Ingenious Inkling

Holiday Cheer

Our current prompt at Jingle Belles is to Use What Santa Brought You (create a card featuring something new in your stash).  Since I am my own Santa, I got exactly what I wanted for Christmas ... like these stamps from new releases at Reverse Confetti. 

 

I just loved the Candy Canes with Holly (colored with Spectrum Noir Markers) from Reverse Confetti Joys of the Season ... and I even took the time to let some red Stickles dry on the Holly Berries (yep, I'm normally a very impatient crafter). 

 

 

Sentiment is from the limited edition Reverse Confetti Snowflakes.  I found some fun candy cane paper in my stash and finished with a wrap of candy cane twine.

And did you see that Jen Shurkus has also figured out that making holiday cards all year long is the way to go ... you can also link-up at her Get Cracking On Christmas Challenge. #getcrackingonChristmas

 

Love My Tribe

The theme of the first Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash of 2020 is Love is in the Air! (click through to see Amy T's adorable card) 

 

I am personally grateful for the love of my Tribe ... my near and far friends that share my love of paper-crafting, delicious food, and collecting supplies (and some enabling too) ... you know who you are.

I started by creating a quilt of 1 1/4" squares using Reverse Confetti Winter Wonder Papers and a sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 Challenge. Finished card is 4 1/2" square.

 

Next I die cut the Scalloped Square Confetti Cuts stamping sentiments from Love My Tribe and So Many Sentiments.  I finished with some Punched Heart confetti to fill in the empty space inside my frame.

 

And it's an Anything Goes Challenge at Challenge Up Your Life.

 

Tall Blooms Thank You

I realized last night that I had not yet Stocked my Stash for December ... the theme at Reverse Confetti is Thank You.

 

I did a little shopping when they had their Snowflake Sale (okay, I did a lot of shopping), so I had quite a few new products to choose from.  I couldn't wait to ink-up these beautiful Reverse Confetti Tall Blooms.

 

I stamped them in two shades of purple on lovely kraft cardstock and then finished with my new Thank You Confetti Cuts Sentiment.  This design would be fun to make a set in different monochromatic color combinations.

All the Joys of the Season

I wanted to go back and make a card for Day 3 of the 25 Days of Christmas Tags.  I loved the contrast of the black, red & gold on these wonderful tags by Jennifer Jackson.

 

I went hunting for a black plaid, but instead used this black poinsettia paper paired with red cardstock & white embossing.

 

I added a wrap of white metallic twine and finished with a Golden Stag.  The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti's Joys of the Season.  I paired my tag with a plaid paper from the same paper collection and turned it into a card, so I could join the Reverse Confetti Holiday Card Stock Your Stash Challenge.

 

I needed a few more masculine cards this year, so this turned out perfectly.

 

'Tis the Season

Yep ... more Christmas Tag ... I'm having fun catching up with the 25 Days of Christmas Tags.  Today's inspiration is from Day 5 filled with Reverse Confetti (which is perfect since the Stock Your Stash this month is Holiday).

 

My inspiration came from these adorable little round tags by Kelly Lunceford.

I haven't done any round tags yet ... and I took my inspiration from the vibrant color design with some black baker's twine.  I went with Catherine Pooler Party Dress & Reverse Confetti Snowflake Magic.

 

Rather than scattering little hearts like Kelly did, I scattered two types of bling on my snowflakes and finished with a bow of bright pink baker's twine.

 

My card is a quick little cutie with a silver metallic card base for a bit more shine.

 

Baby, it's Cold Outside

This week at Jingle Belles we're making cards featuring things you wear when it's cold outside … gloves, earmuffs, mittens, scarves, coats, Christmas Sweaters, socks … you get the picture.  We had snow twice last week in Iowa, so I had to pull out my hat and gloves a bit earlier than I would have liked.

I pulled out one of my favorite winter hats from Reverse Confetti's Happy Winter.  I love how the pieces of the hat are all stamped and die cut separately, so you can create whatever color combination you want.

I chose Teal & Yellow from the colors at this week's Sunday Stamps Challenge ... a bit unusual for a Christmas card, but I love the masculine vibe.

 

 

I used one of my Gel Press Printed Tags which was the perfect rusty orange for my base with snowflake embossing on the background and a sticker sentiment to finish.

 

I'm also Stocking my Stash with Reverse Confetti on the last big push to get all of my holiday cards done & mailed by the end of November.

Too Cute To Spook

I'm still Stocking my Halloween Stash with Reverse Confetti this month.

 

I used the Confetti Cuts Triangles Cover Plate, because the triangles reminded me of Jack-o-Lantern Eyes.  I combined it with papercrafting items from my stash.

 

This one features funky dancing skeletons and a glittery spider.

 

 

I added a felt Witch Hat to my 3-D Black Cat Sticker.

Spooky Sweets

I decided to take the Stock Your Stash from Reverse Confetti more literally this month and see how many Halloween cards I can get done, so I can mail them to my friends.

I'm sticking with my Reverse Confetti Boo Yea! Stamps and pairing them with some Halloween images from my stash.  This one uses this week's CAS(e) this Sketch!

 

 

I finished with some wonky googly eyes for my ghostie pair ... they are indeed spooky sweets.

 

Boo Yea!

The September theme at Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash is Halloween or Fall Fun.  I started with my only Autumn Reverse Confetti Stamp set - Boo Yea! and planned my card round that.

 

Next, I wanted to join in the 400th Sketch Challenge at Freshly Made Sketches (Woot Woot!).

 

So I combined Boo Yea! with some fun Doodlebug Halloween paper from 2015 from my stash ... how cute is that Owl.  

 

So fun to start making Halloween cards ... I'm sure I'll be stocking my stash some more before the month is through.

Happiness Today & Always

The current Stock Your Stash Challenge at Reverse Confetti is all about Weddings ... but no obvious wedding cards in my stamp stash, so I had to get creative.

 

 

I pulled out several stamp sets and decided to combine the floral spray from Something Wonderful with one of the stamps from Circle Wishes.  I also used some pink designer paper from Reverse Confetti's Pattern Play Collection.

 

I stamped the flowers multiple times using my MISTI in London Fog ink on a piece of pink cardstock that was flecked with grey.  The sketch is from the current Fusion Card Challenge where the theme was family (perfect for a wedding card design).

 

I finished with lots of tiny bling to add some elegance to the design.