It's Mojo time - Masculine style!

It's mojo time baby! I am sooooo thankful for Julee's Mojo Challenge this week! I really needed to make a card to ship off and I just haven't been feeling all that creative lately so I went on the hunt for some inspiration and I found it on the Mojo Monday blog in the form of a sketch :)




I have to say that although it was a bit of a struggle, I really like how this card turned out. This card is being shipped over seas and I needed it to be fairly flat and it had to be masculine. Yep, that was a bit of a challenge! I ended up creating this sponged sunset background to go with my cut out palm trees and added the finishing touch of my Faux Woodgrain Frame.



Because the image turned out to be a little bit on the large side, I ended up turning the sketch and placing it on a 5 1/2" square card. I really wanted to have my "framed" image as the focal point of the card so I stuck with some suble stitching to fill in some blank areas and to create some more texture...yes...I have a texure fetish..I'll admit it! *snort*

I'm keeping this post short, because I am beyond the normal realm of "tired" but I just wanted to add a little reminder to keep Jaimie Cates in your thoughts and if you have a moment or an extra card hanging around, please send it off to her with some well wishes. To find out all about Miss Jaimie, click here.


Card Recipe:

Stamps: Artful Inkables - Paradise Island, Winter Post
Ink: Caramel, Chocolate, Cocoa, White, Versafine Onyx Black, Baja, Navy, Apricot, Yellow
Paper: Gina K, Brown, Mustard, Water Colour
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Pop Dots, Sponges, Piercing Tool, Linen Thread, Shell Button, Tombow Markers, Aqua Painter, Clear Embossing Powder, Circle Punch, Mini Brads

A card from the archives and a wedding anniversary!

I have been dreaming of visiting this little hut in paradise ever since I got this set last year! It looks like the perfect place to get away from it all! Beautiful sandy beach, gorgeous tropical flowers, water as far as the eye can see...what's not to love? ;) It is the perfect scene to be dreaming about while looking at the cloudy weather that we have been having! It also reminds me of Maui...where I went this time last year for my brother's wedding and my anniversary celebration :)

This card was created for one of my past Dirty Dozen sketch challenges. I just flipped it and adjusted the side that the flowers are one. The hut and flowers have been watercoloured with Tombow Markers and the background was sponged on with various inks and a cloud stencil. I then secured some raffia to on of the background layers and stitched around it in coordinating thread to really hold it in place.



Yeppers! You heard right...today, Bill and I are celebrating our 8th wedding anniversary :) We have survived this long and haven't managed to kill each other yet so I'm thinking that we can last at least another 50 years, dontcha think *grin* I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he has an airline ticket in his pocket to wisk me away to this little hut on the beach...am I holding my breath? Um, no...but it's nice to have dreams :)

Happy Anniversary to the love of my life!

**Just a little reminder to any of you who are interested in learning how to make sponged ink backgrounds, the online class that I am teaching over at My Creative Classroom starts on Wednesday, October 21st**


Card Recipe:

Stamps: Artful Inkables - Paradise Island
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Watercolour, My Mind's Eye DP, Cosmo Cricket DP
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Soft Sky, Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, Raffia, Sponges, Dimensionals, Clear Embossing Powder, Tombow Markers, Aqua Painter, Ribbon, Cloud Stencil

OCC - Tag Challenge

Today's challenge over at the Our Creative Corner Blog is to use any sort of tag on your card. The tag can be large or small and it doesn't have to be the focal point of the card if you don't want it to be :) I decided to go with the Spellbinder's Tag Dies because I needed something that attached across the width of my card.



I pulled out my Pressed Petals set from Artful INKables and borrowed this sweet sentiment to go with my new Hollyhock Bittybloom by Stamping Bella. I adore the sentiment and thought that it fit very nicely with my bella :)



I added some dimension to this little cutie pie by popping her up and added an "out of the box" balloon with some crystal effects for shine. The image has been watercoloured with an aqua painter and some of my re-inkers in various shades.

Pardon me while I keep this post incredibly short. It's very late here and I am off to bed after prepping 56 cards for 2 card classes that I am teaching. My hands hurt from cutting up so much paper...you know me...I can't just leave it at one or two layers! lol

Don't forget to pop by to see what the the rest of the OCC DT has created just for you :)

Jennifer Meyer
Amy Sheffer
Laurie Schmidlin
Dawn Easton
Cindy Haffner
Julee Tilman
Lynda Benden
Silke Ledlow
Jackie Pedrow
Lori Boyd

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Stamping Bella, Artful INKables
Paper: PTI White, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla, Watercolour, 29th Street & Scenic Route DP
Ink: Basic Black, Versa Mark, So Saffron, More Mustard, Creamy Caramel, Always Artichoke
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Spellbinders Tag Dies, Clear Embossing Powder, Grosgrain Ribbon, Sponges, Dimensionals, Dew Drops, Crystal Effects, Aqua Painter, Re-Inkers

CC204 - Creamy Olive Cameo's

I am so excited! Last night I was asked to host today's colour challenge CC204 so here are your colours: Creamy Caramel, Old Olive, Cameo Coral plus any neutral that you would like. After I picked these lovely colours I was stumped as to what to do with them! It's supposed to be a challenge isn't it? *wink*



I started this card by picking some designer papers that had the colours from the challenge in it. I then decided to use black as my neutral and then had the task of making it all work together! I figured that the best way to accomplish this task was to use a silhouette and then to create my own background using the challenge colour inks. I did this simply by using a sponge and my ink pads. I actually hunted around for a sketch to use because my mojo was temporarily on vacation so I stopped by the CPS Blog and came across this fun one to try.



I occasionally like to pull out my micro beads, but this time I tucked them aside and attacked this card with some sugar...beads that is :) If you have never heard of sugar beads before, they are miniature glass beads that are smaller and finer than your traditional micro beads. I love how this effect adds some texture and pizazz to a card! So much fun and only a little bit messy :D


Card Recipe:

Stamps - Artful Inkables
Paper: PTI White, Basic Black, Watercolour, K&Co DP, Scenic Route DP, Inque Boutiqe DP
Ink: Basic Black, Versa Mark, Creamy Caramel, Cameo Coral, Old Olive
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Sugar Beads, Sticky Strip, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Ribbon, Brads, Sponge, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

Pink Psalm 23

Have you been wondering where I have been? It's my grandmother's birthday tomorrow and I had a light bulb moment where I should make here a gift set of cards at the very last moment. Silly...OK, maybe stupid idea, I know! But I think that with a little last minute hard work and a few late nights that it actually turned out OK! But I'm not about to spoil my Gram's surprise, so you will just have to come back tomorrow night to see all the details *grin*



Before I head off to bed, I wanted to share with you my pretty pink Psalm 23 card using my Our Daily Bread Designs Psalm 23 stamp. I paired this stamp up with the flourish from one of my new Artful INKables sets and added a whole lotta chocolate....mmmm :)



This card was not spared when it came to getting a little (or a lot) of ink on it! I sponged the pink panels with different shades of browns as well as pretty in pink ink. The panel with the scripture on it actually started out as white with a little sponging around it. It was just a little too bright so I attacked it with some pretty in pink and filled in as much as the white as I could! I popped up the scripture and added some purdy organdy and satin ribbon for a little sophistication at the bottom :) Pink and brown...what's not to like ;P

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs - Psalm 23, Artful Inkables - Butterfly Blessings
Paper: Papertrey White, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Versa Mark, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Embossing Powder, Sponges, Aqua Painter, Ribbon, Brads, Dimensionals

It's another Artful INKables Challege! Limited Supplies this time :)

Hi everybody!

Today it was my turn to be the hostess for this week's Limited Supplies Challenge, and boy what a challenge it is! *Insert wicked grin here* :) For this week's challenge, here are the rules:

1. You may use only 2 layers on your card plus a base (maximum 3 layers)
2. You may use 1 type of embellishment (ie: ribbon or brads)
3. You may use a sentiment
4. Your card must be any size of square
5. No Designer Paper allowed! (GASP!!! I know...but it can be done :)
6. Have fun! - Haul out your Score Pal or Cuttlebug and have fun with this creating some textures!

As with any of the Artful INKables challenges, you are welcome to use stamps by any company and the idea is to just have fun. If you upload your creation to any online gallery, please use the workARTINK (all in capitals) in the keywords slot so that we may find your card easily to leave a comment! Feel free to link your creation back here as well or to any of the INK girls blogs. Please take a moment to pop by the INK girls blogs to see what they have come up with for this challenge and while your there tell them that I said "hello"lol

Pam
Beth
Jenn
Julia

Here is my creation:


I first inked up the inside of one of my cuttlebug folders with Close to Cocoa ink and then placed my Creamy Caramel card stock inside so that the ink would be left in the embossed impression to make a two toned paper. I then cut and scored and stamped my watercolour paper. I used myStampin ' Up Markers and Aqua Painter to colour in and blend the palm trees. The outlines of the image as well as the sentiment are heat embossed using Basic Black Ink andVersa Mark with Clear Embossing Powder. I then took my ribbon and mat pack and started creating holes where I wanted my rustic stitching to go. I used some natural hemp thread and just cross stitched the card together and popped the whole thing up ondimensionals. As a finishing touch, I added Crystal Effects to the palm tree leaves for some extra texture and gloss :)

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Artful INKables - Paradise Island
Paper: Papertrey White, Creamy Caramel, Watercolour
Ink: Close to Cocoa, SU Markers, Basic Black, Versa Mark
Accessories: Natural Hemp Thread, Aqua Painter, Mat Pack and Piercing Tool, Needle, Embossing Powder, Crystal Effects, Cuttlebug, Brayer, Dimensionals, Grosgrain Ribbon, Score Pal

Thanks for playing along!

Where I dream to be (IC141) and the Blog Candy Winner!

I found some time yesterday to partake in this week's Inspiration Challenge (IC141) over at Splitcoast, and this is what I came up with :)

I want to be wearing this....


On this Island :)


First of all, I want to FIT into the bathing suit that I chose from the inspiration challenge and then I want to be on this secluded island with a tropical beverage while shading myself by this tiki hut! I always say that it's good to have dreams :)


This Paradise Island set was just recently released from Artful INKables on August 14th. I made the Tiki Hut 3D and created the scene around it with some sponges and markers. The two panels at the side are my sad attempt at bamboo and all the edges have been torn and dirtied up with Chocolate Chip ink and then distressed. This is my little paradise!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Artful INKables - Paradise Island
Paper: Papertrey White, Chocolate Chip, K&Co DP, Watercolour, Creamy Caramel
Ink: Basic Black, Versa Mark, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, SU Markers, Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Aqua Painter, Cloud Stencil, Sponges, Raffia, Dimensionals, Embossing Powder, Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Sakura Gel Pen

Blog Candy Winner

It's time to announce the winner of my Our Daily Bread Designs Blog Candy....drum roll please...Congratulations #13 Cindy!!

Here is the lovely comment that she left me and #13 IS your lucky number!!

13. Love this stamp set. I saw another DT member post a card today on this for the Copics challenge. Your box, 3 x 3s, coloring, etc., is just beautiful. Hopefully #13 is my lucky number!

Cindy, please email me your address and I will ship your stamp set right out to you :) - I know that you will enjoy it as all of the Our Daily Bread Stamps are just gorgeous!

**Last, but not least, I would really like to thank everyone for making me feel so loved by participating in the Featured Stamper Challenge #179 (FS179) over at Splitcoast. I was away camping and I arrived home to see that I was the featured stamper for the week and it was just the best feeling ever!!! I am still trying to leave comments on everyones cards, but it's taking me a little longer than I had thought!**

It's all about the texture, oh...and the blog candy!!

I love this new stamp set from Artful INKables! Orange you Sweet, along with 3 others were released yesterday - they are just too much fun to play with :) As the title says...it's all about the texture with this card! The textures that I am talking about are very subtle, so I thought that I would show you close up.


As with any blogger blog, you can click on the photo to see an extreme close up - I'm pretty sure that even legally blind persons could see the details with these photos!!

