Ingenious Inkling

Tape Foiled Holiday

I'm resting & relaxing with Jennifer Maguire and Cathy Zielske this morning in the Online Card Classes Relax & Reward card class.  Jennifer shared a number of ways to use different adhesives with foil, so I did a twist on one of them for this card.

Rather than use cardstock, I used Pinkfresh Studios Happy Holidays designer paper for my base.

 

I used two widths of strong two-sided tape with two different foils - ThermoWeb Decofoil Green & ThermoWeb Gina K. Designs Glimmering Gold.  I found that burnishing the green foil with my teflon bone folder gave it a slightly burnished look, while it didn't seem to affect the gold foil.

I finished with a Pinkfresh Studios Happy Holidays Sticker Sentiment & Pinkfresh Studios Sparkle & Shine Ombre Glitter Drops.

 

 

I'm linking-up my card for the December Holiday Vibes Challenge at Pinkfresh Studios.

 

 

and I'm joining The Paper Players for their Christmas Challenge.

All Things Fall

The September Challenge at Unity Stamp Company is All Things Fall.

 

 

I started by using Orange Foil on the Unity/Therm-o-Web Circles a Plenty Card Front (so hard to photogram, but you can see a bit of the sparkle where the light hit it at the top of the card). 

I went through my collection and only found one "Fall" Stamp Set, so that's what I went with - Unity Stamp Company Give Thanks. 

 

 

I added a strip of orange gelliprint down the center and framed it with brown Love from Lizi Peel-off Strips. 

I stamped the tag in brown and the different leaf clusters in a combination of brown & orange for fall colors.  I finished with the sentiment from the set in orange, a gold dot on the dot of the tag, and a brown jute bow where the stems overlapped on the tag.

Autumn Leaves

The current Memory Box Challenge is Crazy for Orange.

 

 

I knew I wanted to die cut some scribble leaves from Orange Gelliprints, so when I didn't find any in my stash, I pulled out the paints and made some.  I discovered I could use Therm-o-Web Gold Foil to add a bit of gold to the still wet bits of paint.  I noticed a few wet bits before I put the gelliprint through the die cut machine ... there was a piece of foil on the studio table, and I had a Lauren moment and thought ... why not ... and it worked beautifully.

I die cut the Memory Box Scribble Leaf Bundle Background from the Orange Gelliprints and cut the Memory Box Scribble Leaf Bundle Outline from matte gold cardstock.

 

 

I arranged the falling leaves on a 2" strip of slightly darker orange gelliprint and finished with a sentiment from Memory Box Best Life Typewriter Sentiments and finished with gold & orange fairy jewels.

 

 

I'm also joining the AllSorts Challenge to use die cuts.

 

 

And The Male Room Challenge is all about Leaves.

I Mean Business

When I saw this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch, I knew it was time to go diving into the scrap bin. 

 

 

I decided to hunt for yellow papers to use for this week's Color Hues Challenge of Red and Yellow.

 

 

I used a red card base for my 1 1/4" punched yellow paper squares.  I was thrilled to finally find a home for that little scrap of Therm*o*Web flocked paper from four years ago (you never know when just the perfect project is going to come along).

 

 

I found paper with these yellow drinks, and decided to go with that as my focal image inspired by the Simon Says Stamp Monday Delicious Drinks Challenge.  I framed it in some red velvet paper and chose this fun snarky sentiment to finish the design.

From Flower Bouquet to Card

At our retreat this weekend, Chris Dayton made us an adorable paper flower bouquet with a die cut sentiment that was *potted* in a collapsible CLIC & GO watercolor cup from Faber Castell (so cute).  She asked that if we dis-assembled, to use the flower to make a card, so that's what I did this morning.

I found one of my Gel Press Prints from the weekend. (with fabulous ThermoWeb iCraft silver foil) that I made during the weekend to use as my background.  I found the flower stamps in The Stamp Market Just Add Flowers.

 

I wasn't sure the source of the leaves, but the sentiment is Simon Says Stamp + CZ Design Just Because die.

I used the layout from Atlantic Cards Sketch to assemble my card.  I attached the alcohol ink panel to a larger white card base to work with the large sentiment.

