Ingenious Inkling

Dashing Through the Snow

The December Memory Box Challenge is to use Patterned Paper. 

When I was looking through my product collection, I thought this adorable Memory Box Wonderland Snowman cut from white felt with a touch of glitter would look fabulous dressed in some Memory Box Patterned Paper from the Memory Box Garland paper collection.  I added a green Love from Lizi Peel Off for definition of the hat brim.

 

 

I positioned him on some snowy pattern paper from Memory Box Dashing Holiday collection.  The sentiment is from Memory Box Dashing with Reindeer ... because this cutie is ready for a snow ball fight and a cup of coffee (with an Eyelet Outlet Holiday Coffee Brad) for the Caffeinated Christmas Snowman & Coffee Challenge.  

I used a circle punch to make his mouth & two different sized googly eyes for a bit of a wonky look.

 

 

I'm also linking-up my cute little snowman wearing a hat & scarf at the Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge, and I'm joining the We Love Stamping Winter Flowers or Foliage Challenge since my snowman is decked out in pretty holiday blooms.

 

 

Hard Candy Christmas

This week at Jingle Belles for our Hard Candy Christmas, we're asking you to create a holiday card with your favorite Christmas Candy (or cookie or other holiday food).

I chose this happy little Santa journaling card as my starting point & filled his hands with a Holiday Coffee Cup and a Candy Cane (both brads from Eyelet Outlet).

 

 

I used some pretty Mintay Holiday paper and a sketch from Try Stampin' on Tuesday.

 

 

I finished with a sentiment from Impress.

We can't wait to see what delicious holiday cards fill our gallery.

A Christmas Story

At Jingle Belles the theme is still A Christmas Story where we're asking you to create a card inspired by the many holiday books or movies that we all adored in childhood (and likely still adore them today). 

So whether you love “A Christmas Carol”, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” or “It's a Wonderful Life” we're asking you to create a card inspired by your favorite holiday book or movie.

Bumble the Abominable Snowman aka Yeti from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 1964 Stop Motion Animation Special has always been my favorite Yeti.  I built my card around this long-hoarded foam sticker adding the glittery star and Eyelet Outlet Candy Cane Brad in his Yeti hands. 

 

 

I paired with with snowflakes & candy cane striped designer paper with him perched on a stitched die cut oval from one of my red gelliprints.  The perfect sentiment is from Hello Bluebird Yeti or Not.

I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says Monday Christmas Challenge.

#daisyyellowicad2023 - week 5

I am still having fun with #dyicad2023.

 

 

Day 36 was imaginary.   I wanted to do a one-staple collage with my imaginary Monster crew, but for the life of me I couldn't locate my stapler (I bought a new one, then of course it showed up).  So instead, I used an Eyelet Outlet Unicorn Brad to attach my playing cards to my index card.

 

 

For day 37 Metallic, I started with a Metallic Gelliprint and then used my Hexagon punch on a number of additional metallic gelliprints from my stash.  I added metallic text stickers and finished with more metallic Eyelet Outlet Fish Brads.

 

 

Day 38 is Zodiac.  We tend to collect goats at our house, so I pulled out a never before inked Hobby Art Ltd Get Your Goat Stamps on another metallic Gelliprint with some Pinkfresh Studio Alphabet Stickers.

 

 

Day 39 I went off-prompt and I think it's my favorite for the week.  My studio was too messy to create anything, so I had to spend time putting things away and cleaning-up.  As I found little bits and bobs, I cut them-up into little strips and created this glue-as-you-go collage on a discarded bubble stamped index card.  I finished with a few semi-transparent Amy Tangerine Star Stickers and a tiny word ephemera from AALL & Create 

 

 

Day 40 was another off-prompt with a gelli print and cardstock scraps ... finished with a piece of ephemera and another AALL Tiny Word.

 

 

Day 41 is another off-prompt card starting with a metallic gelliprint covered with lots of Love from Lizi Peel-offs before turning a high top sneaker sticker into a skate with donut wheels and adding lots of fun little ice cream bars.

