Ingenious Inkling

Alcohol Ink & Blooms

Another fun thing my friend Cyndie and I did when we were together was play with Alcohol inks and metallic mixatives.

 

 

 

Tonight I turned several of those panels into Mother's Day Cards with Penny Black Bouquet Masterpieces and Penny Black Stitches of Love Dies.

 

 

 

I used a a variation of the Tuesday Morning Sketch.  I'm also linking-up at the Crafting Happiness Flower Challenge where my card was a Top Pick last month.

 

 

I made a second using Penny Black Vintage Masterpieces and a second alcohol ink panel ... the white flowers are so elegant.

 

 

 

The sentiment on both is from Simon Says Stamp Sassy Mama.

 

 

I'm linking this card up at the Cupcake Inspiration Mother's Day Challenge.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Penny Black Masterpiece Mother's Day

One of the Penny Black Bright Bouquet Masterpieces is the perfect image for a Mother's Day Card and the Penny Black Saturday Challenge  

 

 

I embossed it and a green cardstock panel with Penny Black Stitches of Love dies.

 

 

I finished with a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Sassy Mama by Cathy Zielske.

Daisy Mother's Day

When I saw the gorgeous colors in the marbled inspiration board at the Lawnfawnatics Challenge, I wondered if I could do something similar with my Gel Press and my Catherine Pooler inks (because honestly, I always go through a bit of a withdrawal after the #marchprintingchallenge ends).

 

 

It turned out to be a bit trickier than first envisioned, primarily because of the yellow.  By the time I got all of the other colors into the print, I kept losing the yellow in the layers.  The one I used for my card base was the one I kept the most yellow on.  It also got darker than the marble inspiration, so I went back in heavy with white paint splatter to lighten-up the design.  I also die cut it with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Woodgrain Backdrop to add back in the movement of the marbleized design.

 

 

I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle Die on one of my clean-up prints that was pulled with white paint.  I used another print reject (I actually dug it out of my trash can) to die cut the Lawn Fawn Delightful Daisy Die base adding a bit more yellow inking to the flower center.

I finished with a Mother's Day sentiment from the Lawn Fawn You GOAT This stamp set and added a few clear drops to finish.