Happy Thursday! I have a sort of experimental card for you today; for the life of me, I cannot find the blog on which I saw this technique done! I thought I saved it but can't find it, so if someone knows, let me know and I will give the proper credit!
Anyway, it involves stamping an open artwork stamp in white ink on kraft or Crumb Cake cardstock, heat embossing it, then coloring in the image with watered-down white ink. After drying, you can re-color overtop of the white ink to achieve a brighter color than if you were just to do it directly on the brown cardstock. So I experimented with the You Are Remarkable floral, using the FMS sketch and the Color Throwdown colors:
So, as I said, this was defnitely experimental! I first stamped one of the text images from Elements of Text in Crumb Cake ink on the Crumb Cake panel. I stamped and embossed the floral image, then filled it in with white ink and an aquapainter (wish I had taken a picture of it!). It is easy to fill in because the embossing keeps the ink in place! After it dried, I colored it in with Blueberry Bushel, Lemon Lime Twist and Garden Green inks, also with an aquapainter. I love this effect! The part I am not crazy about is the sponging I did around the flower with Pecan Pie ink....I would definitely change that if I did it again. I added a sentiment from Happiest of Days, diecut everything with the Perennial Postage die and adhered it to a Misty Moonlight mat and a Basic Beige card. I threw on a few sequins from my stash for fun.
This was definitely a fun technique and I'll be giving it a go again! Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!
| Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified | |
| Stamps | You are Remarkable, Elements of Text |
| Card stock & Papers | Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Misty Moonlight |
| Ink | Craft White, Blueberry Bushel, Lemon Lime Twist, Garden Green, Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake |
| Accessories | Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh) |
| Tools | Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Sponge Daubers, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Aquapainter |
6 comments:
This is lovely, LeAnne. It sounds like a lot of work though. For some reason, I am no longer getting notified that you have posted. Not sure if it's Yahoo or something else.
LeAnne, this sounds like something Bonnie, and her Group of Seven might do! The results are wonderful and the white sure made that blue 'true-blue' over the kraft paper! Such a darling little bloom.
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This is beautiful, LeAnne! Just got this stamp set and can't wait to play with it! Love the technique which sounds easy to do but for some reason my mind always pulls away from techniques. LOL I guess I like things quick & easy! Pretty colors, too! Thanks for sharing & Happy 1st Day of Spring!!! (finally)
Love this new technique idea. I can't wait to try it.
Your mad scientist skills made this experimental card pay off, it's terrific!
I love this technique! And I love the "You Are Remarkable" stamp set. It's on my list. I need to try doing this. Thanks for the inspiration! Huggs
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