Ingenious Inkling

Glittery Friendly Snowman

The December Poppy Stamps Challenge is ABC - Anything But a Card.

 

 

I chose the Poppy Stamps Whittle Friendly Snowman to make a Christmas Tag.  I decked him out in a red scarf and coordinating hat band, googlie eyes, and his iced coffee drink (Iced Coffee brad from Eyelet Outlet).  The sentiment and coordinating die cut are from Poppy Stamps Holiday Banners.

 

 

I'm also joining the Inspire.Create.Challenges for their Anything But a Card Challenge.

 

Then (because we don't do holiday gifts), I turned my cute little tag into a card using a coordinating plaid from Memory Box Dashing Holiday papers.

 

 

I'm linking this cutie up at the Caffeinated Christmas Snowman & Coffee Challenge.

 

 

And my card is perfect for the Anything Goes Challenge at The Male Room.

 

Got Snow?

The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to make a winter card that is NOT Christmas.

 

 

I built my card using the Winter Fun Paper Collection at Carta Bella by Carina Gardner.  I added two favorite wood mounted stamps from Savvy Stamps and A Muse with a layout from The Paper Craft Crew Challenge.

 

I love those colors for a winter card ... and I love paper banners.

 

Uniko Snow Flurry Peace

Uniko is celebrating their 12 Days of Christmas with a fun Linky Hop.

 

 

I love Bev's stamps and don't ink them up nearly enough, so I'm joining the fun.  I inked the Uniko Background Blocks Snow Flurry and then after stamping I sprayed with Shimmer Spray (why is it so hard to pick-up that glorious shimmer in photographs).  And to top it off, we've got snow falling this morning.

 

 

I added itty bitty bits of bling to the snowflake centers and added a blue frame to make it pop.  I finished with a Peace on Earth Sentiment from Uniko Simply Said Blocks Christmas.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at 613 Avenue Create Winter Holiday Challenge.  And, Make My Monday is asking for CAS Winter Cards.

 

 

My snow furry card is also perfect for the Peace on Earth Challenge.  Additionally, I'm joining the December Winter Challenge at Seven Hills Crafts Challenge.

Dancin' Yeti

When I saw a post featuring Rocky the Dancin' Yeti by Spellbinders, I knew I had to have him.  I had fun putting him together using the colors from the Color Throwdown Challenge.

 

 

I finished with a sentiment from Scrapbook.com Wordfetti December.  I love how his little legs swing back and forth.

 

Holiday Thanks

I made another Thank You card with holiday paper strips, this time covering the entire card front with Scrapbook.com Merry Papers and adding the Honey Bee Large Thanks Die Cut.

 

 

I'm linking-up at Crafting Happiness where the theme is Candy Canes.  If you look closely, you'll see that two of the papers I used have actual candy canes on them (dark pink & the red) as well as candy cane stripes on several other papers.

 

 

I also took inspiration from the photo at the Inspired by Challenge with the combination of Red & Pink and the fun candy cane stripes.

Glittery Banner Inspired

At Jingle Belles, we're still creating cards inspired by our 2024 Blog Banner.

 

 

I started with a candy cane striped gift tag.  I found red & green glitter paper in my stash that matched perfectly - I used it to die cut the Poinsettia and Holly Leaves from Essentials by Ellen Poinsettia & Pine.  I die cut them all a second time from white card stock to create a shadow, so they stood out a bit more from the striped tag.

 

 

I die cut a gold glitter stitched frame (like the frame in the tag) and added gold ribbon, gold thread and gold stars to finish the design.  I attached them all to a panel embossed with the Simon Says Stamp Swirling Snowflakes Embossing Folder.

I finished with a sentiment from scrapbook.com Wordfetti December.

Woodblock Belief in Goodness

This stamp quote from Kay Foley for River City Rubber Works (2005) sums up what I've been thinking a lot lately, so I inked it up for Amy Tsuruta's Woodblock Wednesday. 

 

 

When I first started buying stamps, it was the words that drew me into stamping more than the images, and River City Rubber had some great ones.  This one was purchased at one of my favorite stores - Stamp Thyme in Lockport, Illinois.  It was always our first stop whenever we would head into Chicago to all of the stamping & scrapbooking stores (my how I miss those road trips).

 

 

I paired that woodblock with another classic sentiment from Impression Obsession.

 

 

The layout is this week's Freshly Made Sketch.

 

 

And the colors are from this week's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge.

Fruity Holiday Wishes

When I saw the Just Add Ink Add Fruit Challenge, I went shopping through my stash to see what I might have.  I found this Pinkfresh Studio Holiday Spirit Stamp set from last year's Create & Connect event that had never been inked.

I stamped the images and used the coordinating stencils to add color (for the Just Us Girls Stencil Challenge).

 

 

I used the layout from The Paper Players adding a strip of silver vellum behind the Pinkfresh Studio Notched Corner Frame on a piece of Alcohol Ink Designer Paper.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

 

 

 

Thursday Link Love

Another week of blogand fun:

• Banoffee Tart
• the arch for this wedding is so lovely ... as is the bride's ombre dipped color dress
• Italian Bake-less Cake
• love patches of wild flowers
• Cranberry Cole Slaw
• Best Books Lists
• just give me Side Dishes please
• Eggnog Dump Cake (shown)
• Toys that Grow with Kids
• I love Pot Pie
• Nostalgic Holiday Movies
• Pumpkin Pie Cookies
• this time if year I think about a hot mug of my Gran's Russian Tea
• Upgrade your Cranberry Sauce with Ina
• the best Christmas Towns
• I want to try a Sushi Bake

Have a tremendous Thanksgiving Thursday!

Paper Strip Christmas

For this card I got creative with friends.  I borrowed my friend Mindy's Taylored Expression Basket Weave Cutting Plate, but instead of weaving, I cut the Scrapbook.com Merry Papers and used the smaller strips that the die cut across the front of my card.

 

 

I combined my strips with the Abundant Joy die from The Greetery for a mailable holiday card.

 

 

My pink and aqua card is linking-up at The Color Hues challenge.  I'm also joining the Christmas Challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.