Ingenious Inkling

Sock Monkey Birthday

This afternoon I had some Sock Monkey Sticker fun with images from {a vintage girl} & her daughter (discount code GNOMIES2021 gets you 20% off your order - mention my name in the comments).

 

 

With those party hats, they seemed perfect for a birthday card.  I realize it's a big of a stash, but I believe a sock monkey qualifies as a non-human companion, so I'm linking-up at Shopping Our Stash.

 

 

I started with some Honey Bee brown designer paper that reminded me of the stitched sock-monkey texture.  Next, I used the layout from the TGIF Challenges and added lots of cute little Sock Monkeys to the squares (the middle one is one of my Gel Press Prints with Metallic Paints).

 

 

I added some of the flowers from the sticker set (with enamel dot centers) and the uber-cute Sock Monkey Balloons before finishing with a birthday sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Thoughtful Flowers.

 

Platypus Happy Birthday

The current Honey Bee Stamps Buzzworthy Challenge is all about Birthday Cards.

 

Only one problem ... no birthday stamps in my Honey Bee Stamps stash. 

I saw that the adorable Penny Platypus had a gift accessory, so that's what I went with.  When I searched for Platypus colors, I saw Perry the Platypus from Phineas & Ferb, and decided I liked the fun cartoon color hue.

 

 

I die cut Penny the Platypus Paper Piecing Honey Cut from teal & gold cardstock and added some inking to the tail.  I stamped & die cut the gift from the Penny the Platypus Stamp Set and added some Spectrum Noir coloring to the bow. 

The black & white paper is from the Honey Bee Stamps Farm Fresh Holiday Papers.

 

I flipped this week's Fab Friday Sketch for my Layout and finished with googly eyes, sticker sentiments, and some enamel dots.

Let It Snow

The current Challenge at Honey Bee Stamps is all about Winter Wonderland.

 

 

Since we had some snow falling today in Iowa, I broke out the adorable Snowman Stamp from Honey Bee Stamps Let it Snow and used the three shades of blue cardstock from the Just Us Girls Challenge (I thought my ink was a bit closer to my dark blue cardstock, but I'm going with it).

 

I used every snowflake in the Honey Bee Let It Snow Set and finished with the die cut sentiment.

 

 

With my four layers of cardstock, I'm also Layering It Up with Simon Says Stamp.

 

I also took inspiration from the colors and that adorable snowman at Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge.

Ho Yo Yo

We're celebrating Something Old and Something New at Jingle Belles for our first prompt of 2021.

For the beginning of our 11th Year, we're asking you to  break out an item (or two) that Santa brought you, or something you acquired in those awesome Black Friday sales...  (Alternately you can use NIMBUS items; aka things you've had for a bit, but not used yet) ...and combine your new goodies with something older from your stash. We can't wait to see what you make.

I couldn't resist breaking out my new Simon Says Stamp Santa The Man Dies.  I combined Santa with new sentiments from Simon Says Stamp The Man, The Myth. 

 

The OLD in my creation is the Gina K. Designs Double Stitched Circle Die for Santa's Face, the Adhesive Felt for the mustache, beard & cap, and my beloved Puffs with Vicks Tissue Box for the reflective lenses in the Santa's Ray Bans. 

The background paper is also new from Honey Bee Farm Fresh Holidays.

Let it Snow

This week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch is another layout that just cried out to use more Washi Tape. 

This time I combined DoodleBug White Christmas Snowflake Washi with this gorgeous Glitter Star Washi from Eyelet Outlet.

 

 

I die cut Honey Bee Layering Snowflakes from Glitter Paper (combined with a larger punched snowflake) and added some Eyelet Outlet Snowflake Bling.

 

 

I'm also joining the Let It Snow Challenge at the TGIF Challenges.

 

 

The sentiment is from Honey Bee Let it Snow.  I'm also linking-up at the Honey Bee Stamps Buzzworthy Challenge which is Anything Goes.

