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We're still creating PINK holiday cards for a Cure at Jingle Belles.

 

 

I am always on the lookout for Pink Holiday paper, and on my travels last week, I picked up the fun Holly Jolly Collection from My Mind's Eye.  I wanted to pair it with a Santa, so I used the one from The Ink Road Stamps Happy Holla Days.

 

I paired him with a sentiment from My Favorite Things Sassy Pants Holiday and this week's Sketch Saturday.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at Addicted to Stamps and More where the theme is Holidays.  And the 12 Months of Christmas Link-Up is Sensational Santa.

 

 

I'm also linking at Simon Says Stamp All Things Pink Challenge.

 

Muggles

When I saw the Library Card Challenge was Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone, I knew I had to break out my Expecto Stamp Set from The Ink Road.

 

 

I used this week's (CAS)e This Sketch! for my layout with Rust Ink on speckled kraft cardstock from Crafter's Companion.

 

I'll Have What She's Having

The theme at the Less is More Challenge this week is Typography.

 

In Road Stamps has lots of great Typography, but I chose the Subway Art: Love

 

I inked it in an ombre color palette of Versafine Clair Warm Breeze, Blue Belle and Fantasia and then matted with a dark purple cardstock frame before attaching with foam tape.

Halloweird

This week's CASology Challenge is all about laughter ... so I knew I had to break out some stamps from The Ink Road ... and since I'm still in that Halloween mode, I chose Halloweird, a collaboration with The Hedgehog Hollow.

I stamped two of the ghosties in purple and cut them out with the circle cutter, since I planned on using the Sketch from Just Add Ink.

I dug into my Halloween paper stash to use that classic Halloween color combination of Purple, Orange and Green.  I added a touch of color to my ghosties and a sentiment from the same set ... now which of my Halloweird friends will get this card.

 

Purple Inchie Birthday

This weekend is all about making some masculine birthday cards (why am I always out of them??) 

This one features this week's Freshly Made Sketch, which is all about INCHIES ... there was a time when INCHIES were a big deal in stamping (Ellen Hutson even had an INCHIE Inklings Blog).  I have saved some of my favorite Inchie stamps sets from Inkadinkado stashed away in my collection and love pulling them out for some inking.

 

I chose PURPLE for my color for the current Passion for Purple Rainbow Card Challenge ... and accented my design with trios of purple pearls.  The sentiment is from The Ink Road Lit AF Set.

 

I also made this card for one of the Dare to Get Dirty Challenge at SplitCoastStampers ... if you're a fan club member, click on over and enjoy the fun ... if you're not >>> WHY NOT?

 

This one features the new Funny Farm Stamp Set from Unity Stamp Company.

I'm also linking this one up at Crazy 4 Challenges where the theme is Masculine Birthday.

 

Legally Blonde

The theme at Just Us Girls this week is Retro ... defined as imitative of a style, fashion, or design from the recent past.

 

 

I went back to 2001 for the style & fashion of Elle Woods from Legally Blonde (using The Ink Road I Object Stamp Set).

 

 

I also wanted to see if I could make the stamps work for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch!  I started with Elle as the right vertical element and built my design from there.

 

 

I combined PINK (of course) and black ink for my layout.  And with "What? Like it's Hard?" and Bruiser Woods I'm joining the Funny Challenge at Happy Little Stampers.

 

Baby Wipe Distress Oxide Background

Today in the Stamp Junkies Group on Facebook (if you're not a member, come join), Chris Dayton shared a fun technique using Distress Oxide Inks, a Stencil and Baby Wipes. I immediately had to give it a try. 

My Baby Wipes weren't super-moist, so I think I would have gotten more contrast with newer wipes, but I still got the cool effect.  I inked ivory cardstock with the colors below, placed my Carabelle Studio Art Mask Large - Collection of Circles Stencil over the cardstock, put two baby wipes over the top and brayer to remove the Oxide Ink.

 

I decided to use a Mug Life sentiment stamp from Ink Road Stamps together with this week's Sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketches.

I added a couple of Coloring Book Butterfly Brads and Matte Finish Enamel Dots to finish the Sketch design.

 

I'm also linking-up at Global Design Project with my Butterflies.

Festivus for the Rest of Us

Every year at the office we celebrate Festivus ... We of course experience lots of Festivus Miracles, and we Air our Grievances.  We also threaten to have a leg-wrestling competition for our Feat of Strength (thankfully no one has had to watch us undertake that, but we still laugh about the fact that we did experience it in grade school).

 

So for the Humour Challenge at Addicted to CAS, I'm breaking out my Ink Road Stamps Serenity Now Festivus Pole to make a masculine co-worker card.

 

I used the layout from CAS Colours & Sketches and subtle colors for the Less is More Challenge. 

 

I'll Decide in the Car

Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers O is for Ombre.  Since I've been working my way through a package of ombre card bases in my Alterna-Studio, I knew I was ready to go.

 

I turned to Ink Road Stamps for my source of Snark ... in this case Golden Friends ... because they are the Snarky best.  This sentiment pretty much described me today after trying to deal with some of the shoddy workmanship on getting our home repairs completed ... and for the record, I settled on a chocolate milk shake and spending some time in my girlfriend's studio (FYI ... my Golden Girl was always Dorothy).

 

The sketch layout is from Just Add Ink.

 

I'm also joining Watercooler Wednesday for the Anything Goes Feminine Challenge.

I trimmed my first stamped sentiment to close to use with the sketch, but I couldn't throw it away ... so I paired it with a sassy Unicorn Kawaii Sticker.

 

That's Crap

For today's non-traditional *valentine* card I went with one of my favorite stamp companies ... Ink Road Stamps ... and their new stamp set Dark & Twisty ... because today can be a hard day for a lot of people ... for a lot of reasons.

 

So this quote sort of sums it up ... it's okay to feel unhappy ... and even embrace it.  Brown & Red ink on a beautifully flecked kraft card base.