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Hello!  How are you doing?  Thanks for stopping by today!  I wanted to share a few of the new rings that I have added to my Etsy shop, Jen's Ink Spot.  These can be purchased through my store and can be custom ordered in the size you need.

(this Raspberry Fizz/Plum Pudding ring is a child's ring)

If you are interested in any of these rings, or would like to see the other new things I've added, be sure to stop by my Etsy Shop, Jen's Ink Spot!  Thanks for stopping by!! I appreciate all of you!

Hey There!

I was excited to play with these stamp sets today!  They are just so much FUN!  I based this card on Clean & Simple's Sketch #99 that you can play along with here. I have always loved library card images!  I worked in a library for fours years during college and so when I saw this $5 PTI library card image, it spoke to me! LOL!

Here is the sketch this was based on:

And, here are some more details:

I stamped the ruler image (another image that has been on my wish list since I first began stamping YEARS ago!) on the ticket die border to get a fun border effect.  A fun fact:  the markings in this ruler are true to life!  So, on the image, the 1 inch mark is truly 1 inch, 2 inch mark is really 2 inches, etc!  How cool is that!

And, look at this!  I'm talking about the ticket edge and that score line on the notebook paper.  LOVE!!  Nichole Heady is just pure genius to design a die that will do this and look so authentic!

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you enjoyed this card!  Thank you again for your comments too!  They just make my day!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: It's Official, Library Card, CTMH Make it Count, Enjoy the Ride
Paper: Hawaiian Shores, Raspberry Fizz, Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreuse
Ink: True Black, VersaMark
Other: Ticket Border Die, Spiral Notebook Page Die, Corner Chomper, Lemon Tart Buttons, Button Twine, Pop Dots

May Your Together Go On Forever

I attended a wedding today (that Dwight officiated, which was fun for me to watch) and the wedding colors were red & black so I wanted to make a card for the happy couple using those colors.  You can see my envelope in the background.  I lined it using the PTI envelope liner die.  I also stamped the branch image in Sweet Blush Ink on the front of the envelope.

I based the layout of this card off of Natasha's Clean & Simple sketch #98. 

I used a glitter pen to add sparkle to the red flowers.  It added just the right "umph" to the card! LOL!!  And yes, I did have a little mess up when I was coloring one of my flowers as my 2 year old decided to crawl into my lap at that time...it was worth the mess up! :)

This is the inside:

Very simple but "enough".

The black layer with the white squares are popped up on pop dots and so is the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you enjoyed your visit!

Supplies:

Stamps:  My Cute Stamps "Ashley's Blossoms", PTI Enjoy the Ride & Polka Dot Basics II

Paper:  PTI Sweet Blush, Pure Poppy, Black, White

Ink: Black, PTI Pure Poppy, Champagne VersaMark

Other:  Silver Pearls, Pop Dots, Apron Lace Fiskars Border Punch, EK Success Scallop Border Punch, Copics, Red Glitter Pen

My Inspiration Book

I have an inspiration book that I put together some time ago and I wanted to share it with you today.  It's very basic but I love to flip to it when I need some inspiration along the way!

Here's the outside.  It's a fun binder that I found at Target, but I just loved all the colors!

I have the inside divided into four sections.  The first section is a picture of the stamp sets that I have.

I turn to this section OFTEN when I am looking for a certain sentiment or type of image.  I just print off a copy of each of the stamp sets I own from online and then I have a reference for what I have in my collection.  If I am looking for a "Happy Anniversary" stamp and can't remember what I have, I just start flipping through the pages until I find the one sentiment that is just perfect!  It's amazing how many times I forget what a certain stamp set contains!

The next section contains color combinations.

As I find color combos that I like or that I want to remember, I save them to a Publisher file and then when the page is full, I print it and add it to my binder.  I have tons of pages filled with color ideas.  It gets me outside my comfort zone sometimes which is always good!

The next section is for sketches.

Again, this is such a wonderful resource!  As I find sketches I save them to a file and then print and add them to my binder.  Some sketch websites have their sketches already on a PDF file that you can download.  It's is wonderful!  I use this section a lot and often I'll combine certain elements of sketches to create just what I want.

The last section is a resource section and it doesn't have a lot in it right now.  It lists PTI colors and copic colors, etc.  It's nice to have all this information in one file and easy to access at all times!

My book is kind of thick, but that is OK because I don't always start at page one and it is organized.  Sometimes I'll turn to the middle of a section and start from there when I'm looking for inspiration so I'm not always looking at the same thing.  

This is such a great resource for me.  I hope it gives you some ideas too!

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great day!