The June Challenge at Memory Box is to make a card where their awesome die cuts are front and center.
I chose one of my favorite dies the Memory Box Butterfly Swell and die cut it from one of my Gelli Prints.
I used another Gelli Print to back the butterflies and a paint roll-off scrap to die cut the Memory Box Hello Streamlined Script.
I'm also joining the Anything Goes Challenge at Use Your Stuff.
I completed Birgit's Printing Challenge on Instagram for the month of May.
Day 21 was Triangle. I used my Triple Play Foam Stamps by @natkalbach, @birgit_koopsen and #marshavalk. My clean-up print on the right ended-up with such great color.
Day 22 was to use Inks. I chose the soft blend of a trio of Distress Oxide Inks ... this will make a great card background.
I skipped Day 23, a tracing technique, because I don't really have any drawing skills. I saw several examples later that weren't faces and looked like something I could try, so I may revisit it at some point. I give myself grace and skip the days that don't feel like something I would use.
Day 24 is Feather. I pulled out my favorite hand-carved feather stamp by my friend @ginaisarty and used it with a combination of Catherine Pooler inks.
Day 25 was Brush. I tried printing with a Paint Brush ... not exactly something I can figure out how I will use on a card (maybe in a mixed media piece), but it was fun trying something new.
Day 26 was White. I tried using Gina K. Designs white pigment ink (the best white ink in my opinion) and a stencil on black cardstock. I like the ethereal snow-like effect. The stencil is Holiday Foliage from Simon Says Stamp.
Day 27 was Tape. I had fun printing on clear packing tape using Mini Textures Carabelle Studio Stamps by the challenge host Birgit Koopsen. You can see the card I made with the tape here.
Day 28 was one of my favorites, PanPastel. I loved using them as much as I did last year, so I broke down and bought more colors than the two I have in my supplies. I used the two shades with the Taylored Expressions Mini Slim Cable Knit stencil.
Day 29 was Thread or Yarn, which is always a fun thing to play with on the GelliPress.
Day 30 was Frottage (basically a rubbing) was one I really wanted to work, but the various mediums I had in my studio did not yield the desired result. I was bummed because I actually bought a box of plain crayons for this technique at the Create/Exchange several months ago, but of course I can't find them at the moment (if it's like most art supplies they'll show-up right after I publish this post.
And the final Day 31 was Button. I found a big pearl button that was part of my step-mom's button collection and used it like a stamp into the paint (with the piece of wire that was already through the button, so it worked like a handle).
I hope you enjoyed traveling along with my monthly art experience. For June & July, I'm joining Lauren (you can see her first round-up here) and a host of others on the Index Card a Day Challenge (I think making small art every day helps keep my brain happy).
Today I broke out my container of Red, White & Blue papers to start making some fun summer cards.
How cute are those little inchies from DoodleBug Design Land That I Love papers. I finished with a scattering of gems and stamped Enjoy Life! sentiment by Janet Klein for Stampotique.
I'm linking-up at the Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge. It's also In the Good Old Summertime at 613 Avenue Create.
I started by embossing texture into one of my Gelli Prints using the Tim Holtz Sizzix Texture Fades Bubbles embossing folder. I used a green crayon to bring out a bit of contrast with the embossed bubbles.
I used some beer paper and a beer sticker from Reminisce Craft Beer papers. I finished with some embellishments and a Happy Father's Day stamp from Frantic Stamper.
I'm also joining the Man/Boy Challenge at Moving Along with the Times Challenge & Anything Goes at Crafting Happiness.
The Jingle Belles are thrilled to be teaming-up with the Caffeinated Christmas Challenge this month - our first June prompt at Jingle Belles is to create a Christmas Card with Coffee (and make it masculine if you're going to link-up at Caffeinated Christmas).
Caffeinated Christmas is sponsored by Rubbernecker stamps, so I incorporated several of their products into my design.
I started with their fabulous Rubbbernecker Coffee Bean Background for the base of my card framed on a red card base.
Next I die cut the Rubbernecker Coffee Cup Die cut in Red with the lid cut in black. I cut the cup sleeve out of holiday holly paper from Simple Stories Claus & Co. I used a tiny journaling card from the same collection behind the cup, stamping a Holiday Cheer stamp from Impress Holiday Word Set.
