Ingenious Inkling

Hippity Hop

Hippity Hop is the newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash - we're asking you to create an Easter Card or a card featuring a rabbit or a chick.

 

 

I decided to use my never before inked (linking-up at the NBUS Challenge) Trinty Stamps Bunnies.  I added color to the cheeks, ears, and several other elements in the image.  I finished by coloring the coolest bunny grey.

 

 

I matted the image with orange and purple and finished with one of the sentiments from the set.

And it's a 3-2-1 week at Passion for Markers.  I've got three paper layers on my card base, 2 paper layers on my sentiment and one colored bunny.

We hope you'll come join our Hippity Hop fun.

Flat Feliz Navidad

This week at Jingle Belles our theme is Flat Fleiz Navidad - it is generally called the One Layer Card; though some folks refer to it as the No Layer Card. 

What does that mean? It means your entire design is flat... your elements get stamped, drawn, embossed, etc, directly onto the card base; so basically you're not taping or gluing ANY additional papers/diecuts/layers to that base. We're looking (as the title implies) for completely FLAT cards this time. Are you up for the challenge?

I started by using a torn piece of typing paper as an inking mask creating three shades of Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink (start at the bottom and then keeping inking over the whole space to keep the bottom darker than the top). 

 

Next I stamped two Memory Box Sentiments from Memory Box Christmas Tiles and Memory Box Dashing with Reindeer, 

Next I added Memory Box Holiday Greenery Stamp.  I used alcohol markers to color the greenery, turning part of the leaves into a poinsettia.  I added a few extra berries & a leaf to finish.  I colored out of the lines a bit, so I just embraced that coloring style ... sort of like the fill stamps that are meant to be a bit off from the base image.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the March Memory Box Petal Power Challenge.

Happy Hydrangea

Gina K. Designs' August #monthlymixchallenge is indeed a challenge for me ... to use Gel Pen Accents.  That is a skill I just don't have, but that didn't stop me from giving it a try.

First I stamped & colored the Gina K. Designs Happy Hydrangea Mini using Spectrum Noir Tri Blend Markers.

 

 

Once it dried for a bit, I came back in with a white gel pen and added some accents.  I don't love it, but I don't hate it, so that's progress for me (and I actually do like the leaves). 

Bikini Body

When I visited my friend Barb, I borrowed her Beached Dee Stamp. and then I had fun coloring her with Spectrum Noir Tri Blend Markers.

 

 

I used the layout from Try a Sketch on Tuesday.

 

 

I also took my Inspiration from The Paper Players Beach Time Challenge.

 

Dashing Through the Snow

We're still Dashing Through the Snow at Jingle Belles along with our Friends at the Double Trouble Challenge who are creating with Windows.

 

 

To create my Window, I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Sentiment Banners to cut out my sentiment and attached it to the inside of the card, and then used the same die cut on the front of my card, so it could peek on through.

 

I colored my Woodware Snow Jar with Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Markers while I was visiting my friend Beverly who loaned me the stamps (thanks so much).  Sentiment is from the same set.

We have a fun prize for one lucky participant (and Double Trouble has a prize too if you want to join all of the fun).

 

Gnomes in Cars with Coffee

Our theme at Jingle Belles this week is - Not a Creature was Stirring.  We're making cards featuring animals or other creatures like gnomes, monsters or Yetis.

I chose the Christmas Cheer Gnomes from Rubbernecker Stamps (which I colored in the Blue/Coral color combination for Color Hues Challenge before I realized that challenge closed before this card posted).

 

 

I added the perfect sentiment from Impress Rubber Stamps Holiday Words.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at Caffeinated Christmas Coffee & Gnomes Challenge.

Mid-Century Miss Dee

The current challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is R is for Retro.

 

The first thing I thought of was Mid-Century Modern, so I went to Uniko where Beverly is the queen of Mid-Century Modern Design.  I stamped Uniko's Background Basics Mid-Century Modern twice overlapping slightly.  I die cut the panel using Dare 2B Artzy's Slimline Framelet Die.

 

 

AALL & Create's Miss Dee's ombre style was colored with Spectrum Noir Triblend markers before becoming the star of the show.  I finished with a snarky sticker sentiment.

 

 

It's also Anything Goes at 613 Avenue Create.

Charisma Birthday

The Penny Black Saturday Challenge theme is to use lots of layers.  This week's Paper Craft Crew Sketch was perfect for that.

 

 

I used my last Spectrum Noir Triblend colored bouquet from Penny Black Charisma Bouquet as the focal image and built my color palette around it using a piece of Authentique Sea Maiden Designer Paper as my base.

 

 

I layered on coordinating papers and then added some white flowers as accents.

 

 

I used a trimmed sentiment from Penny Black Life is Simpler.

Boogie Oogie Oogie

The newest challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is M is for Music.

 

 

I wanted to use one of the AALL & Create Miss Dees that I colored when I was at Beverly's home.  I printed out the lyrics that I thought highlighted her well (at least they made me laugh).

 

 

I had fun coloring in her shades of slate blue with Bev's Spectrum Noir Triblend markers (which makes me want to fill out my own marker set) and use the card layout from Sketch~N~Scrap to attach all of the pieces.

 

 

I finished with a few black sequins as embellishments.

You Make Life Beautiful

Since I had the other half of my watercolor powder background still on my studio table, I decided to make another card featuring a Penny Black Charisma Bouquet.

 

 

This time I paired it with a gelli-printed background I made using tiny bubble wrap (I liked the repeat of the circle theme from my water colored background) and a sticker sentiment from my stash.

 

I'm linking-up at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge where the theme is Anything Goes.

 

 

And with the vibrant colors of my design, I'm also linking-up at the Colorful Challenge at Time Out Challenges.