Just Add Ink #774...Stencils & Dies!

Happy Friday JAI friends! 

We are back to share another fun "New" concept challenge. This one is all about "Stencils & Dies"...You can use one or both and feel free to combine them with any other crafting products you choose...Have fun and we look forward to seeing you pop up in the gallery.

As you can see from the design teams projects, there are loads of variations with this one.

Here is what the Design Team have come up with this week to provide you with inspiration...

Jan McQueen

Lou Kitzelman

Nikki Spencer

Narelle Farrugia

Kerry Parkinson

Tristan Dawes

Joanne Stubbings

Chantell Randall

Tina Gillespie

Did you know we have an Instagram acc? We’d love to see your projects over there too. So once you’ve entered the challenge here on the blog (by adding your project to our gallery via the "Mr Linky" below) head over to Insta and tag us in your post using #justaddinkchallenge or #jai774

This challenge will close at 7pm (AEST) on Wednesday 3rd December

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 no more than 5 other challenges.
• Please mention JUST ADD INK in your blog post and provide a link so others can come and join in the fun too.
• Inspiration & Colour Challenges: Use the Inspiration or the colours or both. Please use a minimum of "3" of the challenge colours when creating your project. (Black-White-Metallics-Skintones may also be added)
• Just use Stencils-Dies Challenges: Use Stencils-Dies or a combination of both. No theme, anything goes.
• Choose Two or more Challenges: Please comment in your post which of the elements you chose.
• Please DO NOT use your challenge entry as self promotion. We are here to have fun and encourage creativity.
• We reserve the right to remove links that do not comply with the above guidelines.
• Please note, if you have privacy settings on your socials, you are still welcome to play, but you may get limited comments from the design team.

 

Just Add Ink #773...Top Picks!

Thanks so much to everyone that joined in with our "Sketch" challenge. We loved seeing your entries pop up in the gallery and how you interpreted the sketch and we really appreciate you playing along.

 Our "Top 3" for this one are....

Totallyawake

Here is what the design team had to say...

Such a stunning card with a beautiful colour combo. A gorgeous take on the sketch challenge.

Cassandra

Here is what the design team had to say...

A very cheerful card with great colours. Love the fun emboss resist background.

Arnoldo

Here is what the design team had to say...

The more I look at this fun card, the more I see. I love the textures teamed with the cool watch and sentiment.

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

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

Thanks for playing at Just Add Ink!

Don't forget to join us tomorrow for our next challenge

Just Add Ink #773...Sketch!

Hello there, welcome back for another fun challenge.

This week Tristan has suggested a fabulous sketch that we can all use in our crafting projects.  The Design Team has put together some wonderful and creative ideas using the sketch and we hope that you can join us and share your projects too.    

Here is what the Design Team have come up with this week 

to provide you with inspiration...

Tristan Dawes

Kerry Parkinson

Lou Kitzelman

Nikki Spencer

Jan McQueen

Joanne Stubbings

Tina Gillespie

Narrelle Farrugia

Chantell Randall

Rochelle Blok

Did you know we have an Instagram acc? We’d love to see your projects over there too. So once you’ve entered the challenge here on the blog (by adding your project to our gallery via the "Mr Linky" below) head over to Insta and tag us in your post using #justaddinkchallenge or #jai773

This challenge will close at 7pm (AEDT) on Wednesday 19th November

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 no more than 5 other challenges.
• Please mention JUST ADD INK in your blog post and provide a link so others can come and join in the fun too.
• Inspiration & Colour Challenges: Use the Inspiration or the colours or both. Please use a minimum of "3" of the challenge colours when creating your project. (Black-White-Metallics-Skintones may also be added)
• Just use Stencils-Dies Challenges: Use Stencils-Dies or a combination of both. No theme, anything goes.
• Choose Two or more Challenges: Please comment in your post which of the elements you chose.
• Please DO NOT use your challenge entry as self promotion. We are here to have fun and encourage creativity.
• We reserve the right to remove links that do not comply with the above guidelines.
• Please note, if you have privacy settings on your socials, you are still welcome to play, but you may get limited comments from the design team.

 

Just Add Ink # 772.....Top Picks!

Challenge # 772 was a fun combination of colour and inspiration.  Featuring, great themes, patterns and colours for us all to work with.   Thank you to all that participated in the Challenge - I'm sure you had fun!

Our Top 3 Picks for this week are:

Yvon Doensen

Here is what the design team had to say...

"Such a great Halloween project, the background is beautifully blended. Love the spooky details"

Marlena M

Here is what the design team had to say...

"A fun and very cute birthday card. I love how the recipient's name is added between the vertical houses"

Arnoldo

Here is what the design team had to say...

"His spooky Halloween Assemblage is a fun twist on our Inspiration Challenge"

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

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

Thanks for playing at Just Add Ink!

Don't forget to join us tomorrow for our next challenge

Just Add Ink #772...Colour & Inspiration!

Hello JAI crafters,

Time to launch the second challenge in our new line up. This week we have a combined colour & inspiration challenge for you suggested by Kerry. There may be some seasonal inspiration at work here ;) but it's not obligatory. Be inspired by the objects, theme, or patterns in the inspiration picture, and/or use at least three of the suggested colour palette for your project. We look forward to seeing your creations!

 Use the Inspiration or the Colours or a combination of both!

Min of 3 colours required.

Here is what the Design Team have come up with this week to provide you with inspiration...

Kerry Parkinson

Tristan Dawes

Lou Kitzelman

Jan McQueen

Nikki Spencer

Chantell Randall

Tina Gillespie

Narelle Farrugia

Did you know we have an Instagram acc? We’d love to see your projects over there too. So once you’ve entered the challenge here on the blog (by adding your project to our gallery via the "Mr Linky" below) head over to Insta and tag us in your post using #justaddinkchallenge or #jai772

This challenge will close at 7pm (AEST) on Wednesday 5th November

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 no more than 5 other challenges.
• Please mention JUST ADD INK in your blog post and provide a link so others can come and join in the fun too.
• Inspiration & Colour Challenges: Use the Inspiration or the colours or both. Please use a minimum of "3" of the challenge colours when creating your project. (Black-White-Metallics-Skintones may also be added)
• Just use Stencils-Dies Challenges: Use Stencils-Dies or a combination of both. No theme, anything goes.
• Choose Two or more Challenges: Please comment in your post which of the elements you chose.
• Please DO NOT use your challenge entry as self promotion. We are here to have fun and encourage creativity.
• We reserve the right to remove links that do not comply with the above guidelines.
• Please note, if you have privacy settings on your socials, you are still welcome to play, but you may get limited comments from the design team.

 

Just Add Ink #771...Top 3

It was truly fabulous to see how many of you joined us for our first challenge in Just Add Ink's new format. Thank you! With the new format our winner's post will now be our Top 3 picks, and this week they are...

Karen Mead

Here is what the design team had to say...

This bright, delightful card brought a smile to my face.

Lynn McAuley

Here is what the design team had to say...

 l love a non-traditional looking Christmas card and Lynn’s Santa slippers are super adorable.

Cindy Major

Here is what the design team had to say...

Cindy’s card is full of fun! The colours and image totally make me smile!

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

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

Thanks for playing at Just Add Ink!

Don't forget to join us tomorrow for our next challenge

Just Add Ink #771...Choose Two or More!

Welcome, welcome crafters! 

Thanks for joining us here at Just Add Ink! We're so excited to share with you the first challenge of our new format and hope you'll embrace the changes and have a ton of fun creating. 

For challenge #771 we have expanded our regular Choose Two to now be Choose Two or More! You can use as many of the listed options as you like to feature on your projects, as long as it's at least two, and don't forget to tell us in your post which ones you chose. You'll also have more time to create as we've moved from a weekly to bi-weekly (every two weeks) challenge!

Our Choose Two or More options were suggested by Jan and she's picked all "P"s!

 

Here is what the Design Team have come up with this week

to provide you with inspiration...

Chantell Randall

Chantell chose plants, pretties and patterned paper.

Jan McQueen

Jan chose pets, plaid, patterned paper and pretties.

Kerry Parkinson

Kerry picked pets, plaid and patterned paper.

Lou Kitzelman

Lou chose pets, plaid, plants, patterned paper and pretties.

Narelle Farrugia

Narelle chose plaid, patterned paper, plants and pretties.

Nikki Spencer

Nikki chose plaid, plants, patterned paper and pretties.

Rochelle Blok

Rochelle chose plaid, plants, patterned paper and pretties.

Tina Gillespie

Tina chose plaid, patterned paper and pretties(glimmer Paper).

Tristan Dawes

Tristan chose pets and patterned paper.

Did you know we have an Instagram acc? We’d love to see your projects over there too. So once you’ve entered the challenge here on the blog (by adding your project to our gallery via the "Mr Linky" below) head over to Insta and tag us in your post using #justaddinkchallenge or #jai771

This challenge will close at 7pm (ADST) on Wednesday 22nd October

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 no more than 5 other challenges.
• Please mention JUST ADD INK in your blog post and provide a link so others can come and join in the fun too.
• Inspiration & Colour Challenges: Use the Inspiration or the colours or both. Please use a minimum of "3" of the challenge colours when creating your project. (Black-White-Metallics-Skintones may also be added)
• Just use Stencils-Dies Challenges: Use Stencils-Dies or a combination of both. No theme, anything goes!
• Choose Two or More Challenges: Please comment in your post which of the elements you chose.
• Please DO NOT use your challenge entry as self promotion. We are here to have fun and encourage creativity.
• We reserve the right to remove links that do not comply with the above guidelines.
• Please note, if you have privacy settings on your socials, you are still welcome to play, but you may get limited comments from the design team.