JAI 787: Just Choose Two

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week Tristan has suggested a Choose Two Or More challenge.

Hmm, which ones of patterned paper, animals, people, twine or shadows will you choose? I've been reading a lot of library books lately, and one of them had the paper that I've used in it. A previous reader must have been using it as a bookmark and left it in the book. It's very pretty, so I decided to put it to use on my card.

The daisy-like flowers are very delicate and pretty, don't you think? So, one element down, now for another.

Hehe, I decided to stretch the meaning of 'shadow' to include a shadowed sentiment. The blue layer under the birthday die cut is a shadow! I wanted it anchor it on the card with a Stitched Shaped Oval die cut, but cardstock ones were just too much for the card. Vellum to the rescue!

I used an offcut strip of the paper from the front to finish off the inside. I'd usually add a strip to the bottom, but as the paper was long and thin, I thought I'd add the strip to the side for something different. The sentiment is from Uniquely Creative's Sweet Sentiments stamp set, which coordinates with the Sweet Sentiments dies that I used on the front.

We'd love to see which two - or more - you choose for your card. You can see the rest of the Design Team cards over on the Just Add Ink blog, where you can also add your card to our challenge gallery.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 744: Just Choose Two

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink Challenge. This week it's a Choose Two challenge, suggested to us by Di.

Hmmm, what to do? I'd recently purchased the Gnomes For Summer Thin Cuts, and thought that I could put him at the end of a rainbow with a pot of gold, but that's a leprechaun, not a gnome! I was determined to use him, though, so I gave him a background of rainbow paper.

Isn't he cute? I had lots of fun choosing different colours of card stock and Glimmer paper to use on him. I cheated a little by colouring his feet, hand and nose with my Ivory Stampin' Blend. How fun is the sentiment? I thought that it suited the theme of the challenge perfectly. It's from and Altenew set, called Crafty Life.

The sun is cropped using a Uniquely Creative die, called Stitched Sun. I thought that it went perfectly with the sun in the rainbow paper. It's a retired pack, called Sunshine & Rainbows.

I used an offcut on the inside, along with another sentiment from the Crafty Life set - again, it worked very nicely with the challenge theme!

We'd love to see which two that you choose for our Choose Two challenge. You can see what the rest of the Design Team chose over on the Just Add Ink blog. You'll also find our Linky so that you can add your card to our challenge gallery.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 727: Just Add A Sketch

 Hi!

Welcome to the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week it's one of my favourite types of challenges - a Sketch challenge!

There's a lot of scope to play with this one! I went digging through my pop culture stamps and decided to use a bunch of stamps that haven't seen daylight for a while.

I started with the two characters from Kindred Stamps Science Geeks stamp set. I coloured them with Copics. It's been a while since I really played with Copics - I must get back into it again! The sentiment is from the same set.

I popped them up over a Silver Foil die cut. It's from Uniquely Creative, and is called Orbital Dies. The DSP is from the Full Of Life pack.

I had a tiny little slither of DSP left from the front of the card, so instead of tossing it, I decided to use it under this catch phrase sentiment. It fit so nicely! The stamp is from The Ink Road's Bazinga stamp set.

This was such a fun card to make. I hope that you have fun making your card for the challenge, too. We'd love to see what you make. You can pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll see what the rest of the Design Team made for the challenge. You can also link your card via Linky.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 691: Just Add Inspiration

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

I love all of the moody blues in the collage, and my eye was drawn by the mandala-like circle on the left. Being the bookworm that I am, I also noticed that two of the images had books in them. There is so much to take from this image!

I delved into my retired papers for the basis of my card. The DSP is from the Waves Of The Ocean DSP. I chose a section of the paper that had a lot of dark blue, but also had touches of Coastal Cabana at the top. The white layer over the top was from my Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut Paper pack. I popped it all over a Coastal Cabana Card base.

The stamped sentiment is from a Uniquely Creative stamp set, called Read Past Your Bedtime. Great advice, BTW, LOL! I paired it with some die cuts made using my Waffleflower Layered Books Dies.

