Ingenious Inkling

Living Life in Peace

Amy T's Woodblock Wednesday Challenge is always a bit of a walk down memory lane for me. 

Today I went wandering through my winter stamps, and ultimately chose two of my very well-loved favorites for today's card.

 

 

I started by stamping the happy little Savvy Stamps Let It Snowman in black ink on pink cardstock & again on white cardstock to detail cut & paper piece it together (if I'm using vintage stamps, I figured I might as well throw in a vintage technique.  When I was done, I colored the scarf with pink and die cut with a stitched circle.

 

Since a snowfall that produces that type of smile is always one of the most peaceful moments to me, I paired it with a John Lennon lyric from Peddler's Pack.

I used a combination of silver & pink washi tapes on silver metallic card stock that was die cut with a stitched die cut, so I'm joining the Use More than One Die Challenge at the Cut It Up Challenge.

 

I used a layout from Sketch Saturday & the Pink and Silver color palette for the Color Hues Challenge.  I finished with some Silver embellishments.

 

 

Banner-Inspired Holiday

Hard to believe we're already at our final prompt of 2023 at Jingle Belles.  This week we're asking you to create cards inspired by our fabulous Lauren-designed blog banner for 2023.

 

 

I went with a pink color palette, white snowflakes, pink glittery letters and swapped the texty background for a musical one.

 

 

I started with texty Santa paper from Prima Santa Baby paper.  I added some glittery Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die D-Lites-Jolly Ho Ho Ho letters (that have literally been on my studio table since I made this card in December of last year), silver glittery Love from Lizi Peel-offs and white snowflake stickers. 

I'm also joining the Christmas Kickstart / Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge - It’s Christmas Jim but not as we know it  

 

Pinkfresh Studios Rainbow Thank You

The November Pinkfresh Studio Challenge theme is thank you with a Rainbow color palette.

 

 

I was putting supplies away and found my last Pinkfresh Studio stash box still unpacked.  I went through my inventory and found this fun rainbow paper from the Pinkfresh Studio Delightful collection, so I built my card around it.

 

I used this week's Sunday Stamps Sketch (flipped on its side) together with ephemera, puffy stickers, a wax seal and enamel dots from the Pinkfresh Studio Delightful collection that were also in the box.

 

 

The tiny thank you sentiment is from Pinkfresh Studio With Love.

Hydrangea Hues

When I saw the current Color Hue Challenge, I thought of one of my favorite blooms ... Hydrangeas.

 

 

I started with a gelliprint from my stash in light blue & purple, die cut with a stitched rectangle. 

 

 

Next I added some 3-D Hydrangea stickers, glittery enamel dots and a sticker sentiment.

Bingo Birthday

My card started with the Retro Rubber Challenge and thoughts of how I might incorporate those colors.

 

 

Next, I looked at the Tic Tac Toe at The Paper Players, and decided I wanted to go horizontal across the center with designer paper, a die cut and enamel dots.  That took my shopping in my paper scrap bin.

 

 

I found this fun yellow bingo card that I die cut with a stitched rectangle.  Next I added some bright blue designer paper and coordinating enamel dots for a vertical Bingo. 

Then I finished with my Retro Rubber stamped woodblock sentiment from Savvy Stamps - block happy birthday - that is at least 2 years old, but I'm guessing closer to 10 years.  I stamped it in Versafine Claire Verdant Green.

 

 

I'm also joining the Anything Goes Challenge at Use Your Stuff, since all of the items on this card were certainly in the stuff category.

Let's Get Sauced!

The newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is a color challenge.

 

 

I cut 1/2" strips in each color using the Quick Strips Die Cut from The Stamp Market and covered my background.

 

 

Next, I used the same colors for the Turkey Time Die from Scrapbook.com replacing the die cut eyes with the perfect googlie eyes.  The sentiment is printed.

I can't wait to see what you create with these awesome colors.

Color Hues Birthday

I love kraft and yellow together, so I wanted to make sure I joined the Color Hues Challenge.

 

 

I had seen several designs this week featuring circles, so I broke out the stitched circle die cuts and scraps of cardstock.

 

 

I needed birthday cards, so I stamped the Hero Arts Party Time image in kraft ink (love when a stamp combines a sentiment with an image) and added some Pinkfresh Studio Champagne Glitter Dots.

Pink Snow

The newest Lawnfawnatics Challenge is to create a Monochromatic Card.  I've had this Lawn Fawn Giant Let It Snow Die Cut that was rejected from some prior creative endeavor ... it was time for it to become the star of the show.

 

 

I chose several coordinating pink cardstocks using this weeks Paper Crafts Crew Sketch and embossed the background with Lawn Fawn Stitched Snowflakes Backdrop.  I also added a fun little bunny from Lawn Fawn Snow Day.

 

 

I added a few wraps of embroidery floss, a puffy little bunny tail, and some pink jewels to finish my monochromatic design.

 

♥ Pink Christmas... for the Cure! ♥

We're still celebrating our Pink Christmas for the Cure at Jingle Belles this week.  

 

 

I can always count on Doodlebug Designs for fun pink holiday papers.  I cut those tags from the Candy Cane Lane collection using a Sketch from the Build Your Stash Holiday card Makers.

 

 

The sentiment is from stamped from a vintage woodblock stamp from Impress Cards & Crafts.

 

I'm also linking-up at Simon Says: Christmas.

Hot Pink & Lime Birthday Bees

I'm thrilled to still be the Special Party Guest at Seize the Birthday for their latest challenge - a color challenge of Hot Pink & Lime.

 

 

When I think of those colors, I think of Gina K. Designs Electro Pop Neon ink colors Poppin Pink & Loud Lime, so I used both colors with Gina K. Designs Ornamental Fans to create two backgrounds, and then I trimmed the Hot Pink panel to position it on top of the Lime Panel and edged it with Hot Pink cardstock.  I attached it to a Hot Pink Card base. 

 

 

I decided that in the cardmaking world, animals can be any color, so I stamped Gina K. Designs Beautiful Bees and the coordinating Sentiment with the Loud Lime Ink.  I went in and added a bit of Catherine Pooler Lime Ricky ink for a bit more contrast.  

I finished with a scattering of lime gems.