Just Add Vintage - In Flanders Fields the Poppies Grow

This weeks Just Add Ink challenge- is Vintage Theme, right up my street!!
So here's my first entry. I've made a 6 X 6 scrapbook page of one of my ancestors who fought in WW1. I've used Always Artichoke cardstock as the base. I then photocoped a genuiine WW1 map of Ypres and surrounding area, and sponged and distressed using Old Olive and Close to Cocoa. I also wanted to capture the fact that small postcards were the way loved ones kept in touch. So I used the postcard stamp from the Winter Post Stamp Set. Finally I wanted a poppy, so I used the Butterfly punch, and watercoloured the poppy adding a button and ribbon centre. I'm happy how this page has turned out, I wanted a heavily distressed look but also not just a pretty page and I think I've achieved that

JAI9 Challenge

It's Just Add Ink Challenge time, and this week it's a Sketch challenge. I've done a 6X 6 scrapbook page of my Maternal Grandma when she was a little girl.
The basis of my page is the Very Vintage Wheel- which is giving you a sneek peek at just one of the gorgeous items in the New Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue out on the 1st April. Join me at my workshop on the 1st April to see the Mini and a chance to see some of the new products up close and get to make something to take home. Email ME to book your place.

Just Add Ink - Again!- JAI8

Decided to add this sweet little card to the Just Add Ink Easter Theme Challenge too. I've stamped the image with Close to Cocoa, and used the Stampin' Pastels with Blender Pens to shade the image.
Material:
Cardstock; Close to Cocoa, Pale Plum, So Saffron, Very Vanilla.
ink; Close to Cocoa.
Stamp Set; a Kind Word.
ribbon; So Saffron.

Just -Add- Ink Challenge JAI8

The Just add Ink Challenge this week has been to make anything with an Easter Theme. I wanted to make a card that reflects that here in the Southern Hemisphere we are moving to Autumn. So I chose yellows, oranges and browns rather than the more traditional pastel colours. I'm really pleased with how this card has turned out.
If you would like to learn how to make a similar card, then contact me to book your workshop.

Materials:
Cardstock; Close to Cocoa, So Saffron.
Ink; Close to Cocoa.
DSP; Kaleidoscope.
Ribbon; So Saffron.
Stamp Sets; Always, Baroque Motifs.
Other; Rub- Ons.