A Year of Inkscapes - December

For my last calendar panel of the year I wanted to capture some of the essence of approaching Christmas. I used a mix of evergreen foliage, cones and berry stamps, hopefully without making it look too much like a Christmas card.

Inks are applied with a mix of Clarity Stencil brushes and round Ranger Ink blending tools and a lot of elbow grease! Sentiments were all positioned with the assistance of a MISTI stamp positioning tool.

Inks: Distress Inks: Tumbled Glass, Evergreen Bough, Pine Needles. Stampin' Up- Soft Suede, Garden Green, Mossy Meadow, Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler
Stamps: Stampin' Up - Ornamental Pine, Inkadinkado and Inkylicious sentiment.

A Year of Inkscapes - November

My calendar panel for November aims to capture the mistiness and gloom of November so I worked in tones of grey.

Inks are applied with a mix of Clarity Stencil brushes and round Ranger Ink blending tools and a lot of elbow grease! Sentiments were all positioned with the assistance of a MISTI stamp positioning tool.

Inks: Distress Inks - Iced Spruce, Pumice Stone, Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot. Adirondack Pigment Cloudy Blue. memento London Fog
Stamps - Indigo Blu, Inkylicious, Crafty Individuals Flourish - Sentiment Quietfire

A Year of Inkscapes - October

My calendar panel for October aims to capture the real essence of autumn with golds and brown shades and uses images of ripe seedheads, bracken and leaves.

Inks are applied with a mix of Clarity Stencil brushes and round Ranger Ink blending tools and a lot of elbow grease! Sentiments were all positioned with the assistance of a MISTI stamp positioning tool.

Inks: Distress Inks: Scattered Straw, Vintage Photo, Wild Honey. Stampin' Up - Hello Honey. Memento - Peanut Brittle, Cantaloupe, Rich Cocoa
Stamps: Crafty Individuals, Lavinia and Chocolate Baroque sentiment.

I'm entering this into Stamping Sensations Autumn Glory challenge, it's a lovely theme.

A Year of Inkscapes - September

My calendar panel for September aims to capture the feeling of ripening crops and the onset of autumn with shades of red.

Inks are applied with a mix of Clarity Stencil brushes and round Ranger Ink blending tools and a lot of elbow grease! Sentiments were all positioned with the assistance of a MISTI stamp positioning tool.

Inks: Distress Inks: Wilted Violet. Adirondack dye ink Cranberry. Stampin' Up - Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo, Cherry Cobbler. Versafine Onyx Black
Stamps: Woodware Cow Parsley, Inkylicious sentiment

A Year of Inkscapes - August

My calendar panel for August aims to capture the feeling of  the beach in summer. The main inspiration for this design was the sentiment which comes from one of my favourite song lyrics.

Inks are applied with a mix of Clarity Stencil brushes and round Ranger Ink blending tools and a lot of elbow grease! Sentiments were all positioned with the assistance of a MISTI stamp positioning tool. I used some torn paper for masking to add different coloured inks to the beach and sea areas and to create the horizon.

Inks: Distress Inks: Vintage Photo, Salty Ocean (of course!). Memento Rich Cocoa. Stampin' Up Soft Sky, Pool Party/ Paris Trunk Yellow Damasque. Versafine Onyx Black
Stamps: Inkylicious Windswept, Stampin' Up Wetlands,Impression Obsession sentiment, Stampscapes wave pattern 286E

A Year of Inkscapes - July

My calendar panel for July aims to capture the height of summer sunshine in warm yellows, oranges and reds.

Inks are applied with a mix of Clarity Stencil brushes and round Ranger Ink blending tools and a lot of elbow grease! Sentiments were all positioned with the assistance of a MISTI stamp positioning tool.

Inks: Distress Inks: Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick, Dusty Concord, Aged Mahogany. Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie
Stamps: Woodware, Inkadinkado and Inkylicious sentiment

A Year of Inkscapes - June

My calendar panel for June aims to capture the bright blue skies of summer.

Inks are applied with a mix of Clarity Stencil brushes and round Ranger Ink blending tools and a lot of elbow grease! Sentiments were all positioned with the assistance of a MISTI stamp positioning tool.

Inks: Distress Inks - Peacock Feathers, Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch, Chipped Sapphire. Stampin' Up - Lost Lagoon, Coastal Cabana, Soft Sky
Stamps: Stampinback - Idiot Flowers, Sentiment Quietfire
Stencils: Imagination Bay Leaf