Ingenious Inkling

Christmas Ornaments

The December Penny Black Saturday Challenge is Anything Goes with an optional theme of Christmas.

 

 

I die cut one of the Penny Black Masterpieces Christmas Reflections images with the Penny Black Stitches of Love Frame Die Cuts.  I got it slightly crooked, so I trimmed the edges to straighten the stitching & die cut a second rectangle to frame the image.

 

 

I die cut Penny Black Merry Christmas from Silver metallic cardstock & added two 1/2" strips on the left side using the Sketch from Try Stampin' on Tuesday, finishing with some blue bling.

 

 

I'm also joining Inpsire.Create.Challenge for their Christmas theme.

 

Charisma Birthday

The Penny Black Saturday Challenge theme is to use lots of layers.  This week's Paper Craft Crew Sketch was perfect for that.

 

 

I used my last Spectrum Noir Triblend colored bouquet from Penny Black Charisma Bouquet as the focal image and built my color palette around it using a piece of Authentique Sea Maiden Designer Paper as my base.

 

 

I layered on coordinating papers and then added some white flowers as accents.

 

 

I used a trimmed sentiment from Penny Black Life is Simpler.

You Make Life Beautiful

Since I had the other half of my watercolor powder background still on my studio table, I decided to make another card featuring a Penny Black Charisma Bouquet.

 

 

This time I paired it with a gelli-printed background I made using tiny bubble wrap (I liked the repeat of the circle theme from my water colored background) and a sticker sentiment from my stash.

 

I'm linking-up at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge where the theme is Anything Goes.

 

 

And with the vibrant colors of my design, I'm also linking-up at the Colorful Challenge at Time Out Challenges.

You Are Worth It

When I visited my friend Beverly, she showed me how to use her ScanNCut (since I have one still in the box that I need to find a stand for).  We used it to cut out the beautiful bouquets from Penny Black Charisma stamp set.  Then we had fun coloring while we watched a movie made from one of our favorite books The Glass Castle (enjoyable for sure, but as almost always, not as good as the book).  I gave the Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Markers a try.

 

I used one of the bouquets for the Penny Black Saturday Anything Goes Challenge pairing it with a sentiment from Penny Black Words of Encouragement.

 

 

I used one of the backgrounds that Bev & I made with powdered watercolors to back my image using a sketch from CAS Colours & Sketch Challenges.  I added a bit more color at the bottom to help ground the vase.  I tried a white card base, but preferred the peach to pull out that color from both the background & the colored bloom.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says Stamp Clean & Simple Challenge.

#dyicad week 7

Week 7 of #dyicad2023 is complete.

 

 

Day 43 was Patina.  One of my favorite effects to try to create with my Gelliarts gel press is Patina.

 

 

Day 44 is Wabi-Sabi - Wabi sabi is a Japanese term referring to the appreciation of the beauty of imperfection, impermanence, and simplicity as the natural state of things in the world.  It is often demonstrated by repairing broken things with gold to make them even more beautiful.

I used one of my patina cards and filled it with my gold repaired bowl (using gold stickles) with a Gina K. Design Botanical Duo stem.

 

 

Day 45 is Repeat.  I repeatedly stamped Hero Arts Monster Party for my own little Monster Party on an index card.

 

 

Day 46 is MIllefleur.  I decided to do my own version of a floral background with flowers on a gelliprint.

 

 

This one was so pretty, I used this week's Just Add Ink Sketch to turn it into a card with an Impress Sentiment.

 

 

 

Day 47 is Vermillion.  I used a Vermillion colored card & added Penny Black Stickeroos.

 

 

Day 48 is Raindrops.  I thought about one of my favorite things about the rain to me ... seeing the concentric circles that form when they fall in puddles.  So I used a bunch of blue gelliprints to create my own raindrop circles ... it was a meditative process.  The alphabet is Pinkfresh Studio.

 

 

And day 49 is Focus.  I found these fun little puffy camera stickers, so I created another gelliprinted card & added the perfect sentiment.

 

 

Another fun week of making art daily.

 

Never, Never, Never Give Up!

The July Penny Black Saturday Challenge is The Great Outdoors.

 

 

I chose a lovely outdoor image from Penny Black Woodland Splendor Stickeroos and framed it with a thin layer of black cardstock.

 

 

I paired it with a sentiment from Penny Black Words of Encouragement together with a wrap of gold thread.

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.

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.