Hi!

Yay!  It's the first Sunday of the month, and that means it's time for the newest Just Add Ink Scrapbooking Challenge.  This time Ruthy has challenged us to add buttons and/or bows to your layout.  I loved this challenge so much I added both!


I have always loved these photos of my daughter Ada.  They were taken to record her first ponytail, but you can't actually see the ponytail unless you look really carefully. She was just 8 months old in these photos - she's 7 now! I just love how her t-shirt says it all.


The above photo is of the journalling box.  If you look at the title photo you can see a die cut Labels Framelit poking out from the bottom of the photo.  If you pull down on it you reveal the hidden journalling.

Do you love the scroll work on the layout?  It took me a long time and many cranks of the Big Shot handle, but the effect is certainly worth it.  If you like the look and want to replicate it but don't have the die, you'd better get in quick - the Scribbles Swirls die is on the Retirement List :(

Stamps: Creative Elements, Apothecary Art
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Basic Black, GArden Green
Cardstock: Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Timeless Type Alpha Dies (retiring), Scribbles Swirls Die (retiring), Labels Collection Framelits, Perfect Plum Designer Buttons, White Baker's Twine, Glue Dots, Blender Pen

I hope you can play along this month at Just Add Ink, can't wait to see your layouts!

Bye for now,

Tina

Hi!


Here we go again with another Festive Friday Challenge. This week Nicole has selected an absolutely gorgeous inspiration photo for us to work with.


Wouldn't an arrangement like that look just stunning on your table on Christmas Day?  I took my inspiration from the roses and used the largest image from Apothecary Art on my card.


Don't you love it when you can find an unexpected use for an image from a stamp set? I never would have thought that this image would work on a Christmas card, but here it is!


I gave a little nod to the candy canes on the inside of my card by stamping some red and white striped baubles.


I hope you can play along this week at Festive Friday Challenges.  I'd love to see how this picture inspires you.

Stamps: Apothecary Art, Perfect Punches, Snow Swirled, Tree Trimmings
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Old Olive
DSP/Cardstock: Letters To Santa DSP, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Lables Framelits, Circle Punches, Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals, Paper Snips

Bye for now,

Tina

Hi!

I have a few family birthdays in April, one of them being one of my sisters. I decided to have a play with my new Framelits Labels dies.  They are so fantastic, and easy to use.


I coloured the Apothecary Art image with my Stampin' Write Markers using a few shades of each colour to add highlights.  I then trimmed the image with my paper snips and layered it on a die cut panel.  I like the narrower matt achieved this way.



In hindsight I probably should have used some more Framelits die cuts on the inside.  Oh well!  I still like it the way it is. A thought for next time though!

Stamps: Apothecary Art, Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess)
Ink: Basic Black, Rose Red, Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Lucky Limeade, Old Olive
DSP/Cardstock: Lucky Limeade Patterns DSP, Rose Red, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Framelits Labels Dies, Rose Red Seam Binding Ribbon, Paper Snips, Dimensionals

Bye for now,

Tina