Just Add Ink #703 – Just Choose Two – Balloons/Bright Colours/Birthday

Hello there, it’s time for another Just Add Ink Challenge and do we have a great theme for you!

I chose bright colours and birthday for my card. I was inspired by a card that Maheswari Rajaguru made recently and decided to use some retired DSP (Fine Art Floral) from Stampin’ Up for the sunburst shape. I added cardstock in the colours from the DSP in between the DSP rays and then stamped and die cut some flowers from the Stampin’ Up ‘Two Tone Floral’ stamp set. I used inks from Stampin’ Up in Cajun Craze, Mango Melody, Calypso Coral and Pretty Peacock.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at Just Add Ink have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Wednesday, 29th May at 7pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Sketch Saturday #751 opt use a die cut shape

Hello there, it’s time for another Sketch Saturday Challenge and do we have a great sketch for you!

I flipped the sketch on its side and made another Christmas card for my stash. I used stamps and dies from an old Stampin’ up set ‘Poinsettia Petals’ and a sentiment from ‘Perfectly Plaid’ heat embossed in white on a die cut shape.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at Sketch Saturday have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Friday, 31st May (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

AAA Cards #265 – Anything Birthday Goes opt twist 10th birthday

Welcome to the next challenge at AAA Cards and our theme this fortnight is anything CAS goes with an optional twist of Birthday as we’ve turned 10!

Remember to stay CAS or Clean and Simple. We want to celebrate with you as it’s not everyday you turn TEN. And…. wait we have prizes! Some are only available to the country of residence due to postage, so please make sure when you do the card link up to add your country letters, say Maaike-NL

Our wonderful Design Team has put up these prizes, but they will be a surprise package, except of course the generous giftcard from Whimsy Stamps, Altenew, Create a Smile Stamps and Funky Fossil Stamps, you can buy what you want

Please note that the giftcards do not cover postage and or custom duties, this will be the winner’s responsibility. Remember to put your country behind your name when you upload p.e. Maaike-NL, Karen-NZ, Tristan-AUS, Sue-USA etc.

For my card I used only die cuts and no stamping! I had a rainbow panel in my stash that I die cut my sentiment from and then added some popped up number balloons to go with the optional twist. I attached the number balloons with some twine to my sentiment and my card was done!

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at AAA Cards have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post.

You’re going to want to join in he fun as we have some awesome prizes for our winners. You have until Saturday, 25th May to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Just Add Ink #701 – Inspirational Photo

Hello there, it’s time for another Just Add Ink Challenge and do we have a great photo to inspire you!

My card was inspired by the colours in the photo. I used my Distress Inks – Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Picked Raspberry and smoosed them onto some watercolour cardstock. I then die cut a few daisies to add interest on the front, a sentiment from Stampin’ Up ‘Special Moments’ and added the ink panel onto some yellow and orange cardstock.

I love ink smooshing as everytime you do it, it leaves you with a totally different look.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at Just Add Ink have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Wednesday, 15th May at 7pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Sketch Saturday #750 opt use buttons

Hello there, it’s time for another Sketch Saturday Challenge and do we have a great sketch for you!

I thought the hexagon shapes looked like snowflakes, so decided to make a Christmas card using an old stamp set from Unity Stamp Co ‘Snowflake Kisses’ inked up in Altenew crisp dye inks in Lagoon, Volcano Lake and Mountain Mist. I masked off the entre panel for my sentiment , mounted the panel on some Stampin Up cardstock in Bermuda Bay and Coastal Cabana added some gems to the centre of my snowflakes and I was done.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at Sketch Saturday have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Friday, 17th May (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

AAA Birthday #61 CAS (clean & simple)

Hello there, it’s time for a new challenge over at AAA Birthday and do we have a great theme for you!

I used a really old set from Clearly Besotted called ‘Dandelion Dreams’ which I inked up two of the blooms in Stampin Up Flirty Flamingo and Calypso Coral. I added some twine from my stash and popped the panel onto a Calypso Coral base.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at AAA Birthday have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Friday, 31st May to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

AAA Cards #264 – Sketch

Hello there, it’s time for a new challenge over at AAA Cards and do we have a great sketch for you!

I decided to play with an old stamp and die set from Stampin Up ‘Forever Fern’ which I inked up with some Altenew inks doing the rock’n’roll technique to the edges and then die cut the leaves. I added them underneath my circle punched sentiment and my card was done.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at AAA Cards have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Saturday, 11th May to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Just Add Ink #699 – Colour Challenge

Hello there, it’s time for another Just Add Ink Challenge and do we have a great color challenge for you!

Can I say that I struggled with this combination? I thought it was going to be easy but I tried 3 times before I was happy. I wanted to give even balance to each colour but just couldn’t get it working till I inked smooshed a piece of water colour cardstock and then patted off some of the colour to tone the saturation down. I then added a die cut panel using a coverplate from Paper Rose ‘Blooming Flowers’. I added some diamonte gems to the flower buds and a sentiment from Uniquely Creative. I’m so happy with how this version came out.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at Just Add Ink have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Wednesday, 30th April at 7pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Sketch Saturday #749 – Opt use a trio of something

Hello there, it’s time for another Sketch Saturday Challenge and do we have a great sketch for you!

I thought this sketch was another good one to make a Christmas card using some fab DSP from Stampin Up ‘Boughs of Holly’. I used a sentiment embossing folder for my dark green panel and then add 3 holly berry leaves I had in my stash and 3 green enamel dots.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at Sketch Saturday have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Friday, 3rd May (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

AAA Cards #263 – Opt twist Wedding/Anniversary

Hello there, it’s time for another challenge over at AAA Cards and do we have a great theme for you!

I decided to use the optional twist on my card and made an Anniversary card. I did a bit of scoring on my background panel, then added a series of die cut hearts and leaves from some scrap cardstock and popped up my sentiment from Uniquely Creative.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at AAA Cards have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Saturday, 27th April to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.