Just Add Ink #670 Wildlife

 

Hello there,

time for a new challenge from Just Add Ink, and this week Fiona is asking us to Just Add Wildlife. So pull out your animal stamps and feature something wild on your project.

I've had a sloth stamp set languishing in my stash for a while now and I thought this was the perfect time to pull it out. 

I kept things pretty simple this week. Just some simple blending for the background, then adding the coloured and die cut elements on top. Some subtle embossed texture, stitching detail and a little fold of ribbon add some extra interest. 

The Just Add Ink design team have plenty of fabulous projects 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: Itty Bitty Birthdays (R), Sweet Sloths (My Favorite Things) 

Dies: Stitched Rectangles (R), Sweet Sloths (My Favorite Things) 

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist

Ink: Azure Afternoon, Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Blends (Crumb Cake, Grey Granite, Ivory, Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie), Lemon Lime Twist ribbon (R), Blending brush, Die cutting machine, Subtle embossing folder (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

 

Just Add Ink #668 Choose Two

 

Hello there, 

it's time for a new challenge from Just Add Ink. This week Lou has given us a Choose Two challenge. It may prove the perfect source of inspiration for you if it is Father's day soon in your part of the globe, but it's equally as versatile for any type of project. Just Choose Two of the three options and feature them in your project. Here are your choices.

Several male family members have birthdays this time of year so I used my two choices - timber and twine - to make a masculine birthday card.

This combines two of my favourite techniques for masculine cards - dry and heat embossing. I even doubled it up on the timber background, with random smeared white heat embossed patches over the dry embossing. There was more embossing to create a background for my landscape vignette, for which I layered die cut trees, grounding them with some mountains. The twine added that last element of rustic texture.

The Just Add Ink design team have plenty of lovely projects 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: Sending Smiles, Rays of Light

Dies: Majestic Mountain, Stitched Shapes (R)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Balmy Blue, Crumb Cake, Shaded Spruce, Garden Green, Old Olive

Ink: Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Linen twine, Silver and White embossing powder, Heat Tool, Die cutting machine, Timber 3D embossing folder, Subtle embossing folder (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape 

Just Add Ink #666 Inspiration

Hello there,

it's time for the new challenge from Just Add Ink and this week Jan has an inspiration challenge for us. It definitely has a winter vibe but you don't have to go with that theme. Just use the colours, objects or patterns from the inspiration picture below and feature them in your project.

I, however, did go with a wintery vibe. I took several elements from the inspiration picture - colours, the snowy tree background, lots of white to contrast with bright colours. 

This project was all about die cutting - lots and lots of trees - and ink blending to add pops of colour. I added texture in a couple of ways. First by dry embossing all the trees with a subtle texture and then by adding splatters to the ink blended elements.

The Just Add Ink design team have plenty of fabulous projects 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: Peaceful Deer

Dies: Pine Wood (R)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Azure Afternoon

Ink: Melon Mambo, Bubble Bath, Berry Burst, Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushell, Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Wink of Stella, White gouache (not SU!), Blending brushes, 1 3/4" inch circle punch (R), Die cutting machine, Subtle embossing folder (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Multipurpose glue, Metallic sequins (R)

 

Just Add Ink #664 Colour

Hello,

time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink and this week Di is asking us to Just Add a Colour Combo. Here it is.

And this is how my project turned out.

I thought the colours leant towards an aquatic theme, so using a combination of ink blending, stamping and heat embossing I created an underwater scene. Then filled it with a turtle swimming through sea weed and coral. The overall feel is peaceful and muted which I rather liked.

The Just Add Ink design team have plenty of 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: Sea Turtle, Waves of inspiration, Gentle Waves (R)

Dies: Deckled Rectangle, Smooth Sailing (R), Under the Sea (R)

Cardstock: Lost Lagoon, Pool Party, Fresh Freesia, Basic White

Ink: Versamark, Lost Lagoon, Pool Party, Fresh Freesia

Accessories:  Blending brushes, White emboss powder, Heat tool, Big shot die cutting machine (R), White bakers twine, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Multipurpose glue, Loose silver sequins

 

Just Add Ink #662 Sketch

 

Hello there,

while the sun was streaming through the windows keeping the house toasty warm last weekend I got to work on my Just Add Ink challenge project for this weeks challenge - to Just Add a Sketch from Lou. Here's the sketch.

