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!

Grace & Gratitude Add Ons

Yes, we have Add Ons available for Grace & Gratitude!

Fall Sprinkles

Plaid Pumpkin Buttons

Thanksgiving Buttons

Grateful Petite Diction

Happy creating!  

Introduction: Grace & Gratitude Living Life

Grace & Gratitude Living Life is now available! Grace & Gratitude Living Life is the Inky Hot Mess Thanksgiving Living Life collection. All of the cards, flair, and veneers are designed by Inky Hot Mess and are exclusive to us!

The Grace & Gratitude Living Life collection is $16.95 plus shipping and tax (NYS residents only). This collection comes jam packed with lots of goodies!

You will receive 17 4"x6" and 24 3"x4" journaling cards that are locally printed on Neenah cardstock which they make in Wisconsin.

A scrapbooker can never have too many embellishments!

We have also included two pieces of flair. You'll receive Tom Turkey and a modern cornucopia.

Love veneers? We sure do! Grace & Gratitude contains 7 maple veneers hand crafted for us in the USA. The veneers come in a variety of sizes. Each kit contains a pilgrim hat, an acorn with 2 oak leaves, Count Your Blessings, November, GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE, Giving Thanks, and a modern cornucopia.

Next up are the Trinkets. Sunflower pearls and a geo tag love clip are Grace & Gratitude's Trinkets.

Die cuts are also included. We have chosen the die cuts from Authentique's Grateful collection. All of the die cuts have been punched out for you to save you time. We know you're eager to get scrapbooking when you receive your Grace & Gratitude Living Life. There are 18 die cuts.

Quantities of Grace & Gratitude are very limited. We will not be offering this kit again. Once they have sold out, they are gone forever!

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!

Snapshot Add Ons

Got Snapshot? We've got Add Ons!

Smile Kraft Tape

Vol. 1 Photo Love Daily Flash Washi Tape

Photography Placemats

Snapshots Daily Flash Flash Bulbs

Picture Perfect Cork'd Embellishments

Magic Camera Trendy Tape

Captured Memories Stamps

Sentiments Die

Say Cheese Clear Stamps

Picture This Stamps

Cameras Snippets Chipboard Stickers

Snapshots Daily Flash Double Take Stickers

Snapshots Daily Flash 6"x8" Paper Pack

Shimelle Cork Stickers

Get your photos printed and get scrapping!

February Sneak Peeks

Want some sneak peeks of this months new collections? Inky Hot Mess is releasing 4 new collections this month. Two of the collections are Living Life collections and two are part of a new series. We're not letting the cat out of the bag about the new series just yet....Couple more days and we will. :) 

Inky has been super busy this week kitting the embellishments for the 4 collections. This process takes hours and hours, but it's kind of fun because you get your hands on all the goodies and all these ideas of what you can do with the goodies goes through your mind. Now if there were about 100 hours in a day, Inky would get all of those ideas used right away. 

The first embellishment bag is from this month's Living Life collection. This collection is available to those who wish to start their subscription this month. This collection is very special to Inky. She recently toured George Eastman's home and he really inspired this collection in many ways. She will have a blog post about that trip in a few days.

The second Living Life collection is about Gobble Gobble day. We've been working on this one for awhile. The dock strike in California held some of the pieces in this collection hostage basically. We have finally received all the pieces and the add ons. Last week the final pieces arrived! 

This next collection is the first one in a new series. Got green? This holiday is coming soon. 

Our final sneak peek is for a collection we've been working on for awhile. Numerous items were stranded because of the dock strike. This is why you've been seeing so many delays with items being released after they were announced. It's slowly - very - slowly getting better. This collection is about celebrating. And we are celebrating it's release!

That's all for today's sneak peeks. Check back for more sneak peeks. We've got a few more up our sleeves. 

February Living Life Sneak Peak

Today we are sharing with you a sneak peek of the February Living Life collection. Inky is wicked excited about this collection. She's been bouncing around the studio all day because of it. The embellishments totally coordinate with the journaling cards. And there are lots of add ons coming your way! 

Check back on February 14th at 1 pm est for the reveal. On February 15th at 1 pm est this Living Life will be available for purchasing.