JAI 778: Just Add Colour & Inspiration

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the second Just Add Ink challenge of the year. I can't believe that January is nearly gone!

Hasn't Nikki put together a fabulous mood board to inspire our creativity? You can choose to be guided by the image, the colours or both. I went with both!

My first thought was of the long-retired Waves Of The Ocean DSP. The piece I used on my card was a scrap in my pack that was the exact look I was going for. I paired it with an Ink Road Stamps set, called Samantha.

I coloured the mermaid in with my Stampin' Blends, and then used some Copper Metallic Enamel Effects on her crown. I also used it around the sentiment to help draw the eye across the card. I haven't played much with the Enamel Effects bottles, and now I'm wondering why? They are so much fun to use!

We'd love to see what you come up with for this fortnight's challenge. You can see what the rest of the Design Team made over on the Just Add Ink blog. You'll also find our Linky, where you can add your card to the challenge gallery.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 774: Just Add Stencils, Dies or Both

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Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This time, we are asking you to add either Stencils or Dies, or both!

I keep most of my stencils in a box together, so it was fun to have a dig through and work out which one I wanted to use. It's been a while! I also realised that I have a lot of both burst type stencils, and dotty ones. For this card, I decided to go dotty.

I used my Simon Says Stamp Polka Dot Party stencil with some Balmy Blue ink and a Blending Brush to create a soft, subtle background. The gorgeous flower and the text are from Ink Road Stamp's Bella Flora set. I used the coordinating dies to crop the flower so that I could pop it up on Dimensionals. A scattering of  Subtle Shimmer sequins and a Melon Mambo twine bow finished off the card.

I repeated the main elements on the inside of the card. The floral image, coloured with Stampin' Blends, was actually a mis-stamped image. I just cropped it to fit the corner so that the missing part of the image was cut away. I don't like to waste things! You can also see a little more stencilling under the bloom.

We'd love to see what you choose - stencils, dies or both? You can see what the rest of the Design Team chose, and then enter your card in our challenge, over on the Just Add Ink blog.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 762: Just Add Inspiration

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Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week it's an Inspiration Challenge, suggested to us by Kim.

Hmm, this one stumped me for a while. Then I thought that the cup had coffee in it, which led me directly to my pop culture collection of stamps.

There's only one thing I think of when I think of coffee! And if you didn't read at least the first part of the sentiment in *that* voice then we can no longer be friends.... joke!! I took the brown and black from the Inspiration Photo, but otherwise, it's all about the coffee.

I did include a cup on the inside!

We'd love to see what you create using our photo as inspiration. Jump on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you can see what the rest of the Design Team have made. It's always interesting to see what catches everyone's eye in the photos. When you're done, you can add your card to our challenge using Linky.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 752: Just Add Inspiration

 Hi!

Welcome to the new Just Add Ink Challenge. This week we have an Inspiration Photo to spark your creativity, suggested to us by Jo.

It's a cute vintage car, and the flowers in the back scream 'wedding' to me. Do you agree? Having said that, I instantly thought of a cute stamp I had that I thought worked well. To me, the stamp and the inspo photo both have flowers in unexpected or unusual places.

The stamp is called Basics: Floral Coffee Mug, and is from Ink Road Stamps. I stamped it using Memento ink, and then coloured it with colours pulled from the Inspiration Photo - Mint Macaron, Petal Pink, Daffodil Delight, Cinnamon Cider and Just Jade Stampin' Blends.

The sentiment is from Attention Shoppers, and the DSP is Mint Macaron gingham. It's one of my favourite ever SU colours, and the car was close enough in colour to justify using it on my card.

On the inside I stamped the main image again in second generation Mint Macaron ink, with another sentiment from Attention Shoppers. I accidentally cut the Whisper White cardstock too small, but I think it looks ok - just a larger border on the inside!

We'd love to see what inspires you from the Inspiration Photo. Will it be the car, the colours, or maybe the flowers? You can see what the Design Team made over on the Just Add Ink blog. You can also link up your card when you're ready.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 734: Just Add Something New

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Welcome back to another fabulous year of Just Add Ink challenges! As always, we kick off the new year with a blog hop around all of the members of the Design Team.

