Ingenious Inkling

A Christmas Story

At Jingle Belles the theme is still A Christmas Story where we're asking you to create a card inspired by the many holiday books or movies that we all adored in childhood (and likely still adore them today). 

So whether you love “A Christmas Carol”, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” or “It's a Wonderful Life” we're asking you to create a card inspired by your favorite holiday book or movie.

Bumble the Abominable Snowman aka Yeti from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 1964 Stop Motion Animation Special has always been my favorite Yeti.  I built my card around this long-hoarded foam sticker adding the glittery star and Eyelet Outlet Candy Cane Brad in his Yeti hands. 

 

 

I paired with with snowflakes & candy cane striped designer paper with him perched on a stitched die cut oval from one of my red gelliprints.  The perfect sentiment is from Hello Bluebird Yeti or Not.

Seize the Birthday

I'm thrilled to be back for another Surprise Party Guest post at Seize the Birthday.

 

 

The next Challenge is to create with Repetitive Die Cut.

 

 

I thought about a variety of possibilities for a birthday and settled on Birthday Candles from Impress.  I die cut the five candles repeatedly out of gold cardstock & then attached them to my black card stock (inspired by the University of Iowa Hawkeye team) cut to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". 

 

 

I framed it with black cardstock & then attached it to my gold card base with foam tape for dimension.

 

 

I finished by die cutting the Simon Says Stamp Happy B-day Die Cut by CZ Design from gold polka dot designer paper & layered it on black cardstock with a vellum background.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Anything Goes at the Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge.

I hope you'll have fun with your die cuts and come join us.

Thursday Link Love

another week of skipping through blogland:

• Ways to embrace Living Slowly
• I've been wanting some Dutch Apple Pie
• Productivity Methods
• Apple Streusel Baked Oatmeal
• don't neglect these Self-Care Behaviors
• Coconut Cream Poke Cake
• love Anne Fogerty's 50's Fashion (one of many shown)
• a fabulous home in a former grocery store
• Mint Brownies
• I love watching Documentaries (I've seen four on the list)
• Carrot Cake Cookies
• America's Best Small Towns
• Apple Dumplings remind me of my Grandma
• how to make your own sparkly toile pumpkins

Have a tremendous Thursday!

Colors of Halloween

The next Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Color Me Beautiful - showcase your favorite coloring medium.

 

 

I chose my Gellipress as my favorite medium.  It works so well for large stamps like So Franken Cute from Picket Fence Studios.

I used a combination of green inks to create my paper and then stamped Frankenstein in black ink before detail cutting the image.  I used a scrap of the green inked paper for stamping my sentiment as well.  I added some silver pen to his posts & brackets, and used colored pencils for a bit of green shading.

 

 

I used another gelliprint (that one with paint) for my background.

Can't wait to see how you shop your stash to join us.

 

Uniko Round in Circles Birthday

I absolutely loved the color combination at this week's Color Throwdown Challenge (as well as the inspiration photo).  It makes me want to pull together an outfit in those hues.

 

 

I found four inks in those shades and used one of the stamps from Uniko Background Builders: Round in Circles.  After stamping all four, I die cut it with a stitched rectangle die cut.

 

 

I used the navy ink for a sentiment from Uniko Bauhaus Blocks that I die cut with the same stitched rectangle.  I used form tape to attach the rectangle and more tape for the sentiment to give the white-on-white dimension.

 

 

I'm also linking-up my masculine birthday card design at C is for Celebrate Challenge at the Less is More Challenge.

Better With You

This afternoon I wanted to make a card for the I'll Be There for You Challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero.

 

 

I inked-up a stamp from Hero Arts Roadside Messages stamp set in Versafine Clair Blue Belle Ink and cut it out with the coordinating die cut. 

Then I used the same ink with the Hero Arts Stacked Circles Stencil on Navy cardstock.  I liked how the circles in the stamp were repeated in the design of the stencil.

 

 

I added a strip of textured red cardstock with two Love from Lizi Gold Metallic Peel-off strips to frame it.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Happy Little Stampers September Stencil Challenge.

Scrappy Floral Birthday

One of the good things (and or bad things depending on your perspective) about making cards for 20+ years is that I could probably make cards for days just using scraps.

Today I decided the remaining floral stickers on my table needed to find a home, so when I saw the layout from CAS Colours & Sketches, I knew just what to do.

I positioned the flowers and petals on three 1 1/4" white cardstock squares punched from a scrap of papers on my desk.

 

 

I went to my scrap bin and found two pieces of designer paper that coordinated with my blooms, and then used foam tape to mat the flowers on golden cardstock squares.  I finished with one of my wood mounted cherished tiny happy birthday! sentiments from A Muse Artstamps. 

I finished with a scattering of golden gem stones.

 

A Christmas Story

At Jingle Belles this week's theme is A Christmas Story where we're asking you to create a card inspired by the many holiday books or movies that we all adored in childhood (and likely still adore them today). 

So whether you love “A Christmas Carol”, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” or “It's a Wonderful Life”, we're asking you to create a card inspired by your favorite holiday book or movie.

I chose "A Christmas Story" as my inspiration for this week's card using stamps from The Ink Road Leg Lamp.  I sprayed my papers with Fortune Teller & Cocktail Party Distress Mica Stain Sprays with the Pinkfresh Studio Rounded Braided Rectangle Die Cut for the images.

 

 

I chose my colors for the Color Hues Red/Purple Challenge which included a hop to honor Lindsay.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers V is for Vivid Challenge.

 

 

And the Mica Spray is a metallic, so I'm linking up at the Christmas Craft Creations Metallics Challenge.

 

 

Come share your favorite Christmas Movie or Book with us at Jingle Belles.

Thursday Link Love

Another week of blogland discoveries:

• Apple Pie Baked Beans
• Apple Cinnamon Monkey Bread
• Creative ways to give a Gift Card (one shown)
• No-Bake Caramel Apple Delight 
• Short-cut Apple Fritters
• 30 Fun Things to do this Fall
• Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole
• Baked Apple Cider French Toast
• Minimalist Photography
• Apple Butter Snack Cake
• We had a version of these Reuben Pickle Bites at Jail Hill Inn, and they were amazing.
• We also were treated to one of the best muffins I've ever eaten ... so now I'm on the hunt for the best Chocolate Zucchini Muffin (message me if you've got a super-moist masterpiece)
• make your own Peanut Sauce
• Apple Galette

Have a tremendous Thursday!

Orange Falling Stitched Leaves

The Simon Says Monday Challenge is to What's Your Favorite Color? ... mine is Orange and of course it's a great time of year to be creating with Orange.

When I saw that the current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge is Awesome Autumn, I decided leaves were going to be my orange.  I die cut the Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves from multiple scraps of Orange Gelliprints to start my design.

 

 

I attached my leaves to a light kraft card base using foam tape to attach some of them for a bit of dimension & contrast.  I love how this set has a variety of leaves ... our yard was always filled with maple leaves, while our grandparents had oak trees.

 

 

I finished with a scattering of orange gems & a sentiment from Lawn Fawn Simply Sentiments.