Just Add Ink #659 | Colour Challenge

 Hello, Hello.  It's time for a new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #659 | Colour Challenge. This weeks colour combo has been suggested by fellow JAI Design Team Member - Lou. This week we are using an old faithful colour - Coastal Cabana, a returning colour - Pretty Peacock and a brand new colour - Lemon Lolly. 

What a gorgeous colour combo! gives me a summer feel while we are in the middle of winter here in Melbourne. Love this colour combo!

I've used the these challenge colours with the additionof Basic White for a fun and fresh looking floral birthday card.

 The flowers and leaves I've used today come from the Season of Chic stamp set with the coordinating Chic Dies. I love that I could stamp the base of the flower and then layer a die over top of the stamped image for some added depth and laying to the flowers. Some of the other images in this stamp set you are able to do this stamp and die layering. It really is an effective look to give your stamped images that little bit more.

 I love that for my card today I've gone with more colour than Basic White. I've mixed up my layers to add a textural element by die cutting one of the layers with the Dots & Spots Die. This is a super fun die and I love the tone on layering with the Coastal Cabana cardstock. 

Another product that adds some of that extra added interest is the striped vellum from the Vellum Basics Specialty DSP. I could have used just plain vellum for the die cut circle but I love the added element the stripes give on the circle. It's adding more interest and elements in the card without adding more layers.

I've finished off the card with some linen thread, Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels and the sentiment is from the Charming Sentiments Stamp set and is die cut with the Sentiment Silhouettes Dies.

The Just Add Ink Design Team have lots of amazing creations for you and to show you their take on this weeks challenge colours. You'll be surprised at all the different projects we came up with. There is something for everyone. We hope that you'll join in this weeks challenge. I can't wait to see you join in and to see your take on the colour challenge.

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Just Add Ink #647 | Sketch Challenge

 Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I'm here today for the new Just Add Ink Challenge- Just Add Ink #647 | Sketch Challenge. This week we have a fabulous sketch for you designed by fellow JAI team member -Di.

 I'm loving the sketch this week. Lots of straight lines and layers. All the things I love in a card.

 

 

 My card today was made pretty much from pieces that were sitting on my desk that I didn't use when creating previous cards. And because everything was pretty much pre-cut for me my card came together really quickly. Got to love when a card come together quickly!

I'm really loving the bright white card bases at the moment and then adding pops of colour with DSP or cardstock. Here I've used layers Basic White and Vellum Basics Specialty DSP for the card base and then over that used the die cut from the Artistic Dies.

Over the die cut I've pieced together some fo the flowers from the Hues of Happiness DSP for that gorgeous bright pop of colour. Over the flowers is an embossed sentiment from the Happiness Abounds stamp set. Clean and simple but also classy and elegant.

I've then finished off the card with some linen thread and some In Color Jewel embellishments.

 There are lots of AMAZING creations from the rest of the Just Add Ink Design Team on the JAI Blog. Go and check out everyone's take on the sketch. I love to see how everyone has a different creation all using the same sketch. Can't wait to see what you do with the sketch.

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Just Add Ink #645 | Just Add No Stamping Challenge

 Happy Friday! I'm sharing with you today my latest card for the design team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #645 | Just Add No Stamping Challenge. 

Yep that's right, our challenge this week is No Stamping. I regularly make a card that has no stamping on it until I have to add a sentiment. This week I used some products that would help me to have no stamping at all.

I used the Stampin' Up! Texture Chic Memories and More Card Pack for today's card. The  pack comes with 50 pre-printed cards of various sizes and then coordinating sticker sheets that are of a similar design to the cards. These cards and stickers make it so quick an easy to put a card together with a coordinated look and design. The flower and leaf image I used on this card has been fussy card from one of the Memories & More cards as I wanted to use just the image but not the background colours that were printed with it. It is easy to make these card designs your own.

I also used some of the Chic Dies that coordinate with the Season of Chic stamp set. Both of thes products also belong to the Texture Chic Suite. Using products from a single suite really adds to a cohesive and put together look for you projects.

The hobnail-glass dots embossing folder is part of a range of products that you can only purchase online from Stampin' Up!. To see these online exclusive products check them out HERE.

I've then finished off the card with some of my favourites - Linen Thread and Pearl Basic Jewels. So pretty.

There are some fantastic creations from the JAI team this week for our No Stamping Challenge. Go to the JAI blog to be inspired and then while you are there you can see how you can enter your project. Can't wait to see what you create this week.

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Stampin' Fancy Friday | Birthday Challenge

 Hello stamping friends. It's so great to have you here today. Today I have a project for the Stampin' Fancy Friday Team. If you've not see us before we are a group of past and continuing Stampin’ Up! Artisans bringing our followers a fancy monthly challenge to inspire them to get creative! 

This month the challenge is Birthdays. Who doesn't love a handmade birthday card?

 The brief was to create a fancy project with a birthday theme! A card, decorations, scrapbook page, etc. Use any Stampin' Up! products. 

I've created a birthday card for you today using products from the Texture Chic Suite from the 22 - 23 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue - Pg.98 - 99.

This card was actually made for my mum who celebrated her birthday recently. She loves the colours pink and and aqua and her happy place is being at the beach especially collecting shells. I love that with a handmade card you can customise the card to what the recipient likes and is interested in. It really shows thought and consideration to the recipient.

I've used Basic White for the card base and then layered cardstock and DSP over that using Petal Pink cardstock and then the pink and gold DSP pattern from the Texture Chic Specialty DSP. I've contrasted those pink tones with the Pool Party pattern in the DSP and Pool Party in the stamping of the shells. The Gold and Soft Suede elements also make for a fabulous contrast to the Petal Pink and Pool Party elements.

 I've finished off the card with Linen Thread, Pearl Basic Jewels and an embossed sentiment.

 Make sure you visit the Stampin' Fancy Friday Instagram and Facebook pages for lots of ideas for this birthday challenge and we hope you'll join in the challenge with us. There are new projects posted nearly every day of the month so be sure to check back to either social media sites for more 'fancy' inspiration.

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Just Add Ink #643 | Just Choose Two Challenge

 Hello stmping friends. Welcome, Welcome. Well its been a little minute since my last card but I'm here today for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #643 | Just Choose Two Challenge. Today for our Just Choose Two challenge (to choose two items to feature on your project) we are choosing between Blending, Embossing and White. Nice. Which two would you pick?

 I've chosen embossing and whiteand then even combined those two elements that I have chosen with White Embossing. I've gone for a very clean and simple (CAS) card with lots of layers. I do love me some layers.

With white being one of our Just Choose Two elements this week it was a given really that I would start the card with a white card base. I'm really loving using a white card base at the moment and then giving the card a little (or a lot) pop of colour.

It's a bit hard to see in the photo here but over the white base layers I added a layer of the spots pattern of the Vellum Basics Specialty DSP. It gives the card that little (albeit subtle) something extra. I love the look of the vellum when you see the card in real life.

I've used some of the floral images from the Stampin' Up! Happieness Abounds stamp set, stamped them with Whisper White Craft Ink and then embossed them with white embossing powder on Crumb Cake Cardstock. Normally I love these open images to colour but I think they look just as stiking stamped and embossed onto cardstock.

Under the Crumb Cake layers I've used the retired Purple Posy Scalloped Linen Ribbon. Of all the years that I've been a Stampin' Up! demonstrator I would have to say that the Scalloped Linen Ribbon in the 5 colours that was offered would have to be my all time favourite. Just gorgeous. Layer the ribbon and you really add that something special to any project. Pity you can't purchase it anymore.

I've then finished the card off with some Crumb Cake splatters, linen thread, Basic Pearls and a sentiment from the retired stamp set Itty-Bitty Greetings.

 There are lots of AMAZING creations from the rest of the Just Add Ink Design Team on the JAI Blog. Go and check out to see what 'two' elements they all used this week and then while you are there you can see how you can enter your project. Can't wait to see what 'two' you used. 

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Just Add Ink #637 | Sketch Challenge

 Hello, hello, hello! Welcome and thanks for joining me on my blog today. Today, we over at Just Add Ink have a new challenge for you - Just Add Ink #637 | Sketch Challenge. This week we have a fun sketch for you designed by fellow JAI team member - Tina.

 It's a basic sketch design but has a lot of scope for you to make this sketch your own and shock, horror, I didn't stray much from the sketch at all this week, which is very unusual for me.

In our Just Add Ink blog hop last week I was reminded of the amazing Hues of Happiness DSP that is in the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue, from Di Barnes gorgeous project. I'd almost forgotten that I had it and really wanted to use it on my project this week. Thanks for the reminder Di.

Because the DSP has lots of bright and fun colours I really wanted my background layers to be Basic White. The colours in the DSP look brighter and bolder against the white and really pop off the card. I then used two stips of Basic White cardstock and crossed them across the card as per the sketch.I then flicked some Fresh Freesia ink over the Basic White for a little extra something.

The flowers I then fussy cut from the Hues of Happienss DSP and arranged them on the card under the die cut circle. It really is a CAS card but the the amazing art work from the DSP makes making a beautiful card easy. The simplicity of the card makes it quite stunning. One of those less is more situations.

The stamped flower on the Fresh Fressia circle comes from the Happiness Abounds Stamp set and the Happy Birthday is from the Cottage Rose Stamp set. 

I've finished the card off with some linen thread and some Retired In Colour Jewels.

There are lots of AMAZING creations from the rest of the Just Add Ink Design Team on the JAI Blog. Go and check out everyone's take on the sketch. I love to see how everyone has a different creation all using the same sketch. Can't wait to see what you do with the sketch.

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Stampin' Fancy Friday | #useyourstash Challenge

Hello there stamping friends! Welcome, welcome! It's so good to have you here. I have a project for you for the Stampin' Fancy Friday Design Team. This month our theme is to use whatever you have in your crafting stash (aka. collection) #useyourstash . 

Our project could use new products, could be from an old favorite that you kept, or could be from some product that you hoarded and wanted to finally use.

 I went for a Christmas card for this challenge and I combined the current Christmas Season Stamp set with the retired Merry Christmas to All Stamp Set (from around 2018/2019). The Christmas Season Stamp Set was very new to my collection when I made this card so I really wanted to use that and then I looked through my stash to see what would pair well together with the images from that stamp set.

 

The Designer Series Paper is the Wonder of the Season Specialty Designer Series Paper. I searched through my scraps of DSP and this just jumped right out at me. I loved it when it was current in 2020 and still love it now. There is something about gold foil typeset paper that really gives a special look to any card.

 

 

 I found some fun ribbon, trim and embellishments that had been stored away in my stash to finish off my card. I could have used heaps of other products with what I had already used but there is only so much product you can put on a card before it becomes OTT.

 

 Check out the rest of the #useyourstash creations that the Stampin' Fancy Friday Design Team has made on the Stampin' Fancy Friday Instagram Account. This is where all their creations will be shared throughout the month, so make sure that you are following them to get all of the amazing ideas!

Want to join the fancy fun? Grab your stamping supplies, create a project based on the #useyourstash challenge and then post it on Instagram or Facebook. Tag us or use #stampinfancyfriday when you share so we can 😍 at your project and share in our stories. Can't wait to see how this challenge inspires you!

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Just Add Ink #632 | Just Choose Two Challenge

  Hello there stamping friends! Welcome and thanks for joining me on my blog today. Today we over at Just Add Ink have a fun Just Choose Two Challenge for you from JustAdd Ink team member Di.

 This week's Just Choose Two challenge is a super fun one and really lends itself to getting festive with Deers, Trees and Sparkle. I chose deers and sparkle but couldn't help myself to using trees as well.

I've used the Peaceful Deer stamp set which is found in the current Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue. I've gine for a Sahara Sand, Balmy Blue Basic White and Black & White colour combo for my Christmas card today.

Combined with the Peaceful Deer stamp set I've pulled out some retired Stampin' Up! products to acheive the fun and festive look to my Christmas card. Check the products used list at the bottom of the post to see all products used.

 There are lots of AMAZING creations from the rest of the Just Add Ink Design Team on the JAI Blog. Go and check out to see what 'two' elements they all used this week and then while you are there you can see how you can enter your project. Can't wait to see what 'two' you used. 

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Note : Some of the products used in this card are now retired and no longer available.  

Retired Products Used (All Stampin' Up!)

- Winter Snow Embossing Folder

-7/8" Striped Ribbon

- So Many Snowflakes Does

- Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper

- Black and White Baker's Twine

- Stitched Shapes Dies

 

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Just Add Ink #629 | Just Add Wings Challenge

Hello there stamping friends! Happy Friday! Welcome and thanks for joining me on my blog today. It's so good to have you here.  I hope you're having a fabulous day and that you have all been safe and well. Today we over at Just Add Ink have another creative challenge for you. This week we are 'Just Adding Wings' - Just Add Ink #629 | Just Add Wings Challenge - suggested by fellow JAI team member Jo Stubbings.

So anything that has wings you can use for this challenge. Birds, butterflies, fairies, insects, planes. Whatever winged thing you have in your crafting stash to help you with this challenge.

I'm using the Butterfly Brilliance background stamp and the Brilliant Wings Dies from the Stampin' Up! 2022 - 2023 Annual Catalogue.These products have been around for a little while now. I've used the dies before but this is the first time that I've used the stamp.

I've gone for a tone-on-tone look by stamping Balmy Blue ink on Balmy Blue cardstock. I then used a Blending Brush to add some Balmy Blue ink around the edges. You may notice that there is a slight puple tone around the edges too. This happened when I was using the blending brush to add the ink around the edges and there was Blackberry Bliss ink on my grid paper underneath from a previous ink blending session. As I kept adding the Balmy Blue ink the blending brush picked up some of the Blackberry Bliss ink as well for a gorgeous purple/blue ink blended edge. So note to self - make sure you use a fresh grid paper sheet when ink blending so as to not pick up any unwanted ink.

 Over the stamping and inked edges I added some white splatters using some watered down White Craft ink and a Water Painter. 

 

For the butterfly die, I die cut four of the butterflies in Basic White and then glued them together to create some added dimension. The butterfly then pops off the card for for a fun look. I've layered the white butterfly with some Vellum underneathe and then a Night of Navy embossed Happy Birthday sentiment.

I've then embellished the card with some Natural Finish Ribbon (cut in half), Linen Thread and some of the Blue For Everything Fancy Sequins.

There are lots of AMAZING creations from the rest of the Just Add Ink Design Team on the JAI Blog. Go and check out to see what 'Wings' elements the JAI Design Team used. Cant' wait to see what your project will be!

 

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Just Add Ink #628 | Colour Challenge

 Hello, Hello.  It's time for a new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #628 |Colour Challenge. This weeks colour combo has been suggested by fellow JAI Design Team Member - Annie. This week we are using Petal Pink, Bermuda Bay and Blackberry Bliss.

This weeks colours make for a gorgeous colour combination and I don't think they necessarily scream flowers and florals but I was drawn to using the Stampin' Up! Abigail Rose Suite/Cottage Rose Stamp Set to use with this weeks colours.

 I've gone for a pretty Petal Pink card and then used the brighter and darker colours as accents to go with the Petal Pink card base. I"m loving the little touches of Bermuda Bay and Blackberry Bliss. As they are strong, bold colours you really don't need a lot of it with the Petal Pink.

 

 I've kept the card CAS today and then accented and embellished it with Petal Pink ink splaters (using the Petal Pink Stampin' Write Marker), Basic Pearls, Abigail Rose DSP, Natural Finish Ribbon and Linen Thread.

 

The Just Add Ink Design Team have lots of amazing creations for you and to show you their take on this weeks challenge colours. You'll be surprised at all the different projects we came up with. There is something for everyone. We hope that you'll join in this weeks challenge. I can't wait to see you join in and to see your take on the colour challenge.

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