JAI 605 inspiration challenge - wave sympathy card

Hello & welcome to today's project share - a soft and simple water themed sympathy card for this week's Just Add Ink inspiration challenge. How wonderful would it be to be on that beautiful beach.

The Waves of Inspiration stamp set and Waves dies bundle created the beautiful wave that's the focal point of the card, which will send love to family friends who just lost a loved one.

JAI 591 sketch challenge - Butterfly thinking of you card

Hello & welcome to a new project share. Hands up who loves a sketch! This week's Just Add Ink challenge is a super simple sketch suggested by Narelle. I've used it to create a soft, pretty sympathy card for a dear friend using the Butterfly Brilliance bundle, which includes the Butterfly Brilliance stamp set, coordinating Brilliant Wings dies. Here's how it turned out.

JAI 587 choose two challenge - Blossoms pop up window card

 

Hello & welcome. Today I'm sharing my team project for Just Add Ink's latest Choose Two challenge. This week is a Choose Two challenge and my two chosen elements are a fancy edge and a circle.  These came together with the pretty floral Blossoms in Bloom stamp set and die bundle to make this thinking of you pop up window card for a friend.

JAI 580 colour challenge - thinking of you

 

Hello Friday! It's been a long week but I'm happy to be sharing my Just Add Ink Design Team project for this week's colour challenge. The colours - Blushing Bride, Evening Evergreen and gold - gave me vintage vibes, so I chose delicate botanical themed images from the Quiet Meadow stamp set & bundle to create my card. Here's how it turned out.

JAI 565 colour challenge - Daisy Garden thank you card

Hello & welcome! Today I have a happy little thank you card for you. This is my Just Add Ink Design Team project for this week's colour challenge - Polished Pink, Pale Papaya & Black - suggested by Lou.

Polished Pink and Pale Papaya are two of our newest In Colours and this is the first time I've used them together. I think they work really well for the flowers on the pretty, detailed Daisy Garden image.

Here's my finished card.

Stamping Sisters August Tutorial Blog Hop: Thinking of You

Hello and welcome to our Stamping Sisters August Blog Hop and Tutorial Bundle launch.
This month we have 5 new project tutorials ready and waiting for you plus 4 more blog hop projects, all with the theme of Thinking of You. If you've arrived from the fabulous Ellen's blog, welcome!

People thinking about and taking care of one another is something we all need especially at the moment, whether it's just to let someone know they're on our mind or to help them through a significant challenge or loss. The world seems a little friendlier and brighter when we receive a card.

Whatever the reason, we hope our projects inspire you to send some paper love this month.
Here's a peek at the projects our Stamping Sisters Design Team have created for you this month.

Thinking of you - more butterflies & flowers

Remember this sympathy card from last week's Just choose two, butterfly-flowers challenge? I made another card at the same time using mostly the same supplies for another friend I wanted to cheer up... & I realise now it would have met the challenge too. #coincidence.

The pretty butterfly paper is also from the Falling in Love pack. I teamed it with lots of  circles (Stitched Shapes & Layering Circles dies) & a gorgeous floral die from the So Detailed die set from the Occasions Catalogue. You might recognise the stamped butterfly from my first card too.

I've learnt a photography lesson with this card too - never photograph a pink card on a pinky background. It really looks much more subtle irl.

Edited 19 Feb 2017 - This photo taken on my phone shows the true colours much better

So, which version of the card do you like more? This one or this one. Either way, remember to pin yor favourite for later inspiration.

Thanks for visiting today. I'll be back to share another card so pop back soon.

Inky wishes, Di

Want to know more about the So Detailed dies?Check out this video from Stampin' Up! that shows all the dies in the set.


Supplies
To see & order any items used in today's project, just click on the items below to see them in my Online Store. You can order from me if you live anywhere in Australia. I would love to be your Demonstrator if you don't already have one.  Please allow "Demonstrator contact" in your preferences so I can thank you properly when you place your order.
Actual items I used are listed first. Alternative purchase options are listed at the bottom of the supply list.

Print Recipe

Product List

Thoughts & Prayers Clear-mount Stamp Set $36.00	Papillon Potpourri Clear Stamp Set $26.00	So Detailed Thinlits Dies $56.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies $50.00	Layering Circle Framelits Dies $58.00
Bitty Butterfly Punch $28.00	Falling In Love Designer Series Paper $19.25	Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride $14.00	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock $15.75	Card Stock A4 Soft Sky $14.00
White Vellum A4 Card Stock $11.50	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments $8.75	Big Shot $159.00
Big Shot Magnetic Platform $70.00	Precision Base Plate $41.00	Big Shot Die Brush $19.00	So In Love Clear-Mount Bundle $81.75	So In Love Wood-Mount Bundle $94.50

JAI 346 just choose two - thinking of you

 

 

Well here we are again (already?) & it's time for our latest Just Choose Two challenge at Just Add Ink. This week the team have to choose between hearts, flowers & butterflies, & I'm sure it doesn't surprise you that I've chosen flowers & butterflies as my two elements to make this soft & pretty sympathy card for a friend.

The floral paper from the Falling in Love dsp pack is so soft & lovely.  I wanted to add a little colour to the neutrals & know my friend loves blue, so added touches of soft sky for the butterflies, banner & base. The butterflies are also stamped on soft sky with a butterfly image from the Papillion Pot Pourri set & punched out with the Elegant butterfly & Bitty Butterfly punches. A touch of vellum adds elegance & dimension. The classic Thoughts & Prayers stamp set provides the elegant sentiment too.

 I carried the theme to the inside too.

One thing I forgot to mention is that I added a very subtle touch of Wink of Stella to the paper flowers... impossible to see in my pic but a nice look irl.

I'm keeping the post quick this week as I'm in a super hurry to get out the door to see Simple Minds & the B52's tonight & my normal two finger typing is being hampered by my right index finger being temporarily out of action after a diy incident last weekend. All is healing though so all good :)

If you'd like to make this card yourself check out the supply list to see & order any supplies you need. Leave a comment if you have any questions & of course if you liked my card. It's so lovely to hear from visitors.

Now head over to the Just Add Ink blog to see all the team's beautiful ideas & add your own card too. Until next time, thanks for visiting & happy stamping.

Inky wishes, Di

Supplies
To see & order any items used in today's project, just click on the items below to see them in my Online Store. You can order from me if you live anywhere in Australia. I would love to be your Demonstrator if you don't already have one.  Please allow "Demonstrator contact" in your preferences so I can thank you properly when you place your order.
Actual items I used are listed first. Alternative purchase options are listed at the bottom of the supply list.

Print Recipe

Product List

Papillon Potpourri Clear Stamp Set $26.00	Thoughts & Prayers Clear-mount Stamp Set $36.00	Falling In Love Designer Series Paper $19.25	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies $50.00	Layering Circle Framelits Dies $58.00
Elegant Butterfly Punch $28.00	Bitty Butterfly Punch $28.00	Banner Triple Punch $38.00	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50
Card Stock A4 Soft Sky $14.00	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock $15.75	Tip Top Taupe A4 Cardstock $14.00	White Vellum A4 Card Stock $11.50	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments $8.75
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush $11.50	Big Shot $159.00	Big Shot Magnetic Platform $70.00	Papillon Potpourri Wood Stamp Set $33.00	Thoughts & Prayers Wood-mount Stamp Set $45.00