Ingenious Inkling

New Little Bundle

My goal at the annual Art Camp Lauren & I had in the fall, my plan was to go home with lots of Gel Press Prints I could use on cards.  In past years I had made lots of fun prints, but the using the large Gel Press the scale was off for smaller card making.  I am glad to say I succeeded and have had a lot of fun incorporating this last round of prints into my designs.

The current challenge at the Unity Stamp Company is New Beginnings ... since I needed a baby card for my stash, I inked-up the never-before-used Bundle Congrats Itty Bitty.

 

I stamped them on a light blue cardstock panel that coordinated with my Gel Press Print background and then paper pieced the clouds and used a red marker on the hearts.  That font is so itty bitty it's almost hard to read (at least for these old eyes).  I was afraid to stamp it more than once or it wouldn't be legible.

I finished with a few enamel dots for texture and attached the panel with foam tape.

Pumpkin Inspired Wedding

For some reason, when I saw the current Fusion Card Challenge I thought WEDDING (could be because all of my Halloween Cards are already done & in the mail).

 

Black and white make an elegant wedding card.  I started with the wedding cake sticker and built my card around it.

 

I used some Echo Park Wedding Bliss paper, some texty Prima Flowers and a vintage wood block A Muse Sentiment.  I attached my texty paper to my 6 1/2" black card base intending to cut off the black edges, but ended-up liking how they framed the design.

Blessed

Tonight I needed a baby card, so I started with the current Paper Craft Crew Challenge Sketch.

 

I love the vintage Baby Carriage from Impression Obsession.  I didn't have any sentiment stamps that were the right proportion, so I used sentiment stickers.

 

Baby Baby

Tonight I realized I had absolutely no baby cards in my stash ... how does that happen?  So baby cards are on the creative agenda.

I started with Taylored Expressions Bubble Greetings - Baby.  I paper-pieced the sweet little onesie.

I used the Stitched Journaling Card Die from Lawn Fawn for the DiesRUs Challenge.  The tiny typed sentiment is from Memory Box Big and Little Words with some Valentine's Day Designer Papers (perfect for tiny little girl cards).

I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says Stamp Think Pink Challenge.

Technique Junkies New August Stamps

There is a stamp for every style in the August Release at Technique Junkies ... remember they are all 20% off through August 8th (with an extra 10% off your entire order including new stamps if you use my discount code TJ10Stephanie).

 

 

I started by practicing some of the watercolor skills I learned from Eff Cee on the gorgeous Framed Sunflower using golden yellows, oranges and browns.  When I was done painting, I added orange splatters to finish the design.

 

The sentiment is from Simple Sentiments Set 1b.  I'm linking-up at Watercooler Wednesday where the theme is Anything Goes.

 

Next I did a more free-form watercolor technique using the new Echinecia Stamp.

 

 

I used the colors from these Cheyenne Spirit Coneflowers as my inspiration for my color palette.  I found a scrap of water-colored paper in my stash that was the perfect background.  The sentiment for this card is from Simple Sentiments Set 2b.

 

I'm linking this one up at the Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes Watercolour Challenge (no Ocean, but it takes a lot of water to keep those flowers blooming).

 

I thought the new Prickly Stamp was perfect for paper piecing.  I stamped it on green cardstock, cut it out, and added shading with colored pencils.  I stamped it a second time on wood grain designer paper.

 

I backed it with some hand-marbled paper I made before attaching to a Cactus Green Card Base.  The Prickly Cactus is also perfect for the {Cupcake Inspirations} Challenge this week.

 

 

I'm also entering it in the Anything Goes Challenge at Cute Card Thursday.

My final card features the new Inside Out For the Girls Set.  I could think of someone for each sentiment included in the set.

 

 

I paired this one with some Eyelet Outlet Sneaker & Water Bottle brads and washi tape.  The inside reads:

 

I'm linking this one up at the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge.

Make sure you hop to all of the other Designer's Blogs to see the entire release.

• Technique Junkies Blog https://techniquejunkies.blogspot.com/2019/08/technique-junkies-august-release.html
• Beth Norman-Roberts https://www.sunflowers-dragonflies.ca/blog/62725/technique-junkie…ase-and-discount/
• Ceal Pritchett https://simplybeautifulcreations.blogspot.com/2019/08/technique-junkies-august-release.html
• Giovana Smith https://giovana-believe.blogspot.com/2019/08/technique-junkies-august-release.html
• Holly Brown https://glitterstampsandink.blogspot.com/2019/08/august-2019-technique-junkies-release.html
• Janine Tinklenberg https://www.jantink.com/2019/08/01/mitten-state-stamps-tj-august-release.html
• Jeanne Streiff https://inkypaws.splitcoaststampers.com/2019/08/01/technique-junkies-august-release-discount/
• Judy Jackson - https://judysstampart.blogspot.com/2019/08/awesome-august-new-awesome-stamps.html
• Kia Gibson-Clapper - https://kia-splace.ca/?p=8801
• Lee Ann Barrett https://greytpapercrafts.blogspot.com/2019/08/celebrating-august-technique-junkies.html
• Lynda Pleckan https://paperartscafe.blogspot.com/2019/08/technique-junkies-august-stamp-release.html
• Pat Huntoon https://patstamps.blogspot.com/2019/08/august-2019-new-release.html
• Ro Donner https://rodonner.blogspot.com/2019/08/august-release-from-technique-junkies.html
• Stephanie Severin <<---------- YOU ARE HERE

Baby Baby

I needed a congratulations card for a new Grandma of twins.  I went to my favorite Reverse Confetti Cute as a Button stamp set for the win.

