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
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
Hi Everyone!
I colored the bunny
with Copic Markers--RV10, RV02 and
RV23. It was fussy cut out and then layered on light purple
cardstock that was embossed. I split up the greeting to accommodate my
layout. I love how the banner really emphasizes the word "PEEPS" in the
greeting, especially since it's a pun resembled by the bunny image. I love the font
too! It's sort of hard to see, but the yellow cardstock used for the card front
was stamped repeatedly with the Bunny Ears (307C) to add some
texture to the background. Some violet plaid ribbon, a decorative border punch
and a few white pearl embellishments made this card complete.
I'm so excited that Easter and
warmer weather is right around the corner!
I hope the weather starts to warm up
soon in your neck of the woods too!
Have a great day!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Hi Everyone!
I hope all of my American readers are enjoying the long weekend for the Fourth of July holiday! Unfortunately I will be spending it working. But I hope to be able to find some time for myself to stamp. Today I'm sharing the card I made for the latest DRS Designs blog challenge. The theme is Banners, Flags and Pennants.
I had fun using the Splatter Background (855H) to create my own pattern paper. I stamped it in green and pink inks to match my color scheme. I colored Leonard Pig Blowing Bubbles (078K) with Copic markers. To follow the challenge theme, I used my banner dies to create the embellishment cluster I added to the upper left hand corner of my card front. A button and a twine bow completed the look. I like this image paired with the Popped Up Birthday Greeting (924H). The word "popped" was also colored with Copics.
The final touch I added was Diamond Glaze to the bubbles for a realistic look. In the right light they really look wet!
Hope you enjoyed my post today. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!!
This is an A2 size card, but I cut down the top layer a bit and decorated it with a border punch. Then the card front was embossed using my, new-to-me, pet print embossing folder. I stamped the upper portion of the Furry Friend Sympathy Greeting with dark brown ink and then sponged it with light brown ink while it was in a Nestie die. Then I tied plaid ribbon in a knot at the bottom of it before matting it with a dark brown scalloped rectangle. As you can see, this was adhered to the center of the card front.
The inside of the card was layered with ivory cardstock and the lower portion of the Furry Friend Sympathy Greeting was stamped at the bottom and the Dog Bone was stamped on an angle on each side. I have to Thank my friend Paula for this layout. I love how the card front is short enough to see the inside message at the bottom of it!
Thanks for taking the time to stop by today! Have a great weekend!
Smiles,
Jennifer
I was an avid scrapbooker before I got into card making and stamping. But one of the reasons I love both of these papercrafts is the fact that nothing is ever wasted and it's always a bonus when you can actually use up some scraps! I did just that on this card for this weeks "Leftovers Again" challenge on the DRS Designs Blog--to literally use your scraps!
I used the Tulip Bunny (1112K) as the main focus of my card and colored it with Copic Markers. I had some left over banner tags that didn't work on a previous card and used it to show of the Some Bunny Loves You Greeting (1140D). Two pink brads simply embellished the upper left corner of this 5" x 3.5" note card.
I hope this challenge inspires you to use up your scraps as well and play along. Check out the details HERE!
Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Hi Friends! Hope you're having a great day!
The foal was colored with Copic Markers. I created the pattern paper in the background myself by stamping one of the flowers from the Four Flower Background (370M) with green ink on green cardstock. Then I distressed the edges of it with the same green ink. The yellow panel in the middle was embossed with Swiss Dots and I used the Vertical Thinking of You (690D) for the sentiment going down the left hand side of my card front. A dark green grosgrain bow was added just below the image to complete this card nicely.
I've entered this into the Square card challenge over at the Great
Imprhalelnge Blog. Wish me luck!
Smiles,
Jennifer
I started first by coloring the monkey image with Copic Markers. As you can see I used several colors of green to draw in grass blades. I matted it on some die cuts and set it aside while I worked on the background. I love how Vicki's Versatile Background looks like an animal print when stamped so that the pattern is vertical--definitely a great match with that sentiment! The beige card base measures 4.25" x 5.5" and I attached the card front to it as shown. The matted image was adhered in the lower right corner and I added the sentiment banner with dimensional tape so that it popped up from the card front. Two little dark brown flags were added to fill in the empty space in the upper left corner of the card front to make it complete.
