Ingenious Inkling

Love and Heartfelt Hugs

Today I wanted to join the Poppy Stamps I Love You Challenge (and once again remind myself that I need more Poppy Stamps Stamp Sets other than Tidings of Joy that I've been performing Stamp Surgery on for all of the other holidays since at least 2018). 

Given the age of my stamp set (and the serious need to buy another) I'm also joining the Retro Rubber Challenge, which is It's Not All Black & White ... so Add Some Red.

 

 

I started by die cutting the Poppy Stamps Confetti Hearts from Memory Box Holiday Red Glitter Paper and backing it with White Glitter Paper from the same paper pad.  I used a Memory Box Grey Plaid paper as my card base.

 

 

I added the rest of the elements using the Sketch from Mojo Monday (including the Red Glitter Heart from the focal point die cut stamping my sentiment in black & red.

 

 

I'm also joining the Inkspirational Hearts Challenge.

 

 

 

 

Wild at Heart Tag

The December Challenge at Poppy Stamps is Anything But a Card. 

 

I thought the Poppy Stamps Wild at Heart Border Die would be perfect for a tag ... because it's time to start making valentines. 

 

 

I used it with one of my pieces of Alcohol Ink Glitter Paper (thanks again Jennifer for the tutorial) using Memory Box Delicate Pastel Glitter Paper.

 

 

I die cut the Heart Border from the Glitter paper and then positioned it to die cut a partial tag.  I die cut a full tag from white cardstock and attached it on top and stapled silver ribbon to the top of the tag.

I finished with a sentiment from Poppy Stamps Tidings of Joy.

Gellinktober Poppy Stamps Pink

Today's #gellinktober is brought to you by the color pink.  I used more Catherine Pooler inks on my Gel Press today with one of Birgit's own Texture Plates - Flower Grid from Carabelle Studio.

 

 

I didn't get quite the same layering effect with trying to pick-up stamped texture from my Gel Press (on the left), but stamping with the Carabelle Studio Flower Grid Texture plate produced more contrast on my roll-off piece of cardstock.

The October Challenge theme at Poppy Stamps is Think Pink, so I used my Poppy Stamps Confetti Heart Collage Die and backed it with a scrap of silver glitter paper before attaching to a white card base.

 

I used my one-and-only Poppy Stamps Stamp set Tidings of Joy with some stamp surgery (since it's a Christmas set) for my sentiment.  I used some silver glitter stickers to embellish.  

While I had my stamp on my MISTI, I stamped the sentiment a second time and used it with my other Gel Press Background.

 

Whittle Monster Mash

The current challenge them at Memory Box is Haunted Halloween.

I just purchased this fun Memory Box Haunted Entrance Dome Die, so I knew I wanted to give it a try.  I loved that the cute little ghosts, bats and pumpkins were attached with tape, so there was no snipping to do (and therefore no sharp edges).  I also picked-up the Memory Box Frosted Glitter Paper Pad, which was perfect for the background.

 

And of course it was the perfect home for the new Whittle Monsters from Poppy Stamps (which of course needed tiny googly eyes on Dracula and some Halloween eyeball stickers on the mummy).  To get the details on the black cat to show-up, I found it worked better when you die cut it from a light color (in this case the same flesh color as Dracula's face) and then ink it with black ink.  When I die cut from black cardstock, the details were very hard to see.

I matted it on glittery bat paper from Pebbles Spooky Boo! and finished with a sticker sentiment.

Hoping to See You Soon

The theme at the Poppy Stamps Challenge for August is Heat Wave ... to use colors, techniques or images that bring to mind heat.

 

I chose to use "hot" colors together with some sunshine on my tropical row of houses using the Poppy Stamps Baylan House Dies.

 

 

My Sun is a circle punch and I added a sentiment from Memory Box Holiday Greenery (not just for the holidays).  There are so many people I'd love to see soon.

Half Past the Point of No Return

For their July Challenge, Poppy Stamps is asking for some Glim & Glam and to Make it Sparkle. 

I pulled out scraps of glitter paper and my dies and created a fun little scene.  I turned my Poppy Stamps Stitch Wreath into the sun and then cut several pieces of glitter paper with my Poppy Stamps Wave Trio to create the ocean.

 

I tried cutting my Poppy Stamps Wittle Whale from glitter paper, but then I lost all the wonderful details of the die so I had to settle for shimmery silver paper.  I finished with one of my quote stickers of Pink! song Lyrics which seemed oddly appropriate.

Since the DiesRUs Store sells PoppyStamps Dies, I'm linking-up at their Anything Goes Challenge.

Kitty Hugs

The June Challenge at Poppy Stamps is all about Clean & Simple.

I die cut the cute little Poppy Stamps Peek a Boo Kitty three times from gold cardstock.  I lined them up on dark green cardstock and then added some gems to the kitty-in-the-middle.

 

I framed the kitties with pretty leaf paper from Memory Box Cottage Meadow papers.  I used my Poppy Stamps Tidings of Joy Sentiment (with a little stamp surgery) to finish my Clean & Simple design.

I'm also linking-up at Cute Card Thursday where the theme is Masculine.

Sending Hugs to You

The May Poppy Stamp Challenge is Winged Things. 

I die cute the Poppy Stamps Adriana Wreath Die twice from two of my Gel Press Prints and rotated them slightly before layering.  I then used the rest of the Gel Print as my card base.

 

I perched a vintage vellum butterfly sticker on the wreath and then decorated my wreath with tiny clear bling.  I did a little stamp surgery to Poppy Stamps Tidings of Joy Stamp set to end-up with the perfect sentiment for my card.

Poppy Stamps Floral Frenzy

The current theme at the Poppy Stamps Challenge is Floral Frenzy.  

 

The Poppy Stamps Wild At Heart Border is scattered with flowers.  I die cut it twice (from Maroon & Yellow) and layered it slightly off-set over some gorgeous floral designer paper.  

 

I added a few tiny pink paper flowers with pearl centers and finished with a sentiment from my favorite Memory Box Set Big and Little Words.  

The colors remind me of my Pedicure yesterday with my new Yellow Box Sandals ... time for Easter Egg Toes (Essie Flying Solo).

 

Happy Valentine's Day

The theme at the Poppy Stamps Challenge is From the Heart ... lucky for me one of the few dies I have by them is my favorite Heart Confetti Collage.

I die cut the Heart Confetti Collage from Red Cardstock and then attached it to a piece of designing paper that was leftover on my studio table (from this card) ... I liked how the paper designs looked framed by the hearts.

I wanted to add a few accents, and as I looked at different colors, I decided I really liked the contrast of royal blue, so I added both sequins and small gems.  The sentiment is a sticker from my stash.

I'm also joining my friend Sam's Use My Stuff Challenge where the theme is Love. #umschallengelove