Have you tried the Painter's Tape Technique yet? Chances are you may already have Painter's Tape at home and this is a quick, simple, no mess way to create a colourful background. If you
What would I do without my acrylic blocks? Of course they are just the thing for stamping with clear stamps. But they are also perfect for creating gorgeous backgrounds! One of my favorite techniques is using my Stampin' Up markers to color them. I just ink up any old block with whatever colors suit my fancy. Then I get them super wet by misting them with water. If I'm working with card stock, I use tons of water, say 10 squirts. If I'm using watercolor paper, I use less water. In this example I was using card stock, so I drenched the block. Then I stamp it onto a piece of Whisper White card stock. I press down with force to help squish the color around. Sometimes I let it air dry, but when I'm in a hurry, I use my heat gun to speed up the process! And voila! A stunning bit of background just waiting to be stamped upon. Tomorrow I'll post some cards that I made using this technique. Give it a try!
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Fresh Peonies March 30, 2019 Hello Friends and Happy Saturday! I was on the Technique Tuesday Blog last Thursday sharing the Gorge...
This month's Ingenious Inking Challenge is about watercolor and more specifically, creating a watercolor wash for your card. Another super fun challenge! My life is rough, people. ;) I chose to go a different route than simply applying a watered down ink to my card, I decided to give it some definition by using an acrylic block. Cool part about this technique is, you can create a ton of shapes for your background by simply using different blocks! I pushed my Coral Crush ink pad and Persimmon ink pad directly onto my clean acrylic block. You can control how much color your background will have, depending on how much ink you apply. I used a large amount of Persimmon, so my background will be bolder. Then, holding the block slightly away from myself, I spritzed water onto my block. About 4-5 squirts. More water will equal less intense color on your paper. Less water will yeild a stronger color on your paper. This is what the block and the paper looks like when you set it on your paper. By the way, this is watercolor paper. You definitely need that paper to handle the water! I did have a wee bit too much water...so I grabbed a paper towel and gently dabbed away the excess. I finished the card off with stripes (Striped Backgrounds), a bold sentiment (True Friends), and a flower (Die-namics Rolled Blooming Rose). Visit the MFT Stamps Blog for more information about this challenge, and all the fun challenges we have each month. And be sure and check out yesterday's post, as I once again got to do the MFTv Video for Monday! thanks for stopping by! ~kimberly InLinkz.com
You guys may know that I was tragically born without the gene that let's you achieve a C lean A nd S imple card. ;-) Not sure why I find the...
This Leaf Collection card uses a second, darker colour stamping over an initial image to provide a shaded card with depth and interest.
Stamping with Acrylic Blocks is so simple and fun! Check out these 7 Ways to Use Acrylic Blocks in your stamping with the Forever Fern Stamp Set.
You are going to FLIP over this super easy emboss resist stamp technique. Use the absolutely gorgeous Marbled background stamp and white emboss powder.
A large (6"x6") clear background stamp, easy to line up and colour in! Make repeat patterns, or use as a background, the choice is yours. Made from high quality photopolymer, this stamp is easy to use and easy to keep clean.