I really wanted to make the orange peel shiny and somewhat bumpy, just like the real thing. I managed to achieve this by colouring the orange rind with my Versa Marker and then put a very fine coat of clear embossing powder over it. I only heated the embossing powder until it slightly melted the powder to make it bumpy rather than smooth (I also did this with the leaf and the orange wedges). For the glass of orange juice, I added just a touch of glitter pen to highlight some of the areas on the glass and then gave it a nice thick coat of Crystal Effects - it's such a glossy glass :)



I love to touch this card because almost everything on it has some sort of texture. The Cosmo Cricket DP has a linen like texture; I added the 'bugged embossing to the Basic Grey DP, the watercolour paper creates a lovely mottled effect when the inks are absorbed by the porous paper, I added stickles to the Tango Tangerine to give it a little glitz and the stitching also adds more texture to the card (along with the embellishments). How's that for a run on sentence!!! My old English teacher is cringing, I'm sure of it!! lol

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Artful INKables - Orange you Sweet
Paper: Papertrey White, Tangerine Tango, Always Artichoke, Cosmo Cricket DP, Basic Grey DP, Watercolour
Ink: Versa Mark, Basic Black, SU Markers, Tangerine Tango, More Mustard
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Taffeta Ribbon, Brad, Stickles, Dimensionals, Sponges, Embossing Powder, Crystal Effects, Gelly Roll Glitter Pen, Corner Rounder Punch


***I would just like to remind you to enter in my little blog candy contest to win an Our Daily Bread Designs Peace on Earth stamp set. All the details and photo of the stamp set are located here. The winner will be announced on Sunday!***

On the wings of a snow white dove....

It's another Artful INKables sneak peak! This sweet dove and olive branch is from a new set called Olive You due to be released on August 14th. This set includes such fun images as a pair of olives, a martini glass, a bottle of olive oil, a dove and some sentiments. It's totally adorable and right up my alley ;) lol

Not only is this a sneak peek, but it's another AI challenge for the DT and you! The challenge for us was to use this set, and obviously you won't have it yet - so why not play along and use a stamp beverage related? Remember to include the word ARTINK in your keywords if you choose to upload it to splitcoast. I would love for you to link your creation back here or to the Artful INKables blog too :)

Don't forget to pop by and check out the INK girls blogs to see what they have been up to with their challenge cards :)

Beth
Julia
Pam
Kristin
Jenn

Apparently I felt like doing something totally different from everybody else today! I got this idea in my head to create a very soft Christmas card using somewhat nontraditional colours...this is what I ended up with!!!! I'm not sure if it's very Christmas like...I guess that you could use it as a wedding, sympathy or even an extending -the -olive -branch -to -your -ex -after -your- divorce- settlement- goes- through card ;) Bwahahaha! Wouldn't that be something? *insert wicked grin here*

Since starting to make this card I have had Dolly Parton's Wings of a Dove song stuck in my head!!! I had to make this little guy a fuzzy dove, so he is flocked with white fun flock. I decided to keep the dove as one layer because of the flocking and the embossing of the olives and leaves to make them shiny (they had enough going on here)....who am I kidding? I was too tired and lazy to cut the fiddley little things out!
There.
It's now out in the open.
My dirty little secret! lol

To add a little dimension to the dove, I shaded him with markers before I got out my quickie glue pen and flocking. The leaves have been cut out with my sizzix leaf die and some of the edges were sponged with Baha Breeze.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Artful INKables - Olive You
Paper: Papertrey White, Prisma Metallics (Our Daily Bread Designs), My Minds Eye DP, Watercolour, Baha Breeze
Ink: Baha Breeze, SU Markers, Basic Black, Versa Mark
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Dimensionals, Embossing Powder, Fun Flock, Aqua Painter, Sizzix Die, Quickie Glue Pen.

Artful INKables Sneak Peek - Top Dog

Isn't this little guy completely adorable? He is just one of 3 dogs in the next set of releases for Artful INKables called Top Dog. This set along with 3 others will be released on August 14, so start counting down!!!

I'll bet that you couldn't guess what I used to make the cute little dog tag! Lol, yes I pulled out the shrink plastic again and it sized the stamp perfectly to fit around this little fellas neck. I used 1/4" Polytwill Ribbon for the coller and I toled the pup so that every thing looked proportional :)


If you look closely you will see my clear embossed dog bones on the dotted designer paper. This card is a 4 1/4" square card and I thought that it would make a sweet note card for any dog lover. Wait until you see the rest of the set! For more sneak peeks today, check out the rest of the INK Girls blogs to see their sweet creations:

Beth
Julia
Pam
Kristin
Jenn

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Artful INKables - Top Dog (available August 14/2008)
Paper: Papertrey White, Bazzil, Baha Breeze, Chocolate Chip, K&Co DP
Ink: SU Markers, Baha Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Versa Mark, Basic Black, Stazon
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Aqua Painter, Crystal Effects, Polyshrink Plasic, Polytwill Ribbon, Jump Ring, Sponge, Hodgepodge Hardware, Dimensionals, Grosgrain Ribbon, Clear Embossing Powder

Got Verve?

