Ingenious Inkling

Patriotic Baseball Birthday

I am still making my way through some older Fourth of July designer papers.  Tonight I used more Yankee Doodle by Rusty Pickle with a baseball sticker using a layout from Feeling Sketchy.

I attached my papers with a silver brad & added a silver glitter star for an accent (on top of the blue star in the designer paper).

Sentiments are SRM Happy Birthday Stickers.  I'm also joining The Kraft Journal where the theme is Red, White & Blue, as well as taking inspiration from {Cupcake Inspirations} (where I was a one of the Sweet Six chosen for last week's Challenge)

Monsta Thanks

Ending my weekend with another quick Monsta card using 3-D stickers and this week's CAS(E) This Sketch.

I love how he looks on the woodgrain paper.

I'm also joining Keep it simple! where they want lots of turquoise.

Hip Cool Happy

When I saw this week's CAS(E) this Sketch, I knew I had to join the fun ... because I had the perfect monsta sticker sitting right on my studio table.

I put him on some textured white cardstock & added a speech bubble sticker ... easy peasy and oh-so-cute ... so easy in fact, I just might have to make another before the weekend is over.

 

I also took my inspiration from last week's SCS Inspiration Challenge at ATCs for All ... look at these awesome monstas.

Crafter's Companion Good-Bye

It's hard to believe that I've been designing for Crafter's Companion USA for 18 months ... and my term has come to an end.  I thought it would be fun to take a walk down memory lane to re-visit some of my favorite designs.

One of my first Design Team assignments in January 2013 was to create projects for the Crafter's Companion Booth at CHA using the new new Stamp-It Australia Imagine Collection (still some of my all-time favorite images).  One of my favorite designs was up-cycling a pickle jar into a lovely Memory Jar.

My next challenge was to learn how to color with Spectrum Noir Markers.  Not only did I learn how to color, but I also passed the test to become an Accredited Colorist.  Spectrum Noir has great teaching videos that make it so easy to learn.  Palette Blending is one of my favorite techniques.

I loved being able to create this custom colored scooter (from Camden Town) for my brother.  I also love all of the great Embossing Folder options as well.

I also loved the opportunity to design with the Spectrum Noir Alcohol Ink Refills, which are perfect for so many techniques.  This tissue paper background project of a Christmas Card with coordinating magnets was created for Xyron using those refills (and I was thrilled when it was featured in the Xyron newsletter).

This was one of my favorite cards that I made ... orange, ink spray, feathers ... all so good.

During the last six months of my term with Crafter's Companion, I was the CD-ROM Specialist for Crafter's Companion.  I loved creating tutorials, answering questions, and learning how to create using Digital images and papers.  

These gorgeous shaped cards from The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady were some of my favorites (using Spectrum Noir Dyed Seam Binding)

I also loved designing with all of the fantastic Christmas images (which was perfect for Jingle Belles)  One of my cards made with Stamp-It Australia Twinkle Collection is featured on the website.

Here it is full-size ... I love how the cracked-glass technique works with that image.  This card was also the Faux Technique Winner at the Come & Get It Challenge.

 

I will finish with another favorite from the Stamp-It Australia Dreamer line ... I had so much fun playing with Fireworks Sprays.

Thanks for joining me for my fond farewell ... it has truly been a joy designing for this company, and I am so grateful for opportunity to learn and grow as a designer.  I'm also looking forward to my next adventure ... whatever that may be.

A Charlie Brown Christmas

We're still celebrating Christmas stories at Jingle Belles ... and one Christmas story I never want to miss is A Charlie Brown Christmas.

I found this image online on the front of a piece of sheet music ... I cropped off the title and used this week's Paper Players Challenge Sketch.  I'm also joining the Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Stmap.

Love my sentiment from CatsLife Press.

Cowboy Anniversary

Sixty-five years of wedded bliss ... that's certainly something worth celebrating.

I started with woodgrain embossed Core'dinations cardstock and finished with lots of stickers using this week's Pals Paper Arts Sketch.

Thursday Link Love

More fun finds from the world-o-blogs:

• 20 Potluck Salads ... which also look like 20 perfect summer suppers to me
• The Songs of Summer playlist
• 25 Free Vintage Patriotic Images
• This Pineapple Orange Cake is so refreshing for summer 
• Step-by-Step Plan for Kitchen Cleaning 
• Tutorial for a fantastic Eraser-Stamped Shirt (shown - the same technique would work on paper)
• I would love to go to one of these Dinner Parties
• Pretty Printable Thank You Card
• Love this Shadow Casting Art
• S'More Cookie Bars ... bring on the milk
• Gorgeous Prism-like Art

Have a terrific Thursday!

Imagine

One of the good things about moving your entire studio is all of the great *discoveries* you make while packing ... like *finding* these Etsy Stamps that had never seen ink.

I also *found* a box of textured cards that are perfect for pulling together a quick design.  I stamped with My Favorite Things Brick Red Ink on fabulous Crafter's Companion Kraft cardstock.

Crafty Storage

Moxie Fab World is asking crafters to share some of their favorite storage ideas in their studio.  

My studio in our new condo is still a work-in-progress, but I can share a few of my storage solutions.

One piece that I'll be hanging in my new studio is this stamp hanger that my Dad helped me make.

We bought a board at the lumber yard that we sanded and stained.  Next, we attached four curtain rods which are the perfect way to store lots of stamps.  We attached a sturdy cable to the back, so it can be hung on the wall (love storage that uses open wall space).

Another storage find I love is from my Dad's favorite store ... Harbour Freight.

I used it to store washi tape (until my collection outgrew it).  Right now it is storing stickles and paints.  I had previously put magnets on the bottom of my stickles bottles when I stored them like this ... and now the magnets are perfect to keep them in place in the metal trays.

Ballerina Birthday

One of the great things about creating with CD-ROMs is that you are able to print out an entire page of images at a time ... which means that when you finish your intended project ... you have lots of leftovers. 

This card was made almost entirely of leftovers ... together with a bit of cute new designer paper from the Adam & Angelica line by Crafter's Companion (the clover colored vertical strip).

The pretty little ballerina is a Topper printed from the Angelica and Friends CD-ROM.   The coordinating background paper was printed from the Angelica & Adam Twin Papercrafting CD-ROM.  The *sweet* was from a sheet of tags printed from the Sweet Treats CD-ROM.

Finally, I stamped the sentiment from Sentimentals Imagine to finish the design.  My card was inspired by the Colors & Design at {Cupcake Inspirations}.

 

I'm also joining the Anything Goes Challenge at Party Time Tuesday.