Ingenious Inkling

Frosted Fashion Accents

I love the look of these bright Fashion Accent stickers from American Crafts on the Frosted Sheets from ShortCuts.

 

I attached teal cardstock to the back and a yellow folded card to the inside.  I finished with a bit of bling on the chandelier and another sticker on the inside.

 

This little frosted scrapling combines Hambly rub-ons with more Fashion Accent stickers.

 

Pink cardstock is attached to the back with a smaller white scrapling on the inside with 2 punched hearts.

 

Embossed Frosted Bookmarks

One of the favorite things I did with the ShortCuts frosted sheets was emboss them with my Cuttlebug ... I love the effect.  I used the embossed plastic to make these very fun bookmarks ... such a great way to use up any scraps.

For the first one I used the Houndstooth embossing folder.  I wrapped the ribbon around the full length of the bookmark (using adhesive on both sides) and tied it together at the top with some navy fiber.   The sentiment from Custer's Last Stamp was embossed on a scrap of cloud paper from Actopus to Zelephant.

  

The second one used the same cloud paper with the Argyle embossing folder.  This sentiment is from River City Rubber Works.

Frosted Cupcake Clown

In addition to the cool clear card bases, ShortCuts also makes these fun frosted sheets, which I combined from elements in the Basic Gray Cupcake card making kit (a big thanks to Two Peas ... I won the kit in their National Scrapbook Day giveaway).

 

I added some black cardstock for some pop, a few red jewels, and a piece of paper from the Cupcake collection on the inside of the card.

 

I used a rub-on sentiment from the card kit directly on the frosted card base ... it went on smooth & easy ... gotta love that.

Make sure you check out the entire gallery of ShortCuts creations by the 'Varks DT Team.  And make sure you mark your calendar for the first ever Caardvarks Caard Hop on August 17th, 18th & 19th sponsored by the fabulous folks at Core'dinations Cardstock (you're gonna love their new Whitewash line).

Giveaway Winner

The winner of my little holiday giveaway is Winter who said:

So cute! I love the colors and all the embossing!

Posted by: Winter| July 03, 2009 at 11:36 AM

Send me your contact information, and I'll get your goodies in the mail.

Purex 3-in-1 Snowy Scene

Many years ago, I considered myself crafting-illiterate.  I just didn't think I had it in me (turns out, I just hadn't found the right outlet). 

I always looked on with awe as my friend Betty would rescue something that the rest of us considered trash and make it into wonderful little crafts (one particular memory was making the scoops that used to come in laundry detergent into adorable little Valentines Day candy holder treats for the local nursing home).  Well, I can honestly say that this card would make Betty proud.

Yes, my friends, this card is made with the leftover piece from the Purex Complete 3-in-1 detergent/fabric softener sheet. When I pulled it out of the dryer, my first thought was "I could make something with this."

It comes in the cool wavy shape like the box, so I didn't even have to trim it.  The front is fuzzy and the back is nice and smooth and easy to adhere with double stick tape. 

 

I started with a ShortCuts clear card base and adhered the snow to the front.  The CHF Paint Spots backgrounder and Peace on Earth from River City Rubber Works were stamped in silver on a navy cardstock and silver embossed.  This panel was attached to the inside front of the card creating the starry night sky (the snow hides the adhesive on the bottom and I used two tiny glue dots on the top corners).

The trees were triangles cut from DP scraps and covered with stickles.  The same paper was attached to the back of the card base.  I love the cool 3-D effect the clear card base creates.

A big shout-out to Betty who always thought I had the crafting gene in me somewhere ... this one's for you.

Froggy Gift Card Holder

One of the cool things the 'Varks DT received to create with was the ShortCuts Gift Card holder.  I covered mine with papers from the K&Company Actopus to Zelephant line and a Frog Die Cut from the same line.

 

I tied cord loops around each side to hold it close.  They easily slide on and off for easy access to the gift card that is inside.

 

The congratulations is from Stampin' Up together with the Hero Arts Wavy Graphic Borders.  These are quick, easy, and very fun to put together.  You can see lots of other ways to decorate them in the Caardvarks Shortcuts gallery.

Soothe Your Soul

I wanted to play with some more new rubber this afternoon, so I combined this week's CPS Sketch with a challenge from Daring Cardmakers to make a card with blue and green as the predominant colors.

 

This wonderful Deco Tree from Magenta was stamped in Olive Pastel on DP and clear embossed.  I painted the three, leaves and landscape using a waterbrush with blue and green chalk inks.  The sentiment is from Red Lead Works and tiny bird from Hero Arts.  I think the papers are from Close to My Heart and the tag is made using a heart punch.  The top background DP panel was embossed with the Forest Branches embossing folder and sponged with olive ink.

Blue Christmas

This week's SCS Featured Stamper is B-gin-r, and my card is inspired by her {Thanks So Much} design.  I loved the layout with the sheer ribbon over the collage and the sentiment at the bottom.  I used a Tim Holtz Christmas collage image stamped in Prussian Blue on Cream cardstock.  The sentiment is from CatsLife Press.

 

I finished with sheer silver ribbon and painted Pixie Dust Shimmerz Glitter Paint on the collage images.

 

How many holiday cards do you have done?

Caardvarks / ShortCuts Sketch Challenge

It's July 5th, and that means as awesome new challenge is up at the Caardvarks Blog.  This time it's a sketch challenge sponsored by the fabulous folks at ShortCuts.  There will be 2 winners for this challenge, with each receiving a $15 gift certificate to ShorCuts.  Also, they are offering 15% off your order if you place it by July 31st using the keyword Caard15 at checkout (minimum $5 order required).

They generously provided the 'Varks Crew with some of their frosted and clear pages, as well as the cool gift card holders.  You can see an entire gallery of DT Creations in the Flickr Gallery.

I used one of the clear blanks (which easily score with my Scor-It) for my card base.  I started with a pre-cut scalloped white card base that I sprayed with Orange Juice Memories Mists, as well as Sunflower and Oriental Poppy Glimmer Mists to get a deep, orange, gimmery background.  I sponged some dark brown ink around the edges for contrast.

 

The Wishing You Were Here from American Crafts was stamped twice on two different pieces of K&Company Que Sera Sera designer paper.  I hand-cut the top of the stamp and attached it with foam.  The flower from the June Unity Kit of the Month was also stamped twice, cut out, and crimpled a bit for dimension before layering and attaching.  The image was trimmed and layered on some brown DP from the same collection.

The finishing touch was knotted double ribbon.  I position the thin ribbon in the center of the thick ribbon and then knot them together (usually with the assistance of my dear husband's finger to hold it tight while I fiddle with the knot to get things layered the way I want).

Can't wait to see what you create.

Oh the Wild Joys of LIving!

I discovered, when looking back through my card creations, that red, white & blue is not a color combination I often use.  To remedy that, I decided to use it for my card for this week's Sketch at Friday' Sketchers.  I also wanted to use my new Wordsworth stamp.

 

The base is textured white cardstock and the DP is from the Basic Grey Cupcake collection.  I knotted th ribbon and then tied a second piece around the knot.  I found this ribbon in the floral section of Hobby Lobby for $2.99 for 10 yards ($1.50 if you wait until it's on sale half price like I always do), it has a really nice texture and sheen for cardmaking.  I finished with some cheapy adhesive gems from the dollar bin at Michael's.

You can check out lots more red, white & blue goodness at Caardvarks today ... and the new challenge (Sponsored by ShortCuts) goes up at midnight tonight with an entire gallery of DT creations.