Ingenious Inkling

Woodblock Cool Yule

We're still creating with this gorgeous color palette at Jingle Belles this week (you need to use at least 3 of the 5 colors).

 

 

Since I went heavier on the blues last week, I leaned into the coppery oranges this week.  I started with the darkest orange, which is the color I omitted last week.  Next I cut 3/8" strips from the next three colors (skipping the darkest blue/green this week).

 

 

I used two very well-loved Woodblock stamps for Amy T's Woodblock Wednesday Challenge - Savvy Snowman and Memory Box Cool Yule.

 

 

And remember, one lucky random participant will receive this fun Yay You Die Cut by CZ Design.

 

Friendship Hugs

I love sending Valentines to my friends ... just like we did in grade school.  I remember how much time I spent choosing who got which valentine, and then spent over what I would write on it.  My oh my, so much effort for something that likely went right into the trash. 

Hopefully today my handmade valentine's bring joy for a bit longer.

The February Memory Box Challenge is You've Got a Friend in Me.  I chose to pair hearts with hugs for my clean & simple Friendship Valentine.

 

 

 

I paired the Memory Box Little Sketch Heart Die Cut with some fun glittery layered heart stickers.  I chose the pink & red of the hearts to die cut my Memory Box Hugs Daily Script Die Cut.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Color Hues Challenge.

 

 

And they're pairing-up with the Inkspirational Challenge for a double whammy.

Collaged Valentines

I had so much fun in my recent collage class that I had to turn some of the tiny collages I made into a card.  The assignment was to use a limited number of your collage papers with some asemic writing papers.

 

 

I added some gold die cut hearts and a simple typed sentiment from Memory Box Big and Little Valentines.  I'm joining the Can You Feel the Love Tonight at Little Red Wagon Challenge.

This is also perfect for the Inspire.Create.Challenge CAS Challenge.  

 

 

For the second one, I used a similar plan but a pink card base.  This one is perfect for the Cut it Up: Add a Heart Challenge.

 

Glitter Valentine

The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is GLITTER Me Happy - make a card featuring glitter, which can include loose glitter, glitter glue, wink of Stella, Shimmer Pens, Stickles or Glitter paper. 

 

 

I decided to use glitter paper and go FULL ON GLITTER. 

I chose gold glitter paper for my card base inspired by the Poppy Stamps Midas Touch Challenge.  I die cut the Poppy Stamps Confetti Heart Collage from the Gold Glitter Cardstock.  Next I attached it to a Raspberry Glitter Foam scrap from my stash.

 

 

I added a few Twilight Ombre Glitter Dots and a sentiment from Memory Box Big and Little Valentines.

 

SuperSTAR RBG

The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is SuperSTAR - create a card featuring Stars.

 

 

I literally went shopping in my studio.  I immediately thought of this Cuttlebug Star Embossing Folder, but then I had to find it LOL.  While I was "Shopping* I found a never been used pad of Core'dinations Cardstock, and reminisced about how designing cards for Core'dinations at my local Scrapbooking store was my first "design gig" and how they "paid" me with lots of wonderful Core'dinations papers to use.  

What I do is emboss, use a foam sanding block to reveal the color, then wipe with a baby wipe to pick up all of the dust and use my heat tool to dry the paper.

 

 

Then I added my favorite SuperSTAR, the awesome Ruth Bader Ginsburg from Ink Road Stamps (with her gold crown stamped with my new Lisa Horton Cloud Solid Gold Ink) inside a Memory Box Stitched Star Die Cut.  The sentiment is from the same set.  I finished by giving dear RBG some coordinating red earrings.

Glittery Friendly Snowman

The December Poppy Stamps Challenge is ABC - Anything But a Card.

 

 

I chose the Poppy Stamps Whittle Friendly Snowman to make a Christmas Tag.  I decked him out in a red scarf and coordinating hat band, googlie eyes, and his iced coffee drink (Iced Coffee brad from Eyelet Outlet).  The sentiment and coordinating die cut are from Poppy Stamps Holiday Banners.

 

 

I'm also joining the Inspire.Create.Challenges for their Anything But a Card Challenge.

 

Then (because we don't do holiday gifts), I turned my cute little tag into a card using a coordinating plaid from Memory Box Dashing Holiday papers.

 

 

I'm linking this cutie up at the Caffeinated Christmas Snowman & Coffee Challenge.

 

 

And my card is perfect for the Anything Goes Challenge at The Male Room.

 

Snow Loved

The November Memory Box Challenge is Food and Drink. 

 

 

I had fun giving the Memory Box Layered Polar Bear his own Iced Coffee with an Eyelet Outlet Iced Coffee Brad. 

I also added the scarf from the Memory Box Tall Bundled Snowman Die cut from a plaid designer paper (with inking on the bottom layers) to keep him warm in the swirling snow from the Simon Says Stamp Swirling Snowflakes Embossing Folder that was sprayed with Therm-o-web Silver Glitter Dust Spray.

 

 

I finished with a sentiment from PaperTrey Ink Just Sentiments - Snow.

 

 

My scarved polar bear in the snow with his coffee beverage also took it's inspiration from the Just Us Girls Mood Board.  I'm also linking-up at the Food or Drink Challenge at Make My Monday Challenge.

Designer Paper Christmas Trees

I'm not sure how I never realized there is a monthly Challenge in the Share Handmade Kindness Facebook Group.  It's based on one of Jennifer Maguire's past technique videos, and this month it is on using Designer Paper.

Since she used Memory Box papers in her video, I pulled out my papers and used them for this week's Freshly Made Sketch.  As she suggested, I inked around the edges of my trees and added foam tape for dimension and contrast.

 

 

The Memory Box Challenge for September is Foliage - Trees or Leaves, so it works both with my leafy papers from Memory Box Garland and my triangle Christmas Trees.  Sentiment is Memory Box Christmas Tiles.  I finished with a scattering of bling.

 

Anything "Bugging" You?

The July Memory Box Challenge is - Anything "Bugging" You?

 

 

I didn't have any Memory Box Bugs in my stash (the team used butterflies, but I just don't really think of them as bugs), so I looked through my sticker stash to see if any bugs might be hiding there. 

I found these cute little bumble bees paired with the Beary Cute Doodle-Pop, so I paired it with designer paper from Memory Box Madras Plaid Blue and Violet collection.

 

 

Since the bear is waving, I paired him with the Memory Box Hello Daily Script Dies.

Stenciled Sympathy

I needed to restock some sympathy cards, so I started with one of the brick stenciled backgrounds I believe I made last year during my Alabama crafty getaway using pigment powders and sprayed water my stencil.

I die cut it with the Dare 2B Artzy Rectangle Slimline Die Cut, so I could get two panels from my stenciled piece.  I then cut them a second time to shorten the panels for an A2 card size.

For the first one I paired it with some 49 and Market Color Swatch Blossom Acetate Leaves and an acetate butterfly.

 

I die cut the sentiment from Honey Bee Stamps Inside Sentiments Comfort, so I could nestle it into the panel.

 

 

I'm linking-up at the Simon Says: Anything Goes Challenge and the Inkspirational Use Stencils Challenge.

For the second card, I die cut the Memory Box Pretty Blossom Stem from Sage Cardstock and then a second time from Light Pink Cardstock for the blooms.

 

 

I added some white pearls to the flower sentiments and finished with a sentiment from Memory Box Best Life Typewriter Sentiments using the same die cutting process to add it to the stenciled panel.

 

 

I'm linking-up at the Just Us Girls Anything Goes Stencil Challenge and the Creatalicious Anything Goes Challenge with an Optional theme of Pastels.