Nope! But I sure do have alot of Artful INKables stamps and a few design team projects left to show you *giggle* I just love this sketch posted by the Verve Stamp Co., so I decided to play along using my Sunburst Dandies set. I wanted to use up some unloved papers to create this shabby chic card so this one has...1..2...3..4, designer papers in it! - I'm thinking that is a new record for me :)

With the amount of sewing and cutting that this card made me do, it is certainly worthy of a post all on it's own with some fabulous close ups...but alas...I am headed out the door on some much deserved holidays - so, on with the barrage of Artful INKables cards! (I'm going for the longest post in blogging history here ) *wicked grin*

Card Recipe

Stamps: Artful INKables - Sunburst Dandy's
Paper: Bo Bunny DP, Basic Grey DP, K&Co. Dp, Chocolate Chip, Watercolour, Papertrey
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Versa Mark, SU Markers
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Martha Stewart Punch, Brads, Ribbon, Spica Gel Pen, Aqua Painter, Dimensionals, Embossing Powder, Sponges, Cuttlebug

Since I was talking about the Verve, what do you do without any of their stamps when you want to participate in any of their challenges? You use your AI Plant Prints and Basic Salutations! This card was made for the second sketch challenge this week and is actually only a sweet little 4 1/4" square card. I heat embossed some leaves onto the DP and used a swarovski crystal for the flower center since in went so nicely with the Absolutely Fabulous sentiment :)

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Artful INKables - Plant Prints and Basic Salutations
Paper: SU DP, Imaginese DP, Watercolour, Papertrey White, Basic Black
Ink: Basic Black, Versa Mark, Always Artichoke, Bashful Blue
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Clear Embossing Powder, Marvy Punches, Ribbon, Brads, Swarovski Crystal, Dimensionals



I got a little sidetracked from the challenges that I was doing to make this card. I used the stem from the AI Plant Prints set. I basically CASED a card that I had made last year, but modifying the shape and colours...and stamp set (OK, so same idea, different card!) I love how sleek and sophisticated, yet modern this card is :) Here is the one that I made previously.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Artful INKables - Plant Prints, Basic Salutations
Paper: Papertrey, Old Olive
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Versa Mark, Old Olive, Always Artichoke
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Sponges, Embossing Powder, Mat Pack, Piercing Tool, Ribbon, Dimensionals


It seems as though I played with the design of this card forever, only to go back to the simple layout in my original idea - isn't that the way it always works out? lol I don't usually work well with brighter colours, so I had to add my grey base to tone it down. I took my colours from my Basic Grey DP and imagine my surprise when I went to tape down my fuchsia colour...it had this wild print on it that matched my Basic Grey DP - Score! I used the AI - Pressed Petals set to make this gorgeous little bloom that pops off the card :) I added a poly shrink charm and a fancy punched edge and done :)

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Artful INKables - Pressed Petals
Paper: Papertrey, Basic Grey, Basic Grey DP, My Mind's Eye DP, Wild Wasabi, Watercolour
Ink: SU Markers, Green Galore, Basic Black, Versa Mark
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Marvy and Martha Stewart Punches, Poly shrink, Ribbon, Dimensionals, Aqua Painter, Embossing Powder, Jump Ring


This is my very first and last Suspension card. Notice that there is currently no suspension involved? lol. Why? Because it looked hideous!!!!! For the life of me, I couldn't get the flower centered in the ring, the I tried to make a bigger hole as an afterthought....wouldn't punch through all the layers....sigh. You all know how this story goes! Here is my somewhat fixed version :)

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Artful INKables - Bloomin Beauties, Basic Salutations
Paper: Papertrey, Bo Bunny, Riding Hood Red, Certainly Celery
Ink: Versa Mark, Riding Hood Red, Green Galore
Accessories: Oval and Circle Punches, Cuttlebug, Sewing Machine, Glitter, Quickie Glue Pen, Brads, Embossing Powder, Stickles, Ribbon, Dimensionals

I'm finally finished posting -are you still awake? lol I will be on holidays until next week (my fingers desperately need a break from all this typing) I will post some pictures of the family camping trip when I get home - see you then!

