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Just Add Ink #774

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We have a new challenge at Just Add Ink for you to play aliong with. This week our challenge for you is to:

I only went with dies as I was a bit too lazy to think of stencilling….but I did go overboard on die cutting!

I created gift boxes using the Jolly Delivery Dies. I used Basic White Cardstock and then randomly stamped them with stars from the Ornamental Christmas Stamp Set. I then took the Light Basic Black Blend and flicked ink on them to give them extra detail.

Once assembled, I layered gold foil leafy diecuts made with Charming Day Dies and then added some extra Basic Black leafy ones also. So the box still opens, I only adhered the leaves diecuts to the top half of the box so that it doesn’t interfere when opening.

Fussy baubles were added from the Modern Christmas Designer Series Paper as well as some Black and White and Gold Bakers Twine. I found an old sentiment that worked best to fit across the box and adhered it all down.

The team at Just Add Ink have created all sorts of gorgeousness, so make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #713

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Welcome to the newest challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch designer is the super sweet Jen Brum. Jen is not only a super sweet chick, she is an amazing hiker – something that I admire – from the other side of the world….Less strenuous this way.

This card has been created for my niece as she is celebrating her 21st birthday in a couple of weeks time. I have coloured the butterfly, from the Beautiful Butterflies Stamp Set, in vibrant blue and added some diecuts made with the Charming Day Dies. I added some background stamping made with the Element of Texts Stamp Set and added all sort of embellishments to bling it up for her.

The team have created wonderful cards that will inspire you. Head over to Freshly Made Sketches and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #712

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Time for a new sketch to play along with at Freshly Made Sketches. This week our sketch designer is my wonderfully talented friend Verena Shapiro. Take a look at her fab sketch:

I couldn’t resist reaching for the Sunrise Sailing Stamp Set for this sketch. Not sure why, but I felt Verena’s sketch would work well to create my nautical themed card. A few clouds, an embossed background, a handmade lifebuoy and some die cut birds and my masculine card was done.

The team, as always have created awesome inspiration for you. Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #773

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This weeks challenge at Just Add Ink is a sketch challenge. Sketch challenges are the best as half the work is already done for you when you sit down to create a card.

Here’s the sketch we have for you to play along with:

I used this weeks sketch to add to my Christmas cards as I realised how close Christmas has become. I stamped up some trees from the Ornamental Christmas Stamp Set as well as fussy cut a tree from the Modern Christmas DSP pack and layered them with a sentiment from the Ornamental Christmas Stamp Set. I then tied a double bow with some twine from the Old Olive and Early Espresso Linen Thread Pack to create the bow from the sketch. To add a little somethin extra I added some diecuts from the Just A Notes Dies for more details.

The team at Just Add Ink have created wonderful cards with this sketch, so make sure you pop over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #772

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We have a new challenge over at Just Add Ink for you to play along with. This week is a colour challenge. These colours lend to a Halloween card, but I decided to go against that and go with a floral card instead.

I created my card using the flowers from the Gallery Blooms Stamp Set. I colours my leaves and flowers with a combination of blends and fussy cut the images out. I then stamped the background with an image from the Lovely Florals Stamp Set to add a bit of interest to the background. I then flicked some ink also for a bit of something to the background.

When I have a lot of colours that I am unsure how to combine, I always keep a lot of white space and add small touches of the challenge colours so they don’t become too overwhelming.

The team at Just Add Ink have created wonderful projects that will inspire you, so make sure you head over to the challenge and see what the team have created.

Thanks for stopping by

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #771

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Thanks for joining us here at Just Add Ink! We’re so excited to share with you the first challenge of our new format and hope you’ll embrace the changes and have a ton of fun creating.

For challenge #771 we have expanded our regular Choose Two to now be Choose Two or More! You can use as many of the listed options as you like to feature on your projects, as long as it’s at least two, and don’t forget to tell us in your post which ones you chose. You’ll also have more time to create as we’ve moved from a weekly to bi-weekly (every two weeks) challenge!

I’ve chosen Plants, Pretties and Plaid for my Two or More for this challenge. The images I’ve stamped, watercoloured and fussy cut are from the Gallery Blooms Stamp Set. I then added some diecut leaves from the Charming Day Dies for a dramatic effect under the images as I felt them lacking just by themselves against the DSP.

The team at Just Add Ink have created awesome projects for this challenge, so make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #770

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Welcome to Friday and the newest challenge at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge for you is a colour challenge. Take a look at the pretty colour combo we have for you to play along with:

Of course I went with flowers as they were the easy choice. A I couldn’t use green, I kept the leaves white. These leaves were diecut with leaf dies from the A Charming Dies. The flower images were stamped from the Gallery Blooms Stamp Set and coloured with all three challenge colours and fussy cut out. I layered them amongst the leaves and added a sentiment. To add some texture, I embossed some rectangle pieces of cardstock and raised them up on Dimensionals.

The team have created wonderful cards to inspire you. Make sure you head over to Just Add Ink and see what they team have come up with.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #766

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It’s Friday, so that means a new challenge at Just Add Ink. Our challenge for you is to:

I’m not gonna lie, I don’t do one layer easy…I’ve added stamping to my with the Gallery Blooms Stamp Set. I added background stamping with the Elements of Text Stamp using a masking technique. I then added some shading around the flowers to make them pop.

‘The team at Just Add Ink have created awesome cards that will no doubt inspire you, so make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Freshly Made Sketches #700

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Welcome to our 700th sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches!!!!!!! How exciting is that? I played along with the very first challenge at Freshly Made Sketches and I was lucky enough to be chosen to be on the design team from the 76th challenge. Unfortunately my blog when awol for that time, so I can’t find my original post to link to…. But here is a photo of that card I made for my first DT assignment – which btw, I am not loving in 2025… Do you all look back and cards from years ago and say “yeah, nah – I’m not a fan of it anymore?”

The Design Team have decided to re-create cards for this weeks challenge from the very first sketech challenge at FMS. Take a look at the sketch and the card I created for it below.

The Charming Day Stamp Set and Dies got a work out for this card with the background Elements of Text and Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder.

The design team have created wonderful cards for this weeks challenge. We hope you can join us in our 700th sketch challenge!

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle

Just Add Ink #764

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There is a new challenge to play along with over at Just Add Ink. This week our challenge for you is to:

I chose the following two elements from the challenge – patterned paper and pearls. If the DSP pack I chose had’ve had pastel colours in it, I would’ve added all three elements from the challenge.

The cute lil dinosaur images I’ve added to my card are from the Darling Dinosaurs Stamp Set. I’ve coloured them mostly with the Smoky Slate Blends with a touch of Garden Green to match the DSP in the background. I added some coloured rock images and a palm tree cut with the reitred Beach Day Dies.

The team have created awesome cards for this weeks challenge. Make sure you head over to the challenge and see what they’ve created.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Narelle