Ink It Up with Heidi Shafer -- Neat and Tangled's Beary Merry

Today, I've joined again with
Heidi Shafer of Mapleberry Musings for Ink It Up.

Ink it Up is a challenge where, on the second and fourth Wednesday 

of each month, Heidi and I share cards that we've made with new stamp sets

that we haven't used yet.

Today, I'm sharing some cards that I made using my 

Beary Merry stamp set from Neat and Tangled.

I started by stamping the bear, present and sentiment onto a piece of watercolour paper, 

which I diecut using my Mama Elephant Femme Frames diecuts.

I coloured him in using my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and a water brush.

I stamped the present a second time and cut it out by hand, coloured it in 

and then adhered it to my card.

I also paper-pieced his scarf using some Studio Calico patterned paper,

which I also used to mat my card.

On this card, I used the same supplies and colouring techniques,

but I used the coordinating diecuts.

I didn't do any paper piecing, but I did blend blue ink behind the bear before

adhering him with dimensional adhesive, but it's hard to tell in the photo

(oh how I miss more hours in the day when it's daylight!)

I just think this bear is so adorable!

Before I inked up this stamp set, Sage did.

She made some cards for the 14 people she delivers newspapers to each day

(which I thought I photographed, but now can't find!)

She also made a cute tag for the secret Santa exchange she did with her choir.

She stamped him onto a Reverse Confetti tag

and coloured him in with my Zigs and a water brush.

Then, we rolled up a $5 bill and tied it with twine and adhered to the card,

so it looks like the bear was holding it.

Apparently, everyone could tell it was Sage's gift. ;)

Okay, that's it for us for today.

Don't forget to hop over to Heidi's blog to see what
she created for this Ink It Up.

Thanks for looking!

Guest designing for Colour Throwdown and Ink It Up With Heidi Shafer -- Winter Flowers

As I shared last week, I have been invited
to guest design for Colour Throwdown for December and January!

Here's this week's CTD:

And today, I'm also joining up once again with
Heidi Shafer of Mapleberry Musings for Ink It Up.

Ink it Up is a challenge where, on the second and fourth Wednesday 

of each month, Heidi and I share cards that we've made with new stamp sets

that we haven't used yet.

I made my cards using my 

Winter Flowers stamp set from Simon Says Stamp.

I used my coordinating dies and stamped directly on to my watercolour panel,

which I heat embossed in clear, using versafine ink.

I coloured them in using my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and a water brush.

I stamped my sentiment using Papertrey ink's Winter Village

and diecut my panel using Neat and Tangled's new Scallop dies.

I had so much fun playing with my new stamps, that I decided to make a second card.

This time, I stamped the images and my sentiment (from Mama Elephant's Season Greetings)

in versamark and heat embossed them in white. 

I coloured them in using PTI ink that I pressed onto my acrylic block and water

and a paintbrush.

Don't forget to hop over to Heidi's blog to see what
she created for this Ink It Up.

And make sure that you also visit Colour Throwdown
to see what the other DT members created with the colour challenge!

Thanks for looking!

Ink It Up With Heidi Shafer -- Papertrey Ink's Winter Village

Today, I've joined again with
Heidi Shafer of Mapleberry Musings for Ink It Up.

Ink it Up is a challenge where, on the second and fourth Wednesday 

of each month, Heidi and I share cards that we've made with new stamp sets

that we haven't used yet.

Today, I'm sharing a card that I made using my 

Winter Village stamp set from Papertrey Ink.

I started by stamping a panel of aqua mist cardstock with my Concord & 9th

Barnwood stamp in Altenew Evening Grey.

I stamped the church from Winter Village onto its coordinating diecut

in Altenew Mountain Mist, Evening Grey and Morning Frost.

I stamped the trees and ground images in the same shades of grey,

directly onto my card front.

I stamped my sentiment in Evening Grey using Papertrey Ink's Walk by Faith stamp set.

Don't forget to hop over to Heidi's blog to see what
she created for this Ink It Up.

Thanks for looking!

Ink It Up with Heidi Shafer -- Papertrey Ink's Bitty Ballerina

Today, I've joined again with
Heidi Shafer of Mapleberry Musings for Ink It Up.

