From the Heart - Just Add Ink #406 & Fab Fri #136

I've been making a number of cards lately using the Just Add Color DSP, and this card is no different.  However,  I am entering this card into the sketch challenge at Just Add Ink, and the color challenge at Fab Friday

The tea pot image is from the "Just Add Color" DSP which I obtained as a free product during SAB.  The DSP has some wonderful images and I have made numerous cards from them.

The tea pot was colored with SU markers - Lemon Lime twist, Bermuda Bay and Basic Gray, at times blending the colors together and leaving some white spaces.

The pot was cut out and some 3d lacquer was applied giving it a metallic appearance.  When it was dry it was adhered to a delicate doillie using dimensionals.  This was added to the card front.

Adhering to the color scheme of the Fab Friday challenge, the card base of Bermuda Bay was matted with Basic Gray, and then a layer of the uncolored Just Add Color DSP.  A diagonal strip of Bermuda Bay cardstock was adhered from right to left across the card.

The art piece was adhered on this angled band and a sentiment, from the Petal Palette stamp set was added next to the spout, looking like it was pouring from the pot itself.

Some heart shaped Bermuda Bay metallic embellishments were added to he upper left of the card base, with one being placed on top of the word "heart".  A circular one was adhered to the center of the flower of the pot.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Petal Palette

Inks:  Bermuda Bay, SU Markers (Bermuda Bay, Basic Gray, and Lemon Lime Twist)

Papers:  Bermuda Bay, Basic Gray, Just Add Color DSP, Whisper White

Accessories:  Delicate Doillie, 3D Lacquer, Dimensionals, Bermuda Bay Enamel shapes

Another Just Add Color card - leaves

We all like to believe there is good in the world-especially in light of the events in Toronto yesterday.

And coloring the leaves from the Just Add Color DSP was very relaxing and made me feel hopeful.

So that's the sentiment I put on the card today.

The "Just Add Color" DSP has 2 (two) 12 by 12 pages filled with leaves of all shapes and sizes to color.
These leaves were colored with various shades of green, yellow and gray Blendabilities and then fussy cut.
They were arranged and adhered to a Whisper White panel stamped with a Crumb Cake dots created   using the  "Playful Backgrounds" stamp set. Two wooden elements from the March Paper Pumpkin were embossed with white glitter embossing powder and added to leaves.

Some 1/4" white organza ribbon and bow was added to the bottom of this panel.

After matting this panel with Wild Wasabi card stock, it was  adhered to the card front using dimensionals.

The card base is Wild Wasabi card stock (which is retiring) layered with Whisper White card stock embossed with the Leaves Embossing Folder.  The sentiment is from "So Many Shells"

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  So Many Shells, Playful Backgrounds
Inks:  Black Memento, Blendabilities, Versa mark
Papers:  Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, Just Add Color DSP
Accessories:  1/4" White Organza ribbon, Petals Embossing Folder, Wooden Elements from March Paper Pumpkin kit, Dimensionals, White glitter embossing powder

Just Add Color DSP - Tea Anyone??

In my previous post I showed several cards made using the Just Add Color DSP.

Warning!!! Coloring can be addictive!! 

It's been a while since I just sat down and colored just for the sheer pleasure of it.  Once I started it was hard to stop.  I can certainly understand the fascination adults have with the coloring books that are now every where.

Today I selected the 12 by 12 page filled with tea pots, teacups etc. and colored only 2 images using Blendabilities.  After colored, the images were  I fussy cut and built into a card.

On a Melon Mambo card base I added a Whisper White layer embossed with the Ruffled embossing folder.  Along the bottom is a strip of Color Theory DSP with a piece of ruffled Night of Navy seam binding adhered over the seam.

A doillie, cut in half became the "table cloth" upon which the colored images were added.  To add interest and depth, I cut the scallop part of the remaining half and added it over the already adhered ruffle using dimensionals.  I colored the area around the base of the images with a Slate Gray marker in order to "ground" them. Clear Wink of Stella was applied to the cut out images.

Tutti-fruit self adhesive sequins were added randomly on the card front.

The sentiment is from "So Many Shells"

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  So Many Shells

Inks:  Black Memento, Blendabilities 

Papers:  Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Color Theory DSP, Just Add Color DSP

Accessories:  1/2" crumpled Night of Navy ribbon, self adhesive Tutti-fruiti sequins, doillie, Clear Wink of Stella, Ruffle Embossing Folder.

Congratulations on your new Home

This is another card made using the "Just Add Color" DSP. The first card was a shaker using the Sea Turtle.
Today's card was made using 4 houses coloured from the 12 by 12" Just Add Color" DSP.  After coloring them with Markers and an aqua painter, they were fussy cut and adhered to a Whisper White card front matting.

Then I used the Eclipse Technique spelling the word "HOME"

I first added some grass using two stamps from "Sheltering Tree" and added the houses so they were sitting on the grass.
Large letter dies were used to die cut the letters spelling "HOME"

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Sheltering Tree, Home Life

Inks:  Stampin' Up Markers, Black Memento, Old Olive

Papers:  Just Add Color DSP, Whisper White, Always Artichoke

Accessories:  Large Letter Dies, Foam Tape, Dimensionals

Sea Turtle Shaker Card

The "Just Add Color" DSP is a new add on to the SAB offerings. There are pages of images to color, from Sea Turtles to Teacups.

Last night while watching Television, using my Blendabilities, I coloured the Sea Turtle and some images around it, then made the Sea Turtle into a shaker card.

The image was coloured with blendabilites - Daffodil Delight with Old Olive over top of this colour.  When finished I applied colour to the background using the direct ink to paper approach.  I started with Pool Party, then Marina Mist, Island Indigo, and finally Pacific Point.

An Aperture was die cut using a rectangular stitched framelit (non SU) on a piece of Always Artichoke card stock embossed with the Sea shore embossing folder - and set aside.  A larger rectangular framelit was used to die cut a window sheet.

A frame for the aperture was made by die cutting 2 sizes of the rectangular framelits.

The die cut window sheet was adhered to the back of the card front.  Foam adhesive was added to the edges of this sheet, as well as around the edges of the card.

After applying shaker elements, the art piece was attached, and the entire piece added to the card front. The frame was added around the art piece.

Embellishments made from Sea Grass and a colourful fish  coloured and cut out from the same 12 by 12 DSY were  added to the front.

Supplies Used:
Inks:  Blendabilities, Pool Party, Marina Mist, Island Indigo, Pacific Point
Papers:  Just Add Color DSP, Always Artichoke
Accessories:  Rectangular Stitched Framelits (non SU), Window Sheets, Shaker Elements (non SU),Seaside Embossing Folder, Foam tape.