Just Add Ink #459 Colour Combo

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenge #459.  We have a delightful colour combination for you to play along with - Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade, Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay.

I am not a big user of any forms of red tones - think it has something to do with the wool jumper that was part of my high school uniform lol so I found this colour combination particularly difficult. I have discovered if I dislike a colour my opinion of an entire project is affected.

However, after playing around with my ink pads, I discovered the four colours went well together, and having a light and dark of the same colour actually made it perfect for flowers. I decided to use the Daisy Lane Stamp Set that was given to attendees at Onstage in April to create a clean and simple card.

The flowers were stamped in the challenge colours and fussy cut. To an embossed card front, I adhered the fussy cut flowers in circle with dimensionals. A small sentiment and pink and white bakers twine was added as it was just a tad to simple for my liking, and then at the very last minute I remembered I have loads of embellishments that are retiring next week that I need to use, so added a couple of sequins.

Now, I did create another card, which was created first, but the poppy parade ink is only visible on the inside of the card so thought I better be a good girl and make a card that features all the challenge colours on the front of the card.

I used the same images from the Daisy Lane stamp set as used in the card shown above, which will be available to purchase with the release of the new 2019-2020 Annual Catalogue from June 4th. I love stitching detail and had the die cut heart left over from another project that I thought worked wonderfully behind the flowers. A few pearl embellishments were added as I think they look smashing against the Sahara Sand card front and almost matches the polka dots in the ribbon.

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

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.

JAI #457 sketch

Hello Crafty Firends

Welcome to this week's Just Add Ink challenge #457. We have a fabulous sketch for you to play along with this week.

I normally like to flip the sketches that are in this orientation but decided not this time. Spice it up a little I reakon lol. I have used one of the stamp sets that was an all attendee giveaway at a recent 3 day Stampin' Up! event in New Zealand. Its called Daisy Lane and has a couple of different flower and leaf images to choose from. There are coordinating punches for two of the images in the Daisy Lane stamp set, but not the image I have used, these were fussy cut.

The decorative die cut strip that spans the width of the card is a border die from the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley. Before adhering to the card base, strips of coloured card stock were adhered to the backside of the die cut for a bit of interest.

The flowers have been stamped in Highland Heather and Bermuda Bay (first and second generation) and added them to the stitched circle with dimensionals. A few glitter enamel dots 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 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.

One Stamp At A Time - Fabulous Florals

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to the One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop for May - FABULOUS FLORAL'S. You are currently visiting Jackie Aitken in Perth, Western Australia. This month the Design Team are sharing inspirational and creative projects with a Floral Theme. Be sure to follow the Blog Hop all the way through as 18 talented Demonstrators from all over the world share inspiring ideas and Floral themed creations.

Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from all the over the globe gather together twice at year at various locations around the world for a fun event known to many as Onstage.  In April, the Three Day Live Event was held in Auckland, New Zealand, and I was lucky enough to attend.

One of the many perks of attending these events is that Demonstrators get to view, touch and create with new items that will debut in the new Annual Catalogue. Plus there are freebies galore! As an all attendee give away, the Daisy Lane Stamp Set (item #149325) was a delight to receive in our Convention bags and I couldn't wait to get back to Australia to my crafty space and show it some ink. That is exactly what I did the day after my return and here are my creations.

The first two cards use the same colour combination with different orientations and layouts. I chose to use, Balmy Blue, Flirty Flamingo, Blushing Bride and some Soft Sea Foam for the foliage. The sentiments have been die cut using the littlest die from the Stitched Rectangle Framelits.

For the next set of projects I have used Granny Apple Green and Pineapple Punch inks with Whisper White and Kraft card stock. Tucked behind the card front is a panel of Granny Apple Green Polka Dot DSP from the Brights 6" x 6" DSP Pack (item #146964).

Last weekend I purchased a bracelet and set of earrings at a local crafts market and decided it needed to be packaged in one of the cute Gable Boxes (item #146961) decorated with Granny Apple Green DSP to coordinate with the card.

The large sentiment "I told the universe to send some awesome your way" comes from the Genuine Gems Stamp Set (item #149395). The little banner on the box and the sentiment inside the banner are from the Sailing Home Bundle (item #151066). The recipient of this little package loves Green so I added a big Granny Apple Green bow to the top of the box.

That is all from me today.  Be sure to follow the Hop all the way through for loads more "Fabulous Floral" inspiration from the One Stamp At A Time Design Team. Thanks so much for stopping by today, we appreciate the time you have invested to visit our blogs. Enjoy the rest of the Blog Hop. 

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Colour INKspiration #55

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to Colour INKspiration Challenge #55 Blog Hop. We have the most delightful colour combination for you to play along with this fortnight - Coastal Cabana, Flirty Flamingo, Lemon Lime Twist, Grapefruit Grove, Rich Razzleberry and Smoky Slate.  You can chose three or more colours for this challenge.

I actually made three cards for this challenge as again, I did not read instructions properly lol. I did manage to pull a card together at the very last minute that incorporates five of the six challenge colours - omitting the grapefruit grove.

Perennial Essence and Daisy Lane stamp sets were used for the creation of this card, with the floral images stamped in Rich Razzleberry, Coastal Cabana and Flirty Flamingo. A whisper white card front has been embossed with the Brick stencil and then the fussy images were adhered in the centre of the embossing with mini dimensionals. The sentiment has been white heat embossed on Smoky Slate cardstock to tie in with the panel of cardstock behind.

The next card has incorporated three of the challenge colours - Flirty Flamingo, Lemon Lime Twist and Rich Razzleberry. The blue shaded flower is where I went wrong with this card. I was busy colouring away with watercolour pencils and didn't realise until I finished that I had actually used Bermuda Bay opposed to Coastal Cabana!!! This card was created with the Perennial Essence stamp set and coordinating punch. 

The final card has had the images stamped in White Craft Ink first and then once dry, a sponge dauber is used to apply colour to the stamp and the image is restamped directly over the top of the white ink. This produces a lovely subtle version of the original colour, and looks amazing on neutral toned card stock. The images for this card are from the limited edition Everything Is Rosy stamp set, with the happy birthday die cuts created from Coastal Cabana cardstock, layered over whisper white to produce a slight shadow.

 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 12 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 hop is super talented and extremely lovely, Elizabeth Gross.