Ingenious Inkling

Love is in the Air

The theme at Impression Obsession is Love is in the Air! ... and I immediately went to one of the most used Dies in my Collection - Heart Couple Frame.

 

I almost feel like I'm cheating when I use this die ... the single piece cuts so simply and by changing the color of the die and the background you can easily customize for any wedding color combination.  Today I die cut it from thicker watercolor paper for some subtle texture ... and the thickness of the paper means I don't have to stack dies for dimension.

 

I used a piece of glitter paper from a Christmas paper pad for the background ... a deep burgundy with specs of silver and pinkish glitter.  I inked-up a sentiment from never before used Impression Obsession set called The Skinny.  I'm linking up at the NBUS (never before used schtuff) challenge at little red wagon.

 

 

I inked it in Gina K. Designs Cranberry Tart and clear embossed for a bit more elegance.  For a bit of added elegance I used several Glitter Dot Flourish Stickers by docrafts Papermania from an unopened pack in my stash ... have no idea where these lovelies came from, but they provided a very nice bit of bling.

 

I'm also linking-up at the Something New Challenge at The Paper Players since I both used something new ... and created a card for a soon to be newly married couple.

Brilliant Blue Snowflake

My crafty friends and I have been talking about how our rate of acquiring art supplies the past few months has well exceeded our rate of using them.  My friend Sam threw down a Use My stuff Challenge to use those products to make a some birthday cards, so you have them ready to send in the upcoming months.  

I also wanted to join the CAS Stencil Challenge to use a new Stencil. 

 

I picked up several new Gina K. Designs Stencils and new colors of Glitz Glitter Gel, so I wanted to break them out.  Seriously, how gorgeous is that Brilliant Blue Glitz Glitter Gel with the Stellar Snowflake Stencil.  I like to use watercolor paper as my base, because for me the sturdier paper works better for stenciling the gel.

 

Since it was a CAS challenge, I resisted the urge to add a big more bling and just let the snowflake shine.

I wanted a vertical sentiment and I didn't have a Gina K. Birthday sentiment that was thin enough to let the Snowflake be the star of the show ... so I used Winter Wishes from the Gina K. Designs Seasonal Greetings Set and I'll stamp the birthday sentiment on the inside (that way the recipient can display it for a longer time if they want to).

 

 

It's also Snowflakes at the Just Us Girls Challenge this week (and their graphic is even a similar blue).

 

Lastly, the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is also about Something New.

Thanks a Bunch

When I saw this week's My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge, I immediately began imagining a literal interpretation ... but when I was going through my supplies and saw the MFT Snow Drifts Cover-Up Die-Namic, I thought I could be a bit more creative.

 

I die cut the Cover-Up in Brown & Red Cardstock, using the hues from this week's Color Throwdown Challenge.

 

I left two sections blank, so I could stamp sentiments on the left and right side like the Sketch Challenge.  I used the lid of my MISTI to curve and position the sentiments from MFT Bitty Thanks & Gratitude into the open spaces.

 

I finished with a few Puffy Heart stickers (I've been in the process of gathering together all of my various Valentine's Day-like supplies, so they were on my studio table ... and turned out to be the perfect finishing touch).

Thursday Link Love

Another week of blogland fun and games:

• A free Valentine Card download
• Cabbage and Mushroom Lasagna
• Irish Cream Bundt Cake
• I already have more books than I can likely get through this year, but I'm always collecting book lists anyway
• Creamy Corn Salad
• Beautiful Wedding Bouquet
• Thrift Store Lamp Makeover (shown)
• fun Typography Prints
• I often choose several appetizers for my meal
• 20 Uncomfortable Things to do for Yourself in 2020
• What a fun Best 9 Layout
• Three Ingredient Peach Sherbet
• amazing Abstract Portraits by Salman Khoshroo
• Irish Cream Dessert Lasagna

Have a tremendous first Thursday of 2020.

Love My Tribe

The theme of the first Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash of 2020 is Love is in the Air! (click through to see Amy T's adorable card) 

 

I am personally grateful for the love of my Tribe ... my near and far friends that share my love of paper-crafting, delicious food, and collecting supplies (and some enabling too) ... you know who you are.

I started by creating a quilt of 1 1/4" squares using Reverse Confetti Winter Wonder Papers and a sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 Challenge. Finished card is 4 1/2" square.

 

Next I die cut the Scalloped Square Confetti Cuts stamping sentiments from Love My Tribe and So Many Sentiments.  I finished with some Punched Heart confetti to fill in the empty space inside my frame.

 

And it's an Anything Goes Challenge at Challenge Up Your Life.