Ingenious Inkling

Shimmering Wedding

The current challenge at Impression Obsession is to create with Autumn Colors.   Since I needed to re-stock my wedding card stash, I went with my favorite die ... the Heart Couple.  I die cut it from a lovely rusty orange.

 

I mounted the die cut on a piece of watercolor sprayed with gorgeous Technique Junkies Shimmering Bliss Sprays and finished with a sentiment from Impression Obsession Kind Words.  

I'm also excited about my new No-Tie Apron from StylinStitchesShop ... so comfy and such fun colors (mine is an XL for reference ... I wanted it loose).

 

Hey Thanks ...

Life got in the way of studio time this weekend (hate when that happens).  I wanted to get at least one card made before the weekend slips away.

The theme at Impression Obsession is So Very Thankful! 

 

I combined Seth Apter's Impression Obsession LG Edges with Impression Obsession's Hey Thanks ... love how the grunge in both designs work together.  Ink is my new favorite green ... VersaFine Clair Green Oasis.

 

The layout is this week's CAS(E) this sketch!

Sparkle Wedding

The current Challenge at Impression Obsession is Make It Sparkle!  (I was thrilled to be the winner of the last challenge ... and I did some serious shopping at the World Card Making Day, so there will be lots of new Impression Obsession in my future).

This Heart Couple Die is one of my favorite ways to create wedding cards ... and with sparkle, it's extra special.  I love how you can customize the card like using the colors from the wedding (in this case Wine and Blush Pink).

I die cut the Bride & Groom from Glittery Wine cardstock & then attached it to the Blush Pink cardstock base.  I finished with a sentiment from Impression Obsession Words for Art.

Pair of Wings

The current Impression Obsession Challenge is Things with Wings. 

 

I pulled out everything wing-related from my stash and decided to combine the Birch Trees (and perched Cardinal) with a sentiment from Everyday Quotes 1. 

I wish I could make the weight of the world feel more like wings.

Rainbow Solar System Birthday

It's been a long time since I've been caught-up enough to just play in my studio ... but today, that miracle happened ... so I skipped on over to SplitCoastStampers to join the Featured Stamper Challenge of jostamper52.  I was inspired by this card of Jo Anne's.  

I loved the masculine theme, fun stamped background with all of the shapes, and the layout, so those are the things I incorporated into my design.  I thought it would be fun to recreate the background using Seth Apter's Solar System Stamps from Impression Obsession.  Since the Impression Obsession Challenge them is Rainbow Colors, that's the palette I used from my Distress Oxide Inks.

I may have gone a little rainbow overboard, because my design feels a lot busier than hers, but it certainly screams celebrate.  Using my MISTI makes creating a stamped background so much easier.

I used both the small and medium solar system stamps and started with my darker colors ... planning to fill in space with the lighter rainbow hues.

Next I stamped the same colors on kraft cardstock for the band across the card.  I added in the small Impression Obsession Gear Stamp by Dina Kowal on both the band and card background to fill in some final spaces.

 

Final step was stamping my focal image & sentiments ... all from Impression Obsession Let Them Eat Cake.  The MISTI makes layering that cake so easy.

I finished by decorating my cake with a few sequins.

That is one big Rainbow Birthday Celebration.  Since my background was all circles, I chose a rectangle stitched panel for my focal image for some contrast.

It's also a RAINBOW theme at Seize the Birthday, so I'm joining that party too.

Thanks Jo Anne for the inspiration.

Take Me To Your Cake

The challenge theme at Impression Obsession is Pop Up Your Words!

 

I combined the Sentiment from Impression Obsession Let Them Eat Cake with the Birthday Cake from IO Birthday Squares.

 

The layout is this week's CAS(E) this sketch!

And at Seize the Birthday it's an Anything Goes Birthday week.