My husband asked me what made this card masculine and I told him it was the colors, but also because the Holiday *Cheer* was the shot of Kahlua that he puts in his coffee (LOL).
Another week of blogland finds:
Have a tremendous Thursday!
Last night I made a few more cards with my Gelli Prints using a couple of Sketch Challenges.
The first one uses the packing tape I made with a Gelliprint together with the layout from the Sunday Stamps Challenge.
I used a sentiment from Concord & 9th Greatest Hits.
The Tuesday Morning Sketch is another Panel Sketch, which is perfect for another Gelliprint.
I used another sentiment from the Concord & 9th Greatest Hits with some fun star stickers.
I'm also linking this card up at The Paper Craft Crew Masculine Challenge.
It's so fun creating art with my own papers.
The newest Global Design Project is a challenge to CASE the Designer.
I used Ardyth's LIMES method to plan my design.
I included the main circle focal image, other elements off the edges of the circle, thread under the sentiment, a scattering of gems and a celestial theme. I excluded the moon, rectangle sentiment & splattered background.
My spin was to change the color palette, use another circle for the sentiment, change from white to gold thread, swap the clouds for stars, and used my own Dylusions Shimmer Paint smooshed background from my stash.
The sentiment is from Concord & 9th Greatest Hits.
I'm also linking-up at the Anything Goes Challenge at Use Your Stuff.
As I've been participating in the #birgitkoopsengelprintingchallenge with GelliArts on Instagram this month (if you're not following me on Instagram yet, please do @SmilynStef), clearly I'm amassing a collection of prints quite quicker than I'm able to turn them into art, so today I decided to focus on that a bit.
Day 18 was Fabric. I printed on a piece of denim, which then produced a fantastic texture on the cardstock with the second print.
Since the background was mostly pink (with a bit of gold), I decided to join the Color Throwdown Challenge.
I love word dies (especially with a background die), so I pulled out several from Simon Says Stamp for today's cards. I die cut the print with a Dotted Rectangle Die Cut from Dare 2B Artzy Rectangle Framelets and attached it to a Kraft cards base.
I finished with the Simon Says Stamp You Matter die cut in white cardstock with a light grey backing to incorporate all of the colors.
Day 19 was to create a print with a found object. As I searched through my Pantry, I found this mesh back that held some tea capsules, so I emptied it and added some paint.
Day 20 was to create with plastic wrap. I thought the colors I chose sort of look like Ketchup and Mustard.
I decided to go back through prints from earlier days this month and made a few more cards. I used the the Day 16 Print made using a Carabelle Studios Texture plate with a Simon Says Stamp Happy B-day Word Die by CZ Design. This time I backed the white die cut with vellum.
With these vibrant colors and the shine of a bit of gold & the contrast of the white sentiment, I'm linking-up at the Seize the Birthday Make It Pop! Challenge.
And for my final card today, I used the print I made earlier in the month with crocheted lace.
I used the Simon Says Stamp Yay You Words die by Cathy Zielske.
I'm linking-up this card at the Anything Goes Challenge at Cupcake Inspiration.
Thanks for joining my Gelli Print fun today.
I've had quite a weekend so far. Someone hacked my Facebook Account Friday night and was able to immediately change all of my information, so when I tried to recover it, Facebook refused to return it to me, saying my information didn't match what was on the account (as if they couldn't see 20 years of history tied to me and my information). So, I don't think I'll be returning to Facebook (which means I lost my Ingenious Inkling page too), so if you need to reach me, it will need to be on Instagram or by e-mail or text.
Whoever hacked my account also managed to charge things using my Paypal account (through Facebook - make sure you don't have anything linked between the two), attempted to hack my Venmo, e-mail and Instagram (thankfully unsuccessful on those), so if you interact with me be very careful with any purported contact, change your passwords, and turn on two-factor authentication (which is what saved me on my other accounts).
So needless to say, with all of the password changes and other safety measures, there hasn't been much time for cardmaking. When I saw the bar cart inspiration at Time Out Challenges, I knew it was time to break out a cold drink.
I paired some drink paper from my stash that has the same sort of retro feel of the bar cart with a sentiment from My Favorite Things Good Time to Wine.
I'm also joining AAA Cards Challenge to create CAS with Hot or Cold Drinks.
I'm also linking-up at Simon Says Stamp Add a Sentiment.
