Just Add Ink #781 | Just Add Wings Challenge

 Greetings, fellow stamping enthusiasts! Happy Friday to you all! I trust your day is going splendidly. I'm excited to share my newest creation for the @justaddinkchallenges design team and their fresh challenge - Just Add Ink #781 | Just Add Wings Challenge. 

  This round, the theme is "Just Add Wings." Consider elements like birds, butterflies, aeroplanes, insects, or even chicken wings—anything that has wings!

For this vintage-themed butterfly birthday card, I had to dig through my crafting stash to find items from the Heirloom Arrangement Kit by @stampinupofficial - Shop for this kit HERE . I love this kit. It is a bit of an anything goes kit and you put the elements together the way you saw fit. There is a little bit of a loose plan you could follow but I liked placing the pieces together the way I wanted. Or if you wanted to try this sort of crafting, also try some of the ephemera packs that Stampin' Up! currently has on offer HERE.

Gather your supplies and join the fun! The challenge lasts for two weeks, giving you ample time to craft away!

I hope that you have liked my take on this week's Just Add Wings challenge. Ready to join in this week's challenge? Click on the banner below, and you'll be taken straight to the Just Add Ink Blog, where you will find the design team's inspiration creations for you, as well as all the details on how you can participate. I'd love to see you join in! 

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Just Add Ink #780 | Just Add Stencils - Dies or Both

Hello stamping friends. Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I’m thrilled to present my latest project for the design team at @justaddinkchallenges for their new challenge! This time, the focus is on using stencils and dies, and you can opt to use either one or a mix of both - Just Add Ink #780 | Just Add Stencils - Dies or Both.

For my card, I embraced the beautiful Simply Beautiful Dies from @stampinupofficial to create an eye-catching floral birthday card, showcasing the delightful Fresh Freesia flower as the main attraction.⁠ This was the first time using these stunning dies so it took a little bit to figure out but I'm glad I took the time to arrange the layers of the dies because the effect is stunning!

I've added some other products from the Lovely & Beautiful Suite, which these dies are part of,  including the Lovely & Beautiful DSP, the Beautifully Celebrated Dies, the Beautifully Adorned Ephemera pack, the White with Gold Ribbon, and the Pearlized Faceted Circles.

I hope that you have liked my take on this week's challenge. Ready to join in this week's challenge? Click on the banner below, and you'll be taken straight to the Just Add Ink Blog, where you will find the design team's inspiration creations for you, as well as all the details on how you can participate. I'd love to see you join in! 

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Just Add Ink #775 | Just Add A Celebration

 Hello stamping friends. Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #775 | Just Add a Celebration Challenge. Our new challenge has been suggested by team member Lou.  

I could have gone with a birthday card for our Just Add a Celebration challenge but seeing as we are still in the Christmas season I've chosen to create a Christmas card for you to celebrate Christmas and I still need a few more Christmas cards so this challenge was perfect to create a few more.

 My card today uses the Elegant Pine Snowflakes Suite. This suite is beautiful! Even though we don't get snow this time of year in Australia, I still loved the suite, especially the colours in the DSP in this suite. I love the dark greens in the DSP. The rich green, blue, and gold colour palette adds a touch of sophistication to your Christmas cards, and when combined with the old favourite Country Woods, you can create some stunning Christmas cards with these two products together.

I've kept the card quite CAS so that I could make multiples quite quickly. I've used some of the stunning Shaded Spruce & Gold Edged Ribbon and Linen Thread to embellish the card. Then I've layered some Vellum, Basic White cardstock, die cuts, embossed and stamped images, and a die-cut ephemera greeting, and you have a quick and easy Christmas card. 

I hope that you have liked my take on this week's challenge. Ready to join in this week's challenge? Click on the banner below, and you'll be taken straight to the Just Add Ink Blog, where you will find the design team's inspiration creations for you, as well as all the details on how you can participate. I'd love to see you join in!

