Marbled in Green

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create an anything goes card. I decided to feature February's stamp club technique: shaving cream marbling.

To make marbled cardstock, spray foaming shaving cream onto a flat surface (I used aluminum foil). Level out using a scraper, spatula, or another similarly shaped object. Add drops of ink using reinkers. For this card, I dropped three different colors. Take a toothpick or chopstick and swirl the ink around to create the marble pattern. Press your cardstock into the shaving cream making sure to hit all areas. Remove from shaving cream, but don't wipe off the excess shaving cream just yet. You want the ink to start to dry before wiping off excess. Otherwise, you will smear the ink instead of getting a nice marbled effect. Once it is drier, wipe off the excess shaving cream with a paper towel. Let dry even more before attaching to card.

• Stamps: Another Thank You
• Inks: Garden Green; Pistachio Pudding reinker (retired); Pear Pizzaz reinker; Gumball Green reinker (retired)
• Cardstock: Garden Green; Pear Pizzaz; Whisper White
• Accessories: Botanical Gardens Washi Tape
• Tools: Washi Label Punch

A Wildflower Box

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a project featuring a Sale-A-Bration item. I decided to focus on my favorite SAB item: Wildflower Fields DSP. I love the patterns and color combinations in this stack. To help highlight the paper, I decorated a gift box. This was the January Stamp Club 3D project in fact! I modified some instructions i had and created an extra large bow to go on top of the box. I also added a belly band for more visual interest, a flower in the center of the bow and a gift tag. Overall a super cute box! My stamp club ladies made variations using different paper and pattern combos.

To make the bow, you need four pieces of DSP:

• 3" x 11" -- top loop
• 3" x 9" -- middle loop
• 3" x 7" -- base

Punch the three large strips in the middle. Fold over the ends of the top and middle piece and secure with glue dots to create the loops. Layer and glue together. Finish the card off with a strip around the middle section and punch the tails.

To make the belly band, you need two pieces of DSP each 3" x 12". Glue together and lay flat. At one end, score at 4 1/2" and 6 1/4". Start at the 6 1/4" score mark and score from there at 6 1/4". Finally score at 4 1/2" from the last score mark. This should wrap around the box and be able to be attached at the top under the bow.

Detail of the bow:

Detail of the gift tag:

• Stamps: Happy Happenings
• Inks: Calypso Coral
• Cardstock: Wildflower Fields DSP; Calypso Coral
• Accessories: Botanical Gardens Washi Tape; Gold Sequins; Candy Dots
• Tools: Envelope Punch Board; Scallop Tag Topper Punch; Flower Medallion Punch; Pansy Punch; Petite Petals Punch

SSINK January 2016 Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration blog hop! This month we are creating cards using some of our favorite Occasions Catalog items.  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 1 on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop - Dj's Stampin Place. 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.

For this month's blog hop, I had to use items from the Botanical Gardens Suite. I love every bit of this suite! I started my card with the idea to use the Botanical Garden Washi tape. I do so love my washi tape. From there I did a bit of layering with the cardstock and added a sentiment. To finish off the card, I die cut a few flower pieces and layered them onto the card. The last piece was the addition of a candy dot.

• Stamps: Friendly Wishes; Botanical Blooms
• Inks: Mossy Meadow
• Cardstock: Botanical Gardens DSP; Mossy Meadow; Old Olive; Crushed Curry
• Accessories: Botanical Gardens Washi Tape; Candy Dots
• Tools: Botanical Builder Framelits

Blog Hop Participant List:

1. Darcy at Dj's Stampin Place
2. Tobe at The Craft Sea
3. Jennifer at Jenny G's Paper Crafts
4. Diana at Stampin' Fun with Diana
5. Kim at Stamping with Kim
6. Leanne at Literally My Joy
7. Heidi at Stuck on Stampin'

Colored Flowers

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using our favorite Sale-a-bration item. Hands down my favorite item is the Flowering Fields Stamp Set. I always love to color and this stamp is the perfect choice. I started with randomly stamping some of the floral images. Then, I did a bit of messy coloring with my markers to create this image. I love how the color is not quite inside the lines. From there I layered my piece on top of some DSP and coordinating cardstock. As a finishing touch, I added a strip of washi tape.

• Stamps: Flowering Fields
• Inks: Basic Black; Old Olive; Lost Lagoon; Calypso Coral
• Cardstock: Wildflower Fields DSP; Mossy Meadow; Blackberry Bliss; Whisper White
• Accessories: Botanical Gardens Washi Tape
• Tools:

SSINKCS29: Layered Flowers

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the sketch below.

Once again I decided to use the Botanical Gardens Suite. I love the play of patterns on this card. I layered two different pieces of DSP to create the middle layers. The top layer is a piece of Whisper White paper that I stamped onto. As final touches, I added a sentiment from Happy Happenings and some washi tape from the suite.

• Stamps: Happy Happenings
• Inks: Cajun Craze; Hello Honey; Mint Macaron
• Cardstock: Botanical Gardens DSP; Cajun Craze; Whisper White
• Accessories: Botanical Gardens Washi Tape
• Tools: