Just Add Ink #584 Christmas Gift Card Holder or Tag

 

Hello there, 

we are in that rapid slide towards Christmas and with that in mind the Just Add Ink DT are asking you to Just Add Christmas with either a Gift Card Holder or a Christmas tag as your project. My nieces and nephews are always recipients of a gift card each year so this was right up my alley! 

Here's how this year's project turned out.

Close up's

I try to make each gift card holder individualised but use the same base elements for each. This year I grabbed the retired SU! Gift card envelope die and paired it with a new die set. I started by working out what colour card stock to match with which DSP and which bauble. Once I had my colour plan worked out then it was just a case of die cutting all the pieces and putting it all together. After folding the gift card holder, I created the DSP sleeve and then tied the ribbon over  both layers. The ribbon also secures the tag to the gift card holder. The tag was likewise simple but had a couple of steps. First I created a base tag card, by die cutting a piece of folded card stock, making sure to leave the tip of the bauble hanging over the fold. Then die cutting a separate single layer bauble cover, which also had the decorative layer adhered to it. All the decorative layers are shiny foil or sparkly glimmer paper - a must for Christmas projects.

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of Christmas project inspiration so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge!

This will be my last post for this year. I'll be back Jan 14, 2022 when the Just Add Ink team will kick off the new year with our annual blog hop.

Till then thanks for visiting, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Kim 

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Dies: Delicate Baubles dies, Gift card envelope and trims thinlets (R)

Cardstock: Basic White, Real Red, Granny Apple Green

Accessories: Gingerbread and Peppermint DSP, Red foil, Silver foil, Glimmer paper (R), Wonderful Gems, Crinkled seam binding, Red and silver ribbons (R), Multipurpose glue, Hole punch (R), Tear and Tape, Big Shot die cutting machine R)

Just Add Ink #582 Inspiration

 

Hello there,

at Just Add Ink there is no mistaking that the new challenge is Christmas themed! This week Rachael is asking us to Just Add Inspiration. It may be Christmas themed but as long as you use either the colours, patterns, textures or objects you can see in the picture to inspire your project then it can be for whatever occasion you need. Here's the inspiration picture.

Here's how my card turned out.

To get the blended colour gradiation on my Christmas trees and greenery I folded several baby wipes to make an ink pad, then added several drops of Granny Apple Green ink, next to drops of Shaded Spruce. When inking up the stamps I tapped them across both inks to get the blended ink effect. After that it was stamping multiples, adding the red accents and lots of fussy cutting. I kept the rest of the card neutral, but with complementary pattern and texture.

The rest of the JAI design team have lots of beautiful Christmas inspiration for you so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Peace and Joy (R), Love Lives Here: Holiday (PaperTrey Ink)

Dies: Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Shapes (R)

Ink: Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce, Cherry Cobler, Early Espresso, Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Basic Black,Sahara Sand

Accessories: Subtle embossing folder (R), Paper snips, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

Just Add Ink #580 Colour

 

Hello there,

I feel like I'm on a rapid trajectory to Christmas and the end of the year, in some ways that's good and in others it is panic inducing! This week I'm adding another Christmas card to my stash, using the new challenge from Just Add Ink. This week Rochelle is asking us to Just Add a Colour Combo. Here are the colours to work.

And this is what I came up with.

I rifled through my die stash and found an old Christmas sentiment die that would be perfect as a gold focal element. So I cut one out in gold and then another three in white card stock, glueing them together to give a nice dimensional shiny sentiment focal. I surrounded that with some soft pink poinsettia's and wintery foliage. I wanted the gold sentiment and the foliage elements to pop so I kept the background white just adding some timber texture. 

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of fabulous projects to show you so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge. 

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Christmas Season, Bells and Boughs (PaperTrey Ink)

Dies: Seasonal Labels, Text Block: Christmas die (PaperTrey Ink)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Brushed metallic foil

Ink: Evening Evergreen, Blushing Bride

Accessories: Timber 3D embossing folder, Metallic sequins (R), Wink of Stella, Fine Tip glue, Multipurpose glue, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

Just Add Ink #578 Sketch

 

Hello there,

we are fast heading towards Christmas, you may have already noticed a trend towards Christmas cards her on the blog so don't expect that to change. This week at Just Add Ink, Narelle is asking us to Just Add a Sketch. Here's the sketch.

And here is how my project turned out.

It took me a while to mull over what elements I wanted to use on the right hand side, but once I settled on a tree, I knew I wanted a deer to be curled at the bottom. That peaceful scene led me to the sentiment.

