Ingenious Inkling

Pink Peonies Birthday

This card started is for the Washi Tape Challenge at the Paper Anthology Creation Inspiration Weekend.

 

I started by adhering the gorgeous wide Pink Peonies Washi Tape from The Ton to pale yellow cardstock (I love how you can totally change the look of the washi based on the paper you used behind it).

 

 

Next I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from The Ton Trophy Set in Rose Gold Embossing Powder.

 

 

My layout is from this week's Sketch Challenge at The Paper Players.  For my shape, I chose a layering of blooms that coordinated with my washi tape.

 

Layered Rose Birthday

I love these beautiful papers from P13 - The Four Seasons Summer.

 

 

I paired them with the Layered Rose from AlteNew.

 

 

 

I flipped the layout from Sketch Saturday using a sentiment from AlteNew Sincere Greetings.

 

I'm joining another challenge at The Paper Anthology Creation Inspiration Weekend.

 

 

I'm also joining the All Sorts Feminine Challenge. 

 

 

I'm also at WaterCooler Wednesday Occasions Challenge.

3-D Peony Dream Birthday

This afternoon I created a card for the AlteNew Flower to Inspire Challenge.

 

 

I used the purple and yellow for my AlteNew 3-D Peony Dream Dies and the deep green for my AlteNew Leaf Frame Cover Die.

 

 

My layout and design was also inspired by the CASE Challenge at the Global Design Project reversing the sentiment flags with a stamped sentiment from AlteNew Sincere Greetings.

 

 

I'm also joining The Paper Anthology Creation Inspiration Weekend Tic Tac Toe Challenge with diagonal from the top left - Spring, Stamping & the Color Purple.

 

 

I'm also joining Crazy 4 Challenges where they're celebrating Floral Design Day.

Serendipity RBG

This week's Wanderlust Art Journal theme starts a month of Serendipity.  It was more of a free form lesson using sprays, paints, paper and pencil together with a large face image.

I started with three colors of Dina Speed Wakley's Gloss Sprays - Lime, Turquoise & Sand.

 

 

Next I added my focal image together with strips from an Amtrak Train Schedule.  I finished with some Blue Pencil Marks.

 

 

Next I pained with new to me Dina Wakley Acrylic Paints that arrived this week.  Then while it was wet, I added some Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powder, which produced a wonderful shimmer.

 

 

I sprayed some more spray on top to bring back in the lime.

 

 

I finished with stamped sentiments from Ink Road Stamps RBG and a bit more Dermatograph Pencil.

 

Polar Pals Joy

We're getting all SKETCH-y this week at Jingle Belles.

 

 

 I couldn't resist combining papers from adorable Doodlebug Polar Pals Collection.  

 

 

I added some purple bling to the sky and a sticker sentiment to finish the design.

I can't wait to see what you create with my sketch.

Thursday Link Love

Another week of blogland discoveries:

• Eight Ingredient Fudgy Brownies
• How to Relieve Stress by Stretching
• Satay Aubergine is going onto the list
• I love the look of a Tiled Table
• How do you Pop Popcorn?
• Caramelized Banana Oatmeal looks tummy-warming
• love this coloring on Kraft cardstock
• Orange Glazed Cookies
• DIY Faux Ceramic Vase
• Coconut Pecan Blondies
• how to make pretty Wood & Resin Coasters (shown)
• Puff Pastry Apple Slab Pie
• these Frog Cards are so adorable
• saw this recipe and had an immediate memory of my Grandma making Hamburger Gravy

Have a tremendous Thursday!

Believe in Magic

Did you see the adorable little Unicorn Princess at the Fusion Card Challenge?

 

She reminded me of my Unicorns at Play stickers from {a vintage girl} & her daughter.  Remember, discount code SMILYNSTEF gets you 15% off your order.

 

 

I chose the cute little pink one to feature on my card.  I paired it with some Vickie Boutin designer paper and used one of my Gel Press prints for the pennant design in the sketch.

 

Featherly Birthday

The current Unity Stamp Company February Challenge is to stock your Birthday card stash.

 

I decided to also take my inspiration from the picture in the Just Add Ink Challenge.

 

 

I looked for a Fern stamp in my Unity Stamp Company, but instead thought the image in the Featherly border background stamp looked very similar.  I stamped it in green ink on Peach cardstock.

 

The Happy Birthday Stamp from Be Your OWN kind of Beautiful the January 2014 kit of the month.  that left a bit of blank space in the bottom center the way the feathers were positioned, so I stamped the single Feather from Good Things are Better (also by Angie Blom), and cut it down slight to work where I needed it to cover the space.  

 

 

Additionally, I used the colors for the current Color Hue Challenge in my design.

O. M. G.

The February Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash Challenge is Encouragement & Congratulations Cards.

 

 

I broke out my never-been-ink Reverse Confetti OMG Stamp Set and coordinating Confetti Cut Die and combined it with the current Mojo Monday Sketch.

The designer papers are from Reverse Confetti Winter Wonder Paper Collection.

 

 

I also used the Reverse Confetti Stitched Hex Tag Confetti Cut rather than the circle in the sketch.

 

Wild Birthday

After my failure to achieve a Clean & Simple card yesterday, I decided to go back to the Studio Table and try again to make a card for The Paper Players Feline Fine Challenge.

 

 

I also combined it with the AAA Cards Sketch Challenge with an Optional Twist to add Watercolor.  My card was particularly inspired by Melissa's card where she stamped on a framed watercolored background.

 

 

I started with a watercolored background in shades of golds and browns made by watercoloring with Karin Brush Markers.  I die cut my square using the Essentials by Ellen Essentials Squares Die Cuts.  I cut a second one using a coordinating mushroom grey-brown cardstock.  I thought the wonky frames worked with my drunk cat.

 

 

My sentiment is from Taylored Expressions Life of the Party stamped in black archival ink.  The partying kitty is from Taylored Expressions Cattitude.   I used my Faber Castell Polochromos Pencils to add green to the olive and pink to the tongue, nose and ears on my cat.  I'm also linking-up at the February #TEMakerChallenge since I used two of the three elements - Cat starts with C and Watercoloring.

This is the AAA Sketch.