Just Add Ink #440..."Blog Hop"

Hello everyone!!   Welcome to the first "Just Add Ink" challenge for 2019.   

We hope you have enjoyed your Christmas and New Year celebrations and are ready to play along with our 2019 Challenges.

It has become tradition  here at Just Add Ink, to start the New Year with a Blog Hop.   With a new Occasions Catalogue and Sale-a-brations in full swing at the moment, it’s the perfect time of year to "Just Add Something New!"

Adding "Something New" to your projects may be in the form of a new product, stamps, a technique or even something from your craft stash that you have not used before.   Please share details of what your "NEW" is, that makes it much easier for the design team when commenting and voting.

Instead of adding all of the design teams projects to this post, we have added their blog links below so you can follow the hop and leave them some comments as you go.

You can begin the blog hop here by clicking on Jackie’s name, or at any of the other design team members blog posts.   Then, just follow the hop by clicking on the next button that you will find at the bottom of all the design team posts.

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

Jackie Aitken

Kelly Kent

Joanne Stubbings

Tina Gillespie

Lou Kitzelman

Jan McQueen

Rachael Lewsley

Nikki Spencer

Rochelle Blok

Di Barnes

Kim Badelt

Chantell Randall

Denita Wright-Smee

Narelle Farugia

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.

Just Add Ink #343...."BLOG HOP"

Happy New year everyone and welcome to the first challenge of the Just Add Ink year!

At Just Add Ink we always like to start the year off with a blog hop to showcase the first challenge of the year.
This year Nikki has suggested we all "Just Add Something Pop-Up & Interactive" to our projects. These are always such fun cards to receive and open for kids and adults alike and a lot of joy to create too :-)

So what sort of project are we looking for? Anything that has a pop-up or interactive element that the recipient has to do something with - such as a pop-up card of course, or a shaker card, a slider, a magic or light up card - the choice of movement and design is completely up to you!

We look forward to kicking the year off with a celebration of fun crafty goodness and inspiration and hope you will join in the challenge with us. 

You can begin the blog hop here by clicking on Nikki's name, or at any of the other design team members blog posts, just follow the hop by clicking on the next button you will find at the bottom of all the design team posts.

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

Nikki Spencer

Patrice Easton

Kelly Kent

Karren Johnson

Christine Blain

Tina Gillespie

Narelle Farrugia

Rochelle Blok

Chloe Evans

Di Barnes

Chantell Randall

Jan McQueen

Shona Chambers

Kim Badelt

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...Add something new Blog Hop!

Happy New year everyone and welcome to the first challenge of the Just Add Ink year!

At Just Add Ink we always like to start the year off with a blog hop to showcase the first challenge of the year.
This year Rochelle has suggested we all "Just Add Something New". Now I know that won't be hard for the Stampin Up! demonstrators out there as the new Occasions catalogue and Sale-a-bration promotions have started! If you don't have anything new from SU! please join us using whatever new product you have and be sure to let us know what it is.

To make the blog hop extra special the design team have donated new SU! SAB items as prizes to the winner and two honorable mentions participants. 

Please note, to be eligible, you must ........
:Create a "NEW" project using "SOMETHING NEW TO YOU".
:Leave a comment on all the design team blogs. 
:Be or become a follower Of the JAI challenge blog.
:Blog your project exclusively linked to Just Add Ink. 
Entrants that link to additional challenges will be ineligible. 
Prizes are open to both international and AUS/NZ participants.

You can begin the blog hop here by clicking on Kims name, or at any of the other design team members blog posts, just follow the hop by clicking on the next or previous buttons you will find at the bottom of all the design team posts.

We look forward to kicking the year off with a celebration of new crafty goodness and inspiration and hope you will join the challenge with us.

Kim Badelt

Jodene Tripp

Shona Chambers

Chantell Randall

 
Nikki Spencer

Tina Gillespie

Patrice Easton

Delys Cram

Trish Rayfield

Rochelle Blok

Narelle Farrugia

Di Barnes

Jan McQueen

Christine Blain

                

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 only.
• 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 #247...."Just Add Love Blog Hop"

Welcome to our first "Just Add Ink" challenge for 2015.....We hope you have all enjoyed your Christmas and New Year celebrations and are ready to play.

The design team certainly have and are back ready to create and inspire in 2015!

We thought it would be great, to once again, kick start the year with a "Blog Hop".

 Christine wants us to "JUST ADD LOVE" & Kim wants us to use the "TAG or TAG SKETCH"  So, we want you to combine the two and see what you can create! 

The "Design Team" have created some fabulous inspiration to share how we combined the two elements....

To begin the blog hop loop, just click on the "BLOG HOP BUTTON" below and it will take you to Trishie's Blog and her lovely project!

You will find the next persons link by clicking on the "Blog Hop Button" at the bottom of each blog post, but if for some reason you get lost along the way, you can pop back here and click any of the design teams names to continue......Have fun and don't forget to leave some comments along the way..:0)

Trish Rayfield

Tina Gillespie

Shona Chambers

Rochelle Blok

Patrice Easton

Nikki Spencer

Narelle Farrugia

Louise Sharp

Kim Badelt

Jodene Tripp

Di Barnes

Christine Blain

Chantell Randall

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.

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A New Year and a JAI Blog Hop!

Well welcome back to our regular weekly challenges! 

We have a Big Shot Blog Hop for Challenge #149 and its a pearler! Instead of posting the pics of each of our members' projects involved in this blog hop..we will be starting with Mae and then going on a blog hop around the Design Team. If you get lost along the way, come back here and click on the next link down the bottom of this post.

