Ingenious Inkling

You're All Kinds of Wonderful

When I saw the inspiration photo at the Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge, it reminded me of several painted panels I've had near my studio table for some time just waiting to become a card.

 

 

I had done a paint smooshing technique with Dylusions Shimmer Paint that I got from The Ink Pad in New York City (they are celebrating their 23rd birthday with 23% off your order if you use code 23YEARS at checkout). Sale applies to in-stock merchandise only and ends at 11:59pm on Sunday, September 26th.

 

 

I put drops of paint on a piece of parchment paper and then sprayed with water before dragging pieces of white cardstock through the colors.  I added more water until all of the paint was on paper.

 

Each one got a different mix of color.  I loved the shimmery effect.

For today's card, I embossed one panel with the Pinkfresh Studio Essentials: Slim Stitches Die (also at The Ink Pad).  I'm linking-up at the Simon Says Stamp Stitch It Challenge.

 

 

One a second panel, I stamped the large flower from Pinkfresh Studio Friendship Blooms and fussy cut the bloom before attaching it to a circle cut with the Pinkfresh Studio Diagonal Stitched Circles together with leaves stamped & cut from a green/blue painted panel created using the same technique.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Seize the Birthday Stitching Challenge.

 

I stamped the sentiment & clear embossed on the same green/blue painted paper.  I finished with some green gems.

That makes a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge horizontal across the top with Die Cut, Orange & Embossing.

 

Gel Press Leafy Envelope

Today is Day 5 of the ABS's of Gel Printing with GelliArts - E is for Envelope.

 

I had a couple of ideas, but finally decided to go with a Leafy Envelope Die cut from PinkFresh Studio to use with a lot of the prints that were left on my studio table from the D is for Distress Ink Challenge Yesterday.  I created a few more darker prints using the two blues of my color combination and used one with the PinkFresh Studio Slimline Stitches Die for my card base.  I matted it on one of my clean-up pulls with white paint from yesterday (I love finding ways to use the "throw-aways" in my designs).

 

 

Next I die cut the Pinkfresh Studio Leafy Envelope from white cardstock and a second time from the light blue and grey sections from one of yesterday's prints for contrast against the background.

 

I used one of the lighter Gel Print sections to die cut Pinkfresh Hugs (I think this was a gift with purchase) on the white cardstock background.  Next I used Pinkfresh Studio Just a Little Lovely Mini Puffy Letter Stickers for the rest of my sentiment.

For the finishing touch (and for a few more leaves for the Pinkfresh Studio September Leaves & Greenery Challenge) I die cut the Pinkfresh Studio Curvy Leaves from pink cardstock and added some pink enamel dots.

 

Indigo Vines Wreath

The July Challenge at Pinkfresh Studio is all about butterflies ... only one problem, after a full search through all of my Pinkfresh Studio products no butterflies were found. 

 

Since I had everything out, I decided to create a card anyway.  I bought the lovely Pinkfresh Studio Indigo Vines Washi Tape and coordinating Dies, but hadn't used them yet.  I attached the tape to white cardstock and quickly cut out the wreath and leaves.  Super-duper easy.

I attached the wreath to white cardstock and then used foam tape with the smaller die cut leaves to add dimension to the design.

 

 

I framed it with gold mirror cardstock and attached that to a navy card base.  The sentiment is a Gold Foiled Wood Sticker from the Indigo Hills 2 Collection. 

As I looked at my lovely wreath, I decided two tiny butterflies punched from the gold mirror cardstock would be the perfect finishing touch.

My tiny Butterflies are also joining the Anything Airborne Challenge.

Intelligent, Strong & Fierce

The May PinkFresh Studio Challenge is anything goes with Inspiration from this picture and colors.

 

 

I used those colors (except for yellow) with the new PinkFresh Studio Floral Focus Stamp & Coordinating Stencils.

 

I added a sticker sentiment together with a stamped sentiment from My Favorite Things to Say #2 ... in case you needed to hear this today.

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.