Fittingly for the new year, we are asking you to add something new to your projects. I cheated a little, and chose to use a stamp set that's been in my stash for a while but I hadn't used yet. So it's new, but not new new. LOL!

The stamp set in question is Inked Girl Katya, from Ink Road Stamps. Isn't she fun? I'm a total bookworm, so you can see why she, and the sentiment, appealed to me!

I coloured her with my Stampin' Blends and cropped her using one of my Nested Essentials Dies. She was then popped up over some Beautiful Bokeh DSP.

It's kind of hard to think of a suitable sentiment for the inside, so I've left it blank for now. The little strip of left over DSP from the front of the card was a lovely addition to the inside, and is great for using up scraps.

That's all from me, but now you're off to see what the lovely Rochelle Blok has made. It's gorgeous, and definitely not to be missed!

When you're ready, you can add your something new card to the Linky over on the Just Add Ink blog. We'd love to see what's new to you.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 731: Just Add Inspiration

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Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week Kerry has found an Inspiration photo to guide our creativity.

There's so much in this photo to choose from! I was taken with the jug of flowers at the bottom left, but I couldn't find the stamp that I wanted to use in my stash - I must have sold it! I then decided to combine the jug and the mug ideas on my card.

I started by using an ink blending brush to apply some Crumb Cake ink to my Whisper White card base. I love the colours in the Inspiration photo, and this was a good way to add in the light browns. I then splattered the card with some Vegas Gold Shimmer Paint. I thought that it looked a bit like the twinkling lights in the background.

The mug dies are from Ink Road Stamps, and are called Basics: Floral Coffee Mug. I cut the outline and detailed dies in Thick Whisper White card and then adhered the layers together. Adhesive sheets made this a snap! I then used my Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade and Daffodil Delight Blends to colour the flowers and leaves. I then added another layer of the detailed die over the top to hide any messy colouring!

The Ink Road Stamps dies also come with a matching stamp, so I used this on the inside. I really love it! The sentiments that I used are from Stampin' Up!'s Attention Shoppers stamp set.

That's all from me for tonight, but your job is just beginning! You can pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll see what else our Design Team took from the Inspiration Photo. You can add your card to the challenge through our Linky.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 721: Just Add Inspiration

 Hi!

Welcome to the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have an Inspiration Challenge for you, suggested to us by Kerry.

I love the neutral colour scheme of the photos, and the books are an obvious draw for me. I have lots of book related crafting products! However, I recently purchased a bundle of floral stamps and dies, and thought that I'd have play with them for my card.

The bundle is called Bella Flora, and is by Ink Road Stamps. They are really pretty stylised flowers and coordinating dies. I think that they have a little bit of a tattoo feel to them, but they would also look wonderful coloured. So many possibilities!

I lightly stamped the Sheet Music background stamp on my Crumb Cake cardstock, and then randomly stamped the flower over the top. A die cut of the flower was layered over the top, with the die cut 'hello' popped up over the whole lot. It's also part of the Bella Flora bundle. A few lengths of twine and some champagne rhinestones finished off the front of the card.

The inside was left mostly blank, as I don't know how I'll use this card yet. The flowers in the corner are a nice finishing touch.

We'd love to see what strikes your interest in our Inspiration Photo this week. You can jump on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll see what inspired the rest of the Design Team. You can also link up your card in our Linky when you're ready.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 700: Just Add Shimmer Or Shine

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Wow! Can you believe that Just Add Ink is celebrating its 700th challenge! How exciting! Fittingly, Rochelle has challenged us to add Shimmer or Shine to our cards. What fun!

I sent a day thinking about what stamps I had to fit this challenge, and finally settled on this awesome stamp from Ink Road Stamps, Expecto Stampo Vol 2.

