Hello again! Welcome back to another Just Add Ink challenge. This week (#JAI586) marks our first challenge of 2022, and its a Summer themed Blog Hop with all the Design Team taking part – we’ve got some fantastic projects lined up. Whether you’ve just come from Fiona’s blog or you started here, you can click the NEXT button at the bottom of the post to continue the hop.
One thing I love about Summer in Australia, is the all amazing, yummy fruit we have available during the season – one of my favourites being watermelon. My card was inspired by watermelon, and the memories of eating a big wedge of it, on the back steps of my childhood home in the heat of summer.
I started with a card base of thick Basic White. For the card front, I used a base of Flirty Flamingo, and strips of Basic White, Granny Apple Green, and Garden Green. I used a circle and flower punch to cut a ‘bite’ out of the Flirty Flamingo piece, then sponged for definition with Poppy Parade ink.
I then adhered the Basic White, Granny Apple Green and Garden Green pieces, and sponged with Old Olive ink to add definition. I then stamped a dotted image stamp (Tropical Chic) with Memento Black, to act as the seeds.
The card front was then adhered to the card base, and a sentiment (Itty Bitty Greetings) was stamped in the ‘bite’ negative space. To finish the card off, I looped Linen Thread and tied in a bow, and used Clear Wink Of Stella on the white part of the watermelon.
Thank you for popping in to have a look at my creation. Click the NEXT button below to continue the hop, with the very talented Kim up next.
‘Til next time x
The best watermelon card, Rachael. Beautiful colouring and almost edible. D x
Such a fun card, Rachael, and so creative. Watermelon is the stuff of summertime dreams for sure and your card is all that and more.
I love your card! Watermelon is def a big hit with my family in summer too and you’ve captured it beautifully.
Such a clever card, loving all the colours and details of your watermelon card !!
This is such a fabulous idea and clever execution for the summer theme. You have me craving some watermelon now!
That’s one awesome tasty card Rachael!
Wow! So clever and creative Rachael. I love this. x
This is darling! LOVE~
Yum!! So love how you created the seeds and panels for your watermelon, it’s so clever!! xx
This card is amazing! How clever idea. Watermelons are perfect for a summer card.