Ingenious Inkling

Gelli Print Card Making

Last night I made a few more cards with my Gelli Prints using a couple of Sketch Challenges.

The first one uses the packing tape I made with a Gelliprint together with the layout from the Sunday Stamps Challenge.

 

 

I used a sentiment from Concord & 9th Greatest Hits.

 

 

The Tuesday Morning Sketch is another Panel Sketch, which is perfect for another Gelliprint.

 

 

I used another sentiment from the Concord & 9th Greatest Hits with some fun star stickers.

 

 

I'm also linking this card up at The Paper Craft Crew Masculine Challenge.

 

 

It's so fun creating art with my own papers.

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.

You're So Sweet

The newest Challenge at Shopping our Stash is You're So Sweet - create a card featuring something sweet (ice cream, cake, cookies, fruit ... basically my 5th food group).

 

 

I decided to go with Rina K's Sweet Stuff Stamps, Dies & Stencils for a cool delicious ice cream cone.  I combined it with the current Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge to use her Masking Magic Masking Strips to create a masked & stenciled design.  I used three colors of Electro Pop ink and three stencils - Festive, Mega Flowers & Water Droplets.

 

 

 

I used the delicious Electro Pop Orange for an orange Sherbet Cone (if it were real life, I'd also have a second scoop of vanilla to mix the two together).  I used Gina K. Designs Small Stitched Ovals for my black matt to help the cone pop more against the busy background.

 

 

 

I finished with a sentiment from the same set (which coincidentally matches our challenge theme exactly ... love that).

I hope you'll shop your stash & come join us for some sweet fun.

Rainbow Thinking of You

The May Challenge at Pinkfresh Studio is all about the Rainbow.

 

 

I thought the Pinkfresh Studio Geo Arch Stencils reminded me of rainbows, so I used four Pinkfresh Ink colors and overlapped to get all of the rainbow hues.

 

 

I decided to go simple with the card design, so the rainbow could shine through.  I used a sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio Foiled Sentiments 3 and some Pinkfresh Studio Sparkle & Shine Ombre Glitter Drops on a black card base keeping a thin white border around the stencil design.

 

 

 

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

Pinkfresh Fold It Up

The newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Fold It Up - create a Card that features a non-standard Fun Fold design (easel card, gatefold, stair step, side step, trifold, etc) OR a card with interactive elements (shaker, mechanical, spinner etc).

 

 

I went with both a fancy fold & interactive with the Pinkfresh Studio A2 Slider Die.  I die cut it from white cardstock and one more time from a wonderful purple to add a pop of color.

 

 

 

I die cut the Pinkfresh Studio Tuberose washi tape after attaching it to vellum for a translucent look.  I also added a sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio My Favorite Things to Say.  With those gorgeous blooms, I'm also linking-up at the April Flowers Challenge at Pinkfresh Studio.

 

 

When you pull the tag at the top of the card, you get the fun fold & the interactive element.

 

 

I attached a piece of Pinkfresh Ephemera to the inside of the card that has even more flowers and a large washi tape bloom on the part of the tag that pulls out.  The flexibility of the vellum made it the perfect chose for my washi tape in this movable design.

 

 

It's also a Fancy Fold Challenge at Inspire.reate.Challenge, so I'm joining the fun.

Galaxy Coneflowers

When I saw the Taylored Expressions April #TEMakerChallenge Sketch, I thought about lots of possibilities for those circles.

 

 

I decided to try punching 1 1/4" circles from one of my "rejected" Gelli Press prints from this card and arranged the circles on a white card base.  This is a lesson in why I save Gelli Press prints that as a background may not have the look I want, but a punch or die cut can give the print an entirely different look.

 

 

I die cut the Taylored Expressions Coneflowers from three colors that coordinated with my background and finished with a Sentiment Strips - Friendship, which will be perfect to put in the mail to one of my crafty friends across the miles.

I'm also linking-up at the Papercraft Challenges Spring Challenge.

