Friday, June 20, 2025

Just Add Ink #756...Add a Belly Band!

Good Morning JAI friends!

It's time for a NEW challenge here at Just Add Ink and for this one Nikki has suggested we all add a "Belly Band" to our projects!

This is such a fun and simple challenge and can be added to your project in a variety of ways, as you can see from the design teams projects.

We look forward to seeing your interpretations and seeing your projects in the gallery....Happy crafting friends!

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

Nikki Spencer













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 #jai756


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-Grey-Brown & 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 7.00 pm (AEST/AEDT) Australian Eastern Standard Time.
  • 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.
 




Thursday, June 19, 2025

Just Add Ink #755...Winners!

 

Afternoon all, it's time to count the votes and share our Top Pick & HM's from this weeks colour challenge!

Thanks to all that joined in and shared your lovely projects, we really appreciate it!

Our Top Pick this week is Cassandra with her beautiful butterfly project!



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

Beautiful card full of texture and that gorgeous butterfly!

Such beautiful layers of colour and texture. I just want to touch it.

Beautiful layers with lots of texture. The butterfly gives that gorgeous WOW factor to the card. Just stunning!



Congratulations!



Here is your badge to wear on your blog.


Honourable Mentions this week go to -

Jolanda


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

Such a gorgeous, graphic and clean card. I love a dry sense of humour and this one tickled me!

A simple but so effective way to celebrate another year passing. Love the use of negative space for the numbers.

A great way to showcase the colours.


Deborah


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

So cute and delightful!

Super cute and super fun! A gorgeous use of the challenge colours.

Beautiful colouring of this delicate image and love the CAS and elegant background.



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, June 13, 2025

Just Add Ink #755...Colour!

Welcome to Just Add Ink and another challenge for you to enjoy. This week we've a colour combination suggested by Kerry which will hopefully get your creative juices flowing! Please note that although we use Stampin' Up names for the colours, any brand colours that are a close match are perfect to use. Have fun!

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

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 #jai755


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-Grey-Brown & 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 7.00 pm (AEST/AEDT) Australian Eastern Standard Time.
  • 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.
 




Thursday, June 12, 2025

Just Add Ink #754 ... Winners!

Happy Thursday to you! Thanks for joining us at Just Add Ink where we're happy to announce the winners of last week's Choose Two challenge. We had an amazing gallery and so many stunningly beautiful cards that it was a real challenge for the design team to pick only three winners. These are the projects they decided on:

Top Pick

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

A bright, bold and beautiful floral creation.

Beautiful! The floral elements are so pretty.

Love these beautifully bright bouquets accented with a gold sentiment.


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...

What a stunningly elegant card!

What more do you need than a gorgeous, large and beautifully coloured blossom?

The flowers have been coloured so beautifully.


Karen

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

The flowers, sentiment, background - clean, fresh and pretty perfection.

A beautifully clean project, very pretty.

So very pretty.



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, June 6, 2025

Just Add Ink #754...Choose Two!

Happy Friday JAI friends!

We are back with a fun new challenge from Kim, it's a Choose Two challenge and always a fun way to create!
You can add any two of the options and as you can see from the design teams projects, it makes for lots of fun and variety!

Happy crafting and we hope to see you pop up in our gallery this week. 

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














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 #jai754


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-Grey-Brown & 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 7.00 pm (AEST/AEDT) Australian Eastern Standard Time.
  • 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.
 




Thursday, June 5, 2025

Just Add Ink #753...Winners!


Welcome back for this weeks Top Pick & HM's post for the #753 Sketch challenge! 

Thanks so much to those that joined in and shared your lovely projects, makes it really hard to pick a winner! But we really appreciate you joining us!

Votes are counted and this weeks Top Pick is Joanne with her fabulous Celebratory Sips project!

Joanne


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

So full of colour and cheer!

Fun, colourful and cute!

A fun and fabulous project!

Congratulations!



Here is your badge to wear on your blog.


Honourable Mentions this week go to -

Kaylee


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

A lovely clean and elegant project.

Subtle but impactful.

 Love the modern take on the sketch.




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

Bold, bright and summery.

A lovely bold use of the sketch.

Love the rich colours and loads of texture.


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