INKspired #148 Christmas Challenge

Hi everyone,

Welcome to this fortnight's INKspired Blog Hop!

Before me on the hop was Teresa Irwin, please hop back and check out her creation

Teneale has given us the following Christmas Challenge:

Make sure you hop all the way around to check out the wonderful and talented creations everyone has contributed this time round!

How about you have a go with this Challenge?

I would love to see what you come up with!

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Here's my card:

I started my card with a Mint Macaron card base. For my first layer, I have used Blushing Bride, followed by Basic White Cardstock and a Blending Brush with Blushing Bride Ink, I have also used the Whimsical Trees dotted christmas tree stamped in Blushing Bride as a background.

I cut a piece of Window Sheet the size of the card front and adhered strips of Whimsy & Wonder DSP with Tear n Tape Adhesive. I used the Picture This Dies to cut various sized circles to use as Baubles, these have been stood up on dimensionals. The tops of the baubles are die cut using the small stitched triangle dies from silver foil and adhered with multipurpose glue. My strings have been free handed with a basic black stamp n write marker.

 My Sentiment comes from the Heartfelt Wishes Stamp set, has been stamped with Mint Macaron Ink. 

The inside is layered with Blushing Bride and then Basic White Cardstock to carry on from the front of the card, I have again used a Blending Brush with Blushing Bride. The image comes from Whimsical Trees and has been embossed with silver embossing powder. The Sentiment has been stamped from the Heartfelt Wishes stamp set. I have stamped it with Mint Macaron.

Thank you for stopping by, next up is Allison McLeod

I look forward to seeing Allison's creations

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INKspired #127 Sketch Challenge

 

Hi everyone.

Welcome to this fortnight's INKspired Blog Hop!

Before me on the hop was Sharon Arklay who I'm sure provided inspiration using the Sketch Challenge below, designed by Teneale Williams:

How about you have a go with this Sketch Challenge?

I would love to see what you come up with!

Not long until Christmas is here!

Here's My Card:

I started my card with a Whisper White card base. My first layer was from the  Heartwarming Hugs DSP, this was followed by a Pear Pizzazz strip embossed with the Scripty 3D Embossing Folder. My rectangle is cut from Whisper White. These are topped with some Mossy Meadow Diagonal Striped Ribbon, this was all adhered to the card base with multipurpose liquid glue. My lady gnome is from the Gnome for the Holidays stamp set and is stamped in Momento Black ink. I coloured her with an assortment of Stampin Markers and Stampin Blends. I used the Layering Oval Dies to cut around the gnome and also used a scalloped Layering Oval die and cut another piece from the same DSP - Heartwarming Hugs but using the reverse side, these were attached to the card using dimensionals. The sentiment, also from Gnome for the Season is stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with White Embossing Powder on a strip of Pear Pizzazz cardstock which I cut at and angle on one end with snips.   

I finished the card with 3 Pearl Basic Jewels which I coloured using a Real Red Stampin Blender Pen.

The inside is layered with Pear Pizazz, then Whisper White. The Pear Pizzazz has been stamped around the outside in Pear Pizzazz Ink with the same image as the card front, only just her hat which is also a tree. The Whisper White layer is stamped with the same hat/tree image and sentiment is also from the Gnome for the Holidays stamp set stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with Copper Embossing Powder. The tree has then been coloured with Stampin Blends. Both layers were attached using multipurpose liquid glue.

Thank you for stopping by, next up is Narelle Macey,

Looking forward to seeing what Narelle has created this time round

I hope you gain some inspiration from our hop

Have a Wonderful Day, KATRINA xx

INKspired #126 Colour Challenge

Hi everyone,

Welcome to this fortnight's INKspired Blog Hop!

Before me on the hop was Barbara Williams, who I'm sure gave you inspiration with her wonderful creation using the Colour Combo Challenge below:

Make sure you hop all the way around to check out the wonderful and talented creations everyone has contributed this time round!

How about you have a go with this Colour Challenge?

I would love to see what you come up with!

Christmas is only 54 days away 

These colours just screamed Christmas as soon as I saw them.

Here's My Card:

I started with a Merry Merlot card base. My first layer was Just Jade, followed by Basic Grey which was embossed with the Tin Tile Embossing Folder, I also added a little Versamark to the embossing folder to add a little shine. I then cut a smaller rectangle from the Just Jade In Colour 2020-2022 DSP as a base for my ornaments, these are from the Christmas Gleaming Stampset, the ornaments were stamped with Merry Merlot on Whisper White and Merry Merlot Cardstock and cut out with the Gleaming Ornaments Punches. I cut 2 strips of Shaded Spruce cardstock and embossed these with the Subtle Embossing Folder to give an impression of ribbon. Two layers of leaves were cut from the Forever Flourishing Dies from Shaded Spruce Cardstock. I arranged the ornaments and attached them with multipurpose glue except one which was popped up with dimensionals. The leaves were attached with multipurpose glue and 3 pearls were stuck as holly. My sentiment is from Tag Buffet stampset and has been stamped with Merry Merlot on Whisper White cardstock and fussy cut, then attached with dimensionals.

