Just Add Ink #392 Something New Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to a new year at Just Add Ink!
We are starting the year off with a blog hop, to showcase this week's challenge, Just Add Something New. You may have arrived from the very clever Jackie Aitken's blog, be starting the blog hop here with me, or you can go to Just Add Ink and start there.

I managed to acquire, just a few new stamping goodies, over the last month so it wasn't hard to find something new. It was actually more a challenge to decide what something new to use. (Not a bad situation to be in ;). I was lucky enough to pick up the Bubble Over stamp set at the SU! OnStage event in November and thought it was about time it saw some ink.

Here's what  I came up with - it's colourful!

Surely it has to be a good thing to start the year with a burst of rainbow colour! A bottle bursting with bubbles seemed to be a great way to bring in that rainbow colour. So with lots of help from post-it notes I created the streams of colour, adding lots of little splashy flecks of wink of stella, and some silver gleaming streams as well.

The Just Add Ink team have a wonderfully varied array of projects all made with 'Something New'. The lovely Rachael Lewsley is the next stop for the blog hop, enjoy and please join in and show us Something New that you have!

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Project Recipe:

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Product List

Bubble Over Photopolymer Stamp Set $30.00	Hardwood Clear-Mount Stamp Set $26.00	Bottles & Bubbles Framelits Dies $49.00	Emerald Envy A4 Cardstock $14.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $15.75
Basic Black A4 Card Stock $14.00	Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad $12.25	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50
Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Versamark Pad $15.00	White Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75	Heat Tool $50.00	Myths & Magic Glimmer Paper 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) $26.00
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush $11.50	Stamping Sponges $6.00	Iridescent Sequin Assortment $8.75	Fine-Tip Glue Pen $12.00	Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive $9.00	Big Shot $159.00	Big Shot Platform $45.25

JAI #349 Inspiration

Hello there,
well not much has changed; however, our weather has moderated - yippee - I'm loving the more mellow temperatures but I'm still busy, busy, busy. I did have fun putting together something for this week's new Just Add Ink challenge. This week Patrice has suggested a very colourful Just Add Inspiration challenge. Here's the inspiration picture.

And here is what I came up with.

The inside.

Funnily, as soon as I saw the inspiration picture the first thing I thought of was using the new succulent set from Stampin Up! Originally I had intended to have my shelves all on one side with the rainbow of coloured succulents trailing down. But, somehow it didn't look right and I needed to find a spot to fit in the sentiment too! Then the idea of putting the sentiment on a shelf occurred to me. That and staggering the shelves was the solution! I also added some substance to the shelves by glueing together three layers of cardstock. The difference is subtle but it does make a difference. Finishing touches included a rainbow of sequins, liberal application of wink of stella and some little random dots of colour.

The JAI design team have some wonderful projects to get you inspired so do check them out and then join us for the challenge!

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Oh So Succulent, Hardwood
Cardstock: Smokey Slate, Whisper White
Ink: Flirty Flamingo, Calypso Coral, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Cucumber Crush, Tempting Turquoise, Perfect Plum, Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories: Succulent Framelit dies, Brights DSP stack, Silver glimmer paper, Crushed Curry baker's twine, Tombow multi, Fine Tip glue pen, Tear and Tape, Dimensionals, Sequins (Miscellaneous)

JAI #327 Just add a colour combo

Hello there,
we are rapidly trekking towards Father's Day here in Australia and I still have a couple of card to make - eek! Aside from Father's Day at this time of year I'm right in the middle of a whole stack of masculine family birthdays so the challenge this week at Just Add Ink was just perfect. This week Jan has suggested a great masculine friendly colour combo. Here it is.

I decided to take the colours and go a bit coastal and make a birthday card for my brother. Here it is.

I always find making masculine cards involves a lot of restraint with respect to embellishments. But I try and counterbalance that with lots of texture - in this instance with stamping, embossing the vellum, and adding burlap and twine. I also stamped my starfish twice, trimming out the second and mounting it over the top of the first. I think this will go down quite well with my coastal loving brother.

