Ingenious Inkling

Sweet PINK Christmas Wishes

It's that time again here at Jingle Belles, our favorite prompt of the year: PINK CHRISTMAS! In which you make and link new holiday cards that are predominantly PINK and we (Stephanie and Lauren) donate $2 (apiece!) per card to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation! 

Just to anticipate a few basic questions: Yes, you can link as many cards as you'd like to; and no, your cards don't need to be entirely PINK but it should certainly be the main color! You can use any additional colors that you'd like; and the cards can be any size, shape, theme and style. 

For my card, I started by going to my bin of designer paper scraps and pulling out all of my pink papers (which even included one of my pink sprayed papers that had somehow made it into the mix). 

Next I cut the papers into approximately 3/8" wide strips and then covered my card front with random strips.

 

 

Next I matted my bright pink Christmas tag from Doodlebug Designs Night Before Christmas with white cardstock before using foam tape to attach (the matt helped it pop against the busy paper background).  I finished with a gem in the hole at the top of the tag.

Thursday Link Love

Another week of skipping through blogland:

• Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Bars
• why you should hum
• Cranberry Bliss Biscotti
• how to provide support for a miscarriage
• Cinnamon Twist Loaf
• Apple Pie Pancakes
• Buckeye Brownies
• Apple Cinnamon Sugar Pull Apart Bread
• how to Overcome Perfectionism
• Mini Caramel Apple Cheesecakes
• love this pretty pink elopement
• Chocolate Protein Pancakes
• most Depressing Mainstream Movies
• Brown Butter Apple Shortbread Bars (shown)

Have a tremendous Thursday!

Hey Boo

The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to create a Halloween Card or alternatively create a card featuring colors usually associated with Halloween - Orange, Black, Green, Lime and/or Purple.

 

 

I built my card around this Essentials by Ellen Hey Boo Die Cut Sentiment, which I positioned on two layers of vellum.  I added some Doodlebug Design Shape Sprinkles Eye Balls to the *o*s.

 

 

I positioned the die cut onto a piece of ghosty paper from DCWV Monster Movie paper and finished with a Doodlebug Design Monster Madness Shape Sprinkle.

I'm also linking-up at the Patterned Paper Challenge at Simon Says.

I can't wait to see how you get spooky.

Anniversary Love

One type of card I always make sure I have in my card stash at the office is an Anniversary Card.  I can't even count the number of times over the years where I've gotten a rather desperate sounding call asking if I have an anniversary card available (usually when that special day is the next day ... or even worse, that day itself), so I want to make sure I can always say yes.

I decided to use the Pinkfresh Studio October Ink Blending Challenge to restock.

 

 

Inspiration came from The Paper Players Love is in the Air Theme Challenge.

 

 

I ink blended using the four shades of ink from the Pinkfresh Studio Chasing Sunsets ink quartet onto white cardstock and die cut using the largest Pinkfresh Studio Nested Arches Die.  I gave it a few spritzes with White Silver Shimmer Spray.

 

 

I stamped the sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio Around the Shape: Arches Stamp and die cut it with two of the Nested Arches Dies.  I attached the sentiment arch with foam tape and added a Pinkfresh Studio floral embellishment. 

I attached the entire stacked arch design to a piece of Pinkfresh Studio Designer paper.

Vintage Halloween

I keep all of my Halloween crafting products together in one big drawer (most of my other products are sorted by manufacturer) because they don't seem to really cross into other use cases.  That drawer is open and I'm having fun creating for October (I need to get them done soon & get them in the mail soon the way postal delivery has been working lately).

I'm starting today with the Inspire.Create.Challenge to create and Autumn/Halloween card.

 

 

I built my card around this Journaling card from Simple Stories Vintage Scary Stories.

 

 

I matted it with black glitter paper and used foam tape on top of a lovely Halloween Plaid from Pebbles Spooky Boo! collection (which it looks like has now gone digital).

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the TGIF Challenges with my Halloween color palette.

If You Got it ... Haunt it!

Love Those Pretty Papers October Challenge is to feature Halloween Papers.

 

This card features four different designer papers including one from Simple Stories Vintage Scary Stories as the focal image.

I'm also linking-up at the To Spook or Not Challenge at Double D Challenge.

WCMD Holiday Memories

As I was cleaning my studio table, I found these leftover Die Cuts from Pinkfresh Studio Holiday Elements Washi Tape from my Holiday Wreath card.  It was exactly what I needed to make an Anything Goes Card for their World Cardmaking Day (WCMD) Challenge.

I paired the die cuts with some scraps of designer paper that were also on my studio table (yes, it's in serious need of cleaning ... but then again, sometimes the messes lead to serendipitous creativity).

 

I finished with a sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio Holiday Dreams Title Ephemera.

Doggy Sympathy

It's so hard when a doggy leaves a family.  I used Paper Smooches Paws for a Cause for this sympathy card.

 

 

I took my color/pattern inspiration from the Inspired by ... Acorns Challenge.  I stamped my puppy and sentiment in a darker orange ink on the yellow plaid paper and added a big of yellow ink around the edges before mounting it on a larger oval cut from the orange cardstock.  I finished with a few stamped paw prints.

 

 

And my Sketch is from Just Add Ink Challenge.

 

Sleeping Santa

We're still creating fun SKETCH cards at Jingle Belles this week. 

 

 

I found a fun die cut from Pretty Little Studio's Jolly Santa Die Cuts that worked perfectly with the layout.  I wonder which Reindeer get their own beds?

 

 

I kept it simple with dotted designer paper, cardstock banners and a few glittery enamel dots.  I used a sentiment that conveyed a good night's sleep.

We can't wait to see how you get Sketchy.  You have until 5pm EST on Wednesday to link-up.

Thursday Link Love

Another week of blogland fun:

• I want to try this Slushie Hack
• Low Carb Veggie Fritters
• I also want to go float on this Lazy River
• Twice Baked Breakfast Potatoes
• Forty Fun Fall Activities
• Coffee Cake Cookies
• Conscious Documentaries on Netflix
• Baked Pumpkin Oatmeal Cups (shown)
• I always loved Building Toys best
• Peanut Butter Lover Cookie Bars
• How to Give Yourself More Grace
• Stuffing Waffles
• Blueberry Lemon Bars

Have a tremendous Thursday!