Ink About Me: March 2017

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Triple Challenge!

Happy Thursday! I've got a sweet, simple card for you today featuring Reverse Confetti's Seaside stamp set (one of my favorites) that I've combined with three current challenges from The Card Concept // CASology // Freshly Made Sketches.

To create ocean waves I die cut a layer of Cloud White cardstock with the Wonky Double Edge Scallop Border and then color washed purple ink on it. I then stamped and die cut the Seaside octopus using the Seaside Confetti Cuts and tied him up with hemp cord. I then added a sentiment from Fancy Words Coordinates because I thought it was sort of punny when combined with the octopus. ;-)

Take a look at the inspiration pieces from the challenges below and let me know what you think of my interpretation. Thanks for stopping and have a great day!

~Amy

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

SPD Birthday Bash + CTD 436

Welcome to SugarPea Designs 3rd Birthday Bash Celebration!

We are so honored to have the opportunity to celebrate this incredible milestone that all of you helped make happen! Today’s festivities included some incredible inspiration from the SugarPea Design Team and some of our very Special Guests.

My card uses Celebrate All The Things, Party Banner Duo and Stitched Flags.

Now you can’t have a Birthday Bash without prizes and there are lots of prizes to be won! A few of our blog hop participants will be giving away a SugarPea Designs stamp set, so please leave comments for each hop participant for your chance to win! In addition to this, ONE lucky winner will be randomly chosen from all comments left to receive a $100 Gift Certificate to SugarPea Designs. You have until April 15th to enter to win. Winners will be announced on April 17th.

But that’s not all…we also want YOU to be part of the party by sharing a card with us.

Once you have completed the hop, we’d love it if you’d keep the celebration going, by creating a Birthday card or project and linking it up at the SugarPea Designs Blog for a chance to WIN a Mini MISTI and Creative Corners Tool.

The SugarPea Design Team and friends have even more inspiration for you today, so click your way through the links below to find out what they've been creating for this special event:

SugarPea Designs Blog

Amy Rohl (me!)

My birthday bash card also uses this week's Color Throwdown Challenge colors, and I hope you'll play along with us at the CTD blog as well. Here are links to the CTD designers as well:

Color Throwdown Team

Lisa Lara - March Guest Designer

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

SPD Mix It Up #29 + CTD #435

Welcome to double challenge day here on the blog! I've got a sweet little number for you today featuring this week's Color Throwdown Challenge palette and the SugarPea Designs Mix It Up challenge sketch. You can click on each of the challenge graphics to go directly to each of the challenge blogs for all the details.

color throwdown challenge #345

sugarpea designs mix it up challenge #29

Looking for more color CTD inspiration? Just click on the links below...

Color Throwdown Team

Lisa Lara - March Guest Designer

Tara Chaussee, Guest Star Stamper - Secret Bees Studio

SugarPea Designs products used on my card can be seen below. Thanks for stopping by today!

~Amy

SugarPea Design Team Feature

I'm hosting at the SugarPea Designs blog today - come join me!

~Amy

Friday, March 17, 2017

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge

Welcome to the weekend! I'm sharing a little something I made for the current Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge using some of my new favorites from Reverse Confetti.

The colors and patterns in the inspiration piece gave me that Aztec-boho vibe so prevalent in Reverse Confetti's latest release.

The soft fluffy pillows were calling me to take a nap, so I pulled out the Wild Words Confetti Cuts 'dream' and combined it with Tall Triangles Confetti Cuts which I watercolored individually with Zig markers. I purposely adhered the triangles in a bit of a wonky fashion like the pillows and then literally tied it all together and finished up with a few wood veneer stars.

I was tickled to have extra stamping time this week while on spring break...and extra nap time, too! Thanks for sharing a bit of your day with me. Have a great weekend!

~Amy

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

CTD 434 - Wild & Free

Hello and welcome to this week's Color Throwdown Challenge! I just happen to be this week's hostess and I'm hoping you'll play along with our St. Patrick's Day themed color combo - green, black and gold. As always, the colors are generic, so use what you have on hand, and feel free to add in neutrals as well. If you're uploading to social media, use #colorthrowdown and #ctd434 and keyword CTD434 when uploading to public galleries. We'd also love to have you link up at the Color Throwdown blog as well.

My card uses Boho Vibes (I LOVE this set) and Boho Vibes Confetti Cuts. I used one of the arrows to create a background pattern and then layered a green fishtail banner that I trimmed with Edgers Confetti Cuts and stamped with a Boho Vibes sentiment.

Color Throwdown Team

Lisa Lara - March Guest Designer
Sandy Mathis, Guest Star Stamper - Stamp with Sandy

Saturday, March 11, 2017

March SFYTT

It's time for my March Sketch For You To Try post! I've teamed up this month's sketch with a few of the new Reverse Confetti goodies that were released on March 8th. If you haven't had a chance to see these amazing products, click on over to the RC store when you're finished here.

My card starts with a Cloud White A2 card base that I've layered with one of the Free Spirit patterned papers. The feathers from Boho Vibes were gold embossed on Sand cardstock. I'd initally intended to die cut them using the Boho Vibes Confetti Cuts but decided to hand trim them instead to show off more of that beautiful Sand cardstock. Finally, I white embossed the sentiment from Boho Vibes on Iced Aqua and die cut it with the circle from Flowers For Mom.

Here's a peek at the original sketch if you'd like to play along. Thanks for stopping by today!

~Amy

Friday, March 10, 2017

SPD - Sweet 2 Repeat Blog Hop

We're hopping today with more ideas for all of the circus themed goodies SugarPea Designs released last month. Remember to leave a comment here and on all of design team blogs listed below for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to SugarPea Designs store.

I can't get enough of the Life Is A Carnival patterned papers! I combined two of them with the SugarCut - Carnivalscape and a sentiment from Storybook Circus for a clean and simple look today.