Fragrant Layers floral birthday card

Hello & welcome. I knew I had a card to share with you but I couldn't find the photos... until I realised they were on my phone rather than my camera. Oops! Anyway, it's a birthday card I made for a friend - the same supportive and encouraging friend who requested the motorcycle card. I've been trying to use the pretties in my stash while treating myself to some new goodies, so this card is a mix. The Fragrant Layers dies is new to me (also part of a coordinating bundle). 
Here's how my card turned out.

Motorcycle 50th birthday easel fun fold card

Hello & welcome. It's been quite a while since my blog has seen any love - thanks for your patience if you're still here. 

Today I'm happy to have a fun fold card to share with you. This came about as a friend asked me to make a special motorcycling themed milestone birthday card. Here's how it turned out.

JAI 770 colour challenge - Layers of Beauty

Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week is a colour challenge of pretty, soft pastels - Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia and Highland Heather. It's a little bittersweet though, as it's also my last project with the team after just over ten years creating for JAI. Time flies!

I'm so grateful to have been part of this wonderful challenge team. Many thanks to all the JAI team admins who do a huge amount of work to bring the challenges to you, and to all past and present teamies for their friendship, encouragement, and fabulous creations. Thankfully I'll still be able to play along with challenges as I can.

But back to my card. I've used the Layers of Beauty stamp set to create a pretty, floral card for a friend who's going through a really tough time. Here's how it turned out.

 

JAI 768 sketch challenge - Floral Impressions thank you

Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week is a sketch challenge - always a fave for me. I'm in a pretty paper phase so I chose to use some prints from the new to me Floral Impressions pack to create a thank you card. Here's how it turned out.

 

JAI 766 Just Add a One Layer Card - Cheers and Sips colour blocking

Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week's challenge is to create a one layer card with stamping or stencilling. How tricky could that be? Apparently tricky for this girl who loves to pop up elements on her cards. But I took up the challenge with my newest purchase, the Cheers and Sips stamp and die bundle, and tried a bit of an fun experiment with stamps and colour. Here's how my unexpected one layer card turned out.

 

JAI764 Choose Two challenge - Wildflower birthday paper-thanks

Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week is a Choose Two challenge with the options of including pearls, patterned paper, or pastels in a project. Easy choices for me - how can you resist using patterned paper, and pastels are some of my favourite shades. I chose to combine two different patterned papers - Wildflower Birthday and Thoughtful Journey to create a quick and easy card. Here's how it turned out.

 

JAI 762 inspiration challenge - leafy warm wishes

Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week is a photo inspiration challenge, and the image has a cosy Autumn, Winter feel. I was drawn to the colours, cup of coffee, leaves, and blanket for my card. Here's how it turned out.

JAI 760 colour challenge - Merry Christmas tree easel fold

Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week is a colour challenge with  a definite Christmas vibe so I went with a Christmas card with a fun fold using the Season of Elegance paper to carry the colour theme. This is my first Christmas card of 2025 too. Yay for Christmas in July. Here's how my card turned out.

JAI 758 sketch challenge Peaceful View flip window fun fold

Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week is a sketch with really easy elements and possibilities. The circle element reminded me of another favourite fun fold card with a surprise inside so I used a new background (card sized) stamp called Peaceful View as the basis for my card, turning the sketch upside down to fit the focal area I wanted. Here's how it turned out.

JAI 756 Just add a belly band - Gatefold pop up surprise card

 

Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share, which this week is to add a belly band to a project. I chose to make a gatefold card with a pop up surprise inside, using the Beautiful Butterflies stamps (and bundle) and Everyday Skies patterned paper, and of course a belly band holding it closed. Here's how my card turned out.