Ingenious Inkling

Happy Valentine's Day

The theme at the Poppy Stamps Challenge is From the Heart ... lucky for me one of the few dies I have by them is my favorite Heart Confetti Collage.

I die cut the Heart Confetti Collage from Red Cardstock and then attached it to a piece of designing paper that was leftover on my studio table (from this card) ... I liked how the paper designs looked framed by the hearts.

I wanted to add a few accents, and as I looked at different colors, I decided I really liked the contrast of royal blue, so I added both sequins and small gems.  The sentiment is a sticker from my stash.

I'm also joining my friend Sam's Use My Stuff Challenge where the theme is Love. #umschallengelove

 

Valentines for Vets

Suzi is celebrating her birthday by doing a three-day Card Build for Valentine's for Veterans.  Since I can't make the event, I wanted to put a few valentines in the mail for the cause.

I had a piece of 12" paper with 16 small square valentine images that I knew would be perfect to put together some quick cards.  Then when I saw today's Mojo Monday Sketch, I knew I had the layout.

 

I used some pre-folded card bases, several pieces of valentine's day designer paper and some heart stickers to put the cards together.

 

Who doesn't want some Hedge Hugs.

 

And a sweet cookie is perfect for anyone.

 

And Conversation Hearts are perfect for valentine's day.

 

And of course, a pair of birds are tweet.

I'm sure she would love it if you have time to join the fun ... they need mailed to her by January 24th.  Of if you're near The Paper Forest in Washington, Illinois drop in and join the fun.

Love You Like a Love Song Baby

The challenge theme at Impression Obsession is Have a Heart, which reminded me of the Bonnie Raitt song ... so I decided to make a card with one of my favorite Impression Obsession sets ... Love Songs 1 (which is on sale for half price).

 

I also decided to use what I thought was a rather challenging color combination at Just Us Girls Color Week.

 

I die cut my new Impression Obsession Large Frame die from Purple and again from White Cardstock.  I covered my card base with the pink and then used Red to stamp my sentiment.

 

 

I used a vintage Martha Stewart Punch for my embellishments punching several times from the same pink cardstock and a coordinating red.  Super easy .. and super-mailable.

I'm also joining my friend Sam's Use My Stuff Challenge where the theme is Love. #umschallengelove

And lastly, the Allsorts Challenge is to create a card that features more than a single word sentiment.

Marbled Hugs

Next on my pile of never-used-art-supplies is this Memory Box Hugs Loving Heart die that I cut three times, gluing them together using Gina K. Designs' Connect Glue for some dimension.  I've never been a fan of liquid adhesive, but this glue is perfect for detailed tasks like this one.

 

Then I used the same Connect Glue to attach it to a piece of hand-marbled paper that I made several years ago during Art Camp with Lauren that was cut with a Square Stitched Die.  I finished with two trios of enamel dots.

Let's Dance

The theme at Simon Says Stamp is Bright and Cheerful ... and what's more bright and cheerful than dancing with a little David Bowie.  The printable is from House of Lars fun David Bowie Valentines.

 

I stamped the grungy flourish from Taylored Expressions You're My Hero on two corners of a red cardstock rectangle die cut with Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles. I repeated it on the larger blue card base. 

My printed valentine was stamped on the corners & then attached with foam tape. I finished with a pearl flourish.

Let's Dance (you know you're singing it with me now).

That's Crap

For today's non-traditional *valentine* card I went with one of my favorite stamp companies ... Ink Road Stamps ... and their new stamp set Dark & Twisty ... because today can be a hard day for a lot of people ... for a lot of reasons.

 

So this quote sort of sums it up ... it's okay to feel unhappy ... and even embrace it.  Brown & Red ink on a beautifully flecked kraft card base.

Love U

This card started with the Just Us Girls Challenge to create with wood.

 

I combined it with the sketch from the Sunday Stamps Sketch Challenge.  I started with a chipboard heart and added a tiny heart sticker before adding a wrap of pink twine.

I stamped the sentiment from AlteNew Label Love in pink to complete the design.

 

I'm also joining the Pink, Red & White Challenge at Make My Monday.

Love You More

Today's card is inspired by the Poppy Stamps Love Me Do Challenge.

It features Heart Confetti Collage from Poppy Stamps die cut from a Purple Shimmer Card Base.

I backed the die cut with silver glitter paper.  The sentiment is from Avery Elle Simple Sentiments stamped on a lighter purple cardstock and attached with foam tape.

I took some inspiration from the Brown Sugar Challenge where it's Love or Valentine's Day.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at Word Week at Just Us Girls.

 

You Make My Heart Happy

Sunday I moved all of my potentially freezable art supplies to my temporary studio (i.e. inks, paints, adhesives) and then had a little time to create.

I started with the Colors from the Fab Friday Challenge.

 

The puffy heart stickers pull in the Grapefruit.  The Happy For You stamps and Happy die cuts are from Pink and Main.

 

I'm also joining the Love is in the Air Challenge at Just Us Girls.

 

I Love You More

The current challenge theme at Impression Obsession is All About Love.  Since they have some of my favorite wedding dies & sentiments, narrowing down what to use was the challenge.

 

I started by layering the Large Flourish Background die cut from Black & White on a light blue background (a technique I learned on this card at Stamp Joy in 2016).  Then I die cut my Bride & Groom from white canvas textured paper.

 

I finished with a lighter blue card base and one of my favorite Beatles song lyrics from the In My Life Sentiment.