Ingenious Inkling

Getting Sketchy With It

We're Getting Sketchy at Jingle Belles this week with this fun layout.

 

I combined papers from the Echo Park I Love Christmas Collection (punched with a 2 1/2" circle punch).  I inked the circle to cover any of the white core of the paper and tie the patterns together.

I finished with a Santa Sticker and a Rub-On Sentiment ... and lots of layers.

I'm also joining the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge which is all about Occasions ... and you know Christmas is one of your favorite occasions.

I can't wait to see what you create with my sketch.

Magical Birthday

The Challenge theme at Shopping Our Stash this week is No Ink ... the perfect opportunity to use some papers & coordinating die cuts from Echo Park Imagine That Girl collection in my "not yet been used" stash.

I finished with some Eyelet Outlet bling jewels and SRM Stickers Birthday Stickers for my sentiments using a sketch from Feeling Sketchy.

 

March of the Toys

So many of the Eyelet Outlet brads are perfect for realistic cards ... but today, I'm looking at my brad collection through the eye of creating my own Toy Story.

I started with March of the Toys Designer Paper from the Carta Bella Toy Box Collection and then created my own Toy Box Parade.  I started with a few pieces of Building Block Washi Tape to help ground the parade (remember you can click on the pictures to see a larger view).

 

Next I went through my entire brad stash and pulled out any that I thought would be found in a Toy Box.  

 

 

 

 

I added a winter sled (one of the new Fall Brads), a fun little convertible car (doing a wheelie for my brother), a motorcycle, cartoon fish, a stuffed giraffe, a fun Monster, a Toy Army Man ... and of course some building blocks.

 

 

I finished with a dump truck (one of our favorite toys because we could play in the dirt and rocks), another wheelie car, a stuffed lion and round brads for some bouncing balls.

 

I had so much fun creating my card, there will likely be more toy-themed designs in my future.

 

Eyelet Outlet Products used: 

• Building Block Washi Tape
• Building Block Brads
• Winter Sled Brads (New in the store)
• Army Men Brads
• Fun Fish Brads
• Monster Brads
• Car Brads
• Baby Animal Brads
• Motorcycle Brads
• Truck Brads
• 8mm Summer Brad Mix

Brave ... Brilliant ... Resiliant

Having some stamping fun with my MISTI and Reverse Confetti Sketch For You to Try.

The Toppings Theme at Seize the Birthday is Ocean Colors (I'm calling the Peach my *neutral* for this design).  

I just love the fonts in her stamp sets ... these are from One Day at a Time.  The Paris Map Paper is from Echo Park Carta Bella Metropolitan Girl.

Than You Would the Queen

At The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers ... of course, Q is for Queen.

And then when I saw the theme at Less is More was Washi Tape, I had to break out my new Glitter Crown Washi Tape from Eyelet Outlet.

I started by creating my crown using a die cut from Echo Park Paper Company Princess Dies and two sizes of Champagne Bling from Eyelet Outlet.

 

I love the gorgeous rainbow ombre color of the glitter tape.  I finished with one of my favorite sentiments from Artistic Outpost London Underground.

Get Fired Up!

Tonight I was inspired by the Get Fired Up! Challenge at Retro Rubber to break out some Echo Park Stars & Stripes paper and a vintage A Muse Sentiment (this stamp might be 10 years old ... just can't part with those great tiny sentiments).

I combined two papers, a sticker and my sentiment stamp.

The layout is this week's Freshly Made Sketch.

With my trio of balloons, I'm also linking-up at The Male Room.

Save Water

I had one little scrap of wood grain paper left, so I decided to use it for a Unity Stamp Company Friends with Flair Card.

I used this week's CAS(E) this Sketch and a stamp from A Round of Cocktails for my focal image.  To get the bottle look, I inked with Avery Elle Conch Shell and then inked lightly (focusing on one edge) with Avery Elle Truffle Ink ... then I clear-embossed to create the look of *glass*.  

I finished with a sentiment from Birthday Jubilee.

You Are Wonderful

I had a scrap of Echo Park wood grain paper that was perfect for the current Paper Smooches Sparks May Picture Challenge ... all I had to do was darken it a bit with some Memento Espresso Truffle Ink.

I used the Paper Smooches Wise Dies Poinsettia to add the floral element to my design, together with Kudos Words Dies to bring in more of the pink.

The layout is The Crooked Stamper Sketch Challenge.

Look >>>> Happy

This morning I got up early to venture to Iowa City for my last big farmer's market of the year.  I took along Flat Stanley (or Flat Aaron as I called him, since he came from my nephew Aaron) for the adventure.

It was the perfect cool morning for driving with the sun room open and tunes blaring ... and I got to watch a gorgeous sunrise on my trip.

After the market (where I picked-up sweet corn, apples, and freshly baked goodies), I stopped at the Michael's store in Coralville, which always seems to have different things than I find at the Cedar Rapids store.  

Today's exciting find was a package of 60 pages of American Craft Papers designed by Maggie Holmes for $5.00 ... so of course I had to come home and cut into them.  

My inspiration came from two sources ... first, The Cutting Edge Challenge (which was perfect since I also wanted to use my brand new camera & sentiment die cuts from Echo Park).

Also from the SplitCoast Stampers Inspiration Challenge ... Christmas Tree Shops.  This Patterned Patchwork Quilt Set inspired me to use the quilt-like grid from the paper packaging that showed the different papers that were inside (see it behind the camera) ... it was just too pretty to throw away.

Fusion Challenge - Butterflies

I love the current Fusion Card Challenge inspiration photo ... it sent me on the hunt for butterflies & more butterflies, which I found in Echo Park's Walk in the Park Collection.

The sketch layout was perfect for featuring the lovely butterfly paper ... for the circle, I used a Tree Sticker filled with more butterflies & hearts (picking-up the hearts in the background on the inspiration design).

The rest of the design is stickers ... border, flowers & sentiment.  I hoipe this bright cheery card will make the recipient smile.

And if you'd like some further inspiration, click through and see what the Design Team has created:

• Betty J
• Dannielle Robeson
• Deepti
• Geri Freeman
• Julia Aston
• Katie Brooks
• Kelly Griglione
• Kimberly Wiener 
• Lyndal Higgins
• Lynn Mangan
• Michelle Folland
• Michelle Lupton
• Sindu
• Stephanie Severin <---------- Me