Ingenious Inkling

Ink Blended Peony Bouquet

The May Challenge at Poppy Stamps is Floral Fantasy.

 

 

I pulled out my Poppy Stamps Peony Bouquet and decided to revisit an inking technique from this inky card from two years ago.  I used my MISTI to stamp the Peony image with fade-out grey ink and then grabbed a combination of yellow and peach dye inks and my masking tape and went to work.

 

After adding the ink, I re-stamped in Jet Black Amalgam Ink (which is why the MISTI is so important).  I used the Happy Birthday sentiment from the same set, and then trimmed down my panel to mount with foam tape on a white card base.

Before I revisited the instructions (that reminded me to stamp in fade-out ink), I had already stamped the image with Jet Black Amalgam Ink, so I made a second floral fantasy design.

 

 

I cut the Easter Egg off the Poppy Stamps Decorated Egg Stitched Frame and attached it over my stamped Peony Bouquet with foam tape.  I used the same sentiment and finished with some Pink Fresh Studio bright pink jewels.

 

 

I'm also linking this card up at the Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies Challenge & Springtime Challenge at Make My Monday.

In My Thoughts

The April Poppy Stamps Challenge is to add some Texture to your card.

 

 

I decided to combine that with the Let's Squash It! Challenge to add Geometry and Repeating Patterns.

 

 

I started with the Lined Diamond Embossing Folder for my repeating geometry (no name on the folder & I was unable to locate the source ... that's what happens when you have 20 years of art supplies).  I use the colors from The Paper Players for my design.

 

 

I due cut the Poppy Stamps Baylan House with the roof die cut from black ... it also has a repeated embossed texture that was hard to capture in the photo.

 

 

I finished with a stamped sentiment from Poppy Stamps Art Deco Birthday Greetings and a few Love from Lizi Black Peel Off strips to frame my panel.

 

Poppy Stamps Pretty Papers

The current Poppy Stamps Challenge is to use Pretty Papers on your card ... and what could be prettier than papers I made myself with paint & my Gel Press.

 

 

All of the papers on my card were either Gel Press prints or roll-off papers where I cleaned my brayer (honestly sometimes those can be as pretty as the prints I make).

The only paper I didn't print/paint was the cardstock I used with the Poppy Stamps Geometric Deco Die Cut Frame.  I stamped a sentiment from Poppy Stamps Art Deco Birthday Greetings on a painted piece of roll-off paper (that I actually pulled from my trash can).

 

 

I finished with a wrap of hemp cord to bring a bit more of the blue into the design.

And even though this is technically a birthday sentiment, it's going to be a Mother's Day card for one of my friends.

Here's the original Gel Press print that I used for my slimline card background.

 

Heart-Felt

The February Poppy Stamps Challenge is to use Hearts or Felt (or in my case, both).

 

 

The main layered die is the Adora Layering Dies from sister company Birch Press cut in three shades of purple.  The center heart is from Poppy Stamps Heart Confetti Collage.

 

 

I used a sentiment from sister company Memory Box Big and Little Valentines.  I die cut a felt circle on which to place the design.

I finished with a strip of watercolor paper painted with Dylusions Shimmer Paints.

I'm also joining the Dies R Us Valentine's/Love Challenge with my Adora dies & the Love Cards for Guyz challenge at Cards 4 Guys.

Frozen Flakes Peace

The December Challenge at Poppy Stamps is Happy Holly Days.

 

 

I pulled out some Memory Box glitter paper and cardstock for the card base & die cut the Poppy Stamps Frozen Flakes from the glitter paper.

 

 

The sentiment is Poppy Stamps Tidings of Joy.

 

 

I'm also joining the Inkspirational Challenge where the Word Prompt is Ice.

Magical Day

When I saw the Autumn Boldness Colors at the Sunday Stamps Challenge, I was pretty sure I had a piece of paint brayered paper in my stash from Art Camp (you can click through to see the process) in that exact color palette.

 

 

And sure enough, my memory hasn't totally failed me (although some days I wonder).

