Ingenious Inkling

Gellinktober Rainbow

I have had a lot of fun this month joining Birgit's Gellinktober Challenge - #gellinktober ... I've been working through various color combinations making my own rainbow of inked gel prints.

I tried Alcohol Ink on my Gel Press for the first time, doing the pulls with manila tags.

 

My favorite unexpected side-effect was the roll-off of my brayers onto white cardstock using blending solution squirted directly on the brayer.

 

Here's another with Alcohol Ink in pinks.  I did more drops and less blending for this attempt.

 

 

Again, the cool roll-off on white cardstock.

 

One more Alcohol Ink color combination, this time pulled with a metallic gold paint.

 

 

I also loved the effect with inks from The Stamp Market and a Texture Plate from Carabelle Studios.  

 

I didn't get the ombre effect I wanted on my first pull, but inking the texture plate with cherry ink produced exactly the contrast I was hoping for.

 

I also had fun with Distress Oxide inks ... it's so cool seeing how different the inks react and combine on the Gel Press Plate.

 

 

Again another Texture Plate from Carabelle Studios.

 

 

One more Distress Oxide Color Combination.  

 

The Versafine Clair inks produced a lovely ghost print.

I've been doing all of my prints on my round plate since I'll be trimming them down to card size.

Joy on Dictionary Day

When I saw the Dictionary Day Challenge at Daring Cardmakers, I knew I needed to join the fun.

 

I started with my Joy Definition Stamp from Catslife Press stamped in brown on ivory cardstock & the joy page out of one of my dictionaries ... and my base is a gel press print made by my friend Mona.

 

 

I went to my collage drawer and combined stickers, birds, vintage gold sequins and trading stamps to finish my collage.

 

I took my color inspiration from the Pick of the Paperback books at The Library Challenge.

Life's a Witch

I built my card around a fun snarky sentiment from Haunt It from The Project Bin.

 

 

I stamped it in Pink and added some fun Pink Paper that reminds me of a Terrazzo Floor for the H is for Pink Halloween at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

 

I used the layout from the current Fusion Card Challenge and finished with the Witch's Black Cat and some enamel dots.

 

 

I'm also joining the Aud Sentiments Challenge to use a Halloween or Fall Sentiment.

Most Favorite Human

The current Seize the Birthday Challenge is to use your Scraps. 

 

 

I decided to combine it with the Color Hues Challenge and make my scraps Blue & Orange.

 

 

I created a paper pieced stripes background and then used scraps to die cut my sweet little Simon Says Stamps Large Gnome.

 

I finished with a Simon Says Stamp Birthday Sentiment Strips.

Spooktacular

This card is for the Color Week Challenge at Just Us Girls.  I started with a lovely Black & Purple Floral Paper from Moonlit Manor by Recollections.

 

 

I couldn't resist adding the purple stage curtain from the Tim Holtz Ideology Halloween Layers, so then I had to create a Halloween show.  

 

I added some Dancing Skeletons (I love how the flowers sort of look like turbans on their heads) and some orange sentiment flags.  The finishing touch was a huge glittery spider on the curtain and a few enamel dots.

I'm also joining the Simon Says Stamp Spooky Challenge.

 

Happy Meow-loween

My card started with the hues from this week's Color Throwdown Challenge.

 

 

As I look at the picture, the tan looks more ivory, but I saw it as kraft in the color samples.

Instead of bats, my black is cats.  I combined both black cat paper and some glittery black cat stickers with the absolutely perfect sentiment from Taylored Expressions Boo to You Stamp Set.

 

The layout is this week's Sketch from Sunday Stamps.  I'm also joining Make my Monday Challenge where the challenge is to create a car using predominantly Orange.

 

 

Butterfly Birthday Tag

The October #TEMakerChallenge is to use Blue, Stencils and makes something that is not a card.

I started with a Navy Tag that I stenciled with Mosaic Leaves using Garden Party & White Pigment Ink.

 

 

I stamped & die cut the butterflies from the Social Butterflies Stamp set we received for the Friday Class at Stamp Joy.  I topped them with Drip Drops and finished with a sentiment from If Balloons Could Talk.

I finished by stapling on some fancy sheer ribbon at the top of my tag.

Salon Fun

This afternoon I had fun making cards with The Salon Collection by Echo Park.

The first one uses this week's CAS(e) this Sketch! Layout.

 

 

I love the little pops of pink on the single layer design.

 

 

Then I used this week's Global Design Project Layout.

 

 

Next, it was this week's CAS Colours & Sketches Layouts.

 

 

I love that Bobby Pin Stamp.

 

 

And then this week's Freshly Made Sketch.

 

Love the color combination of this collection.

 

And one more to round out the group.

 

Love Bug

When I saw the inspiration photo at the TGIF Challenges, I couldn't resist using some of my favorite Vintage Rides Stickers from {a vintage girl} & her daughter ... remember my discount code SMILYNSTEF gets you 15% off your order.

 

Aren't these Vintage Rides perfect for the challenge.

 

 

I cut several circles from wood grain designer paper and added my cute little love bug.  My Aunt had a VW Bug when we were kids, and we loved riding in it with her.

 

The sentiments are from the oh-so-timely Quarantine - Social Distancing Quotes sticker set.

While I had my products out, I went ahead and made a second card.  I cut a slightly larger circle for the larger Love Bug.

 

 

This time I stamped sentiments from Taylored Expressions Little Bits of Birthday.

Merry & Bright PINK Christmas

I literally dreamed about this card ... do you ever do that? 

 

 

As I was thinking about what I wanted my next Jingle Belles PINK Christmas card to be, I dreamed about a paper-pieced pink background using scraps of all of the pink papers in my stash ... and here it is.

 

I used a leftover die cut circle on my studio table together with a couple of pink stickers from my stash ... I grounded them with a sentiment from Essentials by Ellen Mondo Holly.

Remember, Lauran and I each donate to Breast Cancer Research for every PINK holiday card that links up ... I hope you'll come and join our PINK Christmas fun.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at Jen's Get Cracking on Christmas Challenge.