Ingenious Inkling

Autumn So Thankful

Autumn is my favorite time of year ... the cool mornings and beautiful colorful landscapes. 

Today I made a card inspired by the Autumn Leaf Cookies at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie.

 

 

I've been on a quest to use more of my inky & printed backgrounds, so I started by stamping the Magenta Zentangle Leaf on an Autumn colored Alcohol Ink Brayer Roll-off paper from my stash.  I detail cut the leaf for more contrast.

 

I used a Lawn Fawn Outside-In Stitched Rectangle Stackables die cut on a Gel Press Print from my stash and mounted it on a kraft card base before attaching my leaf ... I left some edges without adhesive so I could curl them slightly.

I finished with a Simon Says Stamp Holiday Words on a Line die cut sentiment from the same Alcohol Ink paper.

I'm also joining the Country View Challenge to use Autumnal Colors.

Lawnfawnatics Inspired Finger-Painted Gel Press Ocean

Today's ABC's of Printing Challenge theme at GelliArts is F is for Finger-painting.  I always loved the tactile joy of finger-painting and still use my fingers as a tool in my art, so I thought it would be fun, but wasn't quite sure where to start. 

Then I saw the Inspiration Photo at the Lawnfawnatics Challenge and inspiration struck ... how gorgeous are those swirls and colors.

 

 

I started by laying down a thin layer of Cobalt Teal with my brayer (my gel press is stained yellow of alcohol inks, so the colors aren't true) and then put my fingers to work with Manganese Blue.

 

 

Next came Permanent Green Light and Iridescent Bright Gold.

 

 

Then I finished with more Manganese Blue and Liquitex Bright Aqua Green.  I didn't clean my finger between painting, so there are bits of each color all around.

 

 

I pulled my prints with copy paper and ended-up with three.  I pulled the first and then applied a thin later of the Bright Gold Paint to pull a second.  The third is a clean-up print.  I ended-up using bits of all three in my card.

 

 

For my card, I trimmed down the gold print for the base on a black card base.  Next I used the Largest Lawn Fawn Stitched Stackables Circle to cut out my ocean.  I used the third clean-up print to stamp my sentiment from Lawn Fawn Simply Sentiments and put the rest of the print on the inside of the card.  

 

I finished with a row of golden gems and the whale option from the Lawn Fawn Narwhal & Friends die cut from Periwinkle glitter paper with a gold glitter spout and googly eyes.  I die cut the solid whale in black for a bit of shadow for contrast.

 

 

I'm also joining the Birthdays Challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

Have a Narly Birthday

I love a good sketch, so when I saw today's Lawn Fawnatics Challenge, I immediately wanted to create.

 

I wanted to incorporate Lawn Fawn designer papers into the stripes.  I used Lawn Fawn Knit Picky Fall and Really Rainbow Scallops.  I used the Lawn Fawn Spiffy Speckles for the background.  To get the angles with the 6" papers, I had to shrink the size a bit, so I framed it on a kraft card base.

 

I stamped my Lawn Fawn Winter Narwhal (with Coordinating Die) on the scrap of the Spiffy Speckles and paper pieced the horn and scarf using the Knit Picky paper from the background.  I'm linking-up at Dies R Us Challenge where you can find the fun Lawn Fawn Narwhal and Coordinating Die.

I pieced together my sentiment from Lawn Fawn Winter Narwhal and Oh Gnome! to get the birthday sentiment I wanted for the card.

I'm also linking-up at Simon Says Stamp Birthday Celebration.

Treat Yourself

The current Lawn Fawn Challenge is all about Fun with Food ... and what better summer food than ice cream.

 

I started by ink-blending my base panel with Prize Ribbon, Dusty Concord and Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide Inks.  Then I gave it a few spritzes of shimmer spray for overall glimmer.

 

 

I blended more Distress Oxide inks onto a scrap of white cardstock, so I could  stamp the Ice Cream Container, Ice Cream Lid and Spoon from Lawn Fawn's Treat Yourself.  I die cute white cardstock with the Lawn Fawn Cross-Stitched Circle Stackables and positioned them inside.

I'm also linking-up at the Little Red Wagon Stay Cool Challenge.  The Simon Says Stamp Challenge is also about Food & Drink (don't you love that you can both eat & drink ice cream).

Periwinkle Whales

Growing-up, the Periwinkle Crayon was always one of my favorites, so I had to joint the Periwinkle Challenge at the Rainbow Card Challenge.

 

 

Strangely enough, finding Periwinkle crafting supplies in my studio proved a bit more challenge.  I did find some lovely Periwinkle Glitter Paper in the Memory Box Glitter Paper Pad, so I decided my theme would be the current Memory Box Challenge of Water.

 

 

I die cut an Oval out of the glitter paper to make a watery home for my two little Memory Box Whale Family Dies.  With my oval frame, I'm linking-up at the Frame It Challenge at Simon Says Stamp.

 

I used very combinations of light blue and lavender inks to get the periwinkle color I was looking for and then sprayed them with clear shimmer spray.

