Friday 27 October 2023

JAI 676 inspiration challenge - Birds Eye View

Handmade birdie card using Stampin Up Birds's Eye View and Just My Type stamp sets, Deckled rectangle dies, and Stampin Blends alcohol markers. Card by Diane Barnes - Independent Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - colourmehappy - stampinupcards - cardmaking - stamping

Hello and welcome to a new project share - my design team project for Just Add Ink challenge 676, which is a photo inspiration challenge.

With Halloween and Thanksgiving in North America around the corner, the pumpkin in the challenge image is a popular theme. I'm not that fond of pumpkins (except for in pumpkin scones) or orange in general so what to make?

A sweet little birdie from the Bird's Eye View stamp set with pumpkin like dimensions and colours was the fun answer for me. The neutral colours and patterns in the image gave me the rest of my palette. Here's how my card turned out.

Friday 13 October 2023

JAI 674 colour challenge - Just My Type fun fold

Handmade typewriter fun fold expanding accordion card made with Stampin Up Just My Type stamp set and Stampin Blends markers and Stylish Shapes dies - card strip background - fancy fold cards - cardmaking - stamping - stampinupcards - made by Diane Barnes Independent Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - colourmehappy

Hello and welcome to a new project share for this week's colour challenge at Just Add Ink design team. I thought the combination of Fresh Freesia, Berry Burst, Pretty Peacock, and gold suggested by Rochelle could be tricky, but they really work nicely together.

I chose to use the sweet and whimsical Just My Type stamp to create a fun fold card - apparently called an expanding accordion card. I teamed the stamp images with a handmade striped background made of card strips in each of the challenge colours. Here's how it turned out.