Ingenious Inkling

You & Me Go Together

There's a Love Challenge at the Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps Facebook Page, so it was the perfect opportunity to start making some Valentines.

 

 

It was also a great opportunity to ink-up some never-before-used-stamps (why oh why do I have so many).  I started by stamping the Sweet 'n Sassy Delightfully Delicate Background in White Ink and embossing with white embossing powder.

Next I smooshed four colors of red & pink Distress Oxide Inks onto a surface, sprayed with water, and then kept dipping my cardstock into the ink until I had what I wanted.

 

 

I took my inspiration from The Card Concept Winter Warmth and used the Coffee & Donut from Sweet 'n Sassy You & Me that I colored in Reds & Pinks Spectrum Noir Markers as well.  The sentiment stamps are from the same stamp set.  I would say my style is Clean & Graphic.

 

 

I finished with some Washi Tape and Love from Lizi Silver Peel-Offs.

With my Spectrum Noir coloring, I'm also joining the Make Your Mark Challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

And now I feel like I'm going to need to walk across the street to the Donut Shop in the morning ... I love warm donuts.

Plaid Birthday RePlay

When I went to get the stamp link for my last card, I discovered that STAMPtember is giving away gift certificates from each of the companies participating, so I decided to make a second card to link-up using the same CAS(e) this Sketch! layout (because as my Grandma always said, you can't win if you don't play). 

I pulled out sentiments from Heffy Doodle Everyday Sentiment Duos to pair with another plaid background from Sweet 'n Sassy Texture Tiles 4 (that I decided was too dark of a green for my first card).

 

For my cake, I inked-up Lawn Fawn Year One.

 

 

Also linking-up at All About Occasions at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.

 

Plaid Autumn Birthday

I have so many new products on my studio table, it was a challenge to find room to create ... but I made it work. 

I saw the current CAS(E) this Sketch! and knew I wanted to use one of the plaid rectangles from Sweet 'n Sassy's Texture Tiles 4.  My original intention was to use a vertical orientation, so I inked the tile in ombre green colors from light to dark.

 

As I played with different elements from my new product collection, I settled on the new Linked Leaves Die from Paper Smooches and rotated my card to horizontal to make it work. 

I die cut it from white cardstock & then a second time from a scrap of Gel Press print on my studio table.  I finished with a sentiment from the Memory Box STAMPtember exclusive set from Simon Says Stamp (I love typewriter fonts).

 

 

It's also Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp.

I also took some inspiration from the Inspired By Tailgate Party Challenge (colors, plaid & leaves).

 

My Sweet Petunia (MISTI) and Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Today the My Sweet Petunia Design Team is creating with the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Design Team for lots of creative fun.

 

By and large, my sympathy cards usually end-up veering toward the feminine (often with flowers), so my goal was to create some masculine sympathy cards by combining Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Texture Tiles 4 with Sympathy Innies (which I turned into Outies).   

I started with a box of shimmery card bases in various shades of green and teal and picked out three shades (dark, medium & light) for each of my cards.  

 

 

I picked a coordinating ink and stamped the Texture Tile and sentiment both on the lightest shade using my MISTI (which makes the tricky stamping on shimmery paper a piece of cake).

 

Then I used this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch (perfect for those tiles) and finished with some enamel dots, which are also perfect for masculine designs.

 

My second card used shades of green with another sentiment from the set.

 

 

Enjoy hopping along to see all of the fun creations ... both Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps & My Sweet Petunia will each be giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky commenter.

 

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