Ingenious Inkling

Colors of Halloween

The next Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Color Me Beautiful - showcase your favorite coloring medium.

 

 

I chose my Gellipress as my favorite medium.  It works so well for large stamps like So Franken Cute from Picket Fence Studios.

I used a combination of green inks to create my paper and then stamped Frankenstein in black ink before detail cutting the image.  I used a scrap of the green inked paper for stamping my sentiment as well.  I added some silver pen to his posts & brackets, and used colored pencils for a bit of green shading.

 

 

I used another gelliprint (that one with paint) for my background.

Can't wait to see how you shop your stash to join us.

 

Shake it Up, Shake it Up!

Shake It Up, Shake it Up! is the newest challenge theme at Shopping Our Stash - create a card with a Shaker element.

 

 

I chose to feature a Fruit Cocktail Shaker-Pop from Doodlebug Design for my card, pairing it with papers from Doodlebug Design Seaside Summer.

 

 

I finished with some clusters of Pinkfresh Studio Sunshine Gems.

Welcome to the Jungle

Our newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Welcome to the Jungle - create a card featuring any wild animal - can be anything from polar bear, koala, tiger, elephant all the way to iguanas and parrots.

 

 

I chose to feature a wonderful wild Rhinoceros from Carta Bella Zoo Adventure Journaling Cards.

 

 

 

The Rhino Grey card base is embossed with a Spellbinders Maze Embossing Folder.  Next I layered on a Gelliprint that pulled out the blue from the journaling card using this week's Sketch from Sunday Stamps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I finished with a sticker sentiment and some gray Tim Holtz Ideaology Halloween Droplets.

Hot, Hot, Hot!

The newest Challenge at Shopping our Stash is Hot, Hot Hot! - you could make it weather related, grilling or even spicy food.  We just want you to shop your stash for what says HOT to you.

 

 

 

Since I just returned from a vacation to visit my crafty friend Bev to enjoy time floating in her pool in the Hot, Hot, Hot southern weather, that's what inspired by card.

 

I chose a gelliprint from my stash that reminded me of the beautiful blues of a swimming pool.  Then I used an oval die on kraft cardstock to die cut my pool.

 

I found a scrap of alcohol ink paper in my stash and used it to stamp images from a Never Been Used Stamp Set (NBUS) from Ellen Hutson Essentials by Ellen - Everything's Beachy. 

 

 

 

 

I stamped my lady on white cardstock and used coordinating colored pencils to bring her to life.

 

 

 

I finished by attaching all of the pieces to my card base and adding a stamped sentiment on the pool bottom from Ellen Hutson's Essential by Ellen Summer of Stamping Soak it Up Combo by Avery Elle.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at the Summer Challenge at Inspire. Create. Stamping Challenge.

Vacation Destination

The new challenge at Shopping our Stash is Vacation Destination - make a card featuring a favorite vacation destination (beach, campground, Paris, Honolulu, etc.)

 

 

I used stamps from Artistic Outpost London Underground to create my destination card.

 

I'm also linking-up at the Bon Voyage Challenge at Daring Cardmakers.

 

 

And since I've had these stamps since at least 2013, I'm linking-up at Retro Rubber Challenge.

Can't wait to see your Vacation Destination creations.

No Stamping Collage

Our newest Challenge at Shopping our Stash is to create a paper crafted card that features NO STAMPING.  Pull out your die cuts, stickers, Ephemera, vintage elements ... anything but inking-up a stamp.

 

 

I decided to start by shopping a Reminisce Cocoa designer paper scrap from my basket for the base on my kraft card.  Next I chose the picture of two friends from the Tim Holtz Photobooth ephemera to build my collage around.

 

 

I layered on a die cut from a clothing tag, a word from a tiny flash card, a page of trading stamps & more smaller trading stamps, a dictionary definitions, a tiny picture of fresh peaches, stitched washi tape, a Pantone paint sample and a sticker sentiment.  I truly shopped my entire stash to put this one together.

With my clothing tag, paint color sample and trading stamps (and my snarky sentiment), I'm also joining the U is for Upcycle Challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

 

I can't wait to see what you make from all of the goodies you have stashed in your studio.

Celebrating by the Numbers

It's our 500th Challenge at Shopping Our Stash (Wowza!) so we're Celebrating by the Numbers - make a celebration card that includes a number ... it might be a birthday, anniversary, or whatever you want to celebrate.

 

I decided to use the numbers on the new First Class Stamps from Essentials by Ellen.  I stamped four of them on a panel, and then I embellished with a number of stickers & added a little pink to the blooms.

 

 

The card base is a gelliprint topped by a strip of Alcohol ink paper.  It turned out a bit "busy" (probably should have skipped the cancles) but aren't all celebrations filled with lots of fun & details.

 

It's also Number Crunching at Seize the Birthday.

Please come join us & help celebrate this momentous achievement.

Sentimentally Yours

The newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to create a card where the Sentiment is the Star.  Pull out those quotes or sentiment stamps or dies - or maybe look into your already stamped/printed stack and see if you have any waiting to be used (avoid stamping images ... we want the sentiment to be the star).

 

 

I started by Die Cutting my favorite large Die-Versions Happy Birthday Die Cut from a relatively solid Blue Gelli Print.

 

I attached it to a rectangle die cut from another gelli print (this one made with Pan Pastels & the Taylored Expressions Mini Slim Cable Knit Stencil).  

I realized my sentiment was slightly off center, so to help solve the balance issue, I added a Stampin' Up birthday balloon punched from a scrap of the same gelli print and tied on with some thing ribbon).  I attached it all to a light purple card base.

Break out your Sentiments and come join the fun.

Let's Hear it for the Boys

The current challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Let's Hear it for the Boys - make a masculine card.

 

 

I shopped all sorts of things in my stash for this Father's Day Card.  I started with some papers from the BasicGrey Hey Boy Collection (one as my base and an orange piece for the cassette tapes & measuring tool).

Next I pulled out a rejected Gelliprint (which is why I save the rejects) to cut out some gears using Tim Holtz Thinlets Gearhead Dies, which is where I started my collage.

 

 

Next I used a circle punch on badges from a page from a vintage Boy Scout Handbook.  I also cut out some text from the page & an illustration and incorporated both of those.

Next came an assortment of stickers from my stash including an ice cold glass of beer.

I finished with by stamping a Happy Father's Day sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Mom and Dad Icons.

 

 

With all of those fun gel printed gears and the vintage elements (and a little subtle snark if you knew the recipient), I'm also linking-up at the Steampunk Challenge at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

You're So Sweet

The newest Challenge at Shopping our Stash is You're So Sweet - create a card featuring something sweet (ice cream, cake, cookies, fruit ... basically my 5th food group).

 

 

I decided to go with Rina K's Sweet Stuff Stamps, Dies & Stencils for a cool delicious ice cream cone.  I combined it with the current Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge to use her Masking Magic Masking Strips to create a masked & stenciled design.  I used three colors of Electro Pop ink and three stencils - Festive, Mega Flowers & Water Droplets.

 

 

 

I used the delicious Electro Pop Orange for an orange Sherbet Cone (if it were real life, I'd also have a second scoop of vanilla to mix the two together).  I used Gina K. Designs Small Stitched Ovals for my black matt to help the cone pop more against the busy background.

 

 

 

I finished with a sentiment from the same set (which coincidentally matches our challenge theme exactly ... love that).

I hope you'll shop your stash & come join us for some sweet fun.