SSINKCS27: Repeated Olive

Today’s card is featured over at Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration and features a fun card sketch challenge today.

I went with my favorite color combination of green and purple. This time I went with Old Olive and Blackberry Bliss. I layered some of the Into the Woods DSP to play off the repeated Old Olive color. The purple comes in with the stamp and washi tape. A nice clean combination. Overall I went with a less is more approach for this card and I love it!

• Stamps: Thankful Forrest Friends
• Inks: Blackberry Bliss
• Cardstock: Into the Woods DSP; Old Olive
• Accessories: Into the Woods Elements; Happy Haunting Washi Tape; Burlap
• Tools: Square Framelits

A Batty Halloween

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Halloween card. I don't send many Halloween cards, but I love the stamp sets and images related to the holiday. I resolved to buy only one Halloween stamp set and ended up with three. Okay, that's a bit of a lie. The three Halloween stamps sets that I bought aren't just for Halloween. All three include images or sayings that can be used for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

For this card, I am using two of the stamp sets and some unusually card elements. I love Project Life, so I had to buy the PL Seasonal Snapshot 2015 bundler. While making a Halloween card, I thought some of the PL cards would be perfect as a layering piece. The card came with the gray bats and moon already printed. I took the Seasonal Snapshot stamp set and added more bats to fill out the card. I also cut out a bat from another PL card to add as embellishment. From there, I added the sentiment from the hostess set: Six Sayings. To finish off the card, I added some washi tape from the Happy Hauntings pack. The card ended up being nontraditional, but I love it!

• Stamps: Six Sayings; Seasonal Snapshot 2015
• Inks: Blackberry Bliss
• Cardstock: Basic Black; Seasonal Snapshot
• Accessories: Happy Haunting Washi Tape
• Tools:

SSINK October 2015 Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration blog hop! This month we are welcoming fall! 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 5 on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop -  Literally My Joy. 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 the blog hop, I wanted to highlight some of my fun Halloween stamps. Instead of using some DSP, I made my own. Jack-o-lantern faces and bats make a perfect background paper. From there, I added some cute washi tape and a fun pumpkin embellishment. Overall, it's a simple card, but full of images.

• Stamps: Seasonal Snapshot 2015; Sparkly Seasons
• Inks: Basic Black; Mossy Meadow
• Cardstock: Basic Black; Whisper White; Tangelo Twist; Mossy Meadow
• Accessories: Happy Haunting Washi Tape
• Tools: Seasonal Frames Framelits

Blog Hop Participant List:

1. Kathy at Kathy's Stamping World
2. Diana at Stampin Fun with Diana
3. Kim at Stamping with Kim
4. Bree at Craft-Somnia Momma
5. Leanne at Literally My Joy
6. Tobe at The Craft Sea

SSINKCS26: My Favorite Color Combo

Today’s card is featured over at Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration and features a fun card sketch challenge today.

I started with my favorite color combination: Blackberry Bliss and Old Olive. From there I started pulling pattern patterns I liked to use a base. After arranging and rearranging, I settled on these patterns. (Hint: the blackberry bliss pattern paper is actually washi tape over a piece of very vanilla)  I used the Sprinkles of Life stamp set one last time to make some pretty flowers.

• Stamps: Sprinkles of Life
• Inks:  Blackberry Bliss; Old Olive
• Cardstock: Blackberry Bliss; Very Vanilla; Pretty Petals DSP; Typeset DSP
• Accessories: Happy Haunting Washi Tape
• Tools: Circles Framelits; Corner Rounder

FaBOOlous

Today's card was inspired by one that I made for a SSINK challenge featured later this month. I wanted to create a few Halloween cards for our fall social, but didn't want them to use too many new materials. (I seriously need to focus on destashing or just using my old supplies) To that end, I paired my new PL Seasonal Snapshot stamp set, Six Sayings stamp set, and Happy Haunting washi tape with some old DSP. Perfect combination!

• Stamps: Seasonal Snapshot 2015; Six Sayings
• Inks: Blackberry Bliss; Basic Black
• Cardstock: Tangerine Tango; Frightful Sight DSP (retired)
• Accessories: Happy Haunting washi tape
• Tools:

Spooky Jack-O-Lantern

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Halloween card. I don't make many Halloween cards, but I love the holiday. Thankfully I bought the great Sparkly Seasons stamp set and Seasonal Frames die that includes Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas images.

I also bought the beautiful new black glimmer paper. I had to include that paper into my card somehow. I stamped and die cut this cute jack-o-lantern and adhered it to a little rectangle of black glimmer paper. I thought it looked a little plain on the piece of Tangerine Tango, so I added some newly bought Timeless Elegance DSP. It still looked a little plain, so I added some washi tape on top of the Very Vanilla stripes. Much better! Now this is a Halloween card!

• Stamps: Sparkly Seasons
• Inks: Tangerine Tango, Mossy Meadow, Basic Black
• Cardstock: Timeless Elegance DSP, Black Glimmer Paper, Tangering Tango, Mossy Meadow, Blackberry Bliss
• Accessories: Happy Haunting Wasi Tape
• Tools: Seasonal Frames Thinlits