Ink About Me: 2019

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Color Throwdown #574

Happy New Year! A new year of Color Throwdown Challenge is starting today with me as your hostess, so I hope you'll enjoy our inspiration and play along. Please visit the CTD blog for complete details.

Here's a look at my card which uses a nice mix of die cuts and a sentiment stamped in brown ink from Simon Says Stamp's Wishing You stamp set. The trees are my favorite sticky stems from Your Next Stamp and the teeny hearts are from Julie Ebersole's Home & Hearth...and we can't forget my favorite Postage Stamp layer from SugarPea Designs.

#ctd574 | #colorthrowdown

And for more inspiration and ideas, please click on through the team and guest links below. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Wanda Cullen
Amy Tsuruta - Tsuruta Designs - Our Fabulous January Guest!
Tenia Nelson, Guest Star Stamper - Jazzy Paper Designs

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Color Throwdown 571

Happy Thanksgiving Eve!

I'm stopping in with a quickie blog post featuring this week's Color Throwdown Challenge combo of pink, turquoise, green and silver - sure to get you in a fun holiday mood!

kelly purkey santa's coming | home & hearth by julie ebersole

#ctd571 | #colorthrowdown

And for more inspiration and ideas, please click on through the team and guest links below. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Michelle Lupton - November Guest Designer - Handmade By Michelle

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Color Throwdown Challenge #570

Welcome to this week's Color Throwdown Challenge - turquoise, orange and gray.
My card uses images from Sweet Stamp Shop which has unfortunately closed its doors for the time being. I've always enjoyed playing with their fun and witty designs and just love the combo of this jumbo sentiment and adorable cat + cake image.

And for more inspiration and ideas, please click on through the team and guest links below. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Michelle Lupton - November Guest Designer - Handmade By Michelle
Athena Boulanitou, Guest Star Stamper - Craft for Joy Designs

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Color Throwdown #569

Paper Smooches - Laurels Dies

Hero Arts - Peace, Love & Joy

purple | lavender | green

And for more inspiration and ideas, please click on through the team and guest links below. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Michelle Lupton - November Guest Designer - Handmade By Michelle

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Color Throwdown #568

Welcome to this week's Color Throwdown Challenge!
This week's colors are orange, brown, moss green and cream.

I've used new stamps from Essential Ellen - Painted Stripes by Julie and Totally Random Sayings Vol. 3 by Julie. Both sets make me so happy!

CTD568 | #ctd | #ctd568

And for more inspiration and ideas, please click on through the team and guest links below. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Wanda Cullen
Michelle Lupton - November Guest Designer - Handmade By Michelle
Hannelie Bester, Guest Star Stamper - Desert Diva

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Color Throwdown 566

Hi, there! Thanks for stopping by for my Color Throwdown post, once again featuring new (and old) products from Paper Smooches. This week's colors are cream, gray and orange.

I can't get enough of the new Laurels Dies and decided to tuck them inside the pocket die from the Tooth Fairy Die and a partial sentiment from Caffeinated.

Here's a peek at this week's inspiration piece hosted by the one and only Lisa Henke.

And for more inspiration and ideas, please click on through the team and guest links below. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Rosemary Dennis- October Guest Designer- Hey There....rosigirl

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Color Throwdown 565

Welcome to another Color Throwdown Challenge with shades of gray, lavender and white for you to play with.

I've chosen a 'bobalicious' image from Paper Smooches' new stamp set - Caffeinated. I also used the coordinating Caffeinated Icons Dies set to trim it out and then added a sentiment from Caffeinated Two, also from Paper Smooches.Those specs just make me giggle!

#ctd565 | #ctd | CTD565

Ready for more inspiration from the CTD Team and guests this week? Click on through the links below for more color delight!

Rosemary Dennis- October Guest Designer- Hey There....rosigirl

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

CTD + Paper Smooches October Release

Hi, and welcome to this week's Color Throwdown Challenge hosted by me! I'm sharing more of the Paper Smooches October Release with you as well. Have you shopped the new release? It's absolutely in classic PS style - fun to mix up, fresh, fun and funky!

I've created an oversized tag with this week's colors (yellow, red, brown) with die cuts and stamps using the following Paper Smooches products:

laurels dies (my favorite!)

caffeinated icons dies

caffeinated two

#ctd564 | #ctd | CTD564

Click on through the rest of the team links below along with our guests for more dreamy inspiration with this week's colors...everything is absolutely inspiring!

Sunday, October 6, 2019

Paper Smooches October Release

Being a long time fan of Kim Hughes’ sweet, one of a kind designs, I'm so excited to be guest designing for the Paper Smooches October Release! I'll be sharing more creations using the new release all month long, starting Wednesday in my Color Throwdown post, so I hope you'll check back.

