Ingenious Inkling

Let's Make Out

Don't you love the fun colors in the Photo Inspiration at Addicted to Stamps and More.

 

I immediately wanted to break-out my Popcorn Brads and have some fun.

 

 

I started building my design using this week's Freshly Made Sketch.  

 

 

My original thought was to use *Date Night* as my sentiment, but when I found this Sweet Stamp Shop sentiment in my stash, it made me giggle (and have flashbacks to high school), so I used it.

 

 

These popcorn brads are just so fun.  I also incorporated swirl bling, enamel dots and my favorite ... glitter enamel dots.

 

 

They come in lots of fun colors (like the red & blue you see here).

 

Products used:

 

• Popcorn & Ticket Brads
• Swirl Bling - Jewel Blue
• Multi-Color Enamel Dots (yellow)
• Glitter Enamel Dots

 

Put A Ring On It

Tonight I was making a congratulations card for a recent engagement ... and I had a little too much fun putting it together.

I started by creating my rock-of-a-ring using  silver glitter paper together with the You Rock Die Cut from Essentials by Ellen combined with two circle die cuts.  

I used the sketch from Match this Sketch ... together with fun sentiments from Mama Elephant Hustle & Sweet Stamp Shop Just the Basics (which has apparently been discontinued).

I finished with two red hearts from Paper Smooches Bold Buzzwords.

Wish You Were Beer

Sweet Stamp Shop has some adorable new stamps ... these stamps are from Beer Wishes.

The sketch is from Match the Sketch ... Papers are This & That Charming from Echo Park Paper.

Hip to Be Square

My card inspiration started with The Paper Players Challenge to make a CAS Masculine Birthday card.

I found a fun crossword puzzle origami shirt sticker in my stash, and knew it would be perfect to build my design around (and perfect for Paper Crafts Talk Nerdy to Me Challenge)

I used this week's CAS(E) this Sketch adding a Sweet Stamp Shop Too Hip sentiment and some Papertrey Ink Black Vintage Buttons ... nerdy to the max

Foxy Foxes

The current theme at the Moxie Fab World blog is ... Foxy Foxes ... the perfect opportunity to ink-up my Foxy Stamps from Sweet Stamp Shop.

I embossed Core'dinations cardstock with Darice Circles and then sanded to reveal the core.  The next step was to paper piece my little fox and then use tiny pearls for his eyes and an even tinier gem for his nose.

I finished with a few sentiments from the set using the layout from this week's CAS(E) this Sketch ... Ring Ding Ding Ding Dingeringeding!

Run

I was a card-making fool today ... and it felt fantastic.  It seems like months since I didn't have to get ready to move, move, or unpack.  My studio is starting to feel like home, and it was great to just spend a day playing with ink.

I'm sneaking in a card for the CASology Challenge theme ... RUN.

I searched through my stamps to find something creative to use ... and settled on Snoopy.

I stamped him on white cardstock with India Ink and clear embossed before detail cutting.  Next I added sentiment bubble from Foxy and sentiment from Too Hip, both from Sweet Stamp Shop.  I finished with a scribble of IG3 Spectrum Noir Marker to help ground the design.

Hip to Be Square

When I saw the Shades of Gray Challenge at CAS-ual Fridays, I knew it was the perfect opportunity to ink-up my new Too Hip stamps from the Sweet Stamp Shop.

I stamped my Hip little Hippo (I'm guessing his name is Huey) on light gray textured card stock and cut him out.  He was then attached to a darker gray cardstock panel before stamping his hip glasses (I needed to attach first, since they go a little off his face).

Then I paper-pieced his classy fedora from darker grey cardstock and attached it with foam tape for a bit of a tilt.  I used this week's CAS(E) this Sketch added some square gray gems & a sticker sentiment from Cosmo Cricket.