Ingenious Inkling

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) 

Birthday Roses

Tonight I needed an 80th Birthday Card, so I decided to make a bouquet of roses that will never wilt.

I die cut the Rose Garden Thinlets Roses, and then used the negative of the die cut to trace a solid piece from a yellow shimmer paper that I adhered to the back of my die cut roses (make sure you flip the negative over, so you can trace on the back of the paper, so no pencil marks show).  Using both the positive and the negative qualifies for the Make a Negative a Positive Challenge at The Mod Squad (if only all negatives were so easily turned into positives).

The sentiment is from the Rose Wonder coordinating Stamp set & background paper is from Authentique.  A little foam tape for dimension and a few pearls for embellishment, and this card is ready to go.

Fusion Serene Sympathy

When I saw this week's Fusion Card Challenge inspiration, I went searching for a peacock in my collection ... only to discover, there are none. 

So instead I tried to capture the colors and feel of the design ... and featured a different bird from Unity Stamps Sympathy & Sadness.

Papers are Authentique Classique: Elegant.  I used a yellow Kirarina Wink of Stella pen to pull a bit of that color into the design.

Floral Retirement

Retirement cards are hard for me ... do you have a good stamp set you use for retirements?

I went back through my own archives and found this Teacher Retirement card I had created using a dictionary page.  For today's card, I scanned the dictionary page, so I could re-size it to work with my design (and have it for future cards).

Once I had that part figured out, the rest came together easily using a stamped sentiment from Clearly Besotted Typed Sentiments and this week's Mojo Monday Sketch.

Papers are Authentique Carefree Bundle.

But It Can Buy Marshmallows

When I saw this Impression Obsession Stamp called Money, I knew it had to come live with me.  

I inked-it-up for the Summer Colors Challenge at the Impression Obsession Blog.  For me, the summer colors for the month of July are red, white & blue.

I also used my new Canvas Cover-A-Card Background for the card base (love it).  All papers are Authentique's Glory Collection and the Sketch is Mojo Monday.

I'm also joining the Tuesday Throwdown where the theme is Picnic ... because a picnic isn't a picnic without marshmallows and S'mores.  And Loves Rubber Stamps is celebrating Red, White & Blue.

Postal Thank You

Tonight I used this week's STAMPlorations Sketch to make a quick postal-themed thank you.  

My husband is a postal carrier, so I collect mail-themed designs.   The large stamps is vintage Judi-Kins and the letters are from Stampendous!  The papers are Authentique's Glory Collection and the *thank you* is a sticker from Doodlebug Designs.

Genuine Birthday

I'm sneaking in a few more cards before all of my studio supplies have to be packed and moved ... I love the challenge of creating with what I have on my table ... in this case Authentique's Genuine Collection and Hero Arts stamps (Operation Write Home Dude & a 2011 Hero Arts/Studio Calico set for the cake).

A few cork arrows and some golden gems finish the card using this week's Freshly Made Sketch.

Authentique Genuine Wedding

I'm starting to get a bit stressed-out about packing-up the rest of my studio for my upcoming move.  I'm trying to get all of the cards finished that I'll need for the next few weeks ... but I keep remembering more and more that I need to get made ... like this wedding card.

I used papers from Authentique's Genuine Collection together with scraps of DCWV gold metallic paper.  The layout is this week's Mojo Monday Sketch.  The stamp is Savvy's Solid Wedding Couple.

Sweet Baby Girl

When I saw the hues for this week's colourQ challenge I thought ... baby girl.

I used papers and elements from Authentique's Miracle Baby Girl Collection.

Layout is from Lucy's Cards Sketch Week.

Purple Baby Carriage

When I saw the Tribute to Charlene at CCEE Stampers, I knew I had to join.  Charlene recently lost her valiant battle with cancer ... she will be missed.  I chose to make a card featuring purple, one of her favorite colors.  I even added a little purple bling to the centers of the Impression Obsession Baby Carriage Wheels.

The papers are primarily Authentique Winter and the layout is this week's My Favorite Things Card Sketch.