Just Add Ink #734 Blog Hop

 

Hello there and welcome to 2025 on the blog!

The Just Add Ink team are kicking off the new year with our annual blog hop.

You may have come from Diane Barnes' blog, be starting the blog hop here on my blog, or you can go to Just Add Ink, and then follow the links at the end of each team members blog post on to the next. This year the theme is 'something new'.

I have two 'something new' products featured on my project - one is the flower stamp set I used (an acquisition to my crafting stash many years ago but never inked till now) and new arch dies which were the perfect base for my floral bouquet.

This was a labour of love and ink. So many layers, so many colours, and in the end I got a result that I was happy with. In the process I also rediscovered the joy of playing with both ink and colour. 

Kerry Parkinson is next on the blog hop, so please go and check out her gorgeous project, and then the rest of the team. Then come back and join in the challenge we'd love to see what you made with something new. 

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless other noted

Stamps: Life is Awesome (Altenew), Botanical blocks (PaperTrey Ink)

Dies: Life is Awesome (Altenew), Inside and Out Stitched Arch (My Favorite Things)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Silver foil

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Balmy Blue, Lost Lagoon, Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, Petunia Pop, Berry Burst, Peach Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Calypso Coral, Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Lemon Lime Twist, Garden Green, Shaded Spruce, Moody Mauve, Blackberry Bliss, Pretty in Pink, Poppy parade, Sweet Sorbet, Starry Sky

Accessories: Distressed Tile 3D embossing folder, Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Fine tip glue, Wink of Stella, Die cutting machine, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

JAI #283 Just add a sketch

Hello there,
this week at Just Add Ink we have a sketch for you from Narelle. It's got some classic lines that I thought would be perfect for my parent's wedding anniversary. This year they are reaching 49 years! The nice thing is that our family is always together for this event each year as it's right before Christmas (yes I'm doing a bit of planning ahead here :).
Here's the sketch.

And here is what I made of it.

Dad often gives Mum red roses so I decided to go with that theme this year. Using red and mixing it with earthy kraft and some softening vellum. As you can see I did make one small change to the sketch pulling the horizontal element from the back to the front of the layers. To add some mobile pops of colour I tucked some red sequins in under the vellum, stitching them in. The inside was finished off with another little red rose.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's fabulous projects. Hope you will join us for the sketch this week.

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless noted
Stamps: Botanical Blocks (PaperTrey Ink), Year of Flowers Collection (PTI), Round and Round (PTI)
Cardstock: Real Red, Kraft, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Cherry Cobler, Old Olive, Garden Green, Versamark, Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories: Brights DSP stack (R), Copics, Sheer Basic Patterned Paper Vellum (PTI), Double ended banner  die (PTI), White embossing powder, Moonshine sequins (Simon Says Stamp), Fine Tip glue pen, Double sided tape (X press)