Ingenious Inkling

Fanciful Falling Leaves

The September Challenge at PoppyStamps is to make a Clean & Simple Card.  I decided to also incorporate Rust & Green from The Color Hues Challenge.

 

 

I found several Rust colored GelliArts prints in my stash and die cut them using PoppyStamps Fanciful Fall Leaves.  I also die cut the largest of the PoppyStamps Whittle Wood Picture Frames from Green Cardstock.

 

 

I arranged the falling leaves around the frame using foam tape under some of them for dimension.  

 

 

I finished with a sentiment from Poppystamps Peony Bouquet to complete the design.

Striking Floral Sympathy

It's been a while since I joined the AlteNew September Inspiration Challenge, so I had to get inky when these colors and flowers really sparked my creativity.

 

 

I stamped the AlteNew Striking Flowers on light pink cardstock, die cut them, and then blended the darker pink ink to add contrast.

 

 

I attached the flowers to a piece of alcohol ink designer paper and finished with a sentiment from AlteNew With Deepest Sympathy and some darker pink bling.

And since both of these stamp sets were un-inked in my stash, I'm also linking-up at the NBUS Challenge.  Additionally, I'm joining the Sympathy Challenge at Little Red Wagon.

Sorry for Your Dog Loss

A friend lost a beloved dog this week, and I wanted to send a card to express my sympathy.

 

 

I started with inspiration from the Hero Arts Stay Crafty Challenge Color My World.  My coloring was one of the brown Alcohol Ink backgrounds I made with my friend Bev in Alabama.  

 

 

I cut the background into strips using this week's Freshly Made Sketch layout.

 

 

I added a gold metallic circle for the Cardz 4 Guyz Metallic Challenge.  The Buddy Doggone Cute Shaker-Pop from Doodlebug Designs is my Animal for The Male Room Challenge.

 

 

I finished with the paw prints from the Shaker-Pop and a Hero Arts Sentiment from Thinking of You.

 

Nature Sympathy

I wanted to use the Addicted to CAS Code Word Nature Challenge for a Sympathy Card.

 

 

I found a few postage stamps in my collection with some butterflies, one of my favorite things to experience in nature.  I paired them with the layout at Sketch ~N~ Scrap adding some CAS spatter with Winterberry Distress Mica Stain,

 

 

Sympathy sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps Inside Stamps: Comfort.  I finished with a couple of gems (keeping embellishments to a minimum to qualify as CAS).

 

Stenciled Sympathy

I needed to restock some sympathy cards, so I started with one of the brick stenciled backgrounds I believe I made last year during my Alabama crafty getaway using pigment powders and sprayed water my stencil.

I die cut it with the Dare 2B Artzy Rectangle Slimline Die Cut, so I could get two panels from my stenciled piece.  I then cut them a second time to shorten the panels for an A2 card size.

For the first one I paired it with some 49 and Market Color Swatch Blossom Acetate Leaves and an acetate butterfly.

 

I die cut the sentiment from Honey Bee Stamps Inside Sentiments Comfort, so I could nestle it into the panel.

 

 

I'm linking-up at the Simon Says: Anything Goes Challenge and the Inkspirational Use Stencils Challenge.

For the second card, I die cut the Memory Box Pretty Blossom Stem from Sage Cardstock and then a second time from Light Pink Cardstock for the blooms.

 

 

I added some white pearls to the flower sentiments and finished with a sentiment from Memory Box Best Life Typewriter Sentiments using the same die cutting process to add it to the stenciled panel.

 

 

I'm linking-up at the Just Us Girls Anything Goes Stencil Challenge and the Creatalicious Anything Goes Challenge with an Optional theme of Pastels.

Wheatfield Sympathy

Tonight I needed some sympathy cards for a group to sign.  I had the Taylored Expressions Foil It Wheatfield on my studio table, so I decided to combine it with the Taylored Expressions June #TEMakerChallenge.

 

 

I used Cotton Candy Blue foil on the wheat because I didn't have a color that would pass for Pineapple ... and because in the land of card making, things can be any color you want.  I chose kraft as my third color.

 

 

And why is it so hard to photograph the glimmer of foil.  I finally settled for a small portion of the image reflecting the light.

I finished with sentiments from Taylored Expressions Mini Strips Sympathy and some Pineapple enamel dots.

More Pinkfresh Studio - Fun with Citrus

Here are a few more cards I made from the February Pinkfresh Studio Event.

I really loved every card I made with this citrus set.  The light blue background really made the citrus colors pop.

 

 

So fun how mixing-up the stenciled colors changed the look of the card.  Loved the fun embossing technique on the frame.

 

 

Love the limey green with the purple blooms.

 

 

I don't think you can go wrong with a citrus theme.

Floral Sympathy

I needed a Sympathy Card, so I went to Unity Stamp  Company for some inspiration (according to the post I'm too late to join, but I didn't see any new challenge posted, so I'm joining in late).

 

 

I chose to use the colors together with inspiration elements in the photo.  I used Speckled Egg, Victorian Velvet and Gathered Twigs Distress Ink to create my woodgrain background using white cardstock scored at the 1/2 inch mark.

I stamped the flowers from Unity Stamp Company ... so kind, so caring, so you in Catherine Pooler Rose Petal Ink and colored the flowers with yellow & blue markers.

 

 

I finished with a sentiment in the same set stamped in Speckled Egg Distress Ink and some blue gem stone.

I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says Spring Flowers Challenge.

Orchid Tapestry

The April Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K. Designs is to do Multi-Color Inking. 

I chose the large Holiday Tapestry Stamp (that is not just for holidays) and inked it with three shades of Gina K. Designs Orchid Ink ... I love how you can really see the ink-blend on those larger leaves.  My MISTI makes this technique so easy.

 

 

I needed a sympathy card, so I trimmed down the panel and paired it with the sentiment from Gina K. Designs Bitty Backgrounds stamp set.

 

 

It seemed a little naked with that large pattern and such a tiny sentiment, so I added a few Gina K. Designs dies from Botanical Duos and Foliage Fillers.

My first practice panel had a few blips, but I cut it down using Gina K. Designs Master Layouts and turned it into a Birthday Card with a sentiment from Gina K. Designs Go To Greetings.  I also used ink-blending on the sentiment with the two darker colors and used the Master Layouts again for the circles.

 

 

I finished with a sprinkle of sequins I had in my stash.

New & Old Sympathy

The newest challenge at Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero is Everything Old is New Again.

 

 

I combined an old Hero Arts Through the Woods Window Die Cut with new stamps & die cuts from the With Sympathy Bundle (although I can't seem to find it in any store ... it was relatively new & unopened in my stash).

I die cut the window die from one of the Alcohol Ink Gel Prints I made last week, and then die cut around it with a large oval die cut.  I used the same large oval to die cut a metallic gold gelliprint for the opening.

 

 

I stamped the two branches from the With Sympathy set twice, and die cut them.  The Butterfly is from the same set.  I colored the blooms & butterfly with an orange marker before attaching to an orange designer paper base.  I finished with a with sympathy sentiment.

I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says Something New Challenge.