 

 

I decided to use the paper as my card base and combine it with some new Poppy Stamps products for the Poppy Stamps Make it Magical Challenge (because what is more magical than a Whittle Unicorn).

 

 

I die cut the Poppy Stamps Geometric Deco Plate twice from Orange and Red Cardstock.  Next I die cut the Poppy Stamps Whittle Unicorn twice from shimmery yellow cardstock and a scrap of my background paper (that I used for the mane, horn and heart outlines).

 

 

I paired it with a sentiment from Poppy Stamps Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments to finish the card.

I'm also linking-up at the Dies R Us Anything Goes Challenge where they sell lots of Poppy Stamps dies.

Peachy Washi Birthday

My card is inspired by the photo at the Peach Birthday Fusion Card Challenge.

 

I used a combination of peachy washi tape to create my background inspired by the layers of the rainbow.  I love how the design in one of the tapes looks like a row of lacy rainbows.

 

 

I brought in the gold from the picture with a Gold Embossed Sentiment from Poppy Stamps Peony Bouquet and the Poppy Stamps Susanna Blossom die cut from gold cardstock. 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Poppy Stamps September Wonderful Washi Challenge.

There's also a Washi Tape Challenge at Little Red Wagon.

Joy to the World

I had a very relaxing weekend.  I got up early on Saturday and headed to the Farmers' Market before it got warm and crowded.  I also stopped at Trader Joe's and at Michel's (couldn't believe how absolutely empty the aisles were ... literally multiple aisles with not a single product on them).

In the afternoon I had fun Gel Press Printing with a friend over Zoom.  I tried some Alcohol Inks with stencils, which was a lot of fun.  This stencil is called Gridded from StencilGirl.

 

 

Today I got up early for a bicycle ride around the lake.  After that, I did lots of cooking with my Farmers' Market finds ... Sweet & Sour German Red Cabbage, Pork with Chinese Long Beans, and Fresh Peach Crumb Bars.

So after all of that, I finally had a little studio time.  I saw that the Poppy Stamps Challenge this month is Anything Goes, so I used it as a chance to continue to stock my holiday stash (since I usually need about double what I make for Jingle Belles).

 

I die cut the Poppy Stamps Adriana Wreath Die from Green Glitter Cardstock and attached it to a kraft card base.  I embellished with red berry gems and used a sentiment from Poppy Stamps Tidings of Joy.

 

Love and Heartfelt Hugs

Today I wanted to join the Poppy Stamps I Love You Challenge (and once again remind myself that I need more Poppy Stamps Stamp Sets other than Tidings of Joy that I've been performing Stamp Surgery on for all of the other holidays since at least 2018). 

Given the age of my stamp set (and the serious need to buy another) I'm also joining the Retro Rubber Challenge, which is It's Not All Black & White ... so Add Some Red.

 

 

I started by die cutting the Poppy Stamps Confetti Hearts from Memory Box Holiday Red Glitter Paper and backing it with White Glitter Paper from the same paper pad.  I used a Memory Box Grey Plaid paper as my card base.

 

 

I added the rest of the elements using the Sketch from Mojo Monday (including the Red Glitter Heart from the focal point die cut stamping my sentiment in black & red.

 

 

I'm also joining the Inkspirational Hearts Challenge.

 

 

 

 

Wild at Heart Tag

The December Challenge at Poppy Stamps is Anything But a Card. 

 

I thought the Poppy Stamps Wild at Heart Border Die would be perfect for a tag ... because it's time to start making valentines. 

 

 

I used it with one of my pieces of Alcohol Ink Glitter Paper (thanks again Jennifer for the tutorial) using Memory Box Delicate Pastel Glitter Paper.

 

 

I die cut the Heart Border from the Glitter paper and then positioned it to die cut a partial tag.  I die cut a full tag from white cardstock and attached it on top and stapled silver ribbon to the top of the tag.

I finished with a sentiment from Poppy Stamps Tidings of Joy.