INKspired Blog Hop #46

Hello Stampers!

I hope you have all had a great week!  It's awesome to see Lisa Eaton back for this hop and to "celebrate" her beautiful card this week.

As usual we have a sketch to get us INKspired this week,

I was chatting to a friend the other morning and was inspired by our conversation to use the angel from Wonder of Christmas stamp set.  I also used the sentiment from Greetings from Santa and the matching Detailed Santa Thinlits Dies. I matted my image on gold foil cardstock (just to let a little gold show through the thinlit cutout) and raised it up with Dimensionals, to give it an extra dimension.  To match the hint of gold I used a Wink of Stella brush pen in gold to colour the wings

I love to colour, and watercolouring is such a subtle way to colour.

I need some more practise as my angels hair has "bled" onto her face :( 

Make sure you go around the whole hop and check out the rest of the team's creations.

Next up is Renee Lynch

Be Kind to each other

INKspired Blog Hop #45

Did you just come over from Lissa's Blog?  Make sure you "hop" all the way around and leave some love (comments) on each persons blog

Here is our sketch for INKspired #45

I just love it! it lends itself to so many variations!

Well thanks to the Designer Series Paper "Serene Scenery" the line in the sketch is represented by the colour change on the designer series paper (dsp) that I chose this week.  To me it looks like a beach, a serene setting.  

The recipient of this card received some terrible news recently and I thought this would maybe put a smile on their face and let them know I'm thinking of them and if they need me I'm there xx.

I have a few challenges and projects coming up so I will try to blog them for you :) 

Well until next time, it's onto Renee Lynch . 

Be kind to each other

INKspired Blog Hop #44

Did you just come from Lissa Carter's blog? Isn't that an amazing card? I just LOVE her work!

As you may know, Christmas is just around the corner - sorry to keep reminding you, but I am constantly being reminded, especially by what's INKspiring me at the moment!

I do so love the project life cards they are just so handy! The cards, especially the background ones make quick and adorable cards - just like my entry in this weeks bloghop!

Here is the sketch that is INKspiring us this week

The talented Renee Lynch is next up, don't forget to comment and share the love!

Thanks for stopping by,

be kind to each other

INKspired #43

Wow! welcome to blog hop #43.
It sure feels good to  be back in the crafting world again.  It certainly has been a while, and there are some big changes! New faces have come and some have left us but I'm positive that the quality will be just as good, if not better, than ever!
You may have arrived here from Lisa Eaton's page or you may be starting here, either way please hop all the way around and check out the amazing talent of the INKspired Artists!

As you may remember (I know, it's been around 8 months) Teneale puts together a sketch each fortnight and we interpret the sketches and come up with an original, one of a kind masterpiece.  All different but based on the same sketch just like the one below

Well I hope you enjoy my quick and easy card. Don't forget Christmas is rapidly approaching!

  Next up is Allison McLeod

INKspired #35 With Sympathy

Are you starting here or have you come from our wonderful leader, Teneale Williams? Doesn't really matter, just be sure to hop all the way around.

This card was not actually intended for the INKspired blog hop. I had agonised over what I was going to put on top of the designer series paper, a butterfly, a flower, a heart etc but then I looked at it again and it matched our sketch (if a little off centre) then I realised the only thing i needed to put on it was a wink (of Stella - of course)

My card clean and simple

I really like this card which is probably not the best thing to say as it's a Sympathy card but I am very happy with the overall outcome. 

Make sure you head over to Aunt (Narelle Macey) Nelly's blog too

INKspired #28 Endless Birthday Wishes

Look at this!! Isn't it just amazing? How many different images can you see on those circles?

Welcome to Blog Hop #28.

Did you come from Lissa Carter? Aren't her cards just beautiful?

I love this sketch it can be used for ANYTHING and probably even everything!!!!!!

