JAI #163 - Just Add...a FUN background!

Well it was great to see so many new techniques used by those who entered last week's challenge and you have inspired many of the Design Team here to try them too, or to atleast add them to our 'to do one day' list!

Is it possible after the fun everyone had last week to have more fun? We hope so, because this week's challenge is to...

Just Add...a FUN background!

Nikki suggested this challenge and as you can see by her card she had fun creating it as did many of us.

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

Mae Collins

Chantell Randall

Christine Blain

Jodene Tripp

Kim Badelt

Narelle Farrugia

Nikki Spencer

Trish Radacs

So go have some fun in your craft space and create your own FUN background and link your project up here to share the fun with all of us!

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.

Just Add Ink #162...Winners!

Hello!....It's time to let you know our winners for this weeks challenge. Wow...you guy's really went all out on the techniques, so many great cards and heaps of techniques l want to have a go at now!

Thanks everyone for playing along, we loved seeing your projects and found it hard to pick a clear winner. The design teams votes have ended in a tie for "Top Pick" and this week we Congratulate both Lizzy and Julie for their beautiful work!

Lizzy

Here's what some of the Design Team had to say...

 "Love the overlay technique and it is such a clean crisp card design"

"Crisp and striking - a great "wow" technique"

"Beautiful CAS and great technique"

Julie

Here's what some of the Design Team had to say...

"Love the colours Julie - this technique works perfectly to create her underwater scene. Fabulous card"

"Love how she created such a realistic water scene with this technique"

"she has created a stunning background with this technique and it's perfect for the theme of her card" 

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

Honorable Mentions for this week go to -

Mary

"Love the use of bubble wrap and the colours carrying through to the image stamping"

"This looks like such fun"

Bronwyn

" Love the colour combo she used and the subtlety of the technique on the doily"

"One of my fave techniques and a very beautiful card"

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!

JAI 162 - Just Add A Technique you've never tried before!

Well that's tricky to say quickly, but nevertheless, that is what this week's challenge is! It's your chance to try something new or come up with something new while you create...who knows we could inspire a new technique this week?

This challenge was born out of my desire to try new techniques and while I have been having a play with them too, I haven't got my act together to photograph yet.  I'm having one of those crazy weeks you see! Anyone else the same?

But here is what the Design Team came up with to inspire you...soooo gorgeous and I want to have a go at all these techniques too! Hope you come and play with us this week!

Nikki Spencer

Masked Watercolouring Technique

Jodene Tripp
Emboss Resist Technique

Kim Badelt
Chalkboard Technique

Christine Blain 
Shaving Cream/Foam Technique

Chantell Randall
Shaving Cream/Foam Technique

Tina Gillespie
Cracked Glass Technique

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.

Just Add Ink #161....Winners!

Hello!.....It's time to reveal this weeks winners for our "Colour Challenge" and it seems not so many of you were keen on this weeks colours,  but those that took the challenge, did so beautifully!

We had some really gorgeous entries and enjoyed seeing how you all challenged yourselves and used the colours ......Well done!

So it's time to announce our "Top Pick" and this week we send a big "Congratulations" to Louise.B.

Louise

Here are some of the comments from the Design Team.

"Love the crisp, bold, stamping and use of colour.  A striking card "

 "The embossing really pops off the bold colours and makes a striking card"

"Love Louise's fabulous use of the challenge colours to make this gorgeous card"

                                    

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

Honorable Mentions for this week go to -

Deborah Frings

"Fabulous for this milestone Birthday.  Love the paper piercing and way Deborah has embellished the card"

"Great stamping!  The colours are perfect on this card, for such a special occasion"

Andrea.W.

" Gorgeous card and fabulous use of the challenge colours"

 "Lovely use of Betsy's Blossoms, and of Designer Series Paper.  Great balance 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!

