Just Add Ink 724: Colour Challenge time

Hi everyone it's time for another fun challenge at Just Add Ink and we have a colour challenge to play along with.

The peach and the blue colour are complimentary colours on the colour wheel so I thought I would work with warm browns as my 3rd colour. I do not own any of these SU! inks or card stock so chose to work with Apricot and Storm adding in Warm Buff  for my 3rd colour, all from Pinkfresh Studio. I've also added their lighter shade of ink for my blending of the "abstract art background".

I'm also going to enter my card in Pinkfresh Studio's monthly challenge as this months challenge is all about ink blending and I have used stencils to make my "work of art" plus colour in my oranges.

Supply List (all PFS unless stated otherwise):

Stamps: Framed Art (plus matching stencil and dies)

Ink: Warm Buff, Peach Fuzz, Apricot, Slumber, Storm

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Hammermill, Light brown woodgrain (LF), Barely Peach (SP), Vellum Paper (SU!), 
Dies: Diagonal stitched plaid coverplate, Curly Leaves, Stitched sentiment strips (MFT) 

Other: Foam squares (SP), Gold Metallic pearls, blending brushes
Challenge: JAI#724, PFS October 2024

The Design Team from Just Add Ink do have some fab inspiration to get you inspired for this colour challenge, so do check them all out and hopefully you will be inspired to have a go, what will your 3rd colour be?? As always you can use neutral colours (white, "brown" and black) in your mix.

Happy stamping....

✿Karen✿

AAA Card Challenge 276: another sketch to challenge us!

This sketch is a challenge all right. I love the idea of a moon and some bats but someone on the DT bet me to it so I've been a rebel and used a "round" flower die-cut which I wanted to add 3 stamped lady bugs too but they were a tad big so 2 leaves and a bee trinket = done and a happy cheery card to send to a friend.

I'm probably pushing the boundaries of clean and simple the AAA way but I'm on a mission to get all my DT challenges done until the end of October as I'm having surgery mid-September and I'm not sure how long my recovery will be. I've been a bit down waiting for it all  to happen and haven't actually felt like crafting but here we are 2 days before my operation "going" for it! 

Supply List:

Stamps: Friendly Hello (SU!)

Ink: Versafine Clair Summertime

Paper: Mango Melody (SU!), Soft Suede (SU!), Granny Apple Green (SU!), Neenah Solar white #110

Dies: Sunny Sunflowers (LF), Zesty Lemon (LF - leaves)

Other: Bumblebee trinkets (SU!)

Challenges: AAA #276

Well I hope you can find time to join in and be challenged, do check out the rest of the inspiration from the DT, you'll be amazed what they created with the sketch, so many cool ideas!

Thanks for popping in.

✿Karen✿

Easy thank you card for the latest Tic Tac Toe Challenge

It's time for another fun challenge board at Tic Tac Toe and this week's board has been created by Felicitia. I had so many ideas looking at the board, it is a fun one but at the time of creating my card  I was  having surgery in 2 days time, so  I went with embossing, thank you and free as I seem to be needing thank you cards lately. I'll also enter my card in Simon Say Stamp latest challenge to add some texture.

I wanted to play with the new to me Spotlight on Nature stamp set and dies from SU!. I bought this bundle as the dies are really cool circle dies and I had nothing like that in my stash. I die cut out the 2nd to largest circle from watercolor paper and then stamped with Versafine Desert Sand ink which is a water proof ink. I did some very simple watercolouring with my ZIG real color brushes (Bright Flamingo, Sage Green and Leaf Green) and a Wink of Stella clear glitter brush on the flowers and a water painter for the leaves.

Otherwise I think it's all pretty self explanatory.

Supply List:

Stamps and Dies: Spotlight on Nature (SU!)
Versafine Ink: Desert Sand and Acorn
Paper: Petal Pink (SU!), Soft Suede (SU!), Watercolor (Fabriano Artistico - cold pressed), coral (?name in my SSS kit papers)
Other: ZIG real color brush markers, Wink of Stella Clear, water painter brush, Exposed Brick 3D embossing folder (SU!), linen thread (SU! - original one), Master Layouts 2 (GKD - tag die), 2mm foam squares (SP), distress tool (SU!)
Challenge: TTTC #258, SSS Wednesday

Well I hope you can find time to play along with us, as always you have 2 weeks to have a go - just choose a line (vertical, diagonal or horizontal) and have a play.
✿Karen✿