And this is how my project turned out.

I was aiming for a light fresh feel to the colours. To achieve this I settled on some pink hues and lighter greens. Watercoloring panels of watercolour paper with my chosen inks also allowed me to the keep tones lighter. Once the panels dried it was all about the die cutting and then arranging and layering up the flowers and foliage. To add interest to the background, that wouldn't detract from the flowers, I added embossed texture and splattered flecks of pink and green ink. I generally tend to gravitate to silver for my metallic accents but on this occasion somehow gold seemed to be the better fit. So a scatter of gold sequins and a hint of gold foil to accent the sentiment finished the project off.

The Just Add Ink design team have plenty of 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: Sending Smiles

Dies: Sending, Cheerful Daisies

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Basic Black 

Ink: Versamark, Soft Sea Foam, Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Bubble Bath, Berry Burst, Blackberry Bliss

Accessories:  Watercolor paper, Gold foil, White emboss powder, Heat tool, Big shot die cutting machine (R), Subtle embossing folder (R), We R Memory Keepers embossing folder, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Multipurpose glue, Metallic sequins (R)

Just Add Ink #660 Die cut inlay

Hello there,

being July with decidedly depths of winter weather it felt very appropriate to make a start on Christmas cards. This week's Just Add Ink challenge from Kerry turned out to be perfect for it.

This is what I came up with.

I started with a blended splattered background then ran it through my die cutting machine with the retired Blizzard die. Then ran the die through again with a panel of silver glimmer paper. The next bit was sticky but fun - inlaying all the glimmer snowflakes pieces into the blended background. Lastly, I coloured up my yeti, and a little present, and die cut the sentiment sign and adhered them to the card.

As a bonus I'm left with a die cut silver glimmer panel and coloured snowflakes - which could be another card or used separately.

The Just Add Ink DT have plenty 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: Yeti to Party (R)

Dies: Stitched Rectangles (R), Blizzard (R) 

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Basic Black, Blueberry Bushel

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Blueberry Bushel, Azure Afternoon, Highland Heather, Orchid Oasis

Accessories:  Silver glimmer paper (R), SU Blends (Smoky Slate, Blueberry Bushel, Orchid Oasis), Blending Brushes, Wink of Stella, Multipurpose Glue, Big shot die cutting machine (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, White Gouache

 

Just Add Ink #656 Inspiration

 

Hello there,

time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week's Just Add Inspiration challenge come from me. I hope you like it! Use the colours, objects, patterns etc in the inspiration picture to feature as the main element of your project.

I needed a masculine teen birthday card. This is how it turned out.

This is really all about adapting a die. The Groves die is horizontal but I wanted a vertical scene. To achieve that I was careful to not cut with the bottom edge of the die - known as partial die cutting. Having left a long panel of card stock under the die cut area I got out a sharp blade cut a slope and extended my LHS tree trunk to achieve a hillside effect. Embossing a subtle texture over the die cut extended panel, added some texture and also served to hide any impressed plate edges from the die cutting process. The messy edges of the die cut panel were hidden by creating a stitched frame for the card front.

All that was left then was to blend a sunrise scene, and black embossed a bike rider (a very old SU! stamp in my stash). It was a definite hit with the teen!

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of fabulous projects 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 otherwise noted

Stamps: Extreme Dirt Bike (R), SU birthday sentiment

Dies: Stitched Rectangles, Grove

Cardstock: Basic Black, Basic White

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Versamark, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Balmy Blue, Pacific Point (R)

Accessories: Subtle embossing folder (R), Blending brush, White and Black embossing powder, Heat Tool, Dimensionals,Tear and Tape, Die Cutting Machine