Just Add Ink #738 Sketch

 

Hello there,

this week at Just Add Ink Jo has a sketch challenge for us. Here's the sketch.

I knew I wanted to use florals for two of the sketch elements. So pulled out a floral set that has not seen enough use and got to work. Here's how it turned out.

Pink and red is a classic combo, but it took a couple of goes to get the right shades for the three layers. With so much colour in the flowers I kept the background very neutral adding interest with  a faint dotted pattern and subtle dry embossed texture. A swish of wink of stella and scatter of tiny silver pearls finished it all 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: Layers of Beauty, Pretty Perennials (R), Detailed Dogwood (R)

Dies: Layers of Beauty, Spotlight on Nature, Stitched Shapes (R), Stitched Rectangles (R)

Cardstock: Basic White, Thick Basic White, Real Red

Ink: Real Red, Sweet Sorbet (R), Pretty in Pink, Shaded Spruce, Just Jade, Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories: Silver Foil, Layers of Beauty Decorative Masks, Subtle embossing folder (R), Blending Brushes, Die cutting machine, Wink of Stella, Festive Gems, Red & White Baker's twine, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

Just Add Ink #697 Sketch

 

Hello, 

time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week Di has a sketch for us. Here it is.

I was feeling a little whimsical this week so I pulled out a cute character to colour.

I don't often use Designer Series paper (DSP), but despite that I still have a stash. And this is where I started with the card - going through the stash to find something that would work as a background for my cute birthday raccoon. Having found the DSP I wanted to use I picked out my  balloon colours and got to colouring. A great lazy weekend afternoon activity especially with a movie on in the background. As I was assembling the card I decided to add accents of black, this led to more scrounging through the DSP stash to find a pattern that worked as a mat for the main panel and also to highlight the sentiment. Wink of Stella and some sequins added the necessary bling elements.

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: Zany Zoo, Happiness Abounds (R), Oh Kitty Tree (Mama Elephant)

Dies:  Stitched Rectangles (R), Stitched Shapes (R), Grassy Fields (My Favourite Things) 

Cardstock: Basic White, Pool Party, Granny Apple Green

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories: Designer Series paper (R), Metallic Sequins (R), Baker's Twine Black & White (R), Blends (Highland Heather, Pumpkin Pie, Bubble Bath, Smoky Slate) Fine Tip Glue, Die cutting machine, Wink of Stella, Dimensionals, 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 #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 #650 Big number and letters

 

Hello there,

we have a super size challenge for you this week at Just Add Ink. Lou is asking us to Just Add large letters or numbers. With a special birthday in the family, this was the perfect challenge to make a super size card.

Here's how it turned out.

There were several steps to this project. First, I blended the two-tone ombre front panel, then adding a sunburst pattern over the top with a stencil. Second, I stamped a multitude of flowers in different purple/ pink/ blue tones and die cut, and fussy cut them out. Third, I arranged flower clusters around the feature number panel. Lastly, I finished it all off with Wink of Stella and sequins.

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Hand-Penned Petals,  

Dies: Penned Flowers, Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Shapes (R), Sunburst thinlets (R), Large Number framelits (R)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Silver Foil (R), Silver Glimmer (R)

Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Fresh Freesia, Orchid Oasis, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Pacific Point, Starry Sky, Granny Apple Green, Parakeet Party, Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories: Sunburst stencil (My Favorite Things), Blending Brushes, Wink of Stella, Fine tip glue, Dimensionals, Sequins (Metallic Mix)(R), Tear and tape, Big Shot die cutting machine (R)

Just Add Ink #642 Sketch

 

Hello there,

time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink and this week it is a sketch challenge from me! The sketch gives you lots of leeway to feature whatever you want as the focal. For me it was a teacup brimming with flowers. Here's the sketch.

And here's how my project turned out.

My starting point was 1) to use the striped tea cup stamp from Cup of Tea, and 2) to fill it with flowers using the new to me stamp set Petal Park. To add some extra depth to the flower colouring I used complementary blends to add some shading and deeper colour accents. The greenery was a mix of hand coloured and die cut. If you drop past often you know I love a splattered ombre blended background. To add some extra detail this time I also added a delicate die cut flower pattern over it.

