Ingenious Inkling

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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!

Happy Winter

I love the beautiful colors in the current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge Inspiration Board.

 

The movement of the lines reminded me of the Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts - Stitched Woodgrain Backdrop ... I used it on the lightest blue of the color combination.

 

 

I die cut the Lawn Fawn Stitched Snowflakes from the other four colors and stacked them using 3-D glue dots for dimension.  I put some Bumpy Bling in the centers.

 

The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn Say What Christmas Critters.

fa-la-la-llama

Lawn Fawn released a new Sketch Challenge today, which was the perfect opportunity to ink-up the new-to-me Lawn Fawn Say What! Christmas Critters.  I used Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow Christmas papers to piece together the sketch.

 

I colored my Llama with Spectrum Noir Markers and fussy cut one of the Christmas trees from the background paper.

 

I love those happy little colors.

Baby Baby

Tonight I realized I had absolutely no baby cards in my stash ... how does that happen?  So baby cards are on the creative agenda.

I started with Taylored Expressions Bubble Greetings - Baby.  I paper-pieced the sweet little onesie.

I used the Stitched Journaling Card Die from Lawn Fawn for the DiesRUs Challenge.  The tiny typed sentiment is from Memory Box Big and Little Words with some Valentine's Day Designer Papers (perfect for tiny little girl cards).

I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says Stamp Think Pink Challenge.

Plaid Birthday RePlay

When I went to get the stamp link for my last card, I discovered that STAMPtember is giving away gift certificates from each of the companies participating, so I decided to make a second card to link-up using the same CAS(e) this Sketch! layout (because as my Grandma always said, you can't win if you don't play). 

I pulled out sentiments from Heffy Doodle Everyday Sentiment Duos to pair with another plaid background from Sweet 'n Sassy Texture Tiles 4 (that I decided was too dark of a green for my first card).

 

For my cake, I inked-up Lawn Fawn Year One.

 

 

Also linking-up at All About Occasions at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.

 

Snarky Cactus

After seeing Nora's awesome takes on this week's CAS(e) this Sketch!, I challenged myself to create my own cards using things currently on my craft table (because I was taking a break from cleaning-up the tornado that landed).

I had a package of 2 remaining Lawn Fundamentals Walnut Note Cards, so that's where I began.  I paired it with some lime green packaging from the back of some Making Memories Mini Shimmer Alphabet Stickers and a scrap of dark green cardstock punched with a border punch.

 

I finished with some Tim Holtz Snarky Impertinent Stickers and some 3-D Cactus stickers.  Quick, fun and easy peasy.

The first one was so fun, I made a second.

 

Snort ... I amuse myself.  Have a great week.