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Just Add Ink #773 | Sketch Challenge

 Hello stamping friends. Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #773 | Just Add a Sketch. This sketch was designed by Just Add Ink Design Team member Tristan Dawes. 

I love that this sketch gives you the basic design elements to create a card, and then it allows you to be able to make it your own. That is what I've done today using the @stampinupofficial Traditions of Christmas Suite. It's time to get on to creating more Christmas cards, so you'll be seeing a lot of festive creations from me from now on till Christmas.

I usually love my white card bases, but for this challenge, I've gone with a Pool Party card base, then layered it with cardstock and DSP. How pretty is the Traditions of Christmas DSP, by the way? Just stunning! Instead of the layered rectangles you see in the sketch, I've used layered circles with foliage die cuts from the Christmas Greenery dies, then added linen thread and ribbon bows. It's all finished off with the banner die cut and the Season's Greetings sentiment. SO festive and so fun!

Remember our Just Add Ink Challenges run for two weeks now, so you have a bit more time to come and join in the fun. Grab your crafting supplies and come and play along. 

 Ready to join in this challenge? Click on the banner below and you'll be taken straight to the Just Add Ink Blog, where you will find the design team's inspiration creations for you, as well as all the details on how you can participate. I'd love to see you join in!

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Just Add Ink #771 | Just Choose Two or More

 Hello stamping friends. Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #771 | Just Choose Two or More.

We are making changes to how we operate at Just Add Ink, including adjustments to the types of challenges we offer. Going forward, we will be moving to fortnightly challenges. How fun, right??!! Who doesn't love a bit of a change every now and then?

This week's challenge is similar to our old Just Choose Two challenges of old but the change is that there are more offerings to choose from for our Choose Two or more.

 

The holly leaves from the @stampinupofficial Christmas Greenery Dies inspired me to create a wreath Christmas card, and then, combined with the DSP and die cuts from the Christmas Tags & More DSP, had me choosing Plants, Plaid, Pretties, and Patterned Paper for my card.⁠ 

 I love me a Basic White Christmas card with pops of colour, and the Garden Green holly leaves certainly pop off the Basic White cardstock card base. The Forever Plaid 3D embossing folder was my choice for the Plaid element and looks fantastic when embossed on the crisp Basic White.

 

I've created the wreath using the Christmas Greenery Dies using Garden Green and Real Red cardstock, and then I've used some DSP and die cut elements from the Christmas Tags & More 6"x6" Specialty Designer Series Paper for my Patterned Paper and Plant Elements. If you need some quick accents for your cards, the die cuts from the Christmas Tags & More 6"x6" Specialty Designer Series Paper are perfect for your next creation!

I've finished off the card with the stamped Merry sentiment from the Seasonal Tags stamp set, the die cut Christmas from the Words for the Season Dies, some Gold Striped Mesh Ribbon and some Gold Shaker Stars for the Pretties element. So pretty! 

I hope that I've given you some inspiration for our new Choose Two or More Challenge, and I'm so looking forward to seeing what combination of elements you choose. Go and check out the design teams take on this week's challenge at the Just Add Ink Blog. Will you be entering our challenge this week? We'd love to see your Choose Two or More creation. Click the image below to be taken straight to this week's challenge.

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Just Add Ink #769 | Just Choose Two Challenge

 Hello stamping friends. Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #769 | Just Choose Two Challenge. This week, our Just Choose Two Challenge has been suggested by team member Di.

 Today for our Just Choose Two challenge (to choose two items to feature on your project), we are choosing from Numbers, Words, and Neutral Colours. I've chosen Words and Neutral Colours for my card today.

 Today I've gone for lots of Basic White layers and then incorporated some DSP layers in some of the neutral tones coming from the Gathering Together DSP and as well as the Christmas Tags and More 6"x6" Specialty DSP. How gorgeous is the Crumb Cake DSP with the white dots? Super cute, right?

