Ingenious Inkling

Boot Shopping

The newest theme at the TGIF Challenges is Let's Go Shopping.

 

 

Anyone that knows me, knows that other than craft supplies, the thing I shop for the most are shoes.  I love having just the right color and style of shoe for each outfit.  So of course, my shopping card features some uniquely colored shoes (or boots in this case) in a just me color palette.

I die cut the Concord & 9th Bootcut Dies twice to make my pair of boots and used foam tape to attach the front boot of the pair

 

 

I embellished my boots with tiny epoxy hearts before attaching them to my designer paper panel.  I used a sentiment from the Concord & 9th Bootcut Stamp Set.

March Gelliprinting Continues

I have continued to enjoy the #marchprintingchallenge with @Gelliarts on Instagram.

 

 

Day 11 was Leaves.  I picked-up some silk oak leaves at The Create/Exchange and gave them a try for printing.  I didn't get the full leaf detail I had hoped for, but I still loved the end result, especially with the gold metallic paint.

 

 

 

Day 12 was Flowers.  Again, I used some silk flowers from The Create/Exchange to create some awesome texture on the plate.  I love the color combination of Peach with a bit of Raspberry.

 

 

 

Day 13 was layers.  I used a loose line stencil (that you can see part of at the top and bottom right) and printed multiple layers, moving the stencil around with each print.

 

 

 

For Day 14, Masks I went old-school with a Tim Holtz Idea-ology music Mask with two Simon Says Stamp inks.

 

 

 

 

Day 15 was Ombre.  I created my blend with two Concord & 9th Inks ... I love the soft ombre (with hints of music from the print from Day 14).

 

 

 

Day 16 was Texture.  I picked-up this little plastic cup thinking the texture might be fun to print with ... and it turned out my intuition was correct.  The Holbein paint was really wet, so the cup slipped a bit when I rolled it.  I can't wait to try it again with pink or drier paints to see how that looks.

 

 

I love learning as I create with new textures and mediums.

Gelliarts #marchprintingchallenge

I continue to have fun at the #marchprintingchallenge with GelliArts on Instagram.

 

 

For the Metallic theme on Day 4, I used two shades of Metallic Silver Paint and the Totally Dotty Stencil from AALL & Create.

 

 

For Day 5's Tissue Paper theme, I found this wonderful tissue paper flower at Create/Exchange and thought it would make a fun texture ... and indeed it did.  

 

 

For Day 6 Fabric, I found some cross-stitch fabric at Create/Exchange that produced both a cool painted fabric and a cool paper print.

 

 

Day 7 is Collage.  I combined layers of printing & stamping using Seth Apter Stamps from Impression Obsession with the AALL & Create Totally Dotty Stencil and inks from Catherine Pooler and The Stamp Market.

 

 

Day 8 was printing with one of my favorite mediums, PanPastels.  They picked-up some unexpected grunge, which is always a wonderful surprise from gelliprinting.

 

 

Day 9 is Ink Pads.  I used two trios of Concord & 9th Ink to create lovely ombre prints.

 

 

Day 10 is Jewelry.  I found this fun coconut necklace at The Create/Exchange that I thought might produce a cool texture for printing ... and again, my gut was right.  I love the effect.

 

 

I love the fun of creating art every day.

Just For You Bokeh

When I saw the Sketch at AAA Cards Challenge, I knew I wanted to have some Bokeh fun.  I inked-up my well-loved Essentials by Ellen Bokeh Dots using the colors from the Just Us Girls Challenge (translated to Concord & 9th inks in Midnight, Clover and Oceanside) ... oops, just realized I was too late to link-up for the colors ... oh well, love them anyway.

 

 

I had fun getting all dotty.

 

 

I chose my sentiment from Essentials by Ellen Pure Magic for the CAS on Sunday Just for You Challenge.

 

Mid Century Modern Gift Set

I'm working on some holiday gifts sets.  I thought Uniko's Mid Century Modern stamps and stencils would be perfect for a masculine set.