These cards just make me happy.. I love the Beautiful You stamp set and the free flowing watercolor wash background I created for these wonderful stamped ladies! The Beautiful You stamp set is available in both wood mount and clear mount versions, my personal preference is wood mount, but both are great. See more about our 3 stamp options HERE. If you have been following me for awhile, you probably know that I am really partial to backgrounds created with a simple, yet colorful watercolor background wash. I created these Beautiful You note cards with Stampin' Up! watercolor
This post is in conjunction with the Art 'n Soul Newsletter article "Technique of the Week" This post is less of a technique and more about trying out the new Distress Oxide inks. I was skeptical in the beginning, but now I know I LOVE these new inks. Oxide inks are a hybrid of Pigment ink and Dye ink. Where Dye inks soak into your paper, Pigment inks sit on top and take longer to dry. The Oxides have the best of both of these worlds. They blend like a dream, and they stamp better as well. They also incorporate the best of the water-reactive properties of regular Distress ink. there are 12 colors currently available, and Ranger is overwhelmed with orders, so we have to get in line; but we WILL get them in! Right now we have 8 of the 12 colors for demo'ing at Art 'n Soul, and we will be happy to demo them for you. For my card, I first blended Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick, and Broken China, adding a little Wilted Violet at the end. I sprayed the card, using the Tim Holtz spritzer bottle, which makes large and small droplets. You can almost do no wrong with these inks, whatever I have done looks good. However, I wanted to stamp and emboss with White Diamond embossing powder, and I decided that my inks were a little too light for the white to pop out properly. This panel is actually very pretty in real life, and it is at Art 'n Soul for you to see Starting over with new colors was no problem, because playing with these inks is just so much fun. For the second try, I started with Wilted Violet. I added Broken China (I LOVE the combo of these 2 colors), Cracked Pistachio, and Spiced Marmalade. Since the inks have pigment, they are so easy to blend If you compare the colors side by side to regular dye based Distress colors, they will look just a little different. This is because these Oxide colors with pigment sit on top of the paper, and the regular dye based ones soak in. I spritzed it to get the water spots, and decided it was still too pale. I made sure to dry the spots and went over the card with some Faded Jeans, Fired Brick, and intensified the colors in the Wilted Violet, Broken China, and Cracked Pistachio. I love how rich the colors are This time I thought the colors were dark enough, and so I added more droplets with the spritzer, and dried the card thoroughly. I stamped my image and sentiment with Versamark ink and embossed with White Diamond embossing powder by JudiKins. I added a little of the Wilted Violet to the center of the largest flower in the stamp. I hope you'll give these new inks a try. I think you'll find them as fun to work with as I did. As you know, Art 'n Soul is Magenta's Retailer of the Year for the seventh year in a row, and this allows some privileges. The reason I mention this is because we have advance viewing of the new Magenta Spring Collection, and one of the stamps for Spring is a new one by yours truly, a Zen Bouquet of flowers, shown here on my card. I also have several sentiments in the collection, including this one. Since I received my stamps just yesterday, I decided to give you all a sneak peek of two of my new stamps on the post this week. These are available for pre-order at Art 'n Soul now, along with the entire 2017 Spring Collection. Please come by and see our sneak peek catalog and place your order. You can be among the first in the world to receive the beautiful new Magenta stamps! Magenta Products Used: (If you are local, please look for products at Art 'n Soul. We are taking orders for the new Spring collection now. If you are not local and wish to find Magenta products, you can visit the Magenta online store here. The new collection will be in the online store very soon). 44.024.Q Zen Bouquet 07.968.H You are Amazing Other Products Used: Distress Oxide inks: Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick, Broken China, Wilted Violet,Cracked Pistachio, and Faded Jeans Versamark ink White Diamond embossing powder by JudiKins
Hello everyone, and welcome to a brand new challenge on the Chocolate Baroque Challenge Blog. Thank you for your support throughout the month, we really appreciate your visits to the blog, and your wonderful comments, which we always enjoy reading. We will be announcing the winner of Challenge Twenty Two next week, so if you entered the challenge last month, please be sure to check the announcement to see if you are the winner of our prize. As a reminder to those of you who have visited our blog before, and for anyone who is new to the blog, our challenges are monthly, based on an inspirational photo and a colour swatch. A new challenge is launched on the third Wednesday of every month. You can use any medium to create your project; inks, paints, pens, pencils, etc., as long as you stick to the colour from the colour swatch in your project. We are offering a monthly prize of £15 to spend on Chocolate Baroque stamps to one lucky winner, who will be selected by Random.org from all of the entrants who have used Chocolate Baroque stamps currently available from the website. We welcome entries incorporating other stamps and images, but they will not be eligible for the prize. All entrants will have the chance to be selected as one of our Top Three, and can