I started by using my Stamparatus to stamp the image onto Whisper White card using Memento ink. Luckily that I did use the Stamparatus, as I needed to ink the stamp a few times to get a solid impression. I hadn't yet used the stamp, and I mustn't have cleaned it properly first. I then masked it off and inked around it using blending brushes and Daffodil Delight, Blueberry Bushel and Night Of Navy Inks. I left a little white halo around the lantern.

I cropped the panel with a Stitched rectangles die and then spritzed it with an Isocol and Champagne Shimmer Paint mix. You can see a few flecks of the shimmer in the photo, but IRL it's so much more! The mask was removed and the lamp was coloured with a metallic gold pen. The flame was coloured with a dark Daffodil Delight Blend, and the banner was coloured with my Pool Party Blends.

So there you have my shining lantern on a shimmery card! What will you make for the challenge? Will you shimmer, shine, or both? We'd love to see! Pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll see what the Design team have made for the challenge. You'll also find our Linky to add your card to.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 680: Just Add Alcohol

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Welcome to the new Just Add Ink Challenge. It's a fun one this week! Well, I think they are fun every week, LOL!

Kerry set this challenge for us, which was to Just Add Alcohol. It's up to you where you go with it! I went with both an alcohol theme, and used alcohol markers on my card.

The stamp set that I used is from Ink Road Stamps, and is called Robin. I coloured her with my Stampin' Blends, using colours to match the background papers.

Speaking of the papers, which are from the Pattern Party DSP pack, how cool are the chevron stripes? I saw this technique recently on Brian King's blog - it's so easy! You take a diagonal striped paper and cut one strip from the side and one along the top. You can then trim and arrange them to get the chevron effect. Isn't it awesome? I can see myself doing this a lot.

Hehe, I love this inside sentiment. So punny!

We'd love to see where your imagination takes you on this challenge. Pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll see the rest of this week's Design Team cards. You'll also find our linky so that you can enter the challenge.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 655: Just Add Music

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Hello Friday, and the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week's theme - to Just Add Music - is right up my alley! Did you know that I play the Bass Clarinet in my local concert band? It's a lot of fun 😁

I decided to dig through my pop culture stamps for inspiration, and quickly found a Subway Art background stamp from Ink Road Stamps that suited the theme perfectly.

The stamp is called Subway Art: Fairytale, and is made up of a whole lot of lyrics from songs from fairytale-ish movies. I stamped it onto Azure Afternoon cardstock using coordinating ink, and then again onto Whisper White so that I could use one of the lyrics as my sentiment. Are you singing along in your head? I am!

The girl is from a Kindred Stamps digi stamp set, called Little Town Life. I just printed her off and coloured her with my Copic Markers.

On the inside of my card I used a physical stamp from the matching Little Town Life stamp set and again coloured her with my Copics. She certainly had an amazing adventure!

We'd love for you to play along with us this week. The Design Team have created some fabulous cards (as always) for the challenge. We'd love to see how you will interpret our music theme. Just add your card to our linky on the Just Add Ink blog.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 640: Just Add A Surprise

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Thanks for stopping by! Today I have for you the new Just Add Ink Challenge, which was suggested by Fiona. We are asking you to Just Add A Surprise.

I recently purchased the On The Ocean bundle, and straight away had an awesome idea on how to use it for this challenge. I was thinking of the closing scenes of one of my childhood favourite movies, The Goonies.

I delved into my pop culture stamps for the card, using Sassy Club's Treasure Hunters for the character, and Ink Road Stamps I Smell Ice Cream for the sentiment. The cliff that Chunk is standing in front of was watercolored using Easy Espresso ink. You may notice a little pull tab on the right of the card...

Which reveals One-Eyed Willy's pirate ship, the Inferno, sailing off into the sunset! Hehe, I had such fun making this card!

I used the same stamp sets to create my writing panel on the back of the card. I know exactly who is going to get this card - and she will love it!

I hope that you can play along with us this week. What kind of surprise will you add? A slider, like me? Maybe a pop up section, or a hidden message? You imagination is the limit! Jump on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll see what surprises the rest of the Design Team have for you. You can link up your card in the challenge there too.

Bye for now,

Tina