Just Add Ink 77

It's another Sketch Challenge at JAI this week. Yay! Fabulous chance to try out my new toy. Finally got my very own cuttlebug. Double Yay. Lots of good fun there. I will need to use it alot to justify it's existence though! This is the sketch:

And this is my take on it:


This card was made for my sweet little friend who turned six earlier this month but had a party today that my girls attended. The stamp is called Nora on a Swing by Swiss Pixies, and I bought it in Rockingham last year. I think this is only the second time I've inked it!

Thanks for looking, Have a great day xx

Just Add Ink 73 - Sketch

I do Love a sketch challenge. So I made an extra special effort this week to play along with Just Add Ink. I have some new treasures to play with too, - some SU! Love Letter DSP, as well as some paper doilies from a lovely shop that I visited in Hobart a couple of weeks ago. I am enjoying sticking to a clean and simple layout, the other card I made for this challenge included gesso and glimmer mist and met a poor firey end. So I thought I'd stick with simple for my second attempt and I would be happy to post this one to a friend - because that's my criteria! Thanks for looking.
Love Amanda xx

ps. The poor firey end was because I threw it on the fire, not because of a nasty chemical reaction between the gesso and the glimmer mist :-)

Just Add Ink - 71. Black and White take two

Lol
she's back! with number two for this challenge. This time acknowledging the astonishingly fabulous Sharnee (and those beautiful vintage brads) with her torn paper frame and the lovely Christine with her embroidered bird. Thanks for looking xx

Just Add Ink - 71. Black and White

Hey :-)
Beautiful simple colour challenge at JAI this week. Just Black and white. In my humble opinion it could be improved by adding Kraft (or crumb cake) but perhaps that is a challenge for another day.
During the week I was completely inspired by a skirt worn by this beautiful lady and I have totally ripped her off by machine embroidering onto my cardstock. Not a stamp in sight on this card - just black and white provided by cardstock and polyester thread! Thanks for looking, Love Amanda xx
PS have you seen Bronwyn's entry for this challenge? Oh. My. Goodness. No wonder she's on the JAI DT!!

Just Add Ink Sketch Challenge

Yay! Hi! Just popping in with my card for JAI's sketch challenge. This one was running for two weeks which means I got around to playing. Plus I think sketches are my favourite things to play along with. I turned the sketch on it's side and I used my little button flowers as colour inspiration.

I have also been looking after someone's cuttlebug for a few days so I've used an SU! butterfly die and top note die and a Tim Holtz woodgrain embossing folder.

Thanks for looking, Have a beautiful sunny Monday, Love Amanda xx

Just Add Ink: 61

I was so inspired by this post at splitcoast stampers and really wanted to try it. It reminded me of the 'blue willow' dinnerware that my Grandmother used. This weeks challenge at JAI fit the bill with "Just add Stamps" - yep, just stamps, ink and cardstock. And double sided tape! I had fun and I hope you like it. It reminded me of the days when I was too poor to buy punches and ribbon, in my early days as a demo. I even employed some techniques like masking and stamping off. Thank for looking.

xx

Just Add Ink Take Two

Hey Again!

This is my second entry for JAI's monochromatic challenge. This is using my first favourite colour, baja breeze and variations of aqua.
This is a close up of the scallops, inspired by a card on page 94 of Australia's Stampin' Up! IBC.

Thanks for looking ! Talk to you soonish :-) xx