Welcome to Ink N Scrap Habits!
I've created this blog to share my life & love of paper crafts with others. You will read bits and pieces of what goes on in my world and be able to see my paper craft creations! Please leave me a comment if you see something you like. I'd love to hear from you!
A new challenge has just been posted on the DRS Designs Blog and the theme is "Pet Store."
I couldn't resist getting these adorable Playful Pups (1110H) inky! I used Copic Markers to color in the image and the light blue banner was embossed with a paw print embossing folder. I used the Hot Diggity Dog Birthday Greeting (732E) for the sentiment and stamped the Small Dog Print (1003A) just above it. It might be clean and simple, yet it's perfect for my dog-loving, co-worker whose birthday is next week! She's gonna love it and I hope you do too!
Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Woo hoo! New stamps will be available soon from DRS Designs! I've had the privilege of playing with them over the weekend and now I have a sneak peek to share with you. This card features the new Rest Best of Your Life Greeting (385F).
I love how this greeting says "Happy Birthday" without coming right out and saying it. I have a friend who literally dispises her birthday. She really has a hard time dealing with the fact that she's getting older and this type of greeting would be perfect for her. We use our birthdays as an excuse to "just get together" for dinner since we don't see each other very often and a birthday card like this that doesn't say "Happy Birthday" would compliment our meal nicely!
I made this greeting the focal point of my card front by stamping it in blue ink and then cutting it out with a Nestability die. Before I took it out of the die, I sponged the same blue ink it was stamped with around the edges of the die. I love the nice clean and framed look it creates around the stamp I want to show off. I paired it with some other great DRS stamps like the Argyle Background (438P) and the Argyle Diamond (441A), which always make a great background design. The other embellishments I used include some crimped cardstock, a scalloped border punch, white satin ribbon, a button and twine tied in a bow.
I hope I've inspired you to get inky today!
Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles,
Jennifer
There's a new color challenge on the DRS Designs Blog this week. The inspiration photo is below and it's all about Spring with pinks and greens!
I thought the Easter Daffodil Oval (663L) was perfect for this color combo.
The entire image was colored with Copic Markers. I used RV000, RV02, and RV23 on the daffodils. The leaves were colored with G00, G02, and G05. Y17, Y15, and Y02 were used for the background. I used RV23 to colored the image divider and the bottom was colored with YG06.
I built up the card front by layering green and pink cardstock. The green panel was embossed for texture and the pink panel was layered with a scallop border and some light green and white twine tied in s knot. Finally, I added some pearls around the matted image and ta da, it was complete!
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you'll be back soon!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all!
The Infinity Shamrock was colored with the Copic Markers G00, G02, and G05.
I hope your day is full of fun, happiness and lot's o green!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Hi Everyone!
With St. Patrick's Day right around the corner, I'm still playing with my shamrock stamps and I can't seem to get enough! Maybe it's the promise of Spring that gets me so excited about working with these stamps. I'm giddy that our weather seems to have made a turn for the weather and I can only hope that it keeps warming up from now on. Here's another card I made using one of my favorite stamps, DRS Designs new Four Leaf Clover Friends Greeting (284F). I love the assortment of greens on this card and I love when I can use stamped images as embellishments. Read on for my explanation...
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I stamped the greeting on white cardstock and then used a banner die to cut it out. While it was in the die, I sponged green ink over the top of it to create the white border around it. Then it was matted with a dark green card stock banner. I colored the shamrocks from the Shamrock Swag (1080F) with Copic Markers and then fussy cut them out to embellish the top of the banner. For the backgrounds, I used stamps to create my own pattern papers. I started with the Lines O'Plenty Background (366H) on the white card stock and then distressed the edges was a little bit of green ink. It was then matted with light green card stock and next, the panel was adhered to the front of a dark green cardstock base. The next pattern paper I made was with the Shamrock Background (326H) which was stamped on a small panel of light green card stock. I added a white scalloped border to the bottom of it and then tied a green ribbon around the top before adhering it in place on the card front. I finished this card by adhering the banner in place on the right-hand side of the card front as shown.
Well, that's it for me today.
Thank you so much for stopping by.
Enjoy your day!
Smiles,
Jennifer
If your looking for free stamps this week I have 2 opportunities for you!
The first is with DRS Designs weekly Blog Challenge. The theme is "Button It!" How easy is that? Many of us use buttons as everyday embellishments anyways so this should be easy to complete.
That's exactly what I did for today's card. I used a button to embellish the bow I added to the bottom of my "Peep Garden." This Easter card uses the Simple Easter Bunny (347E), which I colored with Copic Markers. Then I fussy cut each of them out and arranged them as shown. I even made my own grass by stamping a piece of green card stock with the Easy Grass Background (059E).
The second opportunity for a chance to win free stamps is with Tuesday Morning Sketches. DRS Designs is their sponsor this week. One lucky winner will be picked to win a store voucher to DRS Designs online catalog for creating a challenge project with the sketch below.
Unfortunately, time was against me this week and I was unable to design a card using it, but I hope you'll get a chance to! Even better, use this sketch for your card layout and then embellish your card with some buttons to satisfy both challenge requirements! Someone has to win, why not you?
Good luck!
Smiles,
Jennifer
