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.

Woodblock Wednesday

It's another Woodblock Wednesday with Amy Tsuruta.

 

 

Unfortunately, I needed a sympathy card, so I chose one of my oldest and most-used woodblock stamps from Hero Arts - Difficult Time from 2003 (wow 20 years).  I paired it with with Hero Arts Garden Silhouette, both stamped on one of my inked Gel Press Prints in Versafine Black Ink.

 

 

I framed the blooms in a tiny bit of black cardstock & attached it to a confetti cardstock base. 

 

 

I'm also linking-up at Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero Dance of the Flower Challenge.

 

 

 

 

With my 20 year old woodblock, I'm linking-up at Retro Rubber Challenge Anything Goes.

 

 

I'm also joining We Love Stamping In the Garden Challenge.

 

 

And my blooms are inspired by the Gladiolas at the Double D challenge, which remind me of my dear dear Grandma and her memory.

No Stamping Christmas

Instead of a Hard Candy Christmas, we're having a NO Stamping Christmas at jingle Belles this week.  Have fun pulling out your embossing folders, die cuts, Cricut cuts, stamps and stickers to create your holiday card design.

I started with one of my Gel Press prints in colors from the Christmas Kickstart Challenge.

 

 

I die cut the Penny Black Merry Christmas & the ornaments from Penny Black Ornament Kit from the Gel Press Print.  I die cut the ornament tops & ornament string from the inside of a Kleenex with cooling lotion box (such great silver cardstock inside, so make sure you save them).

 

I attached them all to a piece of Lawn Fawn Let it Shine Snowflake patterned paper.  I was a bit frustrated that I couldn't seem to capture the foil sparkle of the designer paper (my studio including my photo box is currently dismantled waiting on window installers to finally show-up to replace some windows ... why is it when you're not ready they want to come that day, and when you get ready the day they say you should, it is weeks before they arrive??).   I'm linking-up at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge to use patterned paper in your design.

 

I finished with a few enamel dots to decorate one of the ornaments.

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.

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.

 

May Printing Challenge

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

 

 

Day 1 was masking ... I pulled out some of the oldest snowflake masks in my collection from Tattered Angels.  The third print I pulled on the top right was my favorite.

 

 

Day 2 I broke out the hot glue gun and some cardboard to make my own hot glue stamp.  It's amazing the detail you can create with simple textured lines.  The blue and green combo on the bottom left is my favorite of the four.

 

 

Day 3 I stamped on some leftover shoe tissue paper from my stash.  Nothing particularly magical, but tissue paper is always great for collage.

 

 

On Day 4 I printed with Gold.  I have lots of gold paint in my stash because pulling prints with metallic paints is one of my favorites ways to make a print.

 

 

Day 5 was a repeat pattern.  I used this brick-like stencil from my stash with a fun color combination.

 

 

 

Day 6 was Botanical.  I tried printing with some small paper flowers.

 

 

 

Day 7 is Pill Strips ... only I substituted Gum Strips instead.

 

 

Day 8 is letters.  I used some faded foam alphabet stickers from my stash.  

 

 

Day 9 is my favorite color - ORANGE.  I tried two different orange paints and a paper towel roll for some patterns.  I got a nice clean-up print too.

 

 

And Day 10 is Transfer.  I have tried everything to get good transfer prints, but it always takes me 3 or 4 times just to have a half way decent one.  This one is a picture of Lana del Ray from a fashion magazine ... I think she looks quite lovely in purple.

 

 

Hope you're enjoying my printing adventure.

Monochromatic Baby

I'm still using my stamped backgrounds using the Simon Says Stamp Amazing set with the Quad of AlteNew Purple Inks.

 

 

I used a scrap of Gel Press Print and the Reverse Confetti Cute as a Baby Onesie for a quick card design.  Hopefully there's enough White Space for the Addicted to CAS Monochrome Challenge.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says Stamp no Pattern Paper Challenge.

With my painted Gel Press Print, I'm also joining the Simon Says: Paint It Challenge.

Gelli Print Leftover Holiday

We're still creating with Holiday Leftovers this week at Jingle Belles.  When I saw the layout at Sketch Saturday, I thought it would be perfect to try with some of my Gelli Print leftovers.

 

 

I used a 1 1/4" square punch, and then realized I had enough leftovers from this particular Gelli Print to use the rest for the background.  I finished with a leftover sentiment strip that I found at the bottom of one of my stamp drawers and a leftover piece of gold cord from my fiber stash.

 

Holiday Leftovers

One of my favorite things about the holiday meal is the leftovers … I always enjoy a little stuffing and cranberry sauce on my ham sandwich.

So this week we're celebrating Holiday Leftovers at Jingle Belles by creating cards using all of those little leftover pieces of paper, alphabet letters, stickers, ribbon … you know those things you have saved because they were just too cute or pretty to throw them away … well, we want to see you use them to make some fun leftover holiday cards.

 

 

Once of the best ways to showcase little bits and bobs is using a clean & simple design, so I started my design with the AAA Cards Challenge to use a torn or ripped edge. 

 

 

I tore a strip from it to use with the Sketch from the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers. 

 

Since it was purple, I decided to also go with the Color Hues Challenge of Purple & Green.

 

The Gina K. Designs Gnome for the Holidays Dies are perfect to use with scraps of paper that are too pretty to throw away ... I used two gelli print scraps and a scrap of white textured cardstock for the beard & pom pom on his hat.  I took my inspiration from the Peace on Earth Challenge.

 

 

I finished with a sentiment from the Gina K. Designs Gnome for the Holidays stamp set.  I'm also joining The Holly and Ivy Challenge where it's Anything Christmas.

 

 

And believe it or not, it's also Gnome for Christmas at Christmas Kickstart Challenge.