little inklings

Congrats!

Ok my friends... time to pull up my socks... 

This past month has been a whirlwind around my house from vacations and job changes to basement flooding and sick kids. I have found it difficult to find that time and muster up the creative energy for stamping. But you know what I realized? Stamping is truly my therapy.....I go a little loopy with out it..

Anyway, this week seems a little better,with things settling down a little and I'm excited to participate in Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration #16 . FINALLY!!! With a bridal shower to attend this weekend, I needed a card for the event, and the colors seem to be perfect! Have I ever told you that I {heart} Kristina?! Anyway, here's my card. Hope you like it!! :)

Here's how I made it: I started with a 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of Soft Sky Cardstock (CS) folded in half for my card base, and sponged around the front panel edges with the  matching ink. The next layer is a 5" x 3 3/4" piece of Certainly Celery. I stamped the flower image randomly using Versamark Ink, sprinkled Clear Embossing powder, then heated to set. I sponged around the edges with Certainly Celery ink, then adhered the panel to the cardfront using Dimensionals. The Very Vanilla strip, measuring 4" x 2" is stamped with the flower as a focal, using the Ink-to-Stamp technique - which is basically flipping your stamp on its back, and coloring the rubber with your markers. (Tip: Always start with the lightest colors first, so you don't wreck your markers - ahem - not that I'm speaking from experience, or anything :). In this case, I didn't have a Soft Sky marker, so I just used the corner of the large ink pad to place the color just where I wanted it, then I colored in the rest. 

I added the sentiment, sponged around the edges, adhered the Vanilla Ribbons (there's actually 2 strips of the narrow grosgrain there.. don't ask... it was a mistake-covering thing.. ) around the bottom, added the paper piercing details, then tied the Vanilla taffeta ribbon as an accent. Finally, I adhered the strip to the card front using dimensionals.

Here's the supplies I used:

Stamps: Together Forever, Warmest Regards

Paper: Soft Sky, Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla cardstock

Ink: Versamark, Certainly Celery, Soft Sky Classic Inks, Pumpkin Pie, Certainly Celery & Old Olive Markers

Extras: Very Vanilla 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, Vanilla Taffeta ribbon, Clear Embossing Powder, Sponges, Paper Piercer, Dimensionals

Miss Me?

I'm still here!! I'm SO sorry I haven't posted in over two weeks! YIKES. Despite optics, I have not fallen off the face of the earth. I just returned from a family vacation. I thought I would have internet access at our destination, but apparently, I thought wrong. We had a wonderful vacation, spending our time at a lake in central Alberta. It was our first official vacation with our kids. We were ready to come home though, which I think is always a sign that a good break was had by all. Anyway - I have lots to share with you, and will back at my challenges this week, which I'm pretty sure, I'm suffering withdrawals from.

Hope you are all well, and enjoying the start to the summer!