Ingenious Inkling

Vintage Rustic Glam

This week at Jingle Belles we're taking our inspiration from this gorgeous Rustic Glam Fireside Holiday Scene.

 

My eyes were initially drawn to the texture of that gorgeous Sisal Rug, so that's where I started with a layer of DCWV Burlap Paper.  Then I used the sketch only from the Fusion Card Challenge to build the rest of my design.

 

For the horizontal element I used a piece of vintage sheet music of The Little Drummer Boy.  Next I used Gina K. Designs Decorative Tag die from a piece of Aspen Bark packaging from some Basic Grey embellishments (because the tag shape reminded me of the shape of the mirror on the mantle).

 

I layered on some vintage ephemera that contained pictures of Christmas Trees and then added a Cork Sticker sentiment to ground them.  I finished with a wrap of gold ribbon to bring in the sparkle from the picture and an Alexandra Renke Clip Die that was leftover from this card.

It's also the 400th challenge and Christmas in July at Shopping Our Stash.

Can't wait to see what inspires your card design ... come join us.

Tic-Tac-SNOWman

We're still playing Tic-Tac-Toe at Jingle Belles this week.

 

At Junkiefest, I was lucky to win the Prize Package from Paper Smooches (thank you Kim) ... and even luckier that I didn't already own any of the contents.  I wanted to use this fun Snowman Card Die. 

 

I die cut him from white glitter paper to use the Horizontal Row across the top (Snowman, Glitter, Stamping).  The scarf and sentiment piece were a leftover piece of watercolor paper sprayed with Technique Junkies Vivid Volt Shimmering Bliss.  Sentiment is from Paper Smooches Swanky Snowdudes and the landscape was cut with Paper Smooches Borders 1.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Anything Goes Challenge at Paper Smooches.

 

And with my Glittery Snowman, I'm also linking-up at the Anything Goes + Sparkle Challenge at Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge.

Holiday Tic-Tac-Toe ... Ho Ho Ho

We're playing games at Jingle Belles this week ... Tic-Tac-Toe to be exact ... just create a card featuring three elements in a row vertically, horizontally or diagonally.

 

I went vertically straight down the middle.  After Christmas, I go on the hunt for fun holiday tags, so I can use them for card embellishments the following year ... love this Red Glittery Santa (all three in a single embellishment).

 

Some coordinating holiday papers and this quick, mailable card is complete.

Hope you'll come join our fun.

Frosty the Snowman

We're still celebrating SNOW much Fun at Jingle Belles this week.  I found this cute little snowman tag in my stash and built my card around it.

 

I added navy seam binding and backed it with a maroon flag for a simple holiday card.  I need lots of masculine holiday cards for my employees, so I kept this one simple.

Snow Much Fun!

What better way to celebrate the beginning of Summer (in the US) than by making cards that feature SNOW at Jingle Belles this week … it might mean snowflakes, snowmen, or a snowy scene … just make sure your card features some of that wonderful white stuff.

I love non-traditional color combinations for my holiday cards, so I started with these fun colors from the MFT Color Challenge.

 

I started by using my MISTI to stamp the entire MFT Snowflakes Splendor stamp set in Be Mine Berry-colored ink all at once.  Then I did a second stamping to fill in the rest of my paper.

 

Next I used the Coordinating Dies to cut out more of the snowflakes for my focal image.

 

I layered them and topped them with an Eyelet Outlet gem before adding a sentiment from MFT Snow Globe Sentiments.

Here Comes Santa Claus

This week for the Jingle Belles prompt celebrating all of the North Pole inhabitants, I chose this Doodle Pop Santa and his little Mouse friend.

 

The sticker sentiment is from SRM and I added a bit of bling down the side for this week's Sketch Saturday.

Santa Baby

This week at Jingle Belles we're celebrating Santa Claus ... St. Nick ... the Jolly old Guy himself ... or you might choose to feature Mrs. Claus, the Elves, Reindeer or even our favorite, a Yeti ... anyone who might be living at the North Pole.

 

I wanted to use some never before used Santa from my stash.  I had never paper pieced this cute little Santa Die from the Sizzix Side Order Collection ... it included the tiny embossing folder & the noel word die cut, so I combined them all with some wood grain cardstock.

Cute ... fun ... masculine ... and mailable.

Text Me

We're still TEXTING at Jingle Belles ... creating cards that primarily features some texty elements.

This week I had to ink up this new Texty Block Party Christmas Stamp from Uniko ... so many fun Christmas Phrases in my new Catherine Pooler Rouge Ink on Kraft.   My MISTI makes it so easy to get perfect coverage on a large stamp like this one.

 

 

I added some texty designer paper to finish the design and a gem on the top of the Santa Gnome's Hat.

I'm also joining the Uniko Anything Goes Challenge with a Masculine Twist, since this will be a Holiday Card for one of my male co-workers.

Text Me

The next prompt at Jingle Belles is to create a card featuring text ... You could use letter stickers, book pages, dictionary pages, texty patterned paper or just create a card where the sentiment is the star of the show ... just make sure you get TEXTY.

I decided to use some of my massive designer paper stash and went on a treasure hunt for text ... I found it in Shimelle's American Crafts Christmas Magic collection.

 

I took my sketch and design inspiration from the current Fusion Card Challenge ... instead of a hedgehog, I've got an adorable little Penguin from Essentials by Ellen's Arctic Pals paired with his own tiny little snowman friend from EBE Ugly Sweater Accessories.  The background is Essentials by Ellen Alpine Snowfall Die cut on light blue paper positioned over a white circle.  The sentiment is from Arctic Pals as well.

 

We hope you'll get texty and come join our Jingle Belles fun.

Have Yourself a Very Vintage Christmas

We're still creating Vintage Cards at Jingle Belles this week.  I dove deep into my vintage stash and layered on lots of vintage goodness.

 

I started with a vintage dictionary page and then layered on a beautifully aged vintage receipt.  Next came three kinds of vintage trading stamps (I have a soft spot for these because they remind me of filling-up the books with my Grandma).   Then I finished with lots of vintage-like elements for dimension and texture.

I'm also joining the Anything Christmas Challenge at The Holly and the Ivy Challenge.