Ingenious Inkling

Sweet Little One

The February Reverse Confetti Sketch For You To Try comes to the rescue for a needed baby card.

I am also lovin' my new VersaFine Clair Inks (onesies are stamped in VersaFine Clair Cheerful with a single impression ... look at that coverage) and sentiment is stamped in Catherine Pooler Garden Party.  All Stamps are from Reverse Confetti Cute as a Button with coordinating Onesie Confetti Cut Die.

With my dotty background, I'm also joining the Retro Rubber Challenge.  My Reverse Confetti stamps are at least one year and 4 months old (I made my first card with them in October 2016).

 

Welcome Baby

It's World Card Making Day (and my birthday if you want to click over and help me celebrate), so of course I had to find some time to make a card.

I chose to join the October Mix It Up Challenge with AlteNew & Essentials by Ellen.

I started by die cutting Essentials by Ellen Concertina Tag from ivory cardstock and then trimming it down to use a single tag.  I die cut the star to frame the tag hole from yellow cardstock.

I stamped & die cut my AlteNew Little One Onesie from the same yellow and then stamped and die cut the flopsie bunny from Essentials by Ellen Bear Wear.  The sentiments are both from AlteNew Sentiments & Quotes.  The Ink is Taylored Expressions Earl Grey.

And the layout is this week's CAS(E) this Sketch!

MISTI and The Snuggle is Real

I use my MISTI for almost all of my stamping, but today's card features two types of stamping where I find it particularly essential.  The first is for solid images.  No matter how juicy my ink pad is and how conditioned my stamp is (you can tell this one is WELL used), I never get the coverage I'm looking for with just one inking.  There is just too much white cardstock showing through.

Another essential for me is using the grids on the MISTI to help me line up long stamps.  In the past, it always took me several tries (even with a gridded acrylic block) to get things straight ... not any more.  

Another MISTI trick I used on this card is that when I first inked this stamp with red ink, it was a bit TOO red for the color palette I was going for, so I inked the stamp a second time using the more peachy toned Poppy ink from the Baby Onesie, which provided the additional coverage for the solid circles and toned down my red perfectly.

I used these two stamped images (from Reverse Confetti Cute as a Button & Elemental Stripes) to create a cute little baby card for the August Sketch for You to Try.

I used one of the die cut frames from Reverse Confetti All Framed Up Confetti Cuts.  The colors are from the Summer Petals inspiration palette at Sunday Stamps.  The gems to finish the design are from Eyelet Outlet.

Baby Blessed

I have two goals for today ... clean-up my studio & re-stock my card stash.  This card helped me accomplish both.  These baby stickers have been on my studio table some April when I made a card with the other pieces from the set ... and today, they finally made it onto a card.

I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch with scraps of paper from my scrap bin.  It's their 300th Sketch, which is absolutely amazing!  Since the stickers covered most of my oval, I added a small sticker sentiment to complete the design.

The Snuggle Is Real

I had so much fun playing with the new Distress Oxide Inks & my MISTI this weekend.  I tried lots of techniques ... some worked better than others.  Tonight's card is actually made with one of the reject panels (I tried dropping alcohol reinkers onto an Oxide covered piece of watercolor paper hoping for more of a reaction ... but I just got wonky polka dots ... the fun is in the playing).

But I never throw away the rejects because like tonight ... they usually find a home.  I thought the fun pink and purple combination was perfect for a girly baby card.

I used the July Sketch for You to Try with one of my all time favorite baby stamps from Cute as a Button.  I used another Gel Press Print I made with my MISTI for the diagonal element.

I finished with some Eyelet Outlet Enamel Hearts.

I'm also joining Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp.

 

Cherish Every Moment

The current Challenge at Impression Obsession is Animal Friends.  I chose to feature my adorable Patchwork Elephant for a few baby cards.

I die cut the Elephant out of three different scraps of mint designer paper and assembled him.

I just bought the Congratulations Stamp with my previous winnings.  The layout is this week's Just Add Ink Sketch.

Since I had extra Elephant pieces, I used them to make a second card.

This one uses the layout from CAS(E) this Sketch, three sizes of star punches, and a sticker sentiment.

Since the card is for a baby boy, I'm also linking up at the Stars Challenge at The Male Room.

Baby Baby

The framed of the Diagonal Stripe Background die cut from Taylored Expressions is the result of some failed inky experimentation this afternoon.  It was too pretty to toss, so I decided to see if I could salvage a card design.

Since it's stripes, I started with the Stripe theme at Less is More and left the stripe space empty for a clean design.

Next I moved on to CAS(E) this sketch! adding some purple cardstock down the middle.

I decided to finish with some adorable Little B embellishments I found at Tuesday Morning yesterday at a super-markdown price ... they are just so cute.  Sentiment is from Taylored Expressions In & Out Wedding (love that nice big font).

I'm also linking-up at the Brown Sugar Challenge where they are featuring die cuts.

Oh Baby

Another awesome Sketch For You To Try at Reverse Confetti this month.  

Since I needed a baby card, I pulled out my favorite Cute as a Button set (how can you go wrong with those adorable onesies).

I went with greens and golds for a nice spring feel.  I stayed pretty true to the sketch with a scatter of sequins.

Baby Blue

The theme at Impression Obsession is (Not So) Moody Blues, so I pulled out a pad of blue patterned designer papers and had some Baby Blue fun.

I started with some Chevrons for Challenge-Up Your Life.  Then I added some plaid and stripes too to create my sweet little Impression Obsession Patchwork Elephant.

The layout is this week's Freshly Made Sketch ... and the sentiment is from Impression Obsession Express Yourself.

The Snuggle is Real

Tonight I'm creating with one of my favorite stamps from Reverse Confetti Cute as a Button.

First in shades of blue & red using this week's Sketch For You to Try.

Then in shades of teal and gold using another take on the sketch ... this time with some polka dots