Ingenious Inkling

Botanical Hello

The June Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash theme is Hello / Just Because. 

From a very early age I've been a Just Because card sender.  I know how good it makes me feel to get an e-mail or card in the mail from someone just because they were thinking of me ... so I love the thought of sending that message of joy through the mail every week.

 

 

I decided to use the hues from this week's Color Throwdown and the plant reminded me of the Reverse Confetti Botanical Stamp Set, so that is what I colored with those hues.

 

 

I love those dual shades of coral with the pop of green ... and that light tan is my favorite shade of kraft cardstock.

 

 

I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch for my layout and a sentiment from Reverse Confetti Best Sentiments.  I finished with some enamel dots and a tiny heart.

 

Reverse Confetti Masculine Plaid Birthday

The creation of this card was a bit of a comedy of errors.  It started with a plan to make a masculine birthday card for the Reverse Confetti May Stock Your Stash Challenge.

 

 

I thought it would be fun to make a masculine plaid using the Plaid Lines Big Confetti Cut Die.  I used the colors from The Paper Players Color Challenge and cut it from grey & red cardstock only to realize that I needed the Plaid Lines Small Confetti Cut Die to produce a plaid background (which I do not have ... into the shopping cart it goes).

So after putzing around for a while, I realized if I rotated one of the pieces and trimmed it down to a square I could product a plaid-like effect, but it looked a bit plain.

So I got the bright idea to use the Edge Essentials Confetti Cuts to emboss some interest into the plaid ... not realizing they would cut all the way through.  Since I had cut off one side, I flipped them and cut off the other and ended-up with this sort of cool plaid rectangle.

 

 

I used a sentiment from Reverse Confetti Birthday Wishes and finished with a few black enamel dots.

 

 

I'm also joining the Global Design Project where this week's theme is Birthday.

 

Wonderful in Every Way

The April Stock Your Stash Challenge at Reverse Confetti is all about Moms, Dads & Grads.

 

 

I need more Mom Day cards, but I have no Mom Day stamps from Reverse Confetti, so I went with a never-ending bouquet of Reverse Confetti Bold Blooms with a perfect Mom sentiment from Reverse Confetti So Many Sentiments.

 

 

I positioned my bouquet on the Reverse Confetti Hex Tag Confetti Cut and framed it with the Reverse Confetti Outlined Frame Confetti Cuts.   I only adhered it in the center so that the outlines have some movement.

 

The colors are from this week's Color Throwdown.

 

 

I'm also joining the Inkspirational Grow Challenge.

 

 

 

And I'm joining the Spring Flowers Challenge at The Paper Players.

 

Hugs and Smiles

The current Stock Your Stash Challenge at Reverse Confetti is Easter & Spring.

 

 

I didn't have an Easter, so I went with images that remind me of Spring in Iowa ... a blue cloudy sky and riding my bicycle.  This weekend we were able to go for our walk with just light jackets and the bikers were thick on the trails.

I cut sky blue cardstock with the Confetti Cuts Cloudy Day Cover Plate and backed it with white glitter paper.  I cut a curve from brown grey paper at the bottom.

 

I stamped the Bicycle from Reverse Confetti Rollin' in bright blue and die cut it before attaching it with foam tape at the top of the hill.  

I finished with sentiments from Reverse Confetti Sentimental Sayings & Reverse Confetti This Says it All.

O. M. G.

The February Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash Challenge is Encouragement & Congratulations Cards.

 

 

I broke out my never-been-ink Reverse Confetti OMG Stamp Set and coordinating Confetti Cut Die and combined it with the current Mojo Monday Sketch.

The designer papers are from Reverse Confetti Winter Wonder Paper Collection.

 

 

I also used the Reverse Confetti Stitched Hex Tag Confetti Cut rather than the circle in the sketch.

 

Five Favorite Holiday Cards - 2020

Since Lauren & I started Jingle Belles in 2010, I've been recapping my five favorite Christmas cards of the year (you can find 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 here) ... I always enjoy revisiting my creations for the year.

Here are my favorites in no particular order:

 

1.  This card I made for the Jingle Belles Earth Day prompt pretty much sums-up 2020.  The background was stamped with an empty toilet paper roll (and brought back the panic of seriously not finding any toilet paper in our town except for a 120 roll commercial package that we're still working our way through)  ... and Taylored Expressions Big Grumpy who sums-up how many have felt for most of 2020.

 

 

2.  I had so much fun creating this vintage collage for our Vintage prompt at Jingle Belles ... I love when all of those tucked away bits and bobs finally find their way onto a card ... especially trading stamps that remind me of my Grandma and the photo slide that reminds me of watching vacation slides in my Gran & Papa's basement.

 

 

 

3.  I love how striking this Gina K. Designs white snowflake turned out against the tone-on-tone Holiday Tapestry stamped background.

 

 

4. The We Three Kings Prompt at Jingle Belles inspired We Three Reinbeer ... for me, the googly eyes make this card.

 

 

5. 2020 was the year I had more fun playing with Alcohol Inks ... I love the wonderful inky background of this card combined with the contrast of the white stamped images.

 

As always, hard to pick favorites, but also fun re-visiting all the holiday cards I made (and gave) this year.  Remember, if you'd like to have lots of holiday cards ready when December rolls around, you can join us for our 11th year of Jingle Belles Mayhem beginning January 1st

Reverse Confetti Botanical Thanks

The December Stock Your Stash Theme at Reverse Confetti is Thank You.  

 

 

 

I stamped the new bouquet in a vase from the Reverse Confetti Botanical Stamp Set in Catherine Pooler Daydream Ink and die cut it.  I decided to leave it uncolored and position it againsta part of one of my roll-off background prints from #gellinktber.

 

I finished with a Thank You sentiment from Reverse Confetti Best Sentiments and attached my vase & flowers with foam tape for dimension.

Since I still had another piece of my background print, I made a second card, this time stamping in Watering Can Gray Ink for a different look.

 

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.