Just Add Ink 726: be inspired

It's time for another fun challenge at Just Add Ink and this week we have an inspirational mood board to inspire you.

Pic credit: https://ar.pinterest.com/pin/241575967501293188/

What do you see when you look at the mood board? I saw terracotta/apricot and sage greens plus the wee ginger kitten stole my heart. So I have ended up working with different greens than I normally would, which was actually quite a lot of fun. I'm sure I'm not the only person who gets stuck in the same rut and would normally work with bright yellow-greens to craft with. I've also added a wee kitty as well - one ginger and a wee grey tabby one, representing my fur baby Cinder.

I started by lightly blending some Shabby Shutters Distress Oxide ink in the top left hand corner. I then used a Leafy Background stencil (PFS), which is a set of 3 stencils to add Cracked Pistachio, Evergreen Bough and Lucky Clover. 

I have Copic coloured up Newton's Blooms (NN) and tried to only colour with Apricot/Terracotta/Sage green tones. 

Copics used:

Ginger kitty: Y38 YR21/20 E000 R32/30

Grey kitty: W6/4/2 R32/30
Terracotta pot:  E19 YR27/24
Green leaves/grass/ pot: G85/82

Apricot flowers: Y38  YR02/61/20

White flowers: Y38 BG000
Bee: Y38 YR27 BG000

Well I sincerely hope you have a purr-fect day and you can find some time to play along with us. Do check out the fab inspiration from the Just Add Ink team, we'd love to see what inspired you.

Thanks for popping in.

ISO a feather!

Gosh Seize the Birthday's latest topper is a bit of a hard one, to use a feather on a birthday card! 

Personally I think of feathers with dream catchers and slightly bohemian, I had to search really hard to find a feather in my stash. And yes I could have just used a bird I'm sure but the challenge topper was feather. I found 2; the one I used and a really large Lavinia feather. I decided to go with the AALL and Create stamp set Butterfly Effect #990 and attempt to make a mixed media card .

Below is my second go at creating what I had envisaged. I started of with my background but the first time I added the feather first then masked it and realised when I went to "pop it into the watering can" I should have masked the watering can which is why attempt 2 is posted. I actually think now I would stamp the watering can then mask it totally before creating the background. 

To create the background I swiped Lost Shadow ink vertically and then ink blended Spun Sugar through the stencil. I have stamped off the wee words in the set at least 3x in Morning Mist and Saltwater Taffy ink.

It's very subtle but I have added gold pigment ink to the edge plus splattered some Gold Wink of Stella wee droplets around as well as adding some gold highlights to the butterfly and feather with the brush as well. I have used my Distress watercolor pencils to colour up the images and then fussy cut out (or should that be fussy cussed whilst cutting them out).

Supply List:

Stamps: Butterfly Effect #990 (AALL), Watering Can #437 (AALL), Notes of Nature (SU!)

Versafine Clair Ink: Acorn, Morning Mist
Distress Oxides (RNG): Spun Sugar, Saltwater Taffy, Lost Shadow, Hickory Smoke, Scorched Timber
Distress Water Pencils (RNG): Worn Lipstick, Abandoned Coral, Twisted Citron. Mermaid Lagoon, Hickory Smoke, Lost Shadow

Paper: Smooth and Multifarious (LAV), Honeysuckle (C9), Neenah Solar White #110

Other: Glory stencil (LAV), Gold Wink of Stella glitter brush, Masking Magic (GKD), Golden Glitz pigment ink (Delicata - Tsunikedo), Pixie Dust: Ombre glitter drops (PFS), A2 Layers die (WF), 2mm square foam (SP), clear embossing power

Challenges: STB#294

Well that's my idea of using a feather on a card - hide it in the watering can behind the wee bunch of "lupins" ;) 

I did have a lot of fun creating my card and my crafty space looks like a bomb has been released, so a "good challenge" to play along with.

✿Karen✿

AAA Card Challenge 277: Trick or Treat time

It's time for an anything CAS goes challenge at AAA Cards with the optional twist of Halloween. I love playing along with the twist to get me started.

I can see Halloween is just around the corner as lots of Halloween challenges to play along with at the moment. So I'm also going to play along with Addicted to CAS's Halloween challenge;  Inkspirational Challenge's SEASONAL challenge and  Simon Say Stamp Monday Challenge which is Spooky and/or add some purple.

My card is pretty easy to recreate; I've masked off a strip to do my ink blending directly to a Neenah White A2 Base card then added a delightful wee fox dressed up trick and treating. I've die cut out 2 extra foxes to pop up my Copic coloured one for a tad of dimension.

Supply List:

Distress inks (RNG): Squeezed Lemonade, Dried Marigold, Wilted Violet
Stamps: Frightfully Sweet (MFT), Good Greetings (SU!)

Other: Frost Sheer Shimmer Craft spray (imaginecrafts), Masking magic (GKD), blending brushes (TE), Copic markers, Black glaze pen (Sakura), white gelli roll pen (Sakura), Versafine Clair Nocturne inkpad
Challenges: AAA #277, ATC#270, Inkspirational#327, SSS Monday Challenge

Copics Used (darkest > lightest):

Fox: E19 YR27/24 E51/50 R30/20

Cloak: V09/06/04/00

Pumpkin: YR68/15/21

Thanks for popping in and I hope you can find time to join in with us at AAA Cards this week, as always you have 2 weeks to play along.

I also wish everyone a Happy Halloween how ever you celebrate it, I know my grandkiddies are looking forward to dressing up and getting lollies on Thursday night.

✿Karen✿