Ingenious Inkling

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.

You Are Not a Mess

I have friends who are spectacular ink blenders (have you seen the blends from SkyPaperScissors??) ... me, not so much.  I need lots more practice and a lighter hand.  Today I tried it with the Domed Ink Blenders from Scrapbook.com and that seemed to help me get softer edges.  

 

I wanted to do an ink-blend for the current Butterfly Reflections Ink Mood Board Challenge ... I used Tattered Rose, Crackling Campfire & Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide ink.

 

 

After blending I did several spritzes of water.  To bring in the gold from the Mood Board, I die cut PinkFresh Studio Floral Square Dies from Gold Cardstock.  I chose two that reminded me of images in the mood board (I love that blue bloom).

 

 

The sentiment is from PinkFresh Studio My Favorite Things to Say ... and then I finished with a scattering of tiny gold gems.

Smooshed Floral Cluster

When I saw the September Sketch Challenge at PinkFresh Studio, I immediately thought about doing a spotlight with one of their beautiful floral stamps ... I chose Floral Cluster.

I stamped it twice in Archival Ink and then Ink Smooshed around the edges of one using Acetate with Shabby Shutters and Bundled Sage Distress Oxide Ink.  I stamped a second time smooshing the flowers in the center with Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed and Fossilized Amber Distress ink ... then after it dried I added a bit more Fossilized Amber Distress ink for more pop of yellow.

 

 

I die cut a circle from the yellow image and mounted it in the center with foam tape.   I added a scattering of yellow pearls and finished with a sentiment from PinkFresh Studio My Favorite Things to Say.

 

 

Since the Floral Cluster is at least from June 2019, I'm also linking-up at the Yellow & Green Challenge at Retro Rubber.

 

 

I'm also joining the new Color Hues Color Challenge, who are also doing Yellow & Green.

 

Modern Layered Florals

I finally inked-up the lovely Modern Layered Floral Stamps from Pinkfresh Studio I decided to go with a minty green and coral color combination.

 

 

The first card uses the current Sketch Challenge in the Pinkfresh Studio Facebook Fan Group.

 

 

Since I made several attempts while I had the stamps inked-up, I made a second card (how perfect is this to mail to anyone).

 

 

I already have one in the mail.  Are you mailing cards this week?