Just Add Ink #740 Colour

 

Hello,

time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink and this week Rochelle has a colour challenge for us. Here's the colour combo.

The retired SU! Gorgeous Garden leafy die cover plate was my starting inspiration point. I loved the strong contrast that the Night of Navy card stock gave so that really dictated how I used the colours in the project. Here's how it turned out.

This project is really all about the dies. The only ink involved was blending some Cherry Cobler carefully over the little Pretty in Pink flowers to give a graduated tone to the flowers. Tiny pearls, a touch of Wink of Stella and a little twine bow were used to finish the project off.

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of beautiful 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: Sending Smiles (R)

Dies: Spotlight on Nature, Country Flowers, Gorgeous Garden (R), Waves (R), Stitched Rectangles (R), Stitched Nested Label (R)

Cardstock: Basic White, Thick Basic White, Night of Navy, Pretty in Pink

Ink: Cherry Cobler, Night of Navy

Accessories: Silver Foil, Die cutting machine, Wink of Stella,Jewels - pearls, Cherry Cobler Baker's twine (R), Dimensionals, Multipurpose Glue,Tear and Tape

Just Add Ink #685 Blog Hop Flowers

Hello there and welcome to 2024 on the blog!

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

You may have come from Kerry Parkinson's 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 flowers.

Here's how my project turned out.

I do love an ombre background so I started with that, then embossed it and added splatters of white paint and Wink of Stella. Then I pulled out various purple hues and started stamping some flowers. I wanted to keep it elegant and uncluttered, so created just a small cluster of flowers to accent the large mixed font sentiment. I finished it all off with some silver sequins and ribbon accents.

Jan McQueen 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 your floral project. 

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Sending Smiles

Dies: Stitched Rectangles (R), Sending Smiles, Everyday Details, Stitched Shapes (R)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Basic Black, Balmy Blue, Silver foil (R)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Balmy Blue, Lost Lagoon, Fresh Freesia

Accessories: Timeworn Type embossing folder, Subtle embossing folder (R), Metallic sequins (R), Silver thread (R), Silver ribbon (R), Fine tip glue, Wink of Stella, White gouache, Big shot die cutting machine (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

Just Add Ink #676 Inspiration

 

Hello there,

time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week it is an inspiration challenge from me! Here's the inspiration picture. Use the objects, colours or patterns in the picture to inspire, and feature, in your project. 

This is what I came up with.

First I dug through my stash to find B&W DSP that matched the inspiration photo, then woodgrain embossed my base mat (which is unfortunately not very visible in the photos). Next I pulled out a stack of different ink colours and set about playing with the SU! Abundant Beauty decorative masks -  they are super easy to use! An evening fussy cutting while watching a movie saw me with a pile of flowers and leaves to layer together to create that bright orange floral pop of colour. A scatter of tiny gold sequins finished it all off.

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

Dies: Sending, Stitched Rectangles (R)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Basic Black

Ink: Old Olive, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Pecan Pie

Accessories:  Abundant Beauty Decorative masks, DSP (R), White emboss powder, Heat tool, Big shot die cutting machine (R), Timber 3D embossing folder, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Multipurpose glue,  sequins (R)

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 #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 #654 Colour

Hello, 

time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink and this week Rochelle is asking us to Just Add a Colour combo. The bright palette of colours is a nice change from winter setting in here, although I do love the vibrant Autumn colours we get - while there is still leaves on the trees.

This is what I came up with this week.

This bright, very summery combo of colours was perfect for my birthday card project. For the background, over a base of Tahitian Tide, to add a little interest I used an old SU! stencil to add vertical tone-on-tone stripes. Then splattered the background with Wink of Stella and gouache. The flowers and foliage were stamped and I then used the matching blends to add some extra depth and shading. Then I arranged the flowers to frame the delicate die cut sentiment.

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: Petal Park, Sending Smiles

Dies: Stitched Rectangles, Sending, Stitched So Sweetly (R)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Tahitian Tide, Basic Black 

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party, Daffodil Delight

Accessories:  SU Blends (Daffodil Delight, Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party), Petal Park builder punch, SU stencil (R), Blending Brushes, Wink of Stella, Big shot die cutting machine (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, White Gouache

 

Just Add Ink #625 Inspiration

 

Hello there,

the season definitely inspired my choice of inspiration picture for this week's new challenge at Just Add Ink. I couldn't go past this field of vibrant spring flowers especially as the garden is filled with spring blooms right now. Looking at the inspiration picture below, draw on the colours, patterns, or objects in the picture and use it as the main element of your project.

I count't resist creating my own field of flowers, this is how it turned out.

I started by pulling out a whole bunch of ink pads based on the colours I could see in the inspiration photo and then started stamping flowers and foliage. Once I thought I had enough I started die cutting them out and then working out the placement on the card front. Having the flowers flow down the card on a diagonal adds a strong structural element and balancing that with (subtly textured) white space means they have plenty of impact. The card was finished off simply with a sentiment and a tiny scatter of sparkly sequins.

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of fabulous projects to how 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 dies

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Basic Black

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Shaded Spruce, Garden Green, Polished Pink, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Poppy Parade, Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape

Accessories: Subtle embossing folder (R), For everything fancy sequins, Big shot die cutting machine (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape