Hello Friends! Tracy here and today I am delighted to share this tutorial about how to color with your inks and using Brushstix to get into those tiny places!
Tracy
Skill: Intermediate Time: 30 Minutes to 90 Minutes
Art Supplies
• Stamping Platform • Glue • Paint Brush • White Paint • Gold Splatter Paint • Scene Stamp • Small Blending Brushes
As a veteran teacher in a local high school, I was excited to make a welcome card for the new culinary teacher at my high school. I decided that since I was making the card specifically for them, I would personalize it– using maroon (or as close as I could with the colors in my stash) and gray as the color scheme of the card as our school colors and use a cute new to me charcuterie-themed stamp set.
Skill: Intermediate Time: 1.0 hour
Directions:
Step 1: Stamp the large charcuterie stamp onto a piece of watercolor paper with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.
Step 2: After die cutting the colored watercolor paper with the second-largest die from an A2-sized background die set, press the Midnight Black VersaMagic ink pad onto a piece of acetate packaging and then sprayed the ink with Frost Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray. Then press the acetate onto the watercolor panel. After everything dried, ink blend the edges of the panel with more of the Midnight Black VersaMagic ink using a sponge dauber.
Step 3: Press the Rhubarb Stalk Memento ink pad onto the edges of a watercolor panel.
Step 4: Die cut the panel with the largest die from the A2-sized background die set. Then press the Rhubarb Stalk Memento Ink pad onto another piece of acetate packaging and spray the acetate with more of the Frost Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray and then watercolor smooshed the Rhubarb Stalk-colored panel. Allow to dry.
Step 5: Press more Rhubarb Stalk Memento Ink pad onto acetate packaging and spray the acetate with more of the Frost Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray and then watercolor smoosh the stamped gray and white charcuterie board stamped panel to add a hint of color to the card. Allow to dry.
Step 6: Press Rhubarb Stalk Memento ink pad onto a small scrap of watercolor paper. Make sure the paper is fully colored. After the ink has dried, die cut the watercolor paper with the sentiment die. While die cutting, die cut two additional scraps of cardstock to create a-three layered die cut for dimension.
Step 7: Assemble the card. Glue the two panels together. Then glue the three layers of the sentiment together and glue to the center of the card. Attach clear enamel dots onto the card (while they are hard to see on the photo, there are three on the lower left corner of the gray panel, and two on the upper right panel). Then glue everything onto an A2-sized white cardbase.
Other Altenew – enamel dots – Crystal Clear Enamel Dots Colorado Craft Company – stamp set – Charcuterie Board Pink and Main – die set – Notched Corners Welcome sentiment die Clear Embossing Powder Watercolor paper Die cutting machine Glue
Other Products Used • Coffee Background Stamp and Coffee Cup stamp from Technique Junkies • 120lb paper in white and Kraft • Foam Tape • Misti tool • PVA Adhesive • White Super Fine Embossing Powder
ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE USED TO RECREATE SOMETHING SIMILAR Any Inks any combination of background stamps and feature stamps To learn how to create your own dressed up box click here!
Step 1: Paint a thin layer of thin layer of white gesso onto an old clipboard and set aside to dry. (I used some old spools of washi tape to hold open the metal clip so that it wouldn’t get stuck in the drying gesso.)
Step 2: Spray Pear Tart Fireworks! Craft Spray through a detailed heart stencil on the lower left corner of the clipboard. Emboss with clear embossing powder to set the spray.
Here is a closeup of Step 2:
Step 3: Stamp a large butterfly in the upper left part of the clipboard base and a sentiment (or maybe in this case affirmation) in the lower right corner with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink and then heat emboss both with clear embossing powder.
Step 4: Watercolor smoosh the clipboard with a variety of blue, green and black watercolor in layers.
Starting out with Turquoise Gem VersaMagic Chalk Ink, press the ink pad onto a scrap piece of acetate packaging and spray with water. Then press the acetate over the butterfly to create a light blue area around the butterfly. Press the remaining color from the acetate in a diagonal line across the clipboard from the upper left corner to the lower right corner into the stamped sentiment.
Repeat the process with Hint of Pesto VersaMagic Chalk Ink.
Then draw on the acetate with Danube Blue Memento Dual Marker and spray with water; this time focus most of this darker color around the butterfly and splatter the clipboard with the remainder of the dark blue watercolor.
Finally, draw on the acetate with Tuxedo Black Memento Dual Marker and spray with water. Use the black watercolor to splatter the butterfly (and to cover up any blemishes left behind when stamping).
Let everything dry.
Step 5: Color in parts of the butterfly image with Tropical Lagoon Fabrico Dual Marker (center of the upper wings) and Pear Tart Memento Dual Marker (small circles on the edge of the lower wings). Color in the word curiosity in the sentiment with more of the Tropical Lagoon Fabrico Dual Marker. Heat emboss with clear embossing powder.
Step 6: Spray Silver Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray onto the acetate and watercolor smoosh it onto the clipboard. Splatter any remaining spray on the acetate onto the clipboard. If larger individual splatters are desired, unscrew the top and use the tube/straw from the spray bottle to dab large blobs of Silver Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray onto the clipboard and finish the project.
Other • Golden – Gesso Semi-Opaque Acrylic Primer • Stampers Anonymous and Tim Holtz – stamp set – Perspective CMS213 Clear Embossing Powder • Foam paint brush (for the gesso) Thin paint brush (for splattering) Small detail stencil in my stash
Hello crafty friends! I was inspired by some Summer butterflies I saw in our backyard, I made this Summer butterfly postage card. For today’s project, we will do some watercoloring with Memento inks and stamping with VersaColor ink pad and VersaFine ink pad. It is a fun technique to stretch the use of the ink pads.
Skill: Intermediate Time: 15-20 minutes
Directions:
Step 1 Cut out a piece of 140 lb watercolor paper into 5 inch x 7 inch and place it in the stamping tool. Stamp the butterfly image on the watercolor paper with VersaFine Onyx Black ink pad.
Step 2 Dab some of the Memento inks on the craft mat and pick the color up with the water brush and start painting the butterflies and background. I used wet on wet watercoloring technique on this project.
Paint the butterfly with the Memento Tangelo ink and Cantaloupe ink. Dry the watercolor paint with a craft heat gun.
Paint the background around the butterflies with the Memento Summer Sky ink and Teal Zeal ink. Dry the whole panel with a craft heat gun.
Step 3 When the whole panel dried well, cut it with the Postage Stamp cover plate die.
Stamp some texture image from the Going Postal stamp set randomly on the background panel using VersaFine Onyx Black.
Step 4 On a piece of white cardstock, stamp the sentiment words using the VersaColor Turquoise ink pad.
Dry the ink with a craft heat gun and fussy cut it into word strips with scissors or paper trimmer.
Use a fineliner archival ink pen, draw the outline around the word strips.
Step 5 Use the On Point Glue to add the background panel to the card base. And then, add the words on the card.
It’s done.
This Summer butterfly postage card is flat enough and fits inside a regular envelope. I hope this project gives you inspiration today on how to use your ink pads not only for stamping but also for watercoloring as well.
Thank you for stopping by our blog today. Have a wonderful day!
Hello crafty friends! Today, I want to share this personalized wood phone stand project. I got this wood phone stand in my stash for a while and waited to be decorated. This fun DIY idea to personalize home decor you can do using stamps and ink pads only. So… Let’s get some stamping on wood done!
Skill: Beginner Time: 15-20 minutes
Step 1 Put the large piece of the wood phone stand on the stamping tool and secure it with the corner magnet (or couple magnets) around it so it won’t move when stamping on it. This piece of wood has a smooth surface that is ready to be stamped. If your wood is not smooth enough, make sure to prep your wood surface with sandpaper and wipe it clean with a paper towel or wipes. Stamp the leaf branch image on the wood with the StazOn Timber Brown ink pad on one of the corners, and then turn the wood piece around to stamp the other corner. Stamp the phrases on the wood with the StazOn Timber Brown ink pad.
Step 2 Repeat step 1 to stamp on the smaller part of the wood phone stand. I used the smaller branch leaf image for this one and used the same StazOn Timber Brown ink pad.
Step 3 After stamping all the wood pieces with the leaf branches, the next step is adding more textures on the background. Use the scribble image and vintage music sheet image to stamp on the wood phone stand piece randomly with the StazOn Timber Brown ink pad. And then, using a sponge dauber and the StazOn Timber Brown ink pad to add more shadow around the edges.
Step 4 Use the big oval blending brush and the Memento Luxe Rich Cocoa ink to some vintage color to the wood phone stand pieces. If it is too much ink, use baby wipes or a damped paper towel to remove some of the ink.
Step 5 Add some shadow to the word phrases by stamping them a little bit overlapping with the Memento Luxe Wedding Dress. Then, randomly stamp the dots image on the large wood phone stand piece with the Memento Luxe Wedding Dress for extra texture on the background.
Step 6 Repeat step 5 for the smaller wood phone stand piece to match with the large wood phone stand piece. Slide in the small wood phone stand piece through the slot to put them together. Simple as that. This is how the wood phone stand looks when it is done. The StazOn ink pads are perfect for stamping on wood and it dries fast, too. They are great for DIY projects.
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