Ingenious Inkling

Hangin' with My Winter Gnomies

Have you checked out all of the fun new Gnome Stickers at {a vintage girl} & her daughter?  Today's card features the adorable Winter Gnomes (and remember if you use my Discount Code SMILYNSTEF at checkout you get 10% off your entire order).

 

 

I started my card by spraying white cardstock with Avery Elle Clear Shimmer Spray and then embossing with the Sizzix 3D Impressions Winter Snowflakes Embossing folder (having your paper slightly damp can give you a more detailed embossed texture. 

Next I die cut my rectangle using the fabulous Crimped Frame Die from The Greetery, which is perfect for the current Let's Squash It! Challenge Theme.

 

 

 

Next I positioned the embossed panel on a kraft card base using the current Freshly Made Sketches Layout ... it's hard to capture how gorgeous that clear shimmer is.

 

 

 

I lined up three of the cute little Winter Gnomies and finished with the perfect sentiment from the new Typewriter Phrases Stickers in Kraft (they also come in white).

 

Love how those cute gnomes looks on that shimmery snowflake embossed texture.

 

Love You Snow Much

This week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch is perfect for using coordinating paper scraps.

 

 

I used scraps from the BoBunny Woodland Winter Collection together with an adorable Doodle-Pop Patrick the Polar Bear (and his fish friends).

 

The oh-so-perfect sentiment is from the Concord & 9th Snowflakes Turnabout Set.

 

I'm also joining the Winter/Holiday Challenge at Global Design Project.  And it's an Ice Cold Challenge at Simon Says Stamp.

 

 

And I took Inspiration from the Shades of Blue Challenge at Cupcake Inspiration.

Would You Like to Build a Snowman?

The current challenge at Impression Obsession is Snowmen.

 

 

Strangely enough I only have one Impression Obsession Snowman in my collection - the Chin Up Snowman - ... but he is a cutie.

 

 

 

I stamped him in blue on a white card base and then used a blue marker to extend the landscape line across the card.  I used a marker for a pink flush on his cheeks. I added lots of iridescent sequin snow and a sentiment from Impression Obsession Words for Art.

 

 

I also took inspiration from The Anthology Challenge at The Library Challenge from the December 2018 book - The Snowman.

 

Holiday-Palooza Mittens

The current Waffle Flower Challenge is a Holiday-Palooza.

 

I inked-up the new-to-me Waffle Flower Warm Hands layering stamps that I got in my recent grab bag purchase in the hues from the Color Throwdown Challenge.  I added some nubby twine to keep the mittens from getting lost and white epoxy dots in the center of the Mitten design.

 

 

I used this week's Global Design Project Layout flipped on its side place punched snowflakes behind the oval and using a sentiment from Waffle Flower Classic Holiday Sentiments.

 

The marbled background designer paper is from Waffle Flower Modern Neutrals Paper Pad.

 

12 Tags of Christmas - Deck the Halls

We're already on Day 11 of the 12 Tags of Christmas and we're singing Deck the Halls.

 

I die cut the Essentials by Ellen Shipping Tag in Green cardstock.  Next I traced the tag on the back of some lovely Holly Paper from the Home for Christmas Collection by Pebbles and cut it slightly smaller than the background tag.  

 

I used some Doodlebug Letter Stickers for my Fa-la-la-la-la and finished with some punched holly leaves at the top of the tag topped with Holly Bling.

On a personal note, I'm actually not a fan of Holly ... we had a large Holly Bush by our front porch growing-up, and those leaves are super-spikey.

12 Tags of Christmas - Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer

Day 10 of the 12 Tags of Christmas is a classic Christmas tune - Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.  If you haven't clicked on over to see the adorable Tag by Adelina Starace, you must.

 

 

I chose two elements from the song for  my tag ... The Reindeer and Believing.  I used the Essentials by Ellen Animal Reindeer Box Topper.

 

I used foam tape to attach my reindeer to my wood slice base and added some googly eyes (because everything is better with googly eyes).

12 Tags of Christmas - Marshmallow World

When I read the lyrics to Marshmallow World, the song for Tag 7 in the 12 Tags of Christmas at Ellen Hutson, I immediately thought of a roly-poly snowman that looked like a big marshmallow. 

 

 

The Frosty Snowman from Taylored Expressions fit the bill.  I used the Ellen Hutson Shipping Tags for my background and die cut a second from white cardstock to tear my snowy ground.

 

 

I couldn't resist putting a large Candy Cane in his hand ... and ended with what I thought was the perfect sentiment given the lyrics of the song (it's a yum-yummy world made for sweethearts).

I'm also linking-up at the Let it Snow Challenge at the Sweet Stampin' Challenge and the Snow/Winter Challenge at the Use Your Stuff Challenge.

12 Tags of Christmas - Winter Wonderland

I really enjoyed having a good part of the morning to work on my Ellen Hutson Day 5 Tag of Christmas today - Winter Wonderland ... so much more relaxing than quick creations after a long day at work.

 

For the theme Winter Wonderland, I knew I wanted some snowflakes, so I decided to use this week's CAS(E) this Sketch! for my layout and replace the flowers with snowflakes.

I decided to incorporate this week's Color Throwdown into my Tag as well.

To make the sketch work with the Tim Holtz Mixed Media #2 Die I wanted to use, I had to rotate and flip it, but I think you can still clearly see the layout (although I'm not sure with all of my snowflakes and bling that I qualify for Clean & Simple, but I'm sticking with it).  This is a large tag that is just under 4 inches wide and about 8 inches tall (perfect for a business size envelope since I can write a message on the back).

 

 

I attached the stripes of paper to the kraft tag base, and then die cut the large flourished lined up with the edge and bottom of the ta.  After cutting I attached a second ivory cardstock tag to the back to provide stability for the flourishes.

Next I punched three large snowflakes from a shimmer ivory paper topped with three smaller snowflakes and then some Eyelet Outlet Snowflake Bling.  Next I scattered three more of the Eyelet Outlet Snowflake Bling around the tag.

 

I finished with some of my favorite nubby yard for the top of the tag and a favorite vintage wood-mounted sentiment from Northwoods Rubber Stamps, which dates back to at least 2007 when I used it on this bookmark.  I took some snowy inspiration from the Retro Rubber Merry Christmas Challenge, so I'm linking-up there too (it's so weird that we've really only had one snow this year and that was about 7 inches in October).

 

 

 

 

Now I'm off to address more of my holiday cards to get them in the mail ... help those postal carriers and mail things early.

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.