little inklings

Hello, Inspiration!

Warning: The following is actual dialogue from my house, and may be offensive to some men who don't understand stamping.
DH says: Honey? It's noon? Where are you?What are you doing? Have you showered yet?
Crazy stamper wife replies: Just a minute, I just have to get this card idea out of my head.. be right there! I'm so lucky my hubby understands me. Ever since I posted the Heathcote Gardens bedding pic for inspiration, I've had this card in my head, but seemed to struggle with finding the time to put it together. I finally snuck away for a few hours, and I'm glad I did. I think it came out pretty close to how I envisioned it. Hope you like it.
Now - the fun stuff.... As promised, a random winner has been drawn {read: my 3 year-old choose a name from his Lightning McQueen lunchbox} and the winner is... AMY! Amy submitted this beautiful card, that can be viewed on her blog, Gone INKognito. Congrats Amy! I'll email you shortly with some instructions, so I can get your goodies to you :)

Thanks for playing along. Would you like another challenge? Leave me a comment.... :) !
 

Here's how I made it:  I started with Very Vanilla card stock (CS) as the base, measuring 8 ½” x 4 ¼”. I stamped it with the Stitched Background stamp in Chocolate Chip Classic Ink. I added a strip of Ruby Red CS measuring 4 ¼” x 2” to the bottom half of the card, then rounded the corners. Next, using a scrap piece of Old Olive CS that measured 4 ¼” wide, I scalloped the trim using my slit punch, sponged the scallops with Old Olive ink and adhered it to the card front with adhesive. I then sponged all around the edges of the card with Chocolate Chip ink, and heat embossed the sentiment using Chocolate Chip craft and Clear embossing powder. Then repeating the heat embossing, I made the butterfly on a scrap piece of paper, colored it in using Blender pens, cut it out and added it using a dimensional. Last step – I added that yummy Chocolate Chip Ribbon.

 

Here’s the supplies I used:
Stamps: Sweet Shapes, Stitched Background stamp, Fun & Fast Notes
Paper: Very Vanilla, Ruby Red, Old Olive
Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic & Craft, Old Olive, Ruby Red
Extras: Clear Embossing Powder, Slit Punch, Corner Rounder, Dimensionals, Chocolate Chip wide grosgrain ribbon

Up for a Challege?

Up for a Challenge? Wanna Play? Want Free stuff? .... Happy Wednesday everyone! As I mentioned in my post yesterday, I passed the 10,000 mark on my blog - and am still in SHOCK. Thank you SO much. I am truly humbled. As promised, I would like to give away some free goodies to celebrate. But first I have a challenge for you. Usually, I look to Kristina Werner's blog for her color inspirations, but this week, that poor, sweet girl is taking a well deserved break! So I'm gonna take a crack at it. Here's the inspiration:

There's something about this picture that stirs my creative brain. Hope it inspires you too. What's the rules? Just build a card or project with this picture as inspiration. I've pulled a few SU! colors out of the picture (above), but feel free to pick and choose any combo in the picture that suits you (please use a minimum of 3). Post your creation on your blog or online gallery, then post a link to your card as a comment here before Saturday May 31, 9pm MT. I will randomly draw a winner on Sunday. What's the prize you ask? Well, besides the satisfaction of building a beautiful project, I will be giving away Eastern Eclectic Rub-ons, a 12 (2 ea of 6) sheet card stock assortment of my favorite colors and a buffet pack of Ribbon & Embellishments.... happy stampin! :) 

(PS - This bedset is made by Jeffrey Fisher, called 'Heathcote Gardens').