Ingenious Inkling

New Little Bundle

My goal at the annual Art Camp Lauren & I had in the fall, my plan was to go home with lots of Gel Press Prints I could use on cards.  In past years I had made lots of fun prints, but the using the large Gel Press the scale was off for smaller card making.  I am glad to say I succeeded and have had a lot of fun incorporating this last round of prints into my designs.

The current challenge at the Unity Stamp Company is New Beginnings ... since I needed a baby card for my stash, I inked-up the never-before-used Bundle Congrats Itty Bitty.

 

I stamped them on a light blue cardstock panel that coordinated with my Gel Press Print background and then paper pieced the clouds and used a red marker on the hearts.  That font is so itty bitty it's almost hard to read (at least for these old eyes).  I was afraid to stamp it more than once or it wouldn't be legible.

I finished with a few enamel dots for texture and attached the panel with foam tape.

Baby Baby

Another baby card using the MFT Die-namics Baby Onesie Die and this week's MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge.

 

I die cut the Die-Namics Baby Onesie from adorable Rockin' Monkey Paper from the Basic Grey Oh Boy collection and Blueprints 33 Die-namics with coordinating cardstock.

 

Sentiment is from MFT More Essential Sentiments.

Blessed

Tonight I needed a baby card, so I started with the current Paper Craft Crew Challenge Sketch.

 

I love the vintage Baby Carriage from Impression Obsession.  I didn't have any sentiment stamps that were the right proportion, so I used sentiment stickers.

 

Baby Baby

Tonight I realized I had absolutely no baby cards in my stash ... how does that happen?  So baby cards are on the creative agenda.

I started with Taylored Expressions Bubble Greetings - Baby.  I paper-pieced the sweet little onesie.

I used the Stitched Journaling Card Die from Lawn Fawn for the DiesRUs Challenge.  The tiny typed sentiment is from Memory Box Big and Little Words with some Valentine's Day Designer Papers (perfect for tiny little girl cards).

I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says Stamp Think Pink Challenge.

Oh, Baby!

The theme for the July Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash Challenge is Oh, Baby!

 

I pulled out my favorite baby stamp set - Cute as a Button and a sentiment from Congratulations.  I added some fun little baby buttons to finish the design.

 

The colors are from the CAS Colour Challenge.

 

The layout is the Fab Friday Sketch.

 

Baby Baby

I needed a congratulations card for a new Grandma of twins.  I went to my favorite Reverse Confetti Cute as a Button stamp set for the win.

 

 

The layout is from Feeling Sketchy, sentiment is from Reverse Confetti Posted Note Sentiments & the papers are from Reverse Confetti Pattern Play.

 

Embrace the Journey

The theme at the Impression Obsession Challenge is Feathered Friends.

 

 

I thought about some penguins ... but settled on a stork to add to my baby card stash.  I stamped the Impression Obsession Stork in gray and then built my card around him using a paper from My Mind's Eye Cut & Paste - Flair.

 

The sentiment is from Impression Obsession Words for Art and the Sketch is this week's Freshly Made Sketch.  I really like the strip of grey cardstock on the left side of the design ... need to remember to incorporate more of that.  I repeated the circle theme of the paper with some Eyelet Outlet Enamel Dots.

 

A New Baby

The theme of the current Impression Obsession Challenge is New Beginnings.

I needed a baby card for my stash, so that seemed like the perfect New Beginning.

 

I have never been a liquid adhesive user ... but after watching several people have success with Gina K. Designs' Connect Glue, I took the dive ... and haven't looked back.  I used it to attach those cursive letters from Impression Obsession's Congrats Word Set and it worked like a charm.

I die cut the four icons from Impression Obsession's Baby Set from Red & Blue cardstock and finished my design.

I'm also joining the Anything Goes Challenge at Cute Card Thursday.

The Biggest Footprints

I was thrilled to be chosen as the winner of the Color Throwdown Challenge a few weeks ago ... and even more thrilled to be invited to Guest Design for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge.

I was inspired not only by the colors, but also by the pair of boots and the patterns in the shingles & door on the house.  Instead of L. L. Bean Boots, my pair of shoes are baby walking shoes from Technique Junkies Welcome Sweet Baby.

 

I used the sketch from Crazy 4 Challenges for my layout.  I needed a little texture on the triangles, so I took the inspiration from the shingles & doors in the picture and embossed with bricks.

 

I finished with some Little Stars Washi Tape from Alexandra Renke.  You can save 10% on everything in the Technique Junkies Store if you use my code TJ10Stephanie at checkout.

 

The Snuggle is Real

The Stock Your Stash Challenge at Reverse Confetti is Baby Cards ... since Jen has made my absolutely favorite and most used baby set of stamps (Cute as a Button), I knew I had to ink them up.

I decided to use the colors from the CAS Colours & Sketch Challenge since they were pretty gender neutral (which is good to have when you're making stash cards).

I stamped my Cute as a Button Onesie in Grapefruit and added Scalloped Square Confetti Cuts in the other two hues.  I finished with a sticker sentiment (if I win, I'll be adding her Congratulations set to my stash).

I'm also joining the BABY Challenge at Addicted to CAS Challenge.