Hope you can join us this week! Do drop past the blogs of the rest of the DT for some wonderful colour inspiration.

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Picture Perfect, Gorgeous Grunge, Hardwood, Thoughtful Banners
Cardstock: Dapper Denim, Soft Sky, Whisper White, Vellum
Ink: Dapper Denim, Calypso Coral
Accessories: A Little Foxy DSP, Layering Circles Framelits, Classic Label punch, Softly Falling embossing folder, Burlap ribbon, Calypso Coral thick baker's twine, Tear and Tape, Dimensionals

JAI #324 Just add inspiration

Hello there, 
well the kids finally succumbed to winter germs and here was I thinking we'd make it through winter without any. Silly me! They were actually off colour enough that they didn't fight which meant having both of them home was not as arduous as it might be normally and once I had all the housework done it also meant I had a chance to stamp. First up was this week's Just Add Ink challenge. This week Trish wants us to Just Add Inspiration with the lovely image below. I can just image lying in the flowers! To join us this week you just need to pick whatever it is about the image that captures your attention - colours, patterns, objects as the focus of your project.

Here is what made of it. 

I wanted to capture a feeling of lightness. So I started with a watercolour panel coloured with Pool Party at the top and Pear Pizzaz down the bottom. I also white embossed my flower on watercolour paper then tried to capture the hints of pink and purple I thought I saw in the inspiration photo. The last main element was the woodgrain - I didn't want it to be too strong and dominating so I added a layer of vellum between my flower and the 'picket' fence I created. A two part sentiment and scattering of sequins finished it off!

Don't forget to check out the rest of the inspiration from the JAI team!
Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Birthday Blooms, Hardwood, Jar of Love, Thoughtful Banners
Cardstock: Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, Very Vanilla, Smokey Slate, Vellum
Ink: Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, Versamark, Rich Razzleberry, Sweet Sugarplum, Flirty Flamingo
Accessories: Circles Collection framelits (R), Watercolor paper, Early Espresso bakers twine (R), White embossing powder, Metallics sequin mix, Fine Tip glue pen, Tear and Tape, Dimensionals

JAI #318 Just add something beginning with S

Hello there,
I managed to squeeze in some inky time this week (to play with new goodies!!) which was great!!! (Those projects will be turning up on the blog in the next few weeks so keep an eye out). I was trying to get ahead on some projects - DT and for classes - before our winter school holidays start. Routines go out the window then and usually so does time for me stamp (although I have been known to cart along a craft bag with projects to complete if we are travelling). First off the rank was my project for this week's Just Add Ink challenge from Tina. To Just Add 'S'. How do we want you to add 'S' ? Well we mean add anything that begins with S, as a major part of your project. This can be a colour like Smokey Slate, an object like star, sunburst, snail, or a technique like shadow box, or a shaving cream background. 

Here's what I came up with. How many 'S's can you find?

The inside

Well this is officially my first Christmas card for the year. Maybe it was the almost snowy weather we've had recently, or just the imminent approach of July! So I've gone all out and I think added at least six 'S' elements - star, silver (ribbon and embossing), sequins, shaker, snow globe, snowman. I reckon that's not bad. Are you curious how I made the base for my snow globe? Here's a pic to show you.

This challenge gives you lots of scope to have some fun so I hope you can join us. Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's projects for some fun 'S' inspiration. 

Thanks for visiting,
Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Hardwood, Number of Years, Festival of Trees (R)(eek I only just realised this was retired!, Jingle all the Way (R)
Cardstock: Old Olive, Early Espresso, Whisper White
Ink: Old Olive, Early Espresso, Versamark
Accessories: Large Number framelits, Circles framelits (R), Bitty Banner framelits (R), Softly Falling embossing folder, Merry Moments DSP (R), Star punch (R), Silver glimmer paper, Silver embossing powder, Silver Satin ribbon, Project Life journalling pen, Window sheet, Foam adhesive strips, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Tombow multi, Sequins (R)