JAI 744 choose two challenge - Butterfly Rainbow

Hello & welcome to this week's Just Add Ink Challenges Design Team share. This week's challenge was set by me, to choose two of elements from either rainbows, flowers, or shimmer. I couldn't resist creating a rainbow as they're one of the things that always makes me smile. Another favourite is butterflies so they made it onto the card too. Here's how it 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.

Hippest Hippos Summer Beach birthday card

Hello & welcome! Today I have another Sale-a-bration Hippest Hippos stamps & Hippos dies idea to share with you - a fun beach themed birthday card. The Hippos dies includes so many fun accessories to create lots of different different scenes for your hippos.

This card was part of the Summer in Winter class I ran earlier in July. It's the middle of a very wet Winter here in Sydney, Australia so I was craving sun and warmth, and what's more summery than the beach. I wanted to show how to build scenes, mixing quite a few products & techniques to create it.

JAI 613 colour challenge - dancing hippo birthday card

Hello & welcome! Today I'm sharing my card for Just Add Ink challenge no 613 - a colour challenge using Mint Macaron, Fresh Freesia, and Starry Sky.

I've made a card featuring the sweetest little dancing hippo in the Hippest Hippos free Sale-a-bration stamp set. I thought she'd look very pretty in the challenge colours and I'm so loving colouring theme hippos, so any opportunity to use them works for me.

JAI 586 - Just Add Ink Summer blog hop - Awesome Otters

Hello and welcome to our first Just Add Ink challenge for 2022. We're celebrating Summer in Australia with a blog hop. You may have arrived from the lovely Denita's blog or some other way. In any case I'm glad you're here.

My Summer themed project is a card for my darling man & girlie, celebrating our first Summer in our new home - and pool - with three cute otters (Awesome Otters) representing us - a much cuter card than showing the three of us in the pool.

Hats off to my darling man's birthday

Hello, hello & welcome. Today I'm sharing a card I made for my darling man's birthday using the Hats Off stamp set and bundle.

Hats Off is one of those sets that is useful for so many people, ages, and occasions.

I know many of you find guy cards trickier than most, so I hope this gives you some ideas to try. I was actually inspired by this brilliant Hats Off card made by my friend, Chloe Evans.

Let's take a look at the full card.

Notes of Cheer Kit - Quick & easy cards beyond the kit

Hello and welcome! Today I'm sharing cards from the Notes of Cheer Card Kit and some alternative project ideas using basic supplies that you might like to try.

JAI 522 sketch challenge - zany zebra birthday

Hooray! I got some time to stamp and make a card for this week's Just Add Ink sketch challenge and boy was it fun making this birthday card for a favourite little person using the Zany Zebras stamp set. Talk about adorable!

Pineapple pop up window birthday card

My darling girl had her 19th (!) birthday at the beginning of May so I thought you might like to see the card I made for her.

I was in my Timeless Tropical phase and feeling a bit nostalgic about Hawaii where we've spent a couple of her birthdays when I made it, as it has quite the tropical vibe... and a pineapple.

It's also a pop up window card like I made for my May Stamping Sisters Tutorial bundle project too. I love that it looks like a normal card when closed but see lots of different elements when open.

June Stamping Sisters Tutorial Bundle - Kids Big & Small

It's June already and time for a new Stamping Sisters Tutorial Bundle. This month is all about kids whether big or small, so you'll find bright colours, cute animals, and lots of fun ideas you can use for lots of cards. Here's a peek at the 5 projects we've created for you.

JAI 507 sketch challenge - star rainbow birthday

This week's new Just Add Ink challenge is live and Jackie has given us this fun, angled sketch to work with. I've been playing around with rainbows and my Stitched Stars so I went with that theme and this is what I came up with.

May Stamping Sisters Tutorial Bundle is here with FREE bonus!

Our Stamping Sisters Masculine May Tutorial Bundle is here!
The guys in our lives need some card love too - especially in these most unusual of times, so we have 5 projects you can create for different occasions or just because.

BONUS! When you purchase the bundle in May, choose a past month's bundle FREE on us.
Read on to see how to get yours.

Here's a peek at the 5 new projects for guys that we've created for you.

Koala Aussie wedding congrats z fold card

If you saw the koala baby card I shared last time and thought it was cute, hopefully you'll think today's is twice as cute, as it has two koalas!

That card was actually made before & inspired by today's - a fun, non-traditional themed wedding card, using Bonanza Buddies stamp set & bundle.

This in turn inspired my February Stamping Sisters Tutorial Bundle project - which has the same fun and easy fold - with a very different look. I love when ideas inspire others.

JAI491 - Bonanza Buddies koala baby

Looking for inspiration? Me too! This week's Just Add Ink inspiration image challenge is an idyllic beach scene and quite frankly where I'd much rather be this week.

Anyhow, I used the soft colours and textures in the scene to make this sweet koala baby congratulations card using the Bonanza Buddies stamp set and bundle.

JAI 484 colour challenge - birthday boy

If pastels are your thing you'll love this week's Just Add Ink colour challenge. Check out this soft and pretty combination of balmy blue, blushing bride, highland heather and smoky slate.

My card is perhaps an unexpected way to use them - a birthday card for my darling man using the fun Animal Outing stamp set - but you have to shake it up sometimes. 😁

Sweet bunny belated birthday

Today I have another sweet card to share with you using the Cuckoo for You stamp set and bundle. It's similar to this hello bunny card I shared in my last post. This time the bunnies are celebrating the birthday of a friend and teamie, albeit a little late.

JAI 478 Just add H - for Hello

It's letter challenge time at Just Add Ink and this week Tina has challenged us to Just Add H to a project. Take a look at the sweetness of the Cuckoo for You stamp set I used to make the happy little card for a friend & teamie.

For the cutest 3 year old birthday girl

There are few things funnier & cuter than a 3 year old little person & today's card is for one of the sweetest kids, and daughter of one of my dearest friends & teamie.

8 more guy cards with A Good Man

I have eight more guy cards to share with you today - yes eight!

Playing with the A Good Man stamp set was so much fun that I made lots of cards with it, mostly variations on a theme. Some have similar folds, colours, layouts to the first two. It's amazing what you can create by mixing & matching.

I hope you enjoy seeing them all and they inspire you to use some of the ideas to make your own versions. You'll find all the supplies at the bottom of the post to order what you need.
Let's get this project & photo fest on the road.

JAI 470 Just add no stamping - starry double easel 18th

I'm happy happy happy to be sharing a starry 18th birthday project for today's new Just Add Ink challenge - just add no stamping. No stamping!? No problem I say.

I'd been hoping we'd have stitched stars in the Christmas-Holiday Catalogue (starting 4 September), & was super excited to see there's a FABULOUS bundle called So Many Stars. I was able to pre-order the bundle (you can too when you join SU this month) and thought it would be perfect for the no stamping challenge. I also added a fancy fold - this time a double easel card in landscape mode.