Merry Christmas from our family and SSINK!

 

Good morning and Merry Christmas to all my blog followers.  Today is Christmas and we all are busy spending time with our families.  Speaking of family, today over at SSINKspiration we wanted wish you all a Merry Christmas and share with you our own family Christmas cards.

 

I have had so many Christmas projects on my table that I didn't really want to design and create my own cards.  When I went to Stampin' Up!'s Convention last year, I took a class using the Watercolor Winter imply Created Card Kit.  It was awesome and I knew right then that this was what I was using for my cards this year.  Not only where they fun and easy to create, but it had all the supplies already precut and really ready to go.  Now there was one card that came in the kit that didn't really work for my style so I decided to change it up and create my own to replace it.  Can you guess which one it is?

 

These are all four card designs.  The kit came with supplies to create 5 cards of each design.

 

The fun part of this kit was getting to be back in Elementary School and getting to enjoy some water coloring fun again!

 

So yep, you guessed it....this is the card that I created and switched out!

 

Supplies Used

Watercolor Winter Simply Created Card Kit

Misc. adhesives such as liquid tombo and glue dots and a pair of scissors

 

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas day with their families.  Thank you for letting me share my family Christmas cards with you on this very special day!

Merry Cookie Monday!!!

 

Good Monday!  The days are getting closer and closer to the BIG day!  Yes, I know its almost time for everyone to place their orders with the all new Stampin' Up! Spring Mini Occasions Catalog, but I'm talking about Christmas Day!  Lets just hope that Santa thinks I've been a good girl this year and brings me some new stamping toys!! 

 

Today at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration its our Merry Monday post and we are sharing everything Merry!  I want to share the cute little paper gift bags I put together using the Under the Tree Tag a Bag Accessory Kit from Stampin' Up!. 

 

I live in a small neighborhood of just 11 houses and needed something quick and easy to put their cookies inside for a little Christmas treat.  I purchased a pack of #10 exactly Petite Café Gift bags and the accessory kit to create these fun bags.  The kit is perfect cause of course it comes with everything you need to complete the bags as shown in my picture.  You two different styled tags in 5 different colors (I only have 4 shown in the above picture), bakers twine, colored mini clothespins and other tags great for stamping a holiday sentiment on.  I was able to place 8 normal sized baked cookies inside but really it could hold another 2.

 

Supplies Used

Under the Tree Tag a Bag Accessory Kit

and

Petite Café Gift Bags

 

Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog today.  I hope you have enjoyed my paper treat bags.  Don't forget to leave some "love" and head on over for the other designers to INKspire you with their Merry creations!

 

 

 

 

Sparkle and Shine ~ CYCI#50 and PCCCS#123

 

Good morning!  Thanks for joining me here this fine Sunday morning!  Today I am over at Can You Case It? and its our "Holiday Edition".  This challenge will run for two weeks, so you have plenty of time to join us in the holiday fun!

 

I also created this card based on the fun sketch challenge over at Paper Craft Crew Challenge blog.  The two worked perfectly together for the stamp set that I wanted to use.

 

Festival of Trees has by far, been one of the holiday stamp sets that I have used most.  Its so fun and festive and easy to use.  I used the solid triangle tree to stamp in the lost lagoon and pear pizzazz upside down.  I then stamped the dotted tree in smoky slate and added crushed curry dots and topped with dazzling details for some added texture.  I added a few scattered silver sequins to finish it off along with the button and banner sentiment.

 

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ whisper white, lost lagoon

Ink ~ lost lagoon, pear pizzazz, smoky slate, crushed curry

Stamp set ~ festival of trees

Misc. ~ tree punch, foam dots, frosted sequins, Nordic buttons, all is calm washi tape as well as DSP

A Simple Christmas Thank You

 

Good morning, its Friday, Friday, Friday and today I'm over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration, where we are sharing holiday "Thank You" cards.  I've been playing with this color combination for the couple of weeks and its become quite a favorite that I decided to use it again.  I think the three colors create such fun for this snowflake thank you card.

 

This design can be created so quickly that you could easily whip out 4-6 and insert them into an envelope and give as a small gift to any teacher as they are always sending thank you cards.  This thank you card measures 3-1/2" x 5", with a layer of 3" x 4-1/2".  One thing that you will be seeing a lot of from me as well, is me using up some DSP for creating fun inserts for my plain old boring envelopes!  I am in love with this die set and don't understand why I haven't been using them more often!!

