Ingenious Inkling

Imagine

The theme at the Male Room is all about Music.

My family is filled with music lovers, so I love making music-themed designs.

I bought this John Lennon stamp specifically for the Beatles lovers in our family.

For this one, I combined a Beatles Sticker with stamps from My Favorite Things.  The purple behind the sticker is a scrap of Color Burst painted paper ... then I went a bit sequin-crazy.  Love how this one turned out.

Remarkable Resin

Have you checked-out all of the cool flat-backed resin designs at Eyelet Outlet?

When I saw this week's CAS(E) this Sketch, I knew it was the perfect opportunity to highlight a few of my favorites.

 

The resin flowers have such texture and detail ... and how do you not love a bright pink flamingo.  Sentiment is from Hero Arts Hello Gorgeous!

 

 

Here's the inspiration sketch.

 

 

 

... and perhaps a little Ice Cream!

Dad came to visit for his birthday this weekend, so we've been out and about on all sort of adventures.

Tonight we're winding down, so I had time to make a birthday card I needed for a co-worker.

I combined this week's Freshly Made Sketch with colors from The Paper Players.

Stamps are Stampin' Up Big Day.

Musical Christmas

The theme at Jingle Belles this week is Hark the Herald Angels Sing ... card celebrating anything musical.

I scanned a piece of vintage sheet music and shrunk it down to use as the focal image on my card.

I combined it with some velvet ribbon, Eyelet Outlet Champagne Bling & Authentique Christmas papers using this week's Retro Sketch.

Come join our musical fun.

Thursday Link Love

Another week of fun blogland discoveries:

• Foolproof Color Wheel
• useful Free Guide to Fasteners
• Orange Creamsicle Bundt Cake
• 50 Things
• Make your own Temporary Tattoos
• Eggplant Parmesan Melts look quite tasty
• Love this fabulous Mix & Match Collection
• Chocolate Chip Cookie Brittle
• Awesome Pop Culture Paper Toys (shown)

Have a tremendous Thursday.

Let's Play

CASology is all about FUN.

For me, fun can often involve video games.

 

When I find adhesive bling on sale, I always make sure I buy white and clear, because then I can use my Spectrum Noir Markers to make the gems whatever color I need (like I did with the Blue, Yellow, Red & Green for my controller buttons). It gives me a lot of versatility when I design.

I stamped my controllers in Watering Can ink before detail cutting (and leaving a small white border). I added a little light gray marker to the directional cross before adding the gems for my buttons.

I combined sentiments from two different stamp sets and used a journaling card as my base (I also collect journaling cards because they are the perfect size for card making). I attached my controllers using foam tape for dimension.

You're the Best

Sometimes after being away from my studio for a while, I come back with renewed creativity ... other times (like this weekend) I come back with a raging summer cold and a lack of creative mojo.

My theory is create anyway ... because any creativity is better than no creativity.

I combined the sketch & colors of the Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge.

I thought I had things straight, but apparently this cold lends itself to wonkiness ... I figure a thank you is always appreciated even if it is a bit wonky.  Stamp is Taylored Expressions Graphic Greetings Thank You with a little Eyelet Outlet Bling.

I'm off to find some Robitussin and a good night's sleep.

If Flowers Could Hug

Lots of new Ellen Hutson goodies in the house including these gorgeous Mondo Peonies.    My grandma always had peonies ... and I had them at my house (always planted far from the house since ants also love peonies).  They are perfect for the current Pin-Sights Challenge.

I stamped them in bright pink and paired them with peach for the current CAS(E) this Sketch.

I really wanted to add some sequins, but since the design is supposed to be CAS, I resisted.

Party 'Til the Cows Come Home

Today I'm having fun with the very realistic chicken brads.

 

I started with a fun little farmyard scene where the animals are planning a party (stamps are from My Favorite Things The Whole Herd).

 

 

Looks like they'll be having a good time.

 

 

Next I added some chickens to another die-cut barnyard scene.

 

 

One trick I use when I want the paper to lay flat without the brad legs underneath the paper ... I snip the brad pieces off the back and use part of a 3-D glue dot to attach my chickens for a bit of dimension.

 

 

I finished with a few white enamel dots on the center of the flowers.

 

Products used:

 

• Chicken Brads
• Matte Finish Enamel Dots - White

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Santa Wears Red

We're still having fun with RED at Jingle Belles ... and no one wears red better than the jolly old man himself ... Santa Claus.

Avery Elle's Oh What Fun Santa is one of my favorite.  I colored him with markers to coordinate with my designer papers using this week's Sketch Saturday layout.

I finished with some falling sequin snow.