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***I wanted to let everyone know that Scrapbook.com has kicked off Freebie February!! Every couple of days they will be offering free items along with great sales! Check often as the sales will be frequently changing. I have placed a store logo on the front page of my blog just down below my profile that brings you directly to their store!
***Gina K. Designs has a new release coming tonight at 7:00 pm (central time)!!! Get ready for more beautiful, quality stamps as Gina never disappoints!! There is a store logo on the front page of my blog in the lower right corner that will take you directly to her site in case you want to take a look around. I will be checking things out myself!
Today's card project focuses on The Majestic Peony stamp set from Gina K. Designs. This is a gorgeous stamp with a large floral bouquet that is fun to color. Today, I change things up a bit. I focus on creating a soft blended background to stamp the huge bouquet on and leaving the outlined image without coloring it. Outlined images do not always have to be colored and today, I will show you a card that is outline only. The card I will be creating is a slim line card, it's finished size is 4" x 6 1/4". Let's get started!!
I start by cutting a 3 1/2" x 5 3/4" panel from Ivory cardstock using my Tim Holtz Guillotine paper trimmer. *I choose to do my ink blending on ivory cardstock to give more muted colors. Using my Blender Brushes, I start with Innocent Pink ink and blend random areas. Next, I blend Dusty Rose ink and finish with Lovely Lavender ink. I go back through each color until I'm satisfied with my blending. To finish off my blending, I add Stormy Sky ink to the corners and edges of my panel.
Oops!!! This picture doesn't seem to show my Lavender ink???!
I now place my blended panel into my MISTI stamp positioner to stamp my image. Using Stormy Sky ink, I stamp the floral image from my Majestic Peony stamp set. To add some interest to my panel, I tap the edges onto my Versamark ink pad, then add Silver embossing powder and heat set with my Heat Tool.
I now mount my blended panel onto a 3 5/8" x 5 7/8" panel of Slate cardstock. I then mount onto a 4" x 6 1/4" Innocent Pink card base.
I prep a 1" x 3 1/2" strip of Vellum with my Anti Static powder bag and choose a sentiment from the same stamp set. I stamp it onto the vellum using my MISTI stamp positioner with Versamark ink. I then add silver embossing powder and heat set. I now take my embossed vellum strip and press it onto a Double Sided Adhesive Sheet. *I like to use these adhesive sheets when adhering vellum to cardstock to avoid glue showing through. I remove the release paper and press onto a 1" x 3 1/2" strip of Innocent Pink cardstock.
I now mount my sentiment strip onto a 1 1/8" x 3 1/2" strip of Slate cardstock and adhere it to my card front using Foam Tape. I finish off my card by adding Water Droplets using Connect liquid glue and this completes my card.
Line art stamps don't have to be intimidating, If you're not a colorist you can always stamp an image in a dark colored ink over a blended background as I did today. I hope you enjoyed today's card project and come back again tomorrow. I'm off to check out Gina's new release!!! Fun!!
If this is the first time visiting my blog, welcome and I hope you return. If you are a returning visitor, thank you so much for your support!
Should you have any questions or comments please leave them in the comments section. I'd love to hear from you and what you thought about today's card.
If you would like to be notified by email each time I post something new to my blog, you can click on the subscribe button at the top of the page.
Thank you for visiting and I hope you come back soon!
Happy Stamping!!
Jeannie
***I wanted to let everyone know that Scrapbook.com has kicked off Freebie February!! Every couple of days they will be offering free items along with great sales! Check often as the sales will be frequently changing. I have placed a store logo on the front page of my blog just down below my profile that brings you directly to their store!
***Gina K. Designs has a new release coming tonight at 7:00 pm (central time)!!! Get ready for more beautiful, quality stamps as Gina never disappoints!! There is a store logo on the front page of my blog in the lower right corner that will take you directly to her site in case you want to take a look around. I will be checking things out myself!
Today's card project focuses on The Majestic Peony stamp set from Gina K. Designs. This is a gorgeous stamp with a large floral bouquet that is fun to color. Today, I change things up a bit. I focus on creating a soft blended background to stamp the huge bouquet on and leaving the outlined image without coloring it. Outlined images do not always have to be colored and today, I will show you a card that is outline only. The card I will be creating is a slim line card, it's finished size is 4" x 6 1/4". Let's get started!!
I start by cutting a 3 1/2" x 5 3/4" panel from Ivory cardstock using my Tim Holtz Guillotine paper trimmer. *I choose to do my ink blending on ivory cardstock to give more muted colors. Using my Blender Brushes, I start with Innocent Pink ink and blend random areas. Next, I blend Dusty Rose ink and finish with Lovely Lavender ink. I go back through each color until I'm satisfied with my blending. To finish off my blending, I add Stormy Sky ink to the corners and edges of my panel.
Oops!!! This picture doesn't seem to show my Lavender ink???!
I now place my blended panel into my MISTI stamp positioner to stamp my image. Using Stormy Sky ink, I stamp the floral image from my Majestic Peony stamp set. To add some interest to my panel, I tap the edges onto my Versamark ink pad, then add Silver embossing powder and heat set with my Heat Tool.
I now mount my blended panel onto a 3 5/8" x 5 7/8" panel of Slate cardstock. I then mount onto a 4" x 6 1/4" Innocent Pink card base.
I prep a 1" x 3 1/2" strip of Vellum with my Anti Static powder bag and choose a sentiment from the same stamp set. I stamp it onto the vellum using my MISTI stamp positioner with Versamark ink. I then add silver embossing powder and heat set. I now take my embossed vellum strip and press it onto a Double Sided Adhesive Sheet. *I like to use these adhesive sheets when adhering vellum to cardstock to avoid glue showing through. I remove the release paper and press onto a 1" x 3 1/2" strip of Innocent Pink cardstock.
I now mount my sentiment strip onto a 1 1/8" x 3 1/2" strip of Slate cardstock and adhere it to my card front using Foam Tape. I finish off my card by adding Water Droplets using Connect liquid glue and this completes my card.
Line art stamps don't have to be intimidating, If you're not a colorist you can always stamp an image in a dark colored ink over a blended background as I did today. I hope you enjoyed today's card project and come back again tomorrow. I'm off to check out Gina's new release!!! Fun!!
If this is the first time visiting my blog, welcome and I hope you return. If you are a returning visitor, thank you so much for your support!
Should you have any questions or comments please leave them in the comments section. I'd love to hear from you and what you thought about today's card.
If you would like to be notified by email each time I post something new to my blog, you can click on the subscribe button at the top of the page.
Thank you for visiting and I hope you come back soon!
Happy Stamping!!
Jeannie
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