 

I hope you have enjoyed my quick and easy thank you card that it inkspires you to go create some yourself!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ whisper white

Ink ~ Bermuda bay, blackberry bliss, crushed curry

Stamp set ~ endless wishes, lots of thanks

Misc. ~ basic rhinestones, envelope insert framelit set

DSP ~ motley monsters for the envelope insert 

Snowflake Fun with My Paper Pumpkin

 

Good morning and thanks for joining me here at Ink a Doodle Creations.  You won't see much here today about my project but a little sneak peek picture showing what I started with.  To see all the finished projects with the November My Paper Pumpkin kit including two designed by me items and one bonus created project, you'll have to click HERE and head on over to the main blog of Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration where I am posting for my individual projects.

Subway Mittens #CTS103

Good morning and thanks for stopping by to visit me here at Ink a Doodle Creations.  Today I am sharing the fun gift card holder I created for the sketch challenge over at Cas(e) This Sketch.  I have so many gift card holders I need to create this year for Christmas.  #1 of 10 complete!

 

here is the fun sketch....

 

 

...and here is what I came up with.  I bought a few new toys last month and I just had to bring them out and break them in.  These items were perfect for the sketch challenge.

 

I love how easy creating the gift card insert was to hold my Brother-in-law's Subway gift card.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ cherry cobber, saraha sand, very vanilla

Ink ~ early espresso, cherry cobbler

DSP ~ misc. cardstock pad I had laying around

Stamp set ~ MFT cozy mittens

Misc. ~ MFT gift card holder die, MFT mitten die set, MFT blue prints #15 

 

Happy Birthday MDS #SSINKLS16

 

Good Monday morning!  I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  Spent mine wrapping my moms Christmas gifts, cleaning house, grocery shopping, finished up my own Christmas gift shopping and wrapping as well as enjoying a night out for dinner at Olive Garden and a drive thru light show!  But sadly this weekend has come and gone and its just another Monday, UGH!!  The exciting flip side is that its time for another awesome sketch challenge over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration!  We hope you will get INKspired and play along with us this week!

 

 

Here is our sketch....

 

 

and here is what I created with it.  Since I was working with just one photo, I decided to down size mine and instead of designing a 12x12 page, I created a 8x8 page celebrating my oldest sons 15th Birthday!

 

Supplies Used

My Digital Studios software, Best Birthday Yet kit, Bermuda bay brads, Bermuda bay ink splatters

 

I hope you have enjoyed my MDS page and it will INKspire you to join in our sketch challenge.  Leave some "love" and go see what our other designers have created!

 

Never to Many Thanks - Clean and Quick #CYCI49

 

Good morning, I hope everyone has been enjoying their weekend so far.  Its been busy, but I have.  Today I am over at Can You Case It?, and this week our challenge for you is to create and Clean and Quick card using a button or other embellishment with a max of 2 layers.  I hope you decide to play along, I can't wait to see what you create!

 

You can never have to many "Thank You" cards on hand so for the next few cards you will be seeing on my blog will be "thank you" cards.  I cut a 1"x5-1/2" piece of DSP from the flower pot collection to add a little pattern down the side of my whisper white layer.  I used the splatter spots from the gorgeous grunge stamp set in crushed curry and garden green ink.  Now the night of navy "thanks" you see is a new sneak peek item!  Oh YES, there is a new word thinlit set coming in the new Stampin' Up! Spring Occasions Catalog.  Now I did a little something extra with this card.....something I don't normally do...I cut out an envelope insert in matching DSP!  Crazy right?!  I can't stand the thought of someone throwing away the DSP, so its why I don't normally do it, but I'll have to be honest and say, I LOVE it!  It really makes it look lovely.

 

To finish off my card and keeping with the challenge, I pulled out a button and tied it off with some tangerine tango bakers twine.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ night of navy, whisper white

DSP ~ flower pot

Ink ~ garden green, crushed curry

Stamp set ~ lots of thanks

Misc. ~ tangerine tango bakers twine, brights buttons, regal candy dots, hello you thinlits (new sneak peak item!), envelope insert framelits

 

I hope you have enjoyed my challenge card.  Leave some "love" and go check out the other challenge cards from our other design team members.

I've Been Voted Out ~ December SSINK BLOG HOP

 

Welcome to the December Blog Hop over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration!  This month we are creating projects with Christmas in mind and anything goes.  

 

As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number #3 on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop - Diana E. Stampin' Fun with Diana. If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn't work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.

 

 

So first off let me start by saying, "I am a Survivor fan" and have been since it first aired on TV. Well this year, I joined in a Stampin Survivor group on Facebook.  Myself and 17 other ladies, were paired up with a cast member on this season of Blood vs. Water.  My paired team member was Alec.  Even though I held in for while, all good things must come to an end!  My Alec got voted out last week and was sent home.  Booooo!!!  So here is the fun part of this group:  when ever a person is voted out, that person is to send out a handmade card to the remaining players.  In my case, I get to enjoy 11 cards from previous voted out players.  The person left in till the end, will have received 17 cards.  So I want to share the card I designed and sent out to the remaining 6 players.

