Just Add Ink #736 Bling

Hello,
time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week Lou has suggested that we all add 'a touch of bling' to our projects. You will always find some bling on my projects so not too much of a stretch for me but it's always fun to play sparkly things. 

And one last one to show the bling added.

It's it has been quite a while since I've sat down to do some colouring so I decided to start with a smaller image. So I pulled out an old StampingBella stamp from my stash, put on a movie, pulled out my markers and got to work. All the bling, with the exception of Wink of Stella splatter in the background, is on my winged girl. I wanted her to be blinged up but also not overwhelmed by it. So I swiped her with Wink of Stella, added shimmery crystal effects on her wings and finished her off with a little ring of gems on her dress, and left it at that.

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

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Happiness Abounds (R), Agnes Ketto (StampingBella)

Dies: Peaceful Season, Classic Rectangles, Classic Scalloped Rectangles (Spellbinder)

Cardstock: Basic White, Thick Basic White

Ink: Azure Afternoon, Balmy Blue, Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories: Blends (Colourless blender, Balmy Blue, Pretty in Pink, Poppy Parade), Blending Brushes, Die cutting machine, Wink of Stella, Gems (Lucy's), Fine Tip glue, Shimmery Crystal Effects (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

Just Add Ink #711 Inspiration

Hello there,
IT challenges have me running late for this week's new challenge at Just Add Ink which started last Friday. This week I suggested an inspiration challenge. Use the colours, patterns or objects in the photo below to inspire the main elements of your project. Here's the picture.

This is how my card turned out.

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

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Delivering Cheer (R)

Dies: Stitched Rectangles (R)

Cardstock: Basic White, Real Red

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Versamark

Accessories: Gingerbread & Peppermint DSP (R), Red Glimmer, Blends (Real Red, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green, Light and Medium Combo's), Red pearls (R), Cherry Cobler twine (R), Black embossing powder, Heat tool, Die cutting machine, Wink of Stella,  Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

Just Add Ink #693 Choose Two

 

Hello,

this week at Just Add Ink, Di has set us a Choose Two challenge. We give you three options, and you choose two to use on your project.

For my card I went with circles and sayings.

This card is intended for a youngish teen. With this in mind I selected really bright bold colours for the background and for my feature kitty cat and added lots of shiny bling elements. I used blending brushes to create the background, splattered it with Wink of Stella and then used an old spotty (circles!) mask to apply shimmery embossing paste. I coloured my birthday kitty with blends, mounting it perched on top of a matching cute sentiment (= saying) on a large dotted circle mat. A mix of ribbon textures accent the sentiment and a scatter of gems and sequins finished it all off.

I definitely strayed from the colours I preferentially use this week but I actually found it really refreshing to do so. 

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

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Newton Loves Cake (Newton's Nook), Cool Cats (Your Next Stamp)

Dies: Everyday Details, Newton Loves Cake (Newton's Nook), Stitched Rectangles (R) 

Cardstock: Basic White, Gorgeous Grape, Melon Mambo

Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Melon Mambo, Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories:  Seasonal Decorative masks (R), Shimmery White embossing paste, Ribbon (R), Sequins (R), Gems (R), Blending brushes, Blends (Gorgeous Grape, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Smoky Slate, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Pecan Pie) Fine Tip Glue, Die cutting machine, Wink of Stella, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

Just Add Ink #682 Sketch

 

Hello, 

time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week Tina is asking us to Just Add a Sketch. Here it is.

I decided to bring you a very non-traditional Christmas card filled with a rainbow of bright colour.

Once the colouring was done, and the image fussy cut out, this was quite quick to put together.

All the background needed was a splatter of white paint and Wink of Stella, a strip of glimmer paper layered with ribbon and twine through the middle to reflect the sketch, a scatter of sequins and it was done!

