JAI 684 colour challenge - Fun fold Christmas Tree cards

 

 

Hello and welcome to my last Just Add Ink challenge share for 2023, and very appropriately it's a Christmas challenge using 'traditional Christmas colours', red, green, and gold.
I'm sharing two versions of an easy fun fold card. This design is called a square column card, similar to this card I shared a couple of weeks ago, and it were adapted from this fab card shared by Rachael Tessman.

My cards were part of my November Christmas card class and feature some of my fave Christmas stamp and die sets of this year - Merriest Trees, the Snowflake Sky embossing folder, and Joy of Christmas paper. Take a look at the finished cards.

Festive Tags Kit step up to 15 Christmas cards

Hello and welcome! Today I have 15 fun cards to share with you made with the fabulous Festive Tags kit. The kit was designed by Stampin' Up! to make 15 beautiful tags but it was really easy turning them into Christmas cards instead.

I loved the colours and images included, so over a weekend I played with the pieces in the kit and made 15 different cards. I added only cardstock (and some embossing with the Snowflake Sky 3d embossing folder).

I hope this idea will be helpful l to anyone like me who's still making Christmas cards, or  any super organised people prepping for next Christmas. Take a look at how they turned out.

 

JAI 682 sketch challenge - Dainty flowers 80th birthday fun fold card

Hello and welcome to another project share from me. This week's Just Add Ink challenge is a sketch and I do love a good sketch. This worked well for a special milestone birthday card for a very special woman.
She loves her garden so of course I wanted to make something pretty and floral. I remembered I had some gorgeous (though retired) Dainty Flowers patterned paper that would be perfect for it so I used it for the whole card, fun fold and all. Take a look.

JAI 680 Just add alcohol challenge - Joy to You Christmas card

Hello and welcome to a new project share for this week's Just Add Ink challenge - Just Add Alcohol.

I wanted to make a Christmas card, because I still need soooo many, but didn't think I had any stamp or dies to fit an alcohol challenge. Then I remembered the Bottled Happiness stamp set. How to turn this everyday image it into a Christmas image? I paired it with the bold and fabulous Joy to You sentiment stamp set, some Christmassy colours, pretty paper (Joy of Christmas) and this is how it turned out

JAI 678 Choose two challenge - Dainty Delight thinking of you

Hello and welcome. Friday means it's time to share my Just Add Ink challenge project with you. This week's challenge is to make a card using two of three possible elements (Brights, Foliage, or Friend).
I chose foliage and friend, making a soft and pretty thinking of you card for a friend, using the Dainty Delight dies, Layering Leaves stamp set and lots of embossing. Here's how it turned out.

Dainty Delight faux centre step card - class project 1

Hello and welcome! Today I'm happy to share the first of two cards we made at my September card class. This was my first in person class in a long time and I was lovely to be able to craft with other cardmakers again.

The card fold is a faux centre step card (like this cute Christmas version I made with polar bears) that's all about the pretty floral stems from the Dainty Delight stamp set and pretty, blue paper prints from the Countryside Inn paper pack. Here's how it turned out.

JAI 676 inspiration challenge - Birds Eye View

Hello and welcome to a new project share - my design team project for Just Add Ink challenge 676, which is a photo inspiration challenge.

With Halloween and Thanksgiving in North America around the corner, the pumpkin in the challenge image is a popular theme. I'm not that fond of pumpkins (except for in pumpkin scones) or orange in general so what to make?

A sweet little birdie from the Bird's Eye View stamp set with pumpkin like dimensions and colours was the fun answer for me. The neutral colours and patterns in the image gave me the rest of my palette. Here's how my card turned out.

JAI 674 colour challenge - Just My Type fun fold

Hello and welcome to a new project share for this week's colour challenge at Just Add Ink design team. I thought the combination of Fresh Freesia, Berry Burst, Pretty Peacock, and gold suggested by Rochelle could be tricky, but they really work nicely together.

I chose to use the sweet and whimsical Just My Type stamp to create a fun fold card - apparently called an expanding accordion card. I teamed the stamp images with a handmade striped background made of card strips in each of the challenge colours. Here's how it turned out.

JAI 672 sketch challenge - Christmas cards four ways

Hello and welcome! Today I have a new share for the Just Add Ink design team.  Nikki gave us a super flexible sketch to work with and I immediately thought Christmas cards!... and not just because it's almost October and time is a ticking. The sketch looked perfect for the beautifully elegant Shining Brightly specialty paper pack, as there are two colourways of the same design, all foiled in gold. I chose the leafy design and teamed it with the Layering Leaves stamp set to create some elegant Christmas cards, Here's the first of four cards I made.

JAI 670 Just add wildlife - Beary Christmas faux centre step

Hello and welcome to a new team project share for this week's Just Add Ink challenge, which is to just add wildlife to a project. This is also my first project using new Mini Catalogue goodies, and it's my first Christmas card for 2023. Yay!

