Inky Paws Challenge 60 - Sparkle!

Welcome everyone to a NEW Inky Paws Challenge.

This challenge is near and dear to everyone.

Sparkle!

The idea came about when I was stuck in bed, 

with a case of pneumonia, watching way too many Marvel Movies.

 As you may, or may not know, everything is pretty much set in New York.

 So, I got to thinking, and came up with this card.

 I LOVE the idea of the buildings in these stamps sets together.

The larger buildings is from Newton Dreams of New York Stamp Set. 

The smaller buildings are from the NEW Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set

My add on of sparkle came from Brushed Pewter Distress Stain on the windows.

 Tarnished Brass Distress Stain for the accents. 

The background, behind the buildings I used the large snowflake from 

the NEW Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set with Tsukineko White Shimmer Pigment ink. 

I added in Santa, because as a kid I always wondered 

how Santa got over the buildings to deliver presents.

When I finished the card, I felt it did not have enough bling!

 I added some Rose Gold Stickles to the top of the building.

Its kind of a simple card, but it is a testament to the power 

of mixing and matching stamp sets to create something different.

Now it is YOUR turn.

Show us how you get your Paws Inky, 

Use the link on the challenge picture above.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by.

Links to the stamps are below.

Have an amazing week!

Diane

   

                            

                                        

Whisking you a Happy Birthday IPC 58

Hello and welcome to a NEW Inky Paws Challenge 

over at Newtons Nook Designs. 

 For my card today I know that I wanted to use the Made From Scratch Stamp Set

This stamp set is soooo cute, but... I hardly use it. (sad)

My goal was to come up with a card using the sketch above and this set.

I think I did OK.

In my quest for trying to use up all my printed paper (not in this lifetime) 

I choose my printed paper first. You never know where inspiration is going to come from, 

but the paper led me in the way of the retro feel of the card. 

If you know me, you know I love to add texture.

I stamped my sentiment first and then stamped my whisk images around the sentiment.

I did this by just Versamark the whisk image on white paper.

 The best think about Versamark is that is never going to be completely clear. 

It will always give you image texture with a very slight hint of gray.

To this I added the die cut medallion with my stamped image.

 Finally, I place all of this on a Kraft card stock base and I was done.

Now it is your turn, use the inspiration picture
above to link up and show us your creations.
We would love to see what you create.
Links to the stamps are below.
Thanks so much for stopping by.
Diane

Winter Friends Tags IPC 59

We are halfway through the current 
Inky Paws Challenge

The current challenge has such fun colors to work with.

For this weeks inspiration I decided to something different!

I actually LOVE to make tags and I should make them more often.

I started with the background for this Tag.

I was messing around with ideas one afternoon and came up with this combo.

Texture Paste, White Distress Paint, and my "Starfield stencil"

This one is simple. Just mix the texture paste with the white paint.

 Tape down your stencil  down REAL GOOD to the surface of your choice.
Apply the concotion to the stencil and surface, remove slowly, and let dry.

Warning ! this takes several hours to dry, plan accordingly. 

 Don't forget to rinse your stencil off immediately after you use it.

With a lot of the surface area of the tag missing, 

I assemble the snowy background sandwiched between the two tags. 

This will create some stability for the tag.

To the top of the tag sandwich I placed the animals, trees, and sentiment

from the "Serene Silhouette Stamp Set."

When that tag was done, I realized that I had a ton of leftover scraps. 

So why not make another tag!

On this tag, I used the "Light Wave" die from

 the "Sea Boarders Dies" to make the snowy drifts.

Some of my leftover die cuts and sentiment complete the tag

NOW it is your turn, you have till Friday  November 17th

to get your Paws Inky and Link up your creations.

Thanks so much for taking some time to drop by. 

Links to stamps and dies are below.

Have a great week!

Diane

Happy Holidays IPC 59

Welcome everyone to a new Inky Paws Challenge.
We have some awesome Colors for this Challenge.

Being a HUGE fan of using non Holiday colors for the holiday.

 I am SO excited to share this card!

When I think holidays, I think of trees.

The "Festive Forest Stamp Set" was the natural choice for this card.  

How to use the colors, this is what stumped me for a while.  

Then a crazy thing happened, I was messing around with backgrounds 

and came up with this texture.

I was flicking white pigment ink on black card stock, I covered the ink up 

with clear embossing powder and heated it up to see what would happen. 

The results was this cool semi- white texture for the card. 

The rest came easy, using the coordinating colors for the trees.

 I also wanted a stand out sentiment. 

I went with the "Happy Holidays" from the

 "Sentiment of the Seasons Stamp Set" and gold embossing powder.

Of course, A tree is not be complete until there is a star on top.

Now it is your turn to get your Paws Inky. 

Link up your creations and let us see what you can do with these colors. 

As always, thank so much for taking some time and stopping by.

Links to the stamps and dies are below.

Have an amazing week!

Diane

            

                                   

Toucan Do It ! IPC 58

HELLO EVERYONE!

We are at the halfway point in the current 

Inky Paws Challenge.

You never know where inspiration is going to come from.

 In this case, it came from a very unlikely source.

 Washi Tape from My current Newtons Nook Designs order.

There was something about the tape,

 I think it was the color, that popped this card idea right into my head.

  I started with an embossing folder from my stash . 

Over that, I layered panels using the small leaves from the Toucan Party Stamp Set. 

 Those leaves are stamped, clear embossed and colored over with 

Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink to make the leaves pop. 

                                

To that I added the colorful toucans, flowers, and sentiment. 

I know it's not quite the sketch on hand,

 I did choose to tweak it a bit. 

But, I am in LOVE with the end result.

Now it is your turn.

GET YOUR PAWS INKY!

Grab your favorite Newton Nook set and link up your creation 

using the link on the challenge photo above. 

As always, thanks for stopping by.

Links for stamps and dies are below.

I hope everyone has an amazing week.

 Diane

                                     

     

Amazing CTD 465

Some of my FAVORITE colors inspired this card for the Color Throwdown.

I been in a craft rut lately.
When I am in a rut, I tend to do simple cards. 

When I saw the colors for the challenge,
and decided that I did not want to go the way of Halloween. 

 Then, the idea for this card flashed into my mind.

 Purple is always where that party is at, but too much purple can be where the party was.

 So, I decided to balance that out with black as the accent color. 

A white card base is a must. As always, we must have a flash of bling. 

The stamp set is by Simon Says Stamp (Brush Stroke Messages)

Hope you enjoyed my card.
Link to the Throwdown in the picture above.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Diane

Never too Old IPC 57

We are at the halfway point of the current Inky Paws Challenge.
Our current challenge is all about Fall.

 I have been in a crafty rut lately. 

When I get in these ruts I tend to do simple cards.

For this card I used the leaves from"Wagon of Wishes" stamp set.

The kitty is from "Newton Antics" Stamp Set

and finally the sentiment is from "Newton Unwinds" Stamp set.

So much for simple.

The leaves at the bottom are masked and stamped,  

so I could create a huge pile.

 Next, I colored in the leaves with Distress Ink.

Finally, added Newton, which  I fussy cut out.

For this card I stamped my sentiment directly on the card.

I am sure that I could have tweaked this card some more,

 but I am just blank right now.

 But... don't let my crafty funk discourage you.

Get those Paws INKY! 

and 

don't be shy!

You can use the inspiration picture above to link up your creations.

We would LOVE to see what you create.

Links to the stamps are below.

I hope everyone has an amazing week.

Thanks for stopping by.

Diane