Top Picks Challenge #785

What a truly wonderful and amazing array of cards you created for us using dies and/or stencils! The gallery was chock full of beauty and we appreciate each and every one. The design team have scoured your entries and made their choices for Top Picks, and they are:

Who's Tracy

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

Stunning card, beautiful stencil and a great technique.

Nancy J

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

I love the clever use of stenciling in this card. Tapering the blending

off near the blooms really make the beautifully coloured flowers pop.

Dena J

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

A delightful card with soft colouring and lovely layers.

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Just Add Ink #785...Stencils & Dies!

 

Welcome to our brand new challenge at Just Add Ink - Just Add Stencils, Dies.... or Both!

This challenge is all about getting creative with your favourite crafty tools. Whether you love blending ink through stencils, creating dimension with intricate dies, or combining the two for extra wow-factor, we’d love to see what you make!

This challenge is perfect for experimenting with:

✨ Ink blending
✨ Layered stencilling
✨ Die-cut sentiments and shapes
✨ Mixed media techniques
✨ Clean and simple or detailed designs

We can’t wait to see how you use stencils, dies, or both in your projects! 

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

Jan McQueen

Tristan Dawes

Kerry Parkinson

Narelle Farrugia

Lou Kitzelman

Chantell Randall

Joanne Stubbings

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 #jai785

This challenge will close at 7pm (ADST) on Wednesday 20th May

JUST ADD INK RULES

Please limit your entries to 3 per challenge.

• 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 #784...Top Picks!

This week’s Sketch Challenge brought an incredible mix of creativity and style to our Challenge Gallery.  From bold compositions to standout details, you all delivered another round of inspiring projects that made narrowing down our top picks no easy task.   Thank you for joining the Challenge.

After reviewing this week’s submissions, we’ve selected our three top picks.   They are:

Trina

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

"Love the style of these, such a fresh, modern use of the sketch"

Jolanda

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

"Love this pretty project.   The background has such a soft quilt vibe"

LeAnne Pugliese

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

"Such a fabulous male card with tons of interesting elements"

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Just Add Ink #784...Sketch!

Time for a new challenge here at Just Add Ink and this fortnight Tristan has given us a sketch challenge.  We look forward to seeing how you use the sketch in your projects! 

 

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

Tristan Dawes

Nikki Spencer

Kerry Parkinson

Lou Kitzelman

Narelle Farrugia

Jan McQueen

Joanne Stubbings

Tina Gillespie

Chantell Randall

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 #jai784

This challenge will close at 7pm (ADST) on Wednesday 6th May

JUST ADD INK RULES

Please limit your entries to 3 per challenge.

• 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 #783...Top Picks!

The Just Add Ink team really enjoyed looking at all of your fabulous projects for our inspiration and colour challenge. Thank you for sharing them with us! This week our top picks are...

Karren

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

Love this card soooo much for its old school typewriter! Takes me back to the 80s and learning to type! 

Darnell

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

A fabulous use of the challenge colours as well as a fun and clever card.

Vicki Burdick

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

Love the different layers, her colouring of the flowers. A lovely well balanced card.

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Just Add Ink #783...Colour & Inspiration!

Welcome to Friday and a new challenge suggested by Nikki. We can't wait to see how your creative process works with this combination. 

 Use the inspiration photo or the colours or a combination of both!

(Minimum of 3 colours required if you choose that option)

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

Nikki

Tristan

Kerry

Lou

Jan

Narelle

Jo

Chantell

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 #jai783

This challenge will close at 7pm (AEST) on Wednesday 22nd April

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.

 

Top Picks - Challenge #782

A huge thank you to everyone who created and shared for our Choose Two challenge #782. It's time to reveal the Top Picks voted for by our design team members, so without further ado...

Sandra

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

Such a beautiful mixture of colours, florals and leaves and the trailing of the rhinestones and sequins is a delightful element of its own.

Jenny

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

The delicate no-line watercolouring and textural layers

 are a lovely combination.

Wanda

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

The beautiful pop of happy, sunshiny yellow on this gorgeous card

makes me smile.

Congratulations!

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

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