Ingenious Inkling

Love Bug

When I saw the inspiration photo at the TGIF Challenges, I couldn't resist using some of my favorite Vintage Rides Stickers from {a vintage girl} & her daughter ... remember my discount code SMILYNSTEF gets you 15% off your order.

 

Aren't these Vintage Rides perfect for the challenge.

 

 

I cut several circles from wood grain designer paper and added my cute little love bug.  My Aunt had a VW Bug when we were kids, and we loved riding in it with her.

 

The sentiments are from the oh-so-timely Quarantine - Social Distancing Quotes sticker set.

While I had my products out, I went ahead and made a second card.  I cut a slightly larger circle for the larger Love Bug.

 

 

This time I stamped sentiments from Taylored Expressions Little Bits of Birthday.

Love Needs No Words

The Challenge at The Spot is to CASE a design by Sara Levin, The Artful Inker.

 

 

I chose this card Sara made for an Autism Awareness Hop in April 2018, because it's something that is near and dear to my heart.

 

I have always loved the Tailored Tag Punch, and this was such a great way to use it.

I chose slightly different colors to coordinate with my Autism Quote Stickers from {a vintage girl} & her daughter (remember discount code SMILYNSTEF gets you 15% off your order).

 

 

I kept the design pretty much the same for the first card, adding a few wraps of cord & some dots for embellishments.  I matted my sticker on black cardstock for a bit more contrast.

 

 

For the second one, I switched-up the color order and used  a larger sticker attached directly to the cardstock, so I lowered my wrap and used blue thread.

 

 

Thanks for the inspiration Sara.

Steampunk Heart Strong

This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is Steampunk, so I pulled out my Steampunk Stickers from {a vintage girl} & her daughter for some cards ... remember my code SMILYNSTEF gets you 15% off your order.

 

 

I just love the floral elements in these designs, so I used those colors for my card base.

 

I added a tiny epoxy heart and some enamel dots before finishing with a stamped sentiment from Simon Says Stamp You Got This.  This stamp set is at least 2 years old, so I'm also linking-up at the Anything Goes Challenge at Retro Rubber.

 

 

I used even more of these lovely Steampunk stickers on my second card with another perfect stamped sentiment from the same You Got This stamp set.

 

That butterfly is just so cool.

Fusion Funky Cactuses

When I saw the new Fusion Card Challenge, I thought it would be fun to play with the sketch and some Funky Cactuses Stickers from A Vintage Girl & her Daughter ... remember if you use my discount code SMILYNSTEF in the store, you'll get 15% off your order.

 

I started with the Mariachi Cactus and paired him with a sentiment from Fiesta Quotes.  I used scraps of cardstock for the sketch to coordinate with my Cactus Sticker.

 

It really makes me want a taco. 

While I had the paper out, I went ahead and made a second one with the Wrestler Funky Cactus, which reminded me of my brother and how much he loved watching Wrestling when he was a kid.

 

I love those red & gold flames.  I paired it with another sentiment from Fiesta Quotes. 

Here's the entire Funky Cactuses sticker sheet ... so many possibilities.

 

 

Fancy Skulls

When I saw the theme at Crazy 4 Challenges was to make a card with something that starts with the letter S, I knew it was time to break out the Fancy Skulls Stickers from {A Vintage Girl} & Her Daughter.  Remember to use my discount code SMILYNSTEF at checkout for 15% off your order.

 

I covered my grey card base with Fancy Skulls and then added the perfect sentiment from My Favorite Things Sassy Pants Spooktacular.  I added a single iridescent gem to the center of the bow tie in the middle.

 

How many of us have felt that way this week (I'm raising my hand)?

 

I'm also linking-up at the Season Challenge at the Time Out Challenges ... because for me, once we reach September, it is the season for skulls.

 

Next I made one for the The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Friends Challenge.

 

 

I kept this one clean & simple with another sentiment from My Favorite Things Sassy Pants Spooktacular.

 

I added another one of those great Iridescent Gems to the bow tie.