I chose a fun trio of ink colors from Concord & 9th - Peacock, Mushroom & Sprout

 

I started with the Uniko Bauhaus Blocks Stencil.

 

 

Next, I combined multiple stamps starting with Uniko Background Blocks Linear in Mushroom.  I filled in the design with stamps from Uniko Background Builders: Seeing Stars and Uniko Background Builders: Round in Circles.

 

 

Next I used different stamps from the Uniko Background Builders: Round in Circles and Uniko Explosions! Additions.

 

 

For the final card, I went back to the Uniko Bauhaus Blocks stencils.

 

I'm really happy with how this quartet turned out.

 

Season's Greetings

As I mentioned before, one of the fun things about creating with friends and trying products you don't own.  I borrowed these die cuts from my friend Brenda and used them with a Michael's Christmas slimline paper pad.

The quilt die cut was from a Concord & 9th class.  The sentiment is from Unity Stamp Company Greetings of the Season die cut set.

 

 

I'm linking-up my card at the Inkspirational Seasonal Challenge.

 

 

And the Double D Challenge is all about Stripes &/or Dots.  I've got lots of stripes and the holly berry dots.

 

 

And my cozy paper quilt is perfect for the 12 Months of Christmas Link-Up Cozy Challenge.

 

You Rock

The newest Global Design Project is a challenge to CASE the Designer.

 

 

I used Ardyth's LIMES method to plan my design.  

 

 

I included the main circle focal image, other elements off the edges of the circle, thread under the sentiment, a scattering of gems and a celestial theme.  I excluded the moon, rectangle sentiment & splattered background. 

My spin was to change the color palette, use another circle for the sentiment, change from white to gold thread, swap the clouds for stars, and used my own Dylusions Shimmer Paint smooshed background from my stash.

 

 

The sentiment is from Concord & 9th Greatest Hits.

I'm also linking-up at the Anything Goes Challenge at Use Your Stuff.

(It Must Have Been Ol') Santa Claus

Day 7 of Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas is - (It Must Have Been Ol') Santa Claus with Heather Meeson)

 

 

I loved Heather's Ho Ho Ho Shaker Tag, which is also perfect for the Shake It Up Challenge at Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero.

 

 

I used Spellbinders Die-Lites Jolly Ho Ho Ho with Concord & 9th Tutu Glitter paper.

 

 

True with the song lyrics, I added the Santa from Hero Arts Merry Christmas Santa & Reindeer.  I filled my shaker with sequins and finished with a bright blue ribbon to coordinate.

I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says: Add Sparkle Challenge.

 

 

I also made a tic tac toe across the center for the Papercraft Crew Tic Tac Toe Challenge with Circles (from my O's), Die Cuts & Ribbon.

Holly and Ivy

The newest Shopping Our Stash Challenge is Holly and Ivy - create a card using Christmas plants and greenery (trees, boughs, poinsettias, mistletoe, etc.)

 

 

I went shopping in my stash and found a package of Idea-ology Pocket Cards Christmas that were filled with greenery.  I felt in love with the one featuring sea glass & black with a single pine branch, so I built my card around it.

 

 

I used one of the plaid pocket cards (I love that they are two-sided) and some Concord & 9th Sea Glass Cardstock for my layers.  I added a Tim Holtz Idea-ology Christmas Label Sticker for my sentiment and then shopped my drawer of washi tape adding three of them to finish the design (I really love the December 25th tape in Sea Glass).

Happiest of Birthdays

When I saw the pillow inspiration at the Color Throwdown Challenge, I thought I could build an entire boy's bedroom around those pillow.

 

 

I chose Catherine Pooler Dress Blues & Twilight with Concord & 9th Stardust (there is really no ink color like that one and I thought it matched perfect).

I paired it with this week's Freshly Made Sketch where I knew I wanted to stamp the vertical line elements of the design.  I used Avery Elle Brushed Stamp, rotating the middle one.

 

 

For the vertical sentiment, I ombre-inked Avery Elle Cake & Candles.  I finished with some Concord & 9th Stardust enamel dots.