Ingenious Inkling

I'm Dreaming of a GREEN Christmas

We're still all Grinchy at Jingle Belles this week - creating cards that are predominantly green.

I've been doing the GelliArts #marchprintingchallenge, so I'm currently up to my ears in GelliArts prints.  I chose a number of green prints from my stash and cut them into 3/8" strips.  Next I attached the strips to a cardstock base in a quilt-like pattern.  When I was done, I ran it through an embossing folder to unify the patterns with an all-over texture.

 

I finished with fun green Ephemera from Fancy Pants Cookies for Kringle Collection.

Remember, one lucky participant will win the PoppyStamps Nordic Dimple Christmas Trees Die Set.

 

Thursday Link Love

Another week of blogland fun:

• High Protein McGriddle Muffins
• Heather Rios Embroidered Cakes
• homemade Irish Cream
• Spring Cleaning for your Mental Health
• Lemon Brownies
• Chicken Pot Pie Pasta
• Do you have a Happiness Checklist
• Swirled Ginger Crunch Carrot Cake Bread
• Hostess Sheet Cake
• Fan Cleaning Hack
• One-Pot Beer Cheese Bucatini
• Books people couldn't put down
• I really need to start making Sushi Bowls (shown)
• Lemon Blueberry Spoon Cake
• How to regulate your nervous system
• Banana Pudding Cheesecake

Have a tremendous Thursday!

Mailable Birthday

The newest Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero Challenge is to make a mailable card (and mail it).

 

 

Birthday cards are something I regularly mail, so I that's what I made.  I started with tone-on-tone stamping of the Hero Arts Abstract Frames Bold Print.

 

 

Next, I added the star balloon transfer from the Birthday Hero Transfers, but decided that it didn't have enough contrast (However I am still linking-up at the S is for ... Challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz with my Star), so I added the blue balloon dog transfer on top.  Then I added a blue sentiment transfer and blue stars to create a triangle of blue.

I finished with a few red gems to create another visual triangle with the large die cut sentiment from Hero Arts It's Our Anniversary (backed with coordinating yellow glitter).

Pinkfresh Happy Birthday

The March Pinkfresh Studio Challenge is Spell It Out - to get creative using Pinkfresh Alphabet Stamps and/or Dies.

 

 

I used three of the colors from the Challenge photo to die cut HAPPY using Pinkfresh Studio Adore Alphabet to make a masculine birthday card.  I used the two shades of blue ink with the Pinkfresh Studio Layered Sunburst Stencil Set.

 

I used foam tape to attach the letters and cut the "birthday" from a sentiment found in Pinkfresh Studio Happy Birthday Sentiments.  I finished with some Stargazer gems.

I'm also linking-up at the Seven Hills Craft Challenge to use a Stamp, a Die and a Stencil on a card.  I'm also joining the March Stencil Fun Challenge.

More #MarchPrintingChallenge with Gelliarts

I've finished week 2 of the #marchprintingchallenge with Gelliarts.

 

 

Day 8 was Bright Colors that make me happy.  For me that is orange, fuchsia and lime green with the O'Keeffe Orchid Joggles Stencil (Mask) by Elizabeth St. Hilaire.

 

 

 

For Day 9's Cool Colors I combined metallic blue & green, which ended-up giving me a bit of a Mermaid vibe.

 

 

For Day 10's warm colors, I couldn't stop playing with the orange/red combination.  These were my two favorites.

 

 

For Day 11, I tried a technique involving water splatter, but it didn't work the way it was supposed too ... but at least I learned.

 

 

For Day 12 Gradient, I used two shades of pink.

 

 

Day 13 - how do I pick a favorite colors.  Since I used most of my favorites on Day 8, I went with my sister's favorite purple with some polymer clay texture plates I picked-up over the weekend.

 

 

And for Day 14, I'm not sure I've ever done a Black & White print before ... but I loved how it turned out, especially with the bits of red paint residue that was on the plate.

 

 

Another fun week of making art every day ... I love it.

It's Not Easy Being Green

Our newest prompt at Jingle Belles is Get Your Grinch On - we're asking you to celebrate our friend the Grinch by creating a holiday card that is predominantly GREEN (and bonus points if you throw a Grinch in too).

I started with a green polka dot card base.  Next I added a green Doodlebug Candy Cane Lane Tag that I matted with a think layer of blue to give a bit of contrast to the background before adding sparkly red ribbon with a green twine bow and attaching with foam tape for dimension.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says A Bit O' Green Challenge. 

And to add a little fun, we've also got a giveaway for one lucky participant ... the PoppyStamps Nordic Dimple Trees (that I see are sold out at PoppyStamps).

 

Thursday Link Love

Another week of blogland adventures:

• Do you ever Gamify your Goals?
• Sunshine Bliss Bars
• Ground Beef Dinner Ideas
• Winning Systems
• Chocolate Stout Cupcakes (shown)
• Crispy Gochujang Rice Salad
• Portraiture of Seth Fiifi Afful
• I do love a good dip
• creamy Rueben Soup
• the art of Nick Cave
• Irish Bread Pudding
• Baileys Panna Cotta
• ways to welcome Spring
• we grew up eating Cinnamon Toast

Have a tremendous Thursday!

Think Ink

The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Think Ink - we're asking you to use lots of ink, but NO COLORING ... think sponging, smooshing, stenciling, brayering, splattering, gel printing.

 

 

I chose one of my favorite techniques.  I apply Distress Oxide to a stamping block, spritz some water, and then press the block into watercolor paper.  I used the three colors from this week's TGIF Color Challenge.

 

 

After the ink dried, I stamped the Concord & 9th Daisy Turnabout on top of the Distress Oxide Ink.

 

 

I added a sentiment & die from the set (these were stamps from the Concord & 9th Winter Retreat) with the background cut from a light green vellum.

I finished with opalescent gems in the center of my daisy.

 

 

We hop you'll get inky and come join us.

Kitty Sympathy

When I bought Kristina Werner's Loved & Missed Stamp Set, I honestly hoped I would never need to use it.  But since I do need another pet sympathy card, I'm grateful to have it.

 

 

I chose the colors from this week's Color Throwdown since I thought the browns worked well for the paw prints ... and since he was a boy kitty, the blue seems liked the right sympathy hue.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at Make My Monday Use a Die Cut Challenge.

 

No Stamping Birthday

The latest Challenge at Seize the Birthday is to create a card with no Stamping.

 

 

I picked up a collection of bits that were still on my studio table from prior card attempts and used them to pull this quick & easy card together.

I started with a tag that I trimmed down to a rectangle.  Next I positioned it inside the a white frame cut using Gina K. Designs Master Layouts 18 and white cardstock.  I attached them both to a yellow ombre card base with foam tape.

 

 

I found a Pinkfresh Studio Sticker sentiment.  I tried to place it horizontally, but it covered too much of my image (looking at it now, I suppose I could have positioned it on the horizontal part of the frame), so I went vertical along the side of the card for a fun look.