Just Add...Inspiration #89

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Good Friday morning ~

It's Inspiration challenge time over at Just Add Ink.

This one scared me off a bit and I procrastinated for ages and ages over what I was going to do. I'm no good at sponging or using my brayer and of course this pic was screaming out for one or the other. Fortunately for me the super talented and lovely Paula did a fabulous tutorial on a quick CAS way of sponging just a few days ago. Thank you so so much Paula!

As you can see I've CASEd Paula using the JAI Inspiration colours. This is my very first attempt at sponging this way and while it is far from perfect I'm pretty happy with the outcome. I'm definitely going to keep trying this and get better at it.

Don't let the Inspiration pic put you off the way it did me. Go check out Paula's tutorial and give it a try, you'll be surprised at how easy it is once you know the basic steps. If you don't fancy sponging or brayering just use the colours in the pic the way Delys did this week. Most of all just have fun with it.

Enjoy your weekend!

JAI#51...Just Add Monochrome

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Happy Friday night lovely friends ~

Will keep this short and sweet as I'm already running late with it ...

Over at Just Add Ink we've added ... Monochrome! I've gone with black & white, which I think is always a simple and elegant combination.


My card this week is very CAS. On my WW base I used some gorgeous shimmery dsp that a lovely friend sent me for Christmas (amongst many other crafty surprises). I embossed an image from the now retired SU set Stem Silhouettes and layered them on some Nestabilities (Circle & Blossom) adding a little bling to the branches. My sentiment is from Verve.

Head on over to JAI and check out the Monochrome inspiration and join us this week! It's always lots of fun.

Something Crafty at long last :o)

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Well I'm back with something to show you - finally!

I'm not sure the colours are showing up well in this pic unfortunately. I made some little pink and chocolate crochet flowers and found a thread close in colour to Kiwi Kiss so made the little leaves also.

I followed the JAI#24 sketch this week. As much as I love CAS and lots of white space, I'm still not sure about this one.

I've layered Bella Rose dsp on Choc Chip c/s. I sponged the edges of my whisper white c/s with Pink Pirouette ink and then stamped one of the Stem Silhouettes (retired) images and sentiment. I put a clear rhinestone brad through the centre of each flower before 'popping' them up on my card front. I used the same Bella Rose dsp to pretty up my envelope a little too.

Some trivia - Stem Silhouettes was the very first SU! stamp set that I purchased and I still love it as much as I did back then :o) Can you remember your first stamp set purchase?