Ingenious Inkling

Dyan Reaveley Silhouette

Dyan Reaveley is our instructor for our Silhouette Lesson at Wanderlust this week.

She taught us about the power of using 3 or 5 elements in your designs ... how she thinks about her color families of warm and cold (and how purple is the exception color) and the power of adding black to make it all come together.

It started with a three color palette (florescent orange & yellow together with red for me) and painting with a baby wipe.  it made for quick and perfectly messy application.

 

 

Next we used those same three colors and a sponge applicator to stencil.  I used Michelle Ward's exclusive to Ink Pad NYC Hexagon stencil in yellow; Dylusions Diamonds Are Foreverl Stencil in Orange; and StencilGirl Fade Horizontal also by Michelle Ward for the dots.

I didn't have the Dylusions Stencil or Mask that Diane Used, so I tried to stamp a silhouette lady from my stash using Staz-On Ink.  Unfortunately, the page on the reverse side was a bit lumpy, so I ended-up with a half-way image.  I solved that by coloring in the image using a Black Sharpie. 

I used my black Project Life Pen to add black details to my stencil images.  I also came in with blank paint and added some more diamond stenciling and then stamped with trios of circles.

 

 

 

I realized as i was drafting this post that I should have outlined the sentiment sticker from Dylusions Back Chat Stickers for a bit more contrast ... that's the joy of art journaling is that a page may never be quite done.

To Be So Nice

The Less is More Challenge is all about a one-layer card featuring diamonds.

 

 

I used a Diamond Stencil together with the three ink colors from the Just Us Girls Challenge.  I added sentiments from The Stamp Market Simple Sentiments and The Stamp Market You.

 

 

To me these colors also qualify for the Bright, Cheerful Color Challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

 

Mom Best Buds

I love trying out my new Best Buds Stamp & Stencil Combo from Taylored Expressions.  I used Watermelon and Pineapple for my color palette.

 

 

I die cut the Mom Letters from Taylored Expressions Cap it Off Alpha in Watermelon & Black cardstock.  I finished with a sentiment from Taylored Expressions Mini Strips Life Savers die cut with the Mini Strips Asymmetrical Die.

Paris Pastel Birthday

The April #TEMakerChallenge is all about the pastel hues of the Taylored Expressions Color Combination Paris.

 

 

I used all four colors with the Taylored Expressions Gifted Background & Coordinating Stencil (I was able to quickly make 4 of these cards ... love that about these products).

 

 

Sentiment is from Taylored Expressions Simple Stripes - Birthday.  I'm also incorporated B is for Boxes & Birthday for the #TEMakerChallenge.

 

 

Since these products are from September 2019, I'm also joining the Retro Rubber Pastel? Yes Pastels! Color Challenge.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at The Paper Players Challenge for a Clean & Simple Birthday.

 

Happy Dust

It's been a while since I've played along with the Snarky Sisterhood, and since this morning I'm feeling a bit snarky, it felt like the perfect opportunity to express it with some paper.  This week's theme is M for Monochromatic.

 

 

Since I'm also about mixing-up my challenge, I chose the Rainbow Card Challenge Daffodil for my Monochromatic Hue.

 

 

For my snark, I went with one of my favorite Itty Bitty Stamps from Unity Stamp Company (that was gifted to me by my dear friend Cyndie) - Happy Dust, so I'm also joining the Let's Get Itty Bitty Challenge at the Unity {Show & Tell} Facebook Page. 

In hindsight, it probably would have been better to stamp my sentiment in black, but I was trying to stay as monochromatic as possible.

 

 

The layout is this week's Saturday Sketch.  I finished with a stiches sticker from Pretty Little Studio and three enamel dots.

 

 

 

And for a little more Daffodil Fun ... I made a Bee out of trash/recycled materials for the Ecofest Focus on Bees and took her (I named her Gilda after Gilda Radner in her Bee Costume) to join her other friends at the public hives outside our home.