then display our 'I made the Top Three at Chocolate Baroque' badge on their blog. We have a lovely colour palette for you to play with this month, and some gorgeous inspiration from the Design Team, which we will be sharing with you over the coming weeks. Here is the colour swatch for the new challenge: The challenge will close at 12.00 p.m. on Tuesday 14th June 2016, and the winner will be announced on Wednesday 22nd June 2016. Here are some projects for your inspiration from the Design Team: Asha's funky floral card would brighten up anyone's day: Magda has created a bold tag, using a stencil, and added an inspirational quote: Claire has created a CAS card using a Zentangle style butterfly: I have made a set of notelets with Brusho backgrounds, and white embossing: Thank you so much girls for your inspiration using the new challenge colours. We hope that they will have you reaching for your own crafty stash to create something yourselves, and join in with the challenge. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our challenge blog team. You can get in touch by sending a private message. Details are at the end of this blog post below the comments section. We hope that you enjoy the new challenge, and look forward to seeihng your projects, Judith xx An InLinkz Link-up
Happy Tuesday everybody! I have some really exciting news to share. Yesterday I was notified by Stampin' Up! that I have been selected to be a Display Stamper at the San Diego On Stage event in April! I can't tell you how excited I am as I know there was a thick group of talent that applied. Pretty soon I'll be receiving a box of products to create cards and other items to share at the event in April. The biggest torture will be that I won't be able to share any of it with you until after the event. I'm not sure how I'll contain my excitement but I suppose I'll have to manage. Now, on to my project for today. I've decided to start focusing on sharing fun techniques with you, hopefully, every week. I'm in a collaborative group of creative and artistic stampers and we are working together to bring you multiple card tutorials on specific techniques each month. This month I focused on the Distressed Glue Technique. Have you ever heard of it? I hadn't until last month but it is one of the most fun and rewarding techniques I have tried in a long time. I used it to create the background on this card and I love the way it came out. The glue gives it texture and makes the ink blend in such a cool way. Supplies: Cardstock: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Vellum Ink: Daffodil Delight, Smoky Slate, Bermuda Bay Metallic Doily: large, silver and cut in half Silver 5/8” (1.6cm) Satin Ribbon Whisper White Solid Baker’s Twine Layering Circle Framelits Dies Birds & Blooms Thinlits Dies Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Softly Falling Embossing Folder Liquid Adhesive: Fine Tip Glue Pen or Elmer’s Glue Acrylic Block Plastic sheet or Clear Envelope Measurements: Card Base in Basic Gray: 4 1⁄4” x 11” and scored at 5 1/2" Layer 1 in Basic Gray: 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” Whisper White (Distressed Glue Background): 4” x 5 1⁄4” Vellum:2x41⁄2” and Embossed with Hexagon Embossing Folder Silver Ribbon: 8” ~2" Circles of Pool Party and Bermuda Bay Embossed with the Softly Falling Folder First, squirt some glue onto a clean surface (plastic sheet, clear envelope or large acrylic block) and use an acrylic block to apply the glue to the Whisper White background piece. I used Elmer's glue but you can also use the fine tip glue pen for this technique. Let glue dry completely. Use sponge daubers to apply both Daffodil Delight and Smoky Slate ink over the dried glue. You can see in this photo how the dried glue affects the absorption of the ink into the paper creating an interesting look. After the Daffodil Delight, I added Smokey Slate and made sure to blend it over the edges of the Daffodil Delight. Sponge Bermuda Bay ink over the top of the Daffodil Delight and Smoky Slate. There you have it. Your distressed ink background is done. Yes, it really is that easy! 4. Adhere the distressed glue background to the Basic Gray mat. Use a Big Shot to cut circles out of Pool Party and Bermuda Bay then emboss them with the Softly Falling Embossing Folder and adhere them together. Emboss the vellum with the Hexagon folder. 5. Put the card together by first adhering the vellum and silver ribbon to the distressed layer. Then wrap the twine around the card three times and tie a bow. Adhere the silver doily to the back of the colored circles and attach it to the card front tucked under the twine. Add the bird using dimensionals. Now adhere the card face to your card base using dimensionals. Your finished card will look like this. I hope you'll give this technique a try. I can't wait to try it with other colors. Its pretty late so I'm signing off for now but please let me know what you come up with if you try this technique. Have a good one! -Maria Need more stamps now? Never fear! I've got you covered! Want a great discount on Stampin' Up! Products and to have a fun new stamping family? Join me on this fun adventure! I can't wait to be your super excited (possibly way too enthusiastic... No! That's not possible!) Stampin' Up! side kick and support lady! In case you didn't know, you can join Stampin' Up! just for the discount and never sell a single product. If you want to know the details just let me know. If you're looking for a discount on your favorite hobby (stamping and paper crafting with Stampin' Up! products) and want to earn money doing it... let me know! I'd love to talk with you whatever your interest might be! If you want to see a little more info go ahead and click the button below. Looking forward to hearing from you!
