As I was putting away my AALL & Create Blush Washi Tape from last night, I realized the pink heart tape would look perfect with these gnome stickers in my Valentine's Day stash.
The little Gnome with a letter was perfect for the Clean & Simple Postman Bring Me a Letter Challenge at The Paper Players.
I'm also linking-up at the Love is in the Air Creatalicious Challenge.
The animal for the 2025 Lunar New Year is the Snake. I went searching for snake stamps so I could join the Lunar New Year Challenge, and to no one's surprise, there aren't a lot.
However, I found this adorable Sassy Snake Stamp Set at Whimsy Stamps, which took me down the Whimsy Stamps rabbit hole (yep, I bought more than just snakes, once again to no one's surprise).
I went with a fun color combination of teal and lime green using one sentiment from the Sassy Snakes Set and the Happy New Year from Whimsy Stamps Simple Sentiment Strips.
I tucked the snake into a die cut frame and finished with some lime sequins.
AALL & Create had a big year-end sale, so in addition to lots of fun stamps & stencils, I picked up the first new Washi Tape I've bought in a while.
The patterns and colors reminded me of the Inspired by Pillows Challenge.
So tonight, I used the Washi Tape to create a quick & fun inspired valentine.
I attached the washi tape to white cardstock and then die cut with a stitched rectangle. I added two wooden hearts and a sticker sentiment to complete the card.
I'm also linking-up at Just Add Ink with my new Washi.
I was filing away my Gelliarts prints from #GelprintJanuary2025, which got me wondering if I had prints that would work for the most recent Color Hues Challenge - Navy & Lime Green.
What I discovered was that I had lots of dark blue prints, but none that I would truly call navy (note to self, buy some navy paint, which apparently is Prussian Blue), so I had to use cardstock for that color, but I did find a really nice Lime Green print I had made doing text transfer.
Also, during studio clean-up, I found these fun Spellbinders A2 Modern Stationary Dies that make a fun card shape.
It was the perfect opportunity to showcase my new CZ Design Chin Up Die cut.
Using papers I made myself prove there are no rules for art or color challenges, so I'm also linking-up at the TGIF Challenges.
I'm still enjoying making a gel print every day using the prompts from #gelprintjanuary2025.
Day 13 was loop. I looped yarn onto my plate, pulled a print, removed the yarn, and then picked-up this print. I love the green paints.
Day 14 was white. I pulled a print using white paint, and then added a second layer of white paint and pulled it using grey cardstock for contrast.
I think Day 15's Dot print is my favorite. There's something so soothing about printing circles. I love how those colors worked together.
For Day 16 I printed into a map. I have a pile tucked away that I saved from old National Geographic Magazines. I tried printing with florescent paint, so more of the map showed through, but didn't quite get the effect I wanted, so I used a more opaque paint on top. I probably should have used a stencil with larger openings.
Day 17 was Shine. I have these awesome Metallic Extreme Sheen paints from DecoArt that are so shiny, so I pulled a couple of all-over prints for future die cutting.
It's been so much fun trying different paints and techniques. I love making art every day.
We're calling this week's Jingle Belles prompt Candy Christmas - to make a card inspired by this fun Candy decorated room.
This week, I was really drawn to all of the white space and the fun color combination of bright blue on the package bows, the red & pink nutcracker and the bit of bright green I saw in the tree (not to mention the green Grinch peeking out of the chimney). I cut 1/4" strips of papers using those color combination and paired the strips with lots of white space.
I added the Big on Christmas sentiment from Concord & 9th and finished with Doodlebug Designs Candy Cane Lane puffy candy stickers, together with a few other Christmas icons.
I'm also joining the Simon Says Clean & Simple Challenge with all of my white space.
Have a tremendous Thursday!
One of the current Exhibits at our Cedar Rapids Museum of Art is Beyond the Object: Women in Abstraction. To honor that exhibit, the Museum's Education Director led an Abstract Art class at one of the local libraries.
I chose to focus on making abstract papers using paper bags and paint, and it was a lot of fun.
I cut the bottom paper into four rectangles using the current Sketch Saturday to make a valentine.
I topped my painted bag with some ArtChix Inchies that I rediscovered while reorganizing my studio.
And with all of the fabulous layers of painty texture of my paper, I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says Add Some Texture Challenge. And Love is in the Air at the Creatalicious Challenge.
The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is GLITTER Me Happy - make a card featuring glitter, which can include loose glitter, glitter glue, wink of Stella, Shimmer Pens, Stickles or Glitter paper.
I decided to use glitter paper and go FULL ON GLITTER.
I chose gold glitter paper for my card base inspired by the Poppy Stamps Midas Touch Challenge. I die cut the Poppy Stamps Confetti Heart Collage from the Gold Glitter Cardstock. Next I attached it to a Raspberry Glitter Foam scrap from my stash.
I added a few Twilight Ombre Glitter Dots and a sentiment from Memory Box Big and Little Valentines.
I'm still having fun gel printing my way through January.
Day Six was Double. I decided to do a double-print using the same floral stencil for both. Here is the first print.
and I did a second.
For Day Seven's theme of Ghost, I pulled a floral ghost print from the paint that was remaining on the plate.
For Day 8 Love, I chose The Kiss Mask by Elizabeth St. Hilaire for Joggles ... and of course I had to use some metallic gold paint to pull the print.
I tried some Crayon Resist for Day 8 ... the result was a bit lackluster, but they can't all be winners. I still like the print, even though the resist is less visible than I intended.
Day 10 was Outside, so I went outside to find something to print with. I found this piece of pine foliage leftover from Christmas, and it worked perfectly.
For Day 11, I chose some shorts that I had Worn before they became too big and moved into the gelliprinting resource box. I never tire of seeing the pocket on the plate.
Day 12 is Kitchen, so I went searching through the drawers and found this frosting spreader that I've had in my kitchen since the 80s. Today it was perfect for using the serrated edge in the paint on the plate.
I hope you're enjoying my January Gel Printing adventures.