JAI#161 - Colour Challenge

I have missed Just Add Ink while I have been away travelling for the last month, although I did manage to create something for one of the challenges when I visited Tina in Adelaide, and loved catching up also with Jodene in Perth. Always nice to craft together face-to-face rather than just online. A shame I didn't get to catch up with Chantell but she was busy working when I was there. Can't wait to see many of the girls in May at Stampin' Up!'s Annual Convention, which is to be held in Brisbane this year.

I have also missed checking out here what our regular followers and occasional visitors submit for our weekly challenges, so it is good to be home.

So without further ado, this week we have a Colour Challenge for you, taken directly from the fantastic Stampin' Up! tool of the Colour Coach. Seeing the latest news of SU!'s Colour Refresh it will be a great way to farewell More Mustard as that particular colour is being discontinued.

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

Mae Collins

Chantell Randall

Christine Blain

Kim Badelt

Narelle Farrugia

Nikki Spencer

Tina Gillespie

Trish Radacs

Have fun playing with these colours and we look forward to seeing what you create by linking up your designs below.

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.

Just Add Ink #160.....Winners

Hi everyone and welcome to this weeks winners post.

We are so glad you found inspiration from our challenge pic and played along. There are some beautiful creations from you all and picking a clear winner was very hard as the Design Teams votes were spread far and wide this week!

Our "Top Pick" for this week goes to Kim Butterworth with her lovely Autumn Card.

Kim

Here are some of the comments from the Design Team.

"Simple but effective - with a wonder background.  The more I look at this the more I like it"

"I love the way she's captured all the colours"

"Love the earthy tones and how she has featured the autumn leaf

                                                      

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

Honorable Mentions for this week go to -

Sue

"Love how she has picked up the textures in the jumpers and incorporated that by embossing her images"

"Sweet simplicity, combined with great texture, makes this gorgeous neutral card a winner"

Stacey

 "Love the collection of pretties including the chipboard sentiment"

"Gorgeous texture and layers, and a great combination of embellishments"

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!

JAI Scrap #16 Theme Challenge

This months Scrapbooking challenge is a theme challenge courtesy of Tina!

Aprils Challenge is an easy one ..

JUST ADD SIBLINGS


Easy unless you have two teens like mine who don't want to be photographed together lol ..so I had to think outside the square of my immediate family for pictures for my LO. 

so heres what the scrapbooking design team came up with.. A couple of digi LOs from Tina and me this month with the release of MDS into Australia and New Zealand.

Tina Gillespie 

 

Ruth Clarke

Jodene Tripp

Delys Cram

So hope you will come and play this month  using our Challenge as your inspiration.

JUST ADD INK RULES

• Create a Layout (scrapbooking page) 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 30st April at 10.00 pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time. For the US submitters this means the day before for you!

 

JAI Scrap # 15 Winners!

What! Where did March go? This year is going so fast! So, Id better let you know the winner of our March challenge which was a gorgeous sketch from Tina!

 

Our winner is..

Julia Quinn

Heres a few comments from the team about your Lovely Layout Julia!

Very striking layout, love the pinwheels too

Gorgeous banner, colours really pop

Congratulations Julia!

Heres your winners badge to put on your blog

Honourable Mentions go to ..

Ann Wills 

I love the dramatic effect of the black matting on all the layers

Very balanced, done the sketch great, love the colours

Emma Palonek


I love the colours in the DSP and how well they work with the photos.  The tilted photo is a great finishing touch.


Karen Johnson

Lovely choice of DSPs in this layout

Thanks everyone for playing along with us ..and come back at 12 Noon to see Aprils challenge!

JAI 160-Inspirational Photo Challenge

I cant wait to see what you come up with this week as we have an inspirational photo to inspire you...

Yep sign of the times for us girls downunder, as Autumn hits ..Sad to see Summer go but lovely to have the lovely crisp days..(can you tell I love this time of year?)

So here is what the Design Team came up with to inspire you using the above photo as inspiration. 

Delys Cram 

Nikki Spencer

Jodene Tripp

Kim Badelt 

Christine Blain 

Tina Gillespie 

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.