Special Delivery

Tonight I needed a masculine birthday card (when don't I need a masculine birthday card), but I was feeling too tired to create anything that required precision ... so I took my inspiration from Jeanne's awesome card (I used my winnings from Impression Obsession to order that cool Dude Stamp Set), and did some mixed media layering with my MISTI. 

With Seth Apter's Stamps from Impression Obsession its pretty much fool proof (even when you accidentally stamp your numbers upside down).

 

For the It's a Guy Thing! Challenge at Impression Obsession I used four different Seth Apter Sets (XL Post Office, LG Pattern Play, LG Edges and LG Mark Makers) together with a Happy Birthday sentiment from Impression Obsession Introverting (I also used my winnings to get Introverting 2) & the Gentlemen Silhouette.

I'm also linking-up at the Silhouette Challenge at Shopping Our Stash (because I truly shopped it tonight using that many stamp sets).

I'm also joining the Birthday Challenge at The Male Room.

Happy Colors

I decided to use the Happy Color Challenge at Impression Obsession to re-stock my Thank You Card stash.

These are three of my Happy Colors - Bright Orange, Bright Pink and Vibrant Yellow.  I used my MISTI and all three colors to ink Impression Obsession Flower Collage.

I found it worked best when I stamped the Yellow (Tiki Torch) in the middle first and then edged the stamp with the darker colors.

I also took my inspiration from the fun photo at Inkspirational Challenges that also features those colors (and a couple more of my favorites, Lime & Teal).

I cut my Flower Collage into an oval and added a Lime Thank You from Impression Obsession You Made My Day set.  I angled my wood grain paper background like the inspiration photo.

 

For the next card, I used the Try Stampin' (or Not) on Tuesday Sketch together with another Impression Obsession Thank You Stamp

Rather than use two different papers, I cut my image on an angle and left some space to frame it in golden yellow.  

 

 

 

For my final Happy Color card I used the Sketch from Fusion Card Challenge together with Technique Junkies Grunge Thank You inked in Tiki Torch & edged along the bottom in Tutti Frutti.

I used a few paper flowers for the circle in the sketch.

With all of these flowers, I'm also joining Charlotte's Feminine Anything Goes Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.

Such fun creating with my happy colors.

Happy Birthday

Ending my weekend with a little CAS cardmaking for Impression Obsession's Foodie Fun Challenge.

My food is Birthday Cake ... one of my favorite foods.

I used the current Fall To Layout & this week's Color Throwdown Challenge Hues.

Stamps are Impression Obsession Birthday Squares & Birthday Wishes for the sentiment.  Instead of the heart, I stamped the birthday cake in Black and popped it up with foam tape for dimension.

I used Distress Oxide Inks in Twisted Citron, Salty Ocean & Abandoned Coral.

 

Red, White & Blue

Memorial Day seemed like the perfect day to join the Red, White & Blue Color Throwdown Challenge.

I started by searching for papers in my stash, and found this wonderful unopened package of Pictures of Metal from Elizabeth Craft Designs (it's 48 sheets of paper on sale for $1.95 if you like these sorts of designs), which just happened to have red, white & blue.

I also wanted to join the Impression Obsession Challenge to Send a Little Humor and the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to use more than one Stamp.

I started by tearing my papers and attaching them to my card base.  Next I stamped Impression Obsession Seth Apter's Solar System Stamps in Red & Blue.

I finished with the Impression Obsession Genius is Crazy.

Since I still had the other half of my torn papers, I decided to use the Retro Rubber Challenge Sketch to make another card.

I rotated my torn paper and added a vintage race car (thanks Lauren) with my vintage stamp instead of the oval.  I'm also joining the Simon Says Stamp Masculine Challenge with this design.

My Retro Rubber Wood Outlines Have Fun Block Stamp is at least 11 years old (since that's the oldest card in my gallery I can find using it).  I added an epoxy arrow for the embellishment element of the sketch.

Since it's also Mail it Monday, I think these are going to go out in the mail today (okay tomorrow, but I'll put them in the mail slot today).