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Soft Ink Blending

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Today's card project involves some soft ink blending, along with die cut inlay. I wanted to show that ink blending doesn't always have to be bold or vibrant. When using Blender Brushes you can create soft subtle looks, all the way up to bright, vibrant colors. One of the colors I use today (Peacock Feathers) can make either a beautiful, soft blend or bold bright blend. The color and vibrancy you achieve all depends on how much ink you put down and how much pressure you apply to the brushes. Blender brushes are my go to every time I want to create a blended background. For today's project, I will be using regular Distress Inks to create my background and also for my inlay pieces. I will be using the Pinkfresh Studio's Frame Builder Botanical Rectangle dies. For a little different look, I will trim away part of the frame to create a corner die. Let's get started!!





All of my work will be done on my Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat.

To start, I cut a 4" x 5 1/4" panel out of Neenah White Cardstock with my Tim Holtz Guillotine Paper Trimmer. Using my Blender Brushes, I start my ink blending with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and blend around the panel, fading out to white at the center. Next, I take Peackock Feathers Distress Ink and blend around the edges and corners, blending softly out, into the previous color.



Next, I take my Frame Builder Botanical Rectangle Die and cut out of white cardstock running through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine. *This die set comes with two different dies, I am only using the floral one. I cut four dies, then stack and adhere using Liquid Glue, so I now have two dies. I wanted my die cuts to have a corner angle only, so I trimmed the angle opposite of the flower off.




I now glue my die cuts onto opposite corners of the blended panel using Liquid Glue. Using my scraps, I blend Picked Raspberry Distress Ink with Candied Apple Distress Ink in the center, and Twisted Citron Distress Ink with a little Mowed Lawn Distress Ink into the center. I then used the same die to cut out the pieces that I will inlay.


Using Liquid Glue, I start inlaying the pieces of the flower and leaves into the corner dies. I then adhere onto a white card base using Double Sided Tape.





Now I make my sentiment. I blend Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink onto a piece of white cardstock. I then take my Double Sided Adhesive Roll to cover a piece of Vellum. I remove the release paper from the adhesive on the Vellum and lay over my blended piece of cardstock centering over the white center. I take a die from the Infinity Hearts Die Set then run it with the vellum panel through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine. Next, I place the die cut heart into my MISTI Stamp Positioner and prep with my Anti Static Powder Bag. I then stamp a sentiment from the You Make A Difference Stamp Set using Versamark Ink. I add Detail White Embossing Powder and heat set with my Heat Tool.





I add Foam Tape to the back of my sentiment and adhere to the center of my card front. I add Water Droplets using Liquid Glue and this completes my card.




I hope you enjoyed today's card project. I really like the soft look of this card along with the added color. Backing the vellum with the blended cardstock heart provided a darker base for the white embossed sentiment, giving it a soft look. Adding die cut inlay to the Frame Builder die is just another way these dies can be used. These dies are very versatile and come in many different shapes.


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Jeannie

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