Just Add Ink #589......Winners!!

Well well well, our Just Add Minimalist Challenge was quite popular.   It certainly was a fun way to share loads of cute images and stamps along with some wonderful technics and textures.    Thank you to everyone that joined in on the Challenge this week.

It was also quite challenging for the Design Team to pick their fav's.   But votes are in and we have done it!     The Winner of Just Add Minimalist is:

Carolyn King

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

"Carolyn's hexagon's capture the minimalist spirit but still introduce so much interest"

"Great use of colour and repetition"

"Very creative use of Shapes and Papers"

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

Honourable Mentions this week go to -

Ma-Mi

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

"Love that striking geometric patterned heart focal"

"Wow! Wow! Wow!"

"Fun, textured and tactile!"

Joanne James

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

"The image and sentiment are a beautiful focal point, really catches the eye!"

"I love how all of the white space gives the message and images so much impact"

"Joanne has mad such a simple yet fabulous card and love the addition of the vellum for her sentiment"

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 #589...Minimalist!

 

Good Morning JAI Friends!

Before we get onto this weeks challenge, we would like to a say Goodbye to a couple of the team, Kelly Kent & Rachael Lewsley. 

Both of these talented and lovely ladies have brought so much to the JAI team and will very much be missed by all of us and the wider JAI community. Thank you both so much for sharing your creative and fabulous projects over the years and Kelly, your Graphic genius goes without saying!

We wish them both lots of happy moving forward in whatever life brings!

So, onto this weeks challenge, suggested by Kelly. What is "Minimalist" we hear you ask! According to Google, this is the basic principle...Make of it what you will!

"Minimalist art is an extreme type of abstract art that usually is depicted through simplistic shapes and hard edges, all while exposing the essence of the forms and materials used. One of the most common is repetition, or creating multiple images of the same shape, especially simple geometric forms like lines or squares. Artists repeat shapes and compose projects composed of vertical colour blocks. Simple, paired down to the fewest possible lines or forms"

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

Tristan Dawes

Tina Gillespie

Fiona Bradley

Nikki Spencer

Lou Kitzelman

Jo Stubbings

Kim Badelt

Di Barnes

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 #jai589

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 #588...Winners!

Afternoon friends!

It is time to tally the votes and announce our Top Pick & HM's for this weeks colour challenge.

Our gallery was full of fabulous and colourful projects this week and we loved them all. So thank you everyone that joined in with our colour challenge and shared your bold and beautiful creations.

Our Top Pick this week is Barb with her gorgeous floral project!

Barb

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

A bright cheerful card with beautiful layers and a fab fancy bow.

Stunning card, I love everything about it.

Beautiful layout, layers and the loveliest of bows. 

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

Honourable Mentions this week go to -

Jennie

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

A stunning classic card!

Love how the coloured flowers pop against the dreamy background.

Soft pretty blending!

Lisa

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

The card is so bold and bright and uses the challenge colours well.

A fun way to use the colours. Love your cute little double bow.

Lovely bold combination of the colours and patterns.

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 #588...Colour!

Hello there!

This week Jan has asked us to Just Add a Colour Combo and it's quite bold. We hope you enjoy it as much as the design team did!

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

Tristan Dawes

Tina Gillespie

Kerry Bunting

Denita Wright-Smee

Jan McQueen

Annie Alexander

Chantell Randall

Rachael Lewsley

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 #jai588

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 #587...Winners

Hello there,
we loved seeing all the fancy edges, circle and twine combinations you all used for last week's Choose Two challenge. A big thanks to all those who played along with us! This week our winner is Bronwyn Eastley with this nostalgic dimensional interactive card.

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

Amazing, Fun project!

Oh wow! So fun!

Fun, clever and totally groovy.

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

Honourable Mentions this week go to -

Paper Doll

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

Simple, sweet and uses my favourite stamp set!

Such a pretty combination of colour & products, the ombre inking is beautiful.

Fabulous use of colour on her gorgeous card.

Cindy Major

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

Masterful pattern mixing & layering on a super cute non traditional Christmas card.

A super cute take on the challenge. Using circles for the snowman is inspired and the design is fun & fabulous!

Such an adorable snowman!

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 #587...Choose Two!

Hello and welcome our next challenge...which is a Choose Two challenge.   

The elements in this Choose Two are:   A Fancy Edge, A Circle or Twine.

As you can see from the design team projects, there are many many ways to add these elements into your projects.   Have fun and don't forget to let us know in your blog post which of the "Two elements" you have used.

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

Tina Gillespie

Jo Stubbings

Nikki Spencer

Kim Badelt

Lou Kitzelman

Chantell Randall

Di Barnes

Fiona Bradley

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 #jai587

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 # 586.....Winners!!

 Good afternoon,

The first Just Add Ink Challenge for 2022 is now complete.   We hope that you all enjoyed "Hopping" through our Blog Hop and creating your the Summer projects.  It's always a pleasure to see what you create.  We had one clear winner this week, that I am happy to reveal......

Paper Doll (aka Shannon)

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

"Her bright colours and icy pole are perfect for this Summer theme"

"Yum! Shannon's icy treat card is fabulous"

"Fabulous use of colour and design make this card so appealing"

 

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

Honourable Mentions this week go to -

Megan

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

"Love that this is so bold, colourful and striking"

"Retro, uber-cool and full of summer vibes .... man!"

"The perfect Summer combo - Kombi's and Palm trees"

Melissa

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

"Very clever watercolor technique. Stunning!"

"Butterflies so beautifully delicate it's like summer itself is dissolving them"

"Love the bright, hazy, Summer light vibe of Mel's butterfly card"

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