CDS Sneak Peeks and Pink Lemonade Tote Challenge IC139

Since you all just love Charlie as much as I do, I thought I would share what a romantic guy he can be! LOL

This is one of the new August releases from Clear Dollar Stamps and it's called Charlie gets Giddy. I wanted to make this an extra romantic, yet fun card so I immediately pulled out some of my new Stampin' Up! in colours in the Kiwi Kiss and Riding Hood Red, along with some Bella Rose Designer Paper. I love how Charlie Stands out among these colours and how they just suit him and his roses so well :)

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps - Charlie gets Giddy
Paper: Papertrey White, Bella Rose DP, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Watercolour
Ink: SU Markers, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Basic Black, Versa Mark
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Hodgepodge Hardware, Dimensionals, Aqua Painter, Circle Punch, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Designer Label Punch, Dew Drops


This is my very first Bind It All project! I think that it turned out pretty well and it can be used as a sketch journal or a mini scrapbook. I used the CDS August release Leaf Impressions to make this 4x6 book and it is the perfect size for a scrapbook for your purse :) **Clear Dollar Stamps is now carrying Bind it All machines and accessories **

Recipe:

Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps - Leaf Impressions
Paper: My Mind's Eye DP, K&Co DP, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Old Olive, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Bind It All, Chipboard, Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Sizzix dies, Brads, Dimensionals, Ribbon



I decided to participate in this weeks SCS Inspiration Challenge because these totes are just so darn cute! This is for IC139 and you can find the details to participate here. This is the tote that I took my inspiration from. I was just going to make a little card using these beautiful colours, but then I got a little carried away and went with a gift card holder with the purse being the main presentation. The main measurement of the purse is 5 1/2" so that it will fit in a 5 1/2" Square envelope for mailing :)



The gift card pouch fits in the sewn together tote and the uses magnets to hold everything together (the flap on the gift card pouch acts as a pull tab to take it out of the tote easily).

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Artful INKables - Sunburst Dandy's and Basic Salutations
Paper: Papertrey White, Basic Grey DP
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Small and Large Oval Punches, Sponges, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Button, Satin Ribbon, Magnetic Clasps.

It's time for another Artful INKables challenge!

It's that time again...come and join the INK girls for their sketch challenge hosted by none other than the fabulous Jennifer Muraoka! The challenge is very easy, just break out your Artful INKable stamps (or if you don't have any, any other kind will do just fine :) and follow along with this sketch.


When you upload your card to Splitcoast Stampers, please don't forget to add ARTINK (all in capitals) to your keywords, that way we won't miss out on any of your fabulous creations! Feel free to link your card in the comments section to my blog or the Artful INKable's Company Blog.


Please stop by the INK girls blogs to say hello and check out their wonderful creations!

Beth

Julia

Pam

Jennifer

Artful INKables with Kristin's Post

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Artful INKables - Bloomin' Beauties
Paper: Papertrey White, Kiwi, Pink Pirouette, Rose Red, Urban DP
Ink: Basic Black, Versa Mark, Kiwi, Rose Red, Old Olive and SU Markers
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Circle Punches, Dew Drops, Ribbon, Stickles, Sponges, Dimensionals, Aqua Painter


I must have been on a roll last night! I decided to participate in the Wednesday Sketch challenge over at Splitcoast. I used the newly release Give Thanks Set by Our Daily Bread Designs to make this beautiful Thanksgiving card! I just love Kelley's images because they are so full of detail :) I watercoloured the imaged with re-inkers and markers and then covered the conucopia with glass micro beads to add some texture.


I just love the look of micro beads because they remind me of the coarse sugar topping on Christmas Holiday treats - mmmm....sugar! lol
If you would like to check out the SCS challenge and play along, then please click here.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs - Give Thanks
Paper: Papertrey White, K&Co DP, Prism Metallics (sold by Our Daily Bread)
Ink: SU Markers, Basic Black, Versa Mark
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Micro Beads, SookWang Adhesive, Cuttlebug, Embossing Powder, Metal Embellishments, Martha Stewart Punch, Aqua Painter