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Hi Stampers! Hope you are all doing well!
Today I'm sharing a cute Thinking of You card that I made. I used the Squirrel with Acorn (934H) as my focal image. It was colored with Copic Markers and the dirty foliage on the ground was hand drawn. I stamped the Lines O'Plenty (366H) for the background and the Sitting Thinking sentiment (398F) for the greeting. This sentiment is actually 2 lines, but I used my stamp positioner to stamp it all on one line to fit my layout. A bit of twine and 4 gold brads embellished this card nicely. Finished card size is 5.5" x 4.25."
Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles,
Jennifer
I couldn't resist using this cute Tiny Frog (420A) from DRS Designs to make my own pattern paper. I stamped it repeatedly and then colored each one with Copic Markers. Don't they go great with the Frog on a Log (252H) as the focal image? It too was colored with Copic Markers to match the hand stamped pattern paper. I wrapped some twine around the card front and then popped up the matted image on top of it with foam tape for dimension. The bottom was stamped with the coordinating Hoppy Birthday sentiment (440E).
Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Nope, I'm not referring to the children's book here, just this this cute birthday card I whipped up!
I love this image of Leonard Pig's Bathtime Buddies (719K)! Since the mud around them is a solid silhouette, I thought it was best to stamp them with brown ink. Then I added some accents with a pink Copic Marker. The Hogwash sentiment (722E) was also stamped in brown ink. I kept my layout simple and used the Cuttlebug Birthday embossing folder for the background and then sponged Vintage Photo ink over the top of the Kraft cardstock. This panel was then matted with dark brown cardstock that was punched to create a decorative edge. A few brads dressed up this simple 4.25" x 5.5." card nicely.
I've entered this in the 365 Cards challenge for Sponging and Embossing.
Thanks for visiting here today. See you next time!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Looking for another opportunity to win a $15 store voucher to DRS Designs? Use the (Oh, so cute!) inspiration photo below to create a card and then run over to the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge Blog to link it up for your chance to win.
On first glance, I was going to create an Easter card for my challenge project, but I decided on a Get Well card instead using the adorable Ducks Decoration image (565H).
Hope you like it!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Hi Everyone!
DRS Designs has several opportunities to win free stamps right now and I'm going to tell you about a few of them today.
For starters, DRS Designs is sponsoring the Tuesday Morning Sketch this week! Up for grabs is a $15.00 Store voucher to DRS Designs for playing with the sketch below.
I used it to create another Easter card that shows off the Jelly Bunny Bean (221M), the Large Original Plaid (641P), and a portion of the Abundance of Spring Greeting (527G). The bunny was colored with Copic Markers and the plaid stamp was used to make my own coordinating paper in with blue and pink ink on purple cardstock. I also used it to create the lines in the background on my card front that were simply stamped with Versamark ink.
Also, don't forget that the Stamp-A-Versary contest is still going on over on the DRS Designs Blog. Click the link in the description below to read all the details, enter the contest, and see pictures of the fabulous prizes.
Find the 4 current stamp designs that were featured in our
original stamp catalog way back in 1992 and win prizes!
Click here for all the details
Hurry, there's only a few days left to guess the 4 original stamps in their current catalog. Grand prize is a package of 20 DRS Designs stamps!
Feel free to contact me in the comments section if you have any questions.
Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Hi Stampers! Happy Wednesday to you!
Today I'm sharing a masculine Birthday card that I made over the weekend. I know many Stampers struggle with masculine themed cards since many of us are so used to embellishing our cards with lace, ribbon, flowers, and bling! Unfortunately, those embellishments don't work well for the guys, but when the Double Tall Pines (741P) came out in DRS Designs latest release, they immediately screamed "masculine" to me. I challenged myself to give a masculine themed card a try and I love how this one turned out!
