Ingenious Inkling

Favorite Weirdough

I love the fun new Jammin' Stamps from Essentials by Ellen. 

When I was in 4th Grade, I asked for my very own jar of homemade strawberry jam made by my Grandma's neighbor and one of her freshly baked loaves of bread that she would sell from her carport each Saturday to those in the know.   Bread is pretty much my food love language in whatever delicious form.

 

 

I colored the loaf of bread and pat of butter with my Graph'It Markers and paired it with the Essentials by Ellen Hearts Essentials die cuts.    I just love that sentiment.

I finished with some light blue adhesive pearls.

I took my yellow heart, theme and the light blue frame from the Once Upon a Time Challenge where the inspiration book is My Heart.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Sweet Stampin' Challenge where the theme is Love.

Love Your Guts

Cathy Zielske's Love Your Guts Die Cut is one of my favorites, so I decided to pair it with one of my Gel Prints and some vellum for some fun Valentines.  I just love the combination of purple & lime green.

 

 

I'm linking this one up at the Country View Be Sentiment Challenge.

Since I had the papers out, I reversed the colors and made a second version.  I added some clear embellishment bubbles to this one.

 

 

This one is linking-up at the Crafting Happiness Love Challenge.

Woodblock Cool Yule

It's Woodblock Wednesday (woohoo).

 

 

I combined three different Woodblock Stamps for today's card - Kelly's Coffee & Donuts from Hero Arts, Memory Box Have a Cool Yule and JudiKins Retro Snowmen.

 

 

I went clean & simple with a pop of glitter using this week's Freshly Made Sketch.  I added a Doodlebug Shape Sprinkles Mini Heart for the Caffeinated Christmas Challenge Coffee & Hearts.

 

 

 

Love this cool little dude.

 

 

White-on-White Birthday

This afternoon I'm watching football and restocking my birthday card stash.

I started with the Can You Handle the Pressure Challenge of Embossing with a Twist of Borders and paired it with the White-On-White Challenge at AAA Cards Challenge.

 

I used a vintage Cuttlebug Happy Birthday Embossing Folder with heavy white cardstock.  I trimmed it down and attached it to a white card base with foam tape for the border.

To keep it Clean &  Simple, all I added was a Simon Says Stamp birthday sentiment strip.

Just Us Girls is also having a Clean & Simple Birthday Challenge, so I'm linking-up there as well.  

 

 

 

With the Candles at the top left (on the cake), I'm also linking-up at Seize the Birthday.

 

Stuck On You

This week at Jingle Belles we're Stuck on You.  Stickers were one of the very first things I started collecting when I began making cards … and I'm guessing you have some in your stash too. They might be fun little 3-D images or sentiment strips … whatever your sticker of choice, we're asking you to use them on your holiday cards.

I created with one of my absolute favorite stickers - Christmas Everywhere Stickeroos from Penny Black.  I attached this gorgeous poinsettia to an ivory card base.  

 

 

The sentiment is a sticker company from the past - SRM Stickers.  So quick and easy, I had to make another one.

 

 

Dig out those stickers and come join us.

I'd Pick You Every Time

Love is in the Air at the Paper Craft Crew Challenge.  

I couldn't resist combining some fun foam stickers with Gel Press Prints for some cute & oh-so-easy Valentine's Day Love Cards.

 

 

I added several heart stickers to finish the design.  

This was so easy, I had to make another.

 

 

For this one, I added a sentiment from Pink Paislee Lucky Us.

 

Birdie Love

The newest challenge at The Paper Players is creating Clean & Simple with birdies.

 

 

I've had these vintage little collage images from Red Lead Paper Works in my stash for more years than I can remember.  Today they finally get to send some papercrafting love.

 

 

I paired this cutie with a doily, a coordinating color card base and a sentiment from Essentials by Ellen Valentine Vibes.

 

 

 

This little cutie gets paired with a strip of alcohol ink gel press print (I knew there was a reason I saved that tiny bit) and another Essentials by Ellen Valentine Vibes Sentiment. 

 

 

With a cup and saucer of Tea & Flowers on her bonnet (and a hat to protect her from the rain) I'm joining the Just Us Girls Moodboard Challenge ... sometimes even a little birdie needs a cup of tea to get her day started.

White Colored Pencil Resist Valentine

The January Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K. Designs is to watch a video of Gina K. making a card using White Colored Pencil Resist technique and then make one of your own.   

When I first started stamping, I was utterly fascinated by techniques.  I had so much fun following tutorials and then creating the magic myself (I remember actually doing a few happy dances in the privacy of my studio).  Gina is the Queen of taking those possibly forgotten techniques and making them new & cool again (and I love her for that ... actually I love her for so many more things than that ... she's truly da' bomb).

 

 

I have the same butterflies that Gina used in her video, but I decided to mix-it-up and use the Love Sentiment from Gina K. Designs Sweet stamp set (because why not use a bit open space that makes it more critical that you get your coloring very solid) and turn the design into a Valentine.   I used BubbleGum Pink ink in the middle of my panel with Red Hot ink on the top and bottom before tearing and inking the edges with black ink.

 

 

I used foam tape to pop up my resist panel for a bit more dimension.  The stamped sentiment is from the same Gina K. Designs Sweet Set with a Heart from Gina K. Designs Lovely Words with ombré inking with the same red & pink inks.  The finishing touch was a few clusters of pink gems.

Since I gifted myself Gina K.'s Sweet Set for Christmas (she had some great sale bundles ... how could I resist), I'm linking-up at the Daring Cardmakers New Year - New Crafty Things Challenge.

Yay You!

Tonight I made a retirement card with some vintage postage stamps and this week's Freshly Made Sketch.

 

 

I used a Gel Press print and some stitched circle dies for the layout.  The sentiment is my most used stamp from My Favorite Things Essential Sentiments.

 

R is for Reindeer

I'm thrilled to be Guest Designing at the first Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge of 2023 - R is for Reindeer.

 

 

I decided to go with one of the cute little Reindeer from Lawn Fawn.  I used the one from Lawn Fawn Ugly and Bright and dressed him in a Snowman Sweater colored with my Graph'IT Markers.  The sentiments and speech bubble are from the same set.

 

The background is the Lawn Fawn Stitched Snowflake Backdrop.  I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders for a little pile of snow for my reindeer to stand on before attaching it all to a purple card base to coordinate with my tacky Christmas Sweater.

 

 

My partying reindeer is also linking-up at the Lawnfawnatics Let's Celebrate Challenge.