Ingenious Inkling

Relax & Enjoy

It always feels so good to be back in my studio after traveling ... while I love expressing my creativity through photography while I'm away, nothing beats getting inky.

I used this week's Retro Sketch together with the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge to stamp on patterned paper to create a Father's day card.

I stamped Hero Arts Cloud Background on a piece of designer paper from Fancy Pants Park Bench Collection for the background ... I love the patterned clouds.  The Party Grill is a great die cut from Memory Box.  I finished with an SRM Sticker Summer Sentiment that seemed perfect for the occasion.

Bloom and Grow

I just love the papers in the Magnolia Way Stack from DCWV ... flowers, butterflies, glitter ... what's not to love ... and they even included quarter-sheet patterns which are perfectly sized for card making.

I used several papers from the collection to create a card using the May Stack-a-holic template challenge.

I finished with an SRM Spring Sticker Sentiment (which had me humming Edelweiss) and several butterflies punched fron the glitter pages in the stack instead of the flowers shown in the sketch.

Magnolia Way Mother's Day

For this week's Unscripted Sketch, I used beautiful new DCWV Magnolia Way papers to create a Mother's Day card.

I added a stamped Mother's Day sentiment, a dimensional butterfly sticker, and a few SRM Stickers to complete the design.

I'm also joining the Corrosive Challenge Blog where they're celebrating Mother's Day ... and the Brown Sugar Challenge where they're celebrating Moms too.

Christmas Cardinal

This week at Jingle Belles we're still celebrating things that fly ... and if you've been following me for any time, you know one of my favorite things that flies is a Cardinal.

My Inkadinkado Christmas Cardinal was stamped in Vermillion Archival Ink.  I added tiny dots of glitter pen and an SRM Fancy Christmas Sticker Sentiment.  The background is Studio Calico White Wood Grain Paper.

Layout is a sketch from the Less is More blog.

Bling-Tastic Holidays

We're still Bringing on the Bling at the Jingle Belles Blog this week.

I started with a gorgeous glittery Papaya Arts Holiday Glitter Sticker.  I added an SRM Sticker sentiment.  Next I used some Basic Grey Lucille papers which coordinated perfectly ... and then added lots of black flourish bling.  Where the two flourishes overlapped at the bottom left looked a bit odd, so I added a flower as a final embellishment.

With my cute little holiday birdie, I'm joining the Things with Wings Challenge at CCEE Stampers.

Sympathy Bouquet

This card is for the No Stamp Challenge at CAS-ual Fridays. My focal image is a Penny Black Romance of Flowers sticker with an SRM Sticker Sentiment.  Sketch is this week's Sweet Stop Sketch.

Since it came together so quickly, I made a second one using a Mother's Day sentiment & Penny Black Pen & Ink Sticker ... love how easy pretty stickers and papers make a card come together.

Chevron Banner Mom

This morning I had a chance to read through this week's You've Got Mail Class materials, and I decided to make a card inspired by one created by the talented Shari Carroll.  

I used my paper left over from last week's play session with the Studio Calico Chevron mask and sprays as my card base & scraps from the edges of the sprayed paper as my banner base.

I thought the Hero Arts Typewriter Alphabet Letters worked well with the somewhat inky/messy look of my stenciled paper for the Letter Tile Technique Challenge at the Hero Arts Blog.  I folded my banner flags over the top of a piece of scrap paper on my work table ... added another scrap of paper and a wrap of yellow twine.

I finished with an SRM Sticker sentiment & some golden bling.

Runway Black Dress

I love the photo for this week's Runway Inspired Challenge ... Moschino Cheap & Chic.  I incorporated some glittery sparkle ... fuchsia & black ... and Basic Grey's Little Black Dress papers.

I die cut a Stampin' Up doily from fuchsia glitter paper ... and layered on Basic Grey papers.

I added a wrap of black paper source ribbon, button & SRM Sticker Sentiment using this week's Basic Grey Sketch.

Washi Tape Easter Eggs

When I saw the Washi Tape Challenge at the Moxie Fab World Blog, I knew i wanted to try decorating some Easter Eggs.  I bought some foam glitter Easter Eggs at Michael's this weekend, but despite my best efforts, could not get the tape to stick to the glittery texture, so instead i used those Easter Eggs as a template.

I covered white cardstock with rows of Washi Tape, and the flipped it over to trade my Easter Egg template on the back (so no pencil lines show on the front).  I added an SRM sticker sentiment to the Easter egg and another along the bottom of my card.

Same technique ... slightly different combination of washi & sentiment stickers.

Vintage Spring Blooms

This week's SplitCoast Stampers Inspiration Challenge comes from the fabulous designs of Spoonflower where you can design your own fabric, decals or wallpaper. I chose this Fabric Border from the C'est La Viv Collection to inspire my design.

I started my design with the front of a vintage get well card.  I bought a large scrapbook of vintage get well cards at an estate sale, and love giving them a second life.  I stamped the Tim Holtz Mini Blueprint Bunny in Artprint Brown ink on the vintage paper from the inside of the card.  I inked him, colored his little bow tie with Spectrum Noir markers, and added some tiny bling before placing him in the flower bed.

I covered the get well sentiment at the top right with an SRM Sticker sentiment since these vibrant blooms just screamed spring to me.  I added another SRM sticker sentiment at the bottom.

The layout is from Sketch Saturday.

Spring has also Sprung at The Order of the Opus Gluei.