Ingenious Inkling

Next-Level Amazing

I loved the fun herringbone paper pieced design on dark cardstock in the Inspiration Photo at the Inspire.Create.Challenge.

I picked two similar designer papers from the Pinkfresh Studio Some Days Collection and cut 1/2" strips.  Next I trimmed the strips into 1 1/2" bricks and pieced together my design on a scrap of black cardstock.

 

 

I used the same punch as the Inspiration Photo for a sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio Favorite Things to Say #2.

 

I hand-cut a matt from lemon yellow cardstock and finished with a wrap of pink waxed twine and two clusters of lemon pearsl.

Given the Angles in my Herringbone Pattern, I'm also linking-up at the Heart 2 Heart What's Your Angle? Challenge.

 

So Happy You're My Mom

The Mother's Day card making as begun.  After falling in love with the Pinkfresh Studio Layering Stencils a few weeks ago, I ordered the Pinkfresh Studio Garden Flowers Stencils, which will be perfect for Mother's Day cards.

 

 

My color inspiration came from the bouquet at the Inspired by Spring into Color Challenge.

 

 

The sentiments are from the retired Simon Says Stamp Mom & Dad Icons.

 

I'm also joining the Simon Says Stamp Easter/Spring Challenge.

Seamless Floral Encouragement.

This weekend, I had the pleasure of joining the talented Lea Lawson for a Pinkfresh Studio Lunch and Learn during the Crop & Create event.

We created with the Pinkfresh Studio Seamless Floral Panel Stencils.  This was the first time I had used the layering stencils from Pinkfresh Studio, and I am in love.  They are so sturdy and easy to line-up ... pretty much foolproof.

For my card during the Lunch & Learn, I used the colors on the back of the Stencil package to inspire my design.

 

 

I thought it had a very tropical feel and I loved it.  I trimmed down my panel and matted it on coral pink cardstock.

 

 

The sentiment is from Pinkfresh Studio My Favorite Things to Say Set Two.  I finished with a few scatterings of teal gems.

Since I had so much fun making the first card, I decided to make a second using the colors from the March Pinkfresh Challenge Palette, which lucky for me is all about flowers.

 

 

I used the two lighter shades for my blooms and the purple as the accent.  The pale blue and teal worked for the leaves.

 

 

The color combination also screams, point me to the beach.  I matted the panel with yellow and purple cardstock.

I used another sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio My Favorite Things to Say Set Two (so many great sentiments in that set), and accepted the panel with some more teal gems.

You can see more cards from the weekend at my Instagram Account.

Pinkfresh Studio Birthday

Sometimes when I do Gel Press printing, some of my favorite papers I make are the papers where I roll the excess paint or ink off my brayers onto a piece of cardstock. 

When I looked at one of the lovely roll-off papers from last weekend's class, I realized it had three of the colors (blue, green & yellow) from the current Pinkfresh Studio Monthly Challenge, so I die cut it into a tag using the Pinkfresh Studio Essentials: Classic Tag with Fillable Elements Die Set.

 

 

I die cut a second tag from the pinkish-red in the color challenge.  The focus of the challenge is Alphabets/Words, so I used the Dipped Wood Alphabet Stickers from Pinkfresh Studios Holiday Vibes Collection for a Birthday Card.

 

 

My card base is designer paper from  the Pinkfresh Studio Office Hours Collection with a layered flower sticker from the Let Your Heart Decide Collection.

I'm also joining the Tag You're It Challenge at Little Red Wagon.

 

Good Day for a Good Day

Today's card was inspired by the Scrapbook Layout by Karrla Dauer for the PinkFresh Studio Create & Connect Challenge.

 

 

I incorporated the texty background paper (from Pinkfresh Studio Office Hours) combined with flowers and the folded edge of a piece of paper from the Pinkfresh Studio Be You Collection along the right. 

I also incorporated a circle element (with an inspired coffee reference) below the focal sentiment, which is a Stamp from Pinkfresh Studio My Favorite Things to Say.  

 

The embellishments and stickers are all from various Pinkfresh Studio Collections.

I'm also joining the Anything Goes Challenge at The Corrosive Challenge.

You Are the Best

This afternoon while watching the football playoffs, I decided to play with my collection of Pinkfresh Studio products and join their Create & Connect Inspired by Challenge.  Here's are the two inspiration projects.

 

 

I chose the card as my inspiration.  I started with a piece of 6" designer paper from the Pinkfresh Studio Office Hours collection that has similar colors and the angled color block design.  Next I found a coordinating oval chipboard frame from the Pinkfresh Holiday Vibes Christmas Collection and backed it with a Pinkfresh Studio oval journaling die cut embellishment from Indigo Hills 2 that was inspired by the floral element at the top left of the Inspiration Card.

 

My focal point is also a Pinkfresh Studio Ephemera Die Cut from Indigo Hills 2.

I scattered some enamel dots and finished with a stamped sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio Modern Layered Florals.

I'm also joining the Anything Goes Challenge at The House That Stamps Built.

