Sunday, January 29, 2012

JAI Scrap #1 Top Picks!

Excuse my tardiness of this post as it was supposed to be yesterday, but I'm obviously still on holiday mode! Thanks to all that played along this month. We had a hard time choosing but the final decision is in ...

Our first scrapbooking challenge winner is


Susan Wong


Gorgeous LO Susan! Here's your badge, Susan, for your blog.






and the two HMs are

Jessica Williams with her second ever scrapbook layout!
and
Meredith MacRitchie with her beautiful red ladybug page.


Our next Scrapbooking Challenge starts next Sunday (first Sunday in the month) so come back and check it out then.

Don't forget our Design Team Search ends this Tuesday at Midnight. You can check out the details here




Friday, January 27, 2012

JAI102 - Just Add...Kathy Tanner!

The Design Team is always inspired by one another and so therefore as a tribute to one of our talented team members we are featuring them in this week's challenge to...

Just Add...Kathy Tanner!

So check out Kathy's blog and find a card of her's that inspires you and get creating! Here is how Kathy inspired the other Design Team members for this week's challenge (mine will be added later as I have had a few hiccups in my planned week, so much that I haven't been able to find the time to create a Kathy tribute, sorry Kathy as you inspire me greatly!)







Here Kathy has CASED herself, so it shows you can revamp your previous creations as well when you feel the MOJO fails or you need more inspiration...look through your own earlier work at times.




JUST ADD INK RULES
  • Create a card, layout or 3D project using our challenge as inspiration.
  • Link your post, NOT your whole blog back here.
  • Your project must be new, created for this challenge and combined with 3 or less challenges if you like.
  • Please mention JUST ADD INK in your blog post and provide a link so others can come and join in the fun too.
  • Please DO NOT use your challenge entry as a way of advertising products/tutorials etc. which are for sale. You may include a 'project recipe' but do not provide links within the post for promotional purposes, recruiting etc. for ANY product brand. We are here to have fun and encourage creativity.
  • We reserve the right to remove links that do not comply with the above guidelines.
  • The challenge closes each Wednesday at 10.00 pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time.


Thursday, January 26, 2012

JAI 101 Winners

Hello

Happy Australia Day.  Hope you are all having a fantastic day and enjoying the beautiful sunshine. 


We had a lot of great entries into this week's sketch challenge.  Onto announcing this week's winner.  In a close one, our winner is Narelle with this absolutely stunning card





Congratulations!


Here is your badge to wear on your blog:

Link

Honorable Mentions for this week go to -

Deb

Ros

Be sure to click on their names and leave them some lovely comments.


Don't forget to come back at midnight to check out our next challenge!

Thanks for playing at Just Add Ink!

Friday, January 20, 2012

JAI#101 - Sketch Challenge

Our 100th challenge has now come and gone and we had some fun with the associated blog hop and the addition of 'crowns' on our projects. Thanks to all those who participated in the challenge, went on the blog hop and of course those of you who left us some lovely comments. We appreciate our followers and especially those who take the time to join in with our weekly challenges...so without further ado we have another sketch challenge for you this week...


This wasn't my week to design and with my son's wedding just gone I was pleased. However, I am doing this week's post because Delys has gone on a well deserved week of holidaying at her mum's holiday home...right up the northern tip of NZ...Tokerau Beach...magic place she said and I am sure she will tell us some things about it on her return. She did however put together her project for this week's challenge before leaving.

Check out what the Design Team made using the above sketch and then join in the fun yourself and link up your project below.









Don't forget our Design Team search, see an earlier post for more details.


JUST ADD INK RULES
  • Create a card, layout or 3D project using our challenge as inspiration.
  • Link your post, NOT your whole blog back here.
  • Your project must be new, created for this challenge and combined with 3 or less challenges if you like.
  • Please mention JUST ADD INK in your blog post and provide a link so others can come and join in the fun too.
  • Please DO NOT use your challenge entry as a way of advertising products/tutorials etc. which are for sale. You may include a 'project recipe' but do not provide links within the post for promotional purposes, recruiting etc. for ANY product brand. We are here to have fun and encourage creativity.
  • We reserve the right to remove links that do not comply with the above guidelines.
  • The challenge closes each Wednesday at 10.00 pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time.


Thursday, January 19, 2012

JAI 100 Winners

Hello everyone

Bet you'd thought I'd forgotten about posting this week's winners.  Well, I hadn't, just didn't get time to do it at work today and then I had an appointment straight after work, which brings us to now! 

We had a LOT of fantastic entries this week, which made our job of choosing a winner difficult, however we have and I'm pleased to announce that weeks's winner and therefore the winner of the fabulous Dauber Case is Narelle with this gorgeous entry. 



Narelle, please email us with your address so we can get the dauber case out to you.


Congratulations!


Here is your badge to wear on your blog:

Link

Honorable Mentions for this week go to -

Diane

Julia

Be sure to click on their names and leave them some lovely comments.


Now, before you go, I have another winner to announce and that is the randomly drawn winner of the 2nd Dauber Case, and that winner is Deb Fearns

Deb, could you also please email us with your address so we can get your dauber case out to you!

Don't forget to come back at midnight to check out our next challenge!

Thanks for playing at Just Add Ink!

Friday, January 13, 2012

JAI #100 Its our Birthday!

Its our 100th Birthday Challenge and while we didnt get a card from the Queen (Sad!), all of us in the Design Team, would like to celebrate with you all! We have a Royal Theme this week which is to..