For the tree I pulled out my Pine Wood dies, there is no outline stamps for the tree die, so having die cut a tree I just drew in the 'stamped' lines myself. Then coloured with Blends. The scene led itself to a rustic background so I embossed a woodgrain background then splattered that with Wink of Stella and white gouache. The rectangle panel in the sketch acts as a grounding element for my scene and sentiment. To add a bit of Christmas bling I gold embossed the sentiment (which is very challenging to capture in a photo) and added a gold metallic enamel star from my stash. 

I feel like the simple design and neutral colours suits the peaceful 'nature' feel the project has.

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of fabulous projects to show you so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Peaceful Deer, Peace and Joy (R)

Dies: Stitched So Sweetly, Joy (R), Pinewood (r)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake

Ink: Night of Navy, Tuxedo Black (Memento), Versamark

Accessories: Blends (Shaded Spruce, Granny Apple Green, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake), Timber embossing folder, Gold embossing powder, Heat Tool, Metallic Enamel Shapes (R), Wink of Stella, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Big Shot die cutting machine (R), White gouache

Just Add Ink #576 Moving Element

 

Hello there,

welcome to a new Just Add Ink challenge. This week Tina and Kelly have issued a joint challenge to Just Add a Moving Element. We are looking forward to seeing some fun interactive cards! For me this was the perfect challenge to make a masculine card. But honestly, I think anyone will love getting card that has a play element to it.

It was grand final week here recently and my DH's team made it through to the big game so I used the team colours as the starting point for my card. Here's how it turned out.

While it was super fun to play with the 'Give it a Whirl' dies I will also say this was super fiddly, but that was because I was trying to cut and aligned the viewing window through three layers. But with some patience I managed that feat! 

The rest of the Just Add Ink DT have some fun interactive cards to show you so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Hats Off, Handsomely Suited

Dies: Give it a Whirl, Suit and Tie, Hat Builder dies, Stitched Nested Labels

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Night of Navy, Real Red

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: Classic Label punch (R), White embossing powder, Heat Tool, Multipurpose Glue, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Big Shot die cutting machine (R)

Just Add Ink #574 Choose Two

 

Hello there,

school holidays are slipping past here very quietly as we are in lockdown, but on the bright side we have spring weather, so lots of flowers in the garden and sunshine to go with them. There will be no flowers again this week, as this week's Just Add Ink challenge from Nikki is a Just Choose Two challenge. Here are the options.

The idea is choose two of the three options and feature them on your project. Still in Christmas card mode I went with silhouette and stars. Here it is.

First, I die cut the two tiers of my 'village' skyline, then paper pieced in the tiny yellow glowing windows. Then I used blending brushes to create the sky, a glow from the set sun turning into a night filling with stars and a large yellow moon. The stars and sentiment were white embossed.

Put those simple elements together and you have the end result, which to be honest I think to looks better in real life.

The Just Add Ink DT have plenty of fabulous cards to inspire you so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless other noted

Stamps: Peaceful Deer, Christmas Whimsy kit stamp set

Dies: Hometown Greetings edgelits

Cardstock: Basic White, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight

Ink: So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Balmy Blue, Pacific Point, Night of Navy

Accessories: 1 3/8" circle punch, blending brushes, white embossing powder, heat tool, Big Shot die cutting machine (R), dimensionals, tear and tape.

Just Add Ink #572 Inspiration

 

Hello there,

this week at Just Add Ink Nikki is asking us to Just Add Inspiration. I loved the bright colours, and while flowers would usually mean flowers this week I decided to follow a different path. The colours from the inspiration picture inspiring a bright Christmas card. Here's the inspiration pic.

This is how my card turned out.

It's been a crazy busy exhausting week so I am going to keep this super short and simple.

Ink blended background.

Alcohol coloured images.

Embossed snow in the background.

Wink of Stella and Shimmery Crystal effects for the necessary Christmas bling.

The Just Add Ink design team has an abundance of stunning projects to show you this week so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Stamps: Cup of Christmas (R), Gnome for the Holidays (R), Santa's Elves (My Favorite Things)

Dies: Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Shapes (R)

Cardstock: Thick Basic Whisper White, Basic Whisper White, Pacific Point

Ink: Balmy Blue, Pacific Point, Night of Navy, Versamark, Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories: SU! Blends (lots and lots of colours - sorry no details this week), Blending brushes, White embossing powder, Heat Tool, Horizontal Snow stencil (My Favorite Things), Wink of Stella, Shimmery Crystal Effects, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Big Shot die cutting machine (R)

Just Add Ink #568 Sketch

 

Hello there,

having a bit of a deja vu week with our first lockdown in a year happening this week. Spending some extra time at home however had the added benefit of time to work on my project for this week's Just Add Ink challenge. This week Lou is asking us to Just Add a Sketch, here it is.

