Ingenious Inkling

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.  

Bunny Friends

I love the cute little Bunny Frame Die Cut from Impression Obsession.  Today I'm designing at the Ink Pat NYC Blog where I'm pairing it with the new Impression Obsession Slimline Cloudy Sky Stamp.

I die cut the Bunny both from the light kraft cardstock and from the Cloudy Sky Stamped on white cardstock (so that I could inlay the stitched part of the die cut).

 

 

Next I trimmed the rest of the Cloudy Sky Stamp to frame my bunny at attached it to a kraft card base.

I die cut the ears and nose from a piece of white cardstock sprayed with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide Spray.

 

 

I finished with a scattering of pink bling and a sticker sentiment from Tim Holtz Big Talk Snarky Sticker Tablet ... sarcasm & shenanigans ... what more does a friendship need (okay maybe some really great food).

 

For my second card, I die cut the Bunny from Light Grey Cardstock.

 

 

This time I omitted the stitched circle insert and just backed the opening with the stamped Cloudy Sky.

 

I snipped the word friends from another one of Tim's Snarky Stickers.

 

Would You Like to Build a Snowman?

The current challenge at Impression Obsession is Snowmen.

 

 

Strangely enough I only have one Impression Obsession Snowman in my collection - the Chin Up Snowman - ... but he is a cutie.

 

 

 

I stamped him in blue on a white card base and then used a blue marker to extend the landscape line across the card.  I used a marker for a pink flush on his cheeks. I added lots of iridescent sequin snow and a sentiment from Impression Obsession Words for Art.

 

 

I also took inspiration from The Anthology Challenge at The Library Challenge from the December 2018 book - The Snowman.

 

Count Your Blessings

The current Impression Obsession Challenge is all about Giving Thanks.

 

 

I found the sentiment I wanted to use from Impression Obsession Holiday Words, and then decided to use the layout from the TGIF Challenges to create an Autumn Leaf Wreath with the Leaves Reverse die from Serendipity by Impression Obsession.

I die cut the leaves multiple times from multiple Gel Press Prints in my stash in a variety of Autumn hues.  I die cut my Oval and then started assembling my Fall Wreath.

 

 

 

I layered two more Gel Press Prints from #gellinktober and assembled my card.  When I got it put it together, it felt like it still needed a bit more, so I added a few falling leaves outside the wreath and some tiny bits of bronze bling.

 

 

I'm also still having fun with the Paper Anthology Anniversary Challenges - this one is for FALL into the Season.   Creatalicious Challenge is Anything Goes with optional Autumn/Thanksgiving.  And finally, Dies R Us are all about Happy Fall Y'all (with the Impression Obsession Leaves Reverse Die).

 

 

Despite how different 2020 has been, there are still so many Blessings to Count.

Hot Drinks for Cold Nights

Always fun to join Amy T for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Fall/Winter Blog Hop.

 

 

I started with the Coffee To Go Die from Impression Obsession.

 

Then I took my inspiration from the Fusion Card Challenge Autumn Challenge (with a slight twist on the sketch since I wanted my strip of leaf paper to point upwards).  I added a tiny Doodlebug Heart sticker and a punch heart to decorate my coffee cup.

 

 

I love the colors from the Die Cut With a View Fall Gathering papers.  I'm also joining the Hot Drinks for Cold Night's Challenge at Shopping our Stash.

Penguin Joy Trio

We're still enjoying our annual Creature Feature at Jingle Belles ... this week I decided to feature a fun little trio of Penguins from Impression Obsession.  I stamped them in black and then used the wonderful detail nibs of my Graph' It Alcohol Markers to color their winter wear.

 

The sentiment is a simple die cut from Impression Obsession Christmas Simple Stitched Words.  I finished with a scattering of blue & purple sequins.

 

 

I'm also joining the You're a Hoot Challenge at Impression Obsession & the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge.

Breathe Leaves

Do you have a favorite kind of tree?  For me it will always be the hard maple tree. We had a very large one in our big backyard growing-up and I have so many wonderful memories of that tree ... climbing, swinging, hiding. 

It probably doesn't hurt that I grew-up in a town who's big event was The Maple Leaf Festival.  I just love all the variety of colors as the temperatures grew cooler ... the tree on the corner that always turned red early ... the later oranges and yellow ... just seeing those colors makes me happy.

 

 

So for the Autumn Colors Challenge at Impression Obsession I stamped those beautiful layering Maple Leaves from Dina Kowal's lovely Maple Set.

 

 

For my sentiment, I used this week's CAS(E) this Sketch! and stamped Breathe from Kalani Allred's Kind Words on pearlescent vellum and attached it over my falling leaves.

 

Funkie Junkie Birds

My friend Becca (aka the Damsel of Distressed and I crown her the Queen of Mixed Media) introduced me to the Funkie Junkie Boutique.  I wanted to try to channel a little of my inner Becca tonight and join their September Mixed Media challenge, which has a theme of Birds.

I started with an unmounted Impression Obsession Wild Geese Tree & Moon Stamp in my bird drawer that I stamped in Potting Soil Ink on a page from a children's dictionary. We have lots of noisy geese near our home along the river ... they wander over to the railroad tracks by us to dine (and honk) whenever the train cars manage to spill some corn.

Next I sponged three colors of yellow and orange ink into the moon space and around the edges.  Next I mounted my page on a piece of cardstock to give it a bit more sturdiness.

 

I created my background by inking the My Favorite Things Balloon Strings background stamp with the same colors of ink and pressing the card front into the upside down stamp multiple times until I got the texture I wanted.  I crimped a piece of kraft cardstock and painted it with my new Crackling Campfire Distress Paint.  After I attached it to the card, I wrapped it with some textured twine.

I added a vintage bird stamp on top of my stamped image and then sponged on a bit more ink before attaching my vintage Amuse Sentiment Stamp.  I finished with a few pieces of bling to balance out the other corner of the image.

I know I have quite a ways to go to reach the Becca skill level of Mixed Media design, but I had fun trying ... and I know exactly who will be receiving this card.

Summer Fun

As I searched through my collection of Impression Obsession products for ideas for their current Summer Fun Challenge, I realized in art (as in life) I really am more of a fall and winter gal.

 

The only things I could find that were summer-like were the adorable Impression Obsession Crab Die and Sunglasses Dies ... so I thought, why not combine the two.

 

After creating my little scene, the final step was to choose a sentiment ... I picked one from Impression Obsession Dude, which seemed appropriate to describe this summer (and the lonely crab).

Impression Obsession Flowers

The theme at the Impression Obsession Challenge is Summer Flowers.

 

 

I spent my afternoon creating alcohol ink panels, so I decided to stamp some Impression Obsession Hollyhocks on one of my alcohol ink panels using this week's CAS(E) this Sketch!

 

The sentiment is from Impression Obsession There for You Set.

 

 

Here are a few of the other Alcohol Ink backgrounds from my play session ... I love the bubbles you can get on the Yupo paper.