Just Add Crowns!
Plus.. what a way to celebrate as we are doing a Blog hop with all of the Design Team this week!
And because its our Birthday, we're giving away a couple of prizes this week to two lucky winners!....heres what you win..These Dauber cases are a fab way of organising your daubers (or embellishments).
And all you have to do is play along this week and comment on all of the Design Team Blogs (and this one) by the end of the challenge to go into the draw. After youve finished commenting, email us on the Just Add Ink hotmail address (see sidebar) to say that youve commented on all of the blogs ..and you will be into the draw. We will also be giving the winner this week a dauber case prize too!! Woohoo!!


So what are you waiting for....click on the badge below to go to Chantells Blog..if you get stuck on the way come back to the Just Add Ink Blog and click on all of the Design Team blog links in the sidebar.




JUST ADD INK RULES
  • Create a card, layout or 3D project using our challenge as inspiration.
  • Link your post, NOT your whole blog back here.
  • Your project must be new, created for this challenge and combined with3 or less challengesif you like.
  • Please mention JUST ADD INK in your blog post and provide a link so others can come and join in the fun too.
  • Please DO NOT use your challenge entry as a way of advertising products/tutorials etc. which are for sale. You may include a 'project recipe' but do not provide links within the post for promotional purposes, recruiting etc. for ANY product brand. We're here to have fun and encourage creativity.
  • We reserve the right to remove links that do not comply with the above guidelines.
  • The challenge closes each Wednesday at 10.00 pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time.
Add your project below using Linky Tools!






Thursday, January 12, 2012

JAI 99 Winners

Hello Everyone


Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year celebration.


It seems like forever since our last challenge but it's time to announce our winner for JAI 99 - Just Add Fancy Packaging - and our winner is Ros with this super cute entry.




Congratulations!


Here is your badge to wear on your blog:

Link

Honorable Mentions for this week go to -

Debi

Susan

Click on their names and leave some lovely comments.

Don't forget to come back at midnight to check out our next challenge!

Thanks for playing at Just Add Ink!

Monday, January 9, 2012

Just Add Ink Design Team Search

If your New Year's resolution this year is to join a Design Team then read on...

We are looking at adding to the Just Add Ink Design Team!
We have 3 positions available and you can find out more about it below.

Just Add Ink Design Team Submission Guidelines 2012:

  1. All Design Team submissions must be new and not previously published or shown online.
  2. Card Design Team (2 positions) - submit one card using your usual style and one OTP/3D.
  3. Scrapbooking Design Team (1 position) - submit one layout and one OTP e.g. mini album/canvas/altered art etc.
  4. All submissions must email us a short blurb about themselves and why they would like to join the team.
  5. You can enter submissions for both Design Teams if you wish.
  6. Send your submissions to: just-add-ink@hotmail.com. Please put JAI DT submission in your subject line and resize your photos to 600x600 or less. All photos should be labelled with your name.
  7. Deadline for submissions is Tuesday 31st January 2012 at 11.58 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time.
  8. Australian/ New Zealand applicants ONLY at this time as we want to keep the "downunder" feel to our challenges.
  9. While most of us are SU demonstrators, this is not a requirement...however, a lover of SU products is welcomed.
  10. You can be on other Design Teams but all JAI posts must only be linked to Just Add Ink, i.e. no other promotion to other DTs/stores etc. This includes any Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. No self-promotion is required from all of our Design Team members on JAI projects. We just want this to be a challenge blog without any links to any business.
  11. Our Design Team members are required to have a blog/website and be able to comment on challenge submissions.
  12. Design Team members will be required to submit one design each fortnight. You can submit more often but this is the basic requirement.

Any Questions? Just email us at the hotmail address.
Can't wait to see who will be joining our friendly team!

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Just Add Scrapbooking Challenge #1


HAP
PY NEW YEAR!
I hope you all have a creative and inspiring 2012 and hope you enjoy our brand new Scrapbooking Challenges.
Starting today the 1st of January we will be having a monthly scrapbooking challenge on the first Sunday of each Month.
This month you have all month to scrap a LO (Layout=scrapbook page) in any size but it must be a LO to go into an album .ie not an OTP/mini album.

This Months Theme is...
Firsts or One ..
since its our very first inaugural Challenge and its the first day of the New Year!
Please make sure you have First or One in your title.


Heres what Ruthy and I came up with for our LOs to inspire you








and even though this is an optional challenge for the rest of the Design Team, a few of them played along too ..some of them completing their first ever LO!
Here is what they came up with.








Chantell Randall




Now while some of you may be quivering in your boots at the thought of scrapbooking..Ruthy and I would like to show you one of our first ever LOs. Anyone can scrapbook and there are no rules..if you like what youve done thats all that matters. While I cringe at my first LOs that are nine years old ..its the process and memories that are often overlooked that are important in the journey.




Delys' Novice LO







As usual you need to link up using Linky Tools below.



Here are the Challenge rules for our scrapbooking challenges.

JUST ADD INK RULES
  • Create a Layout using our challenge as inspiration.
  • Link your post, NOT your whole blog back here.
  • Your project must be new, created for this challenge and combined with3 or less challengesif you like.
  • Please mention JUST ADD INK in your blog post and provide a link so others can come and join in the fun too.
  • Please DO NOT use your challenge entry as a way of advertising products/tutorials etc. which are for sale. We're here to have fun and encourage creativity.
  • We reserve the right to remove links that do not comply with the above guidelines.
  • The challenge closes on the last Friday of the month 10.00 pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time. For the US submitters this means the day before!