The card above features my favorite Frame 3 along with new products coming your way tomorrow - Spreading Joy & Laurels Dies.

Aren't those laurels beyond beautiful?! I simply watercolored them in two shades of green Zig markers, arranged them in a messy-bun bouquet and tucked them inside and out of my die cut frame.

And now it's time to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches OCTOBER 2019 release with you! THREE new stamp sets, FOUR new dies and TWO new stencils will be available to purchase at 10:00 AM Central time zone on October 7th. Once they go live, you will find the new products here: www.papersmoochesstamps.com

To add extra fun to our blog hop...there is a prize!
The prize - a $50. gift code to use at the PS online store.

Here are the details:

TWO winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the blog below
Leave a comment on any of the blogs listed below (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it will increase your chances of winning)
Deadline: You have until midnight Central time on October 8th to leave a comment.
Please check the Paper Smooches blog on October 9th to see if you are one of the TWO lucky winners.

Paper Smooches blog

Guests:

Amy Rohl (me!)

Lisa Henke

Design Team:

Alice Huang

Jill Hawkins

Karin Akesdotter

Michele Boyer

Savannah O' Gwynn

Teri Anderson

Ways to increase your chances of winning:

Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop. If you don't already like the PS FB page, please do https://www.facebook.com/PaperSmooches
Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop (follow PS on Twitter - https://twitter.com/papersmooches)
Share our blog hop on Instagram @papersmooches
Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop

Did you know that Paper Smooches offers up a fun challenge each month?
Keep an eye on the PS blog for details. http://papersmooches.blogspot.com/

Thanks so very much for joining us!
~Amy

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Color Throwdown 563 - Trick or Treat

I've got a fun Halloween card for you today featuring this week's Color Throwdown Challenge colors - green, orange, purple and lavender. The images are all from Reverse Confetti and the die cut frame is from Paper Smooches.

too cute to spook | best witches | frame 3

I added a bit of sparkle here and there using a Sakura gel pen.

#ctd563 | #ctd | CTD563

Click on through the rest of the team links below along with our guests for more dreamy inspiration with this week's colors...everything is absolutely inspiring!

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Color Throwdown 562

Welcome to this week's Color Throwdown Challenge. We've got shades of aqua, blue, gray and black for you to dabble in and hope you'll play along. My card uses stamps and dies from SugarPea Designs. Isn't this little guy just so adorable?!

#ctd562 | #ctd | CTD562

Click on through the rest of the team links below along with our guests for more dreamy inspiration with this week's colors...everything is absolutely inspiring!

Wanda Cullen
Andrea MacTrinh, Guest Star Stamper - Wee Blue Swirls

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Color Throwdown 561

Welcome to Color Throwdown Challenge #561! This week's colors are purple, light green, teal and ivory. My card uses images and a sentiment from Reverse Confetti's Unicorn Wishes.

#ctd561 | #ctd | CTD561

Click on through the rest of the team links below along with our guests for more dreamy inspiration with this week's colors...everything is absolutely inspiring!

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

blessed

Welcome to this week's Color Throwdown Challenge! My card uses stamps from Right At Home - Script Greetings and Simon Says Stamp - Explore Nature.

#ctd560 | #ctd | CTD560

Click on through the rest of the team links below along with our guests for more dreamy inspiration with this week's colors...everything is absolutely inspiring!

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

CTD 559 - Hello

Hello! And welcome to this week's Color Throwdown Challenge featuring a fall-ish color palette of mustard, coral and navy. I hope you'll be inspired to play along with us. My card uses retired Blueprints dies from My Favorite Things and a sentiment from one of my favorite scripty sets from Right At Home - Script Greetings.

#ctd559 | #ctd | CTD559

Click on through the rest of the team links below along with our guests for more dreamy inspiration with this week's colors...

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

oh hello, paris

Welcome to this week's Color Throwdown Challenge. This week's colors lend themselves perfectly to a watercolored rainbow look and that's just what I've done with SugarPea Designs ParisScape die. I've paired the watercolored Paris skyline with my favorite SugarPea word die, Hello.

#ctd558 | #ctd | CTD558

Click on through the rest of the team links below along with our guests for more dreamy inspiration with this week's colors...

Lucie G, August Guest Designer, LucieG Cards

Kim Lackenbach, Guest Star Stamper - Kim's Cards and Crafts

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

deconstructed simplicity

For this week's Color Throwdown Challenge in shades of aqua, purple, blue and yellow! I've used Reverse Confetti's Modern Floral Stack Confetti Cuts set along with a sentiment from PaperTrey Ink. I deconstructed both the die cut leaves and sentiment and then reassembled them on either side of a narrow strip of card stock to create a minimalist-modern-Orla-Kiely inspired card. Enjoy.