Ingenious Inkling

Feliz Navidad

I had an extra Yeti from Kelly Purkey's Hero Arts Stamp & Cut Yeti on my studio table from Monday's cardmaking, so when I saw the theme at Shopping Our Stash was Let it Snow, Let It Snow, Let it Snow, I decided to make another Snowy Yeti card design. 

I started with a snowflake embossed card base.

 

 

Next I die cut a stitched glittery circle and added some glittery washi tape for this week's Tuesday Morning Sketch.

 

 

I'm also linking-up to the Glitter & Sparkle Challenge at A Blog Named Hero.

 

 

It's also an Occasions Challenge at Water Cooler Wednesday for some Christmas Celebrations.

 

Alcohol Ink Glittery Yeti

I had a piece of alcohol ink colored glitter paper left over from this morning's card, so I thought it would be perfect for the Glitter & Sparkle Challenge at A Blog Named Hero.

 

I am also joining the Let's Squash It Challenge to use a Holiday Embossing Folder with some stamping.  The white cardstock base was embossed with the 3-D Textured Impressions Winter Snowflake Folder.

 

 

 

I pulled out my Hero arts Stamp & Cut Yeti Set by Kelly Purkey (because where there's snow, there's got to be a Yeti) and went with a simple card design.

 

Penguin Joy Trio

We're still enjoying our annual Creature Feature at Jingle Belles ... this week I decided to feature a fun little trio of Penguins from Impression Obsession.  I stamped them in black and then used the wonderful detail nibs of my Graph' It Alcohol Markers to color their winter wear.

 

The sentiment is a simple die cut from Impression Obsession Christmas Simple Stitched Words.  I finished with a scattering of blue & purple sequins.

 

 

I'm also joining the You're a Hoot Challenge at Impression Obsession & the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge.

I'm Dreaming of a PINK Christmas

It's our annual go-PINK-for-Christmas prompt at Jingle Belles, where Lauren & I both donate $2 per card to Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

 

 

I've been saving this gorgeous Stamperia Pink Christmas paper for this week's prompt ... with those beautiful designs, the card almost makes itself.

 

I used two of the paper for the base with this week's Sketch Saturday.  The wonderful Pink Santa image is also from the paper pad.  I finished with snowflake embellishments topped with glittery enamel dots.

 

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Time Out Challenge where theme is also Breast Cancer Awareness.

 

Dashing Through the Snow

For our next prompt at Jingle Belles we're asking you to create projects that celebrate the white fluffy flakes of snow … it might be snowmen, snowflakes or just snowfall, but include some snow on your cards.

 

I used my new Mini Swirly Snowflake Stamps and my MISTI to create a snowy background.

 

 

I found a left-over die cut background on my studio table, so I used it for this week's Sketch from Crazy 4 Challenges by adding some Snowflakes punched from glitter paper and topped with Eyelet Outlet Bling.

 

 

 

 

I finished with a tiny Peace on Earth sentiment.

Baby It's Gold Outside

We're still creating with GOLD (or other metals) at Jingle Belles this week.

I started with some foiled snowflakes from the Foil-a-palooza Lauren and I had in 2018.

 

 

I stamped, gold embossed & die cut a new Stampers Anonymous Swirly Snowflake that coordinated with the background perfectly.   

 

 

Then I topped it with the Big Snowflake Bling from Eyelet Outlet.

 

 

Using the Sketch Saturday Layout, I added some puffy gold leaves behind my sentiment and finished with some glittery enamel dots.

We Three Snowmen

The theme at Jingle Belles is still We Three Kings this week ... creating cards that feature THREE of something.  I'm a sucker for stickers ... I like them as much now as I did when I was 8.  I found a big un-opened book of Christmas Stickers that I picked-up at the after-holidays sale, so I used it to make this week's card.

 

I started with snowflake paper and die cut my landscape using Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts Stitched Hillside Borders.  I positioned three slightly different snowmen in the snow and then added lots of sticker snowflakes and bling.  I finished with a sticker sentiment from the same book.

We Three Beers

The theme at Jingle Belles is We Three Kings ... make a card that features THREE of something.  For my card, I chose the fabulous Reinbeer from Your Next Stamp.

 

It's a loose interpretation of the Sketch at The Paper Players (inspired by Designer Laurie Schmidt's Gnome Card) ... the googly eyes are the top three ... and the Christmas Trees are the bottom three.

 

I'm also linking-up at the Share the Love Challenge at Your Next Stamp ... I realize that too is a bit of a stretch, but hear me out.  My husband's love language is Beer ... each week I go on the hunt for the perfect beer for him to have with the meals I'm making.   I also love to find ways to use Beer in my cooking as well.  I don't drink it ... but he says I'm the Best Beer Buyer because I always buy beers he wouldn't choose for himself ... but that he loves.  So for us, Reinbeer Time is Sharing the Love.

 

And it's Anything Christmas at The Holly and Ivy Challenge.

We hope you'll share your trio with us at Jingle Belles.

 

Retro Winter Adventure

When I saw the theme at the Retro Rubber Challenge was Winter, I knew it was time to pull out what I believe is likely the oldest stamp in my stash ... the Large Snowboarder from Stampington & Company circa 1997 (yes, 23 years old).

 

I bought this stamp because it reminded me of my brother and the joy he has told me about from his snowboarding adventures.  I've made several cards for him over the years featuring this image (here's one from 2018 and another from 2016).  This time I stamped it in Versafine Clair Twilight and added some monochromatic color with Spectrum Noir markers ... where I'm linking-up for the Spectrum Noir January Winter Challenge.

 

I used textured white cardstock to attach my snowy mountain and then die cut it with a hexagon die.  The layout is this week's CAS Colours & Sketch layout.  I kept it CAS, but had to add a few iridescent sequins to cover a little ink smudge (aka an embellishment opportunity).  I finished with what I thought was the perfect sticker sentiment.

 

Brilliant Blue Snowflake

My crafty friends and I have been talking about how our rate of acquiring art supplies the past few months has well exceeded our rate of using them.  My friend Sam threw down a Use My stuff Challenge to use those products to make a some birthday cards, so you have them ready to send in the upcoming months.  

I also wanted to join the CAS Stencil Challenge to use a new Stencil. 

 

I picked up several new Gina K. Designs Stencils and new colors of Glitz Glitter Gel, so I wanted to break them out.  Seriously, how gorgeous is that Brilliant Blue Glitz Glitter Gel with the Stellar Snowflake Stencil.  I like to use watercolor paper as my base, because for me the sturdier paper works better for stenciling the gel.

 

Since it was a CAS challenge, I resisted the urge to add a big more bling and just let the snowflake shine.

I wanted a vertical sentiment and I didn't have a Gina K. Birthday sentiment that was thin enough to let the Snowflake be the star of the show ... so I used Winter Wishes from the Gina K. Designs Seasonal Greetings Set and I'll stamp the birthday sentiment on the inside (that way the recipient can display it for a longer time if they want to).

 

 

It's also Snowflakes at the Just Us Girls Challenge this week (and their graphic is even a similar blue).

 

Lastly, the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is also about Something New.