Thursday, April 30, 2020

Just Add Ink #502...Winners!

Hello friends ~

What a lovely gallery we have this week! Lots of fabulous creations from you all. We as a design team really enjoy looking through your entries & reading your blog posts. Thanks so much to all that joined our sketch challenge this week, & we hope to see you back playing with our new challenge tomorrow.

The votes are tallied & our Top Pick today is Joyce M with her gorgeous bold Mother's Day blooms.


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

Lovely, vibrantly coloured creation. Gorgeous!

Love those gorgeous, bold blooms!

Those bold & bright blooms on the white background are an eye catcher!


Congratulations!


Here is your badge to wear on your blog.


Honourable Mentions this week go to -

Rochelle


Here's what some of the design team had to say...

An elegant design with lovely layers of colour and texture.

A beautifully coloured, textured card.

Complex texture and layers and pops of colour make this a real treasure.


Ma-Mi


Here's what some of the design team had to say...

Beautiful watercolouring, and a lovely Clean & Simple layout.

Stunning use of watercolouring and delicate layering makes this sketch come to life.

Beautiful colouring and delicate details!



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

Friday, April 24, 2020

Just Add Ink #502...Sketch!




Good Morning Just Add Ink Friends!

Its Friday! So that means we have a brand new challenge happening! This week Tina has provided this lovely sketch for us to create with!
The design team have created some lovely examples to help get you started and we would love you to join in and play along...So many fun and creative options for this one!

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






















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.
  • Colour Challenges: Please use "ONLY" the challenge colours or as close as possible when creating your project. (Black-White-Vanilla & Metallics may also be added)
  • Alphabet Challenges: Please comment in your post exactly what your "Alphabet" element is.
  • Choose Two Challenges: Please comment in your post which of the "Two" 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.
  • The challenge closes each Wednesday at 10.00 pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time.




Thursday, April 23, 2020

Just Add Ink #501...Winners!

What a delightful and fun gallery we have this week! So many fabulous creations from everyone. The design team was very spread out with their votes this week, but they are in and our "Top Pick" with her beautifully coloured floral project is LeeAnn.
Thanks so much everyone that joined us this week, we really appreciate the support and sharing that you give to the Just Add Ink challenge and design team.


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

Such a pretty card with superb colouring.

The bold & beautifully coloured blooms pop right off the page.

Stunning colouring and such an eye catching design!

Congratulations!


Here is your badge to wear on your blog.



Honourable Mentions this week go to -

Ma-Mi



Here's what some of the design team had to say...

 Fabulous blooms on her CAS card.

The flowers floating over the windows gives such a fresh and pretty effect.

Very sweet card and the peek-a-boo frame effect is lovely.


Joanne



Here's what some of the design team had to say...

Joanne such a fabulous use of the colours from the inspiration pic! LOVING the mane!!!

Great use of colours from our inspiration pic. That mane is so cute!

So, So cute! the mane is such a great way to add texture...Love it!



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

Friday, April 17, 2020

Just Add Ink #501...Inspiration!



Happy Friday everyone and welcome to our 501st Challenge!

We have a fun and gorgeous photo to spark your craft projects this week from Jackie.
Maybe it reminds you of the days when it was ok to travel? We will all be able to do that again one day. 😊

But in the meantime, back to the challenge. You can take whatever you like from the photo - the rich colours, the pretty tassels and jewels and more to inspire your project. We hope that you have fun and we look forward to see your creations in the gallery this week!


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















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.
  • Colour Challenges: Please use "ONLY" the challenge colours or as close as possible when creating your project. (Black-White-Vanilla & Metallics may also be added)
  • Alphabet Challenges: Please comment in your post exactly what your "Alphabet" element is.
  • Choose Two Challenges: Please comment in your post which of the "Two" 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.
  • The challenge closes each Wednesday at 10.00 pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time.




Thursday, April 16, 2020

Just Add Ink #500....Winners!

A huge thank you to everyone that joined us to share in celebrating our 500th Challenge!!

It was a special challenge for us as a design team and we were in awe of all the stunning creations in the gallery from you all. We are always inspired by each of you and love popping by your sites to see your creativity each week.

The design team votes for this week are in and we are so pleased to announce that this week's Top Pick goes to Jodene with her stunning showcasing of die cut words. Congrats Jodene!



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

Beautiful blending and technique...Stunning trio!

So much gorgeous colour matched with striking graphic patterns.

I love the vibrant colours and texture in her cards.

Absolutely beautiful cards with fabulous colouring, the sentiments really pop against all the colour.

Congratulations!


Here is your badge to wear on your blog.





Honourable Mentions this week go to -

Ashwini

Happy Birthday to You (1)

Here's what some of the design team had to say...

Divine! Love the partial cutting & little touches of gold.

Love the fabulously coloured blooms & touches of gold.

Stunning colouring, a lovely card.

The watercoloring was stunning in it's depth of colour and detail.


Elizabeth



Here's what some of the design team had to say...

A delightful and colourful bouquet

Colourful and happy, inside & out.

 Stunning, colourful floral background. Great focus on the die cut sentiment!

The sweet floral detail and vellum overlay really pop on this CAS style.


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

Friday, April 10, 2020

Just Add Ink #500...Blog Hop

Happy Friday all! 
The Just Add Ink team is celebrating another big milestone this week - we have reached our 500th challenge! 
We couldn't have gotten here without you, all our wonderful global participants - so thank you for joining us. We really enjoy seeing your projects and appreciate so much that you share them with us. The design team decided that a great way to celebrate our 500th challenge was with a blog hop. The theme for the blog hop and the challenge this week, suggested by Jan, is Just Add a Die Cut Word. 


To commence hopping click on Denita's link and you can then continue the hop by clicking on the "Next" banner in each design team members post!














Enjoy! We will look forward to seeing your projects.

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.
  • Colour Challenges: Please use "ONLY" the challenge colours or as close as possible when creating your project. (Black-White-Vanilla & Metallics may also be added)
  • Alphabet Challenges: Please comment in your post exactly what your "Alphabet" element is.
  • Choose Two Challenges: Please comment in your post which of the "Two" 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.
  • The challenge closes each Wednesday at 10.00 pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time.




Thursday, April 9, 2020

Just Add Ink #499...Winners

Hello there,
we loved seeing your projects with the pastel colours of last week's colour challenge. Thanks to all those who played along! This week our winner is Ma-Mi with this stunning C&S design.



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

Her use of the challenge colours just pop against all that white space.

Love the combination of gorgeous graduated colour with the silhouette image.

So striking in it's simplicity.


Congratulations!




Here is your badge to wear on your blog.





Honourable Mentions this week go to -



Here's what some of the design team had to say...

Super sweet use of the colours with lovely texture and layers.

A simple beautiful card.

Lovely texture and shine mixed with our delicate colour combination.


Vicki Burdick



Here's what some of the design team had to say...

Such a fresh, beautiful and uplifting card!

A lovely country style card with sweet pastel flowers.

Her flowers are so sweet.


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

Friday, April 3, 2020

Just Add Ink #499...Colour!


Hi and Happy Friday everyone!!

It's challenge time again and this week we have a really pretty colour combination for you that includes two of the relatively new colours, Balmy Blue and Highland Heather

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





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.
  • Colour Challenges: Please use "ONLY" the challenge colours or as close as possible when creating your project. (Black-White-Vanilla & Metallics may also be added)
  • Alphabet Challenges: Please comment in your post exactly what your "Alphabet" element is.
  • Choose Two Challenges: Please comment in your post which of the "Two" 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.
  • The challenge closes each Wednesday at 10.00 pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time.