Ingenious Inkling

I ♥ Candy

I"m having another fun week Guest Designing at Inspirational Card Sketches ... they're holding a Design Team Call right now if you'd like to apply.  Here is this week's Sketch #128:

 

I went with a Halloween theme this week ... all of the little circles were perfect for some fun little embellishments ... and of course for me ... Halloween is all about the Candy.  I will admit I already bought my first bag of Mellowcremes (I loved getting them from the candy counter at my Papa's dime store when I was young, because I could pick out all of the chocolate ones ... now I just eat the chocolate ones from the bag & leave the rest for co-workers).

The die cut stickers and papers are all from K&Company's Spook-tacular line.

As Near the Ocean's Edge as I Can Go

I have the pleasure of continuing to Guest Design for Inspirational Card Sketches through the month of August.  Here is this week's sketch:

I inked-up my new Beach Babes set from Rogue Redhead Designs for a beach-themed card design using Webster's Pages nautical papers.

One of my favorite quotes ... and I love the tiny little birds in the sky and fun sandy textured background stamp (on the left panels).

To a land-locked Iowan, the beach is a magical place that I've had the pleasure to visit several times in my life.  Here's a favorite picture from a trip to see my brother in California.

Christmas Cheer

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to score a bag of goodies from Jamaica's virtual yard sale.  I keep most of my product sorted by manufacturer, so it was fun getting an entire bag of products that were shades of pink and red.

As I unpacked everything and looked at things sitting on top of each other & next to each other, all sorts of design ideas started perculating ... sort of made me want to sort my entire studio by color.

This is a fun holiday card that resulted from that play ... another Guest Design card for Inspirational Card Sketches.

I never would have put that cool Christmas Text transparency over floral wrapping paper ... but I love the effect.  I finished with some Japanese Washi Tape, a felt bird and another awesome EAD rub-on sentiment.

I'm also playing along with Ooh La La Creations, where they're celebrating Christmas.

See what you can make this week by thinking about your products by color family.

Best Part in Our Hearts

I'm thrilled to be guest designing at Inspirational Card Sketches this week.

Since my sympathy card stash is a bit depleted, I used the sketch together with this week's CR84FN Color Combination (Lavender, Celery & Grey) to create my card.

My card base & accent heart are stamped with Hero Arts new Artistic Circles (what a versatile design).  The sentiment is River City Rubber.  I layered lavender solid paper tape with a grey floral paper tape to get the contrast I needed.

Reading Sparks Imagination

I am thrilled to be Guest Designing at the Inspiration Card Sketches blog for the next few weeks.  This week's layout is having fun with circles.

I wanted to make a summer-themed card ... and when I think of summer, I think of reading.  When I was young I would go to the library each week and check out as many books as they would let me take home.  Then each morning after breakfast, I would sit in my bean bag chair in front of my bedroom window (praying for a breeze) as my books took me on marvelous adventures.  

I am forever grateful for the wonderful teachers I had through the years who instilled in me the love of reading ... and I it makes me so happy seeing my nieces and nephews embrace it today.

My card features an image and sentiment from Relish Reading by Rogue Redhead Designs.  Designer paper is My Mind's Eye Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky paper and I used dear friend Lauren's trick for a circle-scallop border.  

This card will be perfect the next time I share the gift of reading.