Colored Stamping On Dark Cardstock

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For today's card project, I will show you how to stamp with color on dark cardstock. This technique gives a soft but colorful result. By first stamping with white pigment ink it gives a white base for colored ink to show up. This works on any colored cardstock and gives beautiful results! I will again be using a floral set from Altenew that I used yesterday to watercolor. Today, I will be using the layered stamps for my technique. This is one of my favorite stamp sets and I like to show the versatility this set gives. I will be using Gina K. Designs dye inks for all of my colors as well as cardstock. The greeting is also from Gina K. Designs, it is a free incentive stamp set when you spend $75.00 or more at Gina K. Designs. It will be available for purchase on June 10th, when a new set is released. 
Let's get started!!

I will be doing all of my work today on my Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat.

To start, I cut a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel out of Slate Cardstock using my Tim Holtz Guillotine Paper Trimmer. I then take the largest die from my Stitched Rectangle Die Set and run them through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine. I like adding stitching to my panel for a finished look.

Next, I place my panel into my MISTI Stamp Positioner to do my stamping. I then take the large solid floral image from the Fabulous Florets Stamp Set and stamp it onto the panel using White Pigment Ink. I then take the smaller floral image as well as the two different leaves and stamp them. I continue stamping the images until my panel is filled. *I clean the pigment ink off each stamp before stamping another area using a damp rag.

Before moving on to the colored inks, I dry the pigment stamped images using my Ranger Craft Tool. Next, I take the same stamp, line it up over the bigger white stamped flower and stamp using Ocean Mist Ink.

For the smaller flower, I line up the stamp over the white stamped image and stamp using Bubble Gum Pink Ink.

I now take the detail stamp for the smaller flower and line up and stamp using Passionate Pink Ink.

For the bigger flower, I line up the detailed stamp for that image and stamp using Blue Lagoon Ink. I then line up the solid leaf images and stamp using Jelly Bean Green Ink. To finish the leaves, I line up and stamp the detailed images using Fresh Asparagus Ink.

To finish up my stamping, I line up each outline image and stamp using Slate Ink. This really makes the images come to life. There are small center stamps for the centers, but I did not use them as I liked the way they looked. Not all of my images lined up exactly, this is mostly due to the order I stamped my images. To get better alignment, you would first stamp the outline image followed by the solid then detailed image. I wanted my outline stamped last for a darker, crisper image. I think the offset on some of the images looks good, gives it more of a handmade look!

Using Double Sided Tape, I adhere my panel onto a Ocean Mist Cardstock card base.

For my greeting, I place a scrap piece of Slate Cardstock into my MISTI and prep using my Anti Static Powder Bag. I choose a stamp from the Fancy Greetings Stamp Set using Versamark Embossing Ink. I then add Detail White Embossing Powder and heat set with my Heat Tool. *This stamp set is only available as an incentive set right now at Gina K. Designs. Beginning June 10th it can be purchased.

I cut out my greeting using the small die from the Single Stitched Circles Die Set. I then take a larger die from my Infinity Circles Die Set and cut out of Ocean Mist Cardstock, running them through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine. I then adhere to two together.

To finish my card, I add Foam Tape to the back of the greeting and mount it onto the front of my card.

I love the look of colored ink on dark cardstock. Putting down a layer of white pigment ink first creates a base that allows colors to show that wouldn't normally show up on dark cardstock. I think a burgundy cardstock with pink tones, or a deep purple with lavender tones, or even a dark brown with beige tones would all be beautiful!!


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Happy Stamping and God bless!!

Jeannie