Ingenious Inkling

Collage Camp Fun

While I was at Lauren's for what we dubbed "Collage Camp" I had fun playing with all of our bins of collage fodder.  She has lots of cut-out images and leftover bits, so it was fun to play and just glue as I went.  We determined she likes to move all of her things around for quite a while, take a picture, and then assemble.  I prefer to just find a piece I like, glue it down, and then just build around it gluing as I go.

Here is the first card I made together with my new Frida Kahlo Monster that Lauren made for my birthday.

 

 

Here's one more view ... with the circle die cut inky sheet music, I'm linking-up at The Crafter's Cafe Challenge to use Punches and/or Dies.

 

 

Here's a second collage card with Fran's Coneflowers from Stampendous that I colored with a combination of markers.  

 

 

Lauren let me use her cool Pavilio white vinyl lace tape, and I finished with some gold water color paint splatters and a sticker sentiment.

I'm linking this one up at the Little Red Wagon Flower Power Challenge.

Special Delivery

This week's we're going Postal at Jingle Belles, which means we're making cards that includes faux or real  postage or postal images (mailboxes, postcards, stamps, etc.).  Another option is to create a holiday postcard or make a holiday card with a matching decorated envelope.

Since my husband is a postal carrier, I tend to collect postal-themed stamps, like this cute little Rudolph the Red Nose Mail Deer.

I decided to use the color palette of the US Postal Service together with the Sweet Sunday Sketch.  

I added a strip of blue glitter paper for the Sparkle Christmas Challenge at Happy Little Stampers. 

I'm also linking-up at the Christmas Card Challenges where the theme is Anything Goes.

Baby Baby

Today I made another card featuring the pretty Stampendous Baby Element using shades of purple.

I finished with Cherish from Catslife Press using this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch.