Ingenious Inkling

12 Tags of Christmas - Home for the Holidays

The 6th Day of the 12 Tags of Christmas with Ellen Hutson is - Home for the Holidays.  My husband has had to work right up to the holiday for the last 19 years, so our home for the holidays is always right here.  We appreciate and enjoy being together for our own quiet, peaceful Christmas.

I also have to laugh every time I hear Home for the Holidays, because it is a holiday movie from 1995 that we re-watch every year ... not your typical holiday movie, but we love it.

I started with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Cross-Stitched circle die cut three times - from light blue, shimmering silver (for the stars) and white (for the snowy landscape).  Then I cut the Essentials by Ellen Alpine Snowfall to reveal the stars in the sky.  I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders to cut the snowy landscape.

 

 

I added four stickers to create my little scene (the heart for home is where my heart is) and a sticker sentiment.  I finished with a piece of stapled rustic red ribbon at the top of my tag.

With all of my Dies, I'm also linking-up at the Dies R Us Christmas Challenge.

Manhole Cover Art

I'm thrilled to be Guest Designing for The Ink Pad NYC using the fabulous stencils by Michelle Ward available only at The Ink Pad in New York City.  I used Therm-o-Web Deco Foil Gel with the Michelle Ward Stencils.

The background for this card is the Michelle Ward Downtown NYC Map Stencil with Rainbow Foil.

 

 

Next I layered on the Michelle Ward Manhole Covers II with Silver Star Deco Foil.  I finished with letters cut with the Honey Bee Bee Bold Alphabet and a heart punch attached with foam tape.

The next card features more of that silver star foil with another Manhole Stencil from Michelle Ward Manhole Covers II.  The photo caught the cool iridescent effect of this foil and lets you see the stars a bit more on the bigger surface.

 

I added one of the smaller Michelle Ward Mini Manhole Stamps embossed with silver embossing powder and a great sentiment from Everyday Explorers Co Get It Girl stamp set.  I added a few tiny iridescent gems to finish.  The background paper is from Dress My Craft Dots 'n Stripes.

The next card features the other half of the Michelle Ward Downtown New York Map Stencil, this time foiled with Therm-o-Web Silver Shattered Glass Foil.

 

This Manhole Cover is from Michelle Ward NYC Manhole Cover Stencils foiled with Therm-o-Web Brutus Monroe Tide Pool foil.  I stamped another Michelle Ward Mini Manhole and embossed in silver matted the center with foam tape.  I finished with another great sentiment from the Everyday Explorers Co Get it Girl Stamp Set.

My final card is all about Rainbows.   the Michelle Ward NYC Manhole Cover was foiled with Therm-o-Web Decofoil Rainbow Foil and placed atop Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow paper.

 

The silver embossed Under Construction sentiment is from Michelle Ward's Mini Manhole Stamp Set.  The Stronger Together Sentiment is from Everyday Explorer Co Get It Girl Stamp Set.

Remember you can only get these Stencils from The Ink Pad ... and if you can't make it to New York to visit them in person at their new location, you can buy them in the online store (what are you waiting for ... go do some shopping).

We Wish You a Merry Sketch-mas

We're still getting Sketchy at Jingle Belles this week.

 

 

I have quite a collection of fancy gift tags that I have picked-up at after-Christmas sales over the years like this 3-D Glittery Beauty for occasions just like this one.

 

I paired it with a piece of stunning holiday paper from Dress My Craft Christmas Bells Collection (an absolutely gorgeous collection). 

I added a Lawn Fawn Die Cut Lacy Border and just like that, this card was done ... love how it turned out ... so quick and easy, but super classy.

 

Remember, once lucky participant will get these super-awesome Laurels Dies from Paper Smooches (that I loved so much I bought them twice ...)

Falling Leaf Birthday

I'm still stocking my birthday card stash even though I have to mail them to my co-works now, rather than hand deliver them.  

I started by die cutting the Lawn Fawn Cross Stitched Circle from the Simon Says Stamp Tumbling Leaves Stencil that I had filled with Picket Fence Studios Paper Glaze in Fern Green.

 

I paired it with one of my Gel Press Prints on a piece of Clothing Pattern Instructions.  The sentiment is Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Strips.

 

I'm also linking-up at Seize the Birthday Anything Goes.

Makeover Monday - Mother's Day

Today's Makeover Monday is this Mother's Day Card from May 2017.  I really loved how this card made from leftovers turned out.

 

 

I started with the same Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle.  I die cut the Taylored Expressions Bloomers Greenery from a shimmery green scrap of cardstock and laid out the greenery first.  I decided to keep the purple background but moved from cardstock to an ombre designer paper ... I swapped the teal for a lighter blue.

