For my niece's recent 21st birthday, I wanted to make a card that was a bit feminine, but not too fussy and girly.  I found Stampin' Up!'s Playful Palette DSP the perfect choice, as it has black incorporated in the designs.



I had a bit of fun with the balloons on this card.  The stripey balloon is stamped in black ink on Blushing Bride card, the middle balloon is washi tape layered onto card, then punched out with my balloon punch, and the right-hand balloon was die-cut from Sweet Sugarplum card, then layered over a Very Vanilla punched-out balloon.  Great ways to show how Stampin' Up!'s products all work so well together.

Listed below are all the products I used to make this special milestone card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to buy these products, just click on one of the thumbnail images to go direct to my online store.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  If, like me, you have school-aged children, I hope you enjoy the last days of the Summer holidays.  When my youngest finished school for the year two months ago, I wondered how I'd manage to get through holidays that long ... now that they're coming to an end, I don't know where the time has gone!  I am not looking forward to early starts every day, and getting back into routines, but am sure that we'll settle into it, soon enough.


Product List

Balloon Adventures Photopolymer Bundle [144708] $90.75	Clear Block C [118486] $12.00	Clear Block H [118490] $14.00	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [131172] $11.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $14.00	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $15.75	Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock [141423] $14.00	Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride [131287] $14.00	Playful Palette Designer Series Paper Stack [141657] $17.50
Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $50.00	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $58.00	Large Numbers Framelits Dies [140622] $54.00	Balloon Bouquet Punch [140609] $31.00
Playful Palette Designer Washi Tape [141659] $14.00	2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes [141410] $15.75	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $7.00

After a lovely Christmas/New Year break, we are back with an exciting array of challenges lined up for the year, at Just Add Ink.





To kick off our challenge schedule for 2017, we have a blog hop highlighting projects by the Just Add Ink Design Team ... we've all made a pop-up or interactive project.

You may have come to my blog from the very talented Karren's blog, but if not, you can see her creation as you make your way around the 'loop'.

I have made a masculine card, as it's my favourite kind - plus, I'm in love with the new Urban Underground suite of products in Stampin' Up!'s Occasions Catalogue.

Here's the front of my card:




When you first open it, this is what you see:



.... and this is the full pop-up component in the middle, courtesy of the fabulous new Balloon Pop-Up thinlits dies:




Listed below are all the Stampin' Up! products I used to make this card ... if you would like to buy them for yourself, just click on one of the thumbnail images, to be taken to my online store (Australian residents only).

Next up is Tina ... click on the "next" graphic below, to see what she has made.




We hope you have a lot of fun "hopping" around the creations we've made.  If you get lost, or hit a broken link, anywhere along the way, just go back to the Just Add Ink home page, where you'll find a complete list of all the participants in the blog hop.


Product List

Balloon Adventures Photopolymer Bundle [144708] $90.75	Clear Block C [118486] $12.00	Clear Block E [118484] $20.00	Clear Block G [118489] $8.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $14.00
Delightful Dijon A4 Cardstock [138345] $14.00	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $15.75	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] $14.00	Urban Underground Specialty Designer Series Paper [142783] $22.75	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin' Pad [138327] $11.50	Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad [140932] $12.25	Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Precision Base Plate [139684] $41.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $50.00
Urban Underground Embellishments [142786] $11.50	Urban Underground Designer Washi Tape [142787] $8.75	Basic Black Baker's Twine [134576] $5.25	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $12.00	Glue Dots [103683] $8.00