Ingenious Inkling

Thank You Thank You

The current theme at the Impression Obsession Challenge is So Thankful.

 

 

I can't get enough of the Impression Obsession Plaid Tag ... this time I used just the back full tag without the plaid and stamped the sentiment from Impression Obsession Many Thanks (another favorite), which fit perfectly.

 

I paired it with some gorgeous Jolly Floral paper from Carta Bella Practically Perfect.  I use this week's Just Add Ink Sketch and finished with a silver thank you sticker and some coordinating seam binding ribbon for my tag.

 

It's a Nice Day for a Gel Press Wedding

I had a run on wedding cards this week, so I needed to restock.  Have I mentioned how much I love having a big pile of freshly pulled Gel Press prints to use in my designs ... love love love it.

Impression Obsession is my favorite source for wedding cards ... the first one uses a Gel Press Print, Impression Obsession Wedding Collage and this week's Sketch from The Paper Players.

 

I added some rose stickers for the circle elements of the check to repeat on the rose theme at the top right corner of the collage ... and of course I had to add some bling to that ring.  I  finished with a sticker sentiment.

I'm linking up at the Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Stamp.  It's also Anything Goes at Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.

 

The next on is for a request for a masculine wedding card.  The background has a wonderful shimmer from gold metallic paint that is difficult to pick-up in the photograph.

 

I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch starting with the Impression Obsession Wonky Stitched Circle Die.  The Impression Obsession Bride & Groom Die was cut from a light kraft cardstock & I finished with the Die Cut sentiment from the Impression Obsession Congrats Word Set.

 

My final wedding card is my go-to-super-easy-when-I'm-running-out-of-creative-gas card ... the Impression Obsession Heart Couple Frame die cut from white textured cardstock and attached over another Gel Press Print (yep, that's the theme for the night in case the blog post title didn't give it away).

 

One more sticker sentiment and it is ready to go ... and my wedding card stash is restocked.

Count Your Blessings

The current Impression Obsession Challenge is Harvest Treats (aka Fruits & Vegetables).

 

The only produce stamp in my Impression Obsession Stamp was ... surprise ... Corn (what else would an Iowa girl have).

I used a variety of Ink Pads to *paint* the stamp applying ink to different sections and blending using my MISTI.  I finished with a sentiment from Impression Obsession Holiday Words (a very versatile set of sentiments)

Blessed

Tonight I needed a baby card, so I started with the current Paper Craft Crew Challenge Sketch.

 

I love the vintage Baby Carriage from Impression Obsession.  I didn't have any sentiment stamps that were the right proportion, so I used sentiment stickers.

 

Monster Mash

The current Impression Obsession Challenge theme is Halloween or Fall Colors ... so I figured I might as well do both.

 

This Plaid Tag is one of my favorite new Impression Obsession Products.

 

 

I paired it with a couple of more vintage stamps from my stash - Impression Obsession Monster Mash & Our Gang.  I added lots of different sizes of googly eyes to the Gang.

Peace on Earth

This week at Jingle Belles we're still focused on PEACE.

 

This was the perfect week to recycle this laser cut forest.  I mounted it with foam tape on a sky blue background and then added my Impression Obsession Die Cut Cardinals (love the pop of red) and a vintage wood block PEACEful sentiment from A Muse.

TA-DA ... another card ready to be delivered for the holidays.

Falling Leaves

Growing-up, we had a huge Maple Tree in our back yard with a tire swing.  I would spend hours looking at all of the different color variations when the leaves starting turning in the fall. 

Our City was the home of the annual Maple Leaf Festival every October, so needless to say, I had the chance to examine lots of Maple Leaves throughout my life.  They are my favorite leaf in the fall, because they turn the entire range of colors depending on the tree and the weather conditions (I once wrote a paper for my college technical writing class on how leaves change color).

The current challenge theme at Impression Obsession is Falling Leaves.

 

As I searched through my stamped, I found this gorgeous Never-Been-Inked Layering Maple Leaf Set by Dina Kowal ... for my card is used the solid and the two bottom layers in Pineapple, Orange Blossom & Vermillion inks.

I started with my paper bag light kraft paper on my table and used my MISTI to layer the leaves.

 

I wanted to use some of my new goodies from my recent Impression Obsession win, so I die cut the Plaid Tag from a Sunflower designer paper and coordinating gold cardstock.

 

Next I stamped three sentiments from my new There For You Set (isn't that a great set of sentiments) using the same three colors of inks from my leaf layering and attached them using foam tape for dimension.

 

This card will be going across the miles to my new Chemo Angel Patient ... I'm so grateful to be able to make cards that hopefully brighten a day and provide encouragement during a challenging time.

 

I'm also joining the Autumn Challenge at Fusion Card Challenge with a loose variation of the sketch and all of those falling leaves.

Nature is also the theme at the Dies R Us Challenge.

DCWV With Moxie She Lives

I was invited to make a sample card for the current Stack-a-holic Challenge at DCWV.  The sketch was for a layout, but I converted it to a card.

 

My card is made from papers from DCWV Preserved Paper Stack. 

 

I detail cut the 3-D butterflies from one of the papers and added a vintage postage stamp from my collection to the postcard.

 

 

I finished with two stamps from Impression Obsession She Positives stamped in dark brown & pink.  I just love how all of these papers worked together.

 

 

To join the fun, just make a card or other paper craft using the sketch and upload it to the DCWV Facebook Photo Gallery.

Be Your Beautiful Self

The current challenge theme at Impression Obsession is At The Beach.

 

Not a lot of beachy stuff in my Impression Obsession inventory, so I had to get creative.  The Cover-A-Card Gradation background reminded me of bubbles in the ocean water ... and I always wear my sunglasses to the beach, so I took those two elements and combined them with inspiration from the Inspired By Challenge ... Nautical Party.

 

The Cover-a-Card Gradation was stamped in Blue using my MISTI.  The Impression Obsession Sunglasses were die cut from vibrant yellow and then again in black for the lenses.

 

I finished with a sentiment from Impression Obsession Words for Art, one of my favorite sentiment sets.

Moody MidSummer Blues Birthday

The challenge theme at Impression Obsession is Moody Blues ... and at Simon Says Stamp is MidSummer Blues ... so needless to say, I'm breaking out some of my favorite blues.

I stamped Impression Obsession Bead Garland Cover-a-Card in VersaFine Clair Blue Belle on light blue cardstock ... so grateful for my MISTI, because I sure needed it to get nice solid coverage on this large red rubber background stamp.

 

Then I used the same ink to stamp the Birthday Cake from the Impression Obsession Clear Birthday Set and finished with some stickers for the sentiment and a silver sparkly 80 for an 80th Birthday.

 

I added a wrap of twine as well as a little pop of orange to the candle flames and along the bottom of the sketch from Global Design Project.

 

I hope I'm still kicking at 80 and that someone makes me a special card for my birthday.