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 #687 Sketch

 

Hello there,

this week at Just Add Ink we have a sketch challenge for you - from me! Here's the sketch.

My first thought on looking at the sketch was that if I rotated it to a vertical format it would be perfect for a z fold card so that's what I made. Here's how it turned out.

I started by die cutting all the pieces for my ship and the waves. I sponged the edges of my sails and then dry embossed them to add some material texture. The background I blended in three stages - the water, a narrow strip of land horizon and then the sky. Extra 'texture' was added to the sea and land using stamping and some birds and clouds finished off the sky. The key point in the assembly was making sure to carefully align my inside panel with the front panel. This was to ensure that when the card is closed it looks clean and there is no hint of the inside peeking out.

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of gorgeous 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: On the Ocean, Gentle Waves (R)

Dies: On the Ocean, Stitched Rectangles (R) 

Cardstock: Basic White, Night of Navy, Early Espresso, Gray Granite, Very Vanilla

Ink: Night of Navy, Misty moonlight, Boho Blue, Balmy Blue, Gray Granite

Accessories: Subtle embossing folder (R), Multipurpose 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 #680 Alcohol

 

Hello, 
time for a new challenge at Just Add Ink. This week Kerry is giving us something different and asking us to....

It has been a while since I've done any colouring, so I seized my chance to pull out my alcohol markers - SU! Blends - and play with the very cute Festive and Fun stamp set.

This pretty much turned out as I envisioned :) which was to have the pile of presents as bright pops of colour against the 'sky'. Once the colouring was done the rest was die cutting and a bit of fussy cutting. 

The Just Add Ink design team have plenty of fun and fabulous 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: Festive and Fun

Dies: Snowfall Vertical, Stitched Snow Drifts, Stitched Fishtail Flag STAX (My Favorite Things) 

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Balmy Blue

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Blends (Grey Granite, Natural Tones, Granny Apple Green, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red,Highland Heather, Azure Afternoon, Balmy Blue, Basic Gray), Glimmer paper (R), Die cutting machine, Subtle embossing folder (R), Wink of Stella, 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 #666 Inspiration

Hello there,

it's time for the new challenge from Just Add Ink and this week Jan has an inspiration challenge for us. It definitely has a winter vibe but you don't have to go with that theme. Just use the colours, objects or patterns from the inspiration picture below and feature them in your project.

I, however, did go with a wintery vibe. I took several elements from the inspiration picture - colours, the snowy tree background, lots of white to contrast with bright colours. 

This project was all about die cutting - lots and lots of trees - and ink blending to add pops of colour. I added texture in a couple of ways. First by dry embossing all the trees with a subtle texture and then by adding splatters to the ink blended elements.

The Just Add Ink design team have plenty of fabulous 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: Peaceful Deer

Dies: Pine Wood (R)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Azure Afternoon

Ink: Melon Mambo, Bubble Bath, Berry Burst, Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushell, Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Wink of Stella, White gouache (not SU!), Blending brushes, 1 3/4" inch circle punch (R), Die cutting machine, Subtle embossing folder (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Multipurpose glue, Metallic sequins (R)

 

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 #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

Just Add Ink #605 Inspiration

 

Hello there,

the new challenge at Just Add Ink inspired me to pull a set out of my stash that I've had for....at least year and never seen ink. I'm sure some you are familiar with that phenomena! This week we are asking you to Just Add Inspiration suggested by no other than me. Here's the inspiration pic.

I went with a fairly clean masculine vibe for this one.

Texture, stitched detail and twine add the extra interest here, but I hope somewhat subtly as I wanted the coastal scene to be the real draw. You can actually see something very similar to this along the southern coast of Australia on the Great Ocean Road.

The rest of the JAI 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 noted.

Stamps: Waves of Inspiration, Beach Heroscape (HeroArts)

Dies: Rectangle Stitched Dies, 

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Balmy Blue, Basic White

Ink: Early Espresso, Cinnamon Cider, Sahara Sand, So Saffron, Seaside Spray, Misty Moonlight, Tudexo Black (Memento)

Accessories: Subtle embossing folder (R), Painted Texture embossing folder, Blends (R), Baker's twine essentials pack, Hole punch (R), Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

Just Add Ink #582 Inspiration

 

Hello there,

at Just Add Ink there is no mistaking that the new challenge is Christmas themed! This week Rachael is asking us to Just Add Inspiration. It may be Christmas themed but as long as you use either the colours, patterns, textures or objects you can see in the picture to inspire your project then it can be for whatever occasion you need. Here's the inspiration picture.

Here's how my card turned out.

To get the blended colour gradiation on my Christmas trees and greenery I folded several baby wipes to make an ink pad, then added several drops of Granny Apple Green ink, next to drops of Shaded Spruce. When inking up the stamps I tapped them across both inks to get the blended ink effect. After that it was stamping multiples, adding the red accents and lots of fussy cutting. I kept the rest of the card neutral, but with complementary pattern and texture.

The rest of the JAI design team have lots of beautiful Christmas 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: Peace and Joy (R), Love Lives Here: Holiday (PaperTrey Ink)

Dies: Stitched Rectangles, Stitched Shapes (R)

Ink: Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce, Cherry Cobler, Early Espresso, Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Basic Black,Sahara Sand

Accessories: Subtle embossing folder (R), Paper snips, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape