Friday, May 30, 2014

JAI #216 - Just add watercolour


Hello there,
well many of the Just Add Ink team returned to their homes this week weary but inspired after a fabulous few days at the Stampin' Up South Pacific Convention. Here's a picture of the girls that made it to convention. 


Another exciting event this week is that the challenge 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.)

So just what is the challenge this week?? Well this week we want you to Just Add Watercolour. We hope you will break out your watercolour paper/techniques/ ideas and play along with us.

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










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.





Thursday, May 29, 2014

Just Add Ink #215 Winners

It was quite amazing to see the variation in the colour shades and card designs this week especially as they were all based on the same colour combination! The design team really enjoyed looking at them. However, we did have to decide on a winner and this week it was Anny.

Anny



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

Lovely balance of colour, pretty details and l love that Cobbler greeting

Stunning card, love the giant watercoloured flower

A beautiful card. I especially love the wood grain background and the soft watercolouring

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

Honorable Mentions for this week go to -

Julia Quinn


Beautifully coloured, vintagey, flower - and the ribbon treatments are gorgeous

Gorgeous combination of stamps and water colouring

Absolutely stunning card, beautifully watercoloured with lots of pretty details

Paula Fuller


 Love the use of hession on this card

Great to see a masculine card using these colours, love the texture!

A great masculine card using lots of great textures

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


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Friday, May 16, 2014

Just Add Ink #215 - Just add a colour combination!

Welcome to the latest challenge at Just Add Ink.  

Our challenge this week will be running over TWO weeks! (Closing on 28 May)
We know many of you are preparing for the Australian Stampin’ UP! Convention so this will give you a little more time to participate.

Mae's set out challenge for you and it's a brilliant colour combo  - Cherry Cobbler, Baked Brown Sugar and Garden Green.




Now I must admit I don’t use these colours very often so I found this one to be quite challenging but it is called a challenge for a reason!

The colours do lend themselves to a Christmas card however as you’ll see below the design team have come up with a few other ways you can use them.








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.










Don’t forget you've got until 10pm AEST on 28 May to get your entries in.

If you’re off to convention we hope you have lots of fun and don’t forget to stop and say Hi to us!

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Just Add Ink #214 Winner!

Wow we had some fab entries this week for our sketch challenge and  I noticed lots of pink made it onto quite a few cards this week :)

So who was our top pick this week..........
Here's what the design team had to say - 

'Beautiful colours yet a lovely CAS design'

'Love the colour choices and chevrons were THE perfect choice for this sketch'

' like how the sketch complements the chevron patterns and soft subtle colour scheme'

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.


Honorable Mentions for this week go to -

Julia

'The aqua butterflies look so pretty against the background and I love that she has made her own DSP using stamps.'

'Stunning colour combo.  I really like Julia's stamped panels'

'So pretty.  Love the use of stamps, and washi tape'


Shona

'A feast of bright happy dots'

'Has a real party feel with her papers and colours and the splattering of smarties enamel dots - lol.'

'So cute, and happy - a great take on the sketch.  You can never have too many dots on a card!'

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

Friday, May 9, 2014

Just Add Ink # 214 - Sketch Challenge

Kim has put a sketch together for you this week - it can be converted into a scrapbook page, used on a card or 3D project, either way we are looking forward to seeing what you create for us this week at Just Add Ink!

Here is the sketch:



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









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.






Thursday, May 8, 2014

JAI # 213 Inspiration Challenge Winners

Thank you everyone for the wonderful Challenge entries this week.  Voting for the top picks has definitely been close.  But I am please to announce this weeks winner:

Jan M 

Here's what the Design Team had to say......................

"Such a pretty card, clean and elegant...Love those gold polka dots"

 "Love the spotty background"

"Really like the way that she's framed the sentiment so it really stands out"

Congratulations!

Here is your badge to wear on your blog.

Jan, 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 May, 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 -


"Kerry's gift bag is so beautiful and so detailed! I wouldn't want to give it away!"

"Beautiful packaging with lovely pops of colour"

"Loving all the delicate details on the beautiful tag"

Julia
You-Are-Fantastic-1

"Love the polka dot background and the use of velum!"

"Love the use of gold without being OTT. The dots are gorgeous"


"The gold-embossed dots, softened by vellum, look fabulous!  I love the way the sentiment extends beyond the label"


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