The stamped sentiment on the inside is from a Three Room Studio stamp set, called One More Chapter. I also used offcuts from the DSP and laser cut paper from the front to decorate the insert. One final book, and the card was finished.

We'd love to see what takes your fancy from the Inspiration photo this week. There's soooo much to zoom in and look at. I'm sure that you'll create something magnificent, and when you do you can add it to the linky over on the Just Add Ink blog. You'll also find the rest of the Design Team's awesome creations on the blog.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 660: Just Add A Die Cut Inlay

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It's time for the new Just Add Ink Challenge, and this week Kerry has suggested that we add a Die Cut Inlay to our projects.

What is a die cut inlay? To me, it's when you use a die to cut away part of a piece of DSP or cardstock and then drop a different piece of DSP or cardstock cropped using the same die into the space left behind. You could also just pop back the same piece that you cut for a subtle effect.

I went bright and bold with mine! I used the circle dies from my Stylish Shapes Dies and scraps of cardstock from my Brights colours to create a bright, bubbly background. My initial thought was to reach for my white cardstock as a background, but changed my mind at the last minute to use black. It really makes the bright colours pop!

I cropped a circle from the background and then dropped in place a circle of the same size, but different colour. I used adhesive tape on the back to keep it in place, and then cropped another circle, making sure to overlap the previous circle. I kept going until I had a background that I was happy with. The sentiment over the top is from Uniquely Creative, called Sweet Sentiment Builder stamps and dies.

I didn't do an inside yet, as I ran out of time, but I will get one done soon. I'm trying to think of a way to use the discarded pieces from the front of the card. Thinking cap on!

I hope that your thinking cap is on too. We'd love to see what you make for our challenge. Pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find the rest of this week's Design Team cards. You can also link up your card when you're ready.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 652: Just Add A Sketch

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink challenge.  This week it's a Sketch Challenge - designed by me!

It took me a while to decide what I was going to use to create a card using the sketch this week, but once I had an idea I was off and racing.

I purchased this little world map stamp about 6 months ago. It's an Altenew set, called Mini Atlas. I wanted a world map stamp, and this was the best I could find. Would you believe, a couple of months later Stampin' Up! released Watercolour World. I love that I now have map stamps that are very different sizes. They work so well together.

The die cut compass is from Uniquely Creative, and is called NESW Die. I made sure that I applied Adhesive Sheet to the back of the Pretty Peacock cardstock before I cropped it using the die.

I used Mini Atlas again on the inside, this time in Pool Party ink. It's a great size for card inners.

That's all from me for tonight, but your job is just starting! Pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll see lots more to inspire you from the rest of the Design Team. Then just get inky, and link up your card to the challenge when you're done. Easy!

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 617: Just Choose Two

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have a Choose Two challenge, suggested by Di.

So what are your choices? Gingham, Dots or Diecuts. Choose any two to go on your card. For me it was an easy choice, as I'd just purchased a new stamp set that featured dots.

I used the Concord & 9th Bitty Burst Turnabout stamp on my card, using four different shades of blue and green. I used Pacific Point, Night Of Navy, Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce. I can see myself using this stamp set a lot, and I can't wait to try out different colour combos.

To fulfil the second part of the Choose Two, I added a die cut from the Uniquely Creative Stitched Sun die. It filled the circle in the middle of the Bitty Burst beautifully.

I got a bit ambitious with the Bitty Burst stamp on the inside. I tried to do it with a rig, but it was very awkward on my Stamparatus. Next time I'll just wing it, I think!

That's all from me for tonight, but we'd love for you to play along with our challenge. Just head on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find lots more gorgeous inspiration from our Design Team. You'll also find the linky to add your photo to our challenge gallery. I can't wait to see which two you choose.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 608: Just Add Colour

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Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have a colour combo for you, with the colours selected by Rochelle. 

To me, it's a very retro vibe! Having said that, I decided to make a floral card even though this colour combo wouldn't usually evoke thoughts of flowers.

