Sunrise Nature's Silhouette

 

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Today, I have for you a simple masked ink blending with a silhouette stamped image. The set that I will be using is from Gina K. Designs and it is back in stock... yay!! This set is filled with silhouette images and also has a few greetings in a beautiful font. I will also be using inks and cardstock from Gina K. I wanted to create a sunrise with my ink blending so I googled "sunrises". I chose a beautiful image and matched up the colors. While many wouldn't look at my blending and see a sunrise, I was amazed and thrilled how these colors blended together! I was careful not to overlap my blending where the blue and yellow meet, as I did not want to create green. The key was to lightly fade out the ink to where these colors met. Let's get started!!

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

To start, I take the smaller rectangle from the Master Layouts 1 Die Set and cut a panel out of White Cardstock, running them through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine. I then trim a piece of Masking Magic masking paper to 3 3/4" x 5" using my Tim Holtz Guillotine Paper Trimmer. Next, I take the biggest die from the Double Stitched Ovals Die Set and cut an opening out of the masking paper, running them through my Big Shot. I then remove the release paper and adhere it over my panel.

Using my Blender Brushes, I blend Sweet Mango Ink towards the bottom right portion of my panel. Next, I blend a small amount of Wild Dandelion Ink just above and to the left of the previous color.

Leaving a little white space, I blend Sea Glass Ink then Blue Denim Ink just above. For my final color, I blend Plum Punch Ink at the top and lightly blend back into the blue inks.

I go back through my colors and blend to deepen the shades. I blend the Sea Glass Ink a little further down towards the yellow, making sure not to blend over it as I do not want to create green. I then blend a little Wild Dandelion Ink to the very bottom of the panel and end up lightly blending Blue Denim Ink over it to create a color for my ground. After I am satisfied with the blend, I carefully remove the mask. 

I place my blended panel into my MISTI Stamp Positioner and choose an image from the Natural Silhouettes Stamp Set. I position the image and stamp my panel using Amalgam Obsidian Ink.

Next, I take the biggest die from the Master Layouts 1 Die Set and cut out of Black Onyx Cardstock, running them through my Big Shot. Using Terrific Tape, I adhere my blended panel onto it.

Taking a scrap piece of white cardstock, I place it into my MISTI and prep it with my Anti Static Powder Bag. I then stamp a greeting from the Natural Silhouettes Stamp Set using Amalgam Obsidian Ink. I then add Black Embossing Powder and heat set with my Heat Tool. I trim down the ends and mount it to a slightly bigger piece of Black Onyx Cardstock using Terrific Tape.

Using my Scor Buddy, I place a 4 1/4" x 11" piece of Wild Dandelion Cardstock into it and score at 5 1/2", creating my card base.

For a little dimension, I add Foam Tape to the back of my blended panel and adhere onto the card base. I also add Foam Tape to my greeting and mount onto the card front. Using my Jewel Picker, I add Water Droplets with Liquid Glue and this completes my card.

I hope you enjoyed today's card. I love the simple look of an ink blended card with black silhouette stamping. No matter how many variations I create with this look, each one has it's own beauty. 

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Happy Stamping and God bless!!

Jeannie