Playing some more catch up here… A few weeks back (while still at the cottage in Canada) I got out the mess-making supplies to try a fu...
Hello, crafty friends!! welcome back to another installment of Step Up Your Cardmaking!! Today, I'll show you how to stretch your stash and use a square stencil on a slimline card!!
Hi all! Remember the #2015bestnine on Instagram? I never posted it since I preferred to show you my favourite projects. The hashtag though, showed me that you really, really like my ink blending ba…
I'm working on the ATCs for Darkroom Door's September swap. The theme is Stitched Up. I used these Distress Inks on a craftsheet. Ben bezig aan de achtergrondjes voor de september ATC swap van Darkroom Door. Het thema is Stitched Up. Met deze kleuren gewerkt op een craftsheet. Then I used Tim's Tiles stencil. Blokjes gemaakt met de Tiles stencil van Tim. Next I stamped the Grid Background by Darkroom Door, using Peacock Feathers Distress Ink and cut the sheet into ATC size pieces. Daarna de Grid achtergrondstempel van Darkroom Door er overheen gestempeld met Distress Inkt Peacock Feathers, en de kaartjes op maat gesneden. I used: Darkroom Door stamp: Grid Background Distress Inkpads: Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, Evergreen Bough Stencil: Tim Holtz Collection #Tiles
Hello! It's a cold, wet & rainy Monday here So I thought a picture tutorial would Brighten up the day:) Many of my Lovely readers have asked how I created this card from this post, using the Penny Black Promenade 25-001 STENCIL. Remembering the steps was a bit of a challenge for me because the initial Background was a practice piece from The OLCC Watercolor for Cardmakers back in May of this year. I don't throw card fronts away thinking they may be useful later. I picked up this front and added other stamping and sponging techniques to make up the finished card. Here are the steps: Sponge your color on a card front. Leave some white space:) Using the Penny Black Promenade 25-001 stencil and small applicator sponge the leaves, vines and blooms. Make sure the ink is heavily sponged! Ink up the BACK of the stencil...make sure it's the BACK--opposite side of what you just stenciled through. Spritz the stencil with water and place it on the card front just off to the side of your sponged blooms. ****Here is the hard part...Just let it sit and air dry!! The water will pool and move under the plastic stencil. Magic happens when it dries on its own. See the Magic? Splash gold color shine as you wish. Ink and stamp the Penny Black sentiment in black archival ink. Re-ink the sentiment in another distress ink color and stamp off to the left of previous sentiment. Yes, It looks blurry. Take a brush and clean water and gently brush over the sentiment to bring the shadow together with the black sentiment. Place a strip of washi tape on the fold of your card. Trim the front down and adhere to the card base. Add sequins and WALLLA!! Your card is finished! Here are the original and the second card side by side. Each lovely in their own way... yet similar in technique. Hope you enjoyed the tutorial and PLEASE ask if there is anything that is not clear. Give it a try...I'd LOVE to see what you come up with:) I'll be linking up to the SSS Wednesday Challenge : Use Watercolor. Thanks for stopping by! LauraJane:) You can also find me: Instagram @mammacooksalot YouTube: Mamma LauraJane.
Hey, everyone! Roree here with another Make It! Monday project. Today I am sharing a card I created with Ken Oliver Crafts Color Burst watercolor powder, watercolor paper, and a stencil. I started with a Pink Paislee Mistables Mask (this is an older product I have had for quite a while), a panel of watercolor [...]
First I want you to look at the background not the stamped image. The background was done using Distress Oxide and just blending the dif...
Playing some more catch up here… A few weeks back (while still at the cottage in Canada) I got out the mess-making supplies to try a fu...
