Ingenious Inkling

More May Gelli Printing

I've still been having fun with the GelliArts May printing challenge with @birgit_koopsen.

 

 

Day 11 was circles.  I printed with my much-loved circle stencil and deep purple paint.

 

 

Day 12 was lace ... I always pick-up bits of lace at the Create/Exchange just for printing.  I used a crocheted lace doily for these prints.

 

 

 

Day 13 was printing with cardboard.  Yes, once again I went cardboard dumpster diving to get a piece of cardboard to use to create a print (I have no shame when it comes to art supplies).

 

 

Day 14 was foam stamps ... I already shared those prints together with cards I made from the prints ... see them here.

 

Day 15 was printing with Bubble Wrap.  I pulled out a much used piece of tiny bubble wrap and created two prints and an awesome clean-up print with gold paint.

 

 

Day 16 was printing with texture plates.  I always forget about the texture plate ... I pulled out a much used favorite de lignes et de courbes from Carabelle Studio.  The top left is a clean-up print using my roll off paper.

 

 

 

And lastly, Day 17 is an Egg Carton.  We still had a few eggs left, so I tore it in half and used the bottom to make one print & the textured paper of the top to make the second one.  You never know where inspiration might be.

 

 

 

I love the fun artistic experimentation that these monthly challenges bring to my creative process.

Gel Printing Joy

I love Gel Printing ... and these daily prompts are just what I need to try quick, fun things after a long work day.

 

 

I really love how my Rainbow print turned out.  I just said ROYGBIV and grabbed random tubes of paint from my container.  I put one of my favorite masks from Carabelle Studio called Accumulation of Circles on my plate and applied a dot of each paint on the right side of the plate and rolled with my brayer until it was covered.

 

 

I removed the stencil and just pulled the paint using white paper without adding another layer since it was wet enough to get a print.

 

 

Here's what I did for the first flower print (I had a bit of catching-up to do).

 

 

And last night I rescued a piece of cardboard from the Cardboard dumpster in our building, tore off a layer, and did a few fun prints.  

 

 

Have you been taking time to make some art that brings you joy?

New York Serendipity

We're still on the Serendipity theme at Wanderlust this week with our instructor the talented Carolyn Dube.  Her lesson was planned Serendipity since we chose five or so random supplies to use to create (but didn't limit ourselves to that if the design called for something else).

Here is what I chose from walking around my studio.

 

I decided I wanted the theme of my page to be New York because this week I've really been missing my annual trip there with Lauren.  I intended to stamp the Carabelle New York Skyline by Azoline repeatedly to create the background/base of my page.

Well, with the theme of Serendipity, it only seemed right that my plan completely failed.  I tried both ink & paint but with the texture of the watercolor paper pages of my journal, this is what I ended up with ... black messy muck.  Rather than start over, I decided to stick with it ... one thing I've learned from this class is that paint can solve a myriad of problems.

 

 

Next I tried Green Paint in the Carabelle Studio Fantaisie Spiralée Texture Plate ... and I got more mess.

 

 

I wasn't ready to give up yet.  I decided to go with something I knew would show up ... a word stamp and Archival ink ... and then of course I stamped the first word upside down.  I decided to just go with it and repeatedly stamped New York both right-side up and upside down.

 

 

Since my background focal image idea didn't work, I decided to cut apart my New York Postcard and use those images to create my focal point.  I used new-to-me Yes Stikflat Glue to adhere them (love this stuff ... another fun part of the class has been discovering new products & supplies).

After adhering the pictures, I went back in with the PaperArtsy Small Circles Mini Mask and some Catherine Pooler inks to pull in more green with the black and white photos.  I also went in with the Colored Pencils and Sharpie Markers from my stash to accent around the circles, although it's hard to see.

 

 

At this point I was starting to love the page.  The messy black background reminded me of the dirt and smoke covered surfaces of New York City.

 

 

Next I used another new-to-me tool a Sili-Brush to dot on Dina Wakley Turquoise & Daler Rowney White Acrylic Paints.  I focused around the edges of the photographs and edges of the page.

 

 

Next I came in with my Stabilo Pencil and traded the Skyscraper Stencil several places on the page and smudged it with my fingers.  

 

 

Next I followed Carolyn's lead and used my Ohte Fude Ball 1.5 Pen (my new favorite) to scribble words on the page.  It reminded me of graffiti you see all over the city.

I added a couple of chalkboard label stickers I've had forever in my stash and used a Green Posca Paint Pen to write New York, NY.  After writing it, I sponged through some punchinella and scribbled some more to keep that graffiti feel (you know, channeling my inner Banksy).

