Just Add Ink Challenge 1 - A Colour Challenge!

Welcome to Just Add Ink!

The Just Add Ink Design Team is a group of Australian & New Zealand Stampin' Up! demonstrators who love to share what they love and inspire others to create! We use primarily Stampin' Up! products in our challenge designs, but we welcome the use of any brand or product by our participants. It's our goal at Just Add Ink to inspire our virtual stamping pals, while sharing and having fun! We hope you will play along!!

This week we have a special Stampin' prize up for grabs! To be eligible for our prize you must:
1) become a follower of our challenge blog;
2) add our badge to your blog;
3) write a short post on your blog about our challenge site and of course;
4) add a link to your creation below via Mr Linky.

Our first challenge is a colour challenge - make something using our blog colours.

This can be a card, scrapbooking layout or 3D project.

Rules:

• You are welcome to use any brand of supplies for our challenges.
• Please use the keyword JAI1 when uploading to public galleries. We welcome you to mention our challenges and/or provide a link.
• Provide a DIRECT LINK to the post on your blog where you've displayed your creation using Mr. Linky. Incorrect links are NOT eligible for Top 5 picks, and may be deleted.
• Projects must be new.
• To be eligible for this weeks prize you must also 1) become a follower of our challenge blog, 2) add our badge to your blog, and 3) write a short post on your blog about our site!
  

Mr. Linky will close Wednesday 27th January at midnight (12am) EST. Be here on Thursday 28th January to see our Top Picks and the winner of the $50 Stampin' Up! voucher (drawn via random.org).

* * * * *

If you'd like to enter your creation in our challenge,

but you don't have a blog or a public gallery

(like SplitCoast Stampers),

just send a picture of your entry

with your name and a few details about your work to

just-add-ink@hotmail.com

and we'll enter it for you!

* * * * *

Here's some inspiration from some of the girls in the Just Add Ink Design Team:

Danielle Daws

Amanda Reddicliffe

Kirsty Jeffery

Tania Gould

Nicole McMurtrie

Chantell Randall

Bronwyn Eastley

Sarah Klass

Delys CramThank you for playing at

Just Add Ink!

Just Add Ink Challenges Participants

1. Kris Sobolik 2. Kylie R 3. Linda Wormall 4. Felicity 5. Mae Collins (Tas, AUS) - correct link! 6. Nicole Derendorf 7. Robyn 8. Jan Radu 9. Lynn Powell 10. Leonie Hegarty 11. Carole Stedman 12. Richelle 13. Elise 14. Megan McDonald 15. Bron Heslop 16. Kez 17. Anna Bowden

18. Monica Van Empel 19. Belinda Watson 20. Karen Beazley 21. Melissa 22. Mel Sharp 23. Claire Dauncey 24. Anne Brignall 25. Paula Dobson 26. Helen Williams (NZ) 27. Lori Turner 28. Diane Taylor NZ 29. Ann Wills (NZ) 30. Leah Renee 31. Shirley McAvoy 32. Naomi Jansen 33. Tui Nathan 34. Lorelle Sergiacomi

35. Tessa Wise 36. Sharnee Torrents :0) 37. Kathie'z Kardz (NZ) 38. Esther Holt 39. Louise Layton 40. Lisa H 41. Natalie Zapantis 42. Erin 43. Bibiana 44. Gail Tomkins 45. Tracey old NZL 46. Genelle Little 47. Debbie Dawson NZ 48. Nikki Pascoe 49. Andrea North 50. Sharon Davis 51. Anna Sutherland

Powered by... Mister Linky's Magical Widgets.

Not sure how to use Mr Linky? Click HERE.

JAI1 Entries so far...

We've been absolutely blown away by the response to our launch! Not only have there been many wonderful comments left for us, and lovely emails sent, but the entries for our first challenge have been AMAZING!

If you haven't already entered, the cut off time is midnight on Wednesday 27th of January. Just over one day to go!

Here's a slideshow of the entries we have so far. We'd like to encourage you to visit the entries (links are on the challenge page) and leave some comments - everyone likes getting positive feedback!