 

 

And I skipped day 42 (yes, I'm okay with that).  I'm trying to do what makes sense, and it was a rough week with long work days while not feeling great, so I gave myself a break and went to bed early instead of creating ... and my body thanked me for it.

Franklin's Wisest Words

I'm thrilled to be Guest Designing for the newest Retro Rubber Challenge Challenge, which is an awesome Sketch.

 

 

I chose this 2000 Woodblock Stamp Franklin's Wisest Words from DRS Designs to build my card around.

I started with the Beer Designer paper that is at the top from the Moxxie Tie the Knot Collection and built my card around that.

 

 

I paired it with two different colors of Alcohol Ink backgrounds.  I embossed the golden one with an embossing folder that reminded me of the bubbles/fizz in Beer.  I added thin borders of dark grey cardstock to ad a bit more definition to the layers in the sketch design.  The finishing touch was a Beer Mug Brad from Eyelet Outlet.

I hope you'll break out your Retro Rubber Stamps and come joint he fun.

Glitter Little Thing Called Love

The current Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge is G is for Glitter.

 

 

The only glitter I really like to create with is glitter paper where none of the glitter rubs off ... otherwise I invariably find glitter on my skin & all over my studio for days.

Today in the mail I got new Love You Gallery Script layering die cuts from Memory Box, so I decided to try them out on some glitter paper to see if I could create a Snarky Valentine.

I layered white cardstock on top of the red glitter and then attached the die cuts to a blue Gel Print from my stash.  I added a few Eyelet Outlet Enamel Hearts and a perfect snarky sentiment sticker.

 

 

I finished with a mat of more red glitter paper on a white cardstock base.

 

 

I'm also joining the Global Design Project Love Challenge and Crafting Happiness Love Challenge.

Let It Snow!

The December Challenge at Poppy Stamps is Let It Snow! 

 

 

Strangely enough I didn't have any snowflakes, but I do have the adorable Poppy Stamps Whittle Snowman, so I added him as an accent to a birthday card, since I need to restock my masculine birthday card stash.

 

I die cut the Poppy Stamps Playful Happy Birthday Die from a Gel Press Print.  I also die cut the Whittle Snowman's hat from the same print.  I finished with a few Eyelet Outlet Snowflake Bling stickers.

And it's Anything Goes at the Corrosive Challenge Blog.

Snowflakes & Coffee

The first Caffeinated Christmas Challenge of 2023 is all about Snowflakes.

 

 

I had this Technique Tuesday snowman & sentiment that i stamped when we went to the crafty house last Spring.  I decided to use some Eyelet Outlet Brads to turn him into a Christmas card by adding his Holiday Coffee Cup Brad (decorated with tiny snowflakes) and a Merry Christmas Saying Bubble Brad.

 

 

I die cut him with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle Die and used the larger Rectangle for the base.  Then I die cut the Lawn Fawn Stitched Snowflake Backdrop for a bit more snowflake texture.

I finished with some red snowflake Rub-ons from October Afternoon.

Gnome with Coffee

The Caffeinated Christmas Challenge is to add a gnome to your coffee-themed holiday card.

 

 

I chose the cute little Gnome from Gina K. Designs Home for the Holidays and paired him with some I Love Winter Paper from Echo Park using this week's Tuesday Morning Sketch (not realizing it had already closed ... oh well, still a great sketch).

 

 

I finished with a Holiday Coffee Cup Brad from Eyelet Outlet.

A Feeling of Christmas

We're still creating with BLING at Jingle Belles (in partnership with the Double Trouble Christmas in July Challenge).

 

 

Lauren gifted me some of the gorgeous new Penny Black Masterpieces Made Simple (that she used in our prior Masculine Holiday Cards), so I had to immediately break one out and use it.  

 

 

I kept it super-simple by attaching it to a white card base, adding a big band of Eyelet Outlet Fancy Wide Bling, and a sentiment sticker ... almost makes me wish for a little snow.

I'm also linking-up at the July Penny Black Saturday Anything Goes Challenge.  The optional theme is spots or stripes ... I guess I could stretch and call that a *stripe* of bling or the individual circle bling spots ... either way, I am lovin' that Penny Black image.