I've also added some embossing in the layers using the Forever Plaid 3D embossing folder and some second-generation stamping using the Christmas Greenery Stamp set. I've finished the card off with some of the Metallic Textures Rub Ons, some retired ribbon, linen thread, Early Espresso Linen Thread, some Loose Gold Sequins, and a layering of die-cuts, DSP and the happy birthday sentiment. I love all the layering and the incorporation of the neutral elements. Who would have thought a neutrals card could look so pretty?

 

  I do hope that I've given you some inspiration for our Just Choose Two Challenge. Go and check out the design teams take on this week's challenge at the Just Add Ink Blog. Will you be entering our challenge this week? We'd love to see your Just Choose Two creation. Click the image below to be taken straight to this week's challenge.

 

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Just Add Ink #767 | Inspiration Pic Challenge

  Hello there stamping friends! Happy Friday! Welcome and thanks for joining me on my blog today. Today, we over at Just Add Ink have a fabulous inspiration picture challenge - Just Add Ink #767 | Inspiration Pic Challenge.

We've got a bit of a different inspiration picture for you this week, and you may be thinking what can I do with that? The obvious choice would be to do a car-related project, or even some of the colours of the cars and use that for your creation, or even something that relates to the grid pattern in the picture. It really is what inspires you from our Inspiration Picture.

 I was actually inspired by the colours in the photo. All the reds, blues and whites really stood out to me. So with that I've some new products from the Stampin' Up! 2025 Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue and created a Christmas card.

 I've used the new Traditions of Christmas DSP for a fun and festive Christmas card. The DSP is covered with poinsettias and other Christmas flowers in traditional reds and greens, and then is accented with touches of gold foil. This DSP is a classic option that is ideal for capturing the spirit of the season.  This beautiful DSP also has images that can be cut out with coordinating dies. So fun!

I love the look of the DSP against the Basic White layers. The colours just pop. This DSP comes from the Traditions of Christmas Suite Collection, and so I've accented the card with some of the coordinating products - Traditional Labels Stamp Set, Real Red Shiny Ribbon, and the Traditional Sparkling Sequins.

I do hope that I've given you some inspiration with our Inspiration Picture Challenge.  Go and check out the design teams take on this week's Inspiration Picture Challenge at the Just Add Ink Blog, and then come and join us in this week's inspiration picture fun! Can't wait to see what you create!

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Just Add Ink #765 | Colour Challenge

 Hey there stamping friends! I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #765 | Colour Challenge. This week our colours have been suggested by Just Add Ink Design Team Member, Jan.  

This week we are challenging you with the colours Lost Lagoon, Goreous Grape, and Highland Heather. A blue-green and some pretty purples. I've used the colours for a pretty floral card with some Alcohol Marker colouring which I haven't done for  while.

 I've used the Lost Lagoon for all my card base layers adding some embossing with the Forever Plaid embossing folder and layer using the Perennial Postage Dies. On the Perennial Postage die cut I added some ink splatters and a pattern from the Metallic Textures Rub-Ons. I got these rub-ons a while ago but have only used them recently. They are super easy to add to any of your creations and they give that extra bit of wow without being too expensive or too messy. Well worth the purchase!

Once all the base layers were prepared and adhered to the card I then layered some of the Charming Day die cuts, the floral image from the Charming Day Stamp Set, Stylish Shapes Circle die cut, the embossed sentiment also from the Charming Day Stamp set, and then finished the card off with some ribbon, trim and embellishments.

I love how this card turned out and I hope that it gave you some inspiration for this colour challenge.

Will you be entering our challenge this week? We would love to see your take on our colours. Click the image below to be taken straight to this week's challenge.

 

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Just Add Ink #759 | Just Choose Two Challenge

Hello stamping friends. Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #759 | Just Choose Two Challenge. This week, our Just Choose Two Challenge has been suggested by team member Di.  

