Just Add Ink #264

Hey Everyone

We have a new challenge for you over at Just Add Ink.  This week Kim has designed the following fab sketch.

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If in doubt of where to start with colours – a favourite combo of mine is black and white with a pop of colour.  Here’s my card:

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Come and join us with this great sketch. The girls have created wonderful inspiration for you – so head over to Just Add Ink and check out their cards.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #262

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This weeks challenge at Just Add Ink is a colour challenge.  Take a look at these great colours:

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I came up with something different than I normally do – I created a scene with a Stampin’ Up! stamp set that is new to me – Moon Lake.  To get the reflection of the boat in the water I stamped the boat image onto a window sheet and then pressed it down onto the cardstock. I created the water by sponging Pool Party ink onto the cardstock and the sky by dulling down the Pool Party ink on a piece of scrap first.  To get a bit of a sunset glow I sponged Calypso Coral lightly on the cardstock. I then used my blender pen to colour the tree and boat.  I used my white gel pen to draw in the little waves.  I love this sentiment from Butterfly Basics – I think it really finished off my card.

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I love how the design team have created very different cards to inspire you.  Head over to Just Add Ink and check them out.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #260

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We have a new challenge at Just Add Ink and this week I’ve designed the following sketch for you.

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Not sure how it happens, but when it’s my turn to create a sketch or colour combo I always stumble when it comes time to put my cards together.  I tend to overthink things. Because I’ve been so focussed on swaps and gifts for Stampin’ Up!s Annual South Pacific Convention that I will be attending next week, I fell back on a safe colour combo – Black and White with pop of colour card – it’s what I always do when I’m in doubt. Here’s what I created:

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We would love you to join in with this sketch challenge and because a lot of the team will be attending Convention, we will be leaving this challenge open for 2 weeks.  Head over to Just Add Ink and check out the gorgeous inspiration from the Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #258 & Mojo Monday #392

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This weeks challenge at Just Add Ink was suggested by Rochelle – take a look at the pretty colours she has given us to use:

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As colour challenges still scare me, I searched around for a sketch that I could use for the layout.  This weeks Mojo Monday sketch really appealed to me.

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I finally put in a Stampin’ Up! order and just received Butterfly Basics.  I really love this pretty flower.  I can see it’s going to be my go-to flower stamp for a while. Here’s my card:

 

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We would love for you to join us with this weeks colour challenge. For some inspiration, head over to Just Add Ink and take a look at the cards the Design Team have created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink Challenge #169

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Delys has found a beautiful photo for this weeks inspiration challenge at Just Add Ink. Have a look at these gorgeous colours in the photo:

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A few of the girls from the Design Team have gone for very creative backgrounds on their cards, so I decided to give it a go too.  I found this gorgeous card on Pinterest and loved the effect the technique gave to the background.  I took inspiration from the three silhouettes in the photo and added three black banners with a black rolled rose, black buttons and black leaves.  I sponged Midnight Muse and Melon Mambo onto my card, but looking at it now the colours aren’t as vibrant as the inspiration photo.

Anyway, here’s my card:

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We’d love for you to join us this week, so head over to Just Add Ink and check out the wonderful cards the Design Team have created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #110

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This is the sketch we were given this week at Just Add Ink:

The sketch threw me a bit at first, I have to admit.  I decided to whip out a canvas I painted about a year ago and had put aside as I didn’t know how to finish it.  I played around with some crafting stuff that I brought at Paperific from about 2 years ago and this is what I came up:

And some close ups:

Head over to Just Add Ink and check out what the other design team members have created. We’d love to see your projects so if you have time, join in!

Thanks for taking a look.

Cheers

Narelle