Amber Ink Passing of The Torches

Today is the day I pass the Brown Amber Ink Torch off to Tammy Hellstern! She is a very creative lady and I know she'll do Amber Ink proud over the next month. I can't wait to see what she creates!

Thank you so much to Brenda Rose for passing the Brown Torch to me. It has been so fun getting to know my fellow torchbearers and the fabulous ladies behind Amber Ink, Pam and Amber.

Here is a list of the Amber Ink Torches as they are passed off today:

BLUE:
From Keva Brown @ http://hownowbrownkow.blogspot.com/ to Amy Everson @ http://www.tandames.blogspot.com/

PINK:
From Sue Cooper @ http://scoopysstuff.blogspot.com/ to Mandi Moore @ http://enchantedoccasions.blogspot.com/

BROWN:
From Jen Lee @ http://www.myscrappychic.com/ to
Tammy Hellstern @ http://scrappinwithtammy.blogspot.com

ORANGE:
From Cheryl Gorka @ http://shestamps.blogspot.com/ to
Anita Madden @ http://anitasdesigns.blogspot.com/

PURPLE:
From Allison Fillo @ http://stampinwhenican.blogspot.com to
Jana Weaver @ http://stampwithjana.blogspot.com/

Happy Scrapping!

Jen Lee

Amber Ink February (Th)Ink Tank Design Team Project Recap

Click here for the original Fungi post.

Click here for the original Love Bug post.

Click here for the original Mind post.

Click here for my original SFYTT post.

Click here for the original Love Bunny card post.

Click here for my original Less Is More challenge post.

Click here for my original CSC30 Challenge post.

Click here for my original Grow Green card post.

On Monday I'll post my final Amber Ink project and pass the torch.

We're off to find some gold. Sam said the Leprechaun just jumped off the deck in the backyard!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Jen Lee

Amber Ink Grow Green Card

My Amber Ink card for this week was created using the Clear Stamp Set Grow Green. Amber and Pam gave me this stamp set as a fabulous gift for serving on the Amber Ink (Th)Ink Tank February Design Team. Thank you Ladies!

Papers are from the retired Close To My Heart Bella kit. I love these papers and have been saving them for something special. I think they were almost made for this stamp set. The ribbon is hollyhock stitched ribbon from Close To My Heart. I used the 6x6 card pattern Button Trio from Jeanette Lynton's How To Book Originals.

I stamped the main image several times on different pieces of patterned paper, cut them out with my craft knife, and pieced them together. This paper piecing technique adds a lot of texture. To keep the flyaway hairs from the original image, I stamped the image on the rectangle piece and placed the paper pieced image over it.

Check back Thursday for a recap of all of my Amber Ink projects. On Monday I'll pass the torch to a fabulous papercrafter,who is it? You'll find out on Monday!

Happy Scrapping!
Jen Lee

Less is More Challenge

Amber Ink is sponsoring the Less is More Challenge this month. Pastel Colours is the theme. Here's my take:

I used the Amber Ink Nudie Cutie DigiStamp For I Have Something To Say along with the digistamp saying "You've been on my mind".  I colored the image in Gimp using Close To My Heart colors Taffy, Sunkiss Yellow, and Amethyst. Printed it out on CTMH White Daisy Cardstock and applied 3 CTMH Bitty Sparkles by the sentiment.

Happy Scrapping!
Jen Lee

Amber Ink "Love Bunny" Card

Here's another card for my Amber Ink (Th)Ink Tank. This one is 4 1/2" square.

Recipe:
The "Folded Focus" pattern from Jeanette Lynton's How To Book Wishes
Amber Ink DigiStamp "Love Bunny - Flowered"
Amber Ink ipaper "Karrot Kaleidoscope - Orange: TINY"
CTMH Bitty Brads Metal Assortment
CTMH White Daisy Cardstock
CTMH Chocolate Stamp Pad
CTMH Foam Tool
CTMH Memory Book Mini Glue Dots
CTMH Liquid Glass
CTMH Fun Flock White
CTMH Foam Tape
Offray Ribbon
Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter Glass Beads in Fox Trot and Clover

First I opened the Karrot paper in Gimp and used the eyedropper to match the colors. I created solid sheets of paper by creating a new file, filled the background color, and saved that as a JPG. Then, I used Gimp to color the flowers and change the black lines on the digistamp to the matching brown.

I cut the 12 x 12 cardstock in fourths (6x6). Opened Word and inserted the bunny digistamp image and printed it on "best" quality. Then I inserted the karrot paper the same way, resized it to 6x6 and printed it on one side, and printed the solid brown color on the other side. The same again with the green on one side and the pink on the other side. This saved a lot of paper, and the printer didn't go "tilt" because of an odd sized paper.

After cutting the pieces to size, I used the foam tool and chocolate ink to distress all of the edges and the front of the brown cardstock, to add some texture. After cutting the "X" in the center of the brown piece, I bent from the center to each edge, to reveal the "Karrot" paper, and held the points in place with the copper bitty brads.

I coated the green and brown smaller center pieces each with liquid glass to stick the glass beads to add another texture. I also coated parts of the bunny with liquid glass and applied fun flock to make her fuzzy. Then I applied liquid glass to her eyes and the flowers to give them a shiny texture.

Happy Scrapping!
Jen Lee

Amber Ink Project: SFYTT Challenge

Here's another fun digistamp from Amber Ink: You Give Me Butterflies along with their fun ipapers: Spin Pin Tiny and Spin Pin Deconstruct.

Using Gimp I was able to stamp the Spin Pin Tiny ipaper in the butterfly wings. Digis are kind of fun that way!