I LOVE polar bears so I couldn't resist the super cute hand drawn images in the Beary Christmas paper pack, which of course conveniently fit the wildlife challenge theme. Here's how my card turned out.

JAI 668 choose two challenge - zoo crew lion birthday card

Hello and welcome to a new Just Add Ink team share for this week's challenge suggested by Lou, who asked us to include two of three challenge element options on our project. I created a fun, whimsical birthday card with the using one of the very cute animal illustrations on the Zoo Crew paper. Here's how it turned out.

JAI 666 inspiration challenge - celebrate with cupcakes

Hello and welcome to my challenge project share for this week's Just Add Ink challenge. It's an image challenge with a fun snowy winter scene. I was of course drawn to the colours - any opportunity to use Coastal Cabana - and set about creating a card with a bright birthday vibe with a colour blocked background, using my new Circle Sayings stamp set and circle punch bundle. Here's how it turned out.

JAI 664 colour challenge - Bird's eye view for you card

Hello and welcome to a new card share, this time for Just Add Ink challenge 664, a colour challenge suggested by me, featuring Fresh Freesia, Pool Party, and Lost Lagoon. I chose to create a sweet leafy, birdie card using two new stamp sets that work so beautifully together - Bird's Eye View and Layering Leaves. Here's how it turned out.
 

JAI 662 sketch challenge - stamped background birthday card

 

Hello and welcome to a new project share for this week's Just Add Ink sketch challenge suggested by Lou from our design team. She based the sketch a sample card in the 23-24 Annual Catalogue (on page 65 to be precise). Don't you love how inspiration grows as it's shared!

I chose to show some love to the Artistically Inked stamp set and coordinating Artistic dies to make a pretty, pastel floral card in Fresh Freesia, Bubble Bath and white. Here's how it turned out.

JAI 660 just add inlaid die cut - simple blended leaves card

Hello and welcome to a new Just Add Ink challenge share. This week Kerry challenged us to add a die cut inlay to our project. Thankfully my card came together pretty quickly as it's been a bit of a huge week. I went very clean and simple, creating this card using the one of the beautiful Meadow dies, Stampin Blends markers and sentiment from the Go To Greetings stamp set. Here's the finished card.

JAI 659 colour challenge - floral wreath window card

Hello and welcome to my team project share for Just Add Ink challenge 659 - a colour challenge with a beautifully fresh, new combination of Pretty Peacock (a newly returned colour), Coastal Cabana (my personal favourite colour) & Lemon Lolly (a brand new and very pretty yellow).

I created a floral wreath card using dies in two fabulous standalone sets you might have missed in the 2023-24 Annual Catalogue - Around the Bend, and Labels Aglow. Here's how it turned out.

JAI 658 choose two challenge - colourful grove z fold card

Hello and welcome to my project share for the new Choose Two challenge at Just Add Ink. I suggested this week's challenge which is to use two elements from these three options - Scraps, Strips and Sequins.

I really love seeing what I can make with my leftover scraps and who can resist a sequin, so that's what I went with. Here's how my card turned out.

JAI 656 inspiration challenge - rainbow of happiness and love

Hello & welcome to this week's team project share for Just Add Ink. Our new challenge is to to create a project inspired by this fabulous sunset image.

The cool oval lens reminded me of a rainbow shape, so I kept it simple and fun, making a rainbow inspired by the colours in the image. Here's how it turned out.

JAI 654 colour challenge - daffodil love and hugs

Hello and welcome! It's colour challenge week at Just Add Ink with a bright and happy combination of Parakeet Party, Tahitian Tide and Daffodil Delight.

You also find me today with laptop troubles so I'm keeping this post short and sweet. For some reason the challenge colours said daffodils to me so that's what I went with using the retired Daffodil dies and my favourite Sending dies. Take a look.

Happy travels - 3d suitcase fun fold birthday card

Hello and welcome!
Today I have something fun and interactive to share with you that I designed and made for Miss C's birthday.

She's heading off on a adventure soon so I thought it would be fun to create a card that looked like a pull along suitcase, complete with moving handle. Of course I had to personalise it for her with a monogram and tag too.

This is how it turned out.

JAI 652 sketch challenge - bottled happiness z fold card

Hello & welcome! It's time to share my latest Just Add Ink challenge card. This week is a sketch challenge, and I've stretched the sketch to make it into a portrait oriented z fold card.

I gave my Bottled Happiness stamp set its first inking to create a pretty, floral just because card. Here's how it turned out.

Mystery Card Challenge 2 - seven clean and simple cards

Hello and welcome! Today I'm taking a step back in time to catch up with my last mystery card challenge. Things like crafting got a bit away from me - life and changes you know.

I did make seven, yes seven cards using the challenge cards. Most of the stamps and papers I used are now retired, but it's worth sharing the cards to show you some of the possibilities of the challenge elements.

First up a little reminder of what the challenge elements are -  essentially 3 long strips and 2 squares. Here are the dimensions & the initial challenge post is here.