 

 

My sentiment stamp is from July 2019, so I'm also linking-up at the Retro Rubber it's spring Challenge.

April Showers

April Showers is the current Challenge theme at Shopping Our Stash - Create a card that features a *Shower* element ... rain, umbrella, rainbow, clouds, puddles or a Baby Shower or Wedding Shower card.

 

 

I truly shopped my entire stash trying to find an umbrella.  Turns out, it's apparently not something that attracts me when I buy stamps.  I finally found one in Essentials by Ellen Bear Wear, so I continued to shop my Essentials by Ellen stash to build a little scene.

I started it by die cutting the Essentials by Ellen Birch Trees Cover Plate from a copper gelli print and attaching it to a scrap of blue designer paper from my scrap stash.    Since I built my card without really thinking where it was going to end-up, I realized after attaching the trees to the paper that I needed some raindrops to go with my Umbrella, so I used a stamp from Essentials by Ellen Organic Elements with some light blue ink.

 

 

I stamped & die cut the Bear from Essentials by Ellen All Inside together with his cute little chickie friend from Essentials by Ellen Sweet Spring Stamp & Die Combo.

I added some early spring blooms from Essentials by Ellen Nature Walk Stamp & Die Combo.  I finished with a rose foiled sentiment from Essentials by Ellen Way with Words and a few cut clouds before attaching to a yellow card base.

 

 

I'm also joining the Crafting Happiness Rainy Weather Challenge.

 

 

And the Double D Challenge is celebrating all things related to April Showers.

 

I Feel Lucky

I was so intrigued by the colors in the Color Throwdown Challenge ... I'm not sure if I've ever combined these colors before.

 

 

I have had a bag of four-leaf clovers that I had punched from a metallic gel press print sitting on my studio table for over a month, so since the theme at the Simon Says Challenge is Get Lucky, today was the day they finally got to be on a card.

 

 

I used all of my four-leaf clovers and added multiple gems to fill out the rest of the design.  I finished with a lucky sentiment.

Reverse Stenciled Sympathy

The April Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K. Designs is to use the Reverse Stenciling Technique.

 

 

I did a blend of Sea Glass & Ocean Mist Ink before applying black ink with the Gina K. Designs Ornamental Fans Stencil, using the colors from the Less is More Challenge.

 

After stenciling, I used the Gina K. Designs small Stitched Circle Die to cut out my reverse stenciled design and the larger Stitched Circle Die from black cardstock for a skinny frame.

 

 

I die cut one of the stems from Gina K. Designs Botanical Duo and a smaller one from Gina K. Designs Foliage Fillers out of white cardstock to attach on top of the stenciled circle.  I finished with a sentiment from Gina K. Designs Spring Tulips attached with foam tape.

I’m also joining the Pattern Challenge at Stencil Fun. 

Pinkfresh Studio Create & Connect - Day 2

The Day 2 session began with a class in Watercoloring by Manusharee.  I enjoyed watching her, but decided I wasn’t quite in the mood to give it a try, so instead I broke out the layering stencils.

 

 

I really enjoyed trying different color combinations & rotating the image.  This one was stamped with grey ink instead of black, which really gives it a different look after stenciling. 

 

 

I can see myself using this one for lots of occasions.  Mona let me borrow her silver vellum for the final one … love it.

 

 

Next up was Lea Lawson with a set called The Magic is in You.  I ended-up falling in love with those fun little mushrooms.  The little terrarium was fun too.

 

I loved the pop of red with the greys.  I ended-up stenciling and die cutting several times, so I made a second card with the leftovers.  I used a grey card base and more of that lovely silver vellum.

 

 

The final one used some softer hues.

 

 

The final class was with Jennifer Maguire using a combination of products from the various classes.  For this one, we learned how to reverse our stencils & die cut from the back to get more bang for our buck from our products.  The gatefold design was fun too.

 

I enjoyed all of the classes … but mostly I enjoyed the blessing of getting to create in person with my crafty friend … there is really nothing better.