The challenge of course this week is, to use the Big Shot or any diecut machine on your card, scrapbooking page or box/project etc. 

And here's what the Design Team came up with ...

So off we go on the first Blog Hop Journey  to Mae Collins. 

Click on the Big shot badge to go to the next blog.

Here is our Big Shot Blog Hop order if you get lost.

Mae

Delys

Nikki

Christine

Tina

Chantell

Jodene

Patrice

Kim

Trish

Narelle

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.

Id like to apologise to Bronwyn Eastley and Helen Heil for deleting their submissions during this challenge. It was a mistake on my part and I apologise profusely to you both of you for deleting your gorgeous submissions! We hope you will join us again for our challenges girls!

JAI #100 Its our Birthday!

Its our 100th Birthday Challenge and while we didnt get a card from the Queen (Sad!), all of us in the Design Team, would like to celebrate with you all! We have a Royal Theme this week which is to..

Just Add Crowns!

Plus.. what a way to celebrate as we are doing a Blog hop with all of the Design Team this week!
And because its our Birthday, we're giving away a couple of prizes this week to two lucky winners!....heres what you win..These Dauber cases are a fab way of organising your daubers (or embellishments).
And all you have to do is play along this week and comment on all of the Design Team Blogs (and this one) by the end of the challenge to go into the draw. After youve finished commenting, email us on the Just Add Ink hotmail address (see sidebar) to say that youve commented on all of the blogs ..and you will be into the draw. We will also be giving the winner this week a dauber case prize too!! Woohoo!!


So what are you waiting for....click on the badge below to go to Chantells Blog..if you get stuck on the way come back to the Just Add Ink Blog and click on all of the Design Team blog links in the sidebar.

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 with3 or less challengesif you like.
• 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 a way of advertising products/tutorials etc. which are for sale. You may include a 'project recipe' but do not provide links within the post for promotional purposes, recruiting etc. for ANY product brand. We're 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.

Add your project below using Linky Tools!

Fancy Folds Blog Hop - JAI 74

Hi Inkers!

This week we have something a little different for you just to spice things up a bit!

We're going on a Fancy Folds Blog Hop! We hope you'll play along. There are only 12 stops (this is #1) and at each stop one of the Design Team Members will be showing you a different Fancy Fold that they like and providing you with a tutorial or linking up to one they used to create their project(s). We hope to give you loads of inspiration for this week's challenge which is...

To choose one fancy card fold that you like, make a new card and link it up as per usual.

Click the button below to hop to the first Design Team member in the Fancy Folds Blog Hop, which is Chantell. When you have completed the Blog Hop you should return back here but if you get lost along the way (or the links are not working correctly due to Blogger issues, then come back here and go to any of the Design Team member's blog via the links on the right).

PLEASE - NO LINKS which advertise products within your challenge entry post! It's not nice if we have to delete entries. Take a little time to read the rules below BEFORE linking up.

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 some others if you like.
• 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 a way of advertising products/tutorials etc. which are for sale. You may include a 'project recipe' but do not provide links within the post for promotional purposes, recruiting etc. for any product brand. We're 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.

The Just Add Ink SWAP HOP!

Hi Inkers!  Ready for some fabulous creations?  We sure hope so!

We recently had a swap at Just Add Ink... If you haven't come across it before, a swap is where all participants make multiple copies of one card design/project and send them off to the rest of the group. What you end up with is a copy of everyone's cards, but you've only had to design one! So we thought we'd share them with you all on a Just Add Ink Swap (Blog) Hop!

Here are a few details about what's happening... There are 14 stops on our Swap Hop (Just Add Ink and each of our 13 Design Team members), but the hop is set up in a loop so it doesn't matter where you start. All you need to do to follow along is click the Swap Hop button at the end of each post and you'll be taken to the next stop! The great part of that is that you can do the Swap Hop whenever you want.

Just in case you get lost, here are all the stops along the way...

Just Add Ink

Danielle Daws

Amanda Reddicliffe

Chantell Randall

Tania Gould

Delys Cram

Bronwyn Eastley

Jodene Tripp

Patrice Easton

Gardenia Pepworth

Jo Eades

Kim Badelt

Paula Dobson

Mae Collins

Click the button to go to the first stop!

 Enjoy!



A Surprise For The Weekend

Hi Inkers!

We have a little surprise for you!  The Just Add Ink Design Team recently had a swap amongst ourselves, so we thought we'd put it all together in a blog hop for you... our Swap Hop!

 

Come back after midnight EST to do the hop!



Just Add Ink #17 Winners

Hi Inkers!

We hope you enjoyed the Blog Hop this week, if you would like to see the blog hop and tutorials in a flash they will be permanently available when you click on the "Blog Hop" button in our sidebar.

Thanks to everyone that left comments on the JAI blog and on our individual blogs! The DT was buzzing this week (more than usual!), and we are all so thrilled that you enjoyed our tutorials.

This weeks Top 5 picks are ...

Elise Dundinin

Rhonda Fawcett

Kez


Renee

Gayatri


As always, you can click on the Top 5's names or creations to go directly to their blogs/details.

Congratulations Ladies!
Here is your badge to wear on your blog:
Click here if you need help adding the badge to your blog.

Thanks again to everyone that played along this week! Tomorrow we have a new sketch challenge for you to play along with.

Thanks for playing at Just Add Ink!

JAI17 - Entries So Far

Have you done the Blog Hop yet? It's a fabulous way to get inspired, with loads of inspiration, techniques and tutorials! And the challenge this week fits right it - just choose a technique to do!

Here are the entries so far...




If you haven't already entered, the cut-off time is Wednesday May 19th at midnight WST and you can submit your entries HERE.