Today for our Just Choose Two challenge (to choose two items to feature on your project), we are choosing from Trees, Beach, and Water. I've chosen Beach and Water for my card today. I originally wanted to do trees, beach, and water with a beachy Christmas themed card but my creative brain just wasn't having it so its just beach and water today.

I've used the Everyday Arches Dies to create an arched cutout, and then in that, I've created a cute little beach/ocean scene using torn cardstock for the water and the sand, sponged clouds and some of the dies from the Notes & Totes Dies. I love the CAS look to this card and then the little pops of colour with the 'waves' and the shells and starfish. I could have added more layers and things like dry embossing with embossing folders and ink splatters, but I really like the less-is-more approach to this card.

To keep that CAS look, I've finished off this card with some Clear Gems that are in the Strawberry Slush & Pretty in Pink Gems and my all-time favourite and classic trim, Linen Thread.

I do hope that I've given you some inspiration for our Just Choose Two Challenge. Go and check out the design teams take on this week's challenge at the Just Add Ink Blog, and then come and join us for this week's Just Choose Two fun!

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Just Add Ink #755 | Colour Challenge

 Hey there stamping friends! I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #755 | Colour Challenge. This week our colours have been suggested by Just Add Ink Design Team Member, Kerry. 

We've got some blues, yellows, and a touch of grey with Misty Moonlight, Balmy Blue, Smoky Slate, and Lemon Lolly. A beautiful, fresh and fun colour combination. I've used this colour combination to create a pretty floral (yes, florals again!) card. 

I've used the Impressions Abloom Dies, which are part of the Floral Impressions Suite, for my card. I've used these dies for a few projects now, and I love how different each card looks while using the same dies. Check out these other projects HERE, HERE, and HERE.  I've layered the dies on this card today to give each of the flowers a fuller look rather than the flat look without the layering. 

I've used Misty Moonlight for the base layers of the card, along with an embossed Misty Moonlight layer using the Mini Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder. The next layer is one of the labels from the Foiled Frames & Labels Ephemera Pack. These are also part of the Floral Impressions Suite. I was originally just going to add it to the card as is, but I thought embossing it would step up the card, and I love how the label looks embossed. 

I've finished off the card with the spray of flowers across the card, the heat embossed 'lovely', some stamped sentiments, a little touch of the Gold Striped Mesh Ribbon, and some Gems from the Strawberry Slush and Pretty in Pink Gems.

I love how this card turned out and the 'lovely' use of this week's challenge colours. 

Misty Moonlight

Balmy Blue

Smoky Slate

Lemon Lolly

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Just Add Ink #753 | Sketch Challenge

 Hello stamping friends. Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #753 | Sketch Challenge. This week, our sketch was designed by Just Add Ink Design Team Member Tristan Dawes.

It's a little bit of a different sketch, and I'm not fond of the current orientation, so I adapted the sketch a little to make it my own. I've used the new and beautiful Extraordinary Flora Washi Tape for my card today. I literally received a Stampin' Up! order yesterday morning and the washi tape was in the box so I had to play with it right then and there. It's so pretty! And it's super easy to use to make beautiful creations! Love that!

I've combined the Extraordinary Flora Washi Tape with my new favourite Stampin' Up! colour - 2025 - 2027 In Colour Secret Sea. I love this colour! It's not black, it's not green, it's not navy, but it is all of those colours. It coordinates well with pinks, purples, greens, and golds.

 To use the washi tape on your next creation, place a piece of the washi tape on a piece of Basic White and then use the Extraordinary Flora Die to cut out the floral pieces. Once the pieces have been die-cut, use them on your next creation. It's that simple! 

 

While I have adapted the sketch, I've used most of the elements from the design of the sketch for my interpretation of this week's sketch. 

Will you be entering our challenge this week? We would love to see your take on our sketch. Click the image below to be taken straight to this week's challenge.

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