Rainbow Floral Hello

The January Challenge at Pinkfresh Studio is to revisit the Challenges from 2020.  I chose the May Challenge to create a card inspired by one of the Design Team Members and used the colors from the Challenge photo.

 

 

I started by creating a rainbow from the five colors of ink on Bristol Smooth Cardstocck.  Next I die cut the Pinkfresh Studio Fancy Floral 1 Die from heavy white cardstock and attached it over the panel with foam tape.

 

I die cut the Hello Die from Pinkfresh Studio Phrase Builder Hello Die set from white & the Fresh Pear Green and then backed it with a Vellum Circle cut from Pinkfresh Studio Inverted Stitched  Scallop Die Set.

My card was inspired by the Caly Person cards where she used Die Cut Backgrounds over Rainbow Washi Tape.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at Just Us Girls where the Challenge theme is Hello.

 

Sparkle and Shine

The November Pinkfresh Studio Card Sketch Challenge is a fun Slimline Card design.

 

 

Lucky for me, I just got the new PinkFresh Studio Diamond Plaid Layering Stencils in the mail this week.  I ended-up blending four different Distress Oxide Inks to get the colors i wanted to coordinate with my PinkFresh Studio Christmas Wishes Rubber Charms sticker sentiments.

 

 

I used three of the sentiment stickers (I love the colors in that collection ... the red just pops), and since I didn't have a PinkFresh Studio stamp that I thought would work for the leaves element in the sketch, I used White Pearl Bling Flourishes to fill the space.

Pinkfresh World Cardmaking Fun Continues

I was blessed with another crafty call this afternoon that helped me finish cards for four more of the Pinkfresh Studio World Cardmaking Day Challenges.

I went back to Challenge #1 - Die Cutting - and used one of my favorite Pinkfresh die cuts - the Leafy Envelope Die.  I just used the outline of the Envelope (stacking two of them for a bit of dimension) and paired it with papers from Pinkfresh Studio Office Hours designer paper.

 

I added a sticker sentiment from one of the embellishment packs and a few enamel dots to finish the design.

Next I combined Challenge #8 - Sympathy Cards - with Challenge #9 - Clean & Simple Card Design.  I used this week's CAS(e) this Sketch! for my layout.

 

 

I used a black & white floral paper from Pinkfresh Studio A Case of the Blahs Collection together with a wrap of black ribbon.  The sentiment is from the Forever In Our Hearts Stamp Set.

 

 

And my final challenge of the afternoon was Challenge #12 - Florals.

 

I paired a floral die cut frame with another floral embellishment die cut and a floral chipboard sticker.  I finished with a sentiment from one of the embellishment collections and some enamel dots.

An awesome way to restock my stash and hang-out with friends ... love my hobby.

World Cardmaking Day with Friends & Pinkfresh Studio

I had a relaxing and productive crafty Zoom call this afternoon where I was able to finish 5 cards for the World Cardmaking Day Challenges at Pinkfresh Studio.

Since my Die-cutting machine was in another room (Challenge #1 is Die-cutting), I started with Challenge #2 to make a Thank You Card.  Quite a while ago I bought a Grab Bag of Pinkfresh Studio products and that is what I used for my cards today.  It included this lovely tea-cup paper called Full of Joy from the Everyday Musings collection.

 

I added puffy flower stickers to the tea cup that just had dots and stamped my grateful from Pinkfresh Studio Floral Cluster set directly on the paper using Navy ink.  The rest of the sentiment was stamped on white cardstock and mounted with foam tape.

Challenge #3 is to create a card using Stripes, which was the perfect opportunity to finally ink-up my Pop-Out Nested Chevron.  I stamped it using Catherine Pooler Stone Blue & Mint to Be, which coordinated with the embellishments from my stash.

 

I turned it into a Christmas card with two Pinkfresh Studio Holiday Vibes Chipboard stickers and finished with a scattering of gold nail-head embellishments.  I used a trick I learned from SkyPaperScissors and matted the round sticker with shimmery vellum to give it just a bit of separation from the tone-on-tone with the background.

Challenge #4 is to make a card with Monochromatic Colors.   I started with the blue paper from the Pinkfresh Studio Holiday Vibes Collection and then found several chipboard stickers that coordinated perfectly ... and I pulled that Vellum trick again.  

 

Woohoo ... another holiday card for the stash (I have gotten behind on making my extra card each week).

Challenge #5 is to make a Slimline card ... I was making slimline cards before they were cool (here is one from 10 years ago),  I chose the pattern from a gorgeous piece of Pinkfresh Studio Holiday Vibes paper which was sized perfectly for the 4" x 8" design.

 

I love how I was able to use sentiment stickers and embellishments to turn it into non-holiday card (love those versatile paper designs).

I'm also joining the Slimline Card Challenge at Shopping our Stash.

My final card this afternoon was for Challenge #6 to make a card with no stamping (pretty much the theme of my afternoon).

 

Blue grid paper, a scrap of another 12x12" dotted paper, a journaling card and stickers ... Voila!  I was certainly having the time of my life this afternoon ... time just flies when I'm creating in my studio.

A huge thanks to Pinkfresh Studio for challenges to get my World Cardmaking Day creative juices flowing.