Ingenious Inkling

Birthday Celebration

My card for this week's Unscripted Sketch features papers and stickers from Authentique's Celebrate Collection.

I adore this color combination & the fact that it can work for both masculine and feminine designs.

Carefree Mother's Day

I used papers from Authentique's Carefree Collection and May's Authentique Sketch to create a Mother's Day card for my mother-in-law.  I love all of the subtly solid papers they included in the 6" paper pad ... a card maker's dream.

I added a *family* chipboard sticker, a Jenni Bowlin vellum butterfly and several Zva Creative pearl flourishes to finish the design.  All of the other design elements are from the Carefree 12" sticker sheet.

 

Always * Create * Memories

This week's Unscripted Sketch was perfect for trying out my new Authentique Carefree Collection.

I cut my main panel from the back of the 6" paper package (what a clever way to squeeze in another embellishment with those papers) and added stickers from the 12" sticker sheet.  I punched a tiny little butterfly with adhesive pearls & added a bit of inky sponging to complete the design.

Can't wait to see what you create.

Sunny Days Ahead

I wanted to play along with the Spectacular Spectacles Challenge at the Moxie Fab World Blog.  

I wear glasses ... I love glasses ... but somehow I have very few images of glasses in my collection.  After a scavenger hunt through my studio, I found one sunglass inchie from Inkadinkado's Let's Celebrate and some tiny sunglass stamps from We R Memory Keepers' Shades of Summer.

So I stamped an eye glass background & added the inchies using this week's Retro Sketch.  Papers are the new Glory Collection from Authentique together with a wrap of ivory twine, ivory pearls & a perfect little EAD Stickerz sentiment. 

Here's to many sunny days ahead.

Uncommon Misses

This card is for the March Sketch Challenge at the Authentique Blog.  I combined papers & trims from their Uncommon Collection with the Milliner Misses from Rogue Redhead Designs.

I snipped through a scalloped border to create a pennant & added some tiny butterflies to embellish the Misses' hats.

Unconditional Love

I love the sweet little kitty cat in the Rogue Redhead Designs' Just Sayin' stamp set.  I stamped him in charcoal on a scrap of gridded DP, cut him out, colored him with a sketch pencil & attached him with tiny bits of foam tape for dimension.

The layout is from a new sketch blog called iSpy Sketches ... all papers are Authentique's Journey Collection.

Remember, you have until March 4th to join the Rebel Challenge to stamp your own background paper.  I used the three block grid from Just Sayin' in grey ink on gridded designer paper to create my fun modern background.

i finished with some charcoal ink sponging around the edges, a grey scalloped border, a wrap of grey ribbon, and two word tiles.

You Deserve The Best

When i saw this amazing card by Karola Witczak at the CASE Study Challenge, my jaw dropped.  I am forever amazed at people who can incorporate so many elements and so much detail into their design.

I decided to give this design a try incorporating my own style using the colors from this week's CR84FN Challenge (Grey, Yellow & Kraft), since it was perfect for some of my favorite papers ... Authentique's Blissful Collection.

I added flowers, butterflies, yellow pearls, chipboard and an EAD Designs Sticker sentiment from Random Sayings.  The floral image in the oval is Climbing Blooms from Impress, highlighted with colored pencil.

 

Thank You for the Journey

I love sketches like CPS 26 that incorporate all sorts of shapes and designs ... they're perfect for combining lots of different elements from a single collection.

My card uses three different papers and three heavy-weight cardstock elements from Authentique's Journey Collection.

The tiny thank you rub-on sentiment from EAD Designs was perfect to complete the design.

To Observe, To Learn, To Grow and To Love

At Gingersnap Creations today we're celebrating our favorite papers ... and we're once again sponsored by the generous and oh-so-talented souls of Stampotque Originals (I do love their designs).

My card features one of my favorite paper collections ... Authentique's Blissful Collection.  My stamps are the wonderful group of watches called Timeless by Amy Wilson Wellenstein ... and a stamp called Aborigine featuring this insightful quote.

I stamped Timeless on two different pieces of Authentique designer paper and then cut my yellow image into strips.  I lined up several strips for my own version of paper piecing.  I also cut two circles and pieced them behind my sentiment to create contrast with the background.

So pull out your favorite papers and create with us at Gingersnap Creations.

Pirouette Through the Cosmos

My sympathy card stash at the office is completely depleted, so tonight I made some quick ones using my favorite sympathy stamps.

The first one uses this week's ColorQ Challenge together with a sketch from Sketch N Stash.  There's also an Anything Goes Challenge happening at Simon Says Stamp.

The neglected things in my stash are my die cuts (which I don't use nearly enough) and a star punch I've had for years.  Papers are Basic Grey's Little Black Dress & sentiment is Inky Antics.

Next card is inspired by this week's Inspired By Challenge Invitation ... love the colors and tall lines of the design.

I used a favorite sentiment from River City Rubber Works with Authentique Papers.

Sketch is this week's Mojo Monday Layout, and I added a wrap of ribbon for the Tie it Up! Challenge at Shopping our Stash.  I bought an entire large spool of this ribbon years ago when a local scrapbooking store went out of business.

The final card uses Basic Grey's Marjolaine Collection ... I love the colors of this collection, but always struggle to make the patterns work well together.

Sketch is from Skipping Stones Designs and the sentiment is from Paper Inspirations.

There's still time to link-up your Five Favorite Holiday cards ... and your Ten Favorites of 2011.