Adventure Seeker & Autumn Harvest Part 2

I found a few more photos that I took of my cards from my last crop. Brace yourselves. I got pretty adventurous with a few of these. I'm still using pieces from the Autumn Harvest Living Life and Adventure Seeker Living Life  collections along with pieces from their Add Ons from Inky Hot Mess.


You really don't have to go to town with each journaling card. There are times I just use them as is or only add a few things. Shocking I know, right?


Here is a whole layout with only 1 card embellished. And it's embellished only a tiny bit. The card all the way on the right is one I made from cardstock and embellishments.

Stars! Love the chipboards stars that came with the Adventure Seeker Living Life. I will be so bummed when I finish off this collection. You can see how much I have enjoyed using it in the blog posts. 

This is how I begin to figure out what cards I need. I put my photos in the pocket page protector I select, then I look through the cards I have that coordinate with what's going on in my pics. These pics are from Clingman's Dome in the Great Smokey Mountains. It was autumn and we went on a hike in the mountains to get to this place.....so I chose autumn colors and embellishments from autumn and the outdoors.

I start by laying out cards in the spaces I need to fill. I may go back and forth on the cards or cardstock a few times until I'm happy. I was happy with the Leaf Peeping card from the Autumn Harvest Living Life. I can tell that because it's in a pocket!

Then I jazz up the cardstocks. Some embellishments. Some stamping. Make sure you put the date somewhere on either the left or right page! 

Believe it or not, all of those embellishments are available from Inky Hot Mess. Love washi. Love flair. I just love love love love embellishments! And yes, those 4 cardstocks above were used to make these cards. Crazy, right? Be sure to check out the Add Ons. There's lots of coordinating embellishments there! 

This card is so so so simple to make! I just used a piece of 12"x12" paper that I cut down to 4"x6" and embellished it. All of the embellishments came from Adventure Seeker Living Life. And I love my Tiny Attacher!

One thing I am frequently asked is how I attach my wood veneers to my cards. I use a liquid glue and I let the pieces sit for at least an hour before I put them in a page protector. Sometimes I have to let them sit longer. Occasionally, the need to dry overnight. 

I use the Tombow Mono Liquid Glue. You can also use Glossy Accents which is made by Ranger. Inky Hot Mess has both of these liquid adhesives available in their shop. 

Well that is all from that crop. Check back soon for more details on my last crop and what I brought with me on my trip to North Carolina to scrapbook!

Adventure Seeker & Autumn Harvest

What can you create with a Living Life collection? The answer is plenty! I recently attended a crop and spent the weekend creating and embellishing journaling cards from the Autumn Harvest Living Life and Adventure Seeker Living Life collections. Both Living Life collections are from Inky Hot Mess.

Using a designed journaling card as is can be just what your layouts need. I used just a simple card - no extra embellishing.....You'll see how rare that is for me!

You can always make your own journaling cards whenever you need them. Taking something as simple as cardstock and embellishing it can give you exactly what you need. I used a flair, sticker, and ribbon as the embellishments. Why the yellow? I was visiting the Great Smokey Mountains in the autumn and wanted to use only colors found on autumn trees for these photos.

I have always struggled with journaling. I'm really making a conscious effort to journal. I've been working on photos from many moons ago - years - and is seeing how important getting those details down are. Even a trip from 5 years ago is tough to remember!
  

I actually journaled on a journaling card! And added a colored mini paper clip for a little pizazz. 

Once again, I created my own journaling card using cardstock. This is one of the Swiss Dots cardstocks from Bazzill. All I did was add a sticker and the sign veneer. Viola! Done.

Here we have 2 cards from the Adventure Seeker Living Life along with the journaling card I made.

With the trip to Chimney Rock State Park in North Carolina, my husband and I took tons of photos. I struggled to find outdoor theme kits and forget finding anything as specific as the park. So when necessary I craft own cards. This one is so simple! Cardstock, stickers, ribbon, and stamp from Outdoor Trail Clear Stamps.

Another card that is super simple! Cardstock, die cuts, stickers, and flair. You're done. Simple. Oh and yes those are elk in the photos!

These photos are from Cades Cove in the Great Smokey Mountains in Eastern Tennessee. I made another journaling card with cardstock, burlap, twist ties, a die cut, and the Tiny Attacher. All of these pieces are in the Adventure Seeker Living Life and Adventure Seeker Embellishment Kit. Love how the twist ties are used to hang the Wild Adventure die cut......kind of looks like a hanging sign.

At some point, I made a huge error in printing some photos. They weren't printed in true 4"x6". They were something like 4"x5.3" which is the true digital size. Oops! So all of those prints needed to be matted. I debated matting them on ivory cardstock, but thought that was too blah. I'm a little crazy in my style. I love colors and patterns so I used scrapbook paper instead. Since there's about an inch of paper showing once the photos are cropped and matted, I needed to jazz them up. All I did was add some twine held in place with tiny attachers and a piece of flair. Done. Simple. Looks pretty snazzy!

Check back soon. I will be sharing more from this crop soon. There is plenty more to share!