My very good friend Pam Nelson send me a photo of a background she did using a Magenta stencil and Distress Oxide inks. I was so inspired by it that I asked her if I could use her design. Here is the photo that she sent me. by Pam Nelson One of the cool things about this gorgeous background that I didn't know at first, is that Pam actually dry embossed the stencil into the paper. You can see Pam's post here, and she has lots of photos and descriptions of what she did, including clear instructions for dry embossing a stencil. While you are there, check out her other posts. I guarantee she will inspire you also. I didn't dry emboss my backgrounds, but I will definitely do that next time. It helps create a beautiful, crisp image. I just taped a cardstock panel to the back of the stencil, turned it over, and blended the colors through the stencil sing a blending tool. Oxide inks blend very well anyway, and this time is no exception. Here are my backgrounds and the inks I used: Following Jennifer Mcguire's very good advice, I made more than one background while I had the paper and inks out. I used a Neat and Tangled stencil, but I think there are a lot of great stencils that would work with this technique. Pam used brushes to lay down color and I used blending tools. As you can see, both work very well. Going in rainbow order makes very pretty blends. The first card I made was for my son-in-law's birthday This is such a colorful, busy background that I liked the idea of keeping it simple and just putting a circular message in the center. I matted the panel in black to match the sentiment. This was a super easy card with lots of impact. I also needed a graduation card for our oldest grandson who graduated from High School this year I love how these cards turned out, and they were so simple to make! I hope you try it. And be sure to check out Pam's post on her blog. Her card is amazing! Products Used: Birthday Card Papertrey Ink Phraseplay 5: Happy Stamp Set & Die Hero Arts DI 199 Infinity Nesting Circles Neat & Tangled Rice Paddies Stencil NAT275 Distress Oxide Inks: Festive Berries, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet Neenah Solar White cardstock 80# & 110# Papertrey Ink True Black cardstock Versafine Onyx Black ink Lawn Fawn LF768 Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables Graduation Card Papertrey Ink For The Graduate stamp set Wordsworth S212-H Well Done You Impression Obsession C15014 Congratulations Hero Arts DI 199 Infinity Nesting Circles Neat & Tangled Rice Paddies Stencil NAT275 Distress Oxide Inks: Festive Berries, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet Neenah Solar White cardstock 80# & 110# So Silk Glamor Green cardstock Versafine Onyx Black ink Lawn Fawn LF768 Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables
Hi crafty friends! Welcome to our 2nd to last STAMPtember 2016 brand feature. Today we’re so happy to be spotlighting …
Silhouette stamps are perfect for crafters who love to create backgrounds. The solid figures, usually printed or stamped in black, are a beautiful contrast against a bright star-filled sky, a riot of colourful blossoms, or whatever background captures your imagination. Today I want to share a technique for creating an aurora using water-based inks and a blending brush. I'm going to start by working the colour from the bottom to the top, which means I'll need to turn my cardstock 180 degrees to make it easier to add the colour. (Please forgive my messy scrap paper... I hope it's not too distracting as we progress through the tutorial.) I'm dragging light blue ink (Tumbled Glass) from the edge of the cardstock to the top. For this effect, we don't want to over-blend too much... we're after a streaky look. I'm adding a darker blue (Broken China) over the light blue in several places, again dragging from the edge of the cardstock to the top. Now spin the cardstock all the way around and work from the top down. You want to add ink right across the top of the cardstock, taking care not to cover all the lighter blue at the bottom. I'm introducing a touch of green now with a darker ink (Evergreen Bough). I'll deepen the darker blue, keeping most of the pigment at the top of the cardstock. My final colour is a dark blue (Faded Jeans), which will be even darker when it's applied over the previous layers. Keep most of the colour at the top of the cardstock so it looks like the aurora is rising up from the ground or horizon line. The last step is to add some stars with a white gel pen. You could flick white paint if you prefer, but I tend to go a little overboard with my flicking and end up with a definite paint spatter... hence the gel pen! My background is ready to use. Check back in a couple of days to see where it ends up. Stamps:
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I had a lot of fun with this new technique today. Its called Aqua Wash with markers. This is a very pretty watercolor background technique that can be used with pretty much any stamp set or detailed dies. This technique is super easy and super cool. You'll need the Stampin...