Particularly considering how it started, I love how it ended-up.  I'm so grateful for things I am learning from the different artist teachers at Wanderlust.  Thank you Carolyn Dube.  

I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says Stamp Art Journal Challenge.

Arty Saturday

I was blessed with a Saturday day of inky, painty, arty fun.  I started by creating my own Ephemera for my Wanderlust class.  I never thought of using bits of my own gel press prints to adorn my pages.  I cut them up and scanned them to create sheets I can use again and again.

 

 

She also taught us how to use Paint Pens & spritzes of water on texty pages for more ephemera options.

 

 

The last piece of the creative process was choosing a vintage photo from my stash.  This is my Dad & me (with my Uncle Randy in the background .. love those plaid pants).

 

 

The last step was to put it all together.

 

 

I'm really enjoying this creative process more than I expected ... I love stretching my wings.

Gell(i)nktober Halloween Witch

Today's Gell(i)nktober #gellinktober is brought to you by the colors Orange & Yellow.  I thought it would be fun to try to make a background for one of the Halloween cards I need to make.  I did my background in Sauna and then stamped on the Gel Press Plate using another Carabelle Studios Texture Plate - Tissu -  and Orange Twist.

 

 

I added a tag, 3-D sticker and sentiment sticker together with some ribbon & twine for a quick design.

 

Love those fun colors and one-of-a-kind background.

Gellinktober Be Brave

For today's Gellinktober play with ink on the Gel Press, I again tried stamping on the Gel Press with a Carabelle Studio Ronds Texture plate.  I got better results with more contrast in the ink colors.  The right is picking up the stamp from the press ... the left is using the extra ink to stamp on a gel press print.

 

 

I used the left image to make a card with this week's Freshly Made Sketch with some stickers from my stash.

 

 

I finished with a scattering of enamel dots.

 

Gellinktober Poppy Stamps Pink

Today's #gellinktober is brought to you by the color pink.  I used more Catherine Pooler inks on my Gel Press today with one of Birgit's own Texture Plates - Flower Grid from Carabelle Studio.

 

 

I didn't get quite the same layering effect with trying to pick-up stamped texture from my Gel Press (on the left), but stamping with the Carabelle Studio Flower Grid Texture plate produced more contrast on my roll-off piece of cardstock.

The October Challenge theme at Poppy Stamps is Think Pink, so I used my Poppy Stamps Confetti Heart Collage Die and backed it with a scrap of silver glitter paper before attaching to a white card base.

 

I used my one-and-only Poppy Stamps Stamp set Tidings of Joy with some stamp surgery (since it's a Christmas set) for my sentiment.  I used some silver glitter stickers to embellish.  

While I had my stamp on my MISTI, I stamped the sentiment a second time and used it with my other Gel Press Background.

 

Gellinktober

Birget is doing her own Gellinktober Fun ... using different inks on her Gel Press Plate every day in October.  Tonight I joined in the fun with Spiced Marmalade and Walnut Stain Distress Oxide Inks.

I also broke out a Carabelle Studio Cahier D'École Art Printing Texture Plate that I used both on my Gel Press Plate and inked like a stamp.

 

 

I used one of my printed papers together with the Sketch from Paper Craft Crew Challenges to pull together a quick Halloween card.

 

 

I used a glittery pumpkin for my focal image together with paper and bling scraps.

 

Baby Wipe Distress Oxide Background

Today in the Stamp Junkies Group on Facebook (if you're not a member, come join), Chris Dayton shared a fun technique using Distress Oxide Inks, a Stencil and Baby Wipes. I immediately had to give it a try. 

My Baby Wipes weren't super-moist, so I think I would have gotten more contrast with newer wipes, but I still got the cool effect.  I inked ivory cardstock with the colors below, placed my Carabelle Studio Art Mask Large - Collection of Circles Stencil over the cardstock, put two baby wipes over the top and brayer to remove the Oxide Ink.

 

I decided to use a Mug Life sentiment stamp from Ink Road Stamps together with this week's Sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketches.

I added a couple of Coloring Book Butterfly Brads and Matte Finish Enamel Dots to finish the Sketch design.

 

I'm also linking-up at Global Design Project with my Butterflies.

All You Need Is Love

With my latest order from Topflight Stamps they provided a recycled tag and request to create & post what I create with it.

I used my MISTI to stamp with Carabelle Stamps Mini textures & Doodl'Art and finished with a sentiment from Magenta #TopFlightTag ... my first valentine for 2019.