My niece has a birthday coming up soon so I made this card with her in mind.

To start I added a subtle embossed texture to the background and then blended a soft gradient of colour coming up from the bottom, finishing it with a light splatter. For the main focal point I coloured in my sweet fairy girl, trimmed her out and mounted her on a couple of stitched layers. She was finished off with wink of Stella and shimmery crystal effects, and I added a scatter of sequins around her. I feel like the black I added makes it feel a little bit of grown up which suits an almost teenager.

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of fabulous projects to show you so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Itty Bitty Birthdays, Maisy Ketto (Stamping Bella) (R)

Dies: Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Shapes (R), Stitched Nested Labels (R)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Basic Black

Ink: Balmy Blue, Tuxedo Black (Memento), Versamark

Accessories: Blends (Balmy Blue, Real Red, Magenta Madness, Ivory, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie), Sparkle Glimmer paper (R), Blending brushes, Subtle embossing folder (R), Wink of Stella, Shimmery Crystal Effects, Woven Threads sequins (R), Flowers for Every season twine (R), White embossing powder, Heat Tool, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Fine Tip Glue, Big Shot die cutting machine (R)

Just Add Ink #566 Frame

 

Hello there,

this week at Just Add Ink, Jan has asked us to Just Add a Frame. I quite like to make my own frames using dies so that is what I did.  Theme wise not sure if I was inspired by a work colleagues recent trip to the northern territory or just wishing for a warmer climate. It's cold here right now! Whatever it was, I end up with a very lush green tropical card.

Here it is.

My best tip for frames is to make one yourself using two dies one smaller than the other. Ideally the two dies are proportional too. I pulled out my stitched rectangle dies and selected two based on how wide I wanted my frame to be. To die cut the frame I lined the rectangles up, the smaller one within the larger and secured them with washi tape to prevent movement. That way when they were run through my die cutting machine I would get the even border I wanted.

Having created my border frame, I watercolored up a background, once dry splattering it with some water. Coloured up my crocodile and trimmed him out, then die cut lots of tropical leaves. The frame was mounted on dimensionals to give it more impact as a frame and more depth. I thought it would be fun to have the sentiment sort of flow up and out of the crocodile's mouth, and then finished it all off with some clear droplets.

Sadly this crocodile set retired from the mini catalogue earlier this year but as croc's are such an iconic Aussie animal I'm thinking I will hang on to this one.

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of fantastic 'frame' projects to show you, so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Oh Snap (R)

Dies: Stitched Rectangles, Botanical Builders (R)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Garden Green, Shade Spruce, Granny Apple Green

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories: Blends (Shaded Spruce, Granny Apple Green), Watercolored paper, Dimensionals, Fine Tip Glue Pen, Wink of Stella, Tear and Tape, Flowers for Every Season Droplets (R), Big Shot die cutting machine (R)

Just Add Ink #564 Choose Two

 

Hello there,

we have a new challenge for you at Just Add Ink. This week Di has asked us to Just Choose Two, which means you need to pick two of the three options and feature them in your project. For me it was the perfect opportunity to prepare ahead for my brother's birthday.

Here's the Choose Two options.

And this is how my project turned out.

This card is all about the wave die! I cut the wave mat in a dark blue shade and the 'foam' pieces in white then blended a transition of blue shades, going from the highlight white at the top of the wave to a deeper blue at the base. The rest of the scene is ink based, first a stamped sea, then a blended sunrise/ sunset sky. Originally I had masked a 'sun' but got a speck of blue ink in it so added a stitched circle over the top. My surfer is placed on the top lip of the wave - which my husband was quick to point out is not how surfers surf waves - but it looks more spectacular! My inside in that respect is more accurate.

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of fabulous scenic projects to show you so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Text and Texture Ocean (PaperTrey Ink), Beach Heroscape (Hero Arts)

Dies: Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Shapes (R),  Surfs Up (Hero Arts)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Basic Black, Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight

Ink: Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight, Balmy Blue, Mango Melody, Daffodil Delight, Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories: Wink of Stella, Blending Brushes, Multipurpose Glue, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Big Shot die cutting machine (R)