 

 

I wanted to use this stamp set in a non traditional way.  Instead of using dark green, I went with a light shade and used pear pizzazz, I also chose crisp cantaloupe for the berries instead of traditional red.  One of the fun things I did with the black/white typeset DSP, is I used my sponge and discolored it with crumb cake ink.  The layout and detail are pretty simple and I wanted the focal to be on the wreath and the gold shimmering "Joy"!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ pear pizzazz, very vanilla

Ink ~ pear pizzazz, crisp cantaloupe, crumb cake

Stamp set ~ Wondrous Wreath

DSP ~ typeset, gold shimmer paper

Misc. ~ gold sequin trim, crisp cantaloupe twine, wreath framelit set

 

I hope you have enjoyed my Christmas card.  Don't forget to leave some "love" and head on over to visit Darcy at Stampin' DJ, you are just gonna love her holiday project!

 

Blog Hop Participant List:

Kim at Stamping with Kim

Jennifer at Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life

Diana at Stampin' Fun with Diana

Cynthia at Ink-A-Doodle Creations

Darcy at Dj's Stampin' Place

Bree at Craft-Somnia Momma

Donna at Organized Chaos

Tonya at Stamp with Tonya

Heidi at Stuck on Stampin'

 

 

 

Welcome Baby #SSINKCS16

 

Good Monday morning!  I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  Today I'm over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration and its time for an all new card sketch challenge!  We do hope you will get INKspired by our designers to come join us!

 

Here is our fun sketch created by Breelin Renwick.  She is so talented with creating our sketches!

 

One of the parents, that I babysit for is expecting their second child in about a month and well I needed a baby card to welcome "him" here.  The "and many more" stamp set worked perfect for the sentiment banners I created.  I just love the "B" as the main focal point.  I tied on some baked brown sugar and gold bakers twine to help accent it.

 

Supplies Used

 Cardstock ~ coastal cabana, hello honey, baked brown sugar

Ink ~ baked brown sugar

Stamp set ~ And Many More

DSP ~ Lullaby

Misc. ~ banner punch, basic bling, coastal cabana blendabilities, baked brown sugar twine, gold bakers twine

 

Don't forget to go checkout the other designers and their INKspiring takes on this sketch!

Ornamental Pine Color Challenge #CYCI48

Bright & Beautiful Gift Tag

 

Thank you for stopping by to visit me here at Ink a Doodle Creations.  Today I am over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration and we are sharing gift tags with you.  I mean what's a pretty package without a pretty gift tag to go with it?

 

I started out making this cute but knew it needed a nice tag to go with it.  I used the angled tag topper punch and cut a piece of cardstock in very vanilla to measure 2" x 4-1/2".  Then I cut another piece in early espresso to measure 2" x 2-1/4".  I angled the two together and attached with some adhesive.  I used the bright and beautiful star stamp set to stamp one in cherry cobbler and cut it as well as a smaller star in gold glitter paper with the matching star framelit set.  The "JOY" letters come from the extra chipboard letters I had left over from the watercolor winter simply created card kit.  Its the kit I used to make my family Christmas cards this year.  It came with a lot of extras, so I put them to good use.  I threaded a piece of cherry cobber seam binding ribbon thru the tag whole and tied the ends together with gold bakers twine.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ very vanilla, early espresso, gold glitter paper

Ink ~ cherry cobber, early espresso

Stamp sets ~ bright and beautiful

Misc. ~ gold bakers twine, cherry cobbler seam binding ribbon

December Color Challenge #SSINKCC16

 

Good Monday morning!  Its not only December 1st but its the 1st Monday of the month and its time for another color challenge over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration.  I just love this combination and I hope you will too.  So get to creating and come play along with us this week!

 

So I love Christmas and all, matter of fact I'm in the middle of decorating now, but I will be honest to say, I needed to move on from so many recent Christmas/holiday cards.  I wanted to create a different style card, so I pulled out a set I haven't played with in a while.  Kinda Eclectic is one of my favorites from the full catalog.  There is just so much you can create with it.

 

I have a couple December birthdays coming up, so I decided to create and fun and stylish birthday card with it, mixed also with a little Works of Art.

 

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ whisper white

Ink ~ lost lagoon, cherry cobbler and basic black

Stamp sets ~ work of art, kinda eclectic

Misc. ~ black bakers twine, rhinestones, cherry cobbler blendabilities, basics hodgepodge clips

Punches ~ elegant butterfly and bitty butterfly

 

Again, thanks for stopping by.  Don't forget to head on over to our main blog site to see what the other designers have created.  We hope to INKspire you to play along with us.