Tiki Happy Soul

We have several things that we collect and display in our home ... and one of them are Tikis.  We're always on the hunt for a fun new one to add to our collection, so when I saw the Luau Stamps from Honey Bee Stamps, I had to have them.

The current Honey Bee Buzzworthy Challenge is to use Patterned Paper, so I decided to combine the two.  Of course after I made that decision, I discovered that all but one of the Honey Bee Sentiment Stamp sets were Christmas, so I had to get a bit creative with the sentiments from Honey Bee Stamps Kindness given the layout I wanted to use.

The Designer Papers are both from Honey Bee Stamps Back to Basics Paper Collection.

 

I also used a new-to-me Color Challenge called Color My Heart Color Dare #421 where the challenge was to use at least three of the colors - I managed to use 4 - Paprika, Sundance, Sage & Mint.

 

I also used the sketch from this week's Freshly Made Sketches.

 

 

Here are a few of my favorite Tikis.  We display them on the edges of the metal ceiling beams in our loft ... love looking-up to see them smiling back at me.

 

Square Blue Christmas

I wanted to get in a few more of the Paper Anthology Challenges before this weekend slips away from me (why does the time in my studio always go so much faster than other time??).

 

 

I started with the Paper Anthology Blue Christmas Challenge ... and decided to combine it with the Honey Bee Stamps Buzzworthy Challenge to make a Traditional Holiday card.  

 

 

I started by die cutting the Honey Bee Stamps Layering Snowfalkes Dies from a lovely piece of blue shimmer cardstock.  Then I paired them with a piece of designer paper from the Kaisercraft Whimsey Wishes papers.

 

 

I added some bling & finished with a sentiment from Honey Bee Joy to the World.

Since I had lots of Snow Flakes left (love when that happens) I was able to make another card for the Paper Anthology Hip to be Square Challenge.

 

 

I used a scrap of the same designer paper, this time with a grey 4 1/2" square card base.

 

I finished with more bling & another perfect sentiment from Honey Bee Stamps Joy to the World.

It's almost time to start addressing those holiday card envelopes.  Since people are decorating early this year to bring joy to their lives ... I'm sending my cards early too.

More Falliday Fest Fun

I've been having a blast trying new techniques at the SplitCoastStampers Falliday Fest.

The first one is created by wrapping cotton cord around an acrylic block and inking it with white ink and then pouncing on navy cardstock to create a snowstorm.

 

The stamps are from Honey Bee Stamps Let It Snow ... I love the die cut for the sentiment.

The next technique used the leftover paint-covered transparencies from my Dendritic Technique Card.  I attached it to a piece of Razzleberry cardstock ... love how the color shows through the paint.

To bring out the metallic gold paint on the transparency, I mounted it on a gold glitter card base.  I miss Hambly's transparencies.

Kindness

The September Mix-It-Up Challenge at Essentials by Ellen is with Honey Bee Stamps.

My card is CAS combining Kindness Stamps & Die Cuts from Honey Bee Stamps & Bold Blossoms Designer Dies from Essentials by Ellen in one of my favorite color combinations.

There are so many possible phrase combinations in the Kindness stamp set ... love that.

Happy Mail

When I saw the current inspiration photo at Inspired by All the Little Things, I went hunting for a scrap of wood *paper* I knew I had in my stash.

The picture also reminded me of this week's Freshly Made Sketch, so that is what I used for my layout.

I found my scrap of wood and cut it into three equal pieces.  I thought I could dye the wood using some Distress Ink Refill, which worked fabulously ... except after dying, nothing at all would stick to either the front or the back of the wood.  I finally got some foam tape to stick, so that's what I went with.

The stamps are from a cute little Happy Mail set from Honey Bee Stamps.  The colors are from this week's Color Throwdown.

I'm also joining the Color of Love Challenge at Simon Says Stamp.