 

 

I added some eyeball stickers, some bling for the whale spouts, and finished with a sentiment from Memory Box Best Life Typewriter Sentiments.  I'm also joining the Retro Rubber Anything Goes Challenge since this sentiment stamp set dates to at least October 2019.

 

A Little Sparkle

The new 100th Lawn Fawnatics Challenge is all about the Kids.

 

I chose images from Lawn Fawn A Little Sparkle (with Coordinating Dies ... so I'm also linking-up at the Dies R Us Anything Goes Challenge) together with the layout from the Global Design Project Challenge. 

My landscape is die cut with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders Die.

 

With my Unicorn's cute little Fairy Friend I'm linking-up at the Anything Goes with Wings Challenge at Creatalicious Challenges.

I also used two Lawn Fawn Designer Papers - Spiffy Speckles & Really Rainbow Scallops.

 

 

And I'm also linking-up at the Furry Animals Challenge at Seize the Birthday (because you know Unicorns have fur).

 

12 Tags of Christmas - Home for the Holidays

The 6th Day of the 12 Tags of Christmas with Ellen Hutson is - Home for the Holidays.  My husband has had to work right up to the holiday for the last 19 years, so our home for the holidays is always right here.  We appreciate and enjoy being together for our own quiet, peaceful Christmas.

I also have to laugh every time I hear Home for the Holidays, because it is a holiday movie from 1995 that we re-watch every year ... not your typical holiday movie, but we love it.

I started with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Cross-Stitched circle die cut three times - from light blue, shimmering silver (for the stars) and white (for the snowy landscape).  Then I cut the Essentials by Ellen Alpine Snowfall to reveal the stars in the sky.  I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders to cut the snowy landscape.

 

 

I added four stickers to create my little scene (the heart for home is where my heart is) and a sticker sentiment.  I finished with a piece of stapled rustic red ribbon at the top of my tag.

With all of my Dies, I'm also linking-up at the Dies R Us Christmas Challenge.

Manhole Cover Art

I'm thrilled to be Guest Designing for The Ink Pad NYC using the fabulous stencils by Michelle Ward available only at The Ink Pad in New York City.  I used Therm-o-Web Deco Foil Gel with the Michelle Ward Stencils.

The background for this card is the Michelle Ward Downtown NYC Map Stencil with Rainbow Foil.

 

 

Next I layered on the Michelle Ward Manhole Covers II with Silver Star Deco Foil.  I finished with letters cut with the Honey Bee Bee Bold Alphabet and a heart punch attached with foam tape.

The next card features more of that silver star foil with another Manhole Stencil from Michelle Ward Manhole Covers II.  The photo caught the cool iridescent effect of this foil and lets you see the stars a bit more on the bigger surface.

 

I added one of the smaller Michelle Ward Mini Manhole Stamps embossed with silver embossing powder and a great sentiment from Everyday Explorers Co Get It Girl stamp set.  I added a few tiny iridescent gems to finish.  The background paper is from Dress My Craft Dots 'n Stripes.

The next card features the other half of the Michelle Ward Downtown New York Map Stencil, this time foiled with Therm-o-Web Silver Shattered Glass Foil.

 

This Manhole Cover is from Michelle Ward NYC Manhole Cover Stencils foiled with Therm-o-Web Brutus Monroe Tide Pool foil.  I stamped another Michelle Ward Mini Manhole and embossed in silver matted the center with foam tape.  I finished with another great sentiment from the Everyday Explorers Co Get it Girl Stamp Set.

My final card is all about Rainbows.   the Michelle Ward NYC Manhole Cover was foiled with Therm-o-Web Decofoil Rainbow Foil and placed atop Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow paper.

 

The silver embossed Under Construction sentiment is from Michelle Ward's Mini Manhole Stamp Set.  The Stronger Together Sentiment is from Everyday Explorer Co Get It Girl Stamp Set.

Remember you can only get these Stencils from The Ink Pad ... and if you can't make it to New York to visit them in person at their new location, you can buy them in the online store (what are you waiting for ... go do some shopping).

We Wish You a Merry Sketch-mas

We're still getting Sketchy at Jingle Belles this week.

 

 

I have quite a collection of fancy gift tags that I have picked-up at after-Christmas sales over the years like this 3-D Glittery Beauty for occasions just like this one.

 

I paired it with a piece of stunning holiday paper from Dress My Craft Christmas Bells Collection (an absolutely gorgeous collection). 

I added a Lawn Fawn Die Cut Lacy Border and just like that, this card was done ... love how it turned out ... so quick and easy, but super classy.

 

Remember, once lucky participant will get these super-awesome Laurels Dies from Paper Smooches (that I loved so much I bought them twice ...)

Falling Leaf Birthday

I'm still stocking my birthday card stash even though I have to mail them to my co-works now, rather than hand deliver them.  

I started by die cutting the Lawn Fawn Cross Stitched Circle from the Simon Says Stamp Tumbling Leaves Stencil that I had filled with Picket Fence Studios Paper Glaze in Fern Green.

 

I paired it with one of my Gel Press Prints on a piece of Clothing Pattern Instructions.  The sentiment is Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Strips.

 

I'm also linking-up at Seize the Birthday Anything Goes.