JAI 497 sketch challenge - poppy birthday

It's sketch challenge week at Just Add Ink - gotta love a good sketch - and Kim has given us a fun geometric design to play with.

I'm still poppy crazy after playing with the Peaceful Poppies suite for my classes last week - Love it! Then I remembered there are poppy stamps in the Bloom and Grow stamp set/discounted bundle too so I paired them with the Painted Poppies bundle on my card.

JAI 495 Just add a rainbow... of music

This week at Just Add Ink challenges, Rochelle has asked us to Just Add a Rainbow. What a fun challenge and who doesn't love a good rainbow.

I created a card for my darling man, although you could use it for many other occasions.

My new Music from the Heart stamp set got it's first of many inkings. This set includes hand drawn music themed images - music notes, stave, piano, guitar, keyboard and lots of useful sentiments, both for everyday & when you need a fun music pun. See more about it at the end of this post.

My card is easy & pretty quick to make using minimal supplies. All the rainbow colours on the card are made with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.

March Stamping Sisters Tutorial Bundle - out now!

It's March already and a new month means a new Stamping Sisters tutorial bundle. This month's theme is project for the girls - to show our friends, Mum's Sisters and all the wonderful women in our lives how much they mean to us. 

Of course the layouts and ideas used on the projects can be applied to lots of other projects too, so you'll definitely want to buy or earn the tutorials free.

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

JAI 493 - floral felt birthday

 It's time for a Just Choose Two challenge at Just Add Ink this week, which means we have to use two of the three challenge options on a project. I chose to use stitching and felt.

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.

New Stamping Sisters February card tutorials - out now!

It's February already and we have a new Stamping Sisters Tutorial Bundle for you to create five fun new projects. You can either purchase the bundle, or earn it free by shopping Stampin' Up! with me in February.

Bonus projects - January Stamping Sisters Tutorial Bundle

Only 6 days of January to go already! That means you've only 7 more days to earn our January 2020 Stamping Sisters tutorial bundle free with a $60 purchase in Australia - excl shipping. This is a thank you and perk for shopping with me.

Alternatively you can purchase this bundle for $10 AUD if you're not in Australia, already have a Demonstrator looking after you, or are a Demonstrator too.

See & purchase January bundle here

Today I'm sharing a bit more about my January tutorial project plus some bonus card ideas using the same supplies.

My tutorial project focuses on colouring with Stampin' Blends markers, using circles in your layouts and adapting layouts for even more looks.

At Stamping Sisters our aim is to help you create projects you'll love using easy techniques and ideas you can use again and again to grow your paper crafting skills. Projects include pdfs with step by step instructions and measurements etc. Check out my tutorial page for all you need to know.

JAI 489 colour challenge - fabulous birthday

We have a colour challenge with a twist this week at Just Add Ink - use three of five possible colours on a project. As you see, all of the colours are bold & bright. What to do, what to do.

I chose to use bermuda bay, daffodil delight and lovely lipstick, with lots of white and my new Dressed to Impress stamp and die bundle, to create this fun, perfume themed birthday card for a dear friend.

JAI 488 Just Add Ink celebration blog hop

Hello hello & welcome!
I'm excited to share my project for our first Just Add Ink challenge of 2020.

Even more exciting, it's Just Add Ink's 10th anniversary and we're having a celebration themed blog hop to... celebrate!
You may have arrived here from the lovely Rachael Lewsley's blog or some other way. Welcome!

It's amazing to think Just Add Ink has been sharing creative inspiration for a decade - 488 challenges so far! Thanks so much to JAI founders, all past and present team members and challenge participants for sharing with us all.

It's also my 5th anniversary as part of the JAI Design Team so that's a reason for me to celebrate too. Time flies!

I hope you'll hop along with us and play along with the challenge to use the theme and image to make your own celebration project. You could even win a prize. See the Just Add Ink blog post along the hop for all the info you need.

Here's my celebration hop project.