JAI 171 - Sketch Challenge

Hi and welcome to another weekly challenge here at Just Add Ink. This week we have a sketch challenge to get your creative juices flowing and as a starting point for your project(s)...

The Design Team have again come up a range of projects to provide you with further inspiration...

Mae Collins

Christine Blain

Kim Badelt

Narelle Farrugia

Nikki Spencer

Tina Gillespie

Trish Radacs

Jodene Tripp

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 #170....Winners!

Afternoon stampers!....It's winners time for our "Just Add Leaves" Challenge and oh my goodness, you girls rocked this week! So much gorgeous inspiration and beautifully executed entries...we were blown away!

Our unanimous "Top Pick" this week goes to Sarah Cameron and her clever and creative die cutting!

Sarah

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

"I love how Sarah has made the leaves the feature of her card - so simple but so stunning"

 "Brilliant effect with die cut shapes.  Love that the focus is on the leaves"

"I thought this was a very clever way to use the leaves.  And pretty too"

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

Honorable Mentions for this week go to -

Karren

 "Love the softness of these flowers/leaves stamped on DSP and the colours she has used"

"Love the contrast between the delicate lines of the stamped image, and the solid card stock border.  Lovely card"

Julie

 "These leaves look like they are about to pop right off the page"

 "Absolutely stunning card - love her attention to detail"

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 170 - Just Add Leaves Theme Challenge

Hello and welcome to this week's challenge, courtesy of Christine, whose challenge for us is to

Just Add Leaves

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

Delys Cram

Mae Collins

Chantell Randall

Christine Blain

Jodene Tripp 

Kim Badelt 

Nikki Spencer

Tina Gillespie

Jo Eades

and lastly, welcome back to our gorgeously talented...


Paula Dobson

We hope you will join us in this Autumn/Wintery challenge (well for us downunder its been decidedly winterish!)  

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 #169....Winners!

Afternoon to you all!

It's that time of the week when we announce our winners and HM's for challenge #169. You guy's certainly rocked this one with your gorgeous interpretations of our inspiration pic. The design team had such a hard time voting for their faves, as they are all fabulous and we would love to pick them all!

Our "Top Pick" for this week is Christine Drogt, for her stunning card!

Christine

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

 "I love the effects she achieved with her background - just stunning"

 "I love the splash of black flowers and ribbon embellishment - it's subtle but also bold"

"Gorgeous card! Love how she matted in black as her tilted panel really pops against all that white"

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

Honorable Mentions for this week go to -

Flubidoo

 "love the stunning background effect"

 "Great starry effect, and the colours are striking"

Cathy



"Amazingly perfect sponging for the background"

"I just love the colours and simplistic image"

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 #169 - Inspiration Photo

This week Delys has given us an 'Inspiration Photo' to use for our challenge and I must say I did find it a challenge, although it offered many options.....beach, water, colours, silhouette, reflections etc.....whatever you could find from it that inspires a project.

Here is the photo...

To also help you with further ideas, here is what the Design Team have come up with this week as a result of using the photo as their starting point...

Mae Collins

Chantell Randall

Christine Blain

Jodene Tripp

Kim Badelt

Narelle Farrugia

Nikki Spencer

Tina Gillespie

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.

Just Add Ink #168.....Winners!

Afternoon everyone!

It's that time of the week again, when we announce our "Top Pick" and "Honorable Mentions" and this weeks top pick goes to Madonna, with her awesome MDS creation...Congratulations Madonna and as the DT votes were so close, we have 3 HM's for you this week. Thanks to everyone for playing!

Madonna

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

"What a fun, on-trend, digital creation - love it!  Great colours"

"What a wonderful card to showcase MDS - love those contemporary fresh colours that Madonna has used"

 "Great use of MDS, a fresh, clean & modern take on the sketch"

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

Honorable Mentions for this week go to -

Liz

"Such a cute image and so beautifully coloured"

"Great Hexagon shape frame and a cute card"

Shana

"Love the pretty vellum flowers"

 "I love the frame and the vellum flowers"

Carolyn



"Such a beautiful card - I love the softness to the colours of those pretty flowers"

                                        

 "Love the clean and simple design of this card and the gorgeous colouring of the image"

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!

Announcing and welcome!

Today we are announcing two of our newest members to the Design Team...

Louise Sharp

and

Susan Wong

So watch out for their first DT project, expect in early July, as they familiarise themselves over the next couple of weeks with our existing DT members, challenges and processes.

We would also like to welcome back a previous DT member, friend and talented brayer and/or sponge technique person...

Paula Dobson

So watch for Paula's projects in the coming weeks too!

Click on their names to check out their blogs and the beautiful work they do and don't forget to leave a comment here welcoming them to the team.