Ingenious Inkling

Gelli Print Creativity

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.

Foam Stamp Birthday

Day 14 of #birgitkoopsengelprintingchallenge is Foam Stamps.  I had fun creating prints with Triple Play, a 7 piece foam stamp set designed by Nathalie Kalbach, Birgit Koopsen, and Marsha Valk.  I also used a round foam stamp whose source I was unable to determine.  I love printing with silver paint.

 

 

I cut two of the panels into one-inch strips and used them for this week's Freshly Made Sketch.

 

For the first one I used some flower stickers that I picked-up at the Dollar Tree with a Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Strip for a quick feminine birthday card.  I thought the grungy look of the blooms worked well with the grungy print.

 

 

 

 

I'm linking this card up at the Spring Flowers Challenge at little red wagon challenges.

 

 

Since my foam rubber stamps are from March 2021, I'm also linking-up at the Retro Rubber Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge.  I went diagonal from the top left with  Birthday, Flowers & Your Choice (which for me is Gel Printing).

 

I found some cute little Dinosaur stickers in my drawer, so I turned one into a birthday card for a little boy (or maybe a not-so-little-boy who still loves Dinosaurs).

 

 

 

I love how it looks like the sentiment is coming out of his mouth.  With my Jurassic Animal, I'm linking-up at The Male Room Animal Challenge.

 

Garden Party Birthday

Still working to get some birthday cards in the mail.  This one features papers from BoBunny Garden Party Collection.

 

 

I added a tiny stamped Happy Birthday and gorgeous Pinkfresh Studio Ombre Glitter Drops (they are so lovely) using the Sketch from Try Stampin' (or Not) on Tuesday.

 

If You Were Vodka ...

The theme at the Just Us Girls is Clean & Simple card featuring Food or Beverages.  

 

 

Since the Topping at Seize the Birthday is Alcohol, that's where I went with my design.

 

 

I found this Martini glass in my stash and I added a few tiny olive stickers.  It was perfect to pair with a snarky sentiment from My Favorite Things Sassy Pants Birthday Greetings.

 

 

I layered a white stitched die cut square using the horizontal slimline layout from the CAS Colours & Sketch Challenge.

 

 

I'm also joining the Anything Goes Challenge at Less Is More Challenge.

 

Softball Birthday

The creative plans for today are to make a dent in my birthday card backlog.  I'm starting with ones that need to get in the mail.

I used Carta Bella Baseball paper and the Sketch from The Paper Players to make this softball-themed birthday card.

 

 

I inked the River City Baseball stamp (I miss that company) in brown and then added red for the seams ... it reminds me of the dirt-covered softballs I played with way way back in the day.  When I first started playing softball, I was so terrible.  I was relegated to right field on the worst team in the league.  By my final season, I was playing second base on the league winning team.  It was years of fun from my youth (although I always hated having to avoid the swimming pool on game days if I wanted to play).  The smell or taste of Super Bubble Gum always takes me right back to the ball fields.

 

 

I finished with a vintage Hero Arts Woodblock Birthday sentiment.

Gelli Print Birthday

When I saw the new sketch at Global Design Project, I knew it was another opportunity to cut-up a Gelli Print. 

This one wasn't a "reject" so-to-speak, but it did have interesting texture and layers that I thought would work with the 1" square punch for a masculine birthday card that needed to be mailable.

 

 

I played around with different background colors and settled on this one ... both because it's one of the recipient's favorite colors and I liked how it pulled out that color from the print.

 

I finished with a tiny typewriter font happy birthday.

Rainbow Happy Birthday

The Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero Challenge is "They Say It's Your Birthday".

 

 

I decided to break out some old school wood block stamps and use it with the theme (Rainbow) and Sketch at Try Stampin' (or Not) on Tuesday.

 

 

 

I inked the Hero Arts Birthday Blackboard stamp with Red, Yellow, Blue & Purple overlapping the ink to the get the rest of the rainbow colors.  I spritzed with water before stamping, since you only get one shot with a woodblock stamp.

 

 

Since I used a wood block stamp for the main image, I used another one for the Hero Arts Happy Birthday sentiment.  

 

Pastel Floral Birthday

Pastels with the Paper Players seemed to be the right approach for Easter (I even hid a few bunnies in my birthday card).

 

 

I went searching for designer papers in my stash that were inspired by the flowers & colors of the lovely Desserts at the Inspired by Challenge.

 

 

This week's Freshly Made Sketch let me feature 4 different papers from Pebbles Garden Party & Lullaby including a lovely daffodil seed packet.

 

 

I finished with some Birthday Wishes from Taylored Expressions More Signature Sentiments.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says Birthday Challenge.

Gelli Print Happy Birthday

I think when I bought this Giant Lawn Fawn Outlined Happy Birthday Die Cut, somehow I thought it would be a nice single cut to use with Gelli Prints.  I didn't realize it really cuts in three different designs in the background die.  For my cards, I used 2 of the three designs allowing the background to be the third (rather than trying to piece in all of those little bits.

I cut the die from two different Gelli Prints on cardstock and die cut a blue rectangle to attach them to.  I'm linking-up at the NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff) Challenge with my cards.

This one was my favorite ... I think the colors pop the most.

 

 

I like the reverse of the colors, but feel like I should have used a yellow card base for more contrast (sometimes I don't see it until I photograph).  However, now that I look at the photograph of the card, I think I pretty much like them both the same.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Crafty Calendar Die Cut Challenge, which is sponsored by Lawn Fawn.  

 

 

I'm also joining the Lawnfawnatics Challenge with my card inspired by the song that played every year on my birthday throughout my childhood - Birthday by The Beatles.

Robot Birthday

This week at Shopping Our Stash we're bringing you a Sketch Challenge.

 

 

I shopped my Gelli Print Stash for my background and the vertical strips.

 

 

Next I pulled out some stickers that are so old I have no idea their maker or source ... but they are definitely perfect for a little boy's birthday.  The sentiment stamp is also vintage woodblock with no manufacturer indicated.