Ink it Up is a challenge where, on the second and fourth Wednesday 

of each month, Heidi and I share cards that we've made with new stamp sets

that we haven't used yet.

Today, I'm sharing a card that I made using my 

Ballerina Beauty stamp set from Papertrey Ink.

I started by diecutting my ballerina using its coordinating die and stamping

it in versafine onyx black ink and heat embossing it in clear.

Then, I coloured it in using my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers

and a water brush.

I stamped the sentiments from the Ballerina Beauty stamp set.

I stencilled the background using a PTI stencil and two shades of pink ink.

A friend of mine requested this card for her grand-daughter and wanted

her name stamped on it, so I added that using my Mama Elephant Script stamp set.

Don't forget to hop over to Heidi's blog to see what
she created for this Ink It Up.

Thanks for looking!

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Ink It Up with Heidi Shafer -- Mama Elephant's Calli Letters

Today, I've joined again with
Heidi Shafer of Mapleberry Musings for Ink It Up.

Ink it Up is a challenge where, on the second and fourth Wednesday 

of each month, Heidi and I share cards that we've made with new stamp sets

that we haven't used yet.

Today, I'm sharing some projects that I made using my 

Mama Elephant Calli Letters stamp set.

I'm actually sharing the invitations that we made for Sage's 12th birthday party 

that we hosted two weekends ago.

Sage decided that she wanted to have a Paris-theme for her party this year.

So, she and I made the invitations together.

Sage blended green parakeet and Hawaiian Shores ink onto the background of the cards.

Then, using my MISTI, I stamped the Eiffel tower (using a Sweet 'N Sassy stamp set) 

onto each one in versamark and heat embossed them in silver.

I stamped the Bonjour from PTI's Fresh Floral Wraps stamp set 

and then the "you are invited" using the Mama Elephant Calli Letters stamp set.

I set up every second letter first and then went back a second time to fill in the remaining letters.

For four invitations, this went pretty quickly with my MISTI.

Sage's party was a hit!

She and her friends spent a lot of time outside, jumping on our trampoline.

Then, we came inside and did a little card making.

(I asked Sage and she said that she would be a guest blogger 

for me soon and share the card she made -- spoiler alert: it's gorgeous!)

Then, we enjoyed some treats...

I decided to use the Mama Elephant Calli Letters stamp set

to make some cards for each of the treats.... and in French, just for fun!

On each tiny card, I stamped the treat, as well as an Eiffel Tower image

from PTI's City Scene, in Delicata Silver ink.

We also made toppers for the cupcakes using the same stamps 

and their coordinating die.

We also had Butter Crunch....

... and macaroons, which we purchased at our local Farmer's Market.

Sage's party was very fun -- and her guests were thrilled with the Eiffel Tower 

necklaces Sage gave them as a thank you for coming!

I'm so glad that we can enjoy planning and hosting her parties together!

Don't forget to hop over to Heidi's blog to see what
she created for this Ink It Up.

Thanks for looking!

Ink It Up with Heidi Shafer -- Altenew's Floral Shadow

Today, I've joined again with
Heidi Shafer of Mapleberry Musings for Ink It Up.

Ink it Up is a challenge where, on the second and fourth Wednesday 

of each month, Heidi and I share cards that we've made with new stamp sets

that we haven't used yet.

Today, I'm sharing two cards that I made using my 

Altenew Floral Shadow stamp set.

For my first card, I used a technique using my Zigs,

where I colour directly onto my stamp with my marker and then 

spritz it a couple times with water before stamping it onto my watercolour background.

I stamped the sentiment (also from Floral Shadow) in versafine black

and added some sequins and a black cardstock border.

I felt the card was missing something, so I stamped some floral centres in black

using PTI's Bloomers set.

I also made this card, stamping the images from Floral Shadow in 

orange zest, sweet blush and scarlet jewel onto watercolour paper.

I added a little more ink mixed with my water brush and

coloured over the images, to lend more of a watercolour effect.

I stamped the sentiments (from Wplus9 Happy Wishes stamp set)

directly onto the background in versafine onyx black,

as well as onto a strip of black cardstock, which I heat embossed in seafoam.

A few rainstones finish it off.

Don't forget to hop over to Heidi's blog to see what
she created for this Ink It Up.

