Ingenious Inkling

Holiday Goodie Giveaway

My friend and former Vaark-mate Jenn has some seriously delicious blog candy up for grabs ...

 
go check it out.

RAK Giveaway Winner

The winner of the RAK Giveaway is:

4.

I'm making cards to take to the local healthcare center where people go to recover from surgeries. I've found out that many who go there NEVER have a visitor, and I thought this might help cheer them up and speed their recovery! I did this last Valentine's Day and the nurses said everyone stayed cheerful for days! (including me!)

Posted by: terriavidreader| August 26, 2009 at 08:20 AM

What a fantastic idea to use your card making to spread some joy. 

Terri ... send me your address & I'll get your goodies in the mail.

Link Love & a Giveaway

This weekend I did a major purge in my studio, and now I have a large flat rate USPS box packed completely full of 6" and 4x6" papers and stamps, and a few other card making accessories thrown in for good measure.  If you'd like this big box of goodies to come to your house, just leave me a comment telling me a random act of kindness you will do some time in the next few weeks.  I'm getting ready to hit the road to celebrate my Dad's birthday with him, so I'll draw a winner Sunday morning when I return.

Here are a few links that caught my eye this week:

• The step-by-step photos on Dutch Girl Cooking ... way too many meals of tuna casserole as a kid had me swearing off fish casseroles, but this one looks yummy enough to try
• Meatless Monday ... these baked Southwestern Egg Rolls sound fabulous
• Super-fun printed lunch bags for back to school
• Text-y leaf pick tutorial ... makes me want to add these die cuts to my collection
• Looking forward to eating at Maxine's Cafe on our trip ... I hope they have my favorite roasted sweet potato salad.
• Food Jewelry from FancyGuppy (there's a lot of food on this list ... that's what happens when I'm hungry)
• 45 Free Handwritten Fonts

Enjoy the rest of the week ... see you back here on Sunday.

Weekly Link Love ... and a Winner

Here's a list of some of my favorite finds from this week:

• Cool Vintage Woodblock Vases
• Gorgeous soap packagingfrom Anthropoligie
• Fabulous patterns for fun felt food
• Fun, funky, & free illustration downloads
• Very creative game board picture frame
• More fabulous candle packaging (yes, I am a packaging design junkie ... so much inspiration)
• This fabulous Typography video ... I love when words collide with art
• Another great video by Kelly Corrigan - Transcending: Words on Women and Strength (get a tissue)
• After seeing these yummy pictures, I've been craving Texas Sheet Cake

And the winner of the fun Caard Hop Candy Giveaway is Aliy aka Allison Mayer from Aamp'ed Creative.   E-mail me your address & I'll get your goodies in the mail.  Thanks so much to everyone for joining me on the Hop ... it was a blast.

Giveaway Winner

The winner of my little holiday giveaway is Winter who said:

So cute! I love the colors and all the embossing!

Posted by: Winter| July 03, 2009 at 11:36 AM

Send me your contact information, and I'll get your goodies in the mail.

Traveler's Inspiration & a Giveaway

TravelingMama is hosting her first ever Traveler's Inspiration Challenge.  She will be posting various travel pictures to inspire creativity in any form, and her first is of these amazing sequined shoes.  I loved the colors and the wonderful glittery detail. 

I am not usually what I would call a 'glitter gal' when it comes to creating ... a bit too messy and detailed for me, however I did have these fun designs from Paper Potpourri by Doodlebug Design tucked away in my stash, and they were even in the perfect colors (tangerine and limeade).

I combined them with this week's sketch from CPS and an awesome new stamp that one of my best stampin' girlfriends picked up for me at Red Lead when she was in St. Louis on vacation. 

 

The sentiment is stamped in Raspberry Fizz and embossed with Polysparkle embossing powder and a Flame Dew Drop.  I punched it with my Stampin' Up label punch, mounted it on the same pink metallic paper as the base, and then trimmed around it for the frame. I finished with a tiny big of teal cord to bring in that color from the photograph.

This is one of those cards where I think ... who on earth am I going to send this too??  If you leave me a comment on this post, I'll draw a random reader on Sunday night and send you this card together with a couple of stamp sets and some other stamping goodies to celebrate the holiday weekend.

Blog Candy Winner

The winner of the Blog Candy to celebrate the Caardvarks Readers' Weekend is lucky #4:

I think a challenge with the 'least likely thing to put on a card'. I also love project challenges. Anything that can be used as a gift. Those are some ideas I had.

Posted by: Cathy Green | May 01, 2009 at 10:22 PM

Cathy - send me your address & I'll get those stamps in the mail.  Thanks to everyone for the fun challenge ideas.

Make sure you check back in the morning for the May 5th Caardvarks Challenge sponsored by Unity Stamp Company.

Caardvarks Readers Weekend ... and a little Candy too

If you haven't been there already, make sure you check out all of the fabulous projects from the fans of Caardvarks. From 8am to 5pm on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, we'll be featuring some of our favorite cards submitted for the Caardvarks challenges, as well as lots of un projects submitted by readers.

And for a little more fun, I'm also going to give away a little Caardvarks Candy ... these fun Eloquent and Aviary stamp sets from Basic Grey

 

All you have to do is leave a comment & let me know an idea for something you'd like us to consider for a future Caardvarks challenge theme.  I'll draw a winner on Monday evening.

Robots and a Winner

Yesterday we woke up with no Internet service.  After a while on the phone with customer service, it was deduced that our modem had died.  Thankfully, the office was open on Saturday and we were able to get back up and running by the end of the morning.

Whenever my computer is down, it reminds me of how intertwined my creative process is with Internet access.  I decided to try a sketch from the latest issue of Take Ten magazine.  I like the card, but after I finished it, I decided it was a bit busy to submit for publication.

 

The Bam Pop! Parachuting Bambot was stamped in charcoal and clear embossed on Basic Grey yellow DP that coordinated with the All About A Boy papers from DCWV.  The Bambot was colored with Red Sakura Glaze Pen, Silver Sakura Sparkle Pen, and Celery Shimmerz Glitter paint.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts Anytime Messages.  I finished with a silver pronged accent.

I also drew a winner for my fantasy stamp giveaway ... Lindsay Weirich of The Frugal Crafter.  Thanks for joining the Caardvarks fun.  There's another fantastic challenge that will start on the 20th, so make sure you check it out.

Fantasy Fun Giveaway

The theme for the April 5th Caardvarks Challenge is Fantasy ... so to celebrate, I thought I would have a little random giveaway for those who join the fun. 

All you have to do is create a new fantasy themed card, link it up to Mr. Linky before midnight on April 18th, and then link it up on this post for a chance to win five fun fantasy stamps from Imaginisce's Fairest of Them All Collection ~ Crown, Bird, Frog, Carriage, and Castle.

 

I'll use the random number generater (my dear husband) to draw a winner on Sunday, April 19th.