 

As I was looking for tiny flowers, I found this gorgeous butterfly, which I paired with the larger flowers to finish the design.  I used the same Simon Says Stamp Mom and Dad Icons sentiment.

 

I'm joining the Global Design Project with my Spring Themed Design.

Fa-la-la-la-la

We're making music at Jingle Belles ... okay, we're not making music ... we're creating music themed cards (which just happens to be one of our favorite things).  We're asking you to create a card (or gift card holder, or whatever else you'll be needing for the holidays) that incorporates music, a musical instrument, or a holiday song title or lyrics.

When I stumble upon an Estate Sale, I always go hunting for vintage paper (cookbooks, photo albums, post cards, music, books).  Friends also know I collect things like that for card making, so sometimes I get lucky with some gifts as well.  As I was going through my stash for this week's card, I saw some that had my Great Aunt Mary's handwriting, and it made me smile (and miss her).

I started with a page of vintage sheet music ... love the torn edges and beautiful aged color ... noo need to sponge on any inks around the edges.  Using this week's Sunday Stamps Sketch, I added the Alexandra-Renke bookmark and some of her thin star tape..

 

Instead of a rectangle, I used an Alexandra-Renke Circular Die cut from neutral paper ... and instead of a bow, I used a Lawn Fawn Wooden Snowflake. 

 

I finished with several stickers from my stash inspired by all the Christmas Carols that sing about Snow or Peace.

Fiercely Fuchsia Flowers

The current Rainbow Card Challenge is Fiercely Fuchsia.

Fuchsia is one of my happy colors.  In college I even owned a pair of Fuchsia suede boots (that I wish I still had). 

 

I started with a Lawn Fawn Fuchsia Wood Grain Card Base and added leaves stamped in Fuchsia from Flora & Fauna Leaf Patterns.

 

 

I layered some paper blooms and finished with a sentiment from Flora & Fauna Letterboard.

Bringing it Back Gnomie Style

The new LawnFawnatics Challenge is Bring It Back ... to revisit the older and neglected supplies in your stash ... when I saw the stack of Washi Tape, I knew right where I was starting.

 

I love making Washi Tape backgrounds ... and today I used GREEN.  My MISTI Cover (or Mousepad) is the perfect place to create ... I start in the middle and work my way up and down.

 

I decided to keep as much washi as I could, so I made a tall skinny card for a Business Envelope.  I thought all of that grassy green would be perfect for some Lawn Fawn Gnomies from Oh Gnome.

 

I colored and die cut my Gnomies and flowers ... and then brought back sequins and even some tiny buttons for my embellishments.  Always love the Gnomies.

Happy OWLidays

Tonight I wanted to combine the sketch from the Fusion Critter Challenge with the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge For the Birds Challenge (because birds are critters too).

 

And, to make it a little more fun, I'm using three of the colors from the Just Add Ink Challenge ... I used Bermuda Bay, Lovely Lipstick & Call Me Clover.

 

I found a piece of Christmas designer paper that has those three colors, so that's where my design started ... and one of the cool things about Art, is that your reality can be any color you want, so why not have a Bermuda Bay Christmas Owl created from Lawn Fawn Winter Owl ... with a coordinating paper-pieced scarf (of course).

 

Sentiment is from Lawn Fawn's Simply Winter Sentiments.

 

One more holiday card ready to go.

Lawn Fawn Happy Birthday

The current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge is Old & New - make a card combining a supply you've had in your stash for awhile with something new.

 

I knew I wanted to use my the row of gifts from my new Lawn Fawn Simply Celebrate Winter to make a card inspired by this one by my friend Sam (also, so I could join her Use Your Stuff - Birthday Challenge) - #umschallengebirthday

 

I stamped and Die Cut my gifts with no real plan in mind ... then I decided to spray with several colors of Distress Oxide Spray.  I realized I really needed to stamp the gifts again, but I had removed my stamp from my MISTI.  I put the negative of my die cut back into my MISTI, positioned my stamp in the opening, picked-up the stamp with my lid and then inserted my die cut back into the negative space, so I could stamp again ... TA DA!.  

After I sprayed, I remembered I had some backgrounds in my stash I had created using the same spray combination.  The old on my card are these Stitched Rectangle Lawn Cuts I've had forever ... I used three sizes for my layers (and managed to attach the bottom one upside down ... oh well, no one will notice other than a card maker).  I used a combination of the Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables and Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables (I store them together).

I added three sizes of bling to the top of my packages and layered on some grid washi tape, a scrap of sprayed paper and a scrap of white paper to fill out some of the white space.

 

And I'm seizing the toppings at Seize the Birthday where the theme is Layer It!