Just Add Ink # 221 Winners!

It's that time of the week again......time to share with you our Top Picks from the latest Just Add Ink Challenge.

It was really lovely to see all the different variations of Shaker Cards this week.  They are beauties.  Thank you for joining us for this great Challenge. 

Now for our Top Picks......

Toni

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

 "I loved how the vibrant rainbow of colour's burst out through the intricate die cut"

 "Her card is stunning"

"Beautiful die cut paired with stunning water colouring"

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

Honorable Mentions for this week go to -

Stacey Ailes

"I love the little balls of gold & rocks of silver in the shaker! Looks stunning against the navy background & white anchor"

"I love the way she made her nautical themed box"

"Fantastic nautical themed shaker"

Shona

"Gorgeous and elegant, and I love the clean lines"

"The pile of gold hearts gleam like sun beams against the muted grey"

"Elegant, yet fun, card"

Be sure to click on their names and leave them some lovely comments.

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Just Add Ink #221....Shakers!

Hello Friends!...

It's time for another great challenge here at Just Add Ink and this week Paula thought it would be fun to Just Add "Shakers" to our projects.....So many fun options for this one and we look forward to seeing your projects and being inspired by you!

We have a bit of exciting news to share with you this week too, Deb Fearns will be joining the team for a 6 month Guest Designer stint...Yay! Deb is a very talented papercrafter and has some lovely projects on her blog and we would love you to pop over and leave her some love, make her welcome!

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

Christine Blain



Delys Cram



Deb Fearns

Kim Badelt



Louise Sharp

Nikki Spencer



Susan Wong

Tina Gillespie

Trish Rayfield

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 #220...Winners!

Time to let you know our "Top Picks" for this weeks sketch challenge...

Although our numbers were not huge, we did get some fabulous takes on the sketch and some very clever and creative inspiration from you, so thank you for sharing your fab projects.

The voting this week was so, so close and came down to the line for top 3 .....The "Top Pick" this week goes to.........

Stacey

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

 "Love the starburst bunting that tops this gorgeous vintage creation"

 "I love the vintagey look of this card, and the emotion it evokes"

"Love the vintage feel and techniques used"

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

Stacey, as you are the Top Pick , you now have the opportunity to join us as a Guest Designer.
If you would like to be the Just Add Ink Guest Designer for the last challenge in July, please contact us on just-add-ink@hotmail.com and we will be in touch to discus the details with you. 

Honorable Mentions for this week go to -

Karen

 "I love the flower top - great way to use the sketch"

"I love Karen's creative take on our challenge, and awesome use of colour.  Such a fun card"

"I love Karen's big vibrant flower, gorgeous card"

Shona



"Such a clean, crisp take on the sketch"

"A really beautiful CAS card"

"A beautiful CAS use of the sketch"

Be sure to click on their names and leave them some lovely comments.

Don't forget to come back at midnight to check out our next challenge!

Thanks for playing at Just Add Ink!

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Just Add Ink #220 sketch challenge!

WOW we're up to challenge 220 and it's a goodie!

We've got a fantastic sketch designed by Kim to get your crafty juices flowing!!!!

It's the last challenge of the months so this week is our "Guest Designer"challenge. So, if you are interested, all you need do is play along with this weeks challenge!

 (The details: For the last challenge of each month, we will be offering the "TOP PICK" for that week, the opportunity to join us as a "Guest Designer" for the last challenge the following month....If this sounds like something you would like to do, get creating and come join us at Just Add Ink.)

Here is what the Design Team and our June Guest Designer (Alica) have come up with this week to provide you with inspiration...

Alica - Guest Designer

Chantell Randall

Christine Blain

Delys Cram

Jodene Tripp

Kim Badelt

Nikki Spencer

Patrice Easton

Tina Gillespie

We are looking forward to seeing your creation so follow the rules below and link 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 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.

Winner! Just Add Ink #219

It was so lovely to see everyone's different interpretation of the inspiration photo this week!
And we were spoiled for choice of Top Pick with so many entries.  Thank you to everyone who played along, I know I picked up a few little techniques while checking out all the entries that I'll be trying out soon.

Now who took our eye this week.......

It was Shirley with her delightful card! 

Here's what the design team said....

'Beautiful card - the watercoloured background is so striking and I love that pretty butterfly.'

'Stunning!! I can't say anything other than perfect.'

'Gorgeous work! Crisp-Clean & interesting.'

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

Honorable Mentions for this week go to -

Shona

'Awesome, clean card that allows the simple details to really pack a punch'

'Nailed it! Bright, bold yet also simple and elegant. Gorgeous card.'

'Love the simplicity of this card.  It's very effective'

Jaydee

'Loved the stenciled pattern and the bold yellow through the middle.'

'Love the texture, and great use of colour, on Jaydee's card.'

'Jaydee's stencilling is totally fabulous - it's creates a really wow effect.'

Be sure to click on their names and leave them some lovely comments.

Don't forget to come back at midnight to check out our next challenge!

Thanks for playing at Just Add Ink!

Don't forget to join us tomorrow for our next challenge

We'll be looking for a Guest Designer to join us for a week!

Just Add Ink #219 Just add inspiration

Happy Friday to you all and welcome to a new Just Add Ink challenge. This week Trish has put together a great inspiration challenge for us. The colours are really striking as are the patterns. We hope you can join us for this fun challenge.

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

Christine Blain

Delys Cram

Jodene Tripp

Kim Badelt

Louise Sharp

Mae Collins

Narelle Farrugia

Nikki Spencer

Susan Wong

Tina Gillespie

Trish Rayfield

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 #218 Winners

Hello and welcome to the Just Add Ink winner's post! It was just amazing to see the different colour combinations everyone pulled out of the retiring 2012-14 SU! in colors. We had some inspiring and gorgeous entries but we had to pick a winner and this week it was Kim Butterworth with this lovely scrap page.

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

Love the way the colours have been used on this gorgeous layout.

Love this layout - great use of embellishments.

Lovely layout with a fantastic choice of colours to match the picture perfectly.

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

Honorable Mentions for this week go to -

Kerry

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

Love the simplicity of this card style yet the focus it puts on the beautiful flower.

So much detail on a card that at first glance looks CAS.  Gorgeous!

I love all of the little details in this card that is at first glance very CAS.

Kathy S

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

Fabulously bold and vibrant! Great ink & masking technique.

Love the technique she used to make the colours and butterflies pop on this card.

Great use of the vibrant colours and I love the masked butterflies.

Be sure to click on their names and leave them some lovely comments.

Don't forget to come back at midnight to check out our next challenge!

Thanks for playing at Just Add Ink!

Don't forget to join us tomorrow for our next challenge