Ingenious Inkling

The Wonder of the Season

The November Stock Your Stash theme at Reverse Confetti is all about Holiday or Winter.

 

 

I started by playing along with Jennifer Maguire's Video about using Alcohol Inks on Glitter paper.  I used DCWV Glitzy Cardstock, which has a completely smooth glittery surface, so my results were a bit different than hers, but it sure was fun to play.  I also didn't have white glitter, so I used pale silver with Ranger Pink Sherbet, Couture Creations Wisteria & Couture Creations Lake Pearl Ink together with blending solution.

 

 

I die cut my glitter paper to use as the background for my new Reverse Confetti Away in the Manger Confetti Cuts.  I die cut the star from glitter foam, which has a great dimension.  

 

I felt like I needed something in my Manger, and I settled on a messy wrap of Old Rose Metallic Thread for the "hay".

 

The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti Seasonal Say It All stamped in Versafine Clair Purple Delight on Silver Metallic paper and Clear Embossed.

Boo Yea!

The Paper Craft Crew Challenge is to CASE one of the designers for your card this week.

I chose this adorable card by Mary of Center Stage Stamping.

 

I changed it from a Birthday Card to a Halloween Card for the September Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash Challenge.

 

 

I kept the layout of the design swapping the Boo Yea! (from Reverse Confetti Boo Yea!) for the Critter and a glittery ghost (with added Googly Eyes ... because everything is better with Googly Eyes) for the Balloon. 

The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti OMG and the Border is cut from Reverse Confetti Edge Essentials Confetti Cuts.

 

Oh Baby

The July Stock Your Stash Challenge at Reverse Confetti is .... Oh Baby!

 

The Reverse Confetti Cute as a Button is my most used stamp set for baby cards ... I just love those onesies.  This time the onesie is stamped in Ranger Archival Garden Patina on Yellow cardstock.

 

The base of the card is one of my alcohol ink experiments on glossy cardstock.  The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti Fancy Word Coordinates.  I finished with a scattering of enamel hearts.  

 

The layout is this week's Freshly Made Sketch.

Love You More

The theme at the June Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash Challenge is Just Because.

 

 

I started with the Reverse Confetti Love You More Confetti Cuts on a piece of Cheerful & Kind Designer Paper.  I mounted it with foam tape on another piece of paper from the collection.

 

Using the layout from Atlantic Hearts Sketch, I added a strip of paper from the Winter Wonder Designer Paper Collection under the tag and a sentiment from Reverse Confetti A Friend Like You across the top.

 

I finished with a scattering of enamel hearts.

 

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells

We're still creating with Bells this week at Jingle Belles.

 

My Jingle Bell this week is from Reverse Confetti and is framed by an alcohol ink background and greens and golds. 

 

I finished with several holly leaf die cuts from the same Reverse Confetti Joys of the Season Set paired with a sentiment sticker.

*** Edited to add that clearly I had Online Card Class ESP since Anti-Coloring is today's Lesson ... I may try another.

Sweet Birthday

The May Stock Your Stash at Reverse Confetti is all about Birthdays.  That is one Stash of mine that needs re-stocking for me, so the theme has perfect timing.

 

I had doilies out on my studio table, so I decided to start with this purple ombre one and the sketch from the Sunday Stamps Challenge for my layout.  My favorite ice cream bars are those that combine vanilla ice cream with a popsicle flavor for that creamsicle-like flavor combination, so that's how I colored my bars from the Reverse Confetti Hey Sugar Set.

 

I used designer paper from the Reverse Confetti Winter Wonder paper collection and a sentiment from the same Hey Sugar Set.

 

Makeover Monday ~ Brave Spirit

Today's Makeover Monday celebrates the graduates.  I chose this Reverse Confetti Graduation card from April 2019 to makeover.

 

 

 

I was asked if I could give the design a feminine twist and create it in different school colors.  I chose to use the same three sentiment stamps from Reverse Confetti My Tribe and Congratulations.  I added some Daisies and used some Sari Ribbon for my Mortar Board Hat using this Video.

Makeover Monday - Love My Tribe

I went back to March of 2019 for today's Makeover Monday ... when I was in a different kind of quarantine with our entire first floor (which included my studio) being repaired after being flooded by a broken pipe in our wall that adjoins the trash room in our Condominium Building.

I am very grateful that this quarantine leaves me alone in my craft room to play.  Here's my card from March 2019.

 

I swapped the grey solid for grey patterned paper from Reverse Confetti Pattern Play since I'm still going to join the Stock Your Stash Easter Challenge.

 

I swapped the pink and aqua, since that is what I had left in my stash.  I intended to stamp the sentiment in black directly on the patterned paper, but underestimated the height of those bunny tails and my MISTI wouldn't close, so I went with bright pink on a strip of white cardstock from the same Reverse Confetti My Tribe Stamp Set.

 

I just love those fuzzy little bunny tails.

 

Makeover Monday - Hawkeye Baby Card

For today's Makeover Monday I'm doing a Congratulations Card for the Stock Your Stash Challenge at Reverse Confetti.  

 

I went all the way back to October 2016 for this cutie as my inspiration.

 

I decided to keep the layout and change-up the colors to use the hues from the Just Us Girls Color Week Challenge ... they might seem like odd colors for a baby card, but if you live near the University of Iowa, you know those are Hawkeye Colors, so they are just perfect.

 

I combined both metallic gold and the color gold for my design starting with a piece of Black and Metallic gold designer paper from a Christmas Collection with two other golden scraps of paper in my scrap box.

 

The adorable Reverse Confetti Onesie from Cute as a Button in Wendy Vecchi Ranger Archival Buttercup Ink.  I added some enamel hearts and dots for accents and finished with the typewriter congratulations sentiment from Reverse Confetti Fancy Words Coordinates.

The perfect baby card for a future Iowa Hawkeye.

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