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

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:

To see and order any items used in today's project, just click on the items below to see them in my Online Store. You can order from me if you live anywhere in Australia. I would love to be your Demonstrator if you don't already have one. Please allow "Demonstrator contact" in your preferences so I can thank you properly when you place your order.

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