Ingenious Inkling

Stamp Joy 2022 - Day 2

I had fun creating for Day 2 of Taylored Expressions Stamp Joy, so I thought I would share a few.

I usually avoid what I would call cutesy coloring, but we learned how to add strategic white dots to really bring the images to life ... and I love how this little slice of watermelon turned out.

 

 

I also had fun ink blending and then stamping over the top for this cool background look.

 

 

I even had fun ink splattering (although I still hate embossing with white embossing powder ... it took several attempts to get one that I thought was good enough to use).

You Deserve a HAND

This week's theme at Shopping our Stash is You Deserve a HAND - to feature a hand (or in my case Hands) and/or a Congratulations Card.

I stamped three hands from the Essentials by Ellen Handful framed by the Essentials by Ellen Instant Photo Frames.

I colored the nails, bracelet and cup of coffee and embossed the decoration on the top of the cup. 

I used the Sketch from the Make the Card Challenge for my layout with a sentiment from the same stamp set.

 

 

I finished with the make-a-wish Dandelion in the third hand.

With my Latte, I'm also joining the Simon Says Food and Drink Challenge.

Washi Tape Congrats

Do you ever go wandering through your blog searching for inspiration?  That's what I did tonight.  I knew I needed multiple Congratulations cards that I could make fairly quickly.  I was okay if they were similar, but since they were going to members of the same team, I wanted them to be slightly different too.

I chose this washi tape card from June 2013 as my inspiration.

 

 

I set the Congrats stamp from Stamp Market A Few Words in my MISTI and went searching for tape.

I started with a combination of blues ... I love that bit of glitter and the clouds.  Like the inspiration card, I repeated some patterns.  

 

 

Next up were dramatic greys and blacks ... clearly I have a thing for measuring tape.

 

 

Next up are the greens (I realized when I was writing the post that I used some of the same tapes as the inspiration card).

 

 

And last up, a card built around the gorgeous wide Gilded Greenery AltaNew Washi Tape.

 

 

I think I could have kept making these cards all night long.

A Glimpse of Heaven

This week's My Time to Craft Challenge is about A New Home. 

My sister and her fiancé just got a new home, and I am so thrilled for them after years of apartment living that they will have their own space for them and for their pets.

 

 

I die cut a green Gel Press Print with the House & Trees Die and positioned it on top of a blue Gel Press Print before die cutting them both with a rectangle die.  I framed them both with a purple frame cut from a third Gel Press Print.

I finished with a poem written with Tim Holtz Sticker Sentiments.

I'm also joining the CCEE Stampers where the theme is to Create a Scene.

Purple Cheers!

My sister's favorite color is purple and in a few weeks I'll be joining her as Matron of Honor at her purple wedding ... I can't wait.

So of course, I had to join the Purple Challenge at Addicted to CAS. 

 

 

I paired the new Essentials by Ellen Cup of Cheer stamps with a sentiment from Essentials by Ellen Bear Ware Grand Tour to turn it into a Purple wedding celebration design.

 

 

I added a little marker coloring and decided to go all-in Purple with a purple card base.

I did a trial run of my nails for the wedding this weekend ... I love the glittery sparkle.

 

Happily Ever After

The current Color Hues Challenge is a lovely one - Pink & Purple.

 

My sister is getting married and I was honored to create her wedding invitations.  I chose the Impression Obsession Heart Couple Frame as my focal image.  I die cut it from light purplish Pink and again from a gold glitter cardstock, which I offset.  I added a gold glitter sticker on the left side.

 

The sentiment is from Couture Creations Forever and Always.

When I completed that assembly, I attached it all to a gorgeous piece of hand-made paper I found at Artist & Craftsman Supply on our trip to Kansas City (I loved that I found the paper on a trip, since traveling with my sister is one of my favorite things & we have explored Kansas City together many times).

I couldn't be happier to be gaining a new brother-in-law.  

Oh, Baby!

Oh, Baby! is the theme of the July Stock Your Stash Challenge at Reverse Confetti.

 

 

I finally added the Plaid Lines Small Confetti Cuts to my stash, so I paired it with the Plaid Lines Big Confetti Cuts in gender-neutral lavender and golden yellow.  I attached it to a kraft card base.

 

 

To get the Tag size I needed, I die cut the large tag from Celebrate Tag Confetti Cuts and then cut it a second time to shorten the size.  I went with my go-to Onesie from Reverse Confetti Cute as a Button and paired it with a sentiment from Reverse Confetti Fancy Word Coordinates stamped in kraft.

And what do you do with all of those little bits that pop out of the Plaid Dies?? Make another quick card of course.  I put them together like building with Legos.

 

The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti Best Sentiments.

Alcohol Ink Congrats

I had so much fun using Alcohol Inks on my Gel Press a few weeks ago. 

Here was the first print I pulled, together with the roll-offs from cleaning my brayer.

 

 

I was going to use that print for the Color Throwdown, but I went with my second one since I thought the shade of green was closer to the palette.

 

 

If you look around my studio, you will see those color speak to me.  I pulled the print with Golden Iridescent Silver paint, which is my new favorite for pulling prints.

 

I used Say It Loud stamps and Coordinating Dies from a new-to-me company Maker's Movement using the layout from Tuesday Morning Sketches.

 

 

I'm also joining the Just Us Girls Challenge where it is to use Script, so my scripty sentiment fits the bill.

 

Happy Saturday!

O. M. G.

The February Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash Challenge is Encouragement & Congratulations Cards.

 

 

I broke out my never-been-ink Reverse Confetti OMG Stamp Set and coordinating Confetti Cut Die and combined it with the current Mojo Monday Sketch.

The designer papers are from Reverse Confetti Winter Wonder Paper Collection.

 

 

I also used the Reverse Confetti Stitched Hex Tag Confetti Cut rather than the circle in the sketch.

 

Now the Fun Begins

Stretching out my World Cardmaking Day fun with a Sketch Challenge from Scrapbook & Cards Today by Mindy Eggen (and CardMaps).

I inked-up some new Hello Baby Stamps from Kerri Bradford for this adorable baby card.

 

 

I used gender-neutral colors and ended-up repeating the sentiment flag for each of those cute little Bears.   I finished with some tiny gold bling.