I recently rediscovered my retired Beautiful Friendship stamp set. I stamped the big roses in Pumpkin Pie, with Basic Gray centres. The leaves were also stamped in Basic Gray, but this time stamped off first. I'm hoping that they look like the silvery leaves that you sometimes get on plants!

The flowers were fussy cut and popped up over my background. I stamped the Rays Of Light stamp in stamped-off Crushed Curry ink. It was still too dark for my purposes, so I covered it with a layer of vellum to tone it down.

The sentiments, both stamped and die cut, are from the Sweet Sentiment Builder stamps and Dies from Uniquely Creative. It's a great set that allows you to mix and match words and phrases to suit a variety of occasions.

That's all from me for tonight, but your job is just starting! Please jump on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find the rest of this week's Design Team cards. You'll also find our Linky, where you can add your card to our challenge gallery.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 601: Just Add A Sketch

 Hi!

It's time once again for a new Just Add Ink challenge. This week we have a sketch for you, designed by Kim!

It's a fab sketch that leaves a lot of room for interpretation. I was in the mood to make a pop culture card, so I switched out the circle for this Orbital die cut from Uniquely Creative. It's super-sparkly, as I cut it from some white glimmer paper.

How cool is the background? I wish I had the talent to have created it! It's actually an extra-wide roll of Washi tape from Altenew, called (funnily enough) Galaxy. I just applied it to the front of my card and trimmed the excess. Instant wow! The scientist on the front is from a Kindred Stamps set, called Science Geeks, and the sentiment is from an Ink Road Stamps set, called Bazinga.

Unusually for me, I haven't started the inside of my card yet. I can't decide if I should put the scientist's best mate or best girl. What do you think? I'm sure I'll add one, or both, of them over the weekend.

You can join in our sketch challenge this week by adding your card to our linky. You can find it on the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll also find the rest of this week's Design team cards. I can't wait to see what you make!

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 588: Just Add Colour

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink Challenge. It's a Colour Challenge this week, suggested to us by Jan.

I really love the richer colours in this combo - don't you? When I think of Jade I think of lucky dragons, and so I decided to pull out my Uniquely Creative Lucky You stamp set and dies for my card.

There are lots of layers in this card! The bottom Misty Moonlight layer is DSP from the Pattern Party Host pack. The next DSP layer is Just Jade from the In Colour DSP pack. The sentiment strip is cut using a Suit & Tie Die. I added the Magenta Madness banner as I felt the top corner was a bit too empty.

My dragon was coloured using my Stampin' Blends in the three challenge colours, plus a little touch of Bronze. 

I stamped the dragon again on the inside in Just Jade, alongside a sentiment from Sweet As A Peach.

We'd love to see what you do with this week's colours - they really are a fabulous combo. When you've made your card, just pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog where you can add it to the challenge. Don't forget to check out the rest of the Design Team's cards, too.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 586: Just Add Summer

 Hi!

Hooray! Welcome back to the Just Add Ink challenges for 2022!! Did you miss us over our Summer break? I hope you're keen and raring to go!

As always, we start the year with a blog hop, and this year the theme is Summer, with the bright and happy inspiration photo as an additional prompt. The lovely Tristan was the stop before mine.

I loved the rainbow of colour in the Inspiration photo, so that's what I went with in my card. The dies are a long-retired SU set, called Rainbow Builder Framelits. I popped them up on a Stitched Rectangles die cut and then used my Manly Moments stamp set for the sentiment. You may know that stamp set as being from the For The Guys Card Kit, but I got it when I was in the USA, and it was the Manly Moments Paper Pumpkin kit.

It's sunny in Summer, right? So I couldn't resist adding a sun to my card. It's from Uniquely Creative, called Stitched Sun Die.

The DSP I've used on the front and inside of my card is the Host pack, Pattern Party. It definitely suits the rainbow of colour theme!

Next up in our Blog Hop is another lovely friend, Denita, with her deliciously summery card!

Once you've finished our blog hop, please do enter our challenge! We'd love to see what you do with our Summer challenge. Just add your card to our Linky over at the Just Add Ink Blog.

Bye for now,

Tina