Just Add Ink #776...Choose Two or More!

Happy Friday all!

Our final challenge for 2025 was suggested by Kim and will close on 31 December. As the design team will be taking a break till mid-January, we won't have a Top Picks post. But we hope you will share your projects here for everyone to enjoy.

From all of us here at Just Add Ink, we thank you for joining in all of our challenges over the year and hope to see you all back here in 2026 for our annual Blog Hop to kick start the New Year!

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Enjoy the festive season! xx

 

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

Tristan Dawes

Kerry Parkinson

Nikki Spencer

Jan McQueen

Lou Kitzelman

Joanne Stubbings

Chantell Randall

Narelle Farrugia

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 #jai776

This challenge will close at 7pm (AEST) on Wednesday 31st December

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.
• Inspiration & Colour Challenges: Use the Inspiration or the colours or both. Please use a minimum of "3" of the challenge colours when creating your project. (Black-White-Metallics-Skintones may also be added)
• Just use Stencils-Dies Challenges: Use Stencils-Dies or a combination of both. No theme, anything goes.
• Choose Two or more Challenges: Please comment in your post which of the 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.
• 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.

 

Just Add Ink #775...Top picks

It's the time of year to celebrate with family and friends and we really enjoyed seeing your 'celebration' cards and the different occasions that were special for you. Thanks so much for joining us for last weeks challenge!

 Our "Top 3" for this one are....

Milla

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

Stunningly beautiful colouring that captured my attention immediately. The ink blending in the background lets the florals shine.

Jenn Borjeson

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

 couldn't go past festive flamingos! They're flamingos on a beach celebrating Xmas and having fun - what more can i say?

WhoIsTracy

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

Love a good ombre and to do it on the sentiment is fabulous. A very classy Christmas card.

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

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

Just Add Ink #775...Just Add a Celebration!

Welcome, crafters! For our new challenge Lou suggested we ...

There are so many types of celebration to choose from, for example: birthdays; anniversaries; graduations; successes in sports, jobs or hobbies; Christmas; New Year; new home; expanding a family - whatever the occasion, it's probably worth celebrating! We can't wait to see what you create. 

Here is what the Design Team have come up with

 to provide you with inspiration...

Tristan Dawes

Narelle Farrugia

Tina Gillespie

Lou Kitzelman

Jan McQueen

Kerry Parkinson

Chantell Randall

Nikki Spencer

Jo Stubbings

Rochelle Blok

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 #jai775

This challenge will close at 7pm (AEDT) on Wednesday 17th December

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.
• Inspiration & Colour Challenges: Use the Inspiration or the colours or both. Please use a minimum of "3" of the challenge colours when creating your project. (Black-White-Metallics-Skintones may also be added)
• Just use Stencils-Dies Challenges: Use Stencils-Dies or a combination of both. No theme, anything goes.
• Choose Two or more Challenges: Please comment in your post which of the 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.
• 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.

 

Just Add Ink #774...Top Picks

We were absolutely blown away to see so many entries in our Just Add Dies/Stencils gallery! Fabulous! Our thanks to everyone who took part and generously shared their creativity.

The Top Picks chosen for challenge #774 are:

Nora

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

Gorgeous colours and a beautiful design...LOVE this pretty project!

Marlena

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

The stencilling and colours create amazing miniature scenes!

Diane

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

Love it! The cutest snowman card ever!

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

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.

Just Add Ink #774...Stencils & Dies!

Happy Friday JAI friends! 

We are back to share another fun "New" concept challenge. This one is all about "Stencils & Dies"...You can use one or both and feel free to combine them with any other crafting products you choose...Have fun and we look forward to seeing you pop up in the gallery.

As you can see from the design teams projects, there are loads of variations with this one.

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

Jan McQueen

Lou Kitzelman

Nikki Spencer

Narelle Farrugia

Kerry Parkinson

Tristan Dawes

Joanne Stubbings

Chantell Randall

Tina Gillespie

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 #jai774

This challenge will close at 7pm (AEST) on Wednesday 3rd December

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.
• Inspiration & Colour Challenges: Use the Inspiration or the colours or both. Please use a minimum of "3" of the challenge colours when creating your project. (Black-White-Metallics-Skintones may also be added)
• Just use Stencils-Dies Challenges: Use Stencils-Dies or a combination of both. No theme, anything goes.
• Choose Two or more Challenges: Please comment in your post which of the 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.
• 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.

 

Just Add Ink #773...Top Picks!

Thanks so much to everyone that joined in with our "Sketch" challenge. We loved seeing your entries pop up in the gallery and how you interpreted the sketch and we really appreciate you playing along.

 Our "Top 3" for this one are....

Totallyawake

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

Such a stunning card with a beautiful colour combo. A gorgeous take on the sketch challenge.

Cassandra

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

A very cheerful card with great colours. Love the fun emboss resist background.

Arnoldo

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

The more I look at this fun card, the more I see. I love the textures teamed with the cool watch and sentiment.

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

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

Just Add Ink #773...Sketch!

Hello there, welcome back for another fun challenge.

This week Tristan has suggested a fabulous sketch that we can all use in our crafting projects.  The Design Team has put together some wonderful and creative ideas using the sketch and we hope that you can join us and share your projects too.    

Here is what the Design Team have come up with this week 

to provide you with inspiration...

Tristan Dawes

Kerry Parkinson

Lou Kitzelman

Nikki Spencer

Jan McQueen

Joanne Stubbings

Tina Gillespie

Narrelle Farrugia

Chantell Randall

Rochelle Blok

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 #jai773

This challenge will close at 7pm (AEDT) on Wednesday 19th November

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.
• Inspiration & Colour Challenges: Use the Inspiration or the colours or both. Please use a minimum of "3" of the challenge colours when creating your project. (Black-White-Metallics-Skintones may also be added)
• Just use Stencils-Dies Challenges: Use Stencils-Dies or a combination of both. No theme, anything goes.
• Choose Two or more Challenges: Please comment in your post which of the 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.
• 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.