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

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Festive and Fun, Penguin Place (R)

Dies: Stitched Rectangles (R) 

Cardstock: Basic White, Granny Apple Green, Crushed Curry

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Blends (A whole bunch that included Natural tones, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Highland Heather, Azure Afternoon, Balmy Blue), Glimmer paper (R), SU! Pattern paper (R), Die cutting machine, Parakeet Party baker's twine, Pastel adhesive backed sequins, Wink of Stella, White gouache, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

Just Add Ink #680 Alcohol

 

Hello, 
time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week Kerry is giving us something different and asking us to....

It has been a while since I've done any colouring, so I seized my chance to pull out my alcohol markers - SU! Blends - and play with the very cute Festive and Fun stamp set.

This pretty much turned out as I envisioned :) which was to have the pile of presents as bright pops of colour against the 'sky'. Once the colouring was done the rest was die cutting and a bit of fussy cutting. 

The Just Add Ink design team have plenty of fun and 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: Festive and Fun

Dies: Snowfall Vertical, Stitched Snow Drifts, Stitched Fishtail Flag STAX (My Favorite Things) 

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Balmy Blue

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Blends (Grey Granite, Natural Tones, Granny Apple Green, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red,Highland Heather, Azure Afternoon, Balmy Blue, Basic Gray), Glimmer paper (R), Die cutting machine, Subtle embossing folder (R), Wink of Stella, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

Just Add Ink #607 Choose Two

 

Hi there, 

we have a fun Choose Two challenge for you this week at Just Add Ink from Di. She's asking you to....

So pick two of the options and feature them in your project this week. I am - dramatic pause - not a coffee drinker - queue shocked gasps - but I love love my cup of tea. So tea and friend was the combo I was working with.

I do love a bright watercolored background, so I started with that and then coloured my tea cup to match. For that extra pop of happy colour I added a scatter of little pink and red flowers. The tea bag tag - so cute! - was the perfect way to add a sentiment. Then to finish the ribbon and twine add in that little bit of extra texture, and I love how they both echo the stripe theme.

The Just Add Ink DT have fun projects to show 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: Cup of Tea, Welcoming Window

Dies: Teacup dies, Stitched Rectangle, Stitched Shapes (R)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Watercolor paper

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Shaded Spruce, Granny Apple Green, Pacific Point, Tahitian Tide, Sweet Sorbet, Polished Pink

Accessories: Blends (Shaded Spruce, Granny Apple Green,Tahitian Tide, Bermuda Bay), frayed 1.9 cm ribbon, Black and White Baker's twine (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, White gouache

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 #554 'G'

 

Hi all,

this week at Just Add Ink it's time for one of our letter challenges. This time Tina is asking us to Just Add 'G'. That means the main element or elements of your project must begin with the letter 'G'. This could be a colour - green or gold, a technique or fold - like a gatefold card or an object like a giraffe, a globe or grapes - you get the idea!

The first thing that sprung to my mind was 'gnomes' and then 'garden'. With that starting point this is how it turned out.

This card is all about the colouring! I wanted it bright and colourful and that's how it turned out. So I coloured and coloured until I had enough pieces to create my scene, having blended the basic blue sky/ green grass background earlier. Once my gnomes and their garden were in place I finished the card with Wink of Stella and shimmery crystal effects on all the flowers.

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of fun 'G' inspired 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: Hanging with my Gnomes (My Favourite Things), Well Said

Dies: Stitched Rectangles

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

Ink: Granny Apple Green, Garden Green, Balmy Blue, Pacific Point, Tuxedo Black (Memento), White Craft

Accessories: Blends (just about every colour!), Blending brushes, Wink of Stella, Shimmery Crystal Effects, Paper Snips (yes I cut out all those pieces by hand), Cloud stencil (MFT), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Classic Label punch (R), Big Shot die cutting machine (R)

Just Add Ink #548 Sketch

 

Hello all,

this week at Just Add Ink we are asking you to Just Add a Sketch from Jan. I decided to dual purpose my project - it would get me ahead for Mother's Day (coming up here in early May) and also give some love to a neglected flower set from 2020. I do love flowers sets and can never resist acquiring one, two...or perhaps more new ones. Here's the sketch.