The pattern is from Jen Del Muro's SFYTT Challenge. You can play along here!

Happy Scrapping!
Jen Lee

Amber Ink Project #2

Hi! Just a quick little card for my Amber Ink (Th)Ink Tank. I've got some other projects in the works that will be popping up over the next few weeks, maybe even a video tutorial for this fun easy little rose!

This card was created using the Amber Ink digistamp:
Nudie Cuties: You Are On My Mind

and Amber Ink ipaper:
Swiss Dots - Sunny Yellow

along with the following Close To My Heart Products:

Z1331 Foundry Flourishes

Chocolate Polka-Dot Organdy Ribbon

Z1377 Color-Ready Kraft Borders

X7118B Twitterpated Paper Pack

1771 Waterbrush
3505 Watercolor Pencils
Z2111 Chocolate Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad

Z1090 Foam Tools

Happy Scrapping!

Jen Lee

Amber Ink Project: Lucy's 5th Birthday Card

My daughter Lucy was helping me choose which Amber Ink digistamp to use for my next project. She totally LOVES the "Love Bug" and I do too!  So I decided to make it her birthday card. We'll be celebrating her big #5 on Saturday, I can hardly believe it.

I used Gimp to recolor the bug and mask in the floral paper for the body, as well as to recolor the sentiment.  I opened the images in Word and typed in the additional "For Our Little", then I printed the images on white cardstock, as well as the ipapers; resized to 6x6 so the patterns would be smaller. 

I chose the card pattern Sweet & Simple from Jeanette Lynton's How To Book Originals.  I colored the body of the bug with my bonding memories glue pen and covered it with prisma glitter.  Then I created raised eyes and "Love Bug" letters using liquid glass.

Products Used:
Amber Ink NoKaOi - Pink Blossom ipaper
Amber Ink Swiss Dots - Sunny Yellow: TINY ipaper
Amber Ink Saying - Love Bug (recolored to match the Pink Blossoms)
Amber Ink Wild Animals With Heart - Love Bug
CTMH Hollyhock Cardstock
CTMH White Daisy Cardstock
CTMH Hollyhock Stitched Ribbon (retired)
Liquid Glass
Prisma Glitter
Bonding Memories Glue Pen
Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad
Sponge
Foam Tape

Happy Scrapping!
Jen Lee

Carrying The Torch for Amber Ink!

I about fell off my chair when I received an e-mail a couple of weeks ago inviting me to join Amber Ink's Design Team! Today I can finally announce it. The absolutely amazing Brenda Rose of Rose Blossom Legacies has passed the brown torch to me. I am so honored, thank you Brenda!

We officially start our torchbearer duties today. We've been getting to know each other over the last couple of weeks, everyone is so nice and creative! This is going to be fun!

There are five torches that are handed off each month. My fellow torchbearers are:

• Cheryl Gorka at She Stamps received the Orange Torch from Meg Craig at Corgi-Creations.
• Keva Brown at How Now Brown Kow received the Blue Torch from Laurie Willison at Soap Box Creations.
• Scoopy Sue Cooper at Scoopy's Stuff received the Pink Torch from Joey McKelvey at Joey's World of Stuff.
• Allison Fillo at Stampin' When I Can received the Purple Torch from Sue Kment at Sue's Stamping Stuff.

Our new team's bios and "Babe" pictures can be found at the Amber Inklings Blog. You can also check out the Amber Ink digital stamps, papers and clear stamps in the store.

Tomorrow I will post my first official Amber Ink project.  Stop back to see!

Happy Scrapping!

Jen Lee

Happy Valentine's Day!

Here are a few love inspired projects for you.

This is my first ever attempt using a digistamp and ipaper. I've got to say, it was fun!

I don't have the fancy Adobe Photoshop that most have, so my tech-genius hubby suggested that I try Gimp.org. I did, and I love it! It is freeware and with a little learning curve, it acts much like Photoshop.  If you have been saving up for Photoshop, I recommend trying Gimp.

I love the saying on this stamp from AmberInk! When my hubby and I first started dating, one of the first jokes he told me was:

A mushroom walks into a bar.

The Bartender said, "We don't serve your kind here."

The Mushroom said, "Why not I'm a fungi!"

Yes, this kind of cheese won me over. :-) What a perfect v-day card for my hubby.

Materials Used:
AmberInk ipaper Spin Pin Tiny
AmberInk digistamp Fungi Mushroom Blank
CTMH White Cardstock
CTMH Holiday Buttons
CTMH Sassy Strands Summer Carnival
Liquid Glass


The next card showcases CTMH's Clear Cards and new Sweetheart papers along with an old origami money folding technique that makes fun embellishments for papercrafting.

Pattern from Originals: Cubes & Colors

Materials Used:
Sweetheart Level 2 Paper Packet
Clear Cards 4¼” x 5½” Assortment
Buttons Pink Assortment
Mini-Medley Accents Black Collection
3-D Foam Tape

My final card for this post features the origami money folding technique used to make a card. I started with this tutorial. There were a couple of steps that I changed, and I started with a 6x12 piece of B&T paper from the Wings paper pack.

This card showcases the February Stamp of the Month: Friendship and opens to reveal the sentiment.

Stamp of the Month February: Friendship
Wings Level 2 Paper Packet
Vineyard Berry Exclusive Inks Pad
Black Exclusive Inks Pad
Versamark Ink Pad
Black Embossing Powder
Embroidery Floss Neutral Assortment
Mini-Medley Accents Black Collection
Sponge Daubers

I wish you lots of LOVE this Valentine's Day!

Happy Scrapping,

Jen Lee