 

 

I used Taylored Expressions Bits & Pieces Drip Drops for the dot elements on the sketch.  I trimmed the leaves & flower petals where they hang over the edge of the card after everything was attached.  I also used foam tape on some of the smaller flowers & the sentiment for dimension.

 

Bunny Hugs

The new Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Under the Weather - create a card that is weather related or a Get Well theme (and if you're an extra-points type of crafter, use both).

 

 

I decided to go with a super-cute Get Well theme featuring sweet little rabbit from Hello Bluebird First Snow (or in Iowa, Last Snow which hopefully happened last week - I'm ready to put the scarf & gloves away for the season).  I thought the Bunny looked like he was sending a get well hug from afar.

 

 

 

The background is a Gel Press Print that I created using Plastic Wrap for #marchprintingchallenge with Gelli Arts.  After die cutting the stitched rectangle, I sprayed it with Pixie Spray and then applied some gold foil.  You can see that more clearly in this photo.

 

 

I colored the bunny with my Graph'IT Markers and finished with two stamped sentiments from Hello Bluebird Typed Everyday.

Here's a look at the Gel Press print before die cutting.

 

Full METAL Jacket

The new Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Full METAL Jacket - create a card featuring a metallic element.

 

 

I went with Foil as my element and pulled out a piece I had made during Foil-a-palooza years ago with Lauren using Decofoil Transfer Gel,  and the AlteNew Layered Kaleidoscope Stencil A and Gina K. Designs Sparkling Silver Fancy Foil.  The foil looks silver straight-on but has a wonderful rainbow effect when it gets hit by the light.

 

 

I positioned the lens of the AlteNew Say Cheese Camera over one of the circles in the Kaleidoscope design and added a sentiment from the same set.

I finished with a silver metallic pen over the grey stamped elements of the camera and added a tiny heart epoxy sticker to the flash.  I sure miss traveling and taking photographs.

I hope you'll shop your stash for those neglected metal elements and bring them out to shine.

 

Gnome for the Holidays

The November Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge is to make a card featuring a Critter. 

 

 

The instructions specifically list a Snowman as an option for a Critter, so I figured if Snowmen were in ... then Gnomes meet the Critter criteria too. 

I used the Gina K. Designs / Therm~o~web Gnome for the Holidays Kit.  I die cut the Gnome pieces and holiday tree & then used the stencils to add decorations & stripes.

 

 

I used the Sketch from the CAS Colours & Sketch Challenge with a piece of texty holiday paper.  

 

I'm also joining the Global Design Project Christmas Challenge.

Peace & Joy to You

This weekend, SkyPaperScissors reminded me that Ellen Hutson's cool Modern Graphics Vol. 2 papers (by the oh-so-fun-and-talented-Julie-Ebersole) could be foiled (yep ... life-changing).  I warmed-up the laminator and added some Therm-o-Web Turquoise Decofoil to this super-fun design.

 

I broke out some other new Ellen Hutson products in my stash for the rest of the card.  The Essentials by Ellen Deer Couple were die cut from Teal cardstock (I can never resist adding a red nose) and the sentiment is from the oh-so-diverse Love and Light Stamp Set.  

 

 

The slim-line layout from Tuesday Morning Sketches allowed more of that foiled paper to shine through.

 

It Was Enough

This morning's card was inspired by the Just Add Ink Just Choose Two Challenge.

 

 

I chose to combine Sequins with Metallic Foil together with the Sketch Saturday Layout.  My background is Gina K. Designs Dazzling Orange Foil  with her Holiday Foil Mates ... and there is Gold Foil in my alcohol inked rectangles in the sketch.  I added a scattering of orange sequins.

 

The leaf is a 3-D sticker and the stamped sentiment is from Essentials by Ellen You Should Know.

 

 

And a bonus card inspired by my childhood memories of the Undertaker roaming through the grounds at Silver Dollar City when I was a kid measuring us for his coffin.

 

The skeleton is from vintage Cosmo Cricket and the sentiment is pure Cathy Zielske Hollaween for Simon Says Stamp.