The inside is layered with Just Jade, then Whisper White. The saying is from Tag Buffet Stampset and has been stamped in Merry Merlot. The Ornaments and leaves are the same as the front of the card which have all been attached using multipurpose glue.

Thank you for stopping by, next up is Teresa Irwin,

Looking forward to seeing what she has created this time round

Have a Wonderful Day, KATRINA xx

INKspired #125 Plaid Inspired Scrap

 

Hi everyone.

Welcome to this fortnight's INKspired Blog Hop!

Before me on the hop was Sharon Arklay who I'm sure provided inspiration using the add Plaid Inspired Scrap Challenge below designed by Teneale Williams:

How about you have a go with this add Plaid INKspired Scrap Challenge?

I would love to see what you come up with!

Plaid is not something I normally use but usually avoid, 

but I totally enjoyed this

I made 2 cards for this challenge:

My first Card

I started my card with a Blackberry Bliss card base. My first layer was the Plaid Tidings DSP taking the full face of the card. This was followed by a Mango Melody then Whisper White cardstock cut smaller but in the same size. The stampset used is Lovely You and the colours used are Mango Melody, Seaside Spray and Blackberry Bliss. The Sentiment strip is cut from Seaside Spray Cardstock. The Sentiment, also from Lovely You is stamped in Blackberry Bliss. The end of the sentiment is has been punched with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch. I wound some Gold Metallic Trim from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack around the sentiment strip. The card was then finished with 3 Gold Metallic Pearls.

My second card

I started my card with a Thick Whisper White card base. My first layer was Real Red cardstock, followed by a Whisper White layer. DSP used is from Plaid Tidings which I attached to the Whisper White layer at an angle and cut around the layer edge. I then used my score tool with a metal ruler and scored some lines around the DSP. I then tied a bow in Real Red Sheer Ribbon and attached it to the layer over the DSP with glue dots. The stampset used on this card is Gnome For The Holidays which I stamped the greeting and gnome in momento black. I also stamped the gnome using Momento Black once again on the DSP and cut around his hat and attached to the image stamped on the card. Colouring was done using Stampin Up Markers.

These cards have made me gain more interest in using Plaid more often, not just at Christmas time.

Thank you for stopping by, next up is Teresa Irwin,

Looking forward to seeing what  has created this time round

Have a Wonderful Day, KATRINA xx

INKspired #123 Colour Challenge

 

Hi everyone.

Welcome to this fortnight's INKspired Blog Hop!

Before me on the hop was Maree McIntosh, who I'm sure gave you inspiration with her wonderful creation using the Colour Combo Challenge below designed by Teneale Williams:

Make sure you hop all the way around to check out the wonderful and talented creations everyone has contributed this time round!

How about you have a go with this Colour Challenge?

I would love to see what you come up with!

Returning from a week at beautiful Merimbula with my lovely husband and great friends, I have been thinking all week what I can do without using flowers for a change. 

As Christmas is only 96 days away 

I thought I would start on cards for Christmas.

Here's My Card:

I started with a Real Red card base. My first layer was Pear Pizzazz, followed by Crumb Cake - layered on dimensionals (both have been embossed with the Subtle Embossing Folder just at different angles, it was then finished off with a beautiful layer of Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper. 

My stamped images are all from the Returning fave! Christmas Gleaming. The baubles are stamped in Crumb Cake and coloured with Crumb Cake and Real Red Stampin Blends, A small amount of colour lifter has been added to give the baubles a real round shape. The first bauble was stuck down with tear and tape adhesive, as glue would not hold on the specialty paper, and the second with dimensionals. The holly leaves have been stamped onto water colour paper with Mossy Meadow Ink and coloured with a water painters using Mossy Meadow ink. The holly is stamped with Real Red Ink on to whisper white cardstock and coloured with Real Red Stampin Blends also the colour is has been lifted a little here also and finished with some wink of stella. The holly and leaves was fussy cut, leaves have been curled using a bone folder and then stuck down with tear and tape adhesive, the holly berries have then been glued on using multipurpose adhesive. The sentiment Merry Christmas has been stamped using Mossy Meadow ink and fussy cut, it is attached to the bauble with multipurpose adhesive and dimensionals. The bow has been made from the gold metallic trim from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack and attached with a glue dot.

For those of you that have crafted with me, know very well that I cannot tie bows, this one just happened for me today so I made sure I attached it to the card.

The inside is quite plain, layered with Pear Pizzazz, then Whisper White. The stamped images are from Christmas Gleaming. The Bauble is stamped in Crumb Cake and coloured using Real Red and Crumb Cake Blends. The dots around the bauble are stamped in Pear Pizzazz. The top and bottom borders are stamped in Mossy Meadow.

Thank you for stopping by, next up is Teresa Irwin,

Looking forward to seeing what she has created this time round

Have a Wonderful Day, KATRINA xx