Just Add Ink #646 Inspiration

 

Hello there, 

the presence of an abundance of chocolate Easter goodies in supermarkets probably means you are aware that Easter is fast approaching. With that in mind for Just Add Ink's inspiration challenge this week I suggested something with Easter overtones. Here's the inspiration picture - use the colours, patterns, or objects you see to inspire the main element of your project.

And this is where I went with it.

The main elements from the inspiration picture that I used in my project were the crumb cake colour and featuring a bunny. Luckily ;) I just happened to have an adorable bunny image that I could use.

I started by stamping my image, then masked the bunny and balloon off so I could blend a gentle blue sky. Next I coloured my bunny and balloon, but to make it a little extra I fussy cut them out and popped them up on dimensionals over the original stamped images. 

A stitched frame, a little twine and a small scatter of sequins finished it off.

The Just Add Ink DT have lots of lovely 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: Birthday Wishing (Colorado Crafts)

Dies: Stitched Rectangles

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Basic White, Balmy Blue

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Balmy Blue

Accessories: Blends (Real Red, Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Ivory), Blending brush, Woven Threads sequins (R), 2022-2024 In color baker's twine, Dimensionals, Fine Tip Glue, Tear and Tape, Die Cutting Machine

Just Add Ink #644 Colour

 

Hi there,

this week at Just Add Ink, Kerry has a colour challenge for us all. It's a bold and vibrant combo to play with. My first thought was flowers, as always, but then decided to take a different path mixing old with new. Here's the colour combo.

And this is how my project turned out. 

Cactus Cuties, bought during COVID times and never used, came to mind when I pulled out my new Desert Details set. The two meshed together perfectly! Two elements that I think were critical for this project are the black accents, they make the bold colours pop even more and the little flower accents.

I'm really looking forward to seeing what you all make of this colour combination, but to get you started go check out the rest of the JAI DT projects for inspiration.

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Desert Details, Cactus Cuties (R)

Dies: Desert Detail dies

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Basic Black, Mango Melody, Gorgeous Grape

Ink: Versamark, Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape

Accessories: White emboss powder, Heat Tool, Blending brush, Flower punch (R), Iridescent pearl basic jewel, Black baker's twine, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

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 #640 Surprise

 

Hello there,
time for a new challenge from Just Add Ink, and this week Fiona is asking us to add a surprise. Be as creative with this as you like....something to pop up, something to move, something inside... you get the idea.

My teen requested a birthday card with a sunset at the beach. So how was this going to be the surprise?...Well they had to open it up to find it! Here's the front.

Open up and surprise!

The inside also pops out so you get more dimension to the inside scene.

The truely fiddly part of this was insetting blue glimmer pieces into the wave cut from the brushed Metallic paper but it was worth the effort as once overlaid with a white glimmer wave die cut I was able to achieve so much dynamic colour variation.

The next most fiddly thing was sorting the mechanism to get the inside sunset panel to pop out when you open the card. Not difficult as such, just fiddly.

The rest was some simple masking and lots and lots of colour blending...so much ink. But then that is the fun part!

The JAI DT have some fun 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: Waves of Inspiration

Dies: Waves dies, Grove dies

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Night of Navy, Smoky Slate

Ink: Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight (R), Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay, Tahitian Tide, Balmy Blue, Pool Party, Pure Poppy, Pumpkin Pie, Mango Melody, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, White Craft

Accessories: Copper foil (R), White glimmer paper (R), Balmy Blue glimmer paper (R), Dry Brushed Metallic 12 x12 specialty paper, 1" circle punch, Blending brushes, Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Die cutting machine

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 #633 Colour

 

Hello there,

another week closer to Christmas and another Christmas card coming your way - that's probably not a surprise. This week at Just Add Ink we have a colour challenge for you, suggested by me ;) Your can use it for a Christmas project as I have, or for whatever purpose that works for you. Here are the colours.

And this is what I came up with.

This was pretty much all about the watercolouring. I black heat embossed the large poinsettia twice, so that I could cut out the central ring of petals and mount them up on top of the base layer. I used several layers of colour to build up the colour and once dry added little silver pearls to the centre. A simple watercolored background splattered with white gouache, and sentiment finished off the front. For the inside I added one more watercolored poinsietta.

It's only getting busier at this time of year so something simple was definitely the way to go this week.

The JAI design team have lots of lovely projects to inspire 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: Joyful Christmas (R)

Dies: Stitched Rectangles

Cardstock: Basic White, Sweet Sorbet, Bermuda Bay, Basic Gray

Ink: Sweet Sorbet, Bermuda Bay, Basic Gray, Versamark

Accessories: Black, and White embossing powder, Heat Tool, Red and Green adhesive backed pearls, Watercolor paper, Aquapainter, White gouache, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape, Big Shot die cutting machine (R).