 

Blinged out Sheriff - #CYCI47

Good morning!  Thanks for joining me here at Ink a Doodle Creations. Today I am over at Can You Case It? and we are ready to start this week off with a fresh new sketch challenge.  I hope everyone survived all the turkey eatin' and black Friday shopping.  Don't know about you, but boy, I need a nap!!  Shopping and getting all those good deals is tiring!  I hope you will come create and except our sketch challenge!  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Well since I couldn't narrow it down and decide on which stamp set to use for this sketch, I went to my friend Breelin Renwick at Craft-somnia Momma and asked her to pick for me.  She selected for me the Yee-Haw stamp set.  The last time I used this set, I created a card geared for a boy.  This time I switched it around and am using this sketch for a girl and not just any girl, but a "Blinged out Sheriff" girl!!

 

 

I used my calypso coral blendabilities to color the sheriff's badge and layered with some twirled twine.  I also layered several ribbons and topped it with some gold sequin trim.  I added a very vintage button with some gold bakers twine to tie it all together and add that special "girl" touch.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ calypso coral, baked brown sugar and very vanilla

Ink ~ momento ink, early espresso, baked brown sugar, gold encore

Stamp set ~ Yee-Haw, hardwood

Misc. ~ very vintage buttons, gold sequin trim, natural twine, gold bakers twine, gold glimmer paper, mini star punch, large polka dot embossing folder

 

 

Truely Thankful for You with SSINK

 

Good morning!  Today over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration we are sharing projects created just for our followers!  We truly appreciate and are thankful for following us each day with your posts, each week with our fun challenges and for leaving us those kind comments that keep our design team members INKspired to keep creating!

 

I stepped away this time from the traditional Fall colors that most people thank of when its time to think of being Thankful cause it connect it with Thanksgiving and Fall colors or oranges, browns, reds and greens.  Nope this time, I stepped outside the box and went with a bit softer color choice.  Above was my color inkspiration.



Ok, not only did I step away from the fall thankful colors, I also stepped away from traditional fall thankful images of pumpkins, leaves and such and went with feathers.  Yep, I just love the Four Feathers stamp set.  I first stamped the feather down the side of my crumb cake layer in versa mark ink and heat embossed with gold powder.  I also stamped and cut out three feather on white cardstock and embossed with gold powder.  I then took my spongers and inked each feather with my colors of night of navy, crisp cantaloupe and blackberry bliss.

 

I love burlap but with this card I wanted a softer touch so I broke out my finger dauber and got inky.  I sponged on whisper white craft ink on top of my burlap ribbon.  It created the perfect touch next to the venetian crochet trim.  The perfect added touch was the crisp cantaloupe twine and the added gold sequins.

 

Supplies Used

 Cardstock ~ crumb cake

Ink ~ whisper white, versa mark

Stamp set ~ four feathers

Misc. ~ gold embossing powder, gold sequins, crisp cantaloupe twine, burlap ribbon, venetian crochet trim ribbon, glue dots, red line tape

 

I hope you have enjoyed my card creations.  Again I thank you so much for being a follower of me over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration.  Don't forget to leave some "love" and go see what the others have created for you!

Coffee = Rule The World #PP223

Even though today is a yucky rainy/snow mixed day, I have been enjoy some quiet paper crafting time.  I was able to get in my project card for the wonderful sketch over at The Paper Players.  I had so much fun designing this card.  Of course I'm a little gitty over coffee so it was easy!

 

Now that I've created this card, it puts me in the mood for a nice cup of coffee now! 

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ early espresso, very vanilla, sahara sand, garden green

DSP ~ trim the tree

Ink ~ early espresso

Stamp set ~ perfect blend

Misc. ~ regal buttons, natural twine, cherry cobbler bakers twine, med. oval punch, finishing touches edgelits

 

I hope you enjoy my challenge card.  Leave some "love" as I always enjoy reading your comments!

 

Project Life Inspired Card with #CYCI46

Good morning and thanks for joining me here at Ink a Doodle Creations.  Today I am over at Can You Case It? and today we are sharing our projects created for our Project Life by Stampin' Up! inspired challenge.  Get inspired and come except the challenge and play along!

 

 

So even though I am traditional scrapbooker and don't really use the Project Life products to scrapbook with, I do however love how the products still coordinate together and make it so easy to make cards with.  This is a card I created using the Seasonal Snapshot Accessory Pack.  I just love all the fun elements for Halloween, Fall and Christmas.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ old olive, sahara sand, very vanilla

Project Life Seasonal Snapshot accessory pack

 

I hope you have enjoyed my project life card.  Leave some "love", go get that cup of coffee, get creative and have fun with our challenge.  Just don't forget to link it up, once you have.

natural twine, glue dots and snail adhesive