The newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to create something with an ombre design. I decided to use Catherine Pooler Inks to create an Ombre background with Apricot, Ginger & Terracotta. It took me several times to get one I loved, so I used the leftovers to die cut some … Read more
This week's Just Us Girls Challenge is to CASE a Designer. I've always been amazed at my friend Seeka's Ink Blending prowess, so I chose this monochromatic ink blended card to inspire my design. Rather than limey greens, I went with the trio of yellow inks from Simon Says Stamp Saturated … Read more
The newest challenge at Shopping our Stash is Blending In – we're creating with Ink Blending. I love ink blending, but it's also a technique that I know I could use a lot of practice to get better. I went through several possible ideas and settled on ink blending Gina K. Designs large … Read more
The May Challenge at Poppy Stamps is Floral Fantasy. I pulled out my Poppy Stamps Peony Bouquet and decided to revisit an inking technique from this inky card from two years ago. I used my MISTI to stamp the Peony image with fade-out grey ink and then grabbed a combination of yellow and … Read more
I started my artsy day with some Ink Blending for the Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero April Ink Blend It Up Challenge. I wanted to use my Hero Arts Bug You Stamps for a Masculine Birthday Card, so I chose what I thought were some "buggy" colors for my blend. … Read more
When I was playing with my alcohol inks on Sunday night, I started on a piece of Ranger Black Alcohol Ink Blending paper, but I couldn't quite make it work, so I set it aside. Last night I tried again bringing out pearlescent and glitter inks together with some white and finally got a cool … Read more
The current TGIF Challenge is Alcohol Blending, so I thought getting inky was the perfect way to end the weekend. Alcohol Ink blending was one of the first techniques I learned using refills for alcohol ink markers. I've always enjoyed the magic of it. I decided to use the Ranger Silver Ink Blending Cardstock … Read more
Another card for the 2nd day of the Crushing on Cardstock class at Online Card Classes. This one was taught by Jennifer McGuire and was about layering dies with die cut backgrounds. I combined Carved Pumpkin & Mustard Seed Distress Oxide Ink for my blending together with the Iowa Delight Die and the … Read more
The current Lawn Fawn Challenge is all about Fun with Food … and what better summer food than ice cream. I started by ink-blending my base panel with Prize Ribbon, Dusty Concord and Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide Inks. Then I gave it a few spritzes of shimmer spray for overall glimmer. I … Read more
I opened my new Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide ink and made an attempt at some ink blending using Speckled Egg and Shaded Lilac (clearly I need to watch more tutorials because I never get the smooth blend my friends do). I decided to add the MB Makes Marks Marker Stencil over the top and spray … Read more