 

When I first saw Farmhouse Containers stickers from (a vintage girl) & her daughter, they reminded me something my Gran would fill with flowers.  The flower stickers from the Fancy Skulls Set are perfect.

 

 

How pretty is that bouquet with the wooden designer paper and polka dot paper die cut with my new Doodlebug Designs Border dies.  I added a few wraps of natural fiber twine and a sentiment from {a vintage girl} & her daughter GRL PWR Quotes (so many great ones in this set).

 

 

I also took my inspiration from the Inspiration Photo at Just Add Ink.  My world needs more bouquets.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Anything Goes Challenge at Cute Card Thursday.

And with my last bouquet of blooms from Fancy Skulls and another perfect Farmhouse Container, I used the entire sticker set (love when that happens).  Sentiment is another great one from GRL PWR Quotes.

 

 

 

I kept this one simple with just a row of blue pearls.

 

 

I'm linking this one up at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.

I hope you enjoyed seeing lots of ways to use these fun stickers ... I sure had fun creating them.  Happy Saturday!

We All Deserve an Alcoholiday

I'm finally back in the studio today after almost two weeks of Derecho Storm disruption.  There are still a number of people without power, but when I drove this morning, all of the traffic lights were working, which was a major improvement.  The damages to our geo-thermal system on the roof of our condominium have been repaired ... the next thing will be removing all of the fallen trees (so many large oaks damaged on our property).

I decided some Punny cards for the Inspired by Challenge using my Stickers from A Vintage Girl & Her Daughter ... remember use my Discount Code SMILYNSTEF at checkout for 15% off your order.

 

I decided to make a set of cards featuring some Eyelet Outlet Beer Brads and Bingo Cards from Simple Stories Summer Fresh.

I started with We All Deserve an Alcoholiday from the Happy Hour Sticker Sheet.    An it a bit of punny brilliance, I paired it with Eat Drink & Be Merry from Christmas Quotes 1 (because Alcoholidays aren't just for Christmas)

 

 

Here are all the sentiments from the Happy Hour Quotes.

 

 

I used the sketch from this week's Try Stampin - or Not - on Tuesday Challenge (using only the sketch, although an Alcoholiday could certainly involve a ticket to the tropics).

 

 

I finished with some Beer Brads from Eyelet Outlet.

 

 

My next card focuses on Tequila from the Fiesta Quotes Sticker Set.  I used three stickers from the set to make  a "BINGO" on the Carefree Card.

 

 

I added a little bling to fill out my card for a BLACKOUT.

My final card features more stickers from Happy Hour Quotes.  I used more Beer Brads together with some Beer Washi Tape for a Clean & Simple Design for the My Time to Craft Challenge.

 

 

This one features more PUNNY goodness from the set.

 

 

Glad to be back in the studio ... and hope you've enjoyed my Punny cards today.

Quarantine Crafting

One thing that has changed about my crafting since March is the joy of doing it on Video Calls with crafty friends.  I was so used to crafting in solitude ... but being able to talk with others and hear about their lives and how quarantine is going in different corners of the world has been life-saving for me. 

So what better theme for my card making during today's video call than Quarantine Cards.

I started with this fun drinking sticker from Quarantine: Social Distancing Quotes from A Vintage Girl & Her Daughter and built my card around it ... remember if you want any of these stickers, using my code SMILYNSTEF at checkout will get you 15% off your purchase.

 

 

I used this week's Sketch from the Inspire.Create Challenge and some fun drinking papers from my stash.  I finished with enamel dots framing my sticker sentiment.  I loved how it perfectly coordinated with one of the local beers in our refrigerator.

 

The next one used stickers from both Quarantine: Social Distancing Quotes and Quarantined Out.

 

 

I used a bingo card from my stash together with lots of coordinating papers and the Layout from Sketch Saturday.

 

I accented the quotes with some fun floral gems.  This card is inspired by my sister's 40th Birthday celebration this last week ... there was a lot of Quarantine Chill.

