a shaker card was inspired by the challenge set by the just add ink girls 

and i figured it was quite a cool element 

to add to my olaf card

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a wonky card

i made a card this week for a just add ink challenge because i really didn't like the colours they choose so figured i should really do it to get out of my comfy little craft space lol

here is my card.

 i used the world map stamp and the love you more stamps.

 added some buttons and made a frame using some stamps for a card swap i am doing

i also added some rub-ons (card swap challenge) rom my stash of stuff

now...trick question...what is wrong with the stamping on my card?

gold star to the person who gets it right lmao

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you are my sunshine....my only sunshine

it is raining where i live today

and my son is STILL home with the chicken pox

so i had to come and play in my craft room today

oh dear, how sad

the girls at just add ink had 

the.perfect.challenge. 

for me today in the form of sunbursts

 the card is a window card and i have cut the sun bursts out so you can see the clouds behind

i inked it up with a variety of yellow inks plus some pumpkin pie and poppy

 inside i made the clouds using a scallop circle punch as a stencil and added a bit of feel good sentiment to the card

the circles are cut using the tiny circle punch and the cropadile

hope the recipient likes it when i send it to her

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a mouse tail

i quite like mice

-not in my kitchen you understand

but on cards they are just adorable lolol

although this one may have eaten all the cake already given its belly

 here's a birthday mouse 

using colours i wouldn't normally use 

thanks to the girls over at just add ink 

and their colour challenge for this week

pistachio, crumb cake and gold

i have also included a decorated an envelope to match

 missy mouse is doen in crumb cake

balloon done in pistachio

and the string is done with gold

i have also sponged all around the mouse in gold too

 balloon was made using the owl punch with the sketched birthday stamp for the sentiment

inside i have used washi tape to make it pretty and matchy matchy

hopefully this mouse doesn't scare its recipient lol

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tardis card whee oooo wheeeee

we are slightly obsessed by doctor who at our house

which is not a bad thing

really

truely

it's all relative on the timey wimey 

wibbley wobbley 

geeky spectrum anyways

 so here is my doctor who card for this week 

based on the tardis

idea for the layout came from a 

sketch challenge over at just add ink

bet the girls never saw that one coming lol

 the stripes down the side were made 

using the gorgeous grunge set 

in loads of different blues 

and then sponging the edge 

and then cutting it with my fringe scissors 

to make it all wibbley wobbley 

and then making it all spacey wacey 

with the glitter

now to find me a time lord to give it to

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