Sentiment Cakes II

I've got three more cards to share from my session with the Lil' Inker sentiment cake stamps.  I continued on with the theme of patterned paper for the first two cards.  The sunburst die on the first card is from SugarPea Designs.  The rectangle dies on the second card are from Mama Elephant.

For the last card I used stamps to create a background pattern and stamped the main cake with Hero Arts ombre ink.  The vellum circle is die cut with a Lil' Inker fringe scalloped circle die which adds some fun to the edges.  I used Nuvo drops for the flames on the candles.

Sentiment Cakes

Hi there!

I've got another Just for the Heck of It post today.  This time I'm using these adorable sentiment cakes from Lil' Inker Designs and pairing them with lots of patterned paper and Lil' Inker stitched and pierced dies.  The papers are a mixture of American Crafts and My Mind's Eye and I used Nuvo drops for some of the candle flames and Stickles for others.  Mixing and matching patterned paper is a struggle for me.  Some people make it look effortless like Heather Hoffman does here and here and here (fox card).  I often go to her for inspiration. 

Tall Triangles

This is one of my favourite Christmas cards this year.  It was jointly inspired by Heather Hoffman and Tracey McNeely.  It uses lots of different companies - Reverse Confetti (triangles), Lil' Inker (star), Mama Elephant (merry) and Winnie & Walter (christmas).  I love it when all my goodies play so nicely together!  When I was making my Reverse Confetti thank you cards (here, here and here) I found the RC triangles so decided to make a few more cards with them and make another Just for the Heck of It post.

I die cut the triangles with two different RC patterned papers and then used them all to make two cards.  All the stamps are Reverse Confetti.  On the last card I used some coloured embossing powder and had way too much fun with my Nuvo drops.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Various greens, Bermuda Bay, Basic Black) Stampin' Up!

Patterned Paper:  (Every Little Bit 6x6) Reverse Confetti

Stamps:  (Flowers from Blooms 'N' Buds, Birthday sentiment from Birthday Wishes, (Bike & Ridin' by sentiment from Rollin') Reverse Confetti, (Christmas) Winnie & Walter

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko, (Party Dress, Tiara, Lime Rickey, Aquatini) Catherine Pooler

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow, (Leaf Zing) American Crafts

Die:  (Tall Triangles, flowers, bike, speech bubble) Reverse Confetti, Stitched star) Lil' Inker Designs, (Merry) Mama Elephant

Other:  (Nuvo Turquoise Crystal Drops) Tonic

Gems:  Recollections

Bright Birthdays and Babies

I've got some more Just for the Heck of It cards today.  I became obsessed with these Pretty Pink Posh Stacked Edges dies thanks to Jeanne Jachna and cards like these and this and this.  They add so much movement and colour to her cards and are a big change for me from my usual white card bases. 

For the first two cards I used a Papertrey Ink birthday die cut.  I stacked it 3 times and then covered it with Glossy Accents. 

For these next two cards I uses a Simon Says Stamp sentiment and a little teddy bear from Mama Elephant.  I really wanted the backgrounds to be the star of the show so I kept the rest of the cards pretty simple.

Just for the Heck of It

Pretty much all of my posts are challenge-related but in my never ending quest to use up stash and reduce the number of NBUS products I'm trying to make a few cards with each stamp set/die/product.  I used to heavily rely on challenges to get my mojo going but I've been doing pretty well lately at making cards just for the heck of it.  I realize there is nothing groundbreaking about this but I don't do it often because usually as soon as I finish one card I want to move on to some other shiny new thing.  So I'm going to try this out for a while and see how it goes.  

I love this Lil' Inker Designs reindeer especially as you can make him look sweet or naughty - yay for versatility!  For the first card I gave him a little ribbon scarf inspired by these cards from Savannah O'Gwynn.  Savannah's style couldn't be more different from mine but I LOVE it!  It's fun and whimsical and feels so much more relaxed than mine.  I love that about this community - how inspiration comes from so many amazingly different people and styles.  The stitched and pierced rectangles, the swirly background and the Merry Christmas die are all Lil' Inker Designs.