The final card uses stickers from super-fun Quarantine Time sticker sheet.

 

 

I combined three of the stickers from this set together with a hand-washing sticker from Quarantined Out for another fun bingo card design.

 

I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch and finished my Bingo Card with some pink gem clusters.

 

Heck Yeah!

I started this card with the Retro Rubber Challenge Tic Tac Toe ... my plan was straight across the top with a punch, blue & washi tape.

 

 

I went searching for blue washi tape and found two with fun expletives and a tape measure, which reminded me of my Dad and brothers repairing things ... which was perfect for the fun Animals Workin' Hard! stickers from {a vintage girl} and her daughter ... remember you can use my code SMILYNSTEF for 15% off the entire store.

How fun are those little guys ... the snake wearing work jeans cracks me up.

 

 

I used the layout from the CAS Colour Challenge together with stamps from Essentials by Ellen - It's all Good for the sentiment and Painted Stripes (from April 2019 and yet to be inked) stamped across the top in light blue ink.

 

I'm continuing my Summer of Stamping with Ellen Hutson #EBESummerofStamping.

 

A {Vintage Girl & Her Daughter} Sticker Store

I'm thrilled to finally share that I am a member of the inaugural design team for a super-cool Sticker Store - {A Vintage Girl & her Daughter} (follow them on Instagram here).   They also have the {Vintage Girl Shop} that sells amazing chipboard for all of your mixed media creations.  You can use my code SMILYNSTEF at checkout for 15% off your order.

To start designing, I got to pick a large selection of stickers and then received the latest creations like these awesome quarantine sticker sets ... the sets are 6 1/2" x 3", so they're perfectly sized for card-making.  

 

 

\and these fun sets ... girl with sanitizer looking for boy with toilet paper (snort).

 

 

I made my first set of cards using the fun new Happy Birthday Unicorn set.

 

 

These paired perfectly with the Echo Park Imagine That! Girl paper collection.  For my first card I used some of the fun Ephemera from that collection to frame a single sticker layering with a silver doily.  I also used Spots & Stripes for the Little Red Wagon Challenge.

 

I embellished with some tiny enamel heart stickers, a stray bow sticker that was on my studio table, and Birthday Sentiment from Memory Box Best Life Typed Sentiments.  This card just makes me happy.

For the next one I joined the Daring Cardmakers Three Musketeers Challenge and used three Unicorn stickers on one card.

 

 

I embellished with Enamel Dots and finished with a Typewriter Sentiment from Memory Box Best Life Typewriter Sentiments.  The colors in these stickers are just so vibrant.

 

Third card feels like it's for a 6 year old girl with lots of blingity-bling.  I was thrilled that I was actually above to lift and reposition these stickers (several times actually) until I got them in just the right place.

 

 

Here's a sneak peak of more of the sets I'll be creating with in the future ... fun Campers, Vintage Cars & Vintage Cameras ... I love how you can color some of the stickers (or leave them black and white).

 

 

There are fun sentiments too ... love the different drink themes and the super-cool Motivational Quotes.

 

I'm always a sucker for sentiments for cards ... Christmas quotes perfect for Jingle Belles; Autism themed for several friends; and GRL PWR.  I also got some fun chipboard from {Vintage Girl} to try.

 

And there are lots of cool Steam Punk elements that will be awesome for collages and mixed media.

 

 

And how about more vintage goodness ... can't wait to decorate those containers with some blooms.

 

 

And a mixture of fun ... I love stickers that combine a sentiment and image for super-easy card making ... and you know some of those Tequila stickers are going with those Funky Cactuses.

 

And if you love animals, there are lots of choose from ... the Animals Workin' Hard will be so fun for some masculine cards.

 

Some more animals and those awesome Vintage Typewriter Keys ... can't wait to play with those.

 

 

And not all the stickers are on white ... they have some fun kraft stickers too.

 

 

Go check out the {A Vintage Girl & her Daughter} Sticker Store to find your favorites.  I can't wait to share my creations with you.