ADDINKTIVE DESIGNS

Dream I made this card so I could send big hugs and congratulations to Lisi, who has recently opened her own shop, Miss Vintage , in Perth, Tasmania. I did a bit of embossing on the card so I could enter it in the latest challenge at the Shabby Tea Room (Let's Make an Impression) and I have used the sketch from this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #76 . Project Recipe Stampin' Up! Supplies: Frames with a Flourish Stamp Set, Parisian Breeze DSP, Baja Breeze Cardstock, Classic Black and Soft Suede Ink, Distressing Tool, Dimensionals, Hemp Twine, Sizzlits Lots of Tags Die, Stamping Sponge, Sanding Block Non SU Supplies: CB Embossing Folder, Nostalgia Core'dinating Card Stock, Flowers and Lace from my stash, Eiffel Tower Stamp from 'Hot off the Press' Inc. PS: Thanks to the Shabby Tea Room for giving me an Honourable Mention for this card! Much appreciated! Thanks for stopping by,

I have been given some lovely blog awards over the last few weeks and just wanted to formally say a big thankyou, not only to those ladies, but to everyone that takes a peek at my blog! Also, if you haven't already noticed, the Design Team at Just Add Ink has doubled in size! I'm so blessed to be amongst a talented bunch of women who really love what they do! Our Ning Network is a buzz with excitement at the moment as JAI prepare to change the format slightly by having each of the two teams rostered on every second week! This is fantastic news as the team can 'join in' on the challenge on their 'off' week if they wish (not eligible for top picks) or have more time to enter some other great challenges that are out there in Blog Land. This is my way of welcoming the new, expanded team by giving them all a fabulous blog award! The Design Team Amanda Reddicliffe Danielle Daws Chantell Randall Sarah Klass Tania Gould Delys Cram Kirsty Jeffery Patrice Easton Kim...

Vintage Leaves There's a sketch challenge on this week at Just Add Ink and boy did it give me 'grief' to begin with because of its simplicity. So this was my game plan - I really wanted to ink up the Medallion stamp again and get out the Little Leaves die and so it kind of went from there. I thought I'd combine my two favourite Stampin' Up! colours, Baja Breeze and Chocolate Chip ... you know the type of colours I'm referring to?? ... the ones that, "If you could only take two coloured ink pads to a deserted island, which ones would you take?" sort of colours! Then I wanted to use a technique I hadn't done for a while. There's some kissing, sponging and distressing involved and as I told the girls at JAI, that sounds like one very bad romance novel! In the end I was pretty relieved my mojo had decided to return after a month's break and I finally felt like I was back into the 'swing of things'. This Week's Sketch at Just Add ...

I'm back a little sooner than I anticipated as I actually managed to finish this card to post for the latest Card Patterns Sketch Challenge ! Yay! One of a Kind This Week's Sketch It's been a while since I have joined in with one of their challenges and absolutely LOVE their sketches!! I follow their posts every week wishing there were more hours in the day to play along. Here's the Project Recipe for 'One of a Kind' - Stamp Set: One of a Kind Ink: Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White Accessories: Sweet Always DSP, Circle Fire Rhinestone Brad, Chocolate Chip 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, 1/2" Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Stamping Sponges Non-SU: CB die for the Scalloped Rectangular Frame, Mini Coat Hanger and Template from Paper Fashions (Klutz) See you Friday ... PS: I'm so excited!!! This one made the TOP 6 for the week.

Here's a little sneak peek at the cards that Donovan made. He's a very talented 11 year old who LOVES doing Origami and he's entered them in the latest Just Add Ink Challenge which was to use patterned paper (that's DSP in SU lingo) in a papercraft project. Why don't you pop on over to his class' blog and check out both of his gorgeous creations and leave a little comment love! I'll be back on Friday with my first DT submission for a month!! I'm looking forward to re-joining the original team and working alongside some very talented newcomers. Stay tuned for that announcement. It won't be far away.

Scallop Envelope Box No... you don't have to be a Big Shot to attend Friday night's stamp club but you get to create these examples with the Big Shot embossing and die cutting machine - my favourite toy! The above example uses the Scallop Envelope Die (X4). It's simply a matter of sticking the side flaps together to form a box, add a cute little birdie on a branch made from the Two-Step Bird Punch and that's about all there is to it. I used the sturdy Sweet Slumber Specialty DSP for the box and Riding Hood Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon to tie up the cellophane bag. Friends This card is a combination of two designs which I received as SWAPS at the National Convention in Sydney. I drew inspiration from Peggy Quarmby and Melinda Taylor . Thanks, ladies. Project Recipe: Stamps: Vintage Vogue Cardstock: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla Ink: Pink Pirouette, Soft Suede Accessories: Bella Rose DSP, Top Note Die, Dimensionals, Dazzling Diamonds, Two-Way Glue Pen Until ne...

Stampin' Up! often add some great ideas to the Demonstrators' Personal Web Sites. I've CASED just one of their fantastic samples. You'll find the Project Recipe and the original card featured HERE. I made some minor changes by substituting the featured DSP with a Tangerine Tango coloured DSP from the Haiku Collection and a sentiment from Tiny Tags instead of Teeny Tiny Sentiments. This is one of the cards the ladies will be making this Friday night at my dINKy chicks' stamp club. The next one I made using the colours from the latest Colour Challenge at Just Add Ink . It was one of my colour combo suggestions and Amanda and Danielle decided to run with it for this week's challenge. I have had a break from the Design Team due to holidays and the busyness of life but I will be back on Friday 2nd July with a new submission! Can't wait to get back into the swing of things with some extra DT Members alongside too! Awesome! Why don't you pop on over to ...