Sentiment Stamps and Collage Cards

I bought these stamps recently from Inkadinkado because I thought they would work well to turn the collage cards I like to make into special occasion cards.

The results are below.

These last two use images from Artistic Outpost.

Think Monday, Think ATC

I definitely had the stamps for this morning's challenge at Think Monday, Think ATC which was "Moulin Rouge." I've had this can-can dancer from Inkadinkado for ages, and the moulin rouge stamp was a recent RAK from Sarah. So I knew I'd had to put something together. The background tag is from Sunday International.

I stamped out her dress and hat on an alcohol ink background and then cut them out.

You can click on the title of this post to see the other submissions for this challenge.

Not Christmas Cards

I made a couple masculine cards last night using some long forgotten paper from K&Co. For the first card all stamps are from Oxford Impressions. The second card has a stamped image from Inkadinkado.

TMTA

My Christmas cards are done for this year and I had not yet had a chance to use this vintage carolers stamp from Personal Stamp Exchange -- which is one of my favorites. So I was very happy to see the theme of "Lamps" at Think Monday, Think ATC.

I colored it with Copic markers and colored pencils. The cracked background stamp is also from PSX. The sentiment and corner stamp are from Inkadinkado.

ATC Diptych

A very cool challenge this week at Think Monday, Think ATC to create a

diptych -- two ATC's that are connected in some respect but can stand alone as well. I used stamps by Inkadinkado and Stampington to create mine.

Inkadinkado Bird

I love this bird by Inkadinkado. I decided to use him for the Hero Arts bird challenge and Lyneen's challenge at Stampin D'Amour calling for birds or butterflies. The little gold embellishment I found at the bottom of my scrap box and seemed to work perfectly here.

Wednesday Stamper

This tag was created for Wednesday Stamper's "Star" challenge. Kind of hard to see from the picture without clicking on it, but I stamped French script by Hero Arts on my rusty star. Main image is from Inkadinkado.

I've enjoyed creating these tags as I have started a book to keep them in. (In addition to my collection of ACTs, Gothic Arches, Inchies and Moos!)

On a side note, I am so glad that blogger seems to have gotten their spellcheck back and running. It had not been working for a couple months it seems and that was driving me crazy!

Winterstamp

I made a bunch of cards at Winterstamp over at Two Peas yesterday. I'll show them during the week. But I want to show you this one first because I had such fun making it. Sandy's challenge was to use one of your stamps in an unusual way to create a spring card. I chose to make an Easter card. Here is the stamp I chose to use:

And here is the Easter card I created with it:

The palm tree stamp is by Inkadinkado. The woman's profile is by Art Impressions. I just drew the base of the hat in by hand with a blender pen and the Brilliance ink I used for the palm tree. The sentiment I printed off the computer.

Queen of Hearts

When I bought this heart stamp by Inkadinkado on clearance at Joann's I had so many ideas for it. Yet somehow it never gets used. So I figured it was time to pull it out for Valentine's Day.

I started this card with some Crafty Individuals background paper. I also added a Crafty Individuals image.

I didn't like the way the card was going and thought something was missing. The minute I decided to cut it into an arch shape it took on new life. I'm now completely happy with it!

Valentines

A couple quick and easy Valentine's Day cards. These are ones which I submitted for publication but were rejected.

I love the greeting on this first one which is by Inkadinkado.

No stamping on this one, but I did use my Cuttlebug to create the embossed background.

Winter Tag

Kind of a somber color scheme for this tag -- but it matches our weather perfectly. It was so dreary looking outside today! We are to get some snow tomorrow and I'm glad. It should brighten the landscape considerably.
I used a picture of the tree in front of my house for this tag. I stamped the months from Tin Can Mail (Inkadinkado) and snowflakes (Studio G) in white Brilliance ink on my black tag. I then attached my vellum winter quote across the center.

A Few More of My Favorite Things -- Crafting Related

My absolooootely favoritest (sorry, couldn't resist!) new crafting toy is this border punch by Martha Stewart. I really am very easy to please. I own very few, if any, expensive crafting tools. Ever since I ran out of my dollar store adhesive paper lace I've been going through major withdrawal. So when I saw this punch I thought I could make the lace myself. It also embosses which leaves a nice border to it so you can highlight it with distress inks, etc. And when punched through self-adhesive paper (such as the flowered paper in the picture), I've got my paper lace back! I've used it on the Valentine's Day car below, but it is a little hard to see in the picture.
Don't worry, you'll be seeing lots of it.......


My all time favorite heart stamp is this one from Stampington. When I like a stamp as much as I like this one, I want it wood mounted. A lot of my other stamps are unmounted. But this one is just gorgeous -- the card will literally make itself.

