Forever Blossoms

I’m loving the new Forever Blossoms Stamp Set and Parisian Blossoms Specialty DSP.
I have also decided I have a new favourite colour – Petal Pink.  It’s so soft and pretty.

This weekend I have put them all together with the challenge from Freshly Made Sketches (#418).

I also added the new Champagne Rhinestones and Petal Pink Metallic-edge Ribbon.

All of these stamping supplies are all in the newly launched 2020 January-June Mini Catalogue.   Visit my Online store to get your Parisian Blossoms DSP and Forever Blossoms.

Just Add Ink # 488 – Celebrate Blog Hop!

Hi and Happy New Year!    I’m really pleased to be opening the first 2020 Just Add Ink Challenge.   It’s a pretty special one!

It’s a Blog Hop!
It’s all about Celebration!
Our 10th Year!
And it’s Celebrating 1000 Just Add Ink Followers!

Personally, at this time of year, I think there is a lot to Celebrate and reflect on.  The year that has been and the year to come.

For me, 2019 was fabulous, with my time in Europe being a massive highlight.   At work, our busy Meeting Season went really well with European staff to help us out.   There is so much for me to Celebrate and be thankful for.

2020 – while there are no big trips planned (sad face)  I am looking forward to the year ahead.

I have been so blessed to have been with Just Add Ink for the entire 10 years,  since it started.  Over the holidays I have been reflecting on the cards and projects that I have put together for the Challenges over the years, which has been fun.  So for a laugh, here’s my first ever Just Add Ink Project: This was a colour challenge.

So – now to 2020 and the card I have created for the Celebration Blog Hop.
I have made this card to Thank a lovely lady.

The Stamps, Dies and DSP are all current Sale-a-Brations products that you can earn for FREE.

Can you see the sparkle on the Water Lily?  I added a bit of Wink of Stella.

The Celebrate Blog Hop is set up in a loop so it doesn’t matter where you start.  All you need to do is to follow along is click the “Next” Button at the end of each persons post and you will be taken to the next stop.  Remember the Blog Hop also incorporates the Just Add Ink Challenge for this week – so after you have finished Hopping……go…create….and then Share your project with us at Just Add Ink.

So – here we go!!   To advance onto the next Just Add Ink Design Team Member, click on the ‘Next’ button below.    Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the lovely Nikki Spencer…Enjoy and Celebrate with us!!

As I mentioned before, I feel there is a lot to Celebrate and be Thankful for at the moment.   But I also know, that not everyone feels that way.

To encourage a few ladies to think about what they are grateful for or perhaps to acknowledge the little things that bring them joy, I decorated a couple of note books for them.   That way they can write down the joy in their lives, in the hope that over time, they will be reminded of all the blessing around them.

 

Painted Poppies

I’m on holiday from work at the moment, so that means there’s time to spend pottering and creating in my craft room.

I find that my craft room gets pretty messy at times and can be a dumping ground for loads of household items too.   So last week I worked on cleaning up a few areas.   Here’s a ‘Before’ and ‘After’ pic of one of the area’s.

This week, I have been crafting.  It’s been great…..really enjoyable!

I decided to play along with the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge # 416

I made several cards using this Sketch.  Here are a couple of them.

Both of these cards are using the Painted Poppies Stamp Set.   The colours are Poppy Parade, Whisper White, Basic Black, Old Olive and Pear Pizzaz.

The Sequins and DSP (in the background of the second card) are also part of the Peaceful Poppies Suite.

The DSP is LOVELY – and I can guarantee you that you’ll be seeing more of it on my blog.

These products are all in the newly launched 2020 January-June Mini Catalogue.   Visit my Online store to get your Painted Poppies.

New Catalogue and Sale-A-Brations!

The NEW 2020 January – June catalogue is here and I know you are going to love it. I certainly do. This Catalogue is packed wonderful new products.

Make sure you message me today to get your own copy of the new Catalogue – n.crandall@windowslive.com

Inside you will find a marvelous selection of Stamps, punches, dies, ribbon, Memories and More card and some lovely DSP.

I love the Painted Poppies suite. It immediately caught my eye (can’t miss it on the front cover).  Here are a couple of cards that I have made using the Painted Poppies Stamp set and DSP.

And guess what??……  As well as the NEW catalogue, the wait is over for Sale-a-brations!! It starts today too!

If you are unfamiliar with Sale-a-brations – it means FREE products. For every $90 (AUD) spent on any Stampin Up! Products, you can choose a FREE Sale-a-brations product. There are some really cute and pretty products available.

Here’s a little card I made with the Lovely Lily Pad Stamp Set, which is one of the FREE Sale-a-brations stamp sets.    Visit my online store to check out the other FREE products that are available.

I’m looking forward to showing more cards and projects shortly and hope you get some time to create this weekend.

Just Add Ink # 487…..Sketch Challenge

Here is the last Just Add Ink Challenge for 2019.  It’s a Sketch Challenge and has been suggested by Jackie.

I thought this Sketch was perfect for a Christmas card.  I cut some Baubles out of red and silver glimmer paper.  They are super sparkly – which I really like.  I used a stripy and dotty foil paper for the background.

I hope you all have a lovely Christmas, relax, create and enjoy some fun peaceful time with your families.

This Challenge runs for two weeks and closes on 1 January.  So follow this like to Just Add Ink.  There you can join the Challenge and see what the Design Team made to provide you with inspiration.

Just Add Ink # 485…One Layer!

Well here’s a great Challenge for you…. Just Add One Layer…… that means no additional embellishments or layers of Card Stock….pretty much it’s one piece of card and some ink.

I thought this Challenge sounded pretty hard…..but I loved it!!  It was great to get back to ink and paper, letting the stamps and colour be the hero.

So I managed to stamp a few cards.  Here they are:

First up I used the Painted Poppies Stamp Set, teamed with the Swirly Frames stamps.

After I had stamped the circle, I masked it off and stamped the Poppy image.

For the second card I used the Timeless Tulips Stamp Set.  Love this set – perfect for one layer cards because the images are nicely shaded.  This could be stamped in any colour too.

My third card was using the Forever Blossoms Stamp set.  So pretty.  The sentiment is from Rooted in Nature.

And the last one is the Lovely Lily Pad stamp set.  It’s a really fun reversable set.

But Oh darn……after I stamped it I realised I had the card upside down!!   Oh man, don’tcha hate that!!!   
Yeah – so as you can see, I really had fun creating one layer cards with some new stamp sets.  Can you believe I did all these cards in a very short time, before work one morning!  I could have kept stamping for a while longer too.

So follow this like to Just Add Ink and share your One Layer projects with us.

Just Add Ink Challenge # 483…..Choose Two!

This Challenge is perfect for Christmas cards – Stars – Spots – Sparkle.
This idea is to add two of these elements to your projects.
I chose Sparkle and Stars.

I added some Wink of Stella to my Reindeer to make it Sparkle.   And then I skattered a few silver stars around. 

These are the Snow Globe Scenes dies.

Follow this link to the Just Add Ink blog – this is where you can share your project with us.