Ingenious Inkling

Playing Dress-Up

When I saw the theme at the Tuesday Throwdown Challenge was Playing Dress-Up ... I knew it was time to break out my Taylored Expression Sarcasti-chick and some of her Halloween Closet Dress-Up Clothes.

She's promising to grant your birthday wish ... but we all know, she's just there to get a piece of cake and glass of wine.  The Sentiments are from Taylored Expressions Party Pals.

I dressed-her-up in vibrant pink and added some silver bling stickers.  The layout is this week's Freshly Made Sketch.

I'm also joining the Clean & Simple Challenge at Seize the Birthday.

Beauty in Ordinary Things

The design team at the CASology Challenge this week was super-creative in interpreting this week's Cue Card.

I had lots of ideas (the first one I had to trash because I couldn't find the stamp set I was looking for ... don't you hate when that happens.  I'm sure I will find it next week when I'm looking for something completely different).  Finally I went with a Glass Coffee Pot ... the epitome of The Office (and my Office).

I paired it with the final line from the TV Show The Office ... which is so true.  And sometimes the most beautiful things is that first taste of morning caffeine. 

Both Stamps are from The Ink Road Scranton, PA.

I also took my inspiration from the glass of wine at the Fusion Card Challenge (and used the Fusion Sketch too for my CAS Design).

WTF

A clean & simple masculine design for the Sketch Challenge at CAS-ual Fridays.  Instead of a trio of flowers, I used a trio of words above & blow the large center sentiment.

I used the colors from The Paper Players Challenge.

Fat Hearts

When I saw the theme at CASology was Compliment ...

 

I looked down at the Pitch, Please Stamp Set (love me some Pitch Perfect) from Ink Road Stamps on my desk ... and knew I had to make this card ... some days, Fat Amy is my spirit animal.

 

The hearts seemed like the perfect background for this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch (keepin' it CAS).

 

 

Aca-Believe it!

Hey Thanks ...

Life got in the way of studio time this weekend (hate when that happens).  I wanted to get at least one card made before the weekend slips away.

The theme at Impression Obsession is So Very Thankful! 

 

I combined Seth Apter's Impression Obsession LG Edges with Impression Obsession's Hey Thanks ... love how the grunge in both designs work together.  Ink is my new favorite green ... VersaFine Clair Green Oasis.

 

The layout is this week's CAS(E) this sketch!

With Your Tribe

 

No matter how fantastic the travels, there is always something comforting about creating in your own studio again.  

I decided to ink-up some new stamps from Lesia Zgharda Design in the Ukraine.  I had seen some of her images at Alexandra Renke and enjoyed perusing her entire gallery.  When Julia posted a card with one of her images, I finally added some to my collection.

I used three stamps with this week's CAS(e) this Sketch.

I started with the Flower Whale stamped in VersaFine Clair Medieval Blue and then added the Geometric Snowflake & Love My Tribe Sentiment in VersaFine Clair Fantasia.

My first attempt to stamp this card, I managed to get a nice blue inky fingerprint on the top right ... I decided rather than toss it, I would trim it down and add a sentiment from Have Courage and Be Kind ... I really love that whale.

 

And tomorrow Art Camp 2018 officially comes to an end as I return to the office.  I'm so grateful for creative breaks in my life to give my analytical brain rest & recovery time.

PS - and the winner of my Birthday Giveaway is ...

Now I know how they came up with World Card Makers Day's date....your birthday weekend! Makes perfect sense NOW. ;) Hard to choose just one favorite Autumn memory but in younger days it would have been getting "floats" decorated week of homecoming and of course the homecoming dance. But older memories involve my daughters and helping them find their Halloween costumes plus taking them trick or treating. Fun times! AND happy birthday! Enjoy a piece of birthday cake...cause birthday calories don't count! ;)

Posted by: Beverly Sizemore | October 07, 2018 at 06:46 AM

Send me a message at SmilynStef at aol dot com and I'll get it sent your way.

World Card Making Day Sympathy

I'm going to try to join in as many challenges I can today (because like I said in my previous post ... prizes).

The 2nd Challenge at the My Favorite Things Blog is to make a CAS Design.  I have a large pile of un-used MFT products, so this is the perfect opportunity to break them out.

I die cut the MFT Grand Greenery from scraps of paper in the three colors at the Color Throwdown Challenge (love when a card is entirely composed of scraps) and then stamped a sentiment from Brushstroke Expressions in Green Grass Ink.  Do you hold your papers up to your computer monitor to try to figure out if you have the right color (or is that just me)?

I just love that room ... I would live there.

Since I had more greenery ... I made a second card ... because you never feel like making a sympathy card when you really need one (so I always make sure there are plenty in my stash).

Sympathy is also the word at the Just Us Girls Challenge.

Make sure you stop by my Birthday Giveaway Post.

Supercalifragilistic

I used one of my favorite Cancer stamps from CAS-ual Fridays together with the Sketch Challenge at CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog.

 

I stamped it in Pink Ink and then added a Tim Holtz Hashtag sentiment below it.  I used two scraps of pink-ish paper from my stash and some vintage blooms for the embellishments.

 

I'm also joining the TIME OUT Challenge sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays

 

What Cancer Cannot Do

I got a last minute request to make some cards for a co-worker who is having cancer surgery this week.  I went through my challenge folder and put a group of cards together that hopefully will encourage her.

I started with this vintage DRS Stamp Company Cancer Is sentiment from my stash together with Paper Smooches die cut ribbons.  I got this DRS sentiment in 2009 when CardVaarks designed with DRS Stamps (here's the card I made then).

I die cut the ribbons from a scrap of pink cloud paper for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch and then sponged on additional pink ink to even out the color.

 

 

For my second card, I used one of my left-over Unity Stamp Company ATCs featuring Unity's Love. Just Love. Regardless. together with the Layers of Life Magical and Hopeful (05/2018) stamp that I brought home from Junkiefest.

 

Why don't you send a card this week *just because* to encourage someone ... everyone loves to get mail.

Happiness is a Form of Courage

When I saw the new theme at AAA Cards to be Inspired by a TV Show, I knew I had to break-out some of my sets from The Ink Road Stamps (the best TV Show and Movie Stamps).

 

This morning's inspiration and life advice comes from none other than the venerable Ron Swanson of Parks & Rec and my Snarks & Recreation Set from The Ink Road.

 

I also took my Diamond (aka Argyle) inspiration from the Code Word at Addicted to CAS.

 

While I had my Ink Road Stamps collection on my studio table, I also made a card for this week's Inspiration Photo at The Card Concept.

 

I pulled out some Mint Green & Flamingo Pink inks together with my Majestic AF Stamp Set.  I think my design falls into the Clean & Graphic Design Style.

 

I used some graphic black & white cardstock inspired by the background in the photo ... and added a few enamel dots to pull in the round pom poms from the bunting.