The Art of Inking

Happiness Always!

  Finally, I got the chance to play again in Kristina's Color Inspiration Challenge!

This week's colors were Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette & Whisper White.

For the background I used the pink polka dot paper from the Bella Rose designer series paper. The sentiment comes from the Inspired from Nature stamp set. I used a small chocolate felt flower from the Flower fusions and a rhinestone brad to add a little bling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  The main embellishment is the butterfly die cuts from the Beautiful butterflies bigz dies and is cut from patterned paper from Bella Rose dsp and textured Close to cocoa cardstock. I added 3 half pearls from the Pretties kit and twisted some wire for the antennas.

The piece of Whisper white was put through the Big Shot machine with the Texturz plates.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

They are my kids!

  Hello and Happy New Year! Ok, where did the month of December go? I'm sorry I haven't posted since November but I have been enjoying the time with my children who were all home and together for the first time since August. With the three older ones away in college, it was so nice having everyone back in the house. I am so blessed!

I took this picture of them on Christmas Eve and it went so well with Splitcoast's color challenge-So saffron, Bravo burgundy and Handsome hunter. The layout comes from an old Splitcoast sketch challenge. I used the Always stamp set, some burgundy grosgrain ribbon, and build a brads to embellish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a closeup of the journaling, which I got from a catalog. It didn't say who wrote it but I loved it and knew it would be perfect for this page.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up! The writing is all computer generated.

Dream!

  I combined 2 challenges for this one- Kristina's color inspiration #31 and Paper craft planet's sketch.

The colors for today are Pumpkin pie, Elegant eggplant, Close to cocoa, So saffron & whisper white.

I used the Happiness Always hostess set inking the flowers in saffron, rolling the edges with eggplant and using the pumpkin marker to highlight the inside petals.

The center of the flowers were stamped in cocoa twice, then layered with Stampin' Dimensionals and glossed with Crystal effects.

The saffron layer was textured using the crimper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a closeup of the dimension of the butterfly and centers of the flowers.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

Color Inspiration #30

Look how gorgeous this picture is? The colors are so soothing and serene. I love all the Color Inspiration Challenges that Kristina comes up with.

This week the colors were Old olive, Certainly celery, Sahara sand & Whisper white.

 

 

 

I used the Baroque Motifs stamp set for the flourishes in Old olive.

Celery grosgrain ribbon is tied around the card and tied into a knot.

The sentiment comes from the Always set and is stamped in Old olive.

 

 

The main image from Baroque motifs was stamped in celery, cut out and mounted on Sahara sand. It was adorned with a punched Boho blossoms and rhinestone brad. Everything was attached with Stampin' dimensionals.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

Cupcakes for you!

  For the card today, I used the sketch from Jen, and the inspiration challenge at Our Creative Corner. 

The colors that I used were Riding hood red, Pink pirouette and Chocolate chip. The patterned paper is from the Bella Rose Designer series paper.

The sentiment is from the hostess set, Best yet and is punched with the 1 1/4" circle, layered on the 1 3/8" circle and then on the scallop circle.

The Chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon is used around the card.

 

 

 

 

The main image is from the Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set. They are stamped twice in Basic brown and colored in with markers. The top layer is adhered with stampin' dimensionals. The icing was "frosted" with tombow glue & dazzling diamonds. The cherry was glazed with Crystal effects.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

Color Inspiration #29

  Wow, these weeks are just flying by. It's time for another Color Inspiration Challenge from Kristina! This week's colors are Pacific point, Taken with Teal (which I omitted), Elegant eggplant, Pumpkin pie & Whisper white.

 

 

 

 

I found it really hard to use these colors together but I'm happy with how it turned out. I used a sketch from Splitcoast this week. 

The flowers are from the Eastern Blooms stamp set and are stamped with eggplant ink. I colored the centers with the pumpkin pie marker. They're layered on a Scallop square punch out and attached with Stampin' dimensionals.

The sentiment comes from the Best Yet hostess set. The Pacific point striped ribbon was tied around the cardfront.

 

 

 

 

 

 

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

Be Merry with Mr. Twigster!

  This is the 3rd card that I made for my upline's challenge. I stamped Mr. Twigster with Black stazon so I could watercolor him with Bashful blue. Then I colored in the rest with markers. The presents were stamped on a piece of scrap paper, cut out and adhered with a Stampin' dimensional.

The designer series paper is from the Bella Rose package.

The sentiment is from the Warm words stamp set that is on the dormant list. It's punched with the 1 1/4" circle punch and layered on the 1 3/8" circle punch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A quick close up of Mr. Twigster!

All  supplies are from Stampin' Up!

Mr. & Mrs. Twigster!

  Aren't they adorable??? I knew I had to make a Mrs. for Mr. Twigster so he wouldn't be so lonely. She is made by inking Mr. Twigster's head with a marker and then adding her body, legs & arms from the All in the Family set. I drew on her hair & eyelashes. I colored them both in with markers.

I actually made this card for an upline's challenge as described in the previous post. I used Old olive cardstock for the card. I layered the Top notes Big shot die on the Urban garden designer series paper. I tied the Baja breeze striped grosgrain ribbon around the card & tied it in a knot.

The sentiment comes from the hostess set, Best Yet and it's punched out with the oval punch which is layered onto a designer label punch and attached with s Stampin' dimensional. Some Felt Flurries were adhered with a silver brad and Dazzling diamonds glitter was added with Tombow adhesive.

 

 

 

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

Introducing Mr. Twigster!

  Ok, I have fallen in love but don't tell my husband! Mr Twigster is the cutest little guy I have seen in a long time! This is the first of 3 cards I have made using Mr. Twigster for an upline's monthly challenge. The requirements were to use a stamp set from the Holiday mini catalog, any designer series paper and at least one punch.

I used the Kiwi kiss side of the Bella Rose dsp on the background and also with the oval punch. The other punches I used were the Designer label punch and the Word window punch. The sentiment comes from the Warm words stamp set that is on the dormant list but is stll available.

The main piece is cut from Whisper white & Riding hood red on the Big shot machine using the Top Notes Die. The edge of the whisper white was cut on the perforated line in order to layer it on the red.

 

Mr Twigster, the tree & presents were stamped with Black stazon and colored in with markers. Snowflakes were stamped very lightly in bashful blue and the edge of the Top Note was sponged with kiwi.

The Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla satin ribbon were threaded through the double rectangle punched holes and tied into a bow.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

Party Hearty!

 

Kristina has another Color Inspiration this week. The colors are Pumpkin pie, Ruby red, Sage shadow & Whisper white.

 

 

 

I came up with this card using the Party Hearty stamp set. I used markers to ink up the hats, then stamped them on white two times. I cut out one set and layered them over the first ones using Stampin' dimensionals.

The Ruby red layer was crimped using the crimper and Pumpkin pie grosgrain ribbon was tied in a bow & attached with a mini glue dot. The sentiment was stamped in Pumpkin pie and punched with the word window punch.

 

 

Here's a closeup of how the birthday hats pop off the card!

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!