These vintage Daisyd papers that came out last year and the new ones from this year just thrill me. Some of the patterns on the paper are so fabulous, you really need nothing else to go with them.

I showed some ornaments previously that I made with this paper that were triangular in shape, but I also made these circular ones. Once again, the paper just speaks for itself, I just added some rub-ons and ribbons.

These stamps are probably my all-time favorites. They are PSX, dating back to the late '90's. I just love PSX stamps, but these vintage Christmas ones are some of my favorites.

I created this card with the vintage carolers from PSX. I used a crackle stamp from Inkadinkado and used distress inks around the image to give it an aged feel. I also used some rub-ons from Creative Imaginations.

Wednesday Stamper

I made this tag for the "Umbrella Challenge" put out by Wednesday Stamper this week. Amazingly, this stamp from Inkadinkado was not the only umbrella I had to choose from.
Other stamps are Stampington, Hero Arts, StampinUp.

Monday ATC

Mosaics is the theme from Think Monday, Think ATC. Yeah!!! A chance to finally use this stamp from Inkadinkado that I've never used. I like this stamp quite a bit, but have had a hard time finding something to use it with.

Gothic Arch

My contribution to the challenge at Gothic Arches this week which was to use text in some manner or another. I chose to use paper with a text background and stamped my image (Inkadinkado) over that. Love the colors pink and brown together.

Tags

A couple tags I made for a challenge through

Stampin D'Amour which called for a tag or ATC using at least three stamps and three inks but no embellishments except possibly some ribbon at the top.

For this first one I used aflourish stamp from See-D's, the Eiffel Tower from Inkadinkado, and the female image is from Art by Moonlight.

The second one has the children on a swing image from Stampington, flourishes again from See-D's, and the sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly.

Back to School

I made this card for a contest several months ago but decided now was a good time to post it. My son is leaving to go finish up his last year of college this week, so I've got school on my mind. I don't remember who makes this paper, but it looks like something DaisyD's would make, doesn't it? It was a school collage sheet, but I cut it up and made it a collage that worked on my rectangle. The only stamping on this card is the "School Day's which are by Inkadinkado clear stamps. The alphabet ribbon is by Remember When and the buttons are by Joanne's Crafts. Didn't win anything in the contest, but I still like this card.

Here's something else I like....

that I found at Archivers. The box caught my attention -- it was so cool looking. Made by Fancy Pants, it's filled with vintage looking journaling cards. They are lined on one side if you want to use them for journaling, and the other side features different designs and quotes/sentiments for various occasions. There's a whole boxful, but here's a few.

I made this card using the luscious papers I showed yesterday plus the lined journal card from above.

I stamped my dancer (Inkadinkado) with black StazOn since it's glossy paper onto the journaling side of the card. I cut out the flower on my Cuttlebug using two varying shades of pink. Also cut out a black circle for the middle. The congratulations stamp is from Hero Arts. The paper was already scalloped and punched at the bottom. Easy wheezie. So I think I'm done with the pink and black for a while.

Look Again...

...and you'll see I've used Christmas paper for my backgrounds. A challenge was put out by Lisa over at Shabbychick Junk to use up your Christmas paper -- and make anything but Christmas cards. I loved that idea.

For the first card I used some of my standby Christmas paper -- good for all the evergreen stamps and nature type of cards. I've even used some of my Christmas ribbon on this one. The paper is Green Plaid by Karen Foster. Stamps are by PSX/Inkadinkado. Sentiment by PaperTreyInk.

The middle one uses a sheet of double-sided red striped paper from Making Memories. Unfortunately, the glossy black paper does not photograph well, so you miss some of the pop. Stamps are by Rubber Stampede, Hampton Arts, and the birthday wishes are by Sugarloaf.

The last one was a pretty simple one using the Mike's $1 stamps and some of my favorite Christmas paper by Paper Studio and another strip of Making Memories.

Got to use up this Christmas paper because I know what happens when I start seeing the new stuff coming out.

More Finds...

I really, really controlled myself at Big Lots today. They had a great selection of Inkadinkado and some PSX (My faves) wood-mounted stamps for only $2. I managed to leave with only these three. The first two are PSX. The third one is Inkadinkado. They also had clear stamps from Inkadinkado and Brenda Walton (a lot of alphabets but vacation, baby and travel too) as well as Basic Grey stickers and embellishments.

I also found these $1 wood mounted stamps at Mike's. I hadn't seen them before. I *accidentally* bought an extra one of the little birdie stamps, so if you'd like to have it, leave a comment and I'll give it away to a random commenter on Tuesday morning.