 

 

The layout is from Feeling Sketchy, sentiment is from Reverse Confetti Posted Note Sentiments & the papers are from Reverse Confetti Pattern Play.

 

Embrace the Journey

The theme at the Impression Obsession Challenge is Feathered Friends.

 

 

I thought about some penguins ... but settled on a stork to add to my baby card stash.  I stamped the Impression Obsession Stork in gray and then built my card around him using a paper from My Mind's Eye Cut & Paste - Flair.

 

The sentiment is from Impression Obsession Words for Art and the Sketch is this week's Freshly Made Sketch.  I really like the strip of grey cardstock on the left side of the design ... need to remember to incorporate more of that.  I repeated the circle theme of the paper with some Eyelet Outlet Enamel Dots.

 

Stamping Friends Trifecta

The My Sweet Petunia Design Team is having fun creating with two of our dear friends ... Gina K. Designs and Picket Fence Studios.  Each company will be giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky blog commenter from all of the participant blogs.

 

I love Gina K.'s cardstock ... the colors are so vibrant and the card stock is the perfect sturdy weight.  I decided to stamp on three different colors of half sheets using the new Elegant Asters Stamp Set ... I thought it would be fun to have stamping on both the front and back of my folded card.  I used my Memory MISTI, so I could easily stamp off all the edges.

 

 

The first card used Gina K. Designs Sweet Mango Cardstock and the three flowers in the set.  I wanted a tone-on-tone look for each card, so I worked with a monochromatic design.

 

The Memory MISTI allowed me to stamp all three flowers at once, clean them with my Gina K. Designs Tidy Towel (love that thing) and then stamp again.

 

 

After filling my cardstock, I folded it in half and made my first card.  I stamped the large flower and two sets of leaves on Gina K. Designs Sea Glass cardstock and cut them out with the coordinating Dies.

 

 

I added some Eyelet Outlet Bling in the center of my bloom and some enamel dots before finishing with a sentiment from Picket Fence Studios Going to Be Okay.  I just love how her cardstock colors work together.

 

 

Next I decided to stamp with only the leaves in the set on Sea Glass Cardstock.

 

 

Aren't those leaves just beautiful.

 

 

Again I covered the entire half sheet and folded it to make my card.

 

 

I used more die cut leaves together with the Gina K. Designs Wishes Word Die cut from fun foam.  The sentiment is Picket Fence Studios Ways to Say Congrats paired with the tiny BEST Stamp from Gina. K. Designs Mini Wishes Stamp Set.  Love how it all works so well together.

For my final card, I combined the flowers and the leaves, which allowed me to stamp them all together using my Memory MISTI very quickly.  This time I used the yummy Jelly Bean Green Cardstock from Gina. K. Designs.

 

 

Stamping so many images at a time, my half sheet was filled in no time at all.

 

 

Next I stamped the butterfly from the Gina K. Designs Elegant Asters Stamp Set twice on Sea Glass Cardstock and die cut them.  Then I added some adhesive pearls.

 

 

I used more of my Fun Foam with the Gina. K. Designs Hello Word Die and perched my butterflies on several of the flowers ... this card just makes me happy.

I hope you had fun on my creative journey today ... if you don't have any of this yummy cardstock, you should really consider adding some to your stash.

Now it's time to HOP ... remember, three $50 gift certificates up for grabs chosen from commenters on the participant blogs.

Gina Krupsky

My Sweet Petunia

Picket Fence Studios

Karen Hightower

Ilina Crouse

Sheri Gilson

Jeanne Streiff

Cathy Tidwell

Lydia Fiedler

Donna Idlet

Susie Moore

Ceal Pritchett

Lisa Hetrick

Giovana Smith

Mindy Eggen

Stephanie Severin <<---- You Are Here

Rema DeLeeuw

Chris Dayton

Emily Loggans

Heather Ruwe

Arjita Singh

Karen Reategui

Melanie Muenchinger

Angela Bode

Beth Silaika

Jen Timko

Jana Millen

Lisa Henke

Anna Wight

Judy Rozema

Susan Wymer

Hannah Schroepfer

 

Fierce Mind

The theme of the Stock Your Stash Challenge at Reverse Confetti for April is Moms, Dads or Grads.

 

Of course, no Moms, Dads or Grads stamps in my Reverse Confetti Stash, so I had to get creative.  What I do have are Congratulations Stamps & Encouragement Stamps, so I combined sentiments from Reverse Confetti My Tribe and Congratulations for this Graduation Card.

 

I watched this video to figure out how to make my own Mortar Board Hat and added a bit of twine for the tassel.

A New Baby

The theme of the current Impression Obsession Challenge is New Beginnings.

I needed a baby card for my stash, so that seemed like the perfect New Beginning.

 

I have never been a liquid adhesive user ... but after watching several people have success with Gina K. Designs' Connect Glue, I took the dive ... and haven't looked back.  I used it to attach those cursive letters from Impression Obsession's Congrats Word Set and it worked like a charm.

I die cut the four icons from Impression Obsession's Baby Set from Red & Blue cardstock and finished my design.

I'm also joining the Anything Goes Challenge at Cute Card Thursday.