Ingenious Inkling

Festive Frames

The newest prompt at Jingle Belles is Festive Frames - to make a card that features a frame.  I created my frame by using two Nested Ovals Double Stitch dies from Pinkfresh Studio and silver glitter cardstock.

 

 

I found a Christmas tree from Fancy Pants Cookies for Kringle Ephemera that fit perfectly, so I attached it using foam tape.  I used the Sizzix Thinlets Die Set: Vault Edges for the decorative edge in the Sketch Saturday layout.

Then finding a sentiment that fit the sketch perfectly was a bit more challenging, so I finally settled with a vintage woodblock sentiment from Memory Box.  I finished with some red gems to pull that color forward in the layout a bit more.

 

 

We hope you'll come join us.

Thursday Link Love

Another week of blogland links:

• 99 things you are not too old to try
• Boursin with Pistachios and Honey
• Peanut Butter Sheet Cake
• Time & Place to "Suck it Up"
• Guinness Cake or Mud Cake
• Solving Tiny Annoying Problems
• Chicken Broccoli Biscuit Pies
• How the Muppets took over the Real World
• Frito Pie was one of our favorite meals as children
• I love Oreo Balls
• Gorgeous Edible Bouquet
• Snickerdoodle Cheesecake Cookie Bars (shown)
• Chocolate Swirl Pistachio Ice Cream (big YUM)

Have a Tremendous Thursday.

Penny Black Sympathy

The newest Penny Black Saturday Challenge is to use stitching.  

 

 

I used stitched dies to cut a Penny Black Gentle Blooms Stickeroo image.  I used the next largest stitched square die cut to frame the image.

 

 

I paired it with a sentiment from Penny Black Deepest Sympathy.

I followed the same formula for my second card (because my sympathy card stash needs restocked).

 

 

I'm also joining the Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge to use Die Cuts or Stencils.

 

Spray & Splatter Birthday

Simon Says Spritz or Splatter ... I have so many different sprays and inks, I just started layering them all on a piece of kraft cardstock.  I don't know why I don't do it more often ... it is so fun.

I started with Antiqued Bronze Distress Spray Stain and then Tsukineko Java Walnut Ink Antiquing Solution.  Next I came in with some gold ink Splatter and followed that with Dylusions Calypso Teal Shimmer Spray and Hocus Pocus Distress Mica Stain.  I finished with some AlteNew Iridescent Shimmer Spray.

 

When all of my inks had dried, I pulled out Ephemera from Kaisercraft Barber Shoppe Collectables and a sentiment from Little Birdie.

Nothing better than some fun inky play.

Double Stitched Rainbow

The newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is A Stitch in Time - create a card stitching - it can be a sewing machine, cross stitch, faux stitching with a pen, a die, etc.

 

 

I chose to use the Pinkfresh Studio Nested Double Stitch Oval Die Cuts for my stitching element.  I die cut each size from one of the colors in the June Pinkfresh Studio Rainbow Reverie Challenge and stacked them on top of each other.

 

 

I used an Eyelet Outlet white heart brad to hang the banner embellishment from Pinkfresh Studio Delightful Hanging Banners (which also has lovely rainbow reverie font colors).

 

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the AAA Birthday No Stamping Challenge.

 

Lunar Happy Birthday

I had fun making another card for the Lunar New Year Challenge.

 

 

I stamped the Snake from Whimsy Stamps Animal Tiles Desert Unexpected and colored it with alcohol ink markers.  I die cut the snake using the Hero Arts Hexagon Dies and used the next largest die to cut from brushed gold cardstock.

 

 

I used the layout from the TGIF Challenges and used some Origami paper for the base.  I used a Happy Birthday sentiment from Gina K. Designs Bitty Backgrounds and matte gold enamel dots from Taylored Expressions.

 

Another Saturday in the Park

Today I'm sharing another Guest Designer card for the June challenge at A Blog Named Hero with Hero Arts.

 

 

We're still creating cards inspired by the lyrics of the Chicago song Saturday in the Park.  As I was looking through the lyrics, I had to search to see what a "Slow Motion Rider" was ... and one possible definition was a bicycle with balloons (another is a slow moving carriage).  I went with the bicycle to inspire my card.

I started with a fun Hero Arts Floral & Balloon Bicycles Transfer on pale blue cardstock.  Next, I cut grey cardstock for the ground.

 

 

Next I stamped several of the Hero Arts Party Fan images in pink ink on yellow cardstock and die cut them with the coordinating dies.  To me they look like fireworks, so I used them for the Fourth of July theme in the song.  I added more of the Bicycle Transfers to add the feel of fireworks exploding in the sky.

I finished with a sentiment from Hero Arts Art Journal Messages attached with foam tape for dimension.

It's been so much fun Guest Designing for Hero Arts this month ... I sure would love for you to join me.

Merry & Bright

It's still Fa-La-La-La-La at Jingle Belles - making a holiday card that incorporates music, a musical instrument, or a holiday song title or lyrics.

I found a piece of sheet music for a Christmas carol that was perfectly sized for a card front.

 

 

I topped the music with piece from a vintage Christmas Card that I die cut with Pinkfresh Studio Double Stitched Oval.  The final touch was a vintage 2002 Stampin' Up Sentiment. 

Thursday Link Love

Another week of skipping through blogland:

• In Search of an Extraordinary Life
• Boston Cream Pie Bars
• a trick to making hard choices
• Copycat Sub in a Tub
• Caramel Chex Mix
• a fun Rainbow Wedding
• Big Mac Salad
• How to read Crochet Patterns
• Applesauce Cake
• what a gorgeous Floral Tag
• Stuffed Croissant French Toast Bake
• Lauren's ICADs always blow me away
• this Goat Cheese Bruschetta looks amazing (shown)

Have a Tremendous Thursday.

Load of Love

For another Father's Day card, I used the hues from the Color Throwdown Challenge.

 

 

I stamped the Truck from Jillibean Soup A Little Pickup in Green and added a load of Orange Hearts.

 

 

I added a teal along my measuring stick roadway and in my sky.  I finished with some vintage cloud dies and a Simon Says Stamp Mom & Dad Icons set sentiment.