Ingenious Inkling

When There Are No Words

I used my last sympathy card today ... so I had to make some more.  Because we all know that when you need a sympathy card is not the time you want to be making one ... so I always make sure I have some in my stash.

I pulled out several Retro Wood Block favorites for tonight's cards.  The first is from Outlines Rubber Stamps and is good to have for so many occasions when you want to say something ... but there are no words.

I paired it with the bird from Unity Stamp Company's Sympathy & Sadness using this week's CAS(e) this Sketch!

 

The second one features Hero Arts In My Thoughts together with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch.

Papers are all from Authentique's Sea-Maiden Collection.

 

Be Good for Goodness Sake

For this week's Floral Card for Jingle Belles, I combined products from lots of different companies ... I also learned that photographing foiled designs is a bit of a challenge.

 

My background was made with Decofoil Transfer Gel, Brutus Monroe Tide Pool Foil & Carabelle Studios Accumulation De Ronds Stencil.  My flowers are from the lovely Little Birdie Handmade Flowers and the remaining elements are from Authentique Jingle Elements ... remember, you don't necessarily need *Christmas* flowers for a *Christmas* card.

 

We hope you'll break out your favorite blooms and join us.

 

Let there be PEACE on Earth

We're creating cards featuring PEACE at Jingle Belles ... could be the word Peace, a scene that evokes Peace, or the Peace symbol.

I started with a little Peace Flashcard and built my design around it.

I layered lots of Authentique papers and combined them with more flashcards, sticker sentiments and rub-on stars and snowflakes.

We hope you'll come join us.

Be Merry

I decided for this week's SHAPE-UP Card for Jingle Belles, I wanted to make a To Go Coffee Cup.

I sketched my cup on Authentique Nostalgia Paper (I adore those reindeer in scarves with that texty background) and then sketched the lid on the reverse of the same paper.  I used a Sharpie to outline the lid details.

I cut a top-fold card the same shape as my cup and attached to the back.  I finished by tracing my cup to create the sleeve out of Kraft Cardstock.  The Be Merry Die Cut Sentiment is from Spellbinders.

I'm also joining Christmas in August at My Time to Craft.

I hope you'll get creative and share your SHAPE-UP for the Holidays Cards with us at Jingle Belles.

Holly Jolly Christmas

I've really been trying to consciously use my collection of new products in my studio (sometimes I feel like I'm more of a collector than creator).  I'm also trying to kick-up the number of holiday cards I complete each week to make sure I have enough when November approaches (especially mailable ones).

This card features the new Authentique Jingle Collection (that I fell in love with because of these vintage images) and an adorable new stamp set called Typed Christmas from Hello Bluebird ... love that tiny font.

The layout is this week's Less is More Sketch.

I Feel So Lucky

I want to make some St. Patrick's Day cards this week, so I can get them in the mail.  The focal image of this card is from Authentique Emerald Six cut with Simon Says Stamp Stitched Oval Die.  I used a larger die from the same set to cut the metallic gold mat.

The layout is this week's CAS(e) this Sketch with golden sequins.  The sentiment is a Tim Holtz Small Talk Sticker.

I also incorporated Ombre Stamping on the background with Hero Arts new Wallpaper Bold Prints Backgrounder for the Just Add ... Ombre Challenge.

Seek Adventures

I love being able to make cards that feature specific things that my recipients like.  

The Spellbinder's Howling Wolf is die cut from a scrap of bronze metallic paper, so he has a little shimmer in the moonlight.

Using this week's Freshly Made Sketch, I was able to find homes for three paper scraps on my studio table.  The Authentique Sticker sentiments were perfect to finish the design.

Cherish the Reason

We're still celebrating Christmas music at Jingle Belles this week.

I found this cute little Jingle Bells journaling card in my stash and built my card around it using this week's Sketch from The Paper Players.

No stamping on this one ... just beautiful Christmas Papers from Authentique and a sentiment sticker.

 

Patriotic Thanks

It's been an awesome day in the studio ... love when I can just play all day.  I broke out a little Red, White & Blue for the TGIF Challenges.

Paper are new from Authentique Honor Collection.

Sentiment is from Essentials by Ellen Fancy Thanks.  Layout is this week's Retro Sketch, which I embellished with a vintage ivory button and a few sequins.

Mother's Day

Most of the time I do a good job of working ahead on birthdays and holidays, but Mother's Day just seemed to sneak up on me this year.  So tonight I used the great layout from Match the Sketch for another Mother's Day card.

I'm also trying to find homes for orphan embellishments like this flower I found at the bottom of one of my drawers this afternoon ... it coordinated perfectly with Authentique's Classique: Beauty Collection (I love how all of their papers work so well together.

The sentiment is from Essentials by Ellen 12 Days Companion Greetings (such a versatile set)