As I have been doing so many Christmas Card lately I thought I'd do something else.  My girls are constantly asking for birthday cards for their friends and I guess I could say their requests are  "endless".  So I thought I would make a birthday card using the Endless Birthday Wishes stamp set and also one I really love but haven't used that much, Age Awareness.  I also used the Hearts and Stars masks and drew in some random stars and just scribbled them in to look a bit rustic.

I used the masking-with-washi-technique where you cover part of the image with washi tape before inking up, then remove the tape and hey presto! It's all good

Don't forget to check out the other Blogs, next up is Narelle Macey

Be kind to each other

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INKspired 27 - Happy Elfin' Christmas!

Did you just come from Lisa Eaton's blog? Isn't that an amazinge card? I just LOVE her work!

As you may know, Christmas is just around the corner - sorry to keep reminding you, but I am constantly being reminded especially by what's INKspiring me at the moment!

I do so love the Christmas Cuties stamp set they are just so adorable!

When Teneale set this sketch for us she said we could substitute the star for any shape we wanted to use, but (in my opinion) this little fellow and the way he's leaping for the joy of Christmas makes him look like a star! Don't you agree?

Renee Lynch is having a well deserved break this week so next up is my very gorgeous and talented, SU Aunt, Narelle Macey.

Remember to be kind to each other

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INKspired Blog Hop #26 - You've Got This

Did you notice we have a new line up now?  If you came from Lisa Eaton then you probably did notice because you may have been expecting Lissa Carter. 

 Whatevs, right? You'll just have to hop all the way around to see the amazing talent of our team and what they have done with this fortnights sketch #INK26

This sketch had me for a moment, then I saw out of the corner of my eye "You've Got This" and YES! I do "got" this.  Perfect background stamp to partition and a great sentiment to boot!  I might even frame it and put it in my craft room to remind myself of this very same thing (I sometimes need to be reminded).

It's a bit hard to colour the non white bits of the Designer Series Paper. I still like the effect it has and it gives that extra boost of colour.

The talented Renee Lynch is next up, don't forget to comment and share the love!

Be kind to each other xx

Celebrations Galore!

I Love those juicy Strawberries!  If you didn't come here from Louise Sharp's Blog you simply MUST check it out.

Here is our sketch this week.

Along with the standard sketch we had a theme of Celebration/birthday because it is INKspired's 1 year birthday! So thank you for coming each fortnight for a whole year!

 Now, let us celebrate... Christmas.

This is probably the fourth card I made for the challenge as I thought the others were a bit busy or just didn't look "right" to me.

Make sure you head around all the blogs in the list and see what everyone else has done. Next up, Maree McIntosh

Be kind to each other

 

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INKspired #24

Hello and welcome back! 

I just love Louise's card, she always makes such beautiful creations - not unlike the rest of Team INKspired!  Please make sure you hop all the way around and share the love.

This year is just flying by! It may be hard to believe but there are only 16 weeks til Christmas...

So, naturally I made a Christmas themed card to try and get a bit "organised" (LOL) and beat the rush in November (*ahem December) anyway it's one less that I need to worry about when the time comes!

As always we get an amazing sketch to get us started

I'm trying to improve my photography by experimenting, I think I'm preferring side on to front on, yeah?

My card uses the Festive Flower Builder Punch from the BRAND NEW Holiday Catalogue and the matching Reason For The Season Stamp set (available as a bundle to save you $$).

I love the basics pearls in the center - I think it makes it just a little bit more special :)

Of course this doesn't have to be a Christmas Card, just change out the sentiment/greeting and you could even change the colour of the flower and it would be a lovely birthday, mother's day or thank you card for a deserving woman.

 I used gold embossing powder for the sentiment and complimented it with some of the fine golden thread we now have available - I hope you can see it here.

Oh no! I almost forgot the most important part. The background is the Color Me Irresistible designer series paper in Watermelon Wonder with Whisper White Craft Ink sponged lightly over the top, just enough to make the "bubbles" pop!

Thanks for hopping by!

I can't wait to see what Narelle has for us...

Remember, be kind to one another xx

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