Ingenious Inkling

Moxie Fab Timeless Birthday

My name is Stephanie ... and I'm a paper addict.  When I saw this week's Shopping Our Stash Challenge to come clean about your weakest link ... the one crafting supply you can't resist purchasing no matter how much you already have ... for me that is paper.  When I first started crafting, I would buy single sheets ... then I moved on to entire collections and almost every 6" paper pad I can get my hands on.  

So I decided to break into my newest paper purchase that arrived in the mail today ... the Timeless Collection by Teresa Collins.  It was perfect for this week's Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger Girly & Gutsy.

I love this color combination together with the fun flourishes on the carpet, flowers, and pink backdrop.

I used the current PageMaps Card Contest Sketch, which allowed me to combine all sorts of patterns from my paper collection.  I used My Favorite Things Leafy Flourish to add the pop of color seen in the chairs in the photo.  The sentiment is another fantastic EAD Rub-on.

 

This card is also for the Pink & Black Designer's Color Challenge.

Start Each Day With Whee!

I'm usually not a big fan of what I call "cutesy" stamps, but this adorable Pure Innocence Stamp from My Favorite Things won my heart.  This line of stamps reminds me of my nieces ... and of my own childhood.  I loved swinging as a child (and still do) ... there was nothing better than seeing how high I could go and then jumping out and flying through the air (however, I no longer jump out of my swing or fly through the air ... but I still say Whee).

I combined this weeks Sweet Sunday Sketch with papers from Basic Grey Green at Heart.  I paper pieced her dress & shoes from the same designer paper as the background.  I stamped the tree portion of the image twice on green cardstock and layered the pieces to fill in the space to the edge of the oval frame.  I added some Prismacolor coloring and shading to the image and a Queen & Company Flower jewel to adorn her hair.

I cut the sentiment apart (easy to do with clear stamps), so I could position it around the oval.  I curved it slightly on the stamping block before inking.

Happy Hump Day!

Eggstra Special

A nearby town recently passed a backyard chicken ordinance, and this card is for a friend who was one of the first to add a a chicken coop to her large garden lot.  I didn't have a chicken stamp, so I printed this hen from downloaded clip-art on some brown cardstock and added some color with Prismacolor pencils.

 
I used this week's Get Sketchy Sketch and Basic Grey Max & Whiskers papers for the layout.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things What's Crackin'? set stamped on Basic Grey Manila paper (the pattern reminded me of chicken wire) & used a square punch to create the sentiment flag.

This card also works for the Corrosive Challenge to make a card related to food ... what better food than farm fresh eggs.

Spring Has Sprung

This Tuesday's Challenge at the Jacksonbelle Embellishments Blog is to make a card or project with an Easter Theme.  Just link your card to the challenge post or use keyword JBE098 if you upload to a gallery.

I usually don't make many Easter cards, but this year I fell in love with this fun What's Crackin'? stamp set from My Favorite Things.  I combined fun springy papers from Pink Paislee's 360 Degree Collection and Cosmo Cricket's Material Girl, which worked perfectly for the Just Us Girls Color Challenge.  The chicks were stamped on yellow DP and I cut them out and paper pieced the cracked egg shells & colored the beaks with orange glitter pen.

 
I used the sketch from Everything But the Kitchen Sink and for the scalloped border on the bottom of the sketch, I applied strong adhesive across the card base and used my fingers to fold & ruffle vintage lace for the Caardvarks Lacy Days Challenge.  The sentiment is from SRM Stickers' Express Yourself Easter Set.

For more inspiration, be sure to check out the blogs of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!

Dawn Lusk

Julie Lacey

Heather Pulvirenti

Windy Robinson

Amy Tsuruta

Pam Varnell

Lynda Benden

Tobi Crawford

Jill Dunn

Heather Lee-Reppen

Shemaine Smith

Lindsey Botkin

Can't wait to see your fun new Easter designs.

What's Crackin'?

Today's Jacksonbelle Challenge is another great sketch.  I love these fun new Flutter Papers from Making Memories.  They work so well with the very fun What's Crackin'? stamps from My Favorite Things.

 
The leaf design in the paper is embellished with Making Memory Chipboard Flower stickers.  I stamped the cute bunny on watercolor paper and then stamped again on the pink DP to paper piece the egg.  I colored his tummy using a colored pencil.

Jacksonbelle also has new Basic Grey & Pink Paislee 6" paper collections ... and they are awesome.

And a Woot Woot for me ... I was excited to see that my card made the Super Six at the CardPatterns blog this week.

Make sure you check out the sketchy creations of the other Rockstars:

For more inspiration, be sure to check out the blogs of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!

Dawn Lusk

Julie Lacey

Heather Pulvirenti

Windy Robinson

Amy Tsuruta

Pam Varnell

Lynda Benden

Tobi Crawford

Jill Dunn

Heather Lee-Reppen

Shemaine Smith

Lindsey Botkin

Happy Tuesday ... can't wait to see what you create.