Today I’m joining with Clear & Simple Stamps for a group post. The challenge was to use our clear acrylic blocks to create a background. I’ve never tried inking up my acrylic block …
hello blog buddies......and happy new year to you!! after a long holiday break, i've been trying to get back into the creative swing of things, so i decided to open my favorite little moleskine journal and just play. here's a simple way to create a "painted background" without having to get your paintbrush out......all you need is your journal, your favorite water-soluble markers (i use tombow brush pens), an acrylic block, and a mini mister. first, brush your marker across the acrylic block several times until you have a good amount of ink on the block. using your mini mister, spray the ink using a very light touch..... you just want to add enough water to make the ink "spreadable". now "stamp" your paper with the acrylic block, and swipe the ink across the page. for a multi-painted look, add as many colors and layers as you like! and now that we have a background, let's take this page one step further! paint a large square of slightly diluted gesso onto the page...... and write a fun message using your favorite pen (i used a pitt pen). then add some shading, lines, doodle dots, and all your other favorite little touches! here's to 2012: a big, beautiful, blank, new canvas!! {supplies used: moleskine journal, tombow brush markers, mini mister, acrylic block, gesso, 3B pencil, faber-castell pitt pens}
Hey, everyone! Roree here with another Make It! Monday project. Today I am sharing a card I created with Ken Oliver Crafts Color Burst watercolor powder, watercolor paper, and a stencil. I started with a Pink Paislee Mistables Mask (this is an older product I have had for quite a while), a panel of watercolor [...]
Hi, hello! A two post day! Scroll on down for the #12daysofholidaygiftwrap project I've posted for Love is in the Details. I'...
What would I do without my acrylic blocks? Of course they are just the thing for stamping with clear stamps. But they are also perfect for c...
Well, not just backgrounds ofcourse. I chose some of my favorite colors and tried others to see how they work together. I made thin strips of the cardstock I usually use , blended them with my mini blending tools and then stuck them back on a full sheet, so I can insert them in my binder. I scanned them instead of photograping them, as it's close to midnight, I thought that would give the best color representation. But I'm not so sure it worked that way. So if you like the sound of some of my recipes, why not recreate them on your own cardstock or watercolor paper if you prefer and see how they work for you. I hope you can read my handwriting ;-) I made a Word document but you can't download it anymore, it shows you all the recipes I made, you can even print it and then use the otherside for the blending, that way you'll always know they colors you've used, just cut along the lines, I've made it to fit a European sized A4 (about 8"x11") but it's Word, so you can adapt it. If you want one I can send it to you if you message me on facebook/cardsbymaaike....I don't know how to make it downloadable as I don't have a website anymore. Updated on October 15th: more recipes added in this post: http://cardsbymaaike.blogspot.nl/2016/10/more-distress-inks-recipes.html update on January 19th 2018: three more added at : https://cardsbymaaike.blogspot.nl/2018/01/distress-inks-recipes-3.html
How to make a stunning background - Quick Crafts Tracey goes through a quick and easy technique to create a beautiful background using Versafine inks.....
Week three in a series on using Brusho watercolor crystals. This week you'll learn 3 different ways to use Brusho with spray starch for intriguing, textured backgrounds. Completed cards included in the blog post. Stampin' Up!
Hi all! Remember the #2015bestnine on Instagram? I never posted it since I preferred to show you my favourite projects. The hashtag though, showed me that you really, really like my ink blending ba…
A little info first.....a past SU demo taught me how to do this and I took it and ran - THANKS SO MUCH JEAN!!!! Supplies: Glossy White Cardstock 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" Spectrum Ink Pad Brayer with rubber attachment Ink up the brayer in the spectrum ink pad. Start with the left side of your brayer in the middle of the Glossy White cardstock. Tap your brayer on the cardstock going around in a circle. YOU MUST keep the left side of the brayer in the middle of the cardstock. You don't roll the brayer at all. When your...
