Ingenious Inkling

Fanciful Falling Leaves

The September Challenge at PoppyStamps is to make a Clean & Simple Card.  I decided to also incorporate Rust & Green from The Color Hues Challenge.

 

 

I found several Rust colored GelliArts prints in my stash and die cut them using PoppyStamps Fanciful Fall Leaves.  I also die cut the largest of the PoppyStamps Whittle Wood Picture Frames from Green Cardstock.

 

 

I arranged the falling leaves around the frame using foam tape under some of them for dimension.  

 

 

I finished with a sentiment from Poppystamps Peony Bouquet to complete the design.

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.

Good Day Sunshine

Good Day Sunshine is the newest Challenge at Poppystamps.

 

For me, some of my favorite Sunshine/Summer memories involve ice cream. 

Our Papa would take us to the Dairy Mart, and I would get a double soft serve cone (single cone with two different openings at the top for the ice cream.  I would get one side chocolate and the other vanilla.  Also, after evenings spent at the hot, steamy baseball fields, my Mom would take us for ice cream or sometimes even a Root Beer Float at A&W.  I also loved when we would make homemade ice cream on my Grandma's carport, especially with the upgrade to the electric machine, so that my arm didn't feel like it was going to fall off from cranking for hours.

So needless to say, my Good Day Sunshine card features some ice cream.  I used one of my purple gelliprints to die cut the ice cream, and I added a bit of ink to the cone to bring out the embossed texture from the Poppstamps Grand Whittle Ice Cream die.

 

 

To keep it Clean & Simple for the Addicted to CAS Summer Challenge, I only added a few tiny gems and a sentiment from PoppyStamps Colorful Life.

 

 

And the purple ice cream was chosen for dearest Lindsay at the L is for Sister Lindsey Challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers (the sentiment could be said with a bit of snark if you wanted to take it that way LOL).

 

 

Reindeer Joy

This card is for the Poppy Stamps Cool Yule! December Challenge.

 

 

It's inspired by one of my favorite sparkly holiday sweaters.  I die cut the Poppy Stamps Holiday Joy from deep red and vibrant pink.  The Poppy Stamps Whittle Rudolph was cut from kraft cardstock with a bit of inking on the antlers.

 

 

I added tiny googly eyes and a red pearl nose to finish the design.  The Pink Glitter Paper is from sister company Memory Box.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge with an Optional theme of Festive Animals.  Simon Says Stamp is also about Christmas Critters.  Crafting Happiness Challenge is featuring Santa or Reindeer.

 

Creepy, Kooky, Freaky, Spooky

The newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Franken-Card - Create a card featuring something Halloween related ... could be bats, witches, monsters, costumes ... whatever says Halloween to you.

 

 

I decided to go with Poppystamps Whittle Monsters decorating the Poppystamps Adriana Wreath.

 

 

Of course I couldn't resist adding eyeball stickers or googly eyes to each little character.  I finished with a Halloween sticker sentiment.

 

I'm also linking-up at the PoppyStamps Get your Boo On! Challenge.

Unicorn Rainbows

The July Challenge at Poppy Stamps is Rainbows.

 

I started with a piece of Rainbow designer paper from American Crafts Flower Child.  Then I used those colors from the paper to color my Poppy Stamps Whittle Unicorn and the two hearts that come with him.  I die cut his horn from silver cardstock (actually the silver inside from a Vicks Kleenex Box).

 

 

I finished with the perfect sentiment from Poppy Stamps Colorful Life.

Cardstock Christmas

This week at Jingle Belles it's a Cardstock Christmas where we're asking you to create your holiday card using nothing but cardstock (step away from the designer papers).  You can spray it, die cut it, emboss it, color it ... but just make sure it's all cardstock.

I intended to join the PoppyStamps Die Cut Challenge, but realized too late I added as stamped sentiment to my card, so I'll try again later in the month.  I do, however, love these PoppyStamps Die Cuts.

I die cut the PoppyStamps Whittle Friendly Snowman from White textured cardstock using a piece of white cardstock colored with watercolor markers for the scarf & black cardstock hat band.

 

 

I used a layout from the BYSH (Build Your Stash Holiday) Cardmakers and instead of a cardstock strip, I used the PoppyStamps Frozen Flakes Die Cut down the left side.  

 

I finished with a sentiment from Memory Box Dashing with Reindeer and some pink bling in the snowflake centers.

 

 

I'm also joining the Christmas Kickstart Challenge, which is to feature a scarf on your card (get it ... wrapped up for Christmas).

All My Love

The February Poppystamps Challenge is Me & You ... the perfect opportunity  to create another valentine.

 

 

I started by die cutting the Poppystamps Heart Confetti Collage from some lovely salmony pink glitter paper.  I backed it with a soft pink marker colored paper.

 

 

Next I used the Sketch from Try Stampin' (or Not) on Tuesday and used some handmade chalk paper for the background (you can see how I made it here).

 

 

I die cut the hearts collage a second time and added hearts inside the hearts finishing with a Doodlebug Sprinkle Heart.  I replaced the heart in the sketch with a sentiment from Memory Box Big and Little Valentines stamped on the other scrap of the marker colored paper.  

I'm also joining the Somebody to Love Challenge at little red wagon.

Let It Snow!

The December Challenge at Poppy Stamps is Let It Snow! 

 

 

Strangely enough I didn't have any snowflakes, but I do have the adorable Poppy Stamps Whittle Snowman, so I added him as an accent to a birthday card, since I need to restock my masculine birthday card stash.

 

I die cut the Poppy Stamps Playful Happy Birthday Die from a Gel Press Print.  I also die cut the Whittle Snowman's hat from the same print.  I finished with a few Eyelet Outlet Snowflake Bling stickers.

And it's Anything Goes at the Corrosive Challenge Blog.

Frosty the Snowman

Day 10 of the 12 Tags of Christmas at Ellen Hutson is - Frosty the Snowman with Amy Tsuruta.

 

 

I started with the Poppystamps Whittle Friendly Snowman and dressed him with a black glitter top had and plaid scarf using Memory Box Dashing Holiday designer paper.  I added some Doodlebug Eye See You Shape Sprinkles.

 

 

I used a vintage A Muse sentiment stamp to finish the design.

I'm also linking-up at the Poppystamps Gift it! Challenge with my cute little gift tag.

I used the pretty plaid Memory Box Paper to turn this tag into a card that I'm linking-up at The Holly and Ivy Anything Christmas Challenge.