Just Add Ink #473 - Choose Two

Good Day Crafty Friends

Welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Choose Two from Metallics, Twine or Washi Tape. For today's creation I choose to use all three elements, a strip of Black and Washi tape, Metallic Twine and Gold Foil cardstock.

My card starts with an embossed card front created with the Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder. Next up is a few die cut squares in Blushing Bride and Granny Apple Green. The Whisper White die cut square has been stamped with a "Thank You" sentiment in Smoky Slate ink.

Black and White washi tape has been added to the bottom of the white die cut square with a strip of Gold Foil cardstock tucked underneath.

Some Gold Metallic Thread has been "looped" behind the single floral image. A few sequins, die cut leaves and decorative border were added to finish the card.

That's all for today, crafty friends. Be sure to stop by all the Just Add Ink Design Team members blogs for more inspiration using this weeks Just Add Inspiration Challenge.

We would love for you and your crafty friends to play along, if you have a blog you can add your creation to the Just Add Ink gallery here. Don't have your own blog? No problem! Just send us an email  to  just-add-ink@hotmail.com with a photo attachment. We will upload it to our challenge entry blog for you.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Until next time stay awesome and stay crafty.

Pretty Peacock In Colour

Hello Crafty Friends,

Just a quick post today to share a couple of cards made with one of my favourite 2019-2021 In Colour  - Pretty Peacock. I seriously am a huge Pink gal and you would think my new colour crush from this colour family would be the Rococo Rose. Don't get me wrong, I do adore Rococo Rose, even I am blown away at how much I am enjoying Pretty Peacock.

Both cards in today's collection use the colour quite heavily. For the first creation, I have taken a piece of Pretty Peacock card stock and embossed it using the Scripty 3D Embossing Folder. The detailed cut frame is from the Come Sail Away Memories & More card pack. The stamped images from Beautiful Friendship have been fussy cut and adhered to the card front using a mixture of Multipurpose Glue, Dimensionals and Foam Strips.

The background for the second card has been created using the Rectangle Stitched Dies with Pretty Peacock In Colour DSP Pack. The floral images from Inspiring Iris have been stamped with Memento Tuxedo Ink and coloured using Stampin' Blends. They were then fussy cut and added to the die cut circle with mini dimensionals. 

Both cards have white heat embossed sentiments on black card stock and Noble Peacock Rhinestones in Pretty Peacock. 

How is your Christmas card creating coming along? I promised I would start the process earlier this year so guess who is working on her stash in August.....Me!! Can't wait to share some Christmas cuties and some traditional stuff - I know I know, even though I am not a fan, I am sure I am a rare specimen so I am challenging myself! Be sure to check back soon for Christmassy inspiration.

Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty

Just Add Ink #467 - Sketch

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add A Sketch.  I absolutely love sketch challenges!! I personally find them easiest and therefore the most enjoyable of all the types of card making challenges. You are free to use what ever colours and images tickle your fancy. I also find with less creative restrictions, I tend to use up more of my patterned papers which helps get those pretty papers off the shelf and onto cards.

I am such a symmetrical person and find I my eye is often drawn to right angles especially when they are off centre. The angled square in this sketch is so eye catching however when it came to creating my design the angle did not suit the scripty font that I used to emboss the square panel.

I love Polka Dots and Stripes especially in Black n White. And I especially adore when they are mixed with brightly stamped images. The dotty paper is from a retired Sale-a-Bration DSP Pack which I stocked up on during the promotion purely for the Polka Dot and Diagonal Striped sheets.

Using the images from Beautiful Friendship stamp set, I have stamped the flowers in Melon Mambo and Daffodil Delight with the leaves inked in Granny Apple Green. These were fussy cut and adhered to the card front using Dimensionals.

To finish the card a heat embossed sentiment from the Rare Blessings stamp set was adhered with Tombow along with a few Glitter Enamel Dots in Granny Apple Green.

That's all for today, crafty friends. Be sure to stop by all the Just Add Ink Design Team members blogs for more inspiration using this weeks Sketch Challenge.

We would love for you and your crafty friends to play along, if you have a blog you can add your creation to the Just Add Ink gallery here. Don't have your own blog? No problem! Just send us an email  to  just-add-ink@hotmail.com with a photo attachment. We will upload it to our challenge entry blog for you.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Until next time stay awesome and stay crafty.

Colour INKspiration #60

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome to Colour INKspiration Challenge #60. We have a gorgeous colour palette to play along with - Petal Pink, Terracotta Tile, Pretty Peacock and Blueberry Bushel. Plus, this challenge runs for three weeks so you have a bit of extra time to create and share with us. 

For today's creation I decided to team this stunning colour combination with one of my favourite stamp sets from the 2019 Annual Catalogue - BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP. 

The floral images were first stamped in Petal Pink with Terracotta Tile sponged in the centre. The foliage was stamped in Blueberry Bushel and Pretty Peacock (stamped off as my ink pad is super juicy!)

The Blueberry Bushel sentiment has been stamped onto a die cut panel created with the Stitched Labels Dies. Diagonal panels of In Colour DSP in Pretty Peacock and Terracotta Tile have been adhered to the Whisper White card base with the card front adhered in the centre of the card with Dimensionals.

That is all from me today. Thanks so much for stopping by. Be sure to follow the hop all the way through as there is so many gorgeously amazing creations using this beautiful colour combination.

INKspired to join the challenge? It's so easy. Firstly, get some INKspiration by hopping around to see what all of the Colour INKspiration Crew have to show you. Then you have 19  days from today to make and upload your creation to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group. You don't have to have a blog to participate, but if you do you can link back to your post. Make sure you use all of the challenge colours. You can also use Whisper White, Very Vanilla and Basic Black as well as Metallic's. Not a member of the Facebook group yet? Just click here and ask to join Colour INKspiration, add the group to your favourites and share it with your crafty friends so they can join in the fun too. We can't wait to see what you create with these gorgeous colours.

Up next in the Colour INKspiration Blog Hop is my beautiful and talented friend Denita Wright-Smee with her gorgeous creation - enjoy xx

Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty 

Beautiful Friendship

Hello Crafty Friends,

Just a quick post today to share a few creations with this gorgeous floral stamp set - Beautiful Friendship. It has to be my favourite from the new 2019 Annual Catalogue. You can find this beauty on page 123 item #149252.

The images work wonderfully for single layer creations and for creating your own stamped backgrounds/DSP.

I am a fan of fussy cutting and found the images were easy and quick to cut which was great as I like a little dimension every now and again.

These two cards were stamped in Rococo Rose, Blueberry Bushel, Sahara Sand and Black inks.

For this collection of Thank You cards, I used the cute little Scalloped Note Cards - stamping them with the Birch Background stamp then applying the die cuts and stamped images.

I love CAS creations and wanted to show the pretty stamped images in subtle muted tones so went with my favourite colour combination, pink, brown and white.

A few more CAS simple creations.....

And a little sponging for the background of this one.

Thanks for stopping by today. Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty