Ingenious Inkling

If You Got It, Haunt It

There are a couple of current fun fold challenges, so I went to SplitcoastStampers and did my version of the Corner Tuck Folded Card.  I decided to make the card vertical, so I could feature another fun journaling card from Echo Park Spooktacular Collection.

Rather than use designer paper, I chose cardstock colors from the colors in my journaling card including some orange cardstock for the base that is shimmery on one side and solid on the other.

 

 

I added a few enamel dots to my fun ghosty card and made my corner tuck piece from punches shares from two of the shades on the card (which also gives it a bit more structure for tucking).

 

 

I'm linking-up at The Male Room Fun Fold Challenge.

 

 

I'm also joining the Fun Fold Challenge with the Paper Craft Crew Challenge.

 

Moose Hello

The August PoppyStamps Challenge is Anything Goes.

 

I was the lucky winner of the gift certificate for the July Challenge, so I decided to make a card with the two dies I chose with my winnings - Hello Poe Script and Nordic Moose.

 

My sister & her husband love Moose (and sweater vests), so this card is for them.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Inkspirational Challenge where the theme is Clean & Simple with an option Twist of Animals.

Luxe Glitter Birthday

I had fun playing Tic-Tac-Toe with Retro Rubber.  I went with Horizontal along the bottom with my choice being embossing.

 

I embossed teal cardstock with the Retro Cuttlebug Decorative Tile Set embossing folder (I sort of miss my Cuttlebug ... so simple and effective).

 

I used the Die-Versions Solo Happy Birthday Die (that dates back to at least 2017) from the gorgeous Simon Says Stamp Luxe Glitter Cardstock.

I finished with a tiny wood-mounted Stampin' Up sentiment from 2006.

 

This is going in my Masculine Birthday Stash for the Inspire. Create. Stamping Challenges.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at The Male Room Mixed Media Challenge with a die cut, embossing and stamping.

And lastly, it's a Sparkle & Shine Challenge at Little Red Wagon.

Sweet Birthday

After making my first Sugar, Sugar card for the #staycraftychallenge with a blog named Hero Arts, I was putting away the group of stamps I had thought about using, and decided before I did, I would make a second card with the theme.

 

 

I used the colors of the Just Add Ink Challenge together with images from Hero Arts Party Time.

 

 

The layout is from Sketch Saturday.

 

 

Sugar, Sugar

The August #staycraftychallenge with a blog named Hero Arts is Sugar, Sugar - creating cards featuring anything sweet.

 

 

I decided to go with one of my favorite sweet things ... cake ... specifically the Hero Arts Color Layering Cupcake.

 

 

I paired my sweet cupcake with a sweet sentiment from the same set and positioned it on a background stamped with the Hero Arts Abstract Frames Bold Prints.

I'm also linking-up at the Little Red Wagon Make it Masculine Challenge, and the current Simon Says Happy Birthday challenge.

 

 

It's also the 600th Birthday Challenge at Cupcake Inspiration Challenge.

Sorry for Your Dog Loss

A friend lost a beloved dog this week, and I wanted to send a card to express my sympathy.

 

 

I started with inspiration from the Hero Arts Stay Crafty Challenge Color My World.  My coloring was one of the brown Alcohol Ink backgrounds I made with my friend Bev in Alabama.  

 

 

I cut the background into strips using this week's Freshly Made Sketch layout.

 

 

I added a gold metallic circle for the Cardz 4 Guyz Metallic Challenge.  The Buddy Doggone Cute Shaker-Pop from Doodlebug Designs is my Animal for The Male Room Challenge.

 

 

I finished with the paw prints from the Shaker-Pop and a Hero Arts Sentiment from Thinking of You.

 

Hero Arts Summer Stamp-Along 2024

I had fun spending Saturday creating with the Hero Arts Summer Stamp-Along.

The first card was with Laura Bassen.  I loved the fun strips of color.  The class kit contained the entire rainbow of cardstock.  The card she made used the blush cardstock as the base.  I changed it up with green, so I could use it for a masculine birthday.

 

 

I couldn't throw away the ends I trimmed off, so I made them into a second card.

 

 

Second class was a double-layered stamping technique taught by Channin Pelletier.  She gave some tips on partial stamping with a background stamp that I'll be using again I'm sure.

 

 

The teacher of the third class was Cathy Zielske.  I love the fun group of balloons die cut.

 

 

I used a bit of the leftover ink-painted panel to make a second card (inspired by Cathy's bonus card).

 

 

 

Kristina Werner taught a fun layered inking technique for class number four.

 

 

It was a 6" background stamp, so I used the cut-off strip from the background and made a second card.

 

Seeka taught class number five with a much cuter card than what I made using Hero Arts Rub-ons.  When I tried to attach the final rub-on of the design, I managed to get it stuck to my finger, and couldn't figure out how to rescue the design.  I tried using similar images for a second attempt, and I managed to make the same mistake - clearly all operator error and no reflection on the class or the product.

I finally got one to work with what was left of the first rub-on sheet, and I do love it ... another masculine card in the stash.

 

 

If you've ever thought about joining the Hero Arts events, I feel like they are very well done, and I enjoyed it a lot.

Fast Food Birthday

The newest Penny Black Saturday Challenge is Food.

I don't have any Penny Black food stamps, so instead I used the Penny Black Geometric Embossing Folder together with the Penny Black Happy Builder sentiment with some 3-D Food Stickers from my stash.

 

 

I finished with some matte gold embellishments.

Patriotic Birthdays

While I had my red, white & blue papers on my studio table, I decided to use them to re-stock my birthday card stash.

I started with this week's Freshly Made Sketch and never before used products from Catherine Pooler for Ardyth's #shopyourcraftstashsummer2024. 

I die cut the Catherine Pooler Bubblin' Die from white cardstock and positioned it on some Echo Park Let Freedom Ring Star paper.

 

 

I added a few white sequins and then topped it with a cute cupcake cut from Doodlebug Land that I Love paper.  I finished with a sentiment from the Catherine Pooler Mini Birthday Wishes.

 

 

For the second one, I used the layout from Try a Sketch on Tuesday with the same Bubblin' Die from Catherine Pooler and a different paper from Echo Park Let Freedom Ring collection.

 

 

I paired it with another adorable Doodlebug Land That I Love image, more sequins, and the same Catherine Pooler Mini Birthday Wishes sentiment.

 

 

And since Cotton Candy screams summer to me, I'm also linking-up at the Inspire.Create. Stamping Challenges Summer theme.

 

NBUS Football Birthday

The newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is NBUS (Never Before Used Stuff) from your stash that is at least one year old.

 

 

Ardyth is also leading us on a #shopyourcraftstashsummer2024 to give those unused items we have some love, so I'm joining there too.  I am envious of Ardyth who knows exactly how many items she needs to use.  I'm afraid to even think about counting how many unused items I have.

Darnell also has a monthly NBUS Challenge, so I'm linking-up there as well.

I decided to shop my Darkroom Door Stash of unused stamps for today's card.  Since Rachel died, it has made me sad to think about using these stamps, but I decided she would want to see her lovely designs out in the world, so that's what I did.

This Darkroom Door Football stamp is from at least as far back as March 2021 and the backing had never been removed.  I inked it with black ink and stamped it twice on white cardstock (the second one was to cut out the football after I finished my ink blending).

 

 

I used a combination of multiple blue distress inks on the sky and greens for the grass to add color, and colored pencil to add the red to the shoe (or boot as it is called).  I cut the football from the second stamped image and used a stylus to give the ball some dimension before attaching it with foam tape in the center and adhesive on the edges to keep the roundness of the ball when it was attached.

I used A Colorful Life Designs Cloud Edger and white pigment ink in the sky to add a bit of cloud dimension.  I also added some black sequins to finish the design together with an NBUS sentiment from a Simon Hurley set from the Crop & Create event in 2022.

We hope you'll Shop Your Stash for some NBUS, so you can join us in giving those neglected products some love.