This was fairly easy to create. More or less, the most involved part was all of the coloring and shading...Time consuming, but not difficult. To start, I stamped the pines on the far right side of a piece of white cardstock and colored them with Copic Markers. I used a Post-It Note to mask off the bottom so that I could sponge the ground with brown ink and then distressed the edges all the way around with the same ink. Next, I stamped the Buck Bust (319K) on a separate piece of white cardstock and colored it with Copics as well. I used an oval Nestabilities die to cut it out and sponged brown ink around it while it was still in the die. After matting the image, I adhered it in place as shown, slightly overlapping the pines. The Birthday Sentiment that I stamped above the Buck image was part of the Birthday Multi Greeting (219P). I matted the card front on brown cardstock and embellished the bottom with some natural hemp cord (used for jewelry making) that was wrapped around twice and then tied in a knot. It was finally adhered to a green cardstock base.
I hope I've inspired you to get creative and stamp some masculine cards. I find they are easier to make when I'm not under the pressure of actually needing one.
I challenge you to give it a try!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Hi Friends, Happy Monday! Hope you had a wonderful weekend!
Today I'm sharing the second part of my previous post. The "It's A Jungle Out There" ATC Challenge on the Wicked Wednesday Challenge Blog this week is sponsored by DRS Designs. I've used the ATC I created for the challenge on this card, and the layout I've used is a sketch from Splitcoast, SC418.
Smiles,
Jennifer
The Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge this week is "It's A Jungle Out There." I created this cute ATC using DRS Designs Jenny Giraffe (859G) which was colored with Copic Markers. I used a Post-It Note to sponge in the ground line and then I tried getting a little creative with the tree. I used the Spooky Bat Tree (406H) for the tree trunk, cut off the moon and then covered the upper portion with leaf punchies punched from cardstock scraps.
If you like to make ATC's, I encourage you to play along and link yours HERE. DRS Designs is giving away a $15.00 voucher toward FREE stamps!
Stay tuned for my next post. I'll be showing 'It's A Jungle Part 2!' where I'll use this ATC on a card and I promise it will be just as cute!
Have a great weekend!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Sorry it's been a week already since I've last posted. I received a new bag of rubber goodies from DRS Designs and I got sidetracked with their new Halloween images. Just wait til you see them!!! I get to show them off very soon, so stay tuned.
For now, I'm sharing this cute birthday card I created for this weeks DRS Blog Challenge. The theme is "Punny" sayings and I couldn't resist using cute, little "Wags" the Dog (1117F) with the "Paws"itively Fantastic Birthday Greeting (727F).
I also used the Polka Dot Background (688P) and the Small Dog Print (1003A) to create my own pattern paper. I love the look of the 2 patterns and colors overlapping each other. Not sure how I stumbled on this layout, but I'm really happy with it as well. I think it shows off the image and sentiment well, yet is spacious enough to show off the background too. Wags was colored with Copic Markers and the background layers were distressed with Antique Linen. Finished card size is 4.25" x 5.5"
Run over to the DRS Blog and check out the rest of the "punny" cards created by the DRS DT. I promise you'll enjoy what you see!
Have a great day!
Smiles,
Jennifer
It turned out to be rather easy to create, with the most enduring part being the background paper. However, it was quick to make since the area was small. It was made by stamping the newly released Argyle Background (438P) with brown ink and then selected diamonds were stamped in blue using the Argyle Diamond (441A). The grassy area under this adorable monkey was done by masking, sponging, and then stamping the Easy Grass Background (059E). The funny Monkey Birthday Greeting (594F) was stamped at the bottom and makes for a great masculine card, don't you think? If I had a brother, I'd give it to him *wink*.
Have a wonderful day!
Smiles,
Jennifer
The King Lion was colored with Copic Markers and then I added Yellow Stickles to his mane. I think the Stickles make him look really neat! Here's a close up so you can see all the detail.
Have a great day!
Smiles,
Jennifer
Welcome to the next stop on the DRS Designs Blog Hop!
If you're here from Janett's Blog, then you're at the right stop. If you are just joining in, you can start on the DRS Designs Blog to follow along. Trust me, you'll want to, because along the way one of the DRS DT members is posing a question for you to answer which will enter you in a drawing to win 6 of the new stamps for FREE! The prize package includes:
Here's the order for the Blog Hop, in case you got lost along the way.
#5. Jennifer-You Are Here
So, that means the next stop is Julie's Blog. Run over there and check out what she has in store for you--I know you won't be disappointed!
Enjoy seeing all the new stamps and Good Luck winning some of them in the Blog Hop Give Away!
Smiles,
Jennifer
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