Dimensional Blooms

Hi there! I'm up on the Ink Road Blog with a fun and simple way to add dimension to your cards. Let's jump right into how I put the card together. 

I stamped the flowers from the Bella Flora stamp set from The Ink Road in some Black Licorice hybrid ink from My Favorite Things. I positioned the flowers where I wanted them for the card front and once again on a second piece of cardstock. I brought the blooms to life with some Copic markers.

I carefully cut the flowers from the second stamped piece of cardstock and traced around the cut edges with a black marker for a clean and finished look. 

I added some dots around the flowers to add some interest and to use up some of that negative space. 

I added foam tape in different thicknesses behind the blooms for dimension and stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set. That's it, easy peasy! I hope you give this card a try. Thanks so much for popping in today, I'll see you soon. 

Galaxy Spinner

Hi there! I'm up on the Ink Road blog as part of the Friday Feature showcasing the Iconic stamp set from The Ink Road.

 

I love this stamp set. It pairs beautifully with the Compliments Vol. 1 and 2 stamp sets or just on its own. The big, bold images are versatile as well as the adorable little faces that you can use on just about anything. Let's get right into how I put the card together. 

I stamped the globe twice using some Black Licorice hybrid ink from My Favorite Things. I made sure to use different faces on the globe so that when it spun, it would look like it was winking. I gave the globes a quick coloring with some Copic markers and used the Stitched Circles die from Simon Says Stamp to pop them out. 

I ran the globes through the Xyron sticker maker to make sure they would adhere together seamlessly. I sandwiched some black thread between them to create the spinner. 

To create the galaxy panel, I started with some Canson cold pressed watercolor paper and Peerless watercolors. I dabbed big washes of color and let the panel dry completely. After the panel was dry, I used some Gansi Tambi watercolor in Black to darken the panel and splattered some black ink. I also splattered some white ink from Mister Huey's color mists for the starry effect. I trimmed the panel using the Finished Frames dies from Avery Elle.

Using the same Stitched Circle dies, with the next larger size, I punched out a circle from the watercolor panel. I carefully traced a circle using the watercolor panel onto the front of the card to punch out a circle from there as well. I simply sandwiched the thread between the watercolor panel and the card front to make a the globe spin. Finally, I white heat embossed the sentiment from the Compliments Vol. 2 stamp set onto some dark gray cardstock and used foam tape to give it some dimension. I hope you give this card a try. Thank you so much for popping by today. See you soon.

Mirrored Swan

Hi there. I'm up on The Ink Road Blog with a clean and simple mirror stamped card. This was quick and easy to make. Let's get right into how I put the card together.

I cut a panel using the Finished Frames die from Avery Elle. I lightly penciled in a line in the middle of the panel. Using a piece of red rubber from So Suzy Stamps I stamped the swan image onto the rubber using the Misti stamping tool. I picked up the image with the die cut panel while the ink was still wet. I just turned the panel over onto the rubber stamped image and gave it a good rub from behind to pick up the image. I used Black Licorice hybrid ink from My Favorite Things so I could use Copic markers to color around the images. 

This gorgeous swan is from the Swanderful stamp set from The Ink Road. I brought the images to life with some Copic markers.

I added foam tape behind the swan panel for some dimension. The sentiment is from the same Swanderful stamp set. I stamped the sentiments and gave them a quick trim with some scissors and added foam tape behind them for some interest. That's it, clean and simple. I hope you give this card a try. Thanks for visiting, see you soon.