Stampin' Blends Colour Chart 2023-24 Update

Hello and welcome! A new catalogue means new In Colors, and this year's colour refresh means LOTS more new colours AND new Stampin' Blends alcohol markers. Hooray!

Stampin' Blends give us double the colour fun because we get a light and dark shade in each colour. I love seeing all the new marker shades together.

My Colour Chart makes it easy to find shades to blend together and keep a record of which colours you have and need. And it's so pretty coloured in. Take a look!

2023-24 New Annual Catalogue & New Colours

Say hello to the new Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue that will take us through May 2023 to April 2024.

Inside you'll find new suites, stamps, paper, punches, dies and so much more, all with the coordination we know and love. You'll love our newly refreshed colour palette too.

There will be much to share in the coming weeks, but to get you started today, here are some useful shopping and catalogue document download links and a look at our new colour collections.

JAI 650 Just add - Sending ginkgo leaves birthday card

 

Hello and welcome. It's time to share a new Just Add Ink challenge project. This week we need to add large letters or numbers. Who doesn't love a large sentiment. I couldn't resist using my favourite Sending dies again. They're just such a lovely font and of course their size always makes a great focal point. I teamed them with the gorgeous Ginkgo Branch dies and one of the embossing folders in the new Basics 3d 3-pack. Here's how it turned out.

JAI 648 choose two challenge - coastal grove birthday

Hello and welcome to my Just Add Ink team project share for this week's Choose Two challenge with the options of water, wall, or garden.  I did a fair amount of head scratching trying to work out which elements to choose or make with the supplies I have.

I decided to go with water and garden, creating this peaceful, coastal garden scene using the lovely, intricate Grove dies, and retiring favourite, the Inspired Thoughts stamp set. Here's how it turned out.

Simple sea turtle card

Hello and welcome! Today I have another card made with the Sea Turtle stamp set and mostly leftovers and scraps from my desk and scrap bits tub. Here's how it turned out.

Sea turtle diorama birthday

Hello and welcome! Today's share is another turtle card made with the Sea Turtle stamp set. This is the first of two turtle started out with leftovers from making this sea turtle shadow box card and other random scrap, You know I love to play with scraps.

I'm happy that the Sea Turtle set is carrying over to the new 23-24 Annual Catalogue so it will be swimming with us for a while yet. Sadly most of the other supplies I used - the Layering Diorama dies,  and Paradise Palms stamp set (and coordinating Palms dies) and patterned paper are being discontinued.

Anyway I digress. Take a look at the finished card. I hope you like it.

JAI 646 inspiration challenge - Bunny Happy Easter

Hello and welcome to my latest Just Add Ink card share which is for this week's fun inspiration image challenge which has a distinct Easter vibe. I couldn't resist recreating the layout and images using the retired Basket Bunch stamp set, which had all sorts of cute Easter images too. Here's how it turned out.

JAI 644 colour challenge - Sending love pansy

Hello and welcome! Today I have a card to share for this week's Just Add Ink colour challenge, using Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape, and Mango Melody.

The colours made me think of pansies so I went with that and made a card using the Pansy dies set and my favourite Sending Smiles stamps and dies. Here's how it turned out.

JAI 642 sketch challenge - hello kitty friend

Hello and welcome to another team project share for Just Add Ink. This week is a sketch challenge suggested by Kim. I chose to rotate the sketch to create a landscape card.
I created a cute kitty scene using the new Love Cats stamp set, Alphabet a la Mode dies and and an old favourite - the Biggest Wish stamp set. Here's how it turned out.
 

Mystery Card Challenge 2 is here - March 2023 (CMH2)

Hello and welcome to Mystery Card Challenge 2!

This is my March challenge and the first official challenge. I hope you'll play along with me to create a card or three using only the challenge pieces listed below and card supplies you have on hand.

Read on to find out how the challenge works, and all the info you'll need to play and how to share your project with me. 

JAI 640 Just add a surprise - Sea turtle shadow box card

Hello and welcome! Today I'm sharing my team project for Just Add Ink just add a surprise challenge. Fun! What's my surprise? I made a shadow box card - a fancy fold card with a 3d shadow box surprise when the card is opened. I've made lots of these over the years and shared a pdf tutorial previously. I'll link it below.

The stars of this card are beautiful turtles from the Sea Turtle stamp set - new in the January-April Mini Catalogue. I've mixed bits and pieces from other stamp sets and dies too. Here's how it turned out.

Mystery Card Challenge 1 - 5 simple cards (CMH1)

Hello and welcome! Today I have something new to share with you - a mystery card challenge.

This started as a challenge for a SU Demonstrator group I help to admin. It was so fun to do and reminded me how much can be done with just some simple pieces and limited supplies.

Anyone can play along with the challenge, whether you're new to cardmaking or completely obsessed. I'm going to set a new mystery challenge each month starting from 1 March.

In the meantime, try challenge one to get you started. Read on for all the info you'll need and to see all the cards I made.