"A" is for Airplane - Just Add Ink #366 & Fab Friday #115

The challenge at Just Add Ink is to "Just Add A" i.e .make a card featuring something starting with the letter "A".    Airplane came to mind, so I pulled out a retired SAB stamp "Up in the Air", made a background to go with it and created the card you see below.  I used the sketch from Fab Friday #115.

 

I started  by creating a background for the Airplane.  I used the glossy reinker technique using the following reinkers on glossy card stock:  Sahara Sand, Marina Mist, Pool Party, Soft Suede.  See my post                 

The airplane  was stamped several times to indicate movement.  The body was colored with a  Marina Mist marker and two itty bitty flowers adhered together alternating petals with a glue dot was added to the propellers.  Some clouds were stamped in the sky around the plane.

The  sentiment, from "Happy Happenings" was added below the airplane.

Behind this art piece was adhered a Sahara Sand banner notched at both ends with a Basic Black strip down the middle. This was adhered to the card front.

The basic card is Marina Mist, layered with Whisper White and then the glossy background I created with reinkers.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Up in the Air, Happy Happenings

Inks:  Black Memento, Marina Mist marker, Reinkers (Marina Mist, Pool Party, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede), Marina Mist

Papers:  Marina Mist, Whisper White, Glossy card stock, Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Vellum

Accessories:  Itty Bitty Punch

Congrats Grad - The Paper Players #351

Thank you Cindee Wilkinson for the inspiration to create this glossy background. She has a video on her blog which explains the technique very well.

I created several backgrounds and finally decided on one to make the graduation card for the challenge at the Paper Players.  The challenge is a theme one, and among the several options I decided to make a graduation card.

I made the background first using reinkers and glossy card stock.  The following reinkers were applied to the cardstock as separate drops:  Tranquil Tide, Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist, and Powder Pink.  After spritzing with water and observing the wonderful effect as the colors blended, I added some Wink of Stella and then allowed the card stock to dry.  And this takes a while.....

The base card is Tranquil Tide layered with Powder Pink cardstock embossed with the Ruffled Texture Impression Embossing Folder.  The ruffles on the card stock remind me of the ruffles on a graduation gown.

On the left side of the card I placed a 1 1/2" strip of the glossy background with an punched edge in Berry Burst. This punched edge was made using the new Decorative Ribbon edge Punch.

On a separate piece of Whisper White card stock I sponged 3 separate areas with  Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist, Tranquil Tide and Powder Pink and punched 3 large balloons with the Balloon Banquet Punch.  These were added with dimensionals with the Tranquil Tide strings stamped using a stamp from "Sunshine Sayings" emerging from the bottom of the balloons.  A bitty bow (Berry Burst) was added at the base of the balloons. Some Wink of Stella was brushed over the balloons.

The sentiment, from "Sunshine Sayings" was stamped with Tranquil Tide on Whisper White and punched with the Pretty Label punch.  I reinserted  the resultant punchie back into the punch to make it smaller.  Since it reminded me of a cloud I attached it to the balloons.

Some clear faceted gems were added to the sentiment and along the upper right side.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Sunshine Sayings

Inks:  Reinkers and ink pads:  Tranquil Tide, Powder Pink, Lemon Lime Twist, Berry Burst.

Papers:  Tranquil Tide, Powder Pink, Glossy card stock, Whisper White, Berry Burst
Accessories:  Clear faceted gems, Bitty Berry Burst bow, Balloon Bouquet punch, Decorative Ribbon punch, Pretty Label punch, Ruffled Texture Impression Folder, Wink of Stella, dimensionals.


Here are some other backgrounds I made:

Perfect Plum, Lemon Lime Twist, Pool Party

Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Rich Razzelberry

Lemon Lime Twist, Island Indigo, Tangelo Twist