Just Add Ink #361 Theme Challenge - Lovely Friends

As promised I am now back with another card using not only the stamp set from the Lovely Friends bundle but also the amazing framelits too. Now these stamps are gorgeous and totally rock on their own, but the framelits are outstanding and so much fun.

My card was created for the Just Add Ink challenge, which this week is a just add watercolour, washi or flowers.

I have been playing with the Smooshing technique that Narelle Farrugia used a few weeks ago on another card and I loved it. It still gives this great watercolour look but you have a little more control over it, if that makes sense. Anyway, here's my card:

I used two different colours, Bermuda Bay and Lemon Lime Twist, for my Smooshing and even though I did follow Betsy Veldman's Smooshing technique, I changed it slightly as I didn't actually put my cardstock face down onto the acetate. Instead i flipped it and I put my acetate face down onto the cardstock instead. I found that this way I had more control with being able to see exactly where the ink was moving too.

Ok so now I'll show you the inside:

Isn't that amazing!! It's so clever and just looks fantastic. The framelits cut the cardstock with all the folds and slits in the right places and they are so easy to pop together. I did find that you will need some extra strong tape to stick it together because after opening and closing it a a few times (or in my case lots of times, because I was so pleased with it) they can come apart.

 So which two will you choose for this weeks challenge? I can't wait to see all the amazing creations that I know you guys will come up with.


Happy Crafting,
Chlo

Product List 
 

Lovely Friends Photopolymer Stamp Set [143763]	Lovely Friends Photopolymer Bundle [145319]	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [144086]	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [131171]	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931]	Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717]
Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock [144250]	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286]	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688]	Silver Foil Sheets [132178]	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309]

'Simple but Stunning' card - Lovely Friends

This is the first time I have had all three children in school and though this has been the case since February, it's really only now that I've started to get to enjoy my quiet time and it means I'm actually finding time to craft for no reason at all which is such a nice feeling.

And with all this extra stamp time I actually made a fantastic 'Simple but Stunning' card which I wanted to share with you today.

Lots of new product on display with this card. The gorgeous DSP is from a new range called Delightful Daisy and the paper is absolutely stunning. If you take a peek at my video tutorial below, I did actually show all the paper on there.

I paired the designer series paper with one of our new sentiment stamps called Lovely Friend. This set has heaps of sentiments that pair up with two huge sentiment stamps in the set. It also has coordinating framelit that has a really fun pop-out, 3D banner that jumps out of the middle of the card. I'll have to make a sample and share it with you. It really is going to be lots of fun!!

Can you believe we only have 6 days left of this current annual catalogue and Occasions Catalogue. Time does fly when you're having fun! The retiring list still has lots of goodies and bargains so why don't you pop over and make sure you have everything on your wish list as I would hate for you to miss out on a favourite!!

Happy Crafting,
Chlo

Measurements for this Card

* Night of Navy Base:

Cut - 8" x 5 3/4"

* Whisper White Cardstock:

 Cut - 3 3/4" x 5 1/2" 

*Deligthful Daisy  DSP:

 Cut - 5 1/2" x 2 5/8"

* Gold Glimmer:

Cut - 5 1/2 x 1/8" 

Product List

Lovely Friends Photopolymer Stamp Set [143763]	Lovely Friends Photopolymer Bundle [145319]	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [126970]	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577]
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper [144137]	Night Of Navy Solid Baker's Twine [141684]	Gold Glimmer Paper [133719]