Ingenious Inkling

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

 

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.