Introduction: Snapshot Living Life

Inky Hot Mess is so excited and proud to introduce Snapshot Living Life! Inky recently visited George Eastman's House and he was such an inspiration for this collection. He was truly a remarkable man and his mark has been left all over the area near Inky.

Snapshot Living Life  is available via subscription. You may start your subscription with Snapshot until February 20th at 1 pm est (while supplies last). Snapshot retails for $16.95 (For subscribers it is $15.95) plus shipping and applicable tax.

Snapshot Living Life is our first Living Life collection with our new printer! Our journaling cards are locally printed on Neenah cardstock. Neenah makes their papers in Wisconsin. We love Made in the US.

We scrapbookers love our photos. Snapshot is all about photos! The colors are very subdued. There's a vintage vibe to this collection.

Snapshot includes 12 4"x6" journaling cards.

There are 24 3"x4" journaling cards.

We have loaded Snapshot up with lots of great embellishments.

The flair in Snapshot is super fun! You will receive a vintage camera flair and a flair that says Snapshot on a distressed banner.

There are 4 die cuts included in Snapshot. We have included a variety of black cameras on kraft cardstock (styles and sizes may vary), a Polaroid die cut on kraft cardstock (sizes and styles may vary), and a kraft tag.

We've also include 2 camera transparencies and blue Deco Dots.

There are lots and lots of Trinkets in Snapshot. Did someone say cameras? The Trinkets include an assortment of 5 wood veneer and 5 blue chipboard cameras (sizes, styles and colors may vary) along with a camera metal clip.

No collection is complete without veneers! We have a new addition this time around. We have 5 maple veneers which include Photo Date:, Capture, Snapshot on a distressed banner, Picture Perfect, and a vintage camera. There is also a cork camera! This is our first cork embellishment.

This was such a fun collection to design and choose the embellishments. We hope you enjoy this collection. Be sure to share your creations with us!

Introduction: Countdown Short Stack

Inky Hot Mess is happy to introduce Countdown Short Stack. Countdown celebrates the New Year. Perfect for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Countdown Short Stack retails for $9.95.

The journaling cards are locally printed on Neenah cardstock which is made in Wisconsin. All designs are exclusive to Inky Hot Mess.

Countdown includes 4 4"x6" journaling cards and 1 4"x6" Metallic Gold Triangle Vellum Card.

There are 4 3"x4" journaling cards and 2 3"x4" Metallic Gold Triangle Vellum Card.

As always, we have included an embellishment bag full of goodies!

Inky really, really loves flair. She has created one that says Cheers! and one that says Happy New Year. All of our flair is Made in the US. We design and print our flair.

The Countdown Trinkets included are 2 Metallic Gold Flag Clips and 5 Metallic Gold Geotags.

Countdown has a whole bunch of sparkle! The Sparkle includes a Gold Glitter Kraft Tag, 2 Gold Star Flags (styles may vary), and Clear Rock Candy.

Of course, we have veneers. All of our veneers are Made in the US. These veneers are made from maple. There are 5 veneers which include New Year's Eve, Happy New Year, Celebrate, Champagne Flute, and Resolutions.

We hope you enjoy Countdown!! 

Thursday's New Items 02-12-15

Today is jammed packed with awesome new goodies! Cracked Pistachio anyone? Keep on reading!

First up we have 3 new individual veneers. Quantities on these are limited so grab them while you can! We have a football helmet, a gear, and a Thank You tag.

We have lots of journaling cards! Today we have added 7 sets of journaling cards! The first sets are from WRMK and Teresa Collins. They are Little One,  Love Notes, Quoted, and Snapshots. These include both 3"x4" and 4"x6" cards.

Me & My Big Ideas (aka MAMBI) has collections of themed cards. We have added I Love Life to our store. This set includes both 3"x4" and 4"x6" cards.

Our last journaling cards are from KaiserCraft. Both the 3"x4" Be Mine and the 4"x6" Be Mine sets are now shipping.

Like stamping? Like die cutting? How about combining them together? Pink Paislee's Hello Sunshine does just that. This item is very limited.

Got bling? This week we have added two colors from KaiserCraft. They are Yellow Rhinestones and Aqua Marine Rhinestones.

We love puffy stickers so we have brought Cherry Cola from American Crafts to you!

WRMK not only has Little One journaling cards. They have coordinating Little One Wood Stickers. So adorable!

Need some super cute embellishments? Love hearts or stars? Jillibean Soup has the cutest vellum die cut embellishments in hearts and stars.

Who doesn't love alphas? Thickers are super popular and Heidi Swapp has her own thick alpha stickers. The Navy Glitter Hello Today alphas are available right now.

Ok we won't keep it from you any longer.....Cracked Pistachio! Yuppers, it has arrived. We have the Cracked Pistachio Ink Pad, Cracked Pistachio Ink Refill, and Cracked Pistachio Distress Stain available right now.

That wraps up this week's new items! Happy shopping. Come back next Thursday for more goodies!

PS Be Sure to stop by on the 15th for the Inky Hot Mess new collections release. There are 4 new collections this month! And on the 28th there will be new items in Inky's Travels!