Inspiration: Just Add Ink #658 (Scraps - Strips - Sequins)
This is the other set of images I colored while I was crafting with my niece. I fussy cut the images and went looking for a sketch to add them to a card. Since the image are pretty large and because I had a leftover square envelope made to match the Home for the Holidays collection, I decided to make a square card (5¼" x 5¼"). My paper scraps are dwindling down, so the banners from the sketch were a great way to use the leftover strips - and it fit with the Just Add Ink challenge beautifully.
I added an extra banner (compared to the sketch) so that I could add my sentiment on it. I embossed it with the Gumball Green Stampin' Emboss powder. The sentiment reads "Happiness and more." It's from an European company called 4 En Scrap. I saw one of their French sentiments on a project shared on Instagram and the font and saying piqued my interest, so I went looking for their Website and was super impressed with their offering. European French tends to differ from Quebec French and the expressions don't always fit well for our side of the pond, but in this case, it was not a problem and most of the sentiments appeared very usable so I ordered from them and you will most likely see a lot of their stamps made their way onto my projects for the foreseeable future. This one came from the Meilleurs voeux #2 stamp set.
To back the main images, I used the Essential Stylish Ovals dies from Spellbinders. I was very happy to add that die set to my stash, because the shape resemble an oval, but will be easier to incorporate on a project because the ends are rounded and not as long. I soon discovered after buying ovals that they are hard to add to cards, because if you need a certain height to fit your images completely, then the oval can become very long and almost take the full width of the card, which complicates designing. This shape has the essence of the oval without the problematic width. There is also 16 dies in the set, which made matting very easily as the size between dies is about 1/8". I expect this set to be very useful.
Supplies
Stamps: Mini Oddball Switcheroo (Stamping Bella); Meilleurs voeux #2 (4 En Scrap)
Cardstock: 80 lbs. Solar White (Neenah); Parsley (Concord & 9th)
Patterned Papers, Album Inserts, Stickers: Home for the Holidays (Doodlebug Design)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); VersaMark
Dies: Essential Stylish Ovals (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Sequins (Cartwright's); Polychromos Pencils (Fäber-Castell);
Box of Crayons Enamel Shapes (Shimelle for American Crafts);
Gumball Green Stampin' Emboss Powder, Stampin' Dimensionals, Banner Triple Punch,
Envelope Punch Board (Stampin' Up!)
Love this unique and quirky Christmas card Cindy. The deer and 'elf' are coloured beautifully, and framed by a fabulous mish mash of Christmas patterns and colour. Thanks for joining us at Just Add Ink this week. Kim
Posted by: Kim Badelt | June 28, 2023 at 03:28