 

Ho Ho Deer

It's another week of Earth Day recycled creations at Jingle Belles.

 

 

I went back to my packaging stash and combined another tissue box with some K&Company paper for my die cut background.  Then I used Cathy Zielske's Ho Ho Deer Circle Die on some Cosmo Cricket Grid packaging.  I backed him with a scrap of coordinating pink designer paper and added a red nose ... and you know I never pass-up a chance to bring out the googly eyes.

 

I finished with a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Christmas.

 

 

Thursday Link Love

Another week of skipping through blogland:

• how cute are these Air Dry Clay Pots
• Do you eat these Fruit Scraps?
• Four Key Traits of Effective Introvert Leaders
• I have some extra potatoes that I think will become Roasted Potato Wedges (I miss that KFC doesn't have these any more).
• A Goat Cheese Beet Salad is one of my favorite flavor combinations
• How to Zest & Juice a Lemon
• Do you know these Computer Keyboard Shortcuts
• I love this floating side table (shown)
• I can't eat Green Peppers, but this Philly Cheesesteak Soup still looks amazing
• How cute are these little Paper Frying Pans
• Strawberry Blondies
• love some Schoolhouse Rocks
• Have you tried different ways to cook hard boiled eggs ... I swear by my Electric Cooker (you need to use Medium or Large Eggs)
• Grandma's Coconut Chews

Have a tremendous Thursday!

Going Fishin'

I started tonight's card by embossing three different wood grain embossing folders using the three colors from The Paper Players.

 

 

Next I cut down the pieces using the current Mojo Monday Sketch.

 

 

Next I had to find an image with a person, so I could join the Let's Squash It! Challenge.

 

 

I used the vintage fisherman from Artistic Outpost Keeper as my person.

 

 

This image actually reminds me of younger pictures of my Dad and my little brother, which makes me smile.  I added a fish sticker on top of the fish stamp in the image and another sticker for the sentiment.  The finishing touches were a Love from Lizi Peel Off Sticker Strip & gold gems.

 

 

The inspiration for using the Wood Grain came from the theme of The Male Room challenge.

 

Next-Level Amazing

I loved the fun herringbone paper pieced design on dark cardstock in the Inspiration Photo at the Inspire.Create.Challenge.

I picked two similar designer papers from the Pinkfresh Studio Some Days Collection and cut 1/2" strips.  Next I trimmed the strips into 1 1/2" bricks and pieced together my design on a scrap of black cardstock.

 

 

I used the same punch as the Inspiration Photo for a sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio Favorite Things to Say #2.

 

I hand-cut a matt from lemon yellow cardstock and finished with a wrap of pink waxed twine and two clusters of lemon pearsl.

Given the Angles in my Herringbone Pattern, I'm also linking-up at the Heart 2 Heart What's Your Angle? Challenge.

 

Brayered Paper Silhouette

The current them of our lessons at Wonderlust is about Silhouettes with Kate Crane.  She started with several ways to create our vivid backgrounds.  The Brayer-to-Paper technique was one I had used several years ago at Art Camp with Lauren from watching a Paper Artsy Video, so I already had a stash of painted papers in my stash, so that is where I started.

 

 

I picked a vivid one and trimmed it down to attach in my Art Journal.  Next I stenciled paint and used a technique she showed about putting alcohol ink around lids to create circles & stamping with the lids and paint.  With my stamping using a soda pop bottle lid I'm joining the Sweet Stampin' Challenge to use something not normally used for crafting.  I also added some stenciling with Turquoise and Black paints.  I tried stenciling with the alcohol ink, but ended-up with that little purple blob at the bottom.

 

 

My silhouette was a die cut sun ray that I put on top to frame my painted background.

 

 

I finished with some sentiment stickers.  I want to go back and try her alcohol ink on gel press technique later this week, but yesterday I had fun creating with supplies in my stash.