The Just Add Ink team have lots of beautiful entries 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: Cup of Tea, Petal Park

Dies: Teacup, Framed Florets, Stitched Greenery, Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Shapes (R), Wrapped Flowers (R)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Night of Navy, Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Versamark, Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight (R), Seaside Spray, Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Polished Pink, Sweet Sorbet, Granny Apple Green, Parakeet Party

Accessories:  SU Blends, Petal park Builder punch, White embossing powder, Heat tool, Blending Brushes, Wink of Stella, Iridescent basic jewels, Rhinestone basic jewels, White 3/4" frayed ribbon, White gouache, Big shot die cutting machine (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

Just Add Ink #636 Blog Hop Favourites

Hello there and welcome to 2023 on the blog!

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

You may have come from Chantell Randall'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 Favourite.

I combined a lot of my favourite things for my project  - a colourful blended background, colouring, colouring flowers and using die cuts. I loved mixing all those elements together! Here's how it turned out.

Annie Alexander is next on the blog hop, so please go and check out her adorable project, and then the rest of the team. Then come back and join in the challenge we'd love to see what are your favourites. 

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Happiness Abounds (R), Tiny Words (Simon Says Stamp)

Dies: Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Shapes (R), Well Written framelits (R)

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

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Versamark, Pacific Point, Taihitian Tide

Accessories:  SU Blends, White embossing powder, Heat tool, Blending Brushes, Wink of Stella, Metallic sequins (R), Fine tip glue, White gouache, Big shot die cutting machine (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

Just Add Ink #635 Inspiration

 

Hello there,

December never fails to go past at lightening speed and so I find myself at my last post for the year, and as you can expect it's a Christmas project. I used this week's Just Add Ink's Inspiration challenge, from Nikki, to guide this year's gift card holders for family. Here's the inspiration picture.

And here's how they turned out.

I started by pulling out every shade of green, purple, and red-purple and mixing and matching till I was happy with each separate combo. Step two was a whole lot of die cutting, and little dry embossing. Then to add a fun whimsical Christmas touch I coloured some little Christmas characters.

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of fabulous projects to show you so please go check them out and then show us yours.

With Christmas imminent we are running this challenge for two weeks until 4 January 2023.

This will be my last post for this year. I'll be back Jan 20, 2023 when the Just Add Ink team will kick off the new year with our annual blog hop.

Till then thanks for visiting, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Cottage Wreaths, Peaceful Deer, Tiny Treats: Christmas (PaperTrey Ink)

Dies: Stitched Shapes (R), Gift Card Envelope and Trims Thinlits dies (R), Country Wreaths, Give it a Whirl

Cardstock: Basic White, Blackberry Bliss, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Gorgeous grape, Highland Heather, Mint Macaron, Pear Pizzazz, Granny Apple Green, Old Olive, Just Jade, Mossy Meadow, Soft Succulent, Shaded Spruce

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories: Copic markers, Timber 3D embossing folder, Basic Rhinestones, Wink of Stella, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Big Shot die cutting machine (R).

Just Add Ink #617 Choose Two

 

Hello there,

this week at Just Add Ink, Di has a versatile Choose Two challenge for us. For me it was the perfect opportunity to make a couple of baby cards to celebrate some new arrivals among our family and friends. Just choose two of the three options below and feature them in your project.

Here's how my projects turned out - I chose dots and die cuts.

A Little Wild is still a favourite for me to pull out for baby cards. Being short on time and inspiration this week I cased the design of a card on p49 of the current SU! catalogue. It's always good to know that sometimes you don't need to reinvent the wheel. To give it my spin I  added in some more detail - layers, stitching and banner. My little characters sit on bed of foliage and flowers that was a mix of stamped and die cut elements. This project was a mix of colouring, stamping and a lot of die cutting. I loved how both cards turned out but confess it took me hours to get done.

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: Cup of Tea, Happiness Abounds, A Little Wild (R), Banners for You (R), Round & Round (Papertrey Ink)

Dies: Stitched Rectangle, Teacup dies, Penned Flowers dies, Blossoming Happiness dies, Forever Flourishing dies, Stitched Shapes (R), Little Loves Framelits (R), Bunch of Banners framelits (R), Fishtail Flag Stax Layers (My Favourite Things)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Magenta Madness (R), Misty Moonlight (R)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Magenta Madness (R), Misty Moonlight (R), Flirty Flamingo, Mango Melody, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party

Accessories: Sunshine and Rainbows DSP (R), Subtle embossing folder (R), Blends (Shaded Spruce, Granny Apple Green, Polished Pink, Misty Moonlight (R), Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Pumpkin Pie, Natural Tones - Deep, Medium Deep, Medium),  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