Ingenious Inkling

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

The final challenge for Day 12 of the 12 Tags of Christmas at Ellen Hutson is - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer with the fabulous Ellen herself.

 

 

I used my never-been-inked Reindeer from Catherine Pooler Dasher and added red nose to turn him into Rudolph.  He was so easy to color with my Graph'IT Markers.

 

 

I embossed my Tag with the Sizzix 3-D Textured Impressions Winter Snowflakes Embossing folder and a sentiment from Catherine Pooler Merriest Sentiments.

 

 

I added my tag to a watercolored card base for the Let's Squash It! Challenge with snowflakes on my tags and Stars decorating Rudolph's Antlers (colored with an awesome silver glitter pen),

 

Hey (h)Ombre Autumn

The newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to create something with an ombre design.  

 

 

I decided to use Catherine Pooler Inks to create an Ombre background with Apricot, Ginger & Terracotta.

 

 

It took me several times to get one I loved, so I used the leftovers to die cut some leaves using Spellbinders Autumn Leaves & Mini Fall Blooms.  I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says Stamp Die Cuts Challenge.

 

 

I arranged them in reverse Ombre order falling down the side of the card.  I finished with coordinating enamel dots from AlteNew and a sticker sentiment.  

I do love Autumn.

I hope you'll Shop Your Stash for some Ombre designs and come join the fun.

Blue Christmas

We're channeling our inner Elvis at Jingle Belles this week and creating a BLUE Christmas.

I decided to shop my Gel Press drawer for my blues using a fabulous Sketch from Sketch~N~Scrap ... and of course some perfect blue inks from Catherine Pooler.

 

 

The sentiment is from Unity Stamp Company Holiday Joy Christmas Tree.  I finished with some vintage Martha Stewart glittery punched snowflakes and Pinkfresh Studio Bling in the centers.  

 

 

I just love that Gel Press background ... and the little shimmering inked piece I found hidden among the scraps that were too pretty not to keep.  I'm also linking-up at the Unity Stamp Company July Challenge to share your favorite stamps.  I love the Itty Bitty images that combine an image with a sentiment ... it makes cardmaking so much easier (and the frame is a bonus).

 

 

And it's an Any Occasion Challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

 

Happiest of Birthdays

When I saw the pillow inspiration at the Color Throwdown Challenge, I thought I could build an entire boy's bedroom around those pillow.

 

 

I chose Catherine Pooler Dress Blues & Twilight with Concord & 9th Stardust (there is really no ink color like that one and I thought it matched perfect).

I paired it with this week's Freshly Made Sketch where I knew I wanted to stamp the vertical line elements of the design.  I used Avery Elle Brushed Stamp, rotating the middle one.

 

 

For the vertical sentiment, I ombre-inked Avery Elle Cake & Candles.  I finished with some Concord & 9th Stardust enamel dots.

 

Notable & Quotable

I recently purchased the new Catherine Pooler Stamps Set Notable & Quotable (with coordinating dies).  I loved the quotes and the slightly wonky typewriter font.

I stamped the floral images from the set and added a bit of color to the blooms.  Then I created three CAS designs using different coordinating sentiments.

 

 

I started with a simple sentiment flag.  

 

 

For this taller bloom, I liked a sentiment band.

 

 

And for the final shorter bloom, I tried several sentiment possibilities.  When I do an angle cut sentiment, I cut one side, and then I take the cut off portion and flip it over to the other side, so my angles are the same.  When I did that for this card, I flipped it upside down and thought it framed the words well & looked like a flower pot.

With my cards, I'm joining the Dies R Us Anything Goes Challenge.

Christmas Coffee with Heart

I got some new Catherine Pooler stamps & paper in the house this week, so I decided to use the Catherine Pooler Mug Shots Stamp set for my card for the Caffeinated Christmas Challenge. 

 

 

I stamped the Cat Mug in purple & added a heart.  I decided to pair it with new Catherine Pooler Under the Eiffel Tower Designer Paper.

Only one problem, somewhere along the way I forgot I was making a Christmas Card (I'm embarrassed to admit how many times I forgot some key element of a challenge while I'm in the midst of creating).

 

 

So, I did what any committed card-maker does, I went back and tried again.  This time I used the Holly Thermos from Catherine Pooler Warm & Cozy Stamp set in the same purple with the berries stamped in red.  My granddad always took a thermos of coffee in his lunch box every day to work, so that memory made me smile. 

 

 

I used the rest of my Under the Eiffel Tower Paper together with die cut hearts from Catherine Pooler Hearts & Tags Dies.  This time I got the occasion right with a sentiment from Catherine Pooler Jolly Trees.

 

 

The layout is this week's Sketch Saturday.

I'm also linking-up at the 12 Months of Christmas Link Up Challenge, which is also Christmas with a Heart.