This is what I came up with.

My interpretation of the sketch is a bit loose particularly in the layering of the elements, but basically the red rose = the central rounded square, the circle = the lattice behind the rose, and the twine and sentiment = long central horizontal element.

I kept the background and colour palette simple, as I wanted all the attention on the rose. Colouring the rose red certainly achieves that aim! This was really all about the colours and colouring - an ink brayered, stamped and splattered background and the flower coloured with SU! Blends. The die cut lattice grounds the rose and adds in some detail.

Wink of Stella on the rose and some gems finished the project off.

The Just Add Ink team always 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: So Much Love, Dressed to Impress

Dies: Stitched Rectangles, Rose Trellis thinlets (R)

Cardstock: Thick Whisper White (R), Whisper White (R), Pool Party

Ink: Pool Party, Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories: Blends (Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Granny Apple green, Shaded Spruce), Big Shot die cutting machine (R), Paper Snips, White Baker's twine (R), Flower for Every Season Gems, Wink of Stella, Fine Tip glue pen, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, White Gel pen (Sakura)

Just Add Ink #544 'L'

 

Hello there,

it's time for another Just Add Ink letter challenge and this week Tina is asking us to Just Add 'L'. This means we want the main element of your project to be something that begins with the letter 'L'. It could be the sentiment - 'L'ove You, it could be a lamp, a lion or leprechaun, or a technique like letterpress or a card fold like a luminara or a lever card - the possibilities are almost endless...well as long as it begins with a letter 'L'!

I decided to go with lace as my 'L' element.

The bulk of the time spent in making this card was in the colouring. To no-line colour you need to stamp your line image as faintly as possible. Try stamping your image off once or even twice, and ideally use a colour of ink that will match/ blend in well with your fill colour palette. Then its all about the shading and ensuring you get enough contrast that the image has definition and isn't flat. I'm still working on that aspect of my colouring but overall I was pretty happy with how my blooms turned out. I used my coloured blooms to frame the sentiment and add a pop of colour, adding sparkle with a swish of wink of stella and gems. I wanted to keep the background as neutral as possible as all the detail was in the die cut lace pattern.

The Just Add Ink DT have many fabulous 'L' 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: Band Together
Dies: Detailed Bands dies, Stitched Shapes framelits, Stitched Lace dies
Cardstock: Thick Whisper White (R), Whisper White (R)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Blushing Bride, Granny Apple Green
Accessories: Blends (Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce, Magenta Madness, Melon Mambo, Poppy Parade, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie), Wink of Stella, From my Heart faceted gems (R), Dimensionals, Fine Tip Glue, Tear and Tape, Big Shot die cutting machine (R)

Just Add Ink #542 Inspiration

 

Hello there,

life's been kind of hectic and busy but I managed to snag some time to create my project for this week's Just Add Ink challenge. This week Lou has asked us to Just Add Inspiration. You can use the colours, objects, patterns or textures to inspire the main elements of your project. Here's the inspiration picture.

This week several elements of the inspiration picture caught my attention - the colours, and the idea of greenery against a wall. Here's how it turned out.

I do love a colourful blended background so I started with that, created a window using dies, and then coloured some floral elements to go into my window box. This is simple and a different colour palette then I normally use but I really liked how the colours work together. I always finish my cards with some sparkles, in this instance Wink of Stella and some sequins.

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

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Stamps: Bloom and Grow, Well Said
Dies: Budding Blooms, Stitched Rectangles, Hearth and Home (R)
Cardstock: Thick Whisper White (R), Whisper White (R), Smoky Slate, Vellum

Ink: Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Terracotta Tile, Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories: Blends (Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Real Red, Mint Macaron, Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce), Sponge Brayer, Classic Label punch, Wink of Stella, Woven Threads sequins, Fine Tip glue, Multipurpose glue, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, White gouache