JAI1 Email Entries

If you haven't already noticed on the challenge entry and the blinkie in the sidebar, (I made that!  Can you tell I'm extra proud of myself?!), Just Add Ink accepts challenge entries via email.  All you have to do is email your challenge entry to just-add-ink@hotmail.com with your name, (and feel free to add a few details about yourself and your creation), and we'll post it here for you!  That means that you don't have to have a blog to enter our challenges.  Isn't that great?

Today we got our first e-mail entry for our Just Add Ink Colour Challenge 1 and I'm very pleased to be sharing it with you, because it's so pretty!  Any further e-mail entries will be added to this blog post so they're all in one handy location.

*    *    *    *    *

Our first e-mail entry is from Monica Van Empel and I love how she's balanced the colours in this card.  Isn't is sweet?  Feel free to leave comments for Monica here, I'm sure she'd love to hear your feedback.

Monica Van Empel

Materials:

Stamps - Paris stamp set, Trendy Trees

Paper - Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Rose Red
Ink - Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Rose Red, Taken with Teal
 

*    *    *    *    *

Our second email entry is from Anna Bowden and I love how she's used strips of cardstock in the background of her card - what a great way to use the colours!

Anna Bowden

Materials:

Stamp set - Live Like You Mean It, (non-SU) Happy Birthday

Cardstock - Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Rose Red, Taken with Teal

Inks - Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, Taken with Teal, Whisper White

You can leave your feedback for Anna on this post - I know she'd love to know what you think.

*    *    *    *    *

Another email entry!  This card is from Esther Holt, isn't it sweet?  I really like how the ribbon acts as a 'pull' to open the card - what a great idea!  Thanks for joining in Es!

 

Esther Holt

Make sure you leave your feedback for Es on this post!

*    *    *    *    *

Email entry number 4 is from Lisa H in Melbourne.  Here's what she said about her card: 

"Hi there Amanda, Danielle & rest of the fabulous design team,

This is my little creation, based on a lovely card I received that totally hooked me on butterflies! It’s great to be able to join in without having a blog.  Thanks for setting this up and look forward to the inspiring creations." 

Thanks Lisa!  We're really pleased so many people are joining in!  I think this is such a sweet card.  I really like how Lisa has used the leaf image in different places - it really makes the whole card work together. 

 

Lisa H

Materials:

Stamps – Great Friend

Paper - Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Rose Red

Ink - Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Rose Red, Taken with Teal

 

Please leave your comments for Lisa on this post!

 
 

*    *    *    *    *

 

Email entry number 5 is from Natalie Zapantis, and she said this about her card:

 

Hi,

My name is Natalie Zapantis. I've been a Stampin' Up demonstrator since May last year and am loving it!

I designed this card using the I {Heart} Hearts stamp set that Stampin' Up is using in its Help for Haiti campaign and the 5 colours in the colour challenge. The result is a colourful simple card which I hope you like as much as I do.

Thanks!

Natalie

 

Thanks for sending it in Natalie, it's such a pretty card!  I love the DSP you've used in the background and the ribbon going across behind the hearts is really effective.  Looks like I have yet another stamp set to add to my very long wishlist!

 

Natalie Zapantis

 

You can leave your comments for Natalie on this post!

 

 

*    *    *    *    *

And the email entries keep rolling in!  This next entry is from Gail Tomkins, and Gail has created a gorgeous page layout with the colour challenge.  Gail's done a beautiful job of keeping the balance in the page with quite a few different embellishments, but still making the photo the focus of the page.  Brilliant work, Gail!

Gail Tomkins

Colour Breakdown:

So Saffron - the colour on the Lady Bug's faces

Taken with Teal - the colours in the patterned paper and the letter 'e'

Rose Red - the flower, the Lady Bug and the title

Chocolate Chip - the ink I have used around the papers and the card stock

Whisper White - the card stock

Make sure you leave a comment for Gail on this post!

*    *    *    *    *

Make sure you have a look at the fabulous entries we have so far and to leave some lovely comments - I know I love to get feedback and I'm sure you all do too!