Thanks for looking!

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Ink It Up with Heidi Shafer -- Papertrey Ink's Garden Gate Kit

Today, I've joined again with
Heidi Shafer of Mapleberry Musings for Ink It Up.

Ink it Up is a challenge where, on the second and fourth Wednesday 

of each month, Heidi and I share cards that we've made with new stamp sets

that we haven't used yet.

Today, I'm sharing three cards that I made using my 

Papertrey Ink's Garden Gate Kit.

For my first card, I used the garden gate die.

I blended ink onto my background and layered the garden gate diecut overtop.

I stamped the gate finials at the top with versafine onyx black ink 

and stamped the wisteria onto its coordinating diecut using four shades of ink

(green parakeet, new leaf, hibiscus burst and raspberry fizz).

I diecut the sign using the die from the kit and one of the pre-printed sheets.

Here, I used a Tim Holtz woodgrain stencil to add grey ink to a piece of soft stone

cardstock before diecutting it with the lattice die from the kit.

I adhered this to a piece of cardstock, onto which I blended ink.

I diecut the two pre-printed bleeding hearts and the sign,

using the papers that came with the kit.

For my last card, I wanted to use one of the stencils that came in the kit.

I used my Clarity stencil brushes and green parakeet and new leaf inks.

I blended more new leaf ink onto a piece of white cardstock and diecut

it using one of my PTI Keep It Simple dies.

I diecut it again from white cardstock and stamped the sentiment 

from PTI's KIS: Birthday stamp set.

I diecut the wisteria from one of the pre-printed sheets.

A trio of buttons finishes it off.

Don't forget to hop over to Heidi's blog to see what
she created for this Ink It Up.

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Ink It Up with Heidi Shafer -- Neat and Tangled's Purrrfect

Today, I've joined again with Heidi Shafer of Mapleberry Musings

for Ink It Up.

Ink it Up is a challenge where, on the second and fourth Wednesday 

of each month, Heidi and I share cards that we've made with new stamp sets

that we haven't used yet.

Today, I'm sharing my card that I made using my 

Neat and Tangled's Purrrfect stamp set.

While this set has actually seen ink before -- by Sage and a few of my 

Sunday School girls -- I hadn't used it yet, so I decided to use it

to make a birthday card for my son, Jonah.

He loves watching iFunny and shared this hilarious video 

with me recently, so I thought he might get a kick out of this card.

They called it "From G to PG-13."

LOL!

Here's my card:

I started by diecutting my cats from watercolour paper and colouring

them in using my Zig markers and a water brush.

I cut my white panel at an angle and layered it over

a second piece of white cardstock that I inked with my 

blending tool, three shades of ink & my MFT stencil.

I stamped the sentiment (from PTI's Winter Woods)

in versafine onyx black.

When I was making this card, I originally stamped a piece of aqua mist

cardstock with a MFT background stamp and thought I'd use

that along the bottom of my card.

It didn't seem vibrant enough for Jonah, but I decided to

not waste it and made a second card right away with it.

These kitties are just so cute!

I actually diecut and stamped four of them right away so I could make

a bunch of cards at once....

This sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp's Big Scripty Sentiments.

Don't forget to hop over to Heidi's blog to see what
she created for this Ink It Up.

Thanks for looking!

Ink It Up with Heidi Shafer -- Altenew's Watercolour Wonders

Today, I've joined again with Heidi Shafer of Mapleberry Musings

for Ink It Up.

Ink it Up is a challenge where, on the second and fourth Wednesday 

of each month, Heidi and I share cards that we've made with new stamp sets

that we haven't used yet.

Today, I'm sharing my card that I made using my 

Altenew's Watercolour Wonders stamp set.

Here's my card:

This stamp set is so gorgeous and fun!

I really enjoyed stamping my cards in four shades of Altenew ink: Frosty Pink,

Cotton Candy, Coral Berry and Ruby Red.

I added the leaves in Morning Frost and Evening Grey.

I stamped my sentiment (from PTI Spring Woods)
in Versafine Onyx Black.

I'm also linking this up to the Altenew August Inspiration Challenge:

Don't forget to hop over to Heidi's blog to see what
she created for this Ink It Up.

Thanks for looking!