JAI 148 Winner

Well we certainly had a hard time trying to narrow down a winner for our Christmas challenge which ended ton Christmas day as we all loved so many of your entries! There was one clear winner though ..

Our winner is ...

Debi Ryan

With this gorgeous card ..

Here were a couple of comments from the DT on your card Debi..

'Oh my this is totally stunning!!! Absolutely love this vintage card with so many details'

'stunning card with so many different elements'

Congratulations!

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and  because there were so many gorgeous creations we have picked five HMs for this challenge

Honorable Mentions for this week go to -

Jenny
' Elegant & sparkly, a perfect Christmas combo. Love the colours and sleigh'

Sandra
'I love this idea.  Super cute idea'

Cindy
'Really beautiful, love the soft vintage feel & the colours & texture are devine!'

Nadine
 'Love that it is a life size decoration - designed to bring happiness to many patients, visitors and staff in the hospital'

Sue
'Fabulous teachers gifts - love this collection'

Please check out their gorgeous creations and give them some comment love!


Don't forget that we are having a wee holiday ourselves and will be back with our next challenge on the 18th of January. We will have tutorials and inspiration over the coming weeks to inspire you so please check back next Friday  to see what a couple of us  have been up to.

Happy New Year Everyone! 

Vellum Luminaries Tutorial

Well we hope you all had a lovely Christmas and are looking forward to New Year festivities. Ill be in bed sleeping well before midnight.. I'm sure! Well when you have to be up milking the cows at 4am the next morning New Years Eve is not important..sleep is!
Most of the DT are away so Im waiting for some more votes for our last challenge and will post the winner soon.
In the meantime, we have an awesome tutorial from Chantell Randall with her Luminaries.

Vellum Luminaries

Way back in July I made a Card and some Luminaries for the Just Add Winter Challenge (JAI # 125). I had several people ask me about how I made them so I have put together this tutorial for you.
They are quick and easy to make, are great for decorating tables, mantles and also make cute little personalized gifts.

 
 
The steps I used to make these luminaries and my dimensions are as follows……

Step 1
I started with 1 piece of Night of Navy card stock that makes the base of the luminary and a piece of Vellum that makes the sides.
My dimensions are as follows:
1 – 3“ x 3” . I scored this at ½” on each side.
1 – 4” x 8.5” – score this at 2”, 4”, 6” and 8”’s
















Step 2
Cut slits into each side of the Night of Navy card stock and crease to make your box shape. Using sticky strip put the box together.

 


Step 3
Stamp your Vellum. I have used the Lovely as a Tree stamp set with Night of Navy Ink.
But they can be stamped to suite the occasion you are making them for.

Step 4
Fold and crease your vellum along the score lines – so it makes the outside box shape.

Run some sticky strip down the ½” section – this goes on what will be the outside of the luminary (but don’t stick it together yet).


Step 5

Run a strip of sticky strip around the outside edge of the luminary base.

 

Starting with the ½” section of the vellum, stick the vellum around the base.


Step 6

Remove the sticky strip from the side of the vellum and stick the vellum wall together.

Your luminary is now complete and you can decorate it with ribbon (which also hides your sticky strip at the bottom and add a small embellishment if you wish.
I use the battery operated tea lights in mine – which are very safe.


Here are some others that I and my Card Class ladies have made.

Chantell and Delys.

JAI 148- Just Add Christmas

With the busy season upon us...our final challenge for the year is..

 Just Add Christmas

 

Um well we will be taking a break after this challenge... as to true Kiwi and Aussie style we have burnt our steaks and sausages on the BBQ with work and need some R&R! We hope you will understand?  We will be back with a blog hop mid January ..and THAT you wont want to miss. We  have some tutorials and blog posts while we are gone too so hope you come back and support our blog over the break.

This JAI 148 challenge will go for two weeks so that we can see all of your beautiful gifts, cards and even your Christmas table displays!

..And here is what the design team have come up with to inspire you!

Mae Collins

Delys Cram 

 

Patrice Easton

 

Tina Gillespie

Narelle Farrugia

Kim Badelt 

Chantell Randall 

 Nikki Spencer

 Jodene Tripp

Christine Blain 

Trish Radacs 

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.
• 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.
• The challenge closes each Wednesday at 10.00 pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time.

JAI 147 Winners

Hello and with this busy season I'm doing the posts tonight. We had a gorgeous lot of entries even in the busy season and were extremely impressed with the calibre of entries this week.

Onto the winner of last weeks challenge! 

Our winner is ...

Louise Sharp

With this gorgeous card ..

' love the CAS design, makes the beautiful colours really pop!'
 

Congratulations!

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Honorable Mentions for this week go to -

Joanne Herbert

"Bright, fun and very cute!"

and

Karem Marin

"A beautiful card with so much detail!"

Ill be back at midnight to post the next challenge! Check it out! 

JAI 147- Just Add Balloons

This week we have a theme challenge courtesy of Trish. 

It is Just Add Balloons!

I went hunting for any balloon stamps and came up with nothing ( I do have some.. somewhere!) so I had to think outside the square as has Kim on this challenge too!

Here's what the Design Team came up with ...

Delys Cram

Narelle Farrugia

Kim Badelt

 Nikki Spencer

 Jodene Tripp

Christine Blain

Patrice Easton

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.
• 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.
• The challenge closes each Wednesday at 10.00 pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time.

JAI 146 Winners

Hello Everyone

Well, another week has come and gone.  I cannot believe that we are in December already and there's less than 3 weeks until Christmas.  Where has the time gone and could someone give me back some please!!!

Thanks to all of you who were able to join in with our challenge this week, it sure is hard trying to find time to get any sort of crafting done this time of year.

On to announcing this week's winner.  Congratulations go to Kim with this beautiful Christmas card

"Lovely CAS card with just the right amount of sparkle!"

"Love the way she has used the colours this week, such a gorgeous CAS card"

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog:

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Honorable Mentions for this week go to -

Michelle
"Love the crisp white space and subtle use of the challenge colours-Beautiful!"


Bron
"Beautiful, clean, design with great use of colour"

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!