Ingenious Inkling

Queen of the Entire Freakin' Universe

The February Challenge at Unity Stamp Company is a Sketch.

I opened a drawer of Unity Stamps and picked out the first one I saw that had yet to be inked - Unity Stamp Company Queen of the Universe.

 

 

She seemed perfect paired with Scenic Route Designer paper from Echo Park.   I stamped the image and sentiment in Brown and then paper pieced her top from the same mustard paper I used for the borders.  

I finished with a red marker for some lipstick and a gold metallic pen for her jewelry and belt.

 

 

And with this sassy vintage gal, I'm linking-up at V is for Vintage at the Sisterhood of Snarky  Stampers.

 

Favorite Weirdough

I love the fun new Jammin' Stamps from Essentials by Ellen. 

When I was in 4th Grade, I asked for my very own jar of homemade strawberry jam made by my Grandma's neighbor and one of her freshly baked loaves of bread that she would sell from her carport each Saturday to those in the know.   Bread is pretty much my food love language in whatever delicious form.

 

 

I colored the loaf of bread and pat of butter with my Graph'It Markers and paired it with the Essentials by Ellen Hearts Essentials die cuts.    I just love that sentiment.

I finished with some light blue adhesive pearls.

I took my yellow heart, theme and the light blue frame from the Once Upon a Time Challenge where the inspiration book is My Heart.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Sweet Stampin' Challenge where the theme is Love.

Love Your Guts

Cathy Zielske's Love Your Guts Die Cut is one of my favorites, so I decided to pair it with one of my Gel Prints and some vellum for some fun Valentines.  I just love the combination of purple & lime green.

 

 

I'm linking this one up at the Country View Be Sentiment Challenge.

Since I had the papers out, I reversed the colors and made a second version.  I added some clear embellishment bubbles to this one.

 

 

This one is linking-up at the Crafting Happiness Love Challenge.

Here Comes Santa Claus

We're still creating with Stickers at Jingle Belles this week.  I build my card around the Here Comes Santa Claus Doodle-pops Sticker from Doodlebug Design, Inc.  I die cut a stitched circle from white and grey (for the road) to frame it using the layout from Inspire.Create.Challenges.

 

 

I paired the sticker with Doodlebug Papers and finished with Tim Holtz Christmas Label sentiments.

 

 

Break out those neglected stickers you've got hidden in your stash and join the fun.

Thursday Link Love

Fun links from skipping through blogland:

• One Bowl Chocolate & Peanut Butter Bars ... my crew at work love the chocolate PB combination, so I'm always looking for possible new recipes (although I'm sure they will ask if I would go back to making their absolute favorite named The Best Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Swirled Bars.
• I love the brick wall and shelving wall in this dining room redo
• Crock Pot Chicken Stew ... I love weekend Crock Pot cooking that feeds us all week
• are you all about Baby Zoo Animals
• How lovely is this Neapolitan Cake (shown)
• amazing Embroidery of Danielle Clough
• and these Embroidered Converse by nonakeddenim are amazing too
• Whenever I go to St. Louis, I always get Gooey Butter Cake
• How cool is this Hidden Room
• Beer Cheese Dip
• Forty Useful Concepts
• I always eat Peanut Butter on my waffles & pancakes (so much so, that I carry it in my purse to the restaurants), so this Peanut Butter Syrup intrigues me
• How to Improve Your Memory

Have a tremendous Thursday!

Woodblock Cool Yule

It's Woodblock Wednesday (woohoo).

 

 

I combined three different Woodblock Stamps for today's card - Kelly's Coffee & Donuts from Hero Arts, Memory Box Have a Cool Yule and JudiKins Retro Snowmen.

 

 

I went clean & simple with a pop of glitter using this week's Freshly Made Sketch.  I added a Doodlebug Shape Sprinkles Mini Heart for the Caffeinated Christmas Challenge Coffee & Hearts.

 

 

 

Love this cool little dude.

 

 

Glitter Little Thing Called Love

The current Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge is G is for Glitter.

 

 

The only glitter I really like to create with is glitter paper where none of the glitter rubs off ... otherwise I invariably find glitter on my skin & all over my studio for days.

Today in the mail I got new Love You Gallery Script layering die cuts from Memory Box, so I decided to try them out on some glitter paper to see if I could create a Snarky Valentine.

I layered white cardstock on top of the red glitter and then attached the die cuts to a blue Gel Print from my stash.  I added a few Eyelet Outlet Enamel Hearts and a perfect snarky sentiment sticker.

 

 

I finished with a mat of more red glitter paper on a white cardstock base.

 

 

I'm also joining the Global Design Project Love Challenge and Crafting Happiness Love Challenge.

Love is in the Air

The Challenge at Shopping Our Stash this week is Love is in the Air.

 

 

I started with a gorgeous Alcohol Ink and foiled background (just press sheets of foil while the edges of the ink puddles are still a bit damp).  I die cut it with a stitched rectangle and then added a white mat before attaching to a red card base.

 

 

I added stacked white cardstock Heart Outlines from Essentials by Ellen Essentials Hearts Dies.   The finishing touch is a sentiment from Essentials by Ellen Valentine Vibes.

I also took my overlapping hearts & pink/red inspiration from the Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge inspiration board.

 

 

If you're in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area, this card and others will be part of my Valentine's Day Cards Exhibit at Gallery One from 5-8pm on Tuesday, February 14th.  Bring a friend and stop by for drinks, snacks, art and a visit with me.

 

 

You + Me

Last year at our Scrapbook House Outing, I made lots of fun Alcohol Ink Panels.  This one featured lots of pinks including new glittery alcohol inks from Couture Creations.  It's glittery all over, but in the photo it's most visible at the top left and 

 

 

I die cut the panel with a stitched rectangle and then cut the small Essentials by Ellen heart out of the center.  I die cut the next size of Essentials by Ellen Essentials Heart and put it over the opening in the back panel before attaching the smaller die cut heart with foam tape for dimension.  I added an Essentials by Ellen Valentine Vibes sentiment in the center of the small heart.

I finished with some Pinkfresh Studio Essentials Crystals.

I'm joining the Cut It Up Challenge where the theme is Love & the Love is in the Air Challenge at Make My Monday.

White-on-White Birthday

This afternoon I'm watching football and restocking my birthday card stash.

I started with the Can You Handle the Pressure Challenge of Embossing with a Twist of Borders and paired it with the White-On-White Challenge at AAA Cards Challenge.

 

I used a vintage Cuttlebug Happy Birthday Embossing Folder with heavy white cardstock.  I trimmed it down and attached it to a white card base with foam tape for the border.

To keep it Clean &  Simple, all I added was a Simon Says Stamp birthday sentiment strip.

Just Us Girls is also having a Clean & Simple Birthday Challenge, so I'm linking-up there as well.  

 

 

 

With the Candles at the top left (on the cake), I'm also linking-up at Seize the Birthday.