Ingenious Inkling

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.

Gellinktober Poppy Stamps Pink

Today's #gellinktober is brought to you by the color pink.  I used more Catherine Pooler inks on my Gel Press today with one of Birgit's own Texture Plates - Flower Grid from Carabelle Studio.

 

 

I didn't get quite the same layering effect with trying to pick-up stamped texture from my Gel Press (on the left), but stamping with the Carabelle Studio Flower Grid Texture plate produced more contrast on my roll-off piece of cardstock.

The October Challenge theme at Poppy Stamps is Think Pink, so I used my Poppy Stamps Confetti Heart Collage Die and backed it with a scrap of silver glitter paper before attaching to a white card base.

 

I used my one-and-only Poppy Stamps Stamp set Tidings of Joy with some stamp surgery (since it's a Christmas set) for my sentiment.  I used some silver glitter stickers to embellish.  

While I had my stamp on my MISTI, I stamped the sentiment a second time and used it with my other Gel Press Background.

 

Whittle Monster Mash

The current challenge them at Memory Box is Haunted Halloween.

I just purchased this fun Memory Box Haunted Entrance Dome Die, so I knew I wanted to give it a try.  I loved that the cute little ghosts, bats and pumpkins were attached with tape, so there was no snipping to do (and therefore no sharp edges).  I also picked-up the Memory Box Frosted Glitter Paper Pad, which was perfect for the background.

 

And of course it was the perfect home for the new Whittle Monsters from Poppy Stamps (which of course needed tiny googly eyes on Dracula and some Halloween eyeball stickers on the mummy).  To get the details on the black cat to show-up, I found it worked better when you die cut it from a light color (in this case the same flesh color as Dracula's face) and then ink it with black ink.  When I die cut from black cardstock, the details were very hard to see.

I matted it on glittery bat paper from Pebbles Spooky Boo! and finished with a sticker sentiment.

Hoping to See You Soon

The theme at the Poppy Stamps Challenge for August is Heat Wave ... to use colors, techniques or images that bring to mind heat.

 

I chose to use "hot" colors together with some sunshine on my tropical row of houses using the Poppy Stamps Baylan House Dies.

 

 

My Sun is a circle punch and I added a sentiment from Memory Box Holiday Greenery (not just for the holidays).  There are so many people I'd love to see soon.

Half Past the Point of No Return

For their July Challenge, Poppy Stamps is asking for some Glim & Glam and to Make it Sparkle. 

I pulled out scraps of glitter paper and my dies and created a fun little scene.  I turned my Poppy Stamps Stitch Wreath into the sun and then cut several pieces of glitter paper with my Poppy Stamps Wave Trio to create the ocean.

 

I tried cutting my Poppy Stamps Wittle Whale from glitter paper, but then I lost all the wonderful details of the die so I had to settle for shimmery silver paper.  I finished with one of my quote stickers of Pink! song Lyrics which seemed oddly appropriate.

Since the DiesRUs Store sells PoppyStamps Dies, I'm linking-up at their Anything Goes Challenge.

Kitty Hugs

The June Challenge at Poppy Stamps is all about Clean & Simple.

I die cut the cute little Poppy Stamps Peek a Boo Kitty three times from gold cardstock.  I lined them up on dark green cardstock and then added some gems to the kitty-in-the-middle.

 

I framed the kitties with pretty leaf paper from Memory Box Cottage Meadow papers.  I used my Poppy Stamps Tidings of Joy Sentiment (with a little stamp surgery